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AB 34 – Tax Havens
Will increase state revenue by preventing multinational corporations from avoiding state taxes by moving income to tax haven countries.
Status: Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 110 – Education Paperwork Reduction
Reduces duplicative and superfluous paperwork teachers are required to complete by state law
Status: Signed by Governor. Chapter 69, Statutes of 2005
Latest News: Ruskin's Education Paperwork Reduction Act Signed Into Law
AB 205 – Denture Identification
Prohibits using a person's social se0506ity number as an identifying mark on dentures. Would instead require that dentures be marked with the owner's name to facilitate return if they are lost.
Status: Signed by Governor. Chapter 182, Statutes of 2005
AB 312 – Medical Confidentiality for Crime Victims
Requires defense attorneys in a criminal proceeding to notify the patient or district attorney when they cause a subpoena to be issued to medical provider for the release of the patient's medical records.
Status: Senate Public Safety Committee
AB 313 – Parole Office Siting: Notification
Requires the Department of Corrections to notify jurisdictions about proposed parole office locations within 1000 feet of a school, including K-12 and childcare/preschools, or public parks with playground equipment designed for young children.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB 786 – Identity Theft: CSU employees
Would require the California State University system to provide an employee, upon request, with 4 hours of time off with pay when the university discloses that there has been, or could have been, a breach of se0506ity of employee personal information.
Status: Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 792 - Regional park, park and open-space, and open-space districts: Police
Existing law grants certain municipal police powers to officers employed by park and open-space districts within the district they are employed by. This bill extends those powers to property owned or managed by the district.
Status: Assembly Local Government Committee
Assembly Public Safety Committee
AB 865 – Finance Lender Law Exemption: Charitable Foundations
Provides charitable foundations an exemption from the California Finance Lenders Law when providing loans to non-profits for charitable purposes
Status: Signed by Governor. Chapter 316, Statutes of 2005
AB 889 – Weighing Device Inspection
Extends sunset date on the 58 county programs that inspect weighing and measuring devices such as gas pumps, grocery counter scales and taxi meters. Allows counties to recover the costs of completing the inspections.
Status: Signed by Governor. Chapter 529, Statutes of 2005
AB 1082 – Telecommunication Consumer Bill of Rights
States the intent of the Legislature to adopt a telecommunication consumers' Bill of Rights and to establish additional protections fro the right of privacy of consumers.
Status: Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee
AB 1085 – County Health Initiative Matching Funds
Expands State Children's Health Insurance Program funding eligibility to include children whose family income is at or below the maximum allowed by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
Status: Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 1130 – Regional Center Employees: Limited Liability
0506rent law gives limited protection to Regional Center employees from civil damages resulting from actions taken in the performance of their job. AB 1130 extends this law until January 1, 2009.
Status: Signed by Governor. Chapter 30, Statutes of 2005
Latest News: Ruskin's Bill to Protect Regional Center Employees Signed Into Law
AB 1279 – Hazardous Substances: Site remediation
Addresses the staff shortage in the Department of Toxic Substances Control by exempting certain positions in the Department from hiring freezes and staff cutbacks as long as third party funding is provided. Without adequate staffing, the Department will be unable to rehabilitate contaminated sites for use for housing, open space or commercial use.
Status: Senate Inactive File
AB 1317 – Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Programs
Revises the authority of the Department of Health Services (DHS) to certify environmental laboratories, adopt regulations for fee collection and recognize accreditation from other states.
Status: Signed by Governor. Chapter 406, Statutes of 2005
AB 1337 – Hazardous Waste Processing
Makes changes to laws governing the operations of hazardous waste facilities.
Status: Senate Environmental Quality Committee
AB 1357 – State vehicles: alternative fuels
Encourages increased state use of bifuel, alternative fuel, flexible fuel, electric, and hybrid vehicles in the state's vehicle fleet in order to decrease dependence on petroleum based fuels.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB 1365 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Would make reducing emission of greenhouse gases by 7% by 2010 and 10% by 2020 a state planning priority.
Status: Senate Inactive File
Joint Author
AB 27 (Mullin and Ruskin) – Homicide Trial Cost
Will ensure that when a judge orders a change of venue in a trial, that the host county is paid for all in0506red costs.
Status: Signed by Governor. Chapter 282, Statutes of 2005
AB 1282 (Mullin and Ruskin) – Income Tax: Credit: Child Care
Extends existing tax credit for costs associated with the startup of a child care program or construction of a child care facility from January 1, 2007 to January 12, 2012
Status: Assembly Appropriations Committee
