Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update

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SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills:

• AB 480 by Assemblymember Jose Solorio (D-Santa Ana) – Insurance: solid waste facilities.
• AB 761 by Assemblymember Roger Hernández (D-Baldwin Park) – Optometrists.
• AB 794 by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) – Local education facility bonds: anticipation notes.
• AB 819 by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) – Bikeways.
• AB 1496 by the Committee on Budget – Criminal justice realignment.
• AB 1522 by Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) – Family law: monetary awards.
• AB 1652 by Assemblymember Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto) – California American Portuguese Veterans Memorial.
• AB 1658 by Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Burbank) – Vehicles: specialized license plates.
• AB 1665 by Assemblymember Cathleen Galgiani (D-Tracy) – California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: railroad crossings.
• AB 1806 by Assemblymember Paul Cook (R-Yucaipa) – Veteran interment: veterans’ remains organizations.
• AB 2041 by Assemblymember Sandré Swanson (D-Oakland) – Regulations: adoption: disability access.
• AB 2104 by Assemblymember Richard Gordon (D-Redwood City) – Vehicles: conditions or regulations: vehicles or animals.
• AB 2297 by Assemblymember Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward) – California Retail Food Code: skilled nursing facilities: intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled.
• AB 2530 by Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) – Inmates in labor.
• SB 12 by Senator Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro) – Vehicles: aerodynamic devices.
• SB 71 by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) – State agencies: boards, commissions, and reports.
• SB 379 by Senator Jean Fuller (R-Bakersfield) – Telecommunications: universal service: regulation.
• SB 477 by Senator Roderick Wright (D-Los Angeles) – School district reorganization: bonded indebtedness: Wiseburn Unified School District: Centinela Valley Union High School District. A signing message can be found here.
• SB 921 by Senator Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) – Military Department: Office of the Inspector General: California Military Whistleblower Protection Act.
• SB 923 by Senator Kevin De León (D-Los Angeles) – Retirement savings plans.
• SB 1003 by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) – Local government: open meetings: cease and desist letters.
• SB 1161 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) – Communications: Voice over Internet Protocol and Internet Protocol enabled communications service. A signing message can be found here.
• SB 1234 by Senator Kevin De León (D-Los Angeles) – Retirement savings plans.
• SB 1303 by Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) – Vehicles: automated traffic enforcement systems.
• SB 1509 by Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) – School facilities: design-build contracts.

The Governor also announced that he has vetoed the following bills:

• AB 1978 by Assemblymember Cathleen Galgiani (D-Tracy) – Salvageable personal property: collection boxes. A veto message can be found here.
• SB 1310 by Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) – Vehicles: electronic wireless communications devices: prohibitions. A veto message can be found here.
• SB 1464 by Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) – Vehicles: bicycles: passing distance. A veto message can be found here.

For full text of the bills, visit: http://leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html.

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