2009 - 2010 Legislation

Dear Neighbor,

It is important to let you know about the legislation introduced by my office. Below are details on legislation that emphasize the values of the community: improving children’s education, increasing access to quality healthcare, protecting California’s environment, preparing for a disaster, and support for working families in California.

It is a pleasure to serve the constituents of the 35th Assembly District. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me.

Thank you.

Pedro Nava
Chair, Banking and Finance
Chair, Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Services and Homeland Security

 

ANIMAL WELFARE

 

AB 241 - THE RESPONSIBLE BREEDER ACT OF 2009
(Co-Sponsors: Social Compassion in Legislation, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals & The Humane Society of the United States)Limits to 50 the number of non-spayed or neutered dogs or cats that a seller may possess in an attempt to curb the proliferation of “puppy mills” in California. 

AB 242 – THE DOGFIGHT PREVENTION ACT OF 2009
(Sponsor: The Humane Society of the United States)
Elevates spectatorship at a dogfight in California from a misdemeanor to a felony.

AB 243 - THE ANIMAL CRUELTY PREVENTION ACT OF 2009
(Sponsor: Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office)
Makes it mandatory for a judge to prohibit a person convicted of specified animal-related crimes from owning or possessing, caring for, or having any contact with animals for a minimum period of time.

 

BANKING & FINANCE

 

AB 33 - STATE BANKING REGULATORS
Combines the Department of Financial Institutions, Department of Corporations and Department of Real Estate into the California Department of Financial Services into a one stop shop regulator providing clarity for licensees and increased consumer protections.

AB 34 – THE SAFE ACT
Requires all mortgage loan originators to be individually licensed.  Also requires all loan originators to register with a national database and submit criminal history background checks.

AB 764 – HOMEOWNER FRAUD PREVENTION ACT
Prohibits a person from charging a fee for modifying a loan unless the person is a licensed real estate broker. Also requires the Department of Real Estate to look at all advertising materials related to advance fee agreements and requires all real estate brokers to use the advance fee agreement form set forth by the Department.

AB 1075 - THE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY ACT
Prohibits a state chartered financial institutions from using any emergency economic stimulus funding for: lobbying expenditures or political contributions; the hosting, sponsorship, or payments for conferences and events; the use of corporate aircraft, travel accommodations, and travel expenditures; the purpose of mergers or acquisitions; expenses relating to office or facility renovations or relocations; and/or expenses relating to entertainment, holiday parties, employee recognition events, or similar ancillary corporate expenses.

AB 1156 - CALIFORNIA FIRST
Prioritizes the investments of state funds into California community banks.

 

CIVIL RIGHTS

 

AB 67 - LGBT DATA ON STATE SURVEYS
(Sponsor: Equality California)
Will require the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity questions on state demographic surveys in order to better understand the needs and experiences of California’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE

 

AB 50 – WILDFIRE RELIEF FOR GAP FIRE VICTIMS
Provides disaster relief assistance for victims of the Gap Fire in Santa Barbara County.  This will allow victims to receive a homeowner’s property tax exemption while their home is being repaired or rebuilt even if they can not live in the property.  In addition, provides state reimbursements of local property tax losses to the county resulting from the downward property tax assessments of properties damaged by the fire.

AB 1440 - EMERGENCY WORKER PROVISIONAL BALLOTS
(Sponsor: California Secretary of State’s Office)
Allows emergency workers deployed during declared states of emergency during elections to vote by provisional ballot in the county of their service.

ENVIRONMENT

 

AB 305 - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PENALTIES AND STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
(Sponsor: California District Attorneys Association)
The bill will allow prosecutors to seek jail sentences for polluters who knowingly make a false or misleading report about oil spills. AB 305 will also extend the statute of limitations for violations of Hazardous Material Release Response Plans and Inventory related violations from 1 to 5 years to bring it into accordance with other hazardous material and hazardous waste laws in the same Division of the Health and Safety Code.

AB 376 – VOLUNTARY CARBON OFFSET DISCLOSURE
Sets up minimum information disclosure requirements for the sale of retail voluntary carbon offsets and requires that all offsets be registered and tracked so as to prevent the sale of the same greenhouse gas emission reduction more than once.

AJR 3 – OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING
Voices opposition to the damaging coastal provisions of proposed federal energy policies, including, but not limited to the adoption of HR 2784. AJR 51 also asks that Congress continue the federal Offshore Leasing Moratorium for Fiscal Year 2009 and beyond.

 

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

 

AB 762 –FARMWORKER HOUSING
(Sponsor: California Department of Housing and Community Development)
Makes improvements to the Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program by including agricultural employers as potential grantees, allowing for the reduction or waiver of the matching requirement; permitting the set aside of funds specific for migrant farmworker housing; and specifying the target population for Serna loans.

AB 798 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION FINANCING AUTHORITY
(Sponsor: California State Treasurer’s Office)
Creates the California Transportation Financing Authority and allows the Authority to issue revenue bonds in support of local transportation projects and toll roads.

AB 1241 - CITIZEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(Sponsor: California Attorney General’s Office)

 

HEALTH

 

AB 159 - THE HEALTHY MOTHERS ACT OF 2009
(Sponsor: California State Public Affairs Committee of the Junior League)
Allows the State Department of Public Health to establish a Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Task Force from nonpublic funds to develop both a best practices model for public awareness and a standard of care that may be used by physicians, medical centers, hospitals, and other medical organizations.

AB 359 - DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS
(Co-Sponsors: County of Santa Barbara & Susan G. Komen For the Cure Advocacy Alliance)
Requires digital mammography screening to be covered under the “Every Woman Counts” (EWC) Cancer Detection Program administered by the California Department of Public Health when analog mammography is not available.

AB 721 - PHYSICAL THERAPY DIRECT ACCESS
(Sponsor: California Physical Therapists Association)
Allows patients to see a physical therapist directly for evaluation and treatment of movement related conditions.

AB 867 - CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU) DOCTORATE OF NURSING PRACTICE
(Sponsor: California State University)
Gives CSU the ability to offer doctoral nursing programs independently of the University of California and other institutions of higher education.

 

HOUSING

 

AB 566 – MOBILEHOME park conversions
(Co-Sponsors: County of Ventura & City of Carson)
Provides local governments with the option to deny a mobilehome park conversion application where there is evidence that park residents are opposed.

 

PUBLIC SAFETY

 

AB 61 – SEX CRIME LOOPHOLE CLOSURE
(Sponsor: Police Officers Research Association of California)
Will prohibit authorities from granting deferred entry of judgment to juveniles who have committed egregious sex crimes, making them ineligible to go directly to probation.

AB 86 – PERS FOR AIRPORT PATROL OFFICERS
(Sponsors: Police Officers Research Association of California)
Changes the classification of specified airport law enforcement under the Public Employees’ Retirement Law from “local miscellaneous” members to “local safety” members.

AB 168 – SEX CRIME DISCLOSURE
(Sponsor: Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office)
Would unseal sexual violent predator listed crimes from juvenile records when assessing an individual, who has been convicted of a listed SVP crime as an adult, for eligibility to civil commitment program.