House of Origin Deadline Legislative Update

We have now passed the House of Origin deadline for bills making their way through the legislature this year, meaning bills that have passed in the Senate are being considered in the Assembly and vice versa. 

A total of 891 bills were introduced on the Senate Floor. 

Of those, 658 (74%) were sent to the Assembly, and 228 (26%) either died in committee or on the Senate Floor.

As your Senator, I want to keep you updated on the status of some of the most prominent and talked about bills introduced this year. Here is a rundown:

Bills that have PASSED to the Assembly:

• SB 2 (Portantino): Increases restrictions on the ability to qualify for a Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) permit and adds layers of required provisions and training for applicants.
• SB 14 (Grove): Adds human trafficking of a minor to the list of "serious" felonies, increasing penalties for perpetrators and making them eligible for the "three strikes" law.
• SB 50 (Bradford): Prohibits peace officers from initiating a stop of a vehicle for "low-level" infractions unless there is a separate basis for the stop. Defines "low-level" to include expired vehicle registration, license plate violations, lighting violations, lack of bumpers, and bicycle violations including failure to wear a helmet. 
• SB 58 (Weiner): Decriminalizes mushrooms and other hallucinogenic substances.
• SB 89 (Ochoa Bogh): Expands the crime of stalking to include threats, or reasonable fear of injury to a pet, service animal, emotional support animal, or horse.
• SB 94 (Cortese): Allows an individual sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole (LWOP) for murder to petition the court to recall the sentence and resentence to a sentence of 25 years to life with a parole hearing if their offense occurred before June 5, 1990 and they have served at least 25 years in custody.
• SB 244 (Eggman): Right to Repair Act. Requires electronic product and appliance manufacturers to provide owners and repairmen with all documents, parts, and tools necessary to make repairs to their products.
• SB 227 (Durazo): Expands unemployment benefit eligibility to undocumented immigrants.
• SB 268 (Alvarado-Gil): Classifies rape of an intoxicated person where the defendant drugged the victim as a violent felony, thereby increasing penalties.
• SB 366 (Caballero): Revises provisions within the California Water Plan to establish a stakeholder advisory committee that would develop a comprehensive plan for addressing the state’s water needs and meeting specified long-term water supply targets established by the state.
• SB 385 (Atkins): Physician Assistant Practice Act. Requires a physician assistant to achieve clinical competency by successfully completing requisite training in performing abortion by aspiration techniques.
• SB 541 (Menjivar): Makes access to condoms mandatory for all 9-12 graders in public schools, and require the HPV vaccine to be covered through the Family PACT Program health insurance. 
• SB 569 (Glazer): Seeks to annually adjust the renter's tax credit for inflation and apply it to taxable years between January 1, 2023, and January 1, 2028.
• SB 584 (Limón): Imposes a tax at the rate of 15% of the rental price of a short-term rental and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to create a new laborforce housing program.
• SB 651 (Grove): Streamlines the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) judicial reviews for water conservation and groundwater recharge projects.
• SB 690 (Rubio): Extends the statute of limitations for filing domestic violence charges from five to fifteen years.
• SB 726 (Archuleta): Exempts disabled Veterans from paying property tax on their principal residence valued under $863,790.
• SB 760 (Newman): Requires all-gender restrooms at all schools. 

Bills that DID NOT PASS to the Assembly:

• SB 31 (Jones): Would have prohibited homeless encampments close to areas defined as “sensitive areas” including schools, daycare centers, parks, or libraries.
• SB 342 (Seyarto): Would have included financial literacy education in K-12 curriculum.
• SB 719 (Becker): Would have required every law enforcement agency to make all radio communications accessible, in real time, to the public.
• SB 761 (Laird): Would have expanded the authority of the Attorney General to investigate religious entities suspected of violating or being about to violate the civil rights laws of California and the United States.
• SB 767 (Rubio): Would have required a child to have completed kindergarten before they may be admitted to the first grade at a public elementary school, including a charter school.
• SB 809 (Smallwood-Cuevas): Would have required an employer to accept an applicant’s contentions that they are eligible for a position, even if a criminal background check suggests that they have an arrest or conviction that would otherwise disqualify them.
• SB 838 (Menjivar): Would have authorized victim compensation for injuries resulting from law enforcement use of force where the person suffers serious bodily injury or death regardless of whether the use of force was unlawful.

If you would like to check on the status of any other legislation, please click HERE.

I hope you found this informative and helpful. As always, it is my privilege to be your State Senator for our 32^nd District.