If the bill passes, California will become the fifth state to have such legislation; assisted dying bills have been adopted by Montana, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. The California Medical Association (CMA) changed its official stance on the bill on June 2, when it announced it was taking ...
Two weeks ago, I dropped my 3-year-olds off at school for the first time. It was a happy day — until I learned that the California state Assembly was planning to gut a crucial program designed to keep kids like mine safe in the classroom. CalSHAPE, or the California Schools Healthy ...
California state and local governmental bodies—our state legislature, and counties and cities—were active again this year in their efforts to regulate the workplace. Littler Workplace Policy Institute has been tracking these bills as they worked their way through the legislature....
What –There are several bills enacted: Effective January 1, 2023, Assembly Bill 2693 updated the state’s COVID-19 notice requirements: Under existing law, if an employer receives a notice of potential exposure to COVID-19, they are required to take action within one business day of the ...
The two bills stalled in the California Assembly both concern___. A.the reprocessing of the huge amounts of electronic waste in the stateB.regulations on dumping hazardous substances into landfillsC.the funding of local initiatives to reuse electronic trashD.the...
that would have helped clear the way for new oil drilling off the state's coast.rnA.B. 23 xxxx was among several measures the Legislature considered in floor sessions that began July 23 to close the state's $26.3 billion budget deficit, but only one of two budget bills the Assembly ...
A few other notable bills: Assembly Bill 12 limits the amount landlords can charge for a security deposit to just one month’s rent. Senate Bill 4 removes certain barriers to allow churches, religious organizations and colleges to build “affordable housing” on land they own. ...
“After California state legislators passed bills addressing the legacy of slavery and racial discrimination, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the most ambitious of the reparations proposals…Butadvocates say they are undeterred. Shortly before the California legislative session ended this summer, a state Se...
A California assemblywoman is introducing two environmental justice (EJ) bills that would prohibit state resources from being used to advance freeway widening projects in areas with high rates of pollution and poverty, and block the construction of new industrial facilities if they increase criteria ...
Bill 1163 was Eggman's second attempt at pushing through repair legislation. Her first attempt, Bill 2110, was introduced in March 2018 and died in assembly that November. Both bills were crafted as efforts to reduce electronic waste.