Asm. Brian Maienschein

This measure would proclaim August 2023 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2023 in California. The measure would recognize the unique benefits that breastfeeding provides, as specified, and would affirm that Californians should work to ensure that barriers to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding are removed. The measure would encourage Californians to work together to explore ways to, among other things, improve women's access to breastfeeding support services in medical, social, and employment settings.

Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. This bill would require the commission, when the Health Framework for California Public Schools and physical education framework are each next revised after January 1, 2024, to consider increasing and including content related to instruction in performing compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) , as provided, in each of those frameworks.

Existing law establishes the Office of Planning and Research in the Governor's office for the purpose of serving the Governor and the Governor's cabinet as staff for long-range planning and research and constituting the comprehensive state planning agency. This bill would require the Office of Planning and Research, in consultation with the League of California Cities, the California State Association of Counties, and the California Special Districts Association, to convene a statewide, cross-agency Local Assistance and Grant Program Streamlining Workgroup, no later than January 1, 2025, to centralize local assistance and develop a coordinated system to manage available state and federal funding to deliver the maximum number of projects as efficiently as possible. The bill would require the Office of Planning and Research to appoint the workgroup members, as specified. The bill would require the workgroup to develop a report that includes the workgroup's findings, plans, and recommendations for short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, as specified, no later than June 30, 2026. The bill would require the report to be posted on the Office of Planning and Research's internet website and require the workgroup to provide the report to the Department of Finance and relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature. The bill would prohibit the implementation of the recommendations without an appropriation by the Legislature.

(1) Existing law provides a framework for the arbitration and conciliation of international commercial disputes. Existing law requires an arbitration agreement subject to this framework to be in writing, specifying that an agreement is in writing if it is contained in a document signed by the parties or in an exchange of letters, telex, telegrams, or other means of telecommunication that provide a record of the agreement, or in an exchange of statements of claim and defense in which the existence of an agreement is alleged by one party and not denied by another. This bill would further specify that an agreement is in writing if it is contained in an exchange of electronic mail or in an electronic communication if the information contained therein is accessible so as to be usable for subsequent reference. (2) Existing law provides that an arbitral tribunal may, at the request of a party, order a party to take an interim measure of protection with respect to the subject matter of the dispute, but does not explicitly define "interim measure of protection." Existing law allows any party to an arbitration to request that the superior court enforce an award of an arbitral tribunal to take any interim measure of protection. This bill would define "interim measure of protection" to mean any temporary measure by which, at any time prior to the issuance of the award by which the dispute is finally decided, an arbitral tribunal orders a party to: (1) maintain or restore the status quo pending determination of the dispute; (2) take action that would prevent, or refrain from taking action that is likely to cause, harm or prejudice to the arbitral process; (3) provide a means of preserving assets out of which a subsequent award may be satisifed; or (4) preserve evidence that may be relevant and material to the resolution of the dispute. The bill would require that in most instances, a party requesting an interim measure of protection must satisfy to the arbitral tribunal that it would be irreparably harmed if the measure is not granted, that the harm substantially outweighs the harm likely to result to the party against whom the measure is directed if the measure is granted, and that there is a reasonable possibility that the requesting party will succeed on the merits. The bill would allow a party to, without notice, request an interim measure of protection along with a preliminary order directing a party not to frustrate the purpose of the interim measure requested. The bill would also allow a party against whom a preliminary order is directed to object to the preliminary order before the arbitral tribunal. The bill would provide that a party requesting an interim measure or preliminary order is liable for any costs and damages caused by the measure or order to any party if the arbitral tribunal later determines that the measure or order should not have been granted. This bill would provide that an interim measure issued by an arbitral tribunal must be recognized as final and binding, and may be enforced upon application to the superior court. The bill would provide that a superior court may refuse to recognize or enforce an interim measure only under specified circumstances.

This measure would declare that the Legislature should pass laws that halt the importation of cobalt or any product using cobalt mined in Africa using child slave labor and encourage the production of cobalt and other critical minerals ethically sourced from within the United States.

This measure would recognize July 17, 2023, to July 23, 2023, as Outdoor Worker Appreciation Week.

This measure would declare the month of October 2023 as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month.