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California Compendium of Noteworthy Legislation:   LIS has published its annual Compendium of notable legislation for 2013.  The Compendium, which is text searchable, is not exhaustive, but it does reflect some of the major bills that were reported on in our California newspapers and were supported or opposed by some of California’s more established stakeholders, such as the League of California Cities, the California Teachers Association, California Manufacturers and Technology, the Consumer Attorneys of California, and the California State Bar.

This year, Gov. Brown signed 800 bills into law, vetoing 96 bills. It was reported in the Sacramento Bee that over the course of Gov. Brown’s three terms as California’s governor, he has signed into law more than 13,500 regular session bills. Governor Brown had until October 13, 2013 to sign or veto bills presented to him at the close of the state’s Legislative Session. For 2013, the topics of the successful bills ranged from immigration and guns to fracking and election law reform. There were quite a few other topics addressed in 2013, which you will find in the Compendium .  Below are a few of the lesser-publicized bills signed by Gov. Brown:

  • AB 1220, c. 433 (Skinner): Consumer credit reporting; adverse action.  Makes it unlawful for a consumer credit reporting agency to prohibit, or to dissuade or attempt to dissuade, a user of a consumer credit report furnished by the credit reporting agency from providing a copy of the consumer's  credit report to the consumer, upon the consumer's request, if the user has taken adverse action against the consumer based upon the report.  Authorizes the Attorney General, among others, to bring a civil action, for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000, against any credit reporting agency for a violation of these provisions. (Source: A/M Skinner)
  • SB 352, c. 286 (Pavley): Healing arts; medical assistants; supervision.  Allows medical assistants (MAs) to perform technical supportive services, in doctor's offices and all medical clinics, under the supervision of a physician assistant (PA), nurse practitioner (NP) or certified nurse-midwife (CNM)  without a physician on the premises (Source: CA Academy of Physician Assistants & CA Association of Physician Groups)
  • AB 694, c. 126 (Bloom): Inadmissibility of evidence, human trafficking victims.  Prohibits the admissibility of evidence that the victim has engaged in any commercial sexual act as a result of being a victim of human trafficking in order to prove the victim's liability for the commercial sex act.  (Source: LA County District Attorneys Office)
  • AB 556, c. 691 (Salas): FEHA, military veterans.  Adds "military and veteran status," as defined, to the list of categories protected from employment discrimination under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). The bill also provides an exemption for an inquiry by an employer regarding military or veteran status for the purpose of  awarding a veteran's preference as permitted by law. (Source: A/M Salas)
  • SB 470, c. 659 (Wright): Community development; economic opportunity; power of cities, counties and cities and counties.  Would state the intent of the Legislature to promote economic development on a local level so that communities can enact local strategies to increase jobs, create economic opportunity, and generate tax revenue for all levels of government. Among other purposes, would also define economic opportunity to include certain types of agreements, purposes, and projects, and declare that it is the policy of the state to protect and promote the sound development of economic opportunity in cities and counties, and the general welfare of the inhabitants of those communities through the employment of all appropriate means.  (Source: City of Long Beach)
  • AB 227, c. 581 (Gatto): Proposition 65 enforcement.  Changes the enforcement provisions of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) by limiting recovery by private citizen enforcement action for specified types of exposure to chemicals causing cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm in those circumstances when the failure to provide clear and reasonable warnings has been remedied and a penalty has been paid. (Source: A/M Gatto)

 

Words of Wisdom and Experience:  Recently, LIS co-founders Tom Stallard and Bill Keller shared their thoughts on federal legislative history as relied upon by the U.S. Supreme Court for over 100 years.  Bill concluded his comments with the following statement:  “[Y]ou can never have too much information.. . . you don't want to represent your client by using just half a loaf when the whole loaf is available at a reasonable cost, and you certainly don't want to be blindsided by legislative arguments from the other side. Litigation is just too uncertain to feel comfortable citing a Supreme Court Justice's theoretical arguments when the other side has some concrete historical documents.” 

 

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Thanksgiving Holiday:  LIS’ office as well as most of the state libraries and Capital offices will be closed for the Thanksgiving Day Holiday on Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 29, 2013. All fast turnaround research time frames that are ordered around these two days will be moved over by one to two days. Our online store is always open 24/7 (www.legintent.com ). 

 

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