Sen. Janet Nguyen

Existing law prohibits several forms of sexual battery, including, among others, the touching of an intimate part of another person while that person is unlawfully restrained by the accused or an accomplice, and if the touching is against the will of the person touched and is for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse. Under existing law, sexual battery is punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Existing law generally regulates the governance of local agencies and defines a local agency to mean a county, city, or city and county. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that definition.

This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year Celebration.

Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. Existing law requires health care service plans and, if applicable, specialized health care service plans, to meet specified criteria, including requiring the appropriate licensure of facilities and personnel. A willful violation of that act is a crime. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

This measure would proclaim the month of January 2018 as National Mentoring Month.

This measure would proclaim January 13, 2018, as Korean American Day.

Existing law generally protects employees who disclose illegal or improper workplace activities by prohibiting interference with, and retaliation for, making such disclosures. Existing law provides procedures for a person to file a complaint alleging violations of legislative ethics. Existing law also authorizes each house of the Legislature to adopt rules for its proceedings and to select committees necessary for the conduct of its business. This bill would impose criminal and civil liability on a Member of the Legislature or legislative employee, as defined, who interferes with, or retaliates against, a legislative employee's exercise of the right to make a protected disclosure, which is defined as a good faith allegation made by a legislative employee to specified entities that a Member of the Legislature or a legislative employee has engaged in, or will engage in, activity that may constitute a violation of law, including sexual harassment, or a violation of a legislative standard of conduct. The bill would also impose civil liability on an entity that interferes with, or retaliates against, a legislative employee's exercise of the right to make a protected disclosure, as specified. By creating new crimes, the 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Existing law requires filing officers to hold nomination documents and signatures in lieu of filing fee petitions for a specified time. Existing law limits public access to these documents and allows only for the public to view them. This bill would require that nomination documents and signatures in lieu of filing fee petitions be furnished promptly upon request, and it would clarify that a member of the public need not request these records pursuant to the California Public Records Act. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides that every report and statement filed pursuant to the act is a public record that must be open for public inspection and reproduction during regular business hours, commencing as soon as practicable, but not later than the 2nd business day following the date received. The act prohibits imposing any conditions upon persons seeking to inspect reports and statements. This bill would specifically require that recipient committee campaign statements filed with local filing officers under the Political Reform Act be furnished promptly upon request, and it would clarify that a request to inspect or review these statements need not be made pursuant to the California Public Records Act. 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 California Constitution requires local agencies, for the purpose of ensuring public access to the meetings of public bodies and the writings of public officials and agencies, to comply with a statutory enactment that amends or enacts laws relating to public records or open meetings and contains findings demonstrating that the enactment furthers the constitutional requirements relating to this purpose. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.