FLOOR SESSION AGENDA - Regular Session: 10:00 a.m.

SB 863, as it passed the Senate, authorized the Legislature to specify that a constitutional amendment, bond measure, or other legislative measure submitted to the people will appear on the ballot at an election other than the first statewide election occurring at least 131 days after the adoption of the proposal by the Legislature if the election specified in the proposal would occur at least 131 days after adoption of the proposal by the Legislature.

The Assembly amendments instead authorize the Legislature to make the specification described above in the text of a measure that proposes an amendment or revision of the Constitution.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 357, as it passed the Senate, deleted existing law requiring physicians and surgeons to report disorders characterized by lapses of consciousness to local health officers, who in turn would provide that information to the Department of Motor Vehicles. SB 357, as it passed the Senate, instead authorized reporting by physicians and surgeons of medical conditions to the department and required the department to consult with organizations with specified expertise to guide this discretionary reporting process, until January 1, 2029, before reverting to clarified mandatory reporting. SB 357, as it passed the Senate, also required reporting from the department to the Legislature on the effect of discretionary reporting by January 1, 2027.

The Assembly amendments further revise the discretionary reporting requirements by including any condition severe enough to impair operation of a motor vehicle, creating mandatory reporting specifically for patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders, and delaying implementation of the discretionary reporting system until January 1, 2030, before reverting to the clarified mandatory reporting by physicians and surgeons on January 1, 2037. The Assembly amendments also delete the requirement that the department consult with organizations with certain expertise in guiding the discretionary reporting process, and do not require the department to report on the effects of discretionary reporting until January 1, 2035.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 1140, as it passed the Senate, required a public financing authority of an enhanced infrastructure financing district to, among other things, hold a meeting and 2 public hearings on a proposed infrastructure financing plan, as specified.

The Assembly amendments add legislative findings and declarations regarding the purpose of these provisions and make a technical change to correct a cross-reference in existing law. The Assembly amendments also double joint the bill with AB 1819 to avoid potential chaptering conflicts.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: no.

SB 1379, as it passed the Senate, created an exception, until January 1, 2027, to the 960-hour limitation of employment within a calendar or fiscal year, as specified, for a retired member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System if the retired member is appointed by the Solano County Sheriff’s Office to perform a function or functions that are regularly performed by a deputy sheriff, evidence technician, or communications operator, if specified conditions are met.

The Assembly amendments, among other things, limit the aggregate number of appointments not subject to the 960-hour limitation described above to 20 appointments, require the appointment of a retired member subject to the exception to not be placed on the Solano County Board of Supervisors consent calendar, and require a fee to be paid to the system for each month the retired person works.

Vote: 27. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 56, as it passed the Senate, created an exemption from certain contract publication and award procedures otherwise applicable to the sale of certain University of California real property. Specifically, SB 56, as it passed the Senate, made the exemption applicable to the transfer of specified real property in the City of Berkeley from the Regents of the University of California to the Berkeley Student Cooperative for the purpose of maintaining affordable student housing for the students of the University of California. SB 56, as it passed the Senate, made legislative findings that a special statute is necessary because of the unique need to maintain affordable student housing for the students of the University of California that is provided by the Berkeley Students Cooperative.

The Assembly amendments revise the exemption by including additional identifying information for the property and by broadening the purpose of the transfer to maintaining affordable housing, regardless of whether it is student housing. The Assembly amendments revise the stated reason for the special statute to be the unique need to maintain affordable housing that is provided by the Berkeley Student Cooperative. The Assembly amendments add a requirement that the Regents of the University of California reserve a right of reverter if the property ceases to be used for affordable housing by the Berkeley Student Cooperative and its successors or assigns.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 577, as it passed the Senate, authorized the State Fire Marshal to establish and collect admission fees and other fees associated with the California Fire Service Training and Education Program, and to establish fees to implement the California Fire and Arson Training Act, as specified.

The Assembly amendments delete the contents of SB 577 and, instead, clarify that specified training provisions apply to life agents selling individual life insurance policies, and authorize service of legal process, notices, and other papers to be made in specified circumstances to the Insurance Commissioner, their deputy, or their designated agent, accompanied by a substituted service fee.

The Assembly amendments authorize the commissioner to proceed with a civil action for violation of a prohibition against employing runners and other persons to procure clients, services, or benefits under workers’ compensation coverage or a contract of insurance if the district attorney elects not to pursue the matter, eliminate a requirement for the district attorney or the commissioner to give reasons for consenting to dismissal of such an action, and clarify that a civil complaint for a violation of this prohibition is required to remain under seal for at least 60 days from the date of service on the district attorney and commissioner.

The Assembly amendments require certain first responder benefit and relief associations to renew their certificate of authority within 30 days after a change in name or address or before a merger.

The Assembly amendments exempt an enforcement action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the commissioner from specified procedures for a special motion to strike in a civil cause of action arising from an act in furtherance of a person’s right of petition or free speech and for offers to compromise before commencement of a civil trial or arbitration.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 939, as it passed the Senate, among other things, required the State Department of Education to, as part of its regular monitoring and review of a local educational agency, assess whether the local educational agency has provided information on existing schoolsite and community resources related to the support of neurodivergent pupils.

The Assembly amendments delete the requirement for the department to make that assessment.

SB 939, as it passed the Senate, also required the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide to each school district, county office of education, and charter school a list of resources that provide support for youth, and their families, who have been subjected to school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying on the basis of neurodiversity or perceived neurodiversity.

The Assembly amendments require the Superintendent to notify local educational agencies of the availability of the above-mentioned resources rather than provide them.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 1111, as it passed the Senate, on and after January 1, 2026, included within a specified definition of remote interest that of a public officer in the financial interest of that public officer’s child, parent, or sibling, or the spouse of the child, parent, or sibling, if the interest is actually known to the public officer.

The Assembly amendments, instead, on and after January 1, 2026, include within the definition of remote interest the interest of a public officer if the public officer’s child is an officer or director of, or has an ownership interest of 10% or more in, a party to a contract entered into by the body or board of which the officer is a member, if this information is actually known to the public officer.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 1117, as it passed the Senate, among other things, provided that the Secretary of Food and Agriculture is entitled to receive reimbursement from any organic operation or person required to register with the Department of Food and Agriculture that is found in violation of the California Organic Food and Farming Act for any reasonable attorney’s fees and other related costs, including, but not limited to, investigative costs, involved in the enforcement of the act.

The Assembly amendments instead provide that the secretary is entitled to receive the above-described reimbursement from any organic operation or person that is found in violation of the act.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 1156, as it passed the Senate, required members of the executive team, board of directors, and other groundwater management decision makers of a groundwater sustainability agency to file statements of economic interests with the Fair Political Practices Commission, and required the commission to establish guidelines and procedures for the submission and review of the statements.

The Assembly amendments instead require members of the board of directors and the executive, as defined, of a groundwater sustainability agency to file statements of economic interests, with the Fair Political Practices Commission using the Commission’s online system for filing statements of economic interests. The Assembly amendments also delete the requirement that the commission establish guidelines and procedures for the submission and review of the statements.

Vote: 27. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 1195, as it passed the Senate, required each school district, county office of education, and charter school that operates a block schedule to request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for pupils whose advanced placement courses conclude in the fall semester, while maintaining the option for those pupils to take the advanced placement examination for those courses during the spring semester, at the discretion of the pupil.

The Assembly amendments require the State Department of Education to (1) make that request instead, (2) make the request on behalf of all pupils in California instead of only those pupils whose local educational agency operates a block schedule, and (3) make the request on or before February 1, 2025.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 1240, as it passed the Senate, authorized a successor agency for the El Dorado County Fire Protection District and the Diamond Springs-El Dorado Fire Protection District to provide employees the Public Employees’ Retirement System defined benefit plan or formula that those employees received from the El Dorado County Fire Protection District and the Diamond Springs-El Dorado Fire Protection District, respectively, prior to the annexation.

The Assembly amendments make a nonsubstantive change to correct an erroneous entity name.

Vote: 27. Substantial substantive change: no.

SB 1369, as it passed the Senate, required a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on and after January 1, 2025, that provides payment directly or through a contracted vendor to a dental provider to have a non-fee-based default method of payment, required a plan, insurer, or contracted vendor to obtain a signed authorization or electronic signature from a dental provider opting in to a fee-based payment method before the plan, insurer, or vendor provides a fee-based payment method to the provider, and authorized the dental provider to opt out of the fee-based payment method at any time by providing written or electronic authorization to the plan, insurer, or vendor.

The Assembly amendments delay these requirements until April 1, 2025, specifically require written authorization, as defined, and require a plan, insurer, or vendor that obtains written authorization to opt in or opt out of fee-based payment to apply the decision to include both the dental provider’s entire practice and all products or services covered pursuant to a contract with the dental provider.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 1468, as it passed the Senate, required each board that licenses a prescriber, as defined, to develop and annually disseminate to each licensee informational and educational material regarding federal regulations known as the “Three Day Rule,” and to post that material on their internet website.

The Assembly amendments exempt the Veterinary Medical Board from those requirements.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 1518, as it passed the Senate, made technical, nonsubstantive changes and clarifying changes, as specified, to various provisions of law relating to public safety, including, but not limited to, victims’ rights and resources, the Trial Court Trust Fund, and the administration of state prison facilities by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

The Assembly amendments remove provisions relating to the administration of state prisons, add chaptering out provisions, and make additional technical, nonsubstantive changes.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.