FLOOR SESSION AGENDA - Regular Session: 9:00 a.m.

SB 1438, as it passed the Senate, revised and recast provisions regulating investment of public funds by specified local agencies to, among other things, authorize investment in commercial paper issued by an entity organized as a federally or state-chartered bank or a federally or state-licensed branch of a foreign bank and in senior unsecured unsubordinated obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the Inter-American Investment Corporation. SB 1438, as it passed the Senate, removed the January 1, 2031, sunset date for investments in United States-issued securities in a period of negative market interest rates, thereby extending that exception indefinitely. SB 1438, as it passed the Senate, also revised and recast provisions that impose various limits on local government investment in commercial paper and removed the January 1, 2031, reduction of the maximum investment to 25% of total investment for certain local governments and agencies with $100,000,000 or more in investment assets. For a county, city and county, or local agency that pools money in deposits or investments with other agencies, SB 1438, as it passed the Senate, authorized an eligible bank headquartered outside the state to submit letters of credit drawn on its regional federal home loan bank.

The Assembly amendments make nonsubstantive changes to the above-described provisions, including updating cross-references.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: no.

SB 1088, as it passed the Senate, replaced the term “Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment” with “POLST” or “Portable Orders Listing Scope of Treatment” and authorized a request regarding resuscitative measures to be entered into by an individual with capacity or a health care agent, conservator, or surrogate, as defined, and a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant acting under the supervision of the physician. SB 1088, as it passed the Senate, required the POLST document to contain the date on which it was signed by the health care provider and the patient or their health care agent, conservator, or surrogate but clarified that the failure to include this date would not invalidate an otherwise valid POLST form and specified that a dated POLST form should be treated as more recent than an undated POLST.

The Assembly amendments removed the requirements relating to having the date on the POLST form. The Assembly amendments also require a conservator signing a request regarding resuscitative measures to have health care decisionmaking authority and authorize additional categories of nurse practitioner to sign the document.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 96, as it passed the Senate, prohibited, among other things, a social media video service, as defined, from transmitting the audio of commercial advertisements louder than the content the advertisements accompany.

The Assembly amendments delete references to social media video service and instead clarify that a video streaming service includes a user-generated video streaming service.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 965, as it passed the Senate, prohibited a public library from requiring the presence of a parent or guardian for the issuance of a library card to a California resident who is 16 or 17 years of age.

The Assembly amendments delay the commencement of that prohibition to January 1, 2028, and authorize a public library to require a parent’s or guardian’s consent or signature for the issuance of a library card to a California resident who is 16 or 17 years of age unless the minor is emancipated.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 1159, as it passed the Senate, specified that, for purposes of specified laws pertaining to public access to government records and meetings of government bodies, terms referring to those who may engage with governmental agencies do not include artificial intelligence, as defined, nor do they include systems, autonomous agents, robots, or other nonhuman entities, whether physical or digital.

The Assembly amendments remove “other nonhuman entities” from the above-referenced list. The Assembly amendments additionally authorize governmental agencies to use a disclosure verification tool to determine if artificial intelligence is present, and they also prohibit a person from knowingly using artificial intelligence to falsely represent that a natural person appeared before, submitted information to, or otherwise engaged with a governmental agency.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 1172, as it passed the Senate, prohibited a local agency, as defined, from paying compensation to a consultant with respect to a tax sharing agreement if the compensation exceeds the lower of $250,000 or 5% of the total tax revenues shared pursuant to the agreement.

The Assembly amendments establish an exception to that prohibition for agreements between a local agency and a consultant to identify and recover tax revenues that have been incorrectly allocated and distributed to another local agency.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 971, as it passed the Senate, established the Healthy Aging Community Partnerships Program to authorize, among other entities, a local school district to establish community-based programs for older adults designed to promote healthy aging, social engagement, and independent living, as specified.

The Assembly amendments authorize community colleges, public or private colleges, public or private universities, and other appropriate county entities to establish a Healthy Aging Community Partnership Program for older individuals and specifies that these provisions do not duplicate or supplant current adult courses, classes, and services provided by the California Community Colleges, including through the Adult Education Program, as provided.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

Senate Bill 1169, as it passed the Senate, revised various expiration periods and allowable extensions for tentative maps approved pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act, as provided, including, among other things, extending the initial expiration period from 24 months to 8 years.

The Assembly amendments instead extend the initial expiration period to 48 months and additionally apply the various expiration periods and allowable extensions to any approved or conditionally approved tentative map that is not expired as of December 31, 2026.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 401, as it passed the Senate, authorized the Fair Political Practices Commission to extend any filing deadline established by the Political Reform Act of 1974 for individuals that live in an area impacted by an emergency situation, as defined.

The Assembly amendments instead authorize a filing deadline extension of no more than 60 days if the emergency situation is reasonably likely to affect the individual’s ability to timely file. The Assembly amendments also prohibit the commission from extending a deadline under these provisions during the 90 days before an election.

Vote: 27. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 1187, as it passed the Senate, defined the term “majority,” for purposes of the Ralph M. Brown Act, to mean the number of members of the legislative body equaling more than 12 of the total number of seats on the legislative body and specified that if a seat on the legislative body is vacant, that seat is to still be counted as a seat on the legislative body.

The Assembly amendments, instead, delete provisions that require eligible legislative bodies, as defined, to have in place a system for electronically accepting and fulfilling requests for meeting agendas and documents. The Assembly amendments also delete provisions that require these legislative bodies to translate the agenda for each meeting of that body and to reasonably assist members of the public who wish to translate a public meeting or receive interpretation, as specified. The Assembly amendments declare that the measure shall take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Vote: 27. Substantial substantive change: yes.