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LAST LEGISLATIVE DAY FOR 2010

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Tomorrow, August 31st, is the last day for any bill in the current session of the California Legislature to be passed. Thursday, September 30th, is the last day for Governor Schwarzenegger to sign or veto bills passed by the Legislature. So, we thought we’d highlight a few the California bills being considered while the state’s late budget continues to be hammered out on this 61st day of the state budget standoff:



  • AB 194: Carried by A/Ms Alberto Torrico and Art Torres, this bill limits the amount of compensation earnable that a public employee may have included in calculating a retirement benefit.

  • SB 1475: Authored by Sen. Joe Simitian, this bill increases the penalties for using cell pones or texting while driving and prohibits the use of handheld cell phones for conversing or texting while riding a bicycle.

  • AB 1998: Carried by A/M Julia Brownley as lead author, this bill would, as of January 1, 2010, prohibit specified stores from offering single-use plastic bags and require these stores to charge the consumer for paper bags.

  • AB 2578: This bill by A/Ms Dave Jones and Mike Feuer would require health care service plans and health insurers to apply for prior approval of proposed rate increases, under specified conditions, imposes on the DMHC and CDI specific rate review criteria, timelines and hearing requirements, and also provides that any proposed rate not acted upon by DMHC or CDI on its own discretion within 60 days is deemed approved.

  • SB 220: Sen. Leland Yee authored this bill to require a health care service plan contracts or health insurance policies to cover specified tobacco cessation treatments.

  • AB 302: Introduced by A/M Jim Beall, this bill would require specified mental health facilities must report to the DOJ exclusively by electronic means when a person is admitted to that facility either because the person was found to be a danger to themselves or others, or was certified for intensive treatment for a mental disorder.

  • AB 1810: Carried by A/M Mike Feuer, this bill provides that firearms reporting and record retention requirements that currently apply only to handguns also apply to long guns.

  • AB 1934, AB 2668, and AB 2324: these different bills would variously prohibit the open carrying of a loaded or unloaded specified weapon in public or at the State Capitol and legislative buildings or in public transit facilities.


We’ll be looking at enacted bills in October to produce our annual compendium of notable legislation later in the fall.