Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh

This measure would proclaim August 2022 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022 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, the Gambling Control Act, establishes the California Gambling Control Commission, which is responsible for licensing and regulating various gambling activities and establishments. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to investigate any violations of, and to enforce, the act. Under the act, a city, county, or city and county may authorize controlled gambling consistent with state law. Existing law prohibits, until January 1, 2023, the governing body or the electors of a city, county, or city and county that has not authorized legal gaming within its boundaries prior to January 1, 1996, from authorizing legal gaming. Existing law also prohibits, until January 1, 2023, an ordinance in effect on January 1, 1996, that authorizes legal gaming within a city, county, or city and county from being amended to expand gaming in that jurisdiction beyond that permitted on January 1, 1996. This bill would extend those prohibitions until January 1, 2024. Existing law also prohibits, until January 1, 2023, the commission from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 1999, except as specified. This bill would also extend that prohibition until January 1, 2024.

The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes various credits against the taxes imposed by that law, including a credit for qualified renters in the amount of $120 for spouses filing joint returns, heads of household, and surviving spouses if adjusted gross income is $50,000, as adjusted, or less, and in the amount of $60 for other individuals if adjusted gross income is $25,000, as adjusted, or less. This bill would require the Franchise Tax Board to prepare a written report by April 1, 2023, on the number of taxpayers claiming the credit, and the average credit amount on returns claiming the credit.

This measure would proclaim the month of October 2022 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Existing law, the Fee Collection Procedures Law, provides for the administration and collection of various fee programs and was originally administered by the State Board of Equalization. In 2017, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration was established, and existing law transferred many of the tax and fee administration duties, powers, and responsibilities of the board to the department. The Sales and Use Tax Law requires every person desiring to engage in or conduct business as a seller within this state to file with the department an application for a permit for each place of business and requires every retailer selling tangible personal property for storage, use, or other consumption in this state to register with the department. Under existing law, the Marketplace Facilitator Act, a marketplace facilitator, as defined, is considered the seller, retailer, and dealer for each sale facilitated through its marketplace, as defined, for purposes of determining whether that marketplace facilitator is required to register with the department under the Sales and Use Tax Law or a law that imposes a fee administered pursuant to the Fee Collection Procedures Law. The act relieves the marketplace facilitator of liability for the taxes and fees in specified circumstances. This bill would create an exception to the definition of "marketplace facilitator" for a vehicle rental broker, as defined, for the facilitation of a specified vehicle rental.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California under the administration of the Regents of the University of California as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. This bill would authorize each campus of the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and the University of California to establish a campus mental health hotline for students to access mental health services remotely. The bill would require each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges, and request each campus of the University of California, with a campus mental health hotline to have printed on either side of student identification cards the telephone number of the campus mental health hotline for a student identification card issued to a student on or after January 1, 2023, as specified. The bill would also require each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges, and request each campus of the University of California, without a campus mental health hotline to have printed on either side of student identification cards the telephone number of their city's or county's mental health hotline for a student identification card issued to a student on or after January 1, 2023, as specified. To the extent the bill would impose new duties on community college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. A violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would, until January 1, 2028, require a general acute care hospital to include a urine drug screening, as defined, for fentanyl if a person is treated at the hospital and the hospital conducts a urine drug screening to assist in diagnosing the patient's condition. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Existing law prohibits an operator of a licensed alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility, as specified, a certified alcohol or other drug program, or a licensed psychiatric or mental health facility, as specified, from engaging in various fraudulent marketing practices, including making or providing false or misleading statements or information, respectively, about the operator's products, goods, services, or geographic locations in its marketing, advertising materials, or media or on internet websites, as specified. This bill would also prohibit these operators from making or providing false or misleading statements or information, respectively, about medical treatments or services offered in their marketing, advertising material, media, or social media presence or on internet websites, as specified.

This measure would proclaim June 20, 2022, as American Eagle Day to commemorate the anniversary of the bald eagle's selection as the national emblem of the United States of America and would urge Californians to observe the American values, ideals, and attributes symbolized by the American bald eagle.

This measure would declare that the Legislature honors the life and legacy of Vicente Fernández, and would proclaim February 17, 2022, as Vicente Fernández Day, a day of remembrance and education to ensure that all Californians honor and remember the cultural voice of generations.