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November 21, 2005

Detailed list of all 16 potential laws tracked by the Southwest California Legislative Council in 2005

 

The following 9 bills reached the Governor's desk

 

Bill Summary SWCLC Battin  Hollingsworth  Benoit Haynes  Governor
AB 48 (Lieber) Minimum wage This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to increase the minimum wage effective on and after January 1, 2006.   OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE VETOED
AB 89 (Jerome Horton) Health care: employer coverage: disclosure  This bill would require all applicants for healthcare benefits under Medi-Cal to identify their employer. Further, the bill would require the Dept. of Health Services to send a report to the Legislature identifying all employers with 25 or more employees who have had employees apply for these programs. OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE N/A VETOED
AB 391 (Koretz) Unemployment compensation benefits: locked-out workers This bill would allow an otherwise eligible locked-out worker, as defined, to receive unemployment compensation benefits, even if the worker is locked out as a result of a trade dispute with worker's employer. OPPOSE N/A OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE VETOED
AB 453 (Benoit) Grade separation projects This bill would require, in order for an allocation for
construction costs, or for preconstruction costs if not already
allocated, to be made, that a local agency furnish evidence
satisfactory to the department that all matters prerequisite to the
award of a construction contract can be accomplished within 2 years
after the allocation.
 		 SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT APPROVED
AB 1093 (Matthews) Emplyment: wages This bill would provide that the employer may deposit the
wages or advance on wages in an account in any bank, savings and loan
association, or credit union of the employee's choice that has a
place of business in this state.		 SUPPORT N/A SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT APPROVED
SB 101 (Battin) Employee compensation This bill would require, by 1-1-08, any governmental entity, to use no more than the last 4 digits of the employee's social security number on a check, draft or voucher when paying the employee's wages. SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT APPROVED
SB 399 (Escutia) Health services: 3rd-party liability This bill would revise these 3rd-party claim procedures. The bill would revise the provider lien procedures to instead authorize the lien for the reasonable and necessary charges for services provided to the beneficiary against the portion of any judgment, award, or settlement relating to past medical expenses in the action or claim brought against a 3rd party. OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE VETOED
SB 435 (Hollingsworth) Housing: density bonuses This bill would include within the eligibility requirements the
construction of a mobile home park that limits residency based on age
requirements for housing for older persons and the construction, for
persons and families of moderate income, of a community apartment
project and a stock cooperative.
   The local administrative requirements imposed by the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
 		 SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT APPROVED
SB 833 (Bowen) Unsolicited advertising faxes This bill places onerous administrative and economic burdens on associations by requiring express written consent from their own members prior to sending a fax advertisement.  Historically, communications between associations and its members were protected as an “established business relationship.” OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE APPROVED

The following bills failed before an Assembly vote
SB 300 (Kuehl) Family and medical leave This bill would increase the circumstances under which an employee is entitled to protected leave pursuant to the Family Rights Act. OPPOSE OPPOSE N/A Failed before Assembly vote Failed before Assembly vote Failed to pass Legislature
SB 409 (Kehoe) General plans: conservation element This bill would require the water supply portion of the conservation element to be prepared, adopted,
and  correlated with the land use element no later than
one year from the date specified for the next revision of the housing
element that occurs after  January 1, 2007, as specified.		 OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE Failed before Assembly vote Failed before Assembly vote Failed to pass Legislature
SB 459 (Romero) Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District: emissions of air contaminants: locomotives This bill would authorize the south coast district to adopt a
locomotive emission impact mitigation fee to be imposed on specified
railroad companies that operate in whole or in part within the County
of Los Angeles, the County of Orange, the County of Riverside, the
County of  San Bernardino, or any
combination thereof, if specified requirements are met.		 OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE Failed before Assembly vote Failed before Assembly vote Failed to pass Legislature
SB 538 (Kuehl) Workers' compensation: medical
provider networks: accountability		 This bill would require a medical provider network to demonstrate,
in a manner determined by the administrative director, that it has
the organizational and administrative capacity to provide services to
covered employees		 OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE Failed before Assembly vote Failed before Assembly vote Failed to pass Legislature
SB 757 (Kehoe) Petroleum Demand Reduction Act This bill will require an arbitrary cut in gasoline demand, which would likely lead to higher gasoline prices and fewer consumer choices. To achieve such a dramatic rollback in consumer demand, the state would likely be forced to impose the kind of draconian measure outlined in a joint California Energy Commission and Air Resources Board Report.  OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE Failed before Assembly vote Failed before Assembly vote Failed to pass Legislature
SB 760 (Lowenthal) Ports: congestion relief: security enhancement: environmental mitigation: regulatory fee  This bill would impose a fee of $30 per TEU on each container processed in the Ports of LA and LB, payable by the marine terminal operator who processed the container.  The money collected under this fee would fund port security, infrastructure improvements and air quality mitigation. OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE Failed before Assembly vote Failed before Assembly vote Failed to pass Legislature

The following bills failed before a Senate vote
AB 581 (Klehs) Public works: wages This bill would eliminate the requirement for the preparation of a
certified copy of a finding and would instead provide for the
initiation of formal disciplinary proceedings upon the Labor
Commissioner's finding of a willful or deliberate
violation of the Labor Code.  This bill would clarify that a
  finding of a violation of the Labor Code is not a
prerequisite to a disciplinary action against a contractor.		 OPPOSE Failed before Senate vote Failed before Senate vote N/A OPPOSE Failed to pass Legislature
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