AB 10

AUTHOR:

Alejo [D]

TITLE:

Minimum Wage: Annual Adjustment

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

03/14/2011

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Provides for an adjustment to the hourly minimum wage on a specified date, and annually thereafter, to maintain employee purchasing power. Prohibits the Industrial Welfare Commission from adjusting the minimum wage downward and from adjusting the minimum wage upward if the average percentage of inflation for the previous year was negative. Requires the commission to publicize the automatically adjusted minimum wage.

STATUS:

05/27/2011

In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.

Priority:

High

AB 11

AUTHOR:

Portantino [D]

TITLE:

Taxes: Credits: Small Businesses

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LOCATION:

Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee

SUMMARY:

Relates to the credit under the Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law for full‑time employees hired during the taxable year by a qualified employer. Reduces the total amount of the credit which may be allocated to $200 million. Authorizes a credit equal to 20% of the total amount of the annual workers' compensation premiums paid by a qualified taxpayer.

STATUS:

05/16/2011

In ASSEMBLY Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION:  Held in committee.

Letter:

Support 01/31/2011

Position:

Support

Priority:

High

AB 15

AUTHOR:

Perez V [D]

TITLE:

Workforce Development: Renewable Energy Workforce

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LOCATION:

Assembly Labor and Employment Committee

SUMMARY:

Requires the California Workforce Investment Board (CWIB), in consultation with the Green Collar Jobs Council (GCJC), to establish the California Renewable Energy Workforce Readiness Initiative to ensure green collar career placement and advancement opportunities within renewable energy generation, manufacturing, construction, installation, maintenance, and operation sectors that is targeted toward specified populations.

STATUS:

01/24/2011

To ASSEMBLY Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT.

Letter:

Support 01/31/2011

Position:

Support

Priority:

High

AB 29

AUTHOR:

Perez J [D]

TITLE:

Office of Economic Development

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

07/05/2011

COMMITTEE:

Senate Appropriations Committee

HEARING:

08/15/2011 10:00 am

SUMMARY:

Creates the Office of Economic Development and the State Business Investment Services Program for the purpose of serving employers, corporate executives, business owners, and site location consultants who are considering the state for business investment and expansion. Moves the Office of Small Business Advocate to the Office of Economic Development.

STATUS:

10/05/2011

10/06/2011

Signed by GOVERNOR

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No.475

Letter:

Support 01/31/2011

Position:

Support

Priority:

High

AB 135

AUTHOR:

Hagman [R]

TITLE:

State Air Resources Board: Membership

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

08/15/2011

COMMITTEE:

Senate Appropriations Committee

LOCATION

VETOED

SUMMARY:

Requires one appointed member of the State Air Resources Board to be an owner within a certain number of years of a small business.

STATUS:

09/26/2011

Vetoed by GOVERNOR

Priority:

High

AB 150

AUTHOR:

Perea [D]

TITLE:

Public Contracts: Small and Disabled Veteran Businesses

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

04/14/2011

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Authorizes the Department of General Services to direct all state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions to establish the goal to achieve small, women's and minority‑owned, and disabled veteran business participation in state procurements and contracts. Requires the heads of those state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions to implement and administer procurement and contract processes to meet or exceed the goals, and to report to the Director of General Services regarding participation.

STATUS:

05/27/2011

In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.

Letter:

Support 03/22/2011

Position:

Support

Priority:

High

AB 153

AUTHOR:

Skinner [D]

TITLE:

Board of Equalization: Administration: Retailer

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

06/27/2011

LOCATION:

Senate Governance and Finance Committee

SUMMARY:

Amends the Sale and Use Tax Law. Includes in the definition of a retailer engaged in business in the state any retailer entering into agreements under which a person or persons refer potential purchasers through the use of the Internet to the retailer, under specified conditions. Provides that a retailer entering certain agreements to purchase advertising is not a considered a retailer engaged in business in the state. Includes an entity affiliated with a retailer under federal income tax law.

STATUS:

06/27/2011

From SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE with author's amendments.

06/27/2011

In SENATE.  Read second time and amended. Re‑referred to Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.

Letter:

Support 02/23/2011

Position:

Support

Priority:

High

AB 155

AUTHOR:

Calderon C [D]

TITLE:

Use Tax: Retailer Engaged in Business

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

no

URGENCY CLAUSE:

yes

LAST AMEND:

09/09/2011

ENACTED:

09/23/2011

LOCATION:

Chaptered

chapter 131

SUMMARY:

Amends the Sales and Use Tax laws relating to the collection of those taxes by retailers that enter into agreements for a commission for referring potential purchasers by an Internet-based link or an Internet Website, or otherwise. Revises those laws, for purposes of the definition of a retailer, to temporarily eliminate specified inclusions in the definition. Conditions those inclusions upon the enactment of a federal law and the state's implementation of the law. Increases the total cumulative sales.

STATUS:

09/23/2011

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 313

Priority:

High

AB 211

AUTHOR:

Cedillo [D]

TITLE:

Workers' Compensation: Disability Benefits

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LOCATION:

Vetoed

SUMMARY:

Amends provisions of existing law regarding a workers' compensation system to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment that cause permanent partial disability to apply to injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2004, and before January 1, 2012. Provides, for injuries that cause permanent partial disability on or after January 1, 2012, for a supplemental job displacement benefit voucher to cover reeducation and skill enhancement.

STATUS:

10/07/2011

Vetoed by GOVERNOR

Priority:

High

AB 231

AUTHOR:

Perez V [D]

TITLE:

Economic Development Areas

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

06/07/2011

LOCATION:

Assembly Jobs, Economic Development, and The Economy Committee

SUMMARY:

Renames the Enterprise Zone Act the Economic and Community Development Zone Act. Deletes provisions governing manufacturing enhancement areas and targeted tax areas. Makes revisions in the requirements governing enterprise zones, local agency military base recovery areas, and geographically targeted economic development areas. Increases the requirements for a qualified employee for a zone hiring tax credit. Revises the enterprise zone hiring credit. Relates to sales tax and other business tax credits.

STATUS:

06/07/2011

From ASSEMBLY Committee on JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY with author's amendments.

06/07/2011

In ASSEMBLY.  Read second time and amended. Re‑referred to Committee on JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY.

Letter:

Support 02/22/2011

Position:

Support

Priority:

High

AB 232

AUTHOR:

Perez V [D]

TITLE:

Economic Development: Enterprise Zones

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LOCATION:

Assembly Jobs, Economic Development, and The Economy Committee

SUMMARY:

Provides that the purpose of the Enterprise Zone Act is to help stabilize local communities, alleviate poverty, and enhance the state's economic prosperity through the implementation of public and privately funded programs and services that stimulate business and industrial growth in the depressed areas of the state. Deletes a provision regarding zone size limitations. Adds to the list of zone funding sources. Authorizes an expansion for noncommercial land. Relates to audits and workforce development.

STATUS:

02/10/2011

To ASSEMBLY Committee on JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY.

Letter:

Support 02/22/2011

Position:

Support

Priority:

High

AB 335

AUTHOR:

Solorio [D]

TITLE:

Workers' Compensation: Notices

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

08/31/2011

LOCATION:

Chaptered, 544

SUMMARY:

Amends existing law requiring that specified notices be provided to injured employees. Requires the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations for serving certain notices on an employee and to make such rules and regulations accessible on the department's Internet Web site. Requires informational material written in plain language describing the overall workers' compensation claims process to be made available.

STATUS:

10/07/2011

10/07/2011

Signed by GOVERNOR

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No.544

Priority:

High

AB 361

AUTHOR:

Huffman [D]

TITLE:

Benefit Corporations

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

07/12/2011

LOCATION

Chaptered, 728

HEARING:

08/15/2011 10:00 am

SUMMARY:

Authorizes and regulates the formation and governance of a new form of corporate entity known as the benefit corporation. Permits an existing corporation to become a benefit corporation by amendment to its articles of corporation or through a merger, reorganization, conversion, or domestic other business entity. Provides that such corporation may be formed to create general public benefit. Includes provisions governing the fiduciary duty and liability of an officer or director of a benefit corporation.

STATUS:

10/09/2011

10/09/2011

Signed by GOVERNOR.

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 728

Letter:

Support 04/27/2011

Priority:

High

AB 535

AUTHOR:

Morrell [R]

TITLE:

Regulations: 5‑Year Review

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Requires a state agency to review and report on regulations that it adopts or amends on and after a specified date 5 years after adoption. Requires that the review and report include 10 specified factors, including a summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received within the preceding 5 years and the estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact. Requires the review and report to be available on the Office of Administrative Law's Internet website.

STATUS:

05/27/2011

In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.

Position:

Support

Priority:

High

AB 541

AUTHOR:

Morrell [R]

TITLE:

California Small Business Board

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

04/25/2011

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Amends existing law regarding the State Small Business Board. Requires the board to review the state's licensing and permitting regulations as they impact small businesses with special attention to the regulatory impact on small business startups. Requires the board to report a summary of its findings. Requires the board to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to specified entities.

STATUS:

05/27/2011

In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.

Priority:

High

AB 947

AUTHOR:

Solorio [D]

TITLE:

Worker's Compensation: Temporary Disability Payments

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

no

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

09/02/2011

VETOED

10/07/2011

SUMMARY:

Amends workers compensation law relating to temporary disability payments. Adds an injury or condition on or after a specified date where surgery or recovery from surgery occurs after a specified time period of temporary disability benefits have been paid, provided that specified conditions are met, to the injuries and conditions for which aggregate disability payments for a single injury causing temporary disability are prohibited from extending for more than a specified time period.

STATUS:

10/07/2011

Vetoed by GOVERNOR

Priority:

High

AB 1379

AUTHOR:

Bradford [D]

TITLE:

Economic Development: Public Pension Funds

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

09/01/2011

COMMITTEE:

Senate Appropriations Committee

HEARING:

08/15/2011 10:00 am

SUMMARY:

Requires a state or local pension system with a specified amount of assets to report to the Controller on state investments and emerging domestic market investments that it obtains and holds in its portfolio. Requires the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System along with the Teachers' Retirement Board to share with other public pension systems streamlined and cost‑effective methods to identify investments. Authorizes investment information be placed on the Controller's Web site.

STATUS:

10/05/2011

Vetoed by GOVERNOR

Letter:

Support 04/08/2011

Position:

Support

Priority:

High

AB 1426

AUTHOR:

Solorio [D]

TITLE:

Workers' compensation: Court Administrator

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

no

URGENCY CLAUSE:

yes

LAST AMEND:

09/01/2011

SUMMARY:

Amends existing law that created the position of court administrator with respect to the workers' compensation adjudicatory process at the trail level. Removes the position of court administrator and distributes the duties to the Workers' Compensating Appeals Board and the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation. Make other technical and conforming changes.

STATUS:

09/23/2011

10/07/2011

10/07/2011

**** to GOVERNOR

Signed by GOVERNOR

Chaptered by Secretery of State. Chapter No. 559

Priority:

High

SB 67

AUTHOR:

Price [D]

TITLE:

Public Contracts: Small Business Participation

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Authorizes the Department of General Services to direct all state agencies, departments, boards and commissions to establish the goal to achieve 25% small business participation in state procurements and contracts each fiscal year, to ensure that the state's procurement and contract processes are administered in order to meet or exceed the goal. Authorizes the department to establish policies and procedures to monitor the progress of the agencies toward meeting the goal.

STATUS:

08/25/2011

In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: held in committtee

Letter:

Support 04/04/2011

Position:

Support

Priority:

High

SB 116

AUTHOR:

De Leon [D]

TITLE:

Income Taxes: Credits: Single Sales Factor

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

yes

LAST AMEND:

09/09/2011

COMMITTEE:

Senate Appropriations Committee

HEARING:

08/15/2011 10:00 am

SUMMARY:

Provides a credit under the Personal Income Tax and Corporation Tax laws for a taxpayer's contribution to special education related funds created by this legislation. Relates to the apportionment of business income in accordance with the single sales factor. Relates to the qualified employee tax credit under both tax laws. Provides sales and use tax exemptions for property used in manufacturing, processing, refining, fabricating, or recycling of property, and by a construction contractor.

STATUS:

09/09/2011

09/10/2011

In SENATE. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. From SENATE Committee on RULES with author's amendments. In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee on RULES. Withdrawn from SENATE Committee on RULES. Ordered placed on third reading.

In SENATE. Urgency clause failed adoption. (22-15)

Priority:

High

SB 366

AUTHOR:

Calderon R [D]

TITLE:

Regulations: Agency Review

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

yes

LOCATION:

Senate Governmental Organization Committee

SUMMARY:

Requires each state agency except the California State University to undertake specified actions in regards to the regulations that have been adopted by the state agency. Requires each of the overseeing agencies to notify any state department, board, or commission within that agency of any regulations adopted by those entities that the agency has determined may be duplicative, overlapping, or inconsistent with a regulation adopted by another state department.

STATUS:

05/10/2011

In SENATE Committee on GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION:  Not heard.

Priority:

High

SB 459

AUTHOR:

Corbett [D]

TITLE:

Employment: Independent Contractors

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

09/02/2011

LOCATION:

Chaptered, 706

SUMMARY:

Prohibits willful misclassification of individual as independent contractors, charging those who have been mischaracterized as independent contractors a fee, or making deductions from wages where the acts would have violated the law if the individuals had not been mischaracterized. Provides for damages and disciplinary actions on person and employers. Requires violators notification to the Contractor's License Board. Relates to complaints. Provides for joint and several liability in certain situations.

STATUS:

10/09/2011

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 706. Support 10/05/2011

Priority:

High

SB 469

AUTHOR:

Vargas [D]

TITLE:

Land Use: Development Project Review: Superstores

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

no

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

05/10/2011

LOCATION:

Vetoed

SUMMARY:

Requires a city or county, prior to approving or disapproving a development project that would permit the construction of a superstore retailer, to prepare an economic impact report that includes an assessment of the effect that the facility will have on retail operations and employment in the market area. Requires the opportunity for public comment. Requires project approval or disapproval within a specified date of determining that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.

STATUS:

10/09/2011

Vetoed by GOVERNOR

Letter:

Support

Position:

Support

Priority:

High

SB 560

AUTHOR:

Wright [D]

TITLE:

Regulations: Small Businesses

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LOCATION:

Senate Environmental Quality Committee

SUMMARY:

Requires a state agency, if it does not, or is unable to, consult with parties to inform in writing the Office of Small Business Advocate and the Department of Finance of its decision and the reasons for not consulting the impacted businesses. Requires an agency to assess the potential of a proposal to adopt, amend,or repeal a regulation to adversely affect business enterprises or individuals. Requires an agency to prepare and submit a small business impact statement that contains specified information.

STATUS:

05/04/2011

In SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:  Failed passage.

05/04/2011

In SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:  Reconsideration granted.

Priority:

High

SB 688

AUTHOR:

Wright [D]

TITLE:

Regulations: Legislative Approval

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

03/29/2011

LOCATION:

Senate Environmental Quality Committee

SUMMARY:

Amends Administrative Procedure Act to require an agency to produce a detailed estimate of the cumulative statewide costs impact for affected businesses and individuals. Requires the agency to notify specified committees of the Legislature if the estimated cumulative statewide cost impacts for affected businesses exceed a specified amount.

STATUS:

05/04/2011

In SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:  Failed passage.

05/04/2011

In SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:  Reconsideration granted.

Priority:

High

SB 823

AUTHOR:

Corbett [D]

TITLE:

Consumer Protections: Made in California Program

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

08/15/2011

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Relates to unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction which results in the sale or lease of goods. Includes representing a product as made in California by using a specified Made in California label unless the product complies with standards adopted by the Governor's Office of Economic Development. Establishes the Made in California Program and creates a related fund as a special fund for that purpose. Requires annual related reports.

STATUS:

08/25/2011

In ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS. Held in Committee.

Priority:

High

SB 826

AUTHOR:

Leno [D]

TITLE:

Workers' Compensation: Data Reporting Requirement

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

05/03/2011

LOCATION:

Chaptered

SUMMARY:

Requires the administrative director to assess an administrative penalty of no more that $5000 against a claims administrator for failing to comply with any data reporting requirement. Provides that any penalty is to be deposited in the Workers' Compensation Administration Revolving Fund. Provides that no person or entity that is not a party to a claim may not obtain individually identifiable information. Requires the annual disclosure of compliance rates of claims administrators and their identities.

STATUS:

10/07/2011

Signed by GOVERNOR. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 568

Letter:

Support 02/22/2011

Position:

Sponsored

Priority:

High

SB 863

AUTHOR:

Lieu [D]

TITLE:

Workers' Compensation: Liens

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

06/06/2011

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Relates to authority to order medical liens without a request for the lien having been made. Prohibits a lien claim from being filed after 3 years or more than 18 months after the date the services were provided. Provides that for a claim allowable as a lien in favor of EDD, the claim is a lien against any amount thereafter payable as temporary or permanent disability compensation. Authorizes a workers compensation or health insurer to file a lien claim for medical expenses within 6 months.

STATUS:

08/22/2011

In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To Consent Calendar. To third reading. To Inactive File

Priority:

High

SB 875

AUTHOR:

Price [D]

TITLE:

Rental Vehicles

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

no

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

03/25/2011

LOCATION:

Senate Judiciary Committee

SUMMARY:

Relates to rental vehicle fuel gauge to be used in a rental transaction by a rental company to calculate an optional charge for fueling. Provides that the provision applies to passenger and nonpassenger vehicle rental transactions by a rental company made on or after a specified date.

STATUS:

04/07/2011

To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.

Priority:

High

SB 888

AUTHOR:

Lieu [D]

TITLE:

Crime: Picketing

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

LAST AMEND:

06/30/2011

LOCATION:

Vetoed

SUMMARY:

Makes it a crime, punishable by a fine, imprisonment in the county jail, or both, for a person to engage in picketing, except on private property, which is targeted at a funeral during the time period beginning one hour prior to the funeral and ending one hour after the conclusion of the funeral.

STATUS:

09/06/2011

Vetoed by GOVERNOR

Priority:

High