AB 467 – Sports Prize Equity: This bill would prohibit an application for state land use permit from being approved for the use of an athletic competition on specified state land, unless it includes, as a condition of the lease, equal prize compensation regardless of gender. Signed by the Governor.
AB 522 – Expansion of Cal Grant Transfer Entitlement Awards for Veterans: This bill would allow veterans greater access to higher education by raising the age eligibility requirement for the Cal Grant Transfer Entitlement Award from 28 to 32 years old.
AB 931 – Increasing Women’s Representation on Public Boards and Commission: This bill seeks to remedy historical gender disparities in appointments to local public boards and commissions by requiring non-elected and non-salaried members of the boards and commission of cities with 50,000 residents or more are at least 50 percent women by 2030. Signed by the Governor.
AB 983 – Electric Vehicles (EV) Charging Stations Infrastructure: This bill would require investor-owned utilities (IOUs) to work with local and regional planning agencies within their service territory in the development of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure deployment plans. Significant and rapid expansion of the EV charging infrastructure will contribute to the State meeting its ambitious air quality and clean transportation targets.
AB 1017 – Safety Assessment of Planned Pedestrian Railroad Crossings: This bill would make it easier for cities and counties to build safer pedestrian railroad crossings by requiring the California Public Utilities Commissions (CPUC) to provide a safety assessment of the railroad crossing during the planning phase and before an application for the project’s approval is filed. Signed by the Governor.
AB 1139 – Pedestrian Access to Commercial Shopping Centers: This bill would require that new or existing commercial shopping centers are easily accessible to pedestrians in adjacent residential neighborhoods.
AB 1231 – Ambulance Service Providers’ Response Time Requirements: This bill would require a city or county contracting, renewing or amending their contracts with ambulance service providers to include response time requirements that are consistent with performance standards established by the International Academics of Emergency Dispatch (IAED), a non-profit, standard-setting organization for protocols and training in medical, fire, police, and nurse triage dispatching.
AB 1315 – Building Affordable Housing in Small Lots: This bill would authorize developers to submit applications for the construction of fee-simple, infill housing on small lots in multi-family and mixed-use zones to create more affordable housing-ownership opportunities.
AB 1347 – 100 Percent Renewable Energy Sourcing on Public Buildings: This bill would require state and local government agencies to use 100 percent renewable energy sources by 2030.
AB 1426 – San Onofre State Beach Project Notification: This bill would require the California Department of Parks and Recreation to report to the Legislature about proposed infrastructure projects that would encroach or interfere with the San Onofre State Beach park operations. Signed by the Governor.
AB 1492 – Keeping Telecommuting Employees Safe: This bill would clarify existing labor laws in order to provide a safe work environment for workers who telecommute, and ensure employees are reimbursed for work-related expenses incurred while working from home.
AB 1607 – Gender Pricing Small Business Notification: This bill would require cities and counties to issue a notice of the Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995 (Act) at the time a business receives or renews its business license. The Act prohibits businesses from charging persons different prices for similar kinds of services if the difference is based upon on the person’s gender. Small businesses unaware of this law have been the target of frivolous litigation for price differentials between services provided to men and women. Signed by the Governor.
AB 1640 – Excessive Budget Reserves Accountability: This bill would require cities and counties to report to the State Controller annually on how they plan to spend their budget reserves if these reserves are over 30 percent of their total expenditures. The bill would also establish funding priorities on social programs and services currently being underfunded such as affordable housing, health care, veteran services, in-home supportive services, homelessness and foster youth programs.
AB 1731 – Unemployment Insurance: Work Sharing Plans: This bill would streamline the application process for the California Employment Development Department’s (EDD) Work Sharing Program to increase the number of employers participating in the program, which will allow employers to retain employees and avoid lay-offs. Signed by the Governor.
AB 1785 – Rail Corridor Liability Claims: This bill would allow a railroad owner or operator, or a government entity through which a railroad passes, to file a special motion to strike claims for liability related to incidents occurring in a portion of a railroad right-of-way open to the public.
AB 1791 – Tax Returns Reporting Requirements Update (Form 1099): This bill would require “gig companies”-those conducting business using an online platform- to report to the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) payments to an independent contractor totaling $600, rather than $20,000 and 200 transactions. The overwhelming majority of gig economy workers do not meet the existing threshold. Without meeting this trigger, gig companies are not required to file their 1099 forms.
AB 1927 – Sexual Assault Victims Amnesty: This bill would establish an amnesty clause to encourage sexual assault victims and witnesses to participate in a felony sexual assault prosecution. Signed by the Governor.
AB 1949 – Carlsbad Leon Raymond Junior Hubbard Marine Fish Hatchery:
This bill reforms the program in step with the core recommendations from a California Sea Grant evaluation conducted by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the State’s request in 2015. This includes a restructuring of the program’s advisory panel so that it facilitates a more direct decision-making process while providing stakeholders with more appropriate representation, among other changes. Signed by the Governor.