Sen. Jeff Stone

The California Constitution, as amended by Proposition 57 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, makes a person sentenced to state prison for a conviction of a nonviolent felony offense eligible for parole consideration after completing the full term for his or her primary offense, as defined. This bill would make violent felonies, as specified, serious felonies, as specified, a felony requiring registration as a sex offender, a felony involving domestic violence, a felony involving stalking, and felony human trafficking, violent felonies for purposes of considering parole eligibility.

The California Disaster Assistance Act provides for the allocation of funds to local agencies for certain purposes by the Director of Emergency Services after the proclamation of a local emergency or state of emergency, as specified. The act sets forth the process by which a local agency may apply for those allocations and, as part of this process, generally provides for completion of a state agency investigation and report to the director on the proposed work within 60 days from the date of the application. This bill would require the director to notify the local agency of all approved costs within 60 days from the date that investigation is completed.

Existing law provides that evidence of a person's character is inadmissible when offered to prove his or her conduct on a specified occasion. Existing law creates exceptions to that rule, including that in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a sexual offense, evidence of the defendant's commission of another sexual offense or offenses is not inadmissible under that rule, except as specified. Existing law defines the term "sexual offense" as conduct proscribed by various sections of the Penal Code as well as other types of conduct. This bill would include in the definition of "sexual offense" for this purpose specified human trafficking sexual offenses.

Under the Pharmacy Law, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy by pharmacists and pharmacy corporations in this state. That law prohibits a pharmacy from compounding sterile drug products unless the pharmacy has obtained a sterile compounding pharmacy license from the board. That law requires a pharmacy to compound sterile products from one or more nonsterile ingredients in prescribed environments. This bill would repeal that compounding environment provision and make conforming renumbering changes to other provisions.

Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy. A knowing violation of the Pharmacy Law is a crime. Existing law prohibits the operation of a pharmacy without a license and a separate license is required for each pharmacy location. Under existing law, a hospital pharmacy means and includes a pharmacy, licensed by the board, located within any licensed hospital that maintains and operates organized facilities for the diagnosis, care, and treatment of human illnesses to which persons may be admitted for overnight stay and that meets specified requirements. A hospital pharmacy also includes a pharmacy that may be located outside of the hospital in another physical plant that is regulated under a hospital's consolidated license as a general acute care hospital that includes more than one physical plant maintained and operated on separate premises or that has multiple licenses for a single health facility on the same premises. As a condition of licensure by the board, the pharmacy in another physical plant is required to provide pharmaceutical services only to registered hospital patients who are on the premises of the same physical plant in which the pharmacy is located, except as specified. Existing law requires a pharmacy compounding sterile drug products to possess a sterile compounding pharmacy license. With respect to a hospital pharmacy located outside of the hospital in another physical plant, this bill would redefine a "hospital pharmacy" to include a pharmacy that is located in any physical plant that is regulated as a general acute care hospital. This bill would authorize the board to issue a license to a hospital satellite compounding pharmacy meeting specified requirements. The bill would make a license subject to a fee and an annual renewal fee, as specified. The bill would define a hospital satellite compounding pharmacy as an area licensed by the board to perform sterile compounding that is separately licensed by the board to perform that compounding and located outside of the hospital in another physical plant that is regulated as a general acute care hospital. The bill would require a hospital satellite compounding pharmacy to compound sterile drug products for administration only to registered hospital patients who are on the premises of the same physical plant in which the hospital satellite compounding pharmacy is located. The bill would also require the services to be directly related to the services or treatment plan administered in the physical plant. The bill would require a hospital satellite compounding pharmacy to comply with specified requirements relating to, among other things, purchasing, supervision, and recall and adverse effect notices. By imposing new requirements on these pharmacies, the knowing violation of which would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 4400 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 752, that would become operative only if SB 752 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2018, and this bill is chaptered last. 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.

The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists and other persons involved in the handling, storage, sale, or disposal of drugs and devices by the California State Board of Pharmacy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. That law requires a person acting as a reverse distributor to be licensed by the board as a wholesaler and supervised or managed by a designated representative or pharmacist, as specified. A violation of that law is a crime, unless otherwise provided. This bill would authorize a wholesaler that only acts as a reverse distributor to operate under the supervision of a designated representative-reverse distributor, as an alternative to operating under the supervision of a designated representative or pharmacist, and would provide for the separate licensure of individuals as designated representative-reverse distributors upon application, payment of an application fee, and completion of certain requirements. The bill would make related and conforming changes, including requiring designated representative-reverse distributors and designated representative-3PLs to notify the executive officer of the board of a change of name or address. The bill would specify that persons who act as agents for pharmacies or other entities by receiving, inventorying, warehousing, and managing the disposition of outdated or nonsaleable dangerous devices are reverse distributors. By modifying the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law provides that an applicant for a pharmaceutical license who fails the national examination be required to wait at least 90 days before being permitted to retake the examination. This bill would provide that an applicant who fails either the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination or the California Practice Standards and Jurisprudence Examination for Pharmacists, be required to wait at least 45 days before being permitted to retake the examination unless the board establishes a different waiting period. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 4059.5 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 401, that would become operative only if AB 401 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2018, and this bill is chaptered last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 4400 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 351, that would become operative only if SB 351 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2018, and this bill is chaptered last. 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 a person from operating a motor vehicle on a highway unless that person and all passengers 16 years of age or over are properly restrained by a safety belt. Existing law makes the violation of this provision an infraction. This bill would also require a passenger who is 16 years of age or older in a bus that is equipped with safety belts to be properly restrained by a safety belt and would require a motor carrier to maintain those safety belts in good working order for the use of the passengers. The bill would prohibit a parent, legal guardian, or chartering party from transporting on a bus that is equipped with safety belts, or permitting to be transported on a bus that is equipped with safety belts, a child, ward, or passenger who is 8 years of age or older, but under 16 years of age, unless he or she is properly restrained by a safety belt. The bill would also prohibit a parent, legal guardian, or chartering party from transporting on a bus that is equipped with safety belts, or permitting to be transported on a bus that is equipped with safety belts, a child, ward, or passenger who is under 8 years of age and under 4 feet 9 inches in height, unless he or she is acceptably restrained by a safety belt, except as specified. The bill would exempt a passenger leaving his or her seat to use an onboard bathroom from the seatbelt requirement. The bill would also require a motor carrier operating a bus equipped with safety belts to either: (1) require the bus driver to inform passengers of the requirement to wear a seatbelt or (2) post, or allow to be posted, signs or placards informing passengers of the requirement to wear a seatbelt, as specified. The bill would make a violation of the provisions requiring a passenger to wear a safety belt, an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $20 for a first offense and a fine of not more than $50 for each subsequent offense. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would specify that these provisions do not apply to a schoolbus or a school pupil activity bus, as defined. This bill, if the bus is equipped with a driver safety belt, would require the driver to be properly restrained by the safety belt and would require the motor carrier to maintain the driver safety belt. The bill would make violation of these provisions an infraction punishable by a fine of up to $20 for the first violation and of up to $50 for subsequent violations. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law requires a charter-party carrier of passengers engaged in charter bus transportation to ensure that drivers of certain vehicles provide each passenger with written or video instructions that include, among other things, the importance of wearing a seatbelt, if available. A violation of this provision is an infraction. This bill would instead require those written or video instructions to include, among other things, instructions on the requirement to wear a seatbelt, if available, and the penalties for violating that requirement. By changing the definition of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would also make a technical correction and other conforming changes. The provisions of this bill would become operative on July 1, 2018. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 12810.2 of the Vehicle Code proposed by SB 810 and would make these changes operative only if this bill and SB 810 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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.

This measure would request that the Congress of the United States pass a law to reschedule marijuana or cannabis and its derivatives from a Schedule I drug to an alternative schedule and that the President of the United States sign such legislation.

This measure would designate the month of September 2017 as Opioid, Heroin, Fentanyl, and Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month, as specified.