Featured Bills
AB 1632
Trespass.
Removes the unnecessary notary requirement for 602 Trespass Letters. This simple change will impact on how law enforcement can deal with trespassers on private property, which creates a more streamlined and effective service.
AB 1702
State park system: admission: veterans and military personnel.
Expands eligibility for the Distinguished Veteran Pass to grant free state park access to veterans injured during service outside of wartime, and additionally provides a 15% discount on state park access for all active duty service members and honorably discharged veterans. AB 1702 honors current and former service members by granting free and reduced state park access to those who have made significant sacrifices for our freedoms.
AB 1797
Pupil instruction: Open Enrollment Act.
Provides student access to the best public schools regardless of their background or zip code. Expands interdistrict transfer eligibility, allowing parents of any pupil enrolled in a school district of residence to apply to a different school district. AB 1797 puts families back in charge of their child’s educational path.
AB 2080
Investment of funds: delegation to county treasurer.
Streamlines process for a county board of supervisors to delegate investment authority to the county treasurer. AB 2080 ensures that the treasurer can exercise its investment authority without delays or lapses in authorization, improving government efficiency and reliability.
AB 2110
Local financing: workforce housing: tax increment financing district.
Authorizes two or more local governments to form a tax increment financing district to finance the development of workforce housing for education, manufacturing, health care, and public safety personnel. AB 2110 provides local governments with additional financial tools to tackle California’s housing crisis in a responsible way, with an emphasis on critical service personnel not currently captured by existing infrastructure financing and enhanced infrastructure financing districts.
AB 2127
Accessory dwelling units: private sewage disposal systems.
Prohibits local environmental health agencies from withholding approval of an accessory dwelling unit permit for properties served by a functioning private sewer system. Currently, rural communities face additional barriers to ministerial approval of ADUs when lots lack a connection to a public sewer system. AB 2127 ensures that rural areas have the same ADU streamlining that urban communities already have access to, helping to address our state’s housing needs effectively.
AB 2174
Mobilehomes and manufactured housing: registration and titling documentation.
Modernizes the Department of Housing and Community Development’s titling process for mobile homes and manufactured homes by allowing electronic signatures to be used when a legal owner releases or satisfies a security interest. AB 2174 prevents unnecessary delays related to existing “wet” signature requirements and ensures residents in more rural areas maintain access to services without the need to travel to a physical Department location.
AB 2280
Vehicle liens.
Clarifies that licensed repossession agencies may file a lien on a vehicle if the existing lienholder affirmatively waives their right to the lien in writing. AB 2280 reinstates the long-standing policy that licensed repossession agencies may conduct lien sales for unwanted vehicles that unnecessarily take up space on an agency’s lot.
AB 2438
Imprisonment.
Confronts county jail overcrowding and public safety by requiring felony sentences of more than six years to be served in state prison rather than county jail. AB 2438 provides relief to local jails by placing individuals who are serving longer sentences in higher-security state prisons better equipped to handle their needs.
AB 2450
Sentencing: dismissal of enhancements.
Restores judicial discretion for drug sentencing enchantments which involve children and large quantities in related drug crime. AB 2450 unties judges’ hands and once again allows for the application of drug-related sentencing enchantments for dangerous criminals.
AB 2497
Physical therapists.
Updates the Physical Therapy Practice Act (PTPA) to allow physical therapists to practice dry needling following the adoption of Department of Consumer Affairs regulations, increases direct access options for physical therapy patients, and makes other minor changes. AB 2497 is the first major scope of practice update to the PTPA since 2003, and will allow physical therapists to use treatment techniques already allowed in 47 other states and currently covered by existing physical therapist education curriculum.
AB 2529
Civil claims: public entities and employees: declaration.
Amends civil procedure laws to require public employees who make a claim against the public entity they worked at to declare that their claim is true and correct, to the best of their knowledge. AB 2529 ensures that claims made against public entities, officers and employees by former employees are true, protecting taxpayer funds against frivolous claims.
AB 2568
Water district directors: compensation.
Increases the maximum allowable compensation for a public water district’s board of directors to 15 days in a calendar month. AB 2568 ensures that directors are fairly compensated for the actual time required to manage today's complex water systems for water boards that need additional compensation authority.