2023
AB 412 – Financially Distressed Hospital Emergency Loan Program: Creates an emergency loan program for hospitals that are closed and seek to re-open, or are at high risk of closure.
*Now contained in AB 112, which was signed into law on 5/15/23.
AB 517 - Health Professions Career Opportunity Program: Requires a report to the Legislature to ensure health profession programs are improving access to underrepresented and disadvantaged students and increasing the diversity and cultural competency of the healthcare workforce.
AB 675 - Fentanyl and Firearms: Adds fentanyl to list of controlled substances for which possession of loaded firearm qualifies as a felony.
AB 830 – Flood-Managed Aquifer Recharge: Streamlines permitting for Flood-MAR projects for groundwater recharge.
AB 1106 – PK-3 Early Childhood Education Specialist Credential: Establishes a grant program to increase number of diverse and bilingual PK-3 teachers.
AB 1259--(SIGNED INTO LAW)- City of Merced Economic Development: Authorizes the City of Merced to initiate, participate in, govern, or finance EIFD.
AB 1311--(SIGNED INTO LAW) - Allied Health Programs: Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to evaluate programs in allied health, including nursing programs offered jointly between campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California.
AB 1350--(SIGNED INTO LAW) - Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund: Establishes a fund for receipt of private donations for the maintenance and rehabilitation of Capitol Park veterans memorials.
AB 1566--(SIGNED INTO LAW) - County Veterans Services Officers (CVSOs): Improves the detail and usefulness of annual reports required by CVSO program participants.
AB 1647 - Veterans Treatment Courts: Establishes a grant program to support veterans treatment courts.
AB 1665 - Veterans Homes: Establishes in statute the right of a nonveteran spouse or domestic partner of a veteran resident of a Veterans Home to remain a member under specific scenarios.
AB 1745 - Veterans College Fee Waiver Program: Expands the College Fee Waiver for Veteran Dependents program to serve dependent spouses of partially disabled veterans, and increases eligibility for children of partially disabled veterans.
House Resolutions:
HR 23 - Cesar Chavez Day
HR 42 - 4th of July
HR 44 - Women Veterans Recognition Day
2024
AB 1106 – PK-3 Early Childhood Education Specialist Credential: Establishes a grant program to increase the number of diverse and bilingual PK-3 teachers.
AB 1960 – Retail Theft Penalty Enhancement: Increases criminal penalties for retail theft.
AB 2060 – Flood MAR (Managed Aquifer Recharge): Streamlines the process for capturing floodwaters to recharge groundwater basins on agricultural lands and working landscapes.
AB 2104--(VETOED BY GOVERNOR) – Nursing Bachelor’s Degrees at CCCs: Directs the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to establish a pilot program to allow up to 15 community college districts to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
AB 2281 – Tribal Court Judges: Enacts legal protections to tribal judges that are equal to legal protections enjoyed by state and federal judges.
AB 2392 – Motorcycle Helmet: Religious Observance: Exempts a person wearing a turban as a form of religious expression from wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle.
AB 2661--(SIGNED INTO LAW) – Central Valley Solar: Helps achieve California’s renewable goals by focusing the efforts of the California Public Utilities Commission and leveraging the existing capabilities of California’s water districts. This will create new skilled jobs in the Central Valley.
AB 2900--(SIGNED INTO LAW) Toxic Air Contaminants: Directs the California Air Resource Board to establish a Small Agricultural Truck Fleet Assistance Program to provide technical and funding assistance to help owner-operators or owners of small fleets transition to emission-complaint trucks.
AB 3171 – Increased Fentanyl Drug Trafficking Penalties: Cracks down on fentanyl drug trafficking by holding drug dealers accountable for fentanyl overdoses and poisonings. Under this bill, fentanyl drug dealers face increased jail sentences ranging from 4 to 13 years.
AB 3275--(SIGNED INTO LAW) – Small Hospital Assistance: Strengthens the financial stability of small, rural and critical access hospitals by requiring prompt payment for services from healthcare plans.