Capitol-Updates

The following bills cover new firearms requirements and “use of force by a law enforcement officer” SB 2, Firearms. (For the complete bill, click on SB 2) Existing law prohibits a person from carrying a concealed firearm or carrying a loaded firearm in public.

Existing law requires every restroom of every public and private school maintaining any combination of classes from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, to be maintained and cleaned regularly, fully operational, and stocked at all times with toilet paper, soap, and paper towels or functional hand dryers, and kept open during school hours when pupils are not in classes.

AB 742, Law enforcement: police canines. Existing law authorizes a peace officer to use reasonable force to effect the arrest, to prevent escape, or to overcome resistance of an individual. Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain a policy on the use of force.

BIG NEWS: CA Taxpayer initiative qualifies for 2024 ballot. Specifically, the measure will: • Restore a two-thirds vote for any tax hike – thus ending the way they imposed the car and gas takes hikes recently

There is a legislative schedule that establishes when bills must be submitted to Legislative Counsel for legal drafting.  The deadline for 2023 was January 20th.

AB 13, Elections: Election Day holiday: voting by mail. (1) Existing law requires the statewide general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year.

AB 13, Elections: Election Day holiday: voting by mail. (1) Existing law requires the statewide general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state.

The Governor is required by law to have a draft budget each year by mid-January with the final budget required to be approved by the State Legislature by mid-June. 

The California Legislature has gotten off to a fast start with many bills introduced in December 2022.

The Legislative Analysts wish you a very Happy, Healthy New Year. California Laws Effective 2023 HEALTH CARE Gender-affirming care: SB 107 aims to make California a sanctuary state for transgender health care, shielding transgender people,

SB 107 Gender-affirming health care. (1) The United States Constitution generally requires a state to give full faith and credit to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.

SB 834 Tax-exempt status: insurrection. The Corporation Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal law, provides an exemption from the taxes imposed by those laws for specified organizations.