Looks Ahead at the Week
April 18, 2022
In an effort to keep my constituents informed of
what is going on in Sacramento, my office has assembled this list of notable
bills that will be heard in Senate Committees this week. This is for
informational purposes only; it does not represent me taking a position in
support or opposition. Please note, this document will be sent ahead of weeks
that Senate Committees are hearing bills. If you have any additional questions,
please feel free to reach out to my office through any of the methods listed
here: https://ochoa-bogh.cssrc.us/my-offices I hope that you find this document useful.
Thank you,
Senator Ochoa Bogh
Banking and Financial
Institutions
Wednesday,
April 20, 2022
9am,
1021 O Street, Room 1200
SB
1176 (Limon) Requires the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) to conduct a peer
group analysis of the mortgage-related activities of each licensed mortgage
lender, as reflected in data provided pursuant to the Home Mortgage Disclosure
Act. Requires the analysis to compare licensees within the same peer group along
specified metrics and to use multivariate regression analysis or other
statistical tools that control for applicant or borrower characteristics that
affect identified outcomes. Requires the analysis to be made available to the
public and posted on DFPI’s website.
SB 1415 (Limon) Requires a state-chartered bank
or credit union to report annually to the Commissioner of Financial Protection
and Innovation on the amount of revenue earned from fees paid by its customers
related to overdraft and the percentage of overdraft revenue as a proportion of
the net income of the bank or credit union. Requires the commissioner to
publish the data reported, pursuant to the bill, in a report and make the
report available on the website of the Department of Financial Protection and
Innovation.
Business, Professions & Economic Development
Monday, April 18
10am, Senate Chamber
SB 962 (Jones) Authorizes
an individual who meets the College of American Pathologists guidelines, which
may include, but is not limited to, a respiratory care practitioner, to operate
as a laboratory director and technical consultant in moderate-complexity
laboratories.
SB 994 (Jones) Authorizes
a licensed vocational nurse to practice under the direction of a licensed
naturopathic doctor.
SB 1031 (Ochoa Bogh) Requires the renewal fee for a
license in inactive status to be one-half of the renewal fee for an active
license issued by a healing arts board within the Department of Consumer Affairs,
unless the board establishes a lower fee.
SB 1326 (Caballero) Allows the governor to enter
into an agreement with another state or multiple states authorizing commercial
cannabis activity between entities licensed in the contracting state and entities
licensed in California if certain criteria are met. Prohibits a foreign
licensee from engaging in commercial cannabis activity in this state without a
state license or authorization issued by a local jurisdiction. Requires a
contracting state to impose requirements with regard to the cannabis products
sold or distributed in this state that meet or exceed California's
requirements. Specifies that the agreement shall provide for the collection of
applicable taxes.
SB 1407 (Becker) Establishes, upon appropriation, the
California Employee Ownership Program within the Office of the Small Business
Advocate to assist small businesses in transitioning to employee ownership and
establishes grant programs.
SB 1453 (Ochoa Bogh) Clarifies that
a speech-language pathologist (SLP) only needs to receive written verification
once from an otolaryngologist that they have performed the minimum number of
supervised procedures, as specified, in order to perform a Flexible Endoscopic
Evaluation of Swallowing test, as provided, and authorizes a SLP to perform
these procedures at a location based on the patient’s medical needs.
Education
Wednesday,
April 20
1pm, 1021 O Street, Room 2100
SB 830 (Portantino) Requires, beginning with the
2022-23 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, a local educational
agency (LEA) that complies with specified requirements, to receive as
supplemental education funding the difference between what the LEA would have
received under the local control funding formula (LCFF) based on average daily
membership and what the LEA received under the LCFF based on average daily
attendance for that fiscal year.
SB 905 (Skinner) Provides funding to no more than
three underground carbon sequestration projects, with one of them being
involved with cement production. Specifies that none of the projects can be
associated with or connected to oil and gas recovery or production. Requires
that workers on these pilot projects must be paid prevailing wage and be mostly
union workers.
SB 1160 (Durazo) Allows undocumented students
classified as "nonimmigrants" under federal law to be eligible for
in-state tuition and state supported financial aid under the Dream Act.
SB 906 (Portantino) Requires,
upon notification by a school official, the local law enforcement or schoolsite
police, with support from the school or local educational agency serving pupils
in grades 6 to 12, to immediately conduct an investigation and assessment of
any threat or perceived threat which includes a review of the firearm registry
of the Department of Justice and a search of a pupil’s property.
SB 1343 (Leyva) Eliminates local control by
requiring all charter schools authorized, or reauthorized, after January 1,
2023, to automatically enroll their employees in pension systems run by CalPERS
and CalSTRS.
SB 1401 (Bradford) Creates a mechanism that may
require colleges and universities to distribute a portion of team revenue to
college athletes who have completed a bachelor's degree. Requires all colleges
and universities to comply with Title IX.
Energy, Utilities & Communications
Monday,
April 18
3pm or upon adjournment of Session, Senate Chamber
SB 884 (McGuire) Adds electric infrastructure
undergrounding projects to the Permit Streamlining Act and deems the
undergrounding project an environmental leadership development project to
provide streamlining benefits under the California Environmental Quality Act.
SB 1032 (Becker) Creates
the Clean Energy Infrastructure Authority, a public instrumentality of the
state, to lead the efforts to build clean energy infrastructure necessary to
meet the state’s 100% clean energy goals.
SB 1383 (Hueso) Requires the California Public
Utilities Commission to implement and enforce standards for the maintenance and
operation of energy storage facilities.
SB 1385 (Cortese) Requires
the California Public Utilities Commission to establish a multifamily housing
local solar program that requires the investor owned utilities to construct a
solar and storage facility on or near qualified multifamily housing.
SB 1399 (Wieckowski) Requires the California Energy
Commission to establish a grant program for three carbon capture projects at an
existing industrial facility, natural gas plant, or a biomass facility.
SB 1469 (Bradford) Requires the California Public
Utilities Commission to decouple water utility revenues from sales.
Environmental Quality
Wednesday,
April 20
9am, 1021 O Street, Room 2100
SB 1013 (Atkins) Adds liquor and wine to the
Bottle Bill program, which will require consumers to pay a deposit at purchase
that will not be returned until the container is recycled.
SB 1101 (Caballero) Requires
the Air Resources Board to create a program to develop the commercial
application of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage technologies or
equipment. Requires that workers on eligible projects must be paid prevailing
wage and mostly be union workers.
SB 1118 (Borgeas) Provides that a court can only
issue a preemptory writ of mandate under CEQA when it is found that the public
agency made a decision without substantial information about the project's
likely impacts. Requires the court to find, based on the evidence, that an
order is needed to address specific impacts. Clarifies that insubstantial or
technical violations that have no impact shall not be a reason for a writ of
mandate.
SB 1230 (Limon) Makes a number of changes to the
way that the state provides incentives or rebates to consumers who purchase
near-zero or zero-emission vehicles. This includes: allowing the incentive to
be provided to the applicant before purchasing a vehicle; allowing the use of a
single application to apply for various state incentive and rebate programs;
ensures that individuals from all air districts can access the Clean Cars 4 All
Program; allows for alternative mobility options to be funded; and allows
limits to be placed on the amount of incentives and rebates provided to
individuals so they do not exceed 120% of the price difference between the
purchased vehicle and a comparable non-hybrid internal combustion engine.
SB 1382 (Gonzalez) Exempts purchasers of plug-in
hybrids and zero-emission vehicles under the Clean Cars 4 All Program – from
having to pay the state's portion of sales and use tax. Requires the Air
Resources Board to identify barriers to accessing the Clean Cars 4 All program
and develop outreach to those underserved groups.
SB 1404 (Stern) Makes a number of changes to
existing law as it pertains to the conversion of oak woodlands under CEQA. This
includes allowing CEQA to be required if removing three or more oak trees;
eliminates a provision stating that if a project complied with the mitigation
provisions in existing law it would be deemed compliant with CEQA; and allows
individuals to bring actions under CEQA, even if the project complied with
existing law.
Governance & Finance
Wednesday, April 20
9am, 1021 O Street, Room 2200
SB 834 (Wiener) Authorizes the Attorney General (AG)
to make a finding that a tax-exempt organization has actively engaged in, or
incited the active engagement in, certain acts or conspiracies defined as
criminal under federal law (e.g. treason, insurrection, seditious conspiracy,
advocating overthrow of the government), and likely to produce imminent
violation of that federal law. Requires the AG to notify the Franchise Tax
Board (FTB) of such a finding, and requires the FTB to revoke the tax-exempt
status of the organization found to be in violation.
SB 1105 (Hueso) Establishes
the San Diego Regional Equitable and Environmentally Friendly Housing Agency to
increase the supply of "equitable and environmentally friendly"
housing in the County of San Diego by authorizing the new agency to increase
revenues and provide technical assistance across the region.
SB 1186 (Wiener) Prohibits
a local jurisdiction from adopting or enforcing a regulation that prohibits, or
imposes unreasonable restrictions on, the sale of medicinal cannabis to
patients or their primary caregivers. Permits a local jurisdiction to adopt
regulations that limit the sale of medicinal cannabis to delivery only.
SB 1374 (Borgeas) Authorizes a personal income
tax deduction in an amount equal to the contribution made to a qualified
tuition savings program, as specified. Caps the deduction amount at $10,000 and
$5,000 based on filing status, and specifies that the deduction is only available
to taxpayers whose adjusted gross income does not exceed certain amounts.
SB 1377 (Newman) Allows,
when computing adjusted gross income, a deduction in an amount equal to
attorneys’ fees and court costs paid by, or on behalf of, a taxpayer in connection
with any action involving a claim of a consumer protection violation.
SB 1393 (Archuleta) Requires
a local government to receive approval from the California Energy Commission
before requiring the replacement of a fossil fuel-fired appliance with an
electric appliance upon the alteration or retrofit of a residential or
nonresidential building, unless the requirement contains specified exemptions.
SB 1395 (Bates) Establishes
the California Defense Community Infrastructure Program, which would require
the Office of Planning and Research, with input and assistance from the
Governor’s Military Council, to grant funds to local agencies to assist with
matching fund requirements in applications for funds from the federal Defense
Community Infrastructure Program and to fund community projects with a similar
purpose as the federal program. Appropriates $50 million from the General Fund
for purposes of the program.
SB 1411 (Melendez) Excludes from gross income, for
personal income tax purposes, retirement pay received by a taxpayer from the
federal government for service performed in the Armed Services of the United
States, the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, and the United States
Public Health Service.
