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SB 719(Machado) San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District: district board membership. (A-04/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/23/2007-Set for hearing April 30. Location: 04/19/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 04/30/07 Anticipated Hearing SEN APPR. Summary: Would increase the membership of the district board to 15 members. In addition to the existing 8 county members, the bill would require the appointment of 5 city council members by the cities within the territory of the district, based on region and population. The bill would require 2 public members to be appointed to the district board by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate . The bill would require each member to be appointed in accordance with certain requirements, and would prohibit a member from designating an alternate for any purpose or otherwise being represented by another person in his or her capacity as a member of the district board. The bill would require all members to be residents of the district. Because of the additional duties this bill would require of the district, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/18/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:4 N:0 A:1) Position: Support AB 583(Hancock) Political Reform Act of 1974: California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2007. (I-02/21/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/19/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 17). Location: 04/19/2007-A APPR. Calendar: 05/02/07 9 a.m. - Room 4202 ASM APPROPRIATIONS Summary: Would repeal that provision and would enact the California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2007, which would authorize eligible candidates, as defined, to obtain public funds according to specified procedures and requirements, provided that certain thresholds are attained. The bill would impose primary responsibility for the administration of the provisions of the bill on the Fair Political Practices Commission. This bill would create the Clean Money Fund and, commencing with the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2008, transfer an amount equal to $0.01 per day times the number of California residents 18 years of age or older from the General Fund to the Clean Money Fund. It would continuously appropriate those moneys in the Clean Money Fund to the Fair Political Practices Commission for the purpose of the public financing provisions of the act. The bill would make funding for the administrative and enforcement costs of the act subject to appropriation by the Legislature. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/17/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support SCA 9(Ashburn) Legislative reform: redistricting and term, salary, and contribution limits. (I-04/16/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/19/2007-To Com. on E., R. & C.A. Location: 04/19/2007-S E.,R. & C. A. Summary: Would instead allow a person, during his or her lifetime, to serve not more than 12 years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination of terms, except that a Senator or Member of the Assembly in office on the effective date of this measure, whether or not he or she has previously served in the other house, would be eligible to serve a total of 12 consecutive years in the house in which he or she is currently serving. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Position: Monitor SB 890(Scott) Pupils: early college commitment program. (I-02/23/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/26/2007-Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. Location: 04/26/2007-S APPR. Summary: Would establish the early college commitment program. Participation by school districts in the program would be voluntary. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, among other program duties, to designate the 30% of school districts that operate middle and high schools with the highest proportion of low-income pupils, as defined, as college opportunity zones. A participating school district that is identified as a college opportunity zone by the Superintendent would be required to give all pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parent or legal guardian, the opportunity to sign "Save Me a Spot in College" pledge cards developed by the Superintendent. Other participating school districts would be required to give pupils who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals and are enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parent or legal guardian, the opportunity to sign a pledge card and would be authorized to give any pupil enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parent or legal guardian, the opportunity to sign a pledge card. The bill would require participating school districts to provide college information and college preparation events targeted towards pupils who sign pledge cards. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/26/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0) Position: Support AB 466(Hancock) Pupils: average daily attendance. (I-02/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/25/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. Location: 04/25/2007-A APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Summary: Would authorize service by a pupil as a member of a precinct board to be independent study and would exempt that pupil from the requirement that the pupil participate in that activity for 5 or more consecutive schooldays if, among other things, the pupil is required to complete a report or written assignment on the subject of the activities engaged in by the pupil while serving as a member of a precinct board. The bill would require the teacher of any class from which a pupil is absent to ensure that the report or written assignment is submitted within a reasonable time after the activities are completed. This bill contains other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/11/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:7 N:3 A:0) Position: Support AB 1537(Mullin) Model civic education staff development program. (A-04/18/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/19/2007-Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 04/19/2007-A APPR. Calendar: 05/02/07 9 a.m. - Room 4202 ASM APPROPRIATIONS Summary: Would establish the model civic education staff development program, to be administered by the State Department of Education. School districts and county offices of education would be authorized to apply to the department for a grant of funds to offer a staff development program to certificated employees, including those holding an intern credential, and would be required to include in the application a plan to implement districtwide in all grades, including kindergarten, maintained by the school district or county office of education, the 6 promising approaches to civic education in the Civic Mission of Schools Report developed by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. The bill would require the department to create and maintain a list of organizations with the proven capacity to deliver staff development programs, as specified. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a statewide advisory committee that includes specified members. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/11/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:6 N:3 A:1) Position: Support SB 854(Ridley-Thomas) Voter registration: students. (A-04/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/18/2007-From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 621.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Set for hearing April 30. Location: 04/18/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 04/30/07 1:30 p.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS Summary: Would allow students to submit completed voter registration forms to the Secretary of State in addition to returning the forms in person or by mail to the elections official of the county in which the student resides. This bill would require, by January 1, 2010, every community college and California State University campus to make the voter registration process available through an automated program that permits students, during the class registration process, to elect to receive a voter registration form that is preprinted with personal information relevant to voter registration. This bill would state that the University of California is encouraged to comply with this requirement. The bill also would require the Secretary of State to annually submit to the Legislature, on or before January 1 of each year, a report on its student voter registration efforts, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/18/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:3 N:2 A:0) Position: Support SB 890(Scott) Pupils: early college commitment program. (I-02/23/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/26/2007-Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. Location: 04/26/2007-S APPR. Summary: Would establish the early college commitment program. Participation by school districts in the program would be voluntary. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, among other program duties, to designate the 30% of school districts that operate middle and high schools with the highest proportion of low-income pupils, as defined, as college opportunity zones. A participating school district that is identified as a college opportunity zone by the Superintendent would be required to give all pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parent or legal guardian, the opportunity to sign "Save Me a Spot in College" pledge cards developed by the Superintendent. Other participating school districts would be required to give pupils who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals and are enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parent or legal guardian, the opportunity to sign a pledge card and would be authorized to give any pupil enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parent or legal guardian, the opportunity to sign a pledge card. The bill would require participating school districts to provide college information and college preparation events targeted towards pupils who sign pledge cards. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/26/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0) Position: Support AB 1294(Mullin) Ranked voting: local elections. (A-04/25/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/26/2007-Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 04/26/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would authorize a city or county to conduct a local election using ranked voting if specified conditions are met. This bill would specify the ranked voting method as it applies to both a single-candidate election and a multiple-candidate election. Vote Events: 04/17/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support AB 1613(Blakeslee) Energy: Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act. (A-04/17/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/23/2007-Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Location: 04/23/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would enact the Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act. The bill would provide that it is the policy of the state that the conversion of waste heat to electricity or other useful energy applications be the preferred generation measure immediately following renewables for purposes of the loading order. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature to obtain 5,000 megawatts of new electrical generation by the year 2015 by achieving improved efficiencies utilizing waste heat through combined heat and power systems, to dramatically advance the efficiency of the state's use of natural gas by capturing unused waste heat, to reduce wasteful consumption of energy through improved residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, and manufacturer utilization of waste heat whenever it is cost effective, technologically feasible, and environmentally beneficial, particularly when this reduces emissions of carbon dioxide and other carbon-based greenhouse gases , and to support and facilitate both customer-owned and utility-owned combined heat and power systems . This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/23/2007 ASM. U. & C. (Y:12 N:0 A:0) Position: Support SB 840(Kuehl) Single-payer health care coverage. (I-02/23/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/26/2007-From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 4. Page 661.) Location: 04/26/2007-S SECOND READING Calendar: 05/07/07 9 SEN SECOND READING FILE Summary: Would establish the California Universal Healthcare System to be administered by the newly created California Universal Healthcare Agency under the control of a Universal Healthcare Commissioner appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The bill would make all California residents eligible for specified health care benefits under the California Universal Healthcare System, which would, on a single-payer basis, negotiate for or set fees for health care services provided through the system and pay claims for those services. The bill would require the commissioner to seek all necessary waivers, exemptions, agreements, or legislation to allow various existing federal, state, and local health care payments to be paid to the California Universal Healthcare System, which would then assume responsibility for all benefits and services previously paid for with those funds. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/18/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:6 N:4 A:1) Position: Support AB 239(DeSaulnier) Recording fees: Contra Costa and San Mateo Counties. (A-03/29/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/09/2007-Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. Location: 04/09/2007-A H. & C.D. Calendar: 05/09/07 9 a.m. - Room 126 ASM HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Summary: Would authorize the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors or the San Mateo Board of Supervisors to additionally charge a flat fee of not more than $25, as specified for each document that is recorded, if the document is in excess of one page, for every real estate instrument, as defined, paper, or notice required or permitted by law to be recorded in Contra Costa County or San Mateo County. The bill would require the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors or the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, if it charges this fee, to establish a fund for deposit of the moneys raised by the increase, which shall be used to assist in the development of affordable housing for very low income households, lower income households, and moderate-income households. This bill contains other related provisions. Vote Events: 03/28/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support for LL Action AB 1547(Beall) Juvenile court: termination of jurisdiction. (A-04/19/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/24/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Location: 04/24/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would require the probation officer of a ward of the juvenile court who will be 18 years of age or older at the time of the dismissal hearing, at least 6 months before any hearing to terminate jurisdiction over the ward, to submit a report verifying that certain information, documents, and services have been provided to the This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/24/2007 ASM. JUD. (Y:10 N:0 A:0) Position: Support for LL Action AB 1393(Leno) Public records. (A-04/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/24/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Location: 04/24/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would as of January 1, 2009, require any state agency that publishes an Internet Web site to include on the homepage of that site specified information that is not exempt from disclosure under the act about how to contact the agency, how to request records under the act, and a form for submitting online requests for records. It would authorize any person to bring an action to enforce the duty of a state agency to post this information and would provide for penalties including monetary awards to be paid by the agency, with specified provisions to become operative on January 1, 2009. This bill contains other related provisions. Vote Events: 04/24/2007 ASM. JUD. (Y:10 N:0 A:0) 04/18/2007 ASM. G.O. (Y:13 N:0 A:2) Position: Support AB 1648(Leno) Peace officer records. (A-04/10/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/17/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Held without recommendation. Location: 04/17/2007-A PUB. S. Summary: Would provide that the confidentiality of peace officer records, as specified, does not apply to specified government bodies that review the investigations, findings, or employment actions of a department or agency. The bill would make specified information in certain disciplinary records pertaining to peace officers available to the public, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Position: Support SB 1019(Romero) Peace officer records: confidentiality. (A-03/26/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/26/2007-Hearing postponed by committee. Set for hearing May 7. (Refers to 4/25/2007 hearing) Location: 04/18/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 05/07/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to abrogate the California Supreme Court decision in Copley Press, Inc. v. Superior Court and to restore public access to peace officer records and meetings that were open prior to the Copley Press decision. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/17/2007 SEN. PUB. S. (Y:3 N:2 A:0) Position: Support ACA 1(Price) Elections: redistricting. (A-04/19/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/23/2007-Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. Location: 04/23/2007-A E. & R. Summary: Would assign the responsibility for adjusting boundary lines of Senate, Assembly, congressional, and State Board of Equalization districts to a commission that consists of the 9 public members of the Milton Marks "Little Hoover" Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy, subject to specified conditions. It would require the Legislature to establish, by statute, procedures to ensure compliance with specified requirements for membership on the commission. This bill contains other related provisions. Position: Monitor SCA 9(Ashburn) Legislative reform: redistricting and term, salary, and contribution limits. (I-04/16/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/19/2007-To Com. on E., R. & C.A. Location: 04/19/2007-S E.,R. & C. A. Summary: Would instead allow a person, during his or her lifetime, to serve not more than 12 years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination of terms, except that a Senator or Member of the Assembly in office on the effective date of this measure, whether or not he or she has previously served in the other house, would be eligible to serve a total of 12 consecutive years in the house in which he or she is currently serving. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Position: Monitor SCA 10(Lowenthal) Election: redistricting. (I-04/23/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/24/2007-From print. May be acted upon on or after May 24. Location: 04/23/2007-S PRINT Summary: Would delete these requirements, and would instead create a procedure for the appointment of an independent redistricting commission, composed of 11 members, that would be charged with establishing Senate, Assembly, congressional, and State Board of Equalization districts in accordance with designated goals prioritized in a specified order. This bill contains other related provisions. Position: Monitor AB 1511(Leno) Sexual health: Stronger Families for California Act. (A-04/17/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/25/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. Location: 04/25/2007-A APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Summary: Would establish the Stronger Families for California Program , a continuing information and public education program, within the department, with the primary goal of decreasing teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases through a continuing information and public education program that equips parenting adults, as defined, with the communication skills necessary to talk with their children abo ut sex, sexual health, and making well-informed decisions to protect their health and safety, as specified. This bill contains other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/10/2007 ASM. HEALTH (Y:12 N:5 A:0) Position: Support SCA 9(Ashburn) Legislative reform: redistricting and term, salary, and contribution limits. (I-04/16/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/19/2007-To Com. on E., R. & C.A. Location: 04/19/2007-S E.,R. & C. A. Summary: Would instead allow a person, during his or her lifetime, to serve not more than 12 years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination of terms, except that a Senator or Member of the Assembly in office on the effective date of this measure, whether or not he or she has previously served in the other house, would be eligible to serve a total of 12 consecutive years in the house in which he or she is currently serving. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Position: Monitor AB 9(Huff) Voter identification: proof of identity. (A-03/08/2007 html pdf) Status: 03/27/2007-In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. Location: 03/12/2007-A E. & R. Summary: Would require any eligible citizen, in addition, to present proof of his or her identity to a member of the precinct board before receiving a ballot, and would specify 6 forms of currently valid identification that may be used for this purpose. It would permit a voter who is unable to present proof of identity to cast a provisional ballot , as specified . The bill would also make a violation or attempted violation of these provisions a felony. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 03/27/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:4 N:0 A:3) 03/27/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:2 N:5 A:0) Position: Oppose AB 46(Tran) Elections: right to vote. (I-12/04/2006 html pdf) Status: 04/25/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 24). Location: 04/25/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would instead make the violation of all of these offenses a felony and punishable by imprisonment for not less than 16 months, 2 years, or 3 years in the state prison by changing the penalties and for crime. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/24/2007 ASM. PUB. S. (Y:5 N:1 A:1) 03/27/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support AB 466(Hancock) Pupils: average daily attendance. (I-02/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/25/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. Location: 04/25/2007-A APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Summary: Would authorize service by a pupil as a member of a precinct board to be independent study and would exempt that pupil from the requirement that the pupil participate in that activity for 5 or more consecutive schooldays if, among other things, the pupil is required to complete a report or written assignment on the subject of the activities engaged in by the pupil while serving as a member of a precinct board. The bill would require the teacher of any class from which a pupil is absent to ensure that the report or written assignment is submitted within a reasonable time after the activities are completed. This bill contains other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/11/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:7 N:3 A:0) Position: Support AB 1654(Huffman) Mail ballot elections: statewide and local elections. (I-02/23/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/17/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. Location: 04/17/2007-A E. & R. Summary: Would repeal these provisions and, instead, permit any election in a city, county, or district to be conducted as an all-mailed ballot election if the governing body of a city, county, or district, by resolution, authorizes the all-mailed ballot election and other conditions are met. The bill would not apply to specified counties that are subject to certain preclearance requirements of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. The bill would require that these all-mailed ballot elections be conducted in accordance with specified provisions that govern absentee voting, except to the extent those provisions are inconsistent with the bill. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Position: Support SB 173(Harman) Elections: voting identification. (A-03/27/2007 html pdf) Status: 03/28/2007-Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. Location: 02/15/2007-S E.,R. & C. A. Summary: Would additionally require a voter to present proof of his or her identity to a member of the precinct board before receiving a ballot. It would specify the documents that may be used for this purpose and would authorize any other form of identification that the Secretary of State deems appropriate. It would permit a voter who is unable to present proof of identity to cast a provisional ballot. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Position: Oppose SB 854(Ridley-Thomas) Voter registration: students. (A-04/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/18/2007-From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 621.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Set for hearing April 30. Location: 04/18/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 04/30/07 1:30 p.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS Summary: Would allow students to submit completed voter registration forms to the Secretary of State in addition to returning the forms in person or by mail to the elections official of the county in which the student resides. This bill would require, by January 1, 2010, every community college and California State University campus to make the voter registration process available through an automated program that permits students, during the class registration process, to elect to receive a voter registration form that is preprinted with personal information relevant to voter registration. This bill would state that the University of California is encouraged to comply with this requirement. The bill also would require the Secretary of State to annually submit to the Legislature, on or before January 1 of each year, a report on its student voter registration efforts, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Vote Events: 04/18/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:3 N:2 A:0) Position: Support Total rows: 27
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