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Home My WebLink About02.25.20 Email from Paul Yoder - 2020 Introduced Bills - Housing,Land Use,Planning - 5 of 7 Position priority - ners financial and counties or high - groundwater n easements, fee title the director to be ocal agencies entive Program term sustainable agricultural uses. The act - 21 fiscal year, would appropriate an additional – devoted to agricultural use, whereby the owners agree Summary mland Conservancy Program Act, to be administered generally horize the Director of Conservation to, subject to appropriation, er, subsidence, and sea water intrusion, among others. To achieve sion Incentive Program for purposes of providing grants to to the Controller to make subvention payments to counties, as ated by the Department of Water Resources as medium mland Conservancy Program Fund and requires, except as provided, moneys term private stewardship of agricultural lands by offering landow - r of the land subject to the contract and to require the Department of Williamson Act Existing law establishes the California Farby the Department of Conservation, and provides that it is the intent of the act to, among other things, encourage voluntary, longincentives, encourage local land use planning for orderly and efficient urban growth and conservation of agricultural land, and encourage improvements to enhance longestablishes the California Farin the fund, upon appropriation, to be used for the purposes of the California Farmland Conservancy Program, which include, among other things, the purchase of agricultural conservatioacquisition grants, and land improvement and planning grants. This bill would establish the California Conservation Ranching Incentive Program as a separate component of the California Farmland Conservancy Program. The bill would autenter into contracts for an initial term of 3 years with nonpublic entities that are owners of record or lessees of productive rangelands, grazing lands, or grasslands that are determined byimportant for the conservation of grassland birds, soil health, and biodiversity. The bill would require these contracts to include an agreement by the owner and any lessee to restore, enhance, and protect the grassland habitat characteConservation to pay a specified amount to the owner or lessee for undertaking conservation obligations under the contract. The bill would create the California Conservation Ranching IncAccount in the California Farmland Conservancy Program Fund and would make funds deposited in the account available for expenditure, upon appropriation, to the department for purposes of the program.The Williamson Act, also known as the California Land Conservation Act of 1965, authorizes a city or county to enter into contracts with owners of land to continue using the property for that purpose, and the city or county agrees to value the land accordingly for purposes of property taxation. Existing law sets forth procedures for reimbursing cities for property tax revenues not received as a result of these contracts and continuously appropriates General Fund moneys for that purpose. This bill, for the 2020$40,000,000 from the General Fundprovided, in proportion to the losses incurred by those counties by reason of the reduction of assessed property taxes. The bill would make various findings in this regard.Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), requires numerous groundwater basins throughout the state designbasins to each be managed under a separate groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by specified dates. SGMA requires, with some exceptions, that ldesignated as groundwater sustainability agencies prepare, administer, and enforce the groundwater sustainability plans with the goal of sustainably managing these groundwater basins to avoid undesirable results such as overdrafting groundwatthe sustainability goal, SGMA authorizes a groundwater sustainability agency to, among other measures, control groundwater extractions by regulating, limiting, or suspending extractions fromwells, establish a program of voluntary fallowing of agricultural lands, or validate an existing fallowing program. This bill would require the Department of Conservation to establish and administer a program named the Multibenefit Land Convergroundwater sustainability agencies, or other specified entities designated by groundwater sustainability PRINTPRINTPRINT From printer. From printer. From printer. --- Location ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 May be heard in committee March 21.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 May be heard in committee March 22.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 May be heard in committee March 22. D d payments: R D Bill ID/Topic AB 2550Garcia, EduardoGrazing land: California Conservation Ranching Incentive Program.AB 2632PattersonWilliamson Act: subvention appropriation.AB 2642SalasDepartment of Conservation: Multibenefit LanConversion Incentive Program: administration. - - d for g multibenefit nservation of purchaser - gricultural oversight, including mental Farming Incentive applicant must agree to for a grant ciency and Enhancement Program term sustainable agricultural uses. The act - of 1995, requires the Department of Food and things, specify legislative intent to remove barriers s that it is the intent of the act to, among other things, in awarding program funds to eligible applicants. The bill specifies being of ecosystems, air quality, and wildlife and their habitat. The act - o be used for the purposes of the California Farmland Conservancy term private stewardship of agricultural lands by offering landowners financial advantaged farmers and ranchers, as specified. The bill would require that not - y providing incentives, educational materials, and outreach to farmers or ranchers sist government agencies to incorporate the conservation of natural resources and ty.This bill contains other related provisions. equires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to convene the Scientific Advisory Panel on agencies, for the development or implementation of local programs supporting or facilitatinland conversion at the basin scale. The bill establishes procedures for the department’s administration of the program and authorizes the department to develop guidelines to implement the program and to exercise its expertise and discretion numerous criteria regarding program eligibility, including compliance with several specified requirements of SGMA. The bill prescribes certain actions regarding program accountability andpreparation of an annual report with specified information evaluating the implementation of local programs and use of program funds.Existing law establishes the California Farmland Conservancy Program Act, to be administered generally by the Department of Conservation, and provideencourage voluntary, longincentives, encourage local land use planning for orderly and efficient urban growth and coagricultural land, and encourage improvements to enhance longestablishes the California Farmland Conservancy Program Fund and requires, except as provided, moneys in the fund, upon appropriation, tProgram, which include, among other things, the purchase of agricultural conservation easements, fee title acquisition grants, and land improvement and planning grants. The act requires an aconservation easement to be granted to any organization or entity authorized to acquire and hold conservation easements, as specified.The bill would revise and recast provisions of the California Farmland Conservancy Program Act to, among otherto socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, as defined, participating in the agricultural economy and stewarding working lands under conservation. The bill would expand the use of moneys in the funthe program to include technical assistance grants, as described, to eligible assistance entities, as defined, and acquisition assistance grants to eligible assistance entities for the sole purpose of reducing barriers to land access for socially disless than 25% of the program funds be provided to applicants that lease or sell to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. The bill would also expand the conditions that anfor the acquisition of fee title to agricultural land to include, among other things, a farmerpreference, as defined, in the text of the agricultural conservation easement used to encumber the acquired properExisting law, the Cannella Environmental Farming Act Agriculture to establish and oversee an environmental farming program to provide incentives to farmers whose practices promote the wellrEnvironmental Farming, as prescribed, for the purpose of providing advice to the secretary on the implementation of the Healthy Soils Program and the State Water Effiand assistance to federal, state, and local government agencies on issues relating to the impact of agricultural practices on air, water, and wildlife habitat, as specified.This bill would additionally require the panel to asecosystem services practices into agricultural programs. The bill would require the department, with advice from the panel, to establish and administer the California EnvironProgram, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature. The bill would require the program to support onfarm practices seeking to optimize environmental benefits while supporting the economic viability of California agriculture bwho want to pursue adopting management practices that contribute to wildlife habitat and result in on PRINT Introduced. From printer. RLS. -- ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 To print.SENATE 2/18/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 19. D D servation: California AB 2955Rivas, RobertAgricultural land conFarmland Conservancy Program Act.SB 1028DoddAgriculture: Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995: Environmental Farming Incentive Program. - de open farm - bed. The bill would require the ves to private landowners, nonprofit Agriculture to, among other duties and authorities, d the department establish carbon sequestration goals for Existing law, the California Global Warming Solutions Act contains other related provisions and other existing laws. lifornia Environmental Farming Incentive Program Fund in the State Treasury, and upon farm activities that provide multiple conservation benefits, as prescridepartment, in consultation with the panel, to determine priorities for the program and give priority to specified projects, such as those that benefit socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers. The bill would create the Caappropriation by the Legislature, authorize the department to expend funds for purposes of the program. The bill would require the department to provide funds for incentiorganizations, the University of California Cooperative Extension, or local agencies, including resource conservation districts, for activities that support the program and implementation of onpractices.This bill Existing law establishes the Department of Food and promote and protect the agricultural industry of the state. Existing law provides funds to the department, as specified, for grants to promote practices on farms and ranches that improve agricultural and space soil health, carbon soil sequestration, erosion control, water quality, and water retention. Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. of 2006, requires the board to approve a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020 and to ensure that statewigreenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. This bill would require, no later than July 1, 2021, that the Natural Resources Agency, in coordination with the California Environmental Protection Agency, the board, annatural and working lands, as defined. The bill would require the board to include specified carbon dioxide removal targets as part of its scoping plan. Introduced. RLS. - SENATE 2/21/2020 To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. D SB 1323SkinnerCarbon sequestration: state goals: natural and working lands: registry of projects. Position eys o these of these provisions. al and other term sustainable agricultural uses. The act - m Fund and would make funds deposited in the erly and efficient urban growth and conservation of es a provision of law or any regulation relating to Summary s, soil health, and biodiversity. The bill would require planning grants. This bill would establish the California ns of law relating to pest control operations, pesticides, or environmental health effects, as defined, or are not appropriate ing if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may ctor’s decision to levy civil penalties, and would provide for expedited term private stewardship of agricultural lands by offering landowners financial - Agriculture/Weights and measures epartment of Conservation, and provides that it is the intent of the act to, among other things, ector of Pesticide Regulation to prosecute a violation civilly, as specified. In lieu of a civil prosecution ter into contracts for an initial term of 3 years with nonpublic entities that are owners of record or Existing law provides that every person who violatpesticides is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by specified fines or by up to 6 months imprisonment, or both. In lieu of seeking prosecution for a misdemeanor, existing law authorizes the Dirby the director, existing law authorizes the county agricultural commissioner to levy a civil penalty against a person violating specified provisiopesticides and worker safety, use of restricted materials, use of an unregistered pesticide, carbon monoxide pest control devices, structural pest control devices, or regulations adopted pursuant tprovisions.This bill would provide that, if the director determines that violations of those specified provisions occurring on or after January 1, 2021, have been committed in multiple jurisdictions, involve a priority investigation involving humanto be enforced by a county agricultural commissioner for specified reasons, the director may levy a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for each violation in accordance with specified procedurrequirements, or may refer any of those violations to the proper enforcement agency, including the district attorney of the county in which the violations occurred or the Attorney General. The bill would provide for judicial review of the direjudicial enforcement of final civil penalty determinations, as specified. The bill would authorize the Department of Pesticide Regulation to adopt regulations to implement and enforceExisting law establishes the California Farmland Conservancy Program Act, to be administered generally by the Dencourage voluntary, longincentives, encourage local land use planning for ordagricultural land, and encourage improvements to enhance longestablishes the California Farmland Conservancy Program Fund and requires, except as provided, monin the fund, upon appropriation, to be used for the purposes of the California Farmland Conservancy Program, which include, among other things, the purchase of agricultural conservation easements, fee title acquisition grants, and land improvement and Conservation Ranching Incentive Program as a separate component of the California Farmland Conservancy Program. The bill would authorize the Director of Conservation to, subject to appropriation, enlessees of productive rangelands, grazing lands, or grasslands that are determined by the director to be important for the conservation of grassland birdthese contracts to include an agreement by the owner and any lessee to restore, enhance, and protect the grassland habitat character of the land subject to the contract and to require the Department Conservation to pay a specified amount to the owner or lessee for undertaking conservation obligations under the contract. The bill would create the California Conservation Ranching Incentive Program Account in the California Farmland Conservancy Prograaccount available for expenditure, upon appropriation, to the department for purposes of the program.Existing state law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, prohibits the manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offer for sale of adulterated foods or beverages. Existing law prescribes when a food or beverage is adulterated, includrender it injurious to the health of a person or other animal that may consume it. Violation of these E.S. & PRINTPRINT Referred to From printer. From printer. --- Location ASSEMBLY T.M.1/23/2020 Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and JUD.ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 May be heard in committee March 21.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 D D D Curry - Kahan - Bill ID/Topic AB 1919BauerPesticides: enforcement actions: civil penalty: judicial review.AB 2550Garcia, EduardoGrazing land: California Conservation Ranching Incentive Program.AB 2827AguiarFood, beverage, and - t act - farm - lterated by the inclusion of vironmental Farming Incentive Efficiency and Enhancement Program escribed. The bill would require the centives to private landowners, nonprofit ant to be used for the protection and preservation at least 30 days before the public meetings. Act of 1995, requires the Department of Food and being of ecosystems, air quality, and wildlife and their habitat. The - sed solely on the inclusion of industrial hemp products or cannabidiol derived ure by providing incentives, educational materials, and outreach to farmers or ranchers bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. to assist government agencies to incorporate the conservation of natural resources and he California Environmental Farming Incentive Program Fund in the State Treasury, and upon idelines and selection criteria, existing law requires the department to conduct at least 2 public provisions is a crime.This bill would state that a food or beverage is not aduindustrial hemp products, including cannabidiol derived from industrial hemp, and would prohibit restrictions on the sale of food or beverages that include industrial hemp products or cannabidiol derived from industrial hemp bafrom industrial hemp.Existing law establishes an inspection tonnage tax for commercial feed, as specified, with a maximum rate of $0.25 per ton. The funds collected are deposited into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, and are continuously appropriated for purposes of provisions regulating commercial feed.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision relating to inspection tonnage tax rates.Existing law establishes in the Department of Conservation the Agricultural Protection Planning Grant Program, under which a local government entity, nonprofit organization, authority, or joint powers authority may apply to the department for a planning grof farmland, grazing land, and grassland, as specified. Existing law requires the department, before awarding funds, to develop guidelines and selection criteria for awarding grants. Before adopting the guworkshops to receive and consider public comments and requires the department to publish the draft guidelines and selection criteria on its internet website Existing law requires the department to follow these procedures when it revises the guidelines.This bill would instead require the department to publish the draft guidelines and selection criteria on its internewebsite at least 45 days before the public meetings.Existing law, the Cannella Environmental FarmingAgriculture to establish and oversee an environmental farming program to provide incentives to farmers whose practices promote the wellrequires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to convene the Scientific Advisory Panel on Environmental Farming, as prescribed, for the purpose of providing advice to the secretary on the implementation of the Healthy Soils Program and the State Waterand assistance to federal, state, and local government agencies on issues relating to the impact of agricultural practices on air, water, and wildlife habitat, as specified.This bill would additionally require the panel ecosystem services practices into agricultural programs. The bill would require the department, with advice from the panel, to establish and administer the California EnProgram, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature. The bill would require the program to support onfarm practices seeking to optimize environmental benefits while supporting the economic viability of California agricultwho want to pursue adopting management practices that contribute to wildlife habitat and result in onfarm activities that provide multiple conservation benefits, as prdepartment, in consultation with the panel, to determine priorities for the program and give priority to specified projects, such as those that benefit socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers. The bill would create tappropriation by the Legislature, authorize the department to expend funds for purposes of the program. The bill would require the department to provide funds for inorganizations, the University of California Cooperative Extension, or local agencies, including resource conservation districts, for activities that support the program and implementation of onpractices.This PRINT Introduced. From printer. From printer. RLS.RLS. --- EMBLY 8/2020 ommittee March 22. May be heard in cASS2/21/2020 To print.SENATE 2/1May be acted upon on or after March 19.SENATE 2/18/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 19. D D D cosmetic adulterants: industrial hemp products.AB 3013CooperAgriculture: commercial feed.SB 1012HurtadoAgricultural lands: Agricultural Protection Planning Grant Program.SB 1028DoddAgriculture: Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995: Environmental Farming Incentive Program. Position on. This would prohibit an se tax rate would 2020, with d cannabis that enters the tion of commercial medicinal artment of Consumer Affairs, the Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act use cannabis activity pursuant to that license - - e, or mortgagee, to knowingly rent, lease, or make or the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing, distributing, Summary weight ounce of cannabis flowers and leaves. Existing law - authorizes the Legislature to amend its provisions with a 2/3 a Department of Tax and Fee Administration to provide the ose taxes to be deposited into the California Cannabis Tax Fund and to be o the creation, issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses issued Cannabis anuary 1, 2018, on the purchase of cannabis and cannabis products at the rate of use cannabis activities. MAUCRSA imposes duties on the Bureau of Cannabis Control in the - nse under AUMA to engage in commercial adult trol, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as The ConProposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, and additionally amended by statute, imposes duties on the Bureau of Cannabis Control in the DepDepartment of Food and Agriculture, and the State Department of Public Health with respect to the creation, issuance, denial, suspension and revocation of commercial cannabis licenses, and imposes an excise tax commencing J15% of the average market price of any retail sale by a cannabis retailer. Commencing January 1, 2018, AUMA also imposes a cultivation tax upon all cultivators on all harvestecommercial market, at specified rates per dryrequires the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to administer those taxes, and requires the revenues from thcontinuously appropriated for specified purposes pursuant to a specified schedule. AUMA requires the Legislative Analyst’s Office to submit a report to the Legislature by January 1, recommendations for adjustments to the tax rate to achieve the goals of undercutting illicit market prices and discouraging use by persons younger than 21 years of age while ensuring sufficient revenues are generated for specified programs. AUMAvote of both houses to further its purposes and intent.This bill would reduce that excise tax rate to 11% on and after the operative date of this bill until July 1, 2023, at which time the excirevert back to 15%. The bill would suspend the imposition of the cultivation tax on and after the operative date of this bill until July 1, 2023. The bill would require the bureau, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the CaliforniLegislature with reports measuring the success of this bill, as specified.This bill contains other related provisions. Existing law makes it a crime for a person who has management or control of a building, room, space, or enclosure, either as an owner, lessee, agent, employeavailable for use, with or without compensation, the building, room, space, or enclosure, for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing, storing, or distributing a controlled substance for sale or distributibill would authorize a licensing authority under MAUCRSA to impose an administrative fine of up to $50,000 per violation against a person who violates the prohibition on renting, leasing, or making available a building, room, space, or enclosure for selling cannabis. The bill would make each day the violation continues a separate violation for this purpose.This bill contains other existing laws. The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state liceand applicable local ordinances. The Medicinal and Adult(MAUCRSA), among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulaand adultDepartment of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the State Department of Public Health with respect tpursuant to MAUCRSA.This bill would impose a civil penalty on persons aiding and abetting unlicensed commercial cannabis activity of up to $30,000 for each violation. The bill State - BURKE, REVENUE REV. & TAXPRINTB.&P. Referred to Coms. Referred to Coms. From printer. May -- Location 2:30 p.m. - 2020 ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLY 1/30/2020 on REV. & TAX. and B. & P.3/9/2020Capitol, Room 126AND TAXATION,ChairASSEMBLY 2/6/2020 be heard in committee March 7.ASSEMBLY 2/20/on B. & P. and JUD. D D D Sawyer or unlawful - Bill ID/Topic AB 1948BontaTaxation: cannabis.AB 2094JonesCannabis: facilities used fpurposes.AB 2122Rubio, BlancaUnlawful cannabis activity: enforcement. d require the Bureau of Cannabis rocess as are provided to workers activity in the state as provided by the Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act count of various personal characteristics, use cannabis activity pursuant to that license -beverages. Existing law prescribes when a - son for a training program leading to t include industrial hemp products or cannabidiol commercial adult ver is earlier or earliest.This bill contains other related provisions and other son with an identification card, as specified, for purposes of medical cannabis, subject urisdiction, defined as a city, city and county, or county, with specified powers use cannabis activities, including retail commercial cannabis activity. MAUCRSA gives the - tment of Fair Employment and Housing to investigate and prosecute complaints alleging unlawful se provisions is a crime.This bill would state that a food or beverage is not adulterated by the action for civil penalties brought against a person pursuant to MAUCRSA from commencing unless the action is filed within 3 years from the first date of discovery of the violation by a licensing authority or a participating agency, whicheexisting laws. Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, protects the rights of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination on acincluding medical condition. The act prohibits various forms of employment discrimination, including discharging or refusing to hire or to select for training programs on a prohibited basis, and empowers the Deparpractices.This bill would make it an unlawful employment practice for an employer or other entity to refuse to hire or employ a person, to refuse to select a peremployment, to bar or to discharge a person from employment or from a training program leading to employment, or to discriminate against an employee, because of the employee’s status as a qualified patient, or as a perto certain exceptions. The bill would grant people who use medical cannabis while employed the same rights to reasonable accommodation and the associated interactive pprescribed other legal drugs under this section, subject to specified requirements.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in and applicable local ordinances. The Medicinal and Adult(MAUCRSA), among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinaland adultBureau of Cannabis Control in the Department of Consumer Affairs the power, duty, purpose, responsibility, and jurisdiction to regulate commercial cannabisact, and does not supersede or limit the authority of a local jurisdiction to adopt and enforce local ordinances to regulate commercial cannabis businesses within that local jurisdiction. MAUCRSA provides a local jregarding commercial cannabis activity, including adopting and enforcing local ordinances regulating commercial cannabis activity or prohibiting that activity. This bill woulControl to develop a model local ordinance, and to make the model local ordinance publicly available on its internet website.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing state law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, prohibits the manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offer for sale of adulterated foods or food or beverage is adulterated, including if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to the health of a person or other animal that may consume it. Violation of theinclusion of industrial hemp products, including cannabidiol derived from industrial hemp, and would prohibit restrictions on the sale of food or beverages thaderived from industrial hemp based solely on the inclusion of industrial hemp products or cannabidiol derived from industrial hemp. ittee PRINTPRINTPRINT From printer. From printer. From printer. --- ASSEMBLY 2/19/2020 May be heard in committee March 20.ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 May be heard in commMarch 21.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 May be heard in committee March 22. ical D Curry - D D trial hemp AB 2355BontaEmployment discrimination: medcannabis.AB 2456TingCannabis: model local ordinance.AB 2827AguiarFood, beverage, and cosmetic adulterants: indusproducts. weight - issued Existing law also - on tax upon all uld receive any cannabis Use Cannabis Regulation and use cannabis activity pursuant - - t, an initiative measure approved as egulation of commercial medicinal and for the sale of, or the storage, use, or oral recommendation or approval of a issued identification card. This bill, on or after - on’s equity program, and authorizes the bureau to cannabis excise tax and the cannabis cultivation tax. This bill, on or MAUCRSA. Existing law imposes a state excise tax on the purchase of d patient or primary caregiver for a qualified patient provides a specified medicinal ides a valid physician’s recommendation and a valid state government t of 2018, requires the Bureau of Cannabis Control in the Department of Consumer Affairs to ns a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult tion in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or use and medicinal cannabis and cannabis products at the rate of 15% of the average market price use cannabis activities. Existing law authorizes local jurisdictions to issue local licenses for -- usion and support of individuals and communities in California’s cannabis industry who are linked to November 5, 1996, statewide general election, prohibits specified criminal penalties from being MAUCRSA does not supersede or limit the authority of a local jurisdiction to adopt and enforce local ordinances to regulate commercial cannabis businesses within that local jurisdiction. specifies that a county may impose a tax on the privilege of cultivating, manufacturing, producing, processing, preparing, storing, providing, donating, selling, or distributing cannabis or cannabis products by a licensee operating under adultof any retail sale by a cannabis retailer. Existing law also imposes a state cultivaticultivators on all harvested cannabis that enters the commercial market, at specified rates per dryounce of cannabis flowers and leaves. Existing law requires the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to administer thebefore January 1, 2022, would require the California Department of Tax and Fee administration to issue and deliver to the Legislature a report on how the state, cities, and counties cotax amounts due by payment using stablecoins, as described.The Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 215 at the imposed on a patient or a patient’s primary caregiver who possesses or cultivates cannabis for the personal medical purposes of the patient upon the written or physician. Existing state sales and use tax laws impose a tax on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state or on the storage, use, or other consumpother consumption in this state. The Sales and Use Tax Law provides various exemptions from those taxes. The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana AcProposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, among other things, provides an exemption from those taxes for retail sales of certain medicinal cannabis and medical cannabis products when a qualifiecannabis identification card and a valid state governmentJanuary 1, 2021, would provide an exemption from those taxes other consumption in this state of, medicinal cannabis or medicinal cannabis product purchased by a qualified patient or a primary caregiver of a qualified patient if that qualified patient or primary caregiver providentification card for that qualified patient.The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtaito that license and applicable local ordinances. The Medicinal and AdultSafety Act, among other things, consolidates the licensure and radultcommercial cannabis activity in the local jurisdiction, as provided.Existing law, the California Cannabis Equity Acadminister a grant program to assist with the development of a local jurisdiction’s local equity program or to assist applicants and licensees in a local jurisdictiprovide technical assistance to the local equity program. Existing law defines local equity program for purposes of the act to mean a program adopted or operated by a local jurisdiction that focuses on inclpopulations or neighborhoods that were negatively or disproportionately impacted by cannabis PRINTPRINTPRINT Introduced. To Introduced. To Introduced. To --- ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 print.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 print.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 print. D R D blecoins: report. AB 3090TingCannabis taxes: payment using staAB 3124LackeySales and use tax: medicinal cannabis.AB 3192CooperCalifornia Cannabis Equity Act. dy am, as alSavers possesses or regulated medical - suspend compliance o the provision defining terms for naged accounts invested in United States de the health care facility with a copy of their ard program for qualified patients and provides who serves at its pleasure. Existing law requires eligible ent that licenses the health care facility from enforcing these tes Treasuries, myRAs, or similar investments. Existing law Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by cility related to the facility’s compliance with a state ion in the program by telephone and would eliminate a condition relating to contribution , would prohibit specified types of health care facilities from prohibiting or interfering with a criminalization. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes tpurposes of the California Cannabis Equity Act of 2018. Existing law, the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust Act, establishes the CRetirement Savings Program to be administered by the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Investment Board. Existing law requires the Treasurer, on behalf of the board, to appoint an executive director, who is not a member of the board and employers to offer a payroll deposit retirement savings arrangement so that eligible employees may contribute a portion of their salary or wages to a retirement savings program account in the progrspecified. Existing law requires the board to take various actions upon implementation of the program and, for to up 3 years following its initial implementation of the program, requires the board to establish managed accounts invested in United Stastates that the program is implemented as of January 1, 2017. This bill would rename the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust Act as the CalSavers Retirement Savings Trust Act, the bothat administers the act as the CalSavers Retirement Savings Board, and make conforming changes in this regard. The bill would make various changes in the act to reflect that it has been implemented, including eliminating the requirement to establish maTreasuries, myRAs, or similar investments described above. The bill would authorize the board to delegate rulemaking authority to its executive director. The bill would authorize an employee to opt out of participatamounts that depends on the length of time that an employee has contributed to the program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing law generally requires the licensure and regulation of various health care facilities, including, among others, a hospice facility. The the approval of Proposition 215 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, prohibits specified criminal penalties from being imposed on a patient or a patient’s primary caregiver whocultivates cannabis for the personal medical purposes of the patient upon the written or oral recommendation or approval of a physician. Existing law, known as the Medical Marijuana Program, requires counties to administer an identification cimmunity from arrest to qualified patients with a valid identification card or designated primary caregivers, within prescribed limits.This bill, the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan’s Lawterminally ill patient’s use of medicinal cannabis within the health care facility, subject to certain restrictions. The bill would require a patient to provimedical marijuana card or written documentation that the use of medicinal cannabis is recommended by a physician. The bill would authorize a health care facility to reasonably restrict the manner in which a patient stores and uses medicinal cannabis to ensure the safety of other patients, guests, and employees of the health care facility, compliance with other state laws, and the safe operations of the health care facility. The bill would prohibit the departmprovisions, and compliance with the bill would not be a condition for obtaining, retaining, or renewing a license as a health care facility. The bill would authorize a health care facility to with these provisions if a regulatory agency, the United States Department of Justice, or the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services takes specified actions, including initiating an enforcement action against a health care famarijuana program. From printer. From printer. RLS.RLS. -- SENATE 2/19/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 20.SENATE 2/21/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 22. al Cannabis D 042 D SB 1PanRetirement savings.SB 1216HuesoCompassionate Access to MedicAct or Ryan’s Law. ate or local law an initiative statute f the Legislature to enact legislation s. The act defines “local equity program” Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), which - from acquiring or receiving cannabis or cannabis products except from a re negatively or disproportionately impacted by cannabis criminalization. The act Existing law, the Medicinal and Adultincludes the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), enacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, provides for the licensure and regulation of commercial cannabis activity, including testing laboratories. Existing law prohibits licensed testing laboratorieslicensee in accordance with MAUCRSA, except as provided. This bill would authorize a licensed testing laboratory to receive and test samples of cannabis or cannabis products from a stenforcement, or a prosecuting or regulatory agency in order to test the cannabis or cannabis products.Existing law, the California Cannabis Equity Act of 2018, authorizes the Bureau of Cannabis Control to provide technical assistance to specified local equity programas a program adopted or operated by a local jurisdiction that focuses on inclusion and support of individuals and communities in California’s cannabis industry who are linked to populations or neighborhoods that werequires the bureau to administer a grant program for local jurisdictions that have adopted or operate a local equity program, as specified.This bill would state the intent othat would create a statewide cannabis equity program. From printer. Introduced. To RLS.RLS. -- SENATE 2/21/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 22.SENATE 2/21/2020 Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. quity Act. DD tories. SB 1244BradfordCannabis testing laboraSB 1294BradfordThe California Cannabis E Position ed de county office Last Amended are required from he assessor’s e period during which a different use. Existing rers to offer homeowners’ r reconstruction does not exceed expiring on or after January 1, 2021, to be 76 tax bill under “full cash value” or, thereafter, the for a period of no less than 24 months from the – Summary y constructed” and “new construction” to mean any addition to real er that credits to the school district, county office of education, or make these requirements for calculations of average daily attendance the property after reconstruction is substantially equivalent to the property R Plan policies. The bill would require the California FAIR Plan Association, on Fire Recovery 2/4/2020 For purposes of state apportionments, if the average daily attendance of a school district, of education, or charter school during a fiscal year has been materially decreased during a fiscal year because of an emergency, existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to estimate the average daily attendance in a manncharter school the total average daily attendance that would have been credited had the emergency not occurred. Existing law provides that the Superintendent determines the length of thaverage daily attendance has been reduced by the state of emergency.This bill would delete the specific references to the declarations of the states of emergency declared by the Governor in October 2017 and November 2018, and instead applicable to all states of emergency declared by the Governor that meet certain conditions. The bill would delete the prohibition on extending the periods during which these calculationsextending into the next fiscal year, delete the continuous appropriation, and make conforming changes.This bill contains other existing laws. Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including fire and property insurance. Existing law requires a residential property insurer to allow an insured that has suffered a loss relating to a declarstate of emergency to combine the policy limits for primary dwelling and other structures, and to use the combined amount to rebuild or replace the dwelling, as specified. Existing law requires a policy to provide coverage for additional living expensesinception of the loss, for a loss relating to a state of emergency. Existing law prohibits, in the event of a total loss of the insured structure, a policy from limiting or denying payment of the building coupgrade cost or the replacement cost on the basis that the insured has decided to rebuild at a new location or to purchase an already built home at a new location.This bill would require a notice of nonrenewal for a residential property insurance policyaccompanied by a document that includes specified information, including an explanation of how the California Home Insurance Finder can help a person find a homeowners’ insurance policy and information about FAIor before July 1, 2021, to develop and implement a clearinghouse program to help reduce the number of existing FAIR Plan policies and provide the opportunity for admitted insuinsurance policies to FAIR Plan policyholders.This bill contains other existing laws. onThe California Constitution generally limits ad valorem taxes on real property to 1% of the full cash value of that property. For purposes of this limitation, “full cash value” is defined as tvaluation of real property as shown on the 1975appraised value of that real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred. Existing law defines “newlproperty since the last lien date and any alteration of land or of any improvement since the last lien date that constitutes a major rehabilitation thereof or that converts the property to law, where real property has been damaged or destroyed by misfortune or calamity, excludes from the definition of “newly constructed” and “new construction” any timely reconstruction of the real property, or portion thereof, whereprior to damage or destruction.This bill would define the term “substantially equivalent” for purposes of the provisions described above to mean the size of the improvement afte State - BURKE, REVENUE ED.INS.REV. & TAX referred to - Referred to Com. Referred to Com. Re -- Location 2:30 p.m. - ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLY 1/17/2020 on ED.ASSEMBLY 2/5/2020 Com. on INS.ASSEMBLY 2/14/2020 on REV. & TAX.3/9/2020Capitol, Room 126AND TAXATION,Chair D D D Bill ID/Topic AB 1837SmithEducation finance: emergency average daily attendance.AB 1852DalyProperty insurance.AB 2013IrwinProperty taxation: new construction: definition. the d other resulting ry 1, 2026, in an amount equal to the difference his credit in excess of the qualified taxpayer’s etition to withdraw their plea of guilty or plea of n of the California Recreational Trails System. tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance the sentence, provided that the defendant is not under e bill would require the wildfire management plan to that the defendant has not violated any of the terms or . The bill would apply this definition to real property damaged or destroyed by payers or other persons from the Personal Income Tax Fund are to be paid from that account.This bill axpayer and the annual premium amount paid or incurred by the qualified taxpayer during a specified 120% of the size of the improvement prior to damage or destruction or the full cash value of the improvement after reconstruction does not exceed 120% of the full cash value of the improvement prior to damage or destructionmisfortune or calamity on or after January 1, 2017.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Under existing law, the Department of Parks and Recreation controls the state park system, which ismade up of units. Existing law also gives the department authority over, among other areas, state vehicular recreation areas, as provided, and makes the Director of Parks and Recreation responsible for planning and for the orderly development and operatioExisting law requires the department to administer, protect, develop, and interpret the property under its jurisdiction for the use and enjoyment of the public.This bill would require the Director of Parks anRecreation to develop, in specified phases, and implement a wildfire management plan for all property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation that is located within a high or a very high fire hazard severity zone, as provided. Thoutline the department’s fire prevention goals and future projects for prescribed fire, defensible space, fire resilient restoration projects, and the fire hardening of the department’s structures, amongthings. The bill would require the department to post the complete wildfire management plan on its internet website, as provided.This bill contains other existing laws. Existing law authorizes a court to allow a defendant sentenced to county jail for a felony to withdraw their plea of guilty or plea of nolo contendere and enter a plea of not guilty, after the lapse of one or 2 years following the defendant’s completion ofsupervision, and is not serving a sentence for, on probation for, or charged with the commission of any offense. Existing law requires the defendant to be released from all penalties and disabilities from the offense of which the defendant was convicted, except as specified.This bill would allow a defendant who successfully participated in the California Conservation Camp Program or a county inmate hand crew as an inmate hand crew member to pnolo contendere and enter a plea of not guilty. The bill would require the court, if the defendant is eligible for relief, to dismiss the accusations or information against the defendant and would releasedefendant from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense, except as provided. In granting this relief, the bill would require the court to order the early termination of probation, parole, or supervised release if the court determines conditions of their release during the pendency of the petition. The Personal Income Tax Law allows various credits against the taxes imposed by that law. Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure, including a tax credit, to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives theindicators, and data collection requirements. Existing law establishes the continuously appropriated Tax Relief and Refund Account in the General Fund and provides that payments required to be made to taxwould allow a credit against the taxes imposed by the Personal Income Tax Law for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before Januabetween the annual premium amount paid or incurred during the taxable year by a qualified taxpayer for a residential fire insurance policy for coverage of the qualified principal residence of the qualified tthreshold calendar year for a residential fire insurance policy for coverage of that same qualified principal residence. The bill would require amounts of t W.,P. & W.PUB. S.REV. & TAX Referred to Coms. Referred to Com. Referred to Com. --- ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 on W., P., & W. and NAT. RES.ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 on PUB. S.ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 on REV. & TAX. arks R D R AB 2076BigelowPublic lands: Department of Pand Recreation: wildfire management plan: fire hazard severity zones.AB 2147ReyesConvictions: expungement: inmate hand crews.AB 2166KileyPersonal income taxes: credits: residential fire insurance policy premiums. regulation of or violations of specified e of no less than 15% of the rage covers additional costs to comply wildfire mitigation plans for review and tribution system that consider the commission to establish rules for all public r the need to notify, as a priority, critical first such diversions to exceed 5% of the allocation penalties. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint a registrar moval, without regard to whether death or serious injury to an employee iring or replacing damage because of building ordinances or laws, to be included ally regulates residential property insurance. Existing law prescribes the standard Existing law requires a wildfire mitigation plan of an electrical corporation to also include s bill would additionally prohibit electrical corporations from diverting revenue authorized for ed. Following approval, the commission is required to oversee compliance with the plans. ses in the plans to other activities or investments that are also authorized by the plans. tax liability and other amounts due to be paid to the qualified taxpayer from the Tax Relief and Refund Account upon appropriation by the Legislature. This bill contains other related provisions. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to annually prepare and submit a wildfire mitigation plan to the commission for review and approval, as specifiExisting law requires a wildfire mitigation plan of an electrical corporation to include, among other things, protocols for deenergizing portions of the electrical disassociated impacts on public safety, as well as protocols related to mitigating the public safety impacts of those protocols, including impacts on critical first responders and on health and communications infrastructure.appropriate and feasible procedures for notifying a customer who may be impacted by the deenergizing of electrical lines and requires these procedures to consideresponders, health care facilities, and operators of telecommunications infrastructure with premises within the footprint of potential deenergization event.This bill would provide that no reimbursement isrequired by this act for a specified reason.This bill contains other existing laws. Existing law requires electrical corporations to submit annuallyapproval by the Wildfire Safety Division. Existing law prohibits electrical corporations from diverting revenues authorized for the implementation of the plans to any activities or investments outside the plans.Thispecified purposes in the plans to other activities or investments that are also authorized by the plans, if the diversion would cause the total amount of all approved for their plans, unless the commission authorizes that diversion. The bill would require electrical corporations to retain records of all diversions of revenues that are authorized for specified purpoExisting law, the Contractors’ State License Law, provides for the licensure andcontractors. Existing law creates the Contractors’ State License Board, within the Department of Consumer Affairs and authorizes the board to impose discipline on contractors for violations of laws and to impose, among other penalties, civilas the executive officer and secretary to carry out all of the administrative duties of the board. Existing law provides that a cause for disciplinary action against a contractor arises fsafety provisions that result in death or serious injury to a person.This bill would also authorize disciplinary action against a contractor for violations of specified regulations regarding tree work, including maintenance or reresulted.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing law generform of the California Residential Insurance Disclosure, which sets forth a description of certain types of insurance coverage, and explains that building code upgrade covewith building codes in effect at the time of loss or rebuilding. Existing law requires specified information, including whether or not the policy provides building code upgrade coverage for the increased costs of repaon the declarations page of a residential property insurance policy.This bill would require a policy of residential property insurance to include building code upgrade coverag PRINTPRINTB.&P.PRINT From printer. From printer. Referred to Com. From printer. ---- ASSEMBLY 2/12/2020 May be heard in committee March 13.ASSEMBLY 2/12/2020 May be heard in committee March 13.ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 on B. & P.ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 May be heard in committee March 21. D ation Curry DD D - 2210 AB 2179LevineElectrical corporations: wildfire mitigplans.AB 2180LevineElectrical corporations: wildfire mitigation plans.AB AguiarContractors: violations: disciplinary actions.AB 2436BloomResidentia l property insurance. and an atewide fire term lodging - lication. n relative to building code upgrade ed. Existing law authorizes the director ish procedures for allowing homeowners to rding the existence of an agreement between a l or motel from increasing its regular advertised rates by on cover, beneficial use of water from watersheds, probable he buyer documentation stating that the property is in nts established by the department for participation in the program, and similarly ent Program, to enter into agreements with an eligible landowner, as defined, pursuant The bill would amend the California Residential Insurance Disclosure to specify that ntation, existing law requires the seller and buyer to enter into a written agreement pursuant to funds provided for any uncompleted work shall constitute grounds for a claim and lien upon the real dwelling coverage policy limits. The bill would require building code upgrade coverage to be based on the increased costs associated with building ordinances and laws at the time of rebuilding, and not at the time of the loss. building code upgrade coverage covers additional costs to comply with building codes only in effect at the time of rebuilding. The bill would require additional informatiocoverage to be stated on the declarations page of a residential property insurance policy, including any applicable limits on that coverage.Existing law authorizes the director of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as part of the Forest Improvemto which the landowner will undertake forest resource improvement work in return for an agreement by the director to share the cost of carrying out that work, as specifito provide the funds for the director’s share of the costs in advance of any work performed if the eligible landowner agrees in writing to undertake the forest resource improvement work subject to the condition thatproperty owned by the landowner.This bill would require the department to develop, adopt, and implement policies and, if necessary, regulations that establsubmit joint applications for purposes of combining the individual parcels of land owned by each homeowner so that the cumulative area of the lands in their joint application satisfies any minimum acreage requiremeestablish procedures for providing up to 50% of the funds for the director’s share of the costs under the program in advance of any work performed under a joint homeowner appExisting law requires the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to classify all lands within state responsibility areas into types of land baseddamage from erosion, and fire risks and hazards, and to determine intensity of protection to be given to each type of land. Existing law requires the state board to prepare a plan for adequate stprotection of state responsibility areas, as provided. This bill would require the state board to consider the impacts of climate change upon an update of the land classifications or when making modifications to the plan, described above.Existing law requires a seller of residential real property located in a high or very high fire hazard severity zone, as specified, to provide to tcompliance with state law requiring certain defensible space requirements around the property or, if applicable, with a local vegetation management ordinance. If the seller has not obtained that documewhich the buyer agrees to obtain documentation of compliance, as specified.This bill would specify that nothing in those provisions, including provisions regabuyer and seller, limits the ability of a state or local agency to enforce defensible space requirements or other applicable statutes, regulations, and local ordinances. Existing law regulates advertising, including motel and motor court rate signs. Existing law, upon the proclamation of a state of emergency or the declaration of a local emergency and for a period of 30 days after, prohibits the owner or operator of a hotemore than 10%, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of this prohibition a misdemeanor. In addition, a violation of the provisions contained in the Penal Code is an unfair business practice act of unfair competition.This bill would make these provisions applicable to a shortestablishment, defined as any hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other similar lodging establishment. PRINTPRINTPRINTPRINT From printer. From printer. From printer. Introduced. To ---- ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 May be heard in committee March 21.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 May be heard in committee March 22.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 May be heard in committee March 22.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 print. tate R D y: disclosures: D D term lodging - AB 2468PattersonForest resources: Forest Improvement Program: joint applications: cost advancements.AB 2800QuirkFire prevention: sresponsibility areas.AB 2806WoodTransfer of residential propertfire hazards.AB 3023GabrielShortestablishment: state of emergency: localemergency: rates. - ction, hazard severity ciated impacts on mandated local er public utilities, - covered land, grass - and consult with, an advisory ns an occupied dwelling or of these requirements is a covered land, brush - , if the loss is not rebuilt or replaced. resistant zone within 5 feet of the structure, as - f the Legislature to enact a bond measure that would n of a crime, it would impose a state is required to oversee compliance with the plans. Existing law mandated local program.This bill contains other related provisions - n interface wildfire risk model to determine the risk for a community or urba by a local agency, or a building or structure in, upon, or adjoining those - Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify areas in the state as very violation of these provisions would be a crime or expand the scope of an existing olicy receive the replacement value or the face amount, whichever is less, if the loss is not Because the bill would expand the definitioprogram.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing law requires the high fire hazard severity zones based on specified criteria and the severity of the fire hazard. Existing law requires a person who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintaistructure in, upon, or adjoining a mountainous area, forestcovered land, or land that is covered with flammable material that is within a very high fire hazard severity zone, as designatedareas or lands within a state responsibility area, to maintain a defensible space of 100 feet from each side and from the front and rear of the structure, as specified. A violationcrime.This bill would require a person described above to use more intense fuel reductions between 5 and 30 feet around the structure, and to create an emberprovided. Because a crime, the bill would impose a stateand other existing laws. Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to classify lands within state responsibility areas into fire hazard severity zones and, by regulation, to designate fire zones and assign each zone a rating reflecting the degree of severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in the zone.This bill would require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, by July 1, 2022, to develop a wildlandparcel within a local responsibility area or state responsibility area and guidelines for the proper use of the model, as provided. The bill would require the department to establish,workgroup, with specified members, to develop the model. The bill would require the department to update the model and guidelines when fire hazard severity zones are revised.This bill contains other related provisions. The California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018, approved by the voters as Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, statewide direct primary eleauthorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a drought, water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access for all program.This bill would state the intent oaddress climate risks to the State of California.Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including fire insurance. Existing law defines the measure of indemnity for a loss under a fire insurance policy and requires that an insured covered by a valued prebuilt or replaced.This bill would instead require that an insured covered by a valued policy receive the replacement value or the face amount, whichever is moreUnder existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority ovincluding electrical corporations. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to annually prepare and submit a wildfire mitigation plan to the commission for review and approval, as specified. Following approval, the commission requires a wildfire mitigation plan of an electrical corporation to include, among other things, protocols for deenergizing portions of the electrical distribution system that consider the assopublic safety. As part of these protocols, an electrical corporation is required to include protocols related to mitigating the public safety impacts of deenergizing portions of the electrical distribution system that INT PRINTPRINTPRINTPR Introduced. To Introduced. To Introduced. To Introduced. To Referred to Com. E. U., & C. ----- ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 print.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 print.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 print.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 print.SENATE 1/15/2020 on E., U. & C. D use resistant - DD urban - D D easure. AB 3074FriedmanFire prevention: wildfire risk: defensible space: emberzones.AB 3164FriedmanFire prevention: wildlandinterface wildfire risk model: model guidelines.AB 3256Garcia, EduardoClimate risks: bond mAB 3329DalyFire insurance.SB 801GlazerElectrical corporations: wildfire mitigation plans: deenergization: public safety protocol. tomer meets specified o repair, rebuild, or replace a an additional term of imprisonment nths, for a total of 36 months, if an month extensions to collect the full - impose an additional term of imprisonment, urance Commissioner to administer the act. rovide 6 month extensions t - le diligence encounters delays in the reconstruction to all losses that occur after the effective date of this ets those conditions.This bill contains other related provisions and other d’s control. Existing law requires coverage for additional living expenses incurred hat receive medical baseline allowances. Existing law authorizes an electrical takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a iting or denying payment of the building code upgrade cost or the replacement cost on the basis uld additionally require coverage for loss of use relating to a state of emergency to be for a period of e contract terms to prohibit a public adjuster’s fee, commission, or other valuable consideration from ready built structure at a new location, and would prohibit an insurer from deducting the value of land consider customers tcorporation to deploy backup electrical resources or provide financial assistance for backup electrical resources to a customer receiving a medical baseline allowance if the cusconditions.This bill would require an electrical corporation to deploy backup electrical resources or provide financial assistance for backup electrical resources to a customer receiving a medical baseline allowance if the customer meexisting laws. Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including residential property insurance. Existing law requires an insurer to provide an insured with 6damaged property to collect the full replacement cost if an insured acting in good faith and with reasonable diligence encounters delays in approval for, or reconstruction of, the home or residence that are beyond the insuredue to a covered loss relating to a state of emergency to be for a period of no less than 24 months, and requires an insurer to grant an extension of up to 12 additional moinsured acting in good faith and with reasonable diligence encounters delays in the reconstruction process, as specified. Existing law prohibits, in the event of a total loss of the insured structure, a policy from limthat the insured has decided to rebuild at a new location or to purchase an already built home at a new location.This bill would instead require an insurer to preplacement cost if an insured acting in good faith and with reasonable diligence encounters delays in approval for, or reconstruction of, the insured property that are beyond the insured’s control. The bill wono less than 24 months, plus an extension of up to 12 additional months, for a total of 36 months, if an insured acting in good faith and with reasonabprocess, as specified. The bill would extend the prohibition against limiting or denying payment of the building code upgrade cost or the replacement cost to an insured who has decided to purchase any alat the new location if the insured decides to purchase an already built structure at a new location. The bill would specify that these provisions apply bill.This bill contains other related provisions. State law, repealed as of January 1, 2018, required a court to as specified, on any person who takes, damages, or destroys any property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, as specified.This bill would, until January 1, 2031, authorize the court, if a personfelony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, to impose an additional term of imprisonment of up to 2 years if the property loss exceeds $235,000, of up to 3 years if the property loss exceeds $1,500,000, or an additional term of imprisonment of up to 4 years if the property loss exceeds $3,700,000.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.Existing law, the Public Insurance Adjusters Act, governs the regulation, licensing, and registration of public insurance adjusters, as defined, and requires the InsThe act prohibits a licensee from acting within this state as a public insurance adjuster without having first entered into a written contract, and governs the form and content of the contract. The act requires thcausing the insured to receive less than any amount paid to the insured by the insurer prior to the date of Referred to Com. Referred to Com. From printer. INS.PUB. S.RLS. --- SENATE 1/29/2020 on INS.SENATE 2/20/2020 on PUB. S.SENATE 2/14/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 15. D D D urance: state of SB 872DoddResidential property insemergency.SB 985PortantinoSentencing enhancements: property loss.SB 1002HillPublic insurance adjusters. work Office an the description of ice and for other related tment of Business Oversight, rground facilities when doing so is declared that it is the policy of this state the commission to develop guidelines for certifying mandated local program.This bill contains other related - party inspectors and best practices for home hardening and - le consideration to be for, or be based upon, (1) any amount he contract to include a description of the services to be urban interface.This bill contains other related provisions and - Hardening within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing cal and clarifying changes. Because a violation of these provisions tiered system by third - e Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, port concerning those agreements between water corporations and local fire ity to designated state scenic highways and that would be visible from those highways t districts and the wildland tiered system of fire prevention levels for structures in a Wildland Urban Interface - threa - the written contract. The act also requires tprovided to the insured and a statement of the compensation to the licensee. The act prohibits the contract terms from allowing a licensee to collect the entire fee from the first payment issued byinsurer, rather than as a percentage of each payment issued by an insurer. A person who violates these provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor.This bill would instead prohibit the contract terms from allowing a licensee’s fee, commission, or other valuabpaid to the insured by the insurer prior to the date of the written contract or (2) an insurer’s payment for a specific claim or coverage to which the services do not apply. The bill would revisethe services to be provided to the insured and the statement of the compensation to the licensee, to include the specific claim and coverage to which the services or the compensation, respectively, apply. The bill would also make techniwould be a crime, the bill would impose a stateprovisions and other existing laws. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Under existing law, the Legislature has to achieve, whenever feasible and not inconsistent with sound environmental planning, the undergrounding of all future electric and communication distribution facilities that are proposed to be erected in proximif erected above ground. The commission’s existing Tariff Rule 20A undergrounding program requires electrical corporations to convert overhead electric facilities to undein the public interest for specified reasons.This bill would require the commission to revise Tariff Rule 20A to authorize and fund the undergrounding of electrical and communication infrastructure within high fireother existing laws. Under existing law, thincluding water corporations. Existing law prohibits a water corporation from charging an entity providing fire protection service for the costs of furnishing water for that servcosts, except pursuant to a written agreement between the water corporation and the entity providing fire protection service.This bill would require the commission, by January 1, 2022, to prepare and submit to the Legislature a reprotection agencies.Existing law establishes in state government the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, comprised of the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Departhe Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, the California Horse Racing Board, and the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission.This bill would establish the Commission on HomeAgency. The commission would be comprised of the Insurance Commissioner, the State Fire Marshal, the Executive Director of the California Building Standards Commission, and the Director of the of Emergency Services, or any of their respective designees. The bill would require the commission to develop a 3environment, as specified. The bill would require structures within the 3wildfire mitigation for homeowners seeking certification. The bill would require the commission towith stakeholders from fire protection districts, the insurance industry, building trades industry, planning From printer. From printer. From printer. RLS.RLS.RLS. --- SENATE 2/21/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 22.SENATE 2/21/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 22.SENATE 2/21/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 22. D unding. DD SB 1160SternPublic utilities: electrical and communication infrastructure: undergroSB 1184SternWater corporations: fire hydrant service agreements: report.SB 1199McGuireCommission on Home Hardening. would require the r with written he approval of the se used to protect state education outreach regarding home tiered system.This bill contains other related - risk wildfire areas and would require the commissioner to post the - website on or before December 31, 2021 . e the commissioner, on or before March 1, 2021, to convene a r corporation that requests an agreement, under those terms and conditions vention activities in the state. Exiting law requires that the eligible activities include, associations, and cities and counties in developing the 3provisions and other existing laws. Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a local assistance grant program for fire preamong other things, fire prevention activities, as provided.This bill would also specifically include vegetation management along roadways and driveways and public and community wildfire resistance, as provided, as part of the eligible activities, as provided.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing law establishes the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, which regulates insurers and insurance practices. Existing law requires an admitted insureCalifornia premiums above a specified threshold to submit a report with specified fire risk information on its residential property policies to the commissioner on or before April 1, 2020, and every 2 years thereafter. This bill would requirstakeholder group to consider the actuarial soundness of residential property insurance rates, taking into consideration current wildfire risks to residential properties and communities. The billstakeholder group to recommend changes to state law governing residential property insurance rates in communities that are located in highrecommendations on its internetExisting law authorizes the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to, with tDepartment of General Services, enter into a cooperative agreement, for the purpose of preventing and suppressing fires, with a city, county, special district, or other political subdivision of the state or a person, firm, association, othe director deems wise. Existing law requires the cooperative agreement to provide for certain things, including that the personnel, equipment, and buildings used be limited to thoresponsibility areas.This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would expand opportunities for meaningful employment in vegetation management and wildland fire fighting. Introduced. To Introduced. To Introduced. To RLS.RLS.RLS. --- SENATE 2/21/2020 Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.SENATE2/21/2020 Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.SENATE 2/21/2020 Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. D D D SB 1348SternFire prevention: vegetation management: public education: grants.SB 1359RubioInsurance: wildfire risk.SB 1448BradfordFire prevention: vegetation management: wildland fire fighting: employment. Position obtain a permit onsisting of no blic funds equaling 50% or r related provisions and other existing Summary ines “employee housing” for purposes of the act to exclude privately es that are not otherwise applicable to agricultural activities. A violation Food and Agriculture nd use for purposes of the above specified provisions. By increasing the duties of local mandated local program.This bill contains othe - Existing law, the Employee Housing Act, requires a person operating employee housing to to operate that housing from the agency that enforces the act, which may either be the Department of Housing and Community Development or a city, county, or city and county that assumes responsibility for enforcing the act. Existing law defowned housing, including ownership by a nonprofit entity financed with public funds equaling 50% or more of the original development or purchase cost. The act deems any employee housing cmore than 36 beds in a group quarters or 12 units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household as an agricultural land use for purposes of all local ordinances and exempted from any business taxes and registration and other feof the act is a misdemeanor. This bill would define “Polanco agrihousing” for purposes of the act to mean employee housing that is owned by a nonprofit entity and financed with pumore of the original development or purchase cost. The bill would also designate Polanco agrihousing consisting of no more than 150 beds or 50 units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household as an agricultural laofficials with respect to the Employee Housing Act, and by expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a statelaws. PRINT From printer. - Location ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 May be heard in committee March 22. D Bill ID/Topic AB 2778Garcia, EduardoPolanco agrihousing. Position - lar ning, nder the ces of education to internet website, as for free use of all park tion Act of 2001, requires all income communities, as defined, - al stewards of the land on which the Armed Forces of the United States who is istration of the Natural Resources Agency for purposes education that receives a request from a school in the Summary ct, develop, and interpret the property under its jurisdiction for uture projects for prescribed fire, defensible space, fire resilient Parks tion of funds in the annual Budget Act or another statute for that on to the appropriate tribes, as specified.This bill would authorize the owner or a prisoner of war, or proof of being a recipient of a Congressional Medal of Honor, o convert portions of existing pavement at those schools to green space. The bill would require the Existing law, the California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriaagencies and museums that receive state funding and have possession or control over collections of California Native American human remains and associated funerary objects to inventory those remains and objects for repatriatioperator of any public school or state or local park, library, or museum in this state to adopt a process by which Native American tribes are properly recognized as traditionschool, park, library, or museum is located, as specified.Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to meet with appropriate local government recreation and park authorities to review all possible methods of coordinating plandesign, and construction of new school facilities and schoolsites or major additions to existing school facilities and recreation and park facilities in the community.The bill would establish the School Pavement to Parks Grant Program under the adminof providing grants to applicant school districts, county offices of education, or charter schools maintaining schools in disadvantaged communities, as defined, or lowtagency to establish processes and procedures for administering the grant program, as specified. The bill would require a school district or county office ofschool district or county office of education to participate in the grant program to inform the school that it has received the request in a timely manner. By requiring school districts or county offiprovide a response to a school requesting to participate in the grant program, the bill would create a statemandated local program. The bill would make grants provided by the agency under the grant program contingent upon the appropriapurpose.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Under existing law, the Department of Parks and Recreation controls the state park system, which is made up of units. Existing law also gives the department authority over, among other areas, state vehicurecreation areas, as provided, and makes the Director of Parks and Recreation responsible for planning and for the orderly development and operation of the California Recreational Trails System. Existing law requires the department to administer, protethe use and enjoyment of the public.This bill would require the Director of Parks and Recreation to develop, in specified phases, and implement a wildfire management plan for all property ujurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation that is located within a high or a very high fire hazard severity zone, as provided. The bill would require the wildfire management plan to outline the department’s fire prevention goals and frestoration projects, and the fire hardening of the department’s structures, among other things. The bill would require the department to post the complete wildfire management plan on itsprovided.This bill contains other existing laws. Existing law requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to issue a park passfacilities in the state park system to a veteran of war in which the United States has been, or may be, engaged, who is a resident of this state, who presents to the department proof of a disability, proof of being held captive asand proof of an honorable discharge from service.This bill instead would require the department to grant free access to a unit of the state park system to a veteran of the A.,E.,S.,T., ED.W.,P. & PRINT Referred to Referred to Referred to From printer. ---- 0 Location ASSEMBLY & I.M.1/30/2020 Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M.ASSEMBLY 2/14/2020 Com. on ED.ASSEMBLY W.2/20/202Coms. on W., P., & W. and NAT. RES.ASSEMBLY 2/15/2020 May be heard in committee March 16. D R DR Grant Program. Bill ID/Topic AB 1968RamosTribal Land Acknowledgment Act of 2021.AB 2031Rivas, LuzSchool Pavement to Parks AB 2076BigelowPublic lands: Department of Parks and Recreation: wildfire management plan: fire hazard severity zones.AB 2281VoepelState parks: veterans: free access. - policy ies that the local agency enact that law as the Fair Play in - rd, and the Natural Resources Agency to beneficial and climate resiliency projects that - f parks and recreation facilities and resources, as defined, that e available at the end of each calendar year, beginning in 2021 and a is posted on the internet website.This bill contains other related provisions and other s and careers in the natural resources field, as specified. a resident of this state and who, upon entrance to the unit, presents to department personnel governmentissued proof of the veteran’s service in the Armed Forces of the United States.Existing law prohibits a city, county, city and county, or special district from discriminating against any person on the basis of gender in the operation, conduct, or administration of community youth athletics programs, as defined, or in the allocation osupport or enable these programs. This bill would repeal and reCommunity Sports Act and would also enact additional data reporting and antidiscrimination requirements as part of the act. The act would define a local agency as a city, county, city and county, or special district. As part of the act, the bill would also require a local agency that has a community youth athletics program to publicly makannually thereafter, certain data regarding the program. The bill would require the local agency to post the data prominently on the internet website of the local agency or county or countserves or is a part of. The bill would require a local agency to provide the data to the Department of Parks and Recreation and to maintain the materials the local agency used to compile the data for at least 3 years after the datexisting laws. Existing law establishes various environmental and economic policies and programs.This bill would establish the Nature and Parks Career Pathway and Community Resiliency Act of 2020, which would require state conservancies, the Wildlife Conservation Boaestablish independent grant programs to support climateincorporate partnerships with nonprofit organizations that provide certifications and placement services for job nt. PRINT Introduced. Introduced. RLS. -- ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 To print.SENATE 2/21/2020 To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To pri D D Curry - t. AB 2881AguiarDiscrimination: Fair Play in Community Sports AcSB 1296DurazoNatural resources: the Nature and Parks Career Pathway and Community Resiliency Act of 2020. Position s of o be % or more isting law e Finder s that is no lower than 2/4/2020 e. The bill would require the Office of ified. Existing law requires a policy to Last Amended on the number of existing FAIR Plan policies and provide Summary 3 vote.This bill would establish the Insurance Market Action nsurance Commissioner and deems the application approved is bill would require a notice of nonrenewal for a residential and mitigation requirements. The bill would also require an insurer to Insurance rend and loss development that is at the midpoint or less of rate impacts, or files ntial property insurer to allow an insured that has suffered a loss relating to a declared nsurance rates from being approved or remaining in effect that are excessive, inadequate, unfairly Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including fire and property insurance. Existing law requires a residestate of emergency to combine the policy limits for primary dwelling and other structures, and to use the combined amount to rebuild or replace the dwelling, as specprovide coverage for additional living expenses for a period of no less than 24 months from the inception of the loss, for a loss relating to a state of emergency. Existing law prohibits, in the event of a total losthe insured structure, a policy from limiting or denying payment of the building code upgrade cost or the replacement cost on the basis that the insured has decided to rebuild at a new location or to purchase an already built home at a new location.Thproperty insurance policy expiring on or after January 1, 2021, to be accompanied by a document that includes specified information, including an explanation of how the California Home Insuranccan help a person find a homeowners’ insurance policy and information about FAIR Plan policies. The bill would require the California FAIR Plan Association, on or before July 1, 2021, to develop and implement a clearinghouse program to help reducethe opportunity for admitted insurers to offer homeowners’ insurance policies to FAIR Plan policyholders.This bill contains other existing laws. The Insurance Rate Reduction and Reform Act of 1988, an initiative measure enacted by Proposition 103, as approved by the voters at the November 8, 1988, statewide general election, prohibits specified idiscriminatory, or otherwise in violation of the act. The act requires an insurer that wishes to change a rate to file a complete rate application with the I60 days after public notice of the application unless certain events occur, including that a consumer requests a hearing, or the commissioner determines to hold a hearing. The act requires hearings tconducted pursuant to specified provisions of law governing administrative hearings. Existing law authorizes the provisions of Proposition 103 to be amended by a statute that furthers the purposes of the act and is enacted by the Legislature with a 2/Plan (IMAP) program under which residential property insurance policies in a county may qualify for IMAP protection if residential property insurance policies issued by the FAIR Plan constitute 3of all policies issued and in force in that county. The bill would authorize an insurer to submit an IMAP filing to the department and would require the IMAP to include a request for adequate rates, a plan for maintaining solvency of the insurer,commit in the IMAP to offer new and renewal residential property insurance policies in a set of IMAP counties until the insurer achieves a market penetration rate in those IMAP countie85% of its statewide market penetration rate. The bill would require an insurer that submits an IMAP filing to receive an expedited review of its rate filing, not to exceed 120 days, if the insurer uses an actuarial assumption for tfor a rate increase based solely on increased reinsurance costs, and does not otherwise change any other aspect of its rate filing from its previous department approved ratPlanning and Research, on or before, January 1, 2023, to issue a report outlining the effectiveness of the IMAP program.This bill contains other existing laws. Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including residential fire and property insurance. Existing law defines the measure of indemnity for a loss under a property insurance policy. Ex INS.INS.PRINT referred to - Referred to From printer. Re -- - Location 020 ASSEMBLY 2/5/2020 Com. on INS.ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 Com. on INS.ASSEMBLY 2/19/2 D Bill ID/Topic DD AB 1852DalyProperty insurance.AB 2167DalyInsurance market action plan.AB 2367Gonzalez oss. The prone - asonable ities, and ting statutory lished by the task force, , existing law requires the measure of the hardened homes and commun - coverage covers additional costs to comply verage of no less than 15% of the dwelling coverage policy a structure that are normally subject to repair and replacement mation relative to building code upgrade coverage to be stated on Force, which would include the Insurance Commissioner, the Director limiting or denying payment of the building code upgrade cost or the xisting residential property insurance coverage it most commonly offers a Residential Property Insurance Disclosure, which sets forth a description of certain types generally regulates residential property insurance. Existing law prescribes the standard form requires a person who controls a building or structure in, upon, or adjoining a specified wildfirearea to, among other things, maintain 100 feet of defensible space around the structure.This bill would create the Wildfire Resilience Task of the Office of Emergency Services, and the State Fire Marshal, or their designees. The bill would require the task force to establish minimum standards for firewould authorize the commissioner to promulgate regulations to implement specified exceptions to those standards. The bill would require an admitted insurer that offers or sells residential property insurance to, at a minimum, offer or sell the eor sells to an applicant or insured who owns a residence that has an estimated replacement cost consistent with the insurer’s underwriting guidelines, meets the minimum standards estaband was built before those standards were established.Existing law requires a named insured on a residential property insurance policy be provided with a copy of the Californiof insurance coverage, such as actual cash value coverage and guaranteed replacement cost coverage. Under an open policy that requires payment of actual cash valueactual cash value recovery for either a total or partial loss to the structure or its contents to be the amount it would cost the insured to repair, rebuild, or replace the thing lost or injured less a fair and rededuction for physical depreciation based upon its condition at the time of the injury or the policy limit, whichever is less. Under existing law, a deduction for physical depreciation under actual cash value coverage applies only to components ofduring the useful life of that structure.This bill would amend the description of actual cash value coverage on the California Residential Property Insurance Disclosure to conform to the exisrequirements of an open policy that requires payment of actual cash value. The bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical changes.Existing law of the California Residential Insurance Disclosure, which sets forth a description of certain types of insurance coverage, and explains that building code upgradewith building codes in effect at the time of loss or rebuilding. Existing law requires specified information, including whether or not the policy provides building code upgrade coverage for the increased costs ofrepairing or replacing damage because of building ordinances or laws, to be included on the declarations page of a residential property insurance policy.This bill would require a policy of residential property insurance to include building code upgrade colimits. The bill would require building code upgrade coverage to be based on the increased costs associated with building ordinances and laws at the time of rebuilding, and not at the time of the lbill would amend the California Residential Insurance Disclosure to specify that building code upgrade coverage covers additional costs to comply with building codes only in effect at the time of rebuilding. The bill would require additional inforthe declarations page of a residential property insurance policy, including any applicable limits on that coverage.Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including fire insurance. Existing law defines the measure of indemnity for a loss under a fire insurance policy and prohibits, in the event of a total loss of the insured structure, a policy fromreplacement cost on the basis that the insured has decided to rebuild at a new location or to purchase an already built home at a new location.This bill contains other existing laws. 22. PRINTPRINTPRINT From printer. From printer. From printer. --- May be heard in committee March 20.ASSEMBLY 2/19/2020 May be heard in committee March 20.ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 May be heard in committee March 21.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 May be heard in committee March R D Residential property insurance: wildfire resilience.AB 2402Committee on InsuranceResidential property insurance.AB 2436BloomResidential property insurance.AB 2703GallagherFire insurance. if a person sting laws. e risk information on its ation, existing law requires oration to annually prepare and cts of those protocols, including equires the Director of Forestry and Fire a court to impose an additional term of imprisonment, e with premises within the footprint of a potential ieves a market participation rate in those areas that is no lower buyer documentation stating that the property is in compliance with $235,000, an additional term of imprisonment of up to 3 years if the ing the existence of an agreement between a buyer and seller, limits the ability of an electrical corporation to include, among other things, protocols for insurance practices. Existing law requires an admitted insurer with written tifying a customer who may be impacted by the deenergizing of electrical lines and requires these l would require an admitted insurer that offers residential property insurance in this state to offer new Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires each electrical corpsubmit a wildfire mitigation plan to the commission for review and approval, as specified. Following approval, the commission is required to oversee compliance with the plans. Existing law requires a wildfire mitigation plandeenergizing portions of the electrical distribution system that consider the associated impacts on public safety, as well as protocols related to mitigating the public safety impaimpacts on critical first responders and on health and communications infrastructure. Existing law requires a wildfire mitigation plan of an electrical corporation to also include appropriate and feasible procedures for noprocedures to consider the need to notify, as a priority, critical first responders, health care facilities, and operators of telecommunications infrastructurdeenergization event.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation with regard to notifications by electrical corporations relating to deenergization events.Existing law requires a seller of residential real property located in a high or very high fire hazard severity zone, as specified, to provide to thestate law requiring certain defensible space requirements around the property or, if applicable, with a local vegetation management ordinance. If the seller has not obtained that documentthe seller and buyer to enter into a written agreement pursuant to which the buyer agrees to obtain documentation of compliance, as specified.This bill would specify that nothing in those provisions, including provisions regardof a state or local agency to enforce defensible space requirements or other applicable statutes, regulations, and local ordinances. Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and generally regulates the business of insurance in the state. Existing law rProtection to identify areas in the state as very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent statewide criteria and based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas. This biland renewal residential property insurance policies in areas identified by the director as very high fire hazard severity zones, until the insurer achthan the insurer’s statewide market participation rate. State law, repealed as of January 1, 2018, required as specified, on any person who takes, damages, or destroys any property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, as specified.This bill would, until January 1, 2031, authorize the court, takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, to impose an additional term of imprisonment of up to 2 years if the property loss exceedsproperty loss exceeds $1,500,000, or an additional term of imprisonment of up to 4 years if the property loss exceeds $3,700,000.This bill contains other related provisions and other exiExisting law establishes the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, which regulates insurers andCalifornia premiums totaling $10,000,000 or more, on or before April 1, 2020, and every 2 years thereafter, as specified, to submit a report to the commissioner with specified firresidential property policies. Existing law subjects an admitted insurer that fails to submit a report to a PRINTPRINTPRINT From printer. From printer. Introduced. Referred to From printer. RLS. PUB. S. ----- ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 May be heard in committee March 22.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 May be heard in committee March 22.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 To print.SENATE 2/20/2020 Com. on PUB. S.SENATE 2/21/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 22. D very high fire disclosures: fire D DD D AB 2705LowDeenergization events.AB 2806WoodTransfer of residential property:hazards.AB 3012WoodResidential property insurance:hazard severity zones.SB 985PortantinoSentencing enhancements: property loss.SB 1161RubioResidential property ces for home hardening and ner, the State Fire Marshal, the e written on risks located in California. The tiered system.This bill contains other related - party inspectors and best practi - provisions and other existing laws. nsumer Affairs, the Department of Housing and Community tiered system by third - tem of fire prevention levels for structures in a Wildland Urban Interface d cities and counties in developing the 3 uire an admitted insurer with written California premiums totaling $5,000,000 or more to tiered sys - insurer that fails to submit a report to the civil penalties described above. The bill would provide rnia Horse Racing Board, and the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission.This bill would civil penalty to be fixed by the commissioner, not to exceed $5,000, or $10,000 if the act was willful.This bill would reqsubmit an additional report to the commissioner, on or before March 1, 2021, and every year thereafter, for the prior year on policies of residential property insurancbill would require the report to contain information reported by ZIP code on the number of new policies, the number of policies renewed, and the number of policies nonrenewed. The bill would subject an admittedthat the information submitted to the commissioner in a report is confidential and not subject to subpoena, as specified.This bill contains other related Existing law establishes in state government the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, comprised of the Department of CoDevelopment, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Department of Business Oversight, the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, the Califoestablish the Commission on Home Hardening within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. The commission would be comprised of the Insurance CommissioExecutive Director of the California Building Standards Commission, and the Director of the Office of Emergency Services, or any of their respective designees. The bill would require the commission to develop a 3environment, as specified. The bill would require the commission to develop guidelines for certifying structures within the 3wildfire mitigation for homeowners seeking certification. The bill would require the commission to work with stakeholders from fire protection districts, the insurance industry, building trades industry, planning associations, anprovisions and other existing laws. From printer. RLS. - SENATE 2/21/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 22. D insurance: reporting requirements.SB 1199McGuireCommission on Home Hardening. Position - , and such as mandated local y. This bill would - es certain persons in nagement of their community organizations in liability for civil damages alleged hin the office of the Governor. The office is n of residential care facilities for the elderly by the ard of hearing for the purpose of improving accessibility Summary tment of Technology, in partnership with the private sector, ing civil liability described above to a lay rescuer or person derly would be a crime, the bill would impose a state nstituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Existing law ll would require the Office of Emergency Services to establish rules and Emergency Services us classes of disaster service workers, the scope of the duties of each class, and to adopt rules and erson or entity that supplies a trauma kit to provide the person or entity that acquires the trauma kit Existing law provides for the licensure and regulatioState Department of Social Services, and makes a violation of these requirements a crime. Existing law requires a facility to have an emergency and disaster plan that includes prescribed information, evacuation procedures, and is available to specified individuals, including residents onsite upon their request and local emergency responders.This bill would require, by July 1, 2022, the department, the Office of Emergency Services, and the Departo develop and implement a secure online emergency management database with an emergency disaster technology tool to be maintained by the department and accessible by emergency response personnelwould require licensed residential care facilities for the elderly to upload their emergency and disaster plans to the database by July 1, 2023. Because a willful violation of the bill’s requirements relative to residential care facilities for the elprogram.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Under existing law, everyone is generally responsible, not only for the result of their willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by their want of ordinary care or skill in the maproperty or person. Existing law exempts from civil liability any person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency medical or nonmedical care or assistance at the scene of an emergency other than an act or omission coexempts public or private organizations that sponsor, authorize, support, finance, or supervise the training of people, or certifies those people in emergency medical services, from to result from those training programs.This bill would define “trauma kit” to mean a first aid response kit that contains specified items, including, among other things, at least 2 tourniquets. The bill would require a pwith all information governing the use, installation, operation, training, and maintenance of the trauma kit. The bill would apply the provisions governwho renders emergency care or treatment by the use of a trauma kit and to a person or entity that provides training in the use of a trauma kit to provide emergency medical treatment, or certifithe use of a trauma kit.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing law creates the Office of Emergency Services witresponsible for the state’s emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies. Existing law requires the office to establish by rule and regulation varioregulations for the registration of each class of these workers. Existing law requires the office to work with advocacy groups representing the deaf and hto emergency information and services for the populations that they serve. Existing law requires the office to develop a plan for state and local utilization of volunteers during a state of emergencenact the Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems Act or the C.R.I.S.E.S. Act for the purpose of creating, implementing, and evaluating the C.R.I.S.E.S. Act Grant Pilot Program, which the act would establish. The biregulations for the act with the goal of making grants to community organizations operating in a minimum of 10 cities, over 3 years, for the purpose of expanding the participation of emergency response for specified vulnerable populations. The bill would require a community organization receiving funds pursuant to the program to use the grant to stimulate and support HUM. S.JUD.G.O. Referred to Referred to Referred to --- Location ASSEMBLY 1/30/2020 Coms. on HUM. S. and G.O.ASSEMBLY 2/14/2020 Com. on JUD.ASSEMBLY 2/14/2020 Com. on G.O. D D D kits. Bill ID/Topic AB 1855FrazierResidential care facilities for the elderly: emergency and disaster plan.AB 2053RodriguezEmergency response: traumaAB 2054KamlagerEmergency services: community response: grant program. ilize the mployee to use lated provisions. ernet website, as paid mental health - stablishes the alified professional who is employer traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in - on or before January 1, 2019, and every 5 years person treatment from a qu - develop, and interpret the property under its jurisdiction for e projects for prescribed fire, defensible space, fire resilient es, as specified. The bill would require the director of the e provider to provide each emergency ambulance employee who office to develop and update annually, in coordination with uld not apply to the state or a political subdivision thereof. er to provide an emergency ambulance employee who requests mental health reparedness.The bill would also require the office to post the guidance document, ans its annual update, involvement in emergency response activitioffice, using not more than 5% of the moneys appropriated to support the program, to assemble staff and resources to carry out certain duties in support of the program.This bill contains other reExisting law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, requires the Office of Emergency Services to update the State Emergency Plan thereafter. The act also requires the office, on or before July 31, 2015, to update the State Emergency Plan to include proposed best practices for local governments and nongovernmental entities to use to moband evacuate people with access and functional needs during emergency or natural disasters.This bill would require the office, in the next update of the plan, to include the best practices provisions, described above. The bill would also require the organizations representing individuals with a variety of access and functional needs, a guidance document for local governments regarding the lessons learned about emergency and natural disaster pon the office internet website.Under existing law, the Department of Parks and Recreation controls the state park system, which is made up of units. Existing law also gives the department authority over, among other areas, state vehicular recreation areas, as provided, and makes the Director of Parks and Recreation responsible for planning and for the orderly development and operation of the California Recreational Trails System. Existing law requires the department to administer, protect, the use and enjoyment of the public.This bill would require the Director of Parks and Recreation to develop, in specified phases, and implement a wildfire management plan for all property underjurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation that is located within a high or a very high fire hazard severity zone, as provided. The bill would require the wildfire management plan to outline the department’s fire prevention goals and futurrestoration projects, and the fire hardening of the department’s structures, among other things. The bill would require the department to post the complete wildfire management plan on its intprovided.This bill contains other existing laws. Existing law establishes a statewide system for emergency medical services and eEmergency Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for establishing training, scope of practice, and continuing education for emergency medical technicians and other prehospital personnel.This bill would require an emergency ambulancdrives or rides in the ambulance with protective gear and safety equipment to wear during the employee’s work shift and to make the protective gear and safety equipment readily available for the ewhen responding to an emergency call. The bill would also require the emergency ambulance employer to provide training to the emergency ambulance employee on the proper fitting and use of the protective gear and safety equipment. The bill woUnder existing law, every emergency ambulance employee is entitled to services through an employee assistance program (EAP). Existing law requires the EAP coverage to provide up to 10 mental health treatments per issue, per calendar year.This bill would require a private emergency ambulance providtreatment for critical incident stress management, as defined, or postaddition to the EAP coverage described above, intrained in the areas of critical incident stress management or PTSD. rred to G.O.W.,P. & L. & E.PRINT Referred to RefeReferred to From printer. ---- ASSEMBLY 2/14/2020 Com. on G.O.ASSEMBLY W.2/20/2020 Coms. on W., P., & W. and NAT. RES.ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 Com. on L. & E.ASSEMBLY 2/11/2020 May be heard in committee March 12. DD R R AB 2064PattersonEmergency preparedness: access and functional needs.AB 2076BigelowPublic lands: Department of Parks and Recreation: wildfire management plan: fire hazard severity zones.AB 2092RodriguezEmergency ambulance employees: protective gear and safety equipment.AB 2131RodriguezEmergency ambulance employees: mental health treatment. , based, - ons of disaster based, faith - the footprint of e the initial model guidelines by May authority over public utilities, ents that are also authorized by the plans, if persons and property within the state caused izes the President to declare a national oration to include, among other things, protocols may be impacted by the deenergizing of electrical lines and active in disasters to identify, type, and track community resources that orized for the implementation of the plans to any activities or investments outside the safety of persons and property exist, and to exercise certain powers in response to that porations to retain records of all diversions of revenues that are authorized for specified purposes in the epare and submit a wildfire mitigation plan to the commission for review and approval, as specified. Existing federal law, the National Emergencies Act, authoremergency under specified conditions. Existing state law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to theemergency. Existing state law defines the term “state of emergency” to mean a duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety ofby, among other things, fire, storm, riot, or cyberterrorism.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation related to fairgrounds during a national emergency or state of emergency. This bill contains other existing laws. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatoryincluding electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to annually prFollowing approval, the commission is required to oversee compliance with the plans. Existing law requires a wildfire mitigation plan of an electrical corpfor deenergizing portions of the electrical distribution system that consider the associated impacts on public safety, as well as protocols related to mitigating the public safety impacts of those protocolsincluding impacts on critical first responders and on health and communications infrastructure. Existing law requires a wildfire mitigation plan of an electrical corporation to also include appropriate and feasible procedures for notifying a customer whorequires these procedures to consider the need to notify, as a priority, critical first responders, health care facilities, and operators of telecommunications infrastructure with premises withinpotential deenergization event.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.This bill contains other existing laws. Existing law requires electrical corporations to submit annually wildfire mitigation plans for review and approval by the Wildfire Safety Division. Existing law prohibits electrical corporations from diverting revenues authplans.This bill would additionally prohibit electrical corporations from diverting revenue authorized for specified purposes in the plans to other activities or investmthe diversion would cause the total amount of all such diversions to exceed 5% of the allocation approved for their plans, unless the commission authorizes that diversion. The bill would require electrical corplans to other activities or investments that are also authorized by the plans.The California Emergency Services Act authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to declare a local emergency, when specified conditior extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist.This bill would require the OES to develop model guidelines for local governments, operational areas, and nonprofit, communityand private sector organizationscould assist in responding to or recovering from local, tribal, regional, national, or international disasters, as specified. The bill would require the OES to publish and distribut1, 2021, and to update and distribute the guidelines annually thereafter.This bill contains other existing laws. Existing sales and use tax laws impose taxes on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this PRINTPRINTPRINTG.O.PRINT From printer. From printer. From printer. Referred to From printer. ----- be heard in ASSEMBLY 2/12/2020 May be heard in committee March 13.ASSEMBLY 2/12/2020 May be heard in committee March 13.ASSEMBLY 2/12/2020 Maycommittee March 13.ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 Com. on G.O.ASSEMBLY 2/19/2020 R l DD D D AB 2173Dahle, MeganFairgrounds: national or state emergency.AB 2179LevineElectrical corporations: wildfire mitigation plans.AB 2180LevineElectrical corporations: wildfire mitigation plans.AB 2213LimónOffice of Emergency Services: modeguidelines.AB 2379Smith s.This bill perate a kennel ss receipts from the sale of, cal emergency management ulation, as defined, when updating , including hazardous substance and related disasters.This bill would require the office - in the office of the Governor, the Office of quire the office to prioritize in its review a plan or state of emergency, including, but not limited to, erty purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this requires the office to develop a guidance document to specify the response nimal Response Emergency System (CARES) program developed under the r permit. By imposing a new duty on local government, this bill would impose a the last Monday in June.This bill contains other related provisions and other ing body of a city, county, city and county, or an official designated by ordinance day period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the Saturday before the last Monday in June and - emergency and natural preparedness, for use by local governments. The bill would require the mandated local program.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. - itigate the effects of emergencies and disasters to people and property. Existing law authorizes cities, state of tangible personal propstate, and provides various exemptions from the taxes imposed by those laws. This bill, on and after January 1, 2021, until January 1, 2023, would exempt from those taxes the groand the storage, use, or other consumption of, emergency preparation items, as defined, sold or purchased during the 3ending at midnight onexisting laws. The California Emergency Services Act creates, withEmergency Services, which is responsible for addressing natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mcities and counties, and counties to create disaster councils, by ordinance, to develop plans for meeting any condition constituting a local emergency earthquakes, natural or manmade disasters specific to that jurisdiction, or state of war emergency. The law requires a disaster council to supply a copy of those plans to the Office of Emergency Servicewould require the Office of Emergency Services to annually review 10 plans described above to determine if the plans substantially conform to or exceed specified recommendations made by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The bill would resubmitted from a county determined to be at a high risk of wildfire disaster.Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, requires the Office of Emergency Services to update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every five years thereafter. The act also of the state and its political subdivisions to agricultureto work with representatives from the access and functional needs popthe State Emergency Plan. The bill would also require the office to develop and post, on or before July 1, 2021, on its internet website a guidance document regarding best practices for, and the lessons learned regarding,office to update and post this guidance document by July 1 of each year, commencing with the year 2022.Under existing law, the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with all interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan and interested loagencies, is required to jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. Existing law requires the office to approve and adopt, and incorporate the California Aoversight of the Department of Food and Agriculture into the standardized emergency management system.This bill would require a city or county that requires a kennel license or permit to owithin its jurisdiction, to require, as a condition for obtaining the kennel license or permit, that the kennel owner create and submit to the city or county an animal natural disaster evacuation plan for any kennel covered by the license ostateUnder existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, the Governor is authorized to proclaim a state of emergency, as defined, under specified circumstances. The California Emergency Services Act also authorizes the governadopted by that governing body, to proclaim a local emergency, as defined. The act authorizes certain training programs for first responders relating to states of emergency PRINTPRINTPRINTPRINT d in From printer. From printer. From printer. From printer. March 20. ---- heard in MBLY May be heard in committee ASSEMBLY 2/19/2020 May be heard in committee March 20.ASSEMBLY 2/20/2020 May be hearcommittee March 21.ASSE2/21/2020 May be heard in committee March 22.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 May be committee March 22. D D R R Sales and use taxes: exemption: emergency preparation items.AB 2386BigelowOffice of Emergency Services: disaster council plans.AB 2428FongEmergency services: emergency and natural disaster preparedness: access and functional needs.AB 2568MaienscheinDisaster preparedness: local government: animal wildfire evacuation plan.AB 2593Boerner HorvathEmergency services: first responders. s medical transportation term lodging - mandated local program.This - e plan would be a crime, the bill creasing its regular advertised rates by a and based on the severity of fire hazard of a valid license, subject to various penalties y. Existing law requires the governing body of network services and would require the plan or - ing laws. sistance and feedback regarding, among other things, an g law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the nclude those services as in Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and - mandated local program.This bill contains other related provisions and other - mile radius of those very high fire hazard severity zones. - ates advertising, including motel and motor court rate signs. Existing law, upon the y Services, which is responsible for the state’s emergency and disaster response services, as er, a paramedic, an emergency medical technician, rescue service personnel, including an open ir competition.This bill would make these provisions applicable to a short pdating a county emergency plan. The bill would require the office to, by January 1, 2022, establish a terrorism incidents.This bill would, for purposes of the act, define “first responder” as an employee of the state or a local public agency who provides emergency response services, including a peace officer, a firefightwater lifeguard or harbor patrol officer, or an emergency manager.Existing law, the Knoxregulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. ExistinDepartment of Insurance. Existing law requires that health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies provide coverage for certain services and treatments, including emergency services.This bill would require a health care service plan contract or a health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2021, that offers coverage for emergency ground medical transportation services to iinsurer to pay those services at the contracted rate pursuant to the plan contract or policy. Because a willful violation of the bill’s requirements relative to a health care servicwould impose a stateexisting laws. Existing law makes the possession of dangerous fireworks, except when the person possessing the dangerous fireworks holds and is operating within the scopedepending on the amount of gross weight in possession, including the penalty of a misdemeanor. Existing law defines dangerous fireworks for these purposes.This bill would expand the definition of a dangeroufirework to include any firework that contains lead and lead compounds and hexachlorobenzene, as provided. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a statebill contains other related provisions and other existExisting law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify areas of the state as very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent statewide criterithat is expected to prevail in those areas.This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would prohibit a company that provides a navigation application from directing traffic within a oneExisting law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, creates the Office of Emergencspecified. Existing law requires the Governor to coordinate the State Emergency Plan and those programs necessary for the mitigation of the effects of an emergenceach political subdivision of the state to carry out the provisions of the State Emergency Plan.This bill would require the office to, by January 1, 2022, establish best practices for counties developing and ureview process for a county to request the office to review a county’s emergency plan. The bill would require that review process to provide technical asemergency plan’s consistency with the office’s proposed best practices. Existing law regulproclamation of a state of emergency or the declaration of a local emergency and for a period of 30 days after, prohibits the owner or operator of a hotel or motel from inmore than 10%, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of this prohibition a misdemeanor. In addition, a violation of the provisions contained in the Penal Code is an unfair business practice and an act of unfa PRINTPRINTPRINTPRINTPRINT From printer. From printer. Introduced. Introduced. Introduced. ----- ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 May be heard in committee March 22.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 May be heard in committee March 22.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 To print.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 To print.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 To print. D plications: D seizure: D D term lodging - D prone areas. - AB 2625Boerner HorvathEmergency ground medical transportation.AB 2740CarrilloFireworks: dangerous fireworks:management.AB 2908LowNavigation apfireAB 2968RodriguezCounty emergency plans: best practices.AB 3023GabrielShortestablishment: state of - 1, 1978. nd, or mandated - covered la - impose a state vices and provides that mandated local - eet around the structure, he provider, including, but not direct the Office of Emergency covered land, grass - ould impose a state emergency medical services program and ia and the severity of the fire hazard. Existing law ighway Patrol. Existing regulations of the California covered land, brush - n a defensible space of 100 feet from each side and from the front and lo” function to be disabled on any siren manufactured after January s state agencies to provide mutual aid, including personnel, equipment, and - lo” to be a nonsiren sound alternating between a fixed high and a fixed low - resistant zone within 5 feet of the structure, as provided. Because a violation of - uthority to collect from each LEMSA the data that each LEMSA receives from the gram.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. refighting mutual aid system. vider that contracts with a LEMSA to provide emergency medical services in an exclusive establishment, defined as any hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other similar lodging establishment. Because the bill would expand the definition of a crime, it wprogram.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify areas in the state as very high fire hazard severity zones based on specified criterrequires a person who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintains an occupied dwelling or structure in, upon, or adjoining a mountainous area, forestland that is covered with flammable material that is within a very high fire hazard severity zone, as designated by a local agency, or a building or structure in, upon, or adjoining those areas or lands within a state responsibility area, to maintairear of the structure, as specified. A violation of these requirements is a crime.This bill would require a person described above to use more intense fuel reductions between 5 and 30 fand to create an emberthese provisions would be a crime or expand the scope of an existing crime, the bill would impose a statemandated local proExisting law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, governs local emergency medical services (EMS) systems. The act establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for the coordination and integration of EMS systems. Existing law authorizes each county to develop anrequires the county to designate a local EMS agency (LEMSA). The act authorizes each county to create one or more exclusive operating areas in the development of a local plan.This bill would require a private EMS prooperating area to annually provide the LEMSA with specified information relating to the working conditions of emergency medical technicians and paramedics employed by tlimited to, wages, hours, and benefits. The bill would require the LEMSA to maintain a database in which that data, and other specified information, would be collected. The bill would require the Emergency Medical Services Aproviders. The bill would exempt from its reporting requirement providers that employ fewer than 20 ambulances. By expanding the data collection duties of LEMSAs, the bill wouldlocal program.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. The California Emergency Services Act establishes the Office of Emergency Serthe office is responsible for the state’s emergency and disaster response services and serves as the State Disaster Council for the purposes of the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement. The act authorizeother available resources, to assist political subdivisions during a local emergency or in accordance with mutual aid agreements or at the direction of the Governor.This bill wouldServices to establish and administer a grant program entitled the California Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (CA SAFER), upon appropriation of sufficient funds by the Legislature, to augment California’s fiExisting law prohibits any vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle, from being equipped with a siren. Existing law requires an emergency vehicle to be equipped with a siren that meets requirements set forth by the Department of the California HHighway Patrol define a “hifrequency and require the “hi PRINTPRINTPRINT Introduced. Introduced. Introduced. Referred to TRANS. ---- ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 To print.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 To print.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 To print.SENATE 2/12/2020 Com. on TRANS. D D resistant zones. D - D defensible space: emergency: local emergency: rates.AB 3074FriedmanFire prevention: wildfire risk:emberAB 3115RodriguezEmergency medical services providers: reporting.AB 3198GrayEmergency services: staffing grant program.SB 909DoddEmergency vehicles. hat the as defined, with 1,000 to lo” audible warning sound and - traumatic stress that develops or - ill contains other related provisions ications networks to function, and to enable curity officers and the officers of a state , administered by the Administrative Director of critical communications infrastructure, as defined, nuary 1, 2020. Existing law requires the compensation based provider of telephony services upon determining t law requires the commission to develop and implement - e transceiver station towers, commonly known as “cell towers.”This lo” to be used solely for the purpose of notifying the public of an immediate need ns, inclusive, to take specified actions related to water shortage planning and indirectly provides water for municipal purposes to prepare and adopt an urban - telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the Office of ms have been implemented by telecommunications service providers operating in California.This bill ighting personnel and peace officers, the term “injury” includes post embers of the State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Developmental Services, This bill would authorize an emergency vehicle to be equipped with a “hiwould authorize the “hito evacuate.Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existingperformance reliability standards for backup power systems installed on the property of residential and small commercial customers by a facilitiesbenefits of the standards exceed the costs.This bill would require the commission, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to develop and implement performance reliability standards, as specified, for all mobile telephony service basbill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing law, the Urban Water Management Planning Act, requires every public and private urban water supplier that directly or water management plan. The act requires an urban water management plan to include a water shortage contingency plan, as provided. This bill would require a small water supplier,2,999 service connections, inclusive, to prepare and adopt a small water supplier water shortage contingency plan that consists of specified elements. The bill would require a small water supplier with 15 to 999 service connectioresponse. The bill would require small water suppliers to provide to the public, and to report, the plan and specified water shortage planning information, as prescribed.This band other existing laws. Existing law establishes a workers’ compensation systemthe Division of Workers’ Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law provides, only until January 1, 2025, that, for certain state and local firefmanifests during a period in which the injured person is in the service of the department or unit, but applies only to injuries occurring on or after Jaawarded pursuant to this provision to include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits.This bill would make that provision applicable to active firefighting mand the Military Department, and to additional peace officers, including security officers of the Department of Justice when performing assigned duties as sehospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services, among other officers.Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, includingEmergency Services, to identify the need for telecommunications service systems not on customers’ premises to have backup electricity to enable the telecommuncustomers to contact a public safety answering point operator during an electrical outage, to determine performance criteria for backup systems, and to determine whether specified best practices for backup systewould require each provider of telecommunications service to (1) notify local emergency management officials about the location and status of the provider’s (2) provide to the local incident command upon the declaration of an emergency or natural disaster the Referred to Referred to From printer. From printer. E. U., & C.N.R. & W.RLS.RLS. ---- SENATE 2/12/2020 Com. on E., U. & C.SENATE 2/20/2020 Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F.SENATE 2/19/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 20.SENATE 2/19/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 20. and ation traumatic - D ies and natural D D D SB 925GlazerMobile telephony service base transceiver sttowers: performance reliability standards.SB 971HertzbergSmall water suppliercountywide water shortage contingency planning.SB 1047SternWorkers’ compensation: firefighters and peace officers: poststress.SB 1069JacksonTelecommunications: emergencdisasters: critical communications infrastructure. cts rs in response to that emergency. ses of the bill. The bill would transfer an ters and emergencies.This bill would establish the equire an identified microgrid project to satisfy in real time of impacted critical communications local officials and local governments to declare a local emergency, when specified mong other things, fire, storm, riot, or cyberterrorism.This bill would additionally include an various purposes relating to microgrid projects. The bill would also require the office to offer populations and individuals, and improve resiliency in response to deenergization events. The e California Emergency Services Act establishes the Office of Emergency Services in the office of name and contact information for, and make available upon request, an official representative of the provider able to assist local emergency operations, (3) report to local emergency management authorities and the commission the transmission status of emergency alerts, notifications, and messages, (4) notify local and state emergency management officials infrastructure within their jurisdictions that has been damaged or otherwise rendered inoperable, and, (5) upon the conclusion of an emergency or natural disaster, timely report to the commission on the impato the provider’s network during the emergency or natural disaster, as specified.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (1)Ththe Governor and provides that the office is responsible for the state’s emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasLocal Government Deenergization Event Resiliency Program, to be administered by the Office of Emergency Services, to support state and local government efforts to enhance public safety, protect vulnerable bill would establish the Local Government Deenergization Event Resiliency Fund and would continuously appropriate the moneys in the fund for expenditure for purpounspecified sum from the General Fund to the fund, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would allocate unspecified sums from the fund to local governments, joint powers authorities, and special districts forplanning grants and technical assistance to local governments to assist in identifying microgrid projects within their jurisdictions, as provided, and would rspecified requirements.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency, and conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Governor or the appropriate local government to exercise certain poweExisting law defines the term “state of emergency” and “local emergency” to mean a duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by, aelectromagnetic pulse attack among those conditions constituting a state of emergency or local emergency. From printer. Introduced. RLS.RLS. -- SENATE 2/21/2020 May be acted upon on or after March 22.SENATE 2/21/2020 To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. D D of emergency: local SB 1215SternElectricity: microgrids: grant program.SB 1455HertzbergEmergency services: stateemergency: electromagnetic pulse attack. Position - other coping plan limate adaptation atewide greenhouse an and develop a strategic resiliency , to convene a science advisory team fe corridors from climate change, and hat have been disproportionately impacted by Summary state board, in collaboration with the same agencies and gas emissions and to update the scoping plan at least once every 5 itoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act isting law requires state agencies to work to maximize specified objectives. Natural Resources ation Board or from other appropriate bond funds, upon appropriation by the sources and make recommendations for aligning investments with the framework, and ate agency identified in the framework to report to the secretary on its progress in completing the to include a review of the progress made in implementing the past plans and a detailed description of Existing law requires the Natural Resources Agency every 3 years to update the state’s cstrategy, known as the Safeguard California Plan. As part of the update, existing law requires the agency to coordinate with other state agencies to identify a lead agency or group of agencies to lead adaptation efforts in each sector. ExExisting law requires the update to the plan to include certain topics. This bill would require the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, by January 1, 2022, to review the plframework that, among other things, makes recommendations on actions that are necessary to prepare the state for the most significant climate change impacts modeled for 2025, 2050, and beyond, review available funding establish actions for community and economic resiliency, the ocean and coast, and terrestrial ecosystems. The bill would require the Strategic Growth Council, by July 1, 2021of distinguished scientists to guide climate planning and adaptation efforts in the state and to, among other things, review and make recommendations to improve the plan and the framework. The bill would require each strecommendations and actions in the framework. The bill would require state agencies implementing the framework to engage regional agencies and communities tenvironmental or socioeconomic burdens. The bill would require the secretary to solicit feedback from the science advisory team on the development of the framework. The bill would require the updates to the planthe framework.The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monrequires the state board to approve a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020 and to ensure that stgas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. The act requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and costeffective reductions in greenhouseyears.This bill would require the state board, in collaboration with the California Environmental Protection Agency, the Natural Resources Agency, the Office of Planning and Research, and relevant departments, to identify by July 1, 2021, an overall climate goal for the state’s natural and working lands, as defined, to sequester carbon and reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions. As part of this process, the bill would require thedepartments, to among other things, identify practices, policy incentives, and potential reductions in barriers that would help achieve the climate goal for integration into the next update to the sthat immediately follows the identification of the climate goal and, on or before January 1, 2022, report to the Legislature recommended policy incentives that the state could enact to help reach the climate goal.(1)Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife, contingent upon funding being provided by the Wildlife ConservLegislature, to investigate, study, and identify those areas in the state that are most essential as wildlife corridors and habitat linkages, as well as the impacts to those wildlirequires the department to prioritize vegetative data development in these areas.This bill would additionally require the department to investigate, study, and identify impacts to those wildlife corridors PRINTPRINT From printer. Introduced. Introduced. RLS. --- Location ASSEMBLY 2/19/2020 May be heard in committee March 20.ASSEMBLY 2/21/2020 To print.SENATE 2/21/2020 To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. D D D Bill ID/Topic d Biodiversity AB 2371FriedmanClimate change: adaptation.AB 2954Rivas, RobertCalifornia Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: climate goal: natural and working lands.SB 1372MonningWildlife corridors and connectivity: Wildlife an scale development - require the department to prioritize wildlife frastructure projects, including transportation and water projects, large from state inprojects not covered by an existing natural community conservation plan or habitat conservation plan, and planned or potential land conversions. The bill would alsomovement and habitat data development in those areas of the state that are most essential as wildlife corridors and habitat linkages.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Protection and Movement Act of 2020. Position to derly would to establish rules for all ystem that consider the tment of Technology, in al needs that would require plement its requirements, and because egulatory authority, the commission has adopted n of residential care facilities for the elderly by Summary , and would require licensed residential care facilities for aw requires a wildfire mitigation plan of an electrical mandated local program.This bill contains other related - mandated local program by creating a new crime.This bill - d transmission system to each affected customer in the preferred ions and other existing laws. PSPS ng approval, the commission is required to oversee compliance with the plans. such as evacuation procedures, and is available to specified individuals, including .This bill would require an electrical corporation, by July 1, 2021, to conduct a survey of its Existing law provides for the licensure and regulatiothe State Department of Social Services, and makes a violation of these requirements a crime. Existing law requires a facility to have an emergency and disaster plan that includes prescribed information, residents onsite upon their request and local emergency responders.This bill would require, by July 1, 2022, the department, the Office of Emergency Services, and the Deparpartnership with the private sector, to develop and implement a secure online emergency management database with an emergency disaster technology tool to be maintained by the department and accessible by emergency response personnelthe elderly to upload their emergency and disaster plans to the database by July 1, 2023. Because a willful violation of the bill’s requirements relative to residential care facilities for the elbe a crime, the bill would impose a stateprovisions and other existing laws. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to annually prepare and submit a wildfire mitigation plan to the commission for review and approval, as specified. FollowiExisting law requires a wildfire mitigation plan of an electrical corporation to include, among other things, protocols for deenergizing portions of the electrical distribution sassociated impacts on public safety, as well as protocols related to mitigating the public safety impacts of those protocols, including impacts on critical first responders and on health and communications infrastructure. Existing lcorporation to also include appropriate and feasible procedures for notifying a customer who may be impacted by the deenergizing of electrical lines and requires these procedures to consider the need notify, as a priority, critical first responders, health care facilities, and operators of telecommunications infrastructure with premises within the footprint of a potential deenergization event.Because this bill requires action by the commission to ima violation of an order or decision of the commission implementing its requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a statecontains other related provisUnder existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Under its existing rguidelines and procedures for the intentional deenergization of an electrical corporation’s distribution and transmission systems, including the provision of certain notices regarding the deenergization eventcustomers asking each customer the language in which the customer prefers to receive direct communications from the electrical corporation and to list any medicaccommodation during a deenergization event. The bill would require the electrical corporation to provide direct communications and updates regarding the intentional deenergization of the electrical corporation’s distribution anlanguage of that customer. The bill would require an electrical corporation to provide HUM. S.U. & E.U. & E. Location Referred to Coms. on Referred to Com. on U. & Referred to Com. on U. & --- ASSEMBLY 1/30/2020 HUM. S. and G.O.ASSEMBLY 1/17/2020 E.ASSEMBLY 1/17/2020 E. D DD Bill ID/Topic AB 1855FrazierResidential care facilities for the elderly: emergency and disaster plan.AB 1915ChuElectrical corporations: deenergization events.AB 1916ChuDeenergization: notification: languages. ation a ident of the ropriate and mandated local program.This bill al, regional, or state regulation - public safety power shutoff, as specified, other related provisions and other existing hat announcement in any county, city, or city and the primary responsibility for the control of air a misdemeanor with specified penalties for a person, tomer experienced an interruption in electrical service for its plan to the commission for review and approval, as specified. peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Cal threshold language in any area that is within its service territory, utilizing at least 3 of 4 - blish airborne toxic control measures to reduce emissions of toxic air contaminants from ansmission system in each language that is identified by the Department of Health Care Services as communications to the general public regarding the intentional deenergization of its distribution and tra Medispecified means of communication.This bill containslaws. Under existing law, upon the proclamation of a state of emergency, as defined, by the PresUnited States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency, as defined, by the executive officer of any county, city, or city and county, and for a specified period following the proclamation or declaration of emergency, it iscontractor, business, or other entity to sell or offer to sell certain goods and services for a price that exceeds by 10% the price charged by that person immediately prior to the proclamation or declarof emergency, except as specified.This bill would apply the price gouging prohibition and penalties described above upon an announcement of a public safety power shutoff, as defined, by an official, board, or other governing body authorized to make tcounty. By creating a new crime, this bill would create a statecontains other related provisions and other existing laws. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to annually prepare a wildfire mitigation plan and submitExisting law requires the wildfire mitigation plan to include, among other things, protocols for disabling reclosers and deenergizing portions of the electrical distribution system, and appfeasible procedures for notifying impacted customers.This bill would require an electrical corporation that engages in a public safety power shutoff to compensate a customer for any qualified claim for spoilage of food or medication if the cusgreater than 8 hours and received less than 24 hours notice of the interruption.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to proclaim a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extremeGovernor or the appropriate local government to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines the terms “state of emergency” and “local emergency” to mean duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by, among other things, fire, storm, or riot.This bill would additionally include a deenergization, defined as a plannedwithin those conditions constituting a state of emergency and a local emergency.Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates air pollution control and air quality management districts with pollution from all sources other than vehicular sources. Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to identify toxic air contaminants that are emitted into the ambient air of the state and to estanonvehicular sources.This bill would exempt the operation of an alternative power source, as defined, to provide power to a critical facility, as defined, from any locregarding the operation of that source. The bill would authorize providers of essential public services, m. on U. & March 13. PUB. S.U. & E.PRINTPRINT Referred to Com. on PUB. Referred to CoFrom printer. May be From printer. May be ---- in committee March 13. ASSEMBLY 1/23/2020 S.ASSEMBLY 2/14/2020 E.ASSEMBLY 2/12/2020 heardASSEMBLY 2/12/2020 heard in committee D D D D AB 1936RodriguezPrice gouging: public safety power shutoffs.AB 2033WoodDeenergization: spoilage claims.AB 2178LevineEmergency services.AB 2182Rubio, BlancaEmergency backup generators: water and wastewater facilities: exemption. d by er January 1, tion, and served basis, determine - first - come - beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the Saturday operated public emergency warning - emergency warning system. The bill ould also expand the types of public utilities that or college day period - - s and other existing laws. this state or on the storage, use, or other consumption in esponsible for the state’s emergency and disaster for that battery storage system, not to exceed $5,000 per or purposes of the credit is not reviewable in any to the contact information of the resident from a public utility. The bill rth in the National Fire Protection Association Standard for Emergency and Standby ncies and disasters to people and property.This bill would expand these provisions to authorize bill, on and after January 1, 2021, until January 1, 2023, would exempt from those taxes the r solid waste or recycling services. The bill would require a local government that enters into an in lieu of compliance with applicable legal requirements, to comply with the maintenance and testing procedure set foPower System, NFPA 110, for alternative power sources designated by the providers for the support of critical facilities.The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws.This bill, under both laws, for taxable years beginning on and aft2021, and before January 1, 2026, would allow a credit to a taxpayer, except as specified, that purchases a battery storage system for a solar energy system, as defined, in an amount equal to 50% of the costs paid or incurred by the taxpayer taxable year, as specified. The bill would require the Franchise Tax Board to allow the credit to taxpayers filing for the same legal parcel of property on a firstthe date the taxpayer’s timely filed original tax return is received by the Franchise Tax Board, except as provided. The bill would provide that the board’s determination as to the date a return is received and whether a return has been timely filed fadministrative or judicial proceeding.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing sales and use tax laws impose taxes on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail inthis state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, and provides various exemptions from the taxes imposed by those laws. This gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use, or other consumption of, emergency preparation items, as defined, sold or purchased during the 3before the last Monday in June and ending at midnight on the last Monday in June.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. The California Emergency Services Act establishes the Office of Emergency Services in the office of the Governor and provides that the office is rresponse services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergea city to enter into an agreement to access the contact information of resident accountholders through the records of a public utility, as specified. The bill wcan enter into these agreements by defining public utility to include, among others, a local publicly owned electric utility, mobile telephony services, a public water agency, and an agency responsible foagreement to access information of resident accountholders to, upon receipt of that information, notify residents that they have been entered into the publicwould require a local government that enters into an agreement to access information to include procedures to enable any resident to opt out of the warning system and a process to terminate the receiving agency’s access would also authorize the governing bodies of the California State University, the University of California, and each community college district to use their own enrollment, registrapersonnel records to access the contact information of students and employees for the sole purpose of enrolling students and employees in a universitysystem.This bill contains other related provision 10. John L. 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May be Set for hearing March YG.O. 9:30 a.m. --- SENATE ASSEMBL2/19/2020 heard in committee March 20.ASSEMBLY 2/19/2020 heard in committee March 20.SENATE 2/21/2020 3/10/2020Hearing Room (4203)ORGANIZATION, D R D ergency AB 2359MathisIncome taxes: credits: battery storage system for solar power systems.AB 2379SmithSales and use taxes: exemption: empreparation items.SB 794JacksonEmergency services: telecommunications. , when specified .hony services upon rgency backup generator during mandated local program.This bill - mergency, existing law requires the e district for at least 175 days during ting law requires the State Air Resources all mobile telephony service base transceiver based provider of telep - state of emergency” and “local emergency” to mean a described provisions apply - his bill would require an air district to adopt a rule or revise its existing rules, revise its rules, the bill would impose a state e that would have been credited to the school district, county office of education, or east 175 days because of a specified emergency or other extraordinary condition. If the telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission to develop and implement lly include a planned deenergization event, as defined, within those conditions constituting a ution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates air pollution Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollcontrol and air quality management districts with the primary responsibility for the control of air pollution from all sources other than vehicular sources. ExisBoard to identify toxic air contaminants that are emitted into the ambient air of the state and to establish airborne toxic control measures to reduce emissions of toxic air contaminants from nonvehicular sources.Tconsistent with federal law, to allow a health facility that has received a permit from the district to construct and operate an emergency backup generator to use that emea deenergization event without having that usage count toward any time limitation on actual usage and routine testing and maintenance included as a condition for issuance of that permit. By requiring air districts to adopt orcontains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to proclaim a local emergencyconditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Governor or the appropriate local government to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines the terms “duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by, among other things, fire, storm, or riot.This bill would additionastate of emergency and a local emergency. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Existing law prohibits a school district from receiving a state apportionment based upon average daily attendance unless it has maintained the regular day schools of ththe next preceding fiscal year. Existing law exempts from this prohibition a school district, county office of education, or charter school that is prevented from maintaining its schools during a fiscal year for at laverage daily attendance of a school district, county office of education, or charter school has been materially decreased during a fiscal year because of a specified eSuperintendent of Public Instruction to estimate the average daily attendance in a manner that credits to the school district, county office of education, or charter school approximately the total average daily attendanccharter school had the emergency not occurred. This bill would add public safety power shutoffs to the list of emergencies for which the aboveUnder existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including performance reliability standards for backup power systems installed on the property of residential and small commercial customers by a facilitiesdetermining that the benefits of the standards exceed the costs.This bill would require the commission, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to develop and implement performance reliability standards, as specified, for station towers, commonly known as “cell towers.”This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Referred to Coms. on EQ. Referred to Com. on E., Referred to Com. on E., E.Q.E. U., & C.ED.E. U., & C. Referred to Com. on ED. --- - SENATE 1/15/2020 and E., U. & C.SENATE 1/29/2020 U. & C.SENATE 2/6/2020 SENATE 2/12/2020 U. & C. safety. DD DD rgencies: public SB 802GlazerEmergency backup generators: health facilities: permit operating condition exclusion.SB 862DoddPlanned power outage: publicSB 884DoddEducation finance: emesafety power shutoffs.SB 925GlazerMobile telephony service base transceiver station towers: performance reliability standards. fees or bill would fix the rates and those taxes with on actual usage and credit to contain, among ic air contaminants from sited renewable energy or energy - of air contaminants for the control of air redit.This bill contains other related provisions. mandated local program. The bill also would define certain - ents, as defined.This bill contains other related provisions and permitting program for those critical facility emergency backup require the commission, or the governing board of a local publicly Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, inning on or after January 1, 2019, and before January 1, 2021, to a served basis. The bill also would include additional information - first of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or - threat district, as defined, not to exceed $1,500 per tax payer. The - backup generator during a deenergization event or other loss of power, and to test come - all sources other than vehicular sources. Existing law requires the State Air Resources sited renewable energy or energy storage systems are not subject to discriminatory - Existing state sales and use tax laws impose a tax on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this stateother consumption in this state. The Sales and Use Tax Law provides various exemptions from those taxes. This bill, on and after January 1, 2021, would provide an exemption from respect to the sale of, or the storage, use, or consumption of, a backup electrical resource, as defined, that is purchased for exclusive use by a city, county, special district, or other entity of local government during deenergization evother existing laws. Under existing law, the Public including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law authorizes the commission to charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. This bill would owned electric utility, as applicable, to ensure that customers within its jurisdiction who have customercharges levied as a result of installing or using those customerstorage systems, as specified.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws. Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the tax credit will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements.This bill would allow a credit against those taxes for each taxable year begtaxpayer that purchases a backup power generator for use in a residence or commercial property located in a high firelimit the total amount of credits allowed to $2,000,000,000 and would require the credits to be allocated on a firstrequired for any bill authorizing a new income tax cExisting law imposes various limitations on emissions pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates air pollution control and air quality management districts with the primary responsibility for the control of air pollution fromBoard to identify toxic air contaminants that are emitted into the ambient air of the state and to establish airborne toxic control measures to reduce emissions of toxnonvehicular sources.This bill, consistent with federal law, would require air districts to adopt a rule, or revise its existing rules, to allow critical facilities with a permitted emergency backup generator to use that emergency and maintain that emergency backup generator, as specified, without having that usage, testing, or maintenance count toward that emergency backup generator’s time limitationroutine testing and maintenance. The bill would prohibit air districts from imposing a fee on the issuance or renewal of a permit issued for those critical facility emergency backup generators. By requiring air districts to adopt a newgenerators, the bill would impose a state Referred to Com. on Referred to Com. on E., From printer. May be From printer. May be GOV. & F.E. U., & C.RLS.RLS. ---- SENATE 2/20/2020 GOV. & F.SENATE 2/20/2020 U. & C.SENATE 2/18/2020 acted upon on or after March 19.SENATE 2/20/2020 acted upon on or after March 21. rs. sited - D R R D 953 SB 952NielsenSales and use taxes: exemption: backup electrical resources: deenergization events.SB WienerCustomerrenewable energy or energy storage systems: discriminatory fees or charges.SB 1020DahleIncome taxes: credits: generatoSB 1099DoddEmergency backup generators: critical facilities: exemption. - er existing based - mandated local - y usage during a Speed Rail Authority - r transmission or cept for fines and penalties, , within the skilled nursing facility term health care facilities, defined es. Existing law requires the State - egislature, require the commission to late long proceeds of the fund to the High aintaining a rule that would limit or prohibit any person nonvehicular sources.This bill would prohibit an air district from adopting or ours if a power outage is still in effect. corporations to expedite the implementation of activities to minimize the risk of s required to enforce the requirements of the act and regulations promulgated under the Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973 generally requires the State rom vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates air pollution - tion and Development Commission as a loan. The bill would require the transferred moneys e agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. terms for purposes of these provisions.This bill contains other related provisions and othlaws. Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution fcontrol and air quality management districts (air district) with the primary responsibility for the control of air pollution from all sources other than vehicular sourcAir Resources Board (state board) to identify toxic air contaminants that are emitted into the ambient air of the state and to establish airborne toxic control measures to reduce emissions of toxic air contaminants from maintaining a rule that would limit or prohibit any person from using a federally compliant natural gas powered generator during a deenergization event and would require that andeenergization event not count toward any time limitation on actual usage and routine testing and maintenance included as a condition for issuance of any permit for that generator. The bill would prohibit the state board from adopting or mfrom using a federally compliant natural gas powered generator during a deenergization event. By prohibiting an air district maintaining existing rules, the bill would impose a stateprogram to revise any rule not in compliance with that prohibition.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. The LongDepartment of Public Health to license, inspect, and reguto include a skilled nursing facility. Existing regulations require a skilled nursing facility to have emergency planning, including an emergency lighting and power system. Under existing law, the department iact through citations and civil penalties.This bill would require a skilled nursing facility to have a backup power system that maintains a safe temperature, as definedand power to all critical systems to resident health and safety for no less than 96 hours during any type of power outage. The bill would also require a backup power system to have the ability to be refueled after 96 hThe California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the statThe act authorizes the state board to include in its regulation of those emissions the use of marketbased compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, excollected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a marketcompliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Existing law continuously appropriates 25% of the annual for certain purposes.This bill would require the authority to transfer any unencumbered moneys appropriated to the authority from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the State Energy Resources Conservato be deposited in the Electrical Infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund, which the bill would establish in the State Treasury. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Lexpend the moneys in that fund for purposes of the Electrical Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program, which the bill would require the commission to develop and implement. This program would provide loans to electrical electrical lines and equipment causing catastrophic wildfires or to reduce the need of electrical corporations to engage in the intentional deenergization of portions of thei From printer. May be From printer. May be From printer. May be RLS.RLS.RLS. --- SENATE 2/21/2020 acted upon on or after March 22.SENATE 2/21/2020 acted upon on or after March 22.SENATE 2/21/2020 acted upon on or after March 22. RR D ral gas powered lities: backup SB 1185MoorlachNatugenerators: operation during deenergization events.SB 1207JacksonSkilled nursing facipower system.SB 1233MoorlachElectricity: public safety power shutoffs: loans. e public financing authority, ate in a public investment bill would recast these provisions to strict, as provided. Existing law provides for the participation of an affected the development of public facilities and development described in the tment and financing plan. The bill would make various conforming changes. The bill distribution systems to minimize that risk. The bill would require the repayment of the transferred moneys with interest calculated at the rate earned by the Pooled Money Investment Fund.(1)Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or a county to designate a proposed enhanced infrastructure financing district, with a governing body referred to as thby adopting a resolution of intention to establish the proposed district and requires the public financing authority to direct the preparation of and adopt an infrastructure financing plan and adopt a resolution to form the ditaxing entity, as defined, in the district, but prohibits the participation of a county office of education, school district, or community college district in the district.Thisinstead authorize the legislative body of a city or county, or of 2 of more cities acting jointly, to propose the formation of a public investment authority under these provisions and the adoption of a community inveswould delete the limitation on the participation of a county office of education, school district, or community college district, thereby allowing those entities to participauthority. The bill would also authorize the public financing authority to invite the participation of a state agency that, in the judgment of the public financing authority, is able to provide expertise or resources to assist incommunity investment and financing plan.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. - ENATE S2/21/2020 RLS. for assignment. To print. D SB 1389AllenPublic investment authorities.