calchamber bill status report - september 2013

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CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 PAGE 7

CalChamber Status Update Report

on Major Legislation or BusinessThe ollowing list summarizes toppriority bills or the Caliornia Chambero Commerce and their status as oSeptember 13, when the Legislaturebegan its interim recess.

Within each subject area, the listpresents bills in order o priority with thehighest priorities at the top.

October 13 is the last day or the

Governor to sign or veto bills passed bythe Legislature on or beore September 13.

The CalChamber will publish its inalstatus report, showing the ultimate ate obills sent to the Governor this year, inOctober.

Bills signed by the Governor willbecome law on January 1, 2014. Urgencyand budget-related measures go into

eect immediately upon being signed.Each all, the CalChamber also

publishes a record o legislators votes onkey bills aecting the Caliornia businessclimate. Generally, the bills selected orthe vote record have appeared in one o thestatus reports. This years vote record isscheduled to be published on November 8.

Federal bills are marked with an *.

SubjectCalChamber Position Status

Agriculture and Natural ResourcesMandatory Mediation. SB 25 (Steinberg; D-Sacramento) Inappropriately shortens the bargaining

process, orces mediation within 90 days and binds a new owner to a contract negotiated by the prior

owner by making various changes to the Agricultural Labor Relations Act. Oppose.

Senate Inactive File 9/12/13

Coastal Commission Enforcement. AB 976 (Atkins; D-South Park/Golden Hill) Inappropriately

expands the Coastal Commissions enorcement authority by allowing the commission to impose

administrative civil penalties and incentivizes the imposition o nes and penalties at the expense o

due process that occurs in the judicial system. Oppose.

Assembly Reused to Concur

in Senate Amendments

9/10/13; To Conerence

Committee

Coastal Permits. AB 203 (Stone; D-Scotts Valley) Slows development in the coastal zone by allowing

commission sta to halt the permit process or alleged violations anywhere on the project. Carves out

new development projects in harbors, ports, or marinas i under separate ownership. Oppose.

Assembly Inactive File

5/31/2013; Failed Deadline

Slack Fill. SB 465 (Correa; D-Santa Ana) Makes it easier or companies to comply with labeling and

packaging requirements by clariying what the acceptable dierence is between the actual capacity

o a package and the volume o product it contains. Support.

To Governor

Fire Prevention. AB 350 (Wieckowski; D-Fremont) Preserves rural economies by allowing thinning

o larger trees near structures as re supression activities exempt rom the requirements to le a

Timber Harvest Plan. Support.

Failed passage in Assembly

Natural Resources 4/29/13;

Failed Deadline

Livestock Trailers. SB 478 (Cannella; R-Ceres) Helps rural economies by giving Caliornia

ranchers more access to auction yards and acilities near highways and national routes by allowing

53-oot livestock trailers to operate on state highways. Support.

Senate Transportation and

Housing 3/11/13; Failed

Deadline

Increased Penalties. SB 507 (Cannella; R-Ceres) Aids agricultural businesses by increasing the

penalty or deliberately burning eedlots or stockyards including livestock. Support.

Failed passage in Senate

Public Saety 4/30/13; Failed

Deadline

Bans. AB 1213 (Bloom; D-Santa Monica) Causes economic losses in the livestock industry rom

bobcat predations by prohibiting the trapping o bobcats in certain areas. Oppose.

To Governor

Banking/Finance

Verification. AB 844 (Dickinson; D-Sacramento) Beore amendments, severely limited inormation

an online retailer could request to veriy credit/debit card holders. Opposition removed due to

5/28/13 amendments. No Position.

Senate Banking and

Financial Institutions


Status o bills as o August 13, 2013. Dates listed are the date o the bill was assigned to a committee, the latest date o committeeaction or when the bill reached the foor, unless action is stated.
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ID Verification. SB 383 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara) Intereres with raud prevention eorts by

limiting the inormation that may be requested to veriy the identity o a credit card holder during an

online purchase. Oppose.

Senate Inactive File 5/30/13;

Failed Deadline

Uniform Commercial Code. AB 502 (Wagner; R-Irvine) Updates and conorms Caliornia law with

ederal law regarding the Uniorm Commercial Code covering transactions that involve credit

secured by personal property. Support.

To Governor

Budget

Business Filings Processing. AB 113 (Committee on Budget) Ensures that Caliornia is competitive

by eliminating the Secretary o State backlog o business lings by appropriating unds to support

overtime and temporary workers. Support.

SignedChapter 3

Caliornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)Vehicle for Comprehensive CEQA Reform. SB 731 (Steinberg; D-Sacramento) Seeks to advance

meaningul CEQA reorm but the current version alls short and could actually make approval o

worthy and responsible projects even more dicult by introducing new requirements or lead

agencies and project proponents and creating more opportunities or meritless lawsuits against

projects that have otherwise complied with CEQA and other stringent state and local environmental

and planning laws and requirements. Position changed to Oppose Unless Amended on 7/23/13.

Former Job Creator.

Assembly Local Government

9/11/13

Dramatic CEQA Expansion. SB 754 (Evans; D-Santa Rosa) Expands and incentivizes litigation

under the Caliornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and increases the complexity and cost o

CEQA compliance by 1) prohibiting a lead agency rom asking a project proponent to drat an EIR,

2) orcing re-analysis o projects that are more than seven years old, 3) creating a new cause o action

to allow anyone to stop a project by alleging a mitigation measure has not been implemented, and 4)

removing limits on archeological resources mitigation ees. Oppose/Job Killer.

Held in Senate

Appropriations Suspense

File 5/23/13; Failed Deadline

CEQA Consultation with Tribes. AB 52 (Gatto; D-Los Angeles) Creates new opportunities or

CEQA litigation by requiring lead agencies to engage in meaningul consultation with Native

American tribes regarding land use projects that could have an adverse impact on a tribal cultural

resource. Oppose/Job Killer.

Senate Environmental

Quality 9/5/13

Increases CEQA Litigation. AB 953 (Ammiano; D-San Francisco) Invites more litigation over

CEQA projects by overturning a recent court decision and allowing project opponents to challenge

EIRs that dont adequately evaluate and mitigate impacts related to conditions and physical eatures

in the environment like sea-level rise and ault-lines. Oppose/Job Killer.



Comprehensive CEQA Expansion. SB 617 (Evans; D-Santa Rosa) Inappropriately expands CEQA,

slowing development and growth in the state and inviting more litigation over CEQA projects, by

requiring lead agencies to evaluate and mitigate or potential impacts on a project caused by condi-

tions in the environment like earthquakes, wildres, fooding, and sea-level rise. Oppose/Job Killer.


Failed Deadline

Mandatory CEQA Mitigation. AB 823 (Eggman; D-Stockton) Adds additional costs and hurdles tocritically needed new inrastructure and development projects by imposing unreasonable, mandatory

mitigation requirements whenever agricultural land is converted to another use. Oppose/Job Killer.

Assembly Agriculture4/29/13; Failed Deadline

Costly New CEQA Requirement. AB 543 (Campos; D-San Jose) Increases the cost and burden o

development, and exposes lead agencies and project proponents to new lawsuits, by requiring them

to translate CEQA notices into all languages spoken by 25% or more o the individuals located at or

near an area o the proposed project. Oppose.


Quality 7/12/13; Failed

Deadline

Misuse of Judicial Resources. SB 123 (Corbett; D-San Leandro) Uses already limited judicial

resources to establish a new land use division within the state court system rather than xing

problems with the CEQA process and other areas o land use policy that lead to excessive litigation

in the rst place. Oppose.

Held in Senate




3/17


Misuse of Judicial Resources. AB 515 (Dickinson; D-Sacramento) Taxes already-limited judicial

resources by establishing a land-use division in the court system to try and expedite CEQA and other

permitting cases. Oppose.

Assembly Judiciary 4/23/13;

Failed Deadline

Expedites CEQA Litigation. AB 37 (Perea; D-Fresno) Originally streamlined CEQA litigation or

projects by allowing a project proponent to have the lead agency prepare the administrative record

or trial concurrently with the CEQA process at the project proponents expense. Amended June 20

to deal with another subject, so support changed to No Position.

Senate Labor and Industrial

Relations 8/14/13; Failed

Deadline

Limits CEQA Litigation. SB 787 (Berryhill; R-Modesto) Streamlines the CEQA process and

provides certainty or employers seeking to expand in Caliornia by prohibiting litigation over

aspects o a project that meet all existing state, local and ederal environmental standards. Support.


Environmental Quality


Limits CEQA Litigation. AB 1302 (Hagman; R-Chino Hills) Streamlines the CEQA process and

provides certainty or employers seeking to expand in Caliornia by prohibiting litigation over

aspects o a project that meet all existing state, local and ederal environmental standards. Support.

Assembly Desk 5/3/13;

Failed Deadline

Climate Change

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions. SB 605 (Lara; D-Bell Gardens) Increases the cost o AB32 compliance and leads to leakage o emissions and jobs by requiring specied criteria be included

in the Caliornia Air Resources Board scoping plan and requiring greenhouse gas emission reduc-

tions be achieved within the areas that are most impacted by greenhouse gas emissions and other air

pollutants. Prematurely spends AB 32 auction revenues. Oppose Unless Amended.

Assembly AppropriationsSuspense File 8/21/13;

Hearing postponed

Increased Regulatory Costs. AB 726 (Lara; D-Bell Gardens) Beore amendments, would have

increased the costs o AB 32 compliance by expanding the authority o the Caliornia Air Resources

Board to regulate short-lived climate pollutants under AB 32. Opposition removed due to 9/11/13

amendments. No Position.

To Governor

AB 32 Auction Revenues. AB 26 (Bonilla; D-Concord) Prematurely establishes parameters around

the expenditure o AB 32 auction revenues and species that money rom the Greenhouse Gas

Reduction Fund is public money. Oppose.



Deadline

AB 32 Auction Revenues. AB 574 (Lowenthal; D-Long Beach) Prematurely spends AB 32 auction

revenues to und the implementation o sustainable communities. Oppose.

Held in Assembly



AB 32 Auction Revenues. AB 1023 (Eggman; D-Stockton) Prematurely spends AB 32 auction

revenues to create the Greenhouse Gas Reduction through Recycling, Composting, and Recycled

Content Manuacturing Investment Program providing incentives or eligible industry sectors to

reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Oppose.

Held in Assembly



AB 32 Auction Revenues. AB 1051 (Bocanegra; D-Pacoima) Prematurely spends AB 32 auction

revenues and rom that appropriates an unspecied sum to the Department o Housing and Commu-

nity Development to provide loans or the development and construction o housing development

projects within close proximity to transit stations, and to other projects and programs that show

greenhouse gas reductions. Oppose.

Held in Assembly



AB 32 Auction Revenue Expenditures. SB 64 (Corbett; D-San Leandro) Prematurely spends AB 32

auction revenues to establish the Clean Technology Investment Fund or development, demonstration

and deployment o technologies with the intent o reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Oppose.

Assembly Natural Resources


AB 32 Auction Revenue Expenditures. AB 1375 (Chau; D-Alhambra) Prematurely spends AB 32

auction revenues to establish the Clean Technology Investment Fund or development, demonstration

and deployment o technologies with the intent o reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Oppose.

Assembly Appropriations


California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Offsets. AB 153 (Bonilla; D-Concord)

Encourages cost-eective emission reductions and helps businesses meet their AB 32 goals by

promoting the development o osets in the cap-and-trade program. Support I Amended.

Held in Assembly




4/17


Creates Regulatory Certainty. SB 34 (R. Calderon; D-Montebello) Advances the states environ-

mental policies and promotes job creation by reducing the regulatory burdens or the permitting

process o carbon capturing and storage projects. Support/Job Creator.

Held in Senate


File 5/23/13

CrimePenalties. AB 924 (Bigelow; R-ONeals) Saves ranchers money by increasing penalties or stealing

livestock. Support.

To Governor

Enforcement. AB 909 (Gray; D-Merced) Saves businesses money by escalating enorcement o

metal thet crimes. Support.

To Governor

Licenses. SB 485 (R. Calderon; D-Montebello) Enhances enorcement eorts o metal thet crimes

by requiring junk dealers/recyclers to pay a supplemental ee or a new or renewal o a weighmas-

ters license and allows sealers to veriy that the dealers permits and licenses are valid and up-to-

date. Support.

To Governor

EducationEducation Testing. AB 484 (Bonilla; D-Concord) Eliminates accountability and perormance

standards by removing standardized testing and Academic Perormance Index reporting or the

20142015 school year. Oppose.

To Governor

Higher Education. SB 440 (Padilla; D-Pacoima) Increases student success by improving the

existing Associate Degree or Transer pathway or students by setting implementation dates or SB

1440 (Padilla; D-Pacoima; Chapter 428, Statutes o 2010). Support.

To Governor

Improves Teacher Quality. SB 453 (Hu; R-Diamond Bar) Improves the quality o teachers in

Caliornia and ensures that when schools must lay o teachers due to budget cuts, they have the

ability to make cuts based on teacher quality, rather than just on seniority. Support.


Education 4/24/13; Failed

Deadline

Civics Education. SB 696 (Block; D-San Diego) Promotes civic engagement, which is important to

democracy and ree enterprise, by requiring the Caliornia Department o Education to recommend

or adoption to the State Board o Education an assessment to measure a students understanding othe relevance o public policy, the structure o the ederal, state and local governments, and both the

Caliornia and U.S. Constitutions. Support.

Held in Senate



Civics Education. AB 137 (Buchanan; D-Alamo) Promotes civic engagement, which is important to

democracy and ree enterprise, by requiring the Instructional Quality Commission, when revising the

history-social science ramework, to receive input rom civics learning experts. Support.

Chapter 225

Civics Education. SB 619 (Yee; D-San Francisco/San Mateo) Promotes civic engagement, which is

important to democracy and ree enterprise, by requiring the Department o Education, i private

unds are secured or this purpose, to develop and make available online a state employee civics

orientation on ederal and state government. Support.

Held in Senate



Workforce Development. SB 594 (Steinberg; D-Sacramento) Originally provided Caliornia

employers with a highly skilled workorce by authorizing nancial incentives to integrate academicand work-based learning. Gutted and amended to deal with a dierent subject. No Position.

To Governor

Elections and Fair Political Practices

Corporation and Shareholder Detriment. SB 121 (Evans; D-Santa Rosa) Exposes publicly held

companies to harassing lawsuits and duplicate reporting o political expenditures by creating a cause

o action i the company does not meet all o the requirements o the mandated shareholder disclo-

sure and notication o the companys political expenditures. Oppose.


Banking and Financial

Institutions 4/17/13; Failed

Deadline


5/17


Energy

Reduces Energy Costs. AB 762 (Patterson; R-Fresno) Reduces energy costs and promotes renew-

able energy by including hydroelectric generation in the denition o a renewable energy resource.

Support/Job Creator.


Utilities and Commerce


Natural Gas Act. AB 1257 (Bocanegra; D-Pacoima) Benets Caliornia businesses and consumers

by requiring the Caliornia Energy Commission to evaluate and recommend natural gas strategies to

reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cultivate a clean energy economy in order to ensure the

ecient use o natural gas. Support.

To Governor

Unnecessary and Duplicative Oversight. SB 448 (Leno; D-San Francisco) Requires the Caliornia

Energy Commission (CEC) to identiy data already collected by the CEC to determine whether

improper uel price manipulation has occurred, analyze whether improper uel price manipulation is

occurring, and develop a Motor Vehicle Fuel Market Advisory Committee. Both the Caliornia Attorney

General and U.S. Department o Justice already conduct these types o investigations. Oppose

To Governor

Bid Preference. SB 124 (Corbett; D-San Leandro) Increases the cost o state contracts and limits

choice by establishing a 5% bid preerence to businesses that use a clean energy device, technologyor system manuactured in Caliornia. Oppose.

Held on Assembly

Appropriations SuspenseFile 8/30/13

Environmental Regulation

New Double Penalties. AB 1330 (J. A. Prez; D-Los Angeles) Discourages investment and expan-

sion in some disadvantaged regions o the state by doubling most nes and penalties issued by the

Air Resources Board (ARB), Department o Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and Air Quality

Management Districts (AQMDs) on acilities located there. Oppose/Job Killer.


Threatens All Oil and Gas Production. SB 395 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara) Threatens all oil and

gas production in Caliornia, driving up uel and energy prices and harming the job market in these

sectors, by requiring oil and gas generators to prove that produced water used in oil and natural gas

wells is not hazardous beore it can be disposed o in a disposal well, the most commonly used and

cost-eective means o disposal available in Caliornia. Oppose/Job Killer.


Failed Deadline

Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing. AB 1323 (Mitchell; D-Los Angeles) Substantially hinders

oil and gas production in the state, driving up uel and energy prices and harming the job market in

these sectors, by prohibiting hydraulic racturing and the use o resh water in hydraulic racturing

until Cal/EPA re-authorizes the practice under a new regulatory scheme, i at all, in 2019. Oppose/

Job Killer.



Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing. AB 1301 (Bloom; D-Santa Monica) Substantially hinders

oil and gas production in the state, driving up uel and energy prices and harming the job market in

these sectors, by imposing a moratorium on the use o hydraulic racturing until the Legislature

re-authorizes it through subsequent legislation that limits the conditions under which it can be

conducted. Oppose/Job Killer.

Held in Assembly



Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing. AB 649 (Nazarian; D-Studio City) Substantially hinders oiland gas production in the state, driving up uel and energy prices and harming the job market in these

sectors, by prohibiting hydraulic racturing and the use o resh water in hydraulic racturing until Cal/

EPA re-authorizes the practice under a new regulatory scheme, i at all, in 2019. Oppose/Job Killer.

Held in AssemblyAppropriations Suspense


Unnecessary New Regulatory Scheme. SB 747 (DeSaulnier; D-Concord) Establishes a costly,

duplicative, and burdensome program that requires the Department o Public Health to regulate

manuacturers o consumer products that the department determines contribute to a signicant public

health epidemic (i.e., obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease), and allows the department to restrict or

prohibit the sale o such products. Oppose/Job Killer.

Senate Health 4/25/13;

Failed Deadline

Dramatically Increases Pollution Penalties. SB 691 (Hancock; D-Oakland) Dramatically increases

existing strict-liability penalties or nuisance-based, non-vehicular air-quality violations without ade-

quately dening what types and levels o pollution would trigger those penalties. Oppose/Job Killer.


9/12/13


6/17


Disposable Fast-Food Container Ban. SB 529 (Leno; D-San Francisco) Places an unworkable ban

on disposable ood services containers or single-use carryout bags, unless they can meet an increas-

ing recycling threshold that will reach 75% on July 1, 2020. Oppose/Job Killer.

Held in Senate



Threatens Use of Hydraulic Fracturing. AB 288 (Levine; D-San Raael) The most recent amend-

ments deleted a de acto moratorium on the use o hydraulic racturing in the state, but the measure

still deletes Caliornias policy in avor o in-state energy production, driving up uel and energy

prices and threatening the job market in these sectors. Job killer status removed due to 5/28/13

amendments, but the CalChamber remains opposed. Oppose/Former Job Killer.



Stops Drive-by Lawsuits. AB 227 (Gatto; D-Los Angeles) Protects small businesses rom drive-by

lawsuits by providing a 14-day right to cure or allegations o a ailure to post a Proposition 65

warning related to chemicals produced during the cooking process, alcohol, second-hand smoke, and

car exhaust. Support/Job Creator.

To Governor

Protects Auto Industry Jobs. SB 498 (Lara; D-Bell Gardens) Protects automobile manuacturers

rom duplicative regulation by the Department o Toxic Substances Control by exempting automo-

biles rom the Green Chemistry program. Support/Job Creator.



Deadline

Ensures Proposition 65 List is Scientific. AB 1026 (Quirk; D-Hayward) Provides certainty orbusinesses and guidance or the state Oce o Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as to the

evidentiary standard to use when placing a chemical on the Proposition 65 list using the Labor Code

listing mechanism. Sponsor/Co-Sponsor.

Assembly EnvironmentalSaety and Toxic Materials


Threatens Oil and Gas Production. SB 4 (Pavley; D-Agoura Hills) Requires overly restrictive and

burdensome regulation o the use o hydraulic racturing, jeopardizing oil and gas production in the

state, which could drive up uel and energy prices and harm the job market in these sectors. Oppose.

To Governor

Unworkable Recycling Program. AB 521 (Stone; D-Scotts Valley) Establishes an unworkable

producer responsibility-style recycling program or the 10 most common types o marine litter,

orcing product manuacturers to meet aggressive recycling rates and dates, which will not actually

impact litter rates. Oppose.

Held in Assembly



Costly Regulation of Pharmaceuticals. SB 727 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara) Drives up the cost o

prescription drugs and harms the pharmaceutical industry by mandating that pharmaceutical compa-

nies pay or 100% o the costs to administer a new, expansive statewide product stewardship program

or pharmaceutical drugs, and subjects those employers to harsh penalties. Oppose.



Deadline

Industry-Run Mattress Recycling. SB 254 (Hancock; D-Oakland) Establishes a private sector-run

product stewardship program patterned on successul recycling legislation or paint and carpet

products. Support.

To Governor

Air Pollution Bounty-Hunter Provision. AB 818 (Blumeneld; D-San Fernando Valley) Inappro-

priately grants some city attorneys, without expertise in this area, the authority to bring an action to

recover air pollution control penalties and keep the prots without evidence that enorcement by the

Air Resources Board and regional air districts is inadequate. Oppose.



Cost-Effective Options for Employers. AB 358 (Holden; D-Pasadena) Potentially reduces the cost

o lead testing by allowing the Department o Public Health to adopt regulations permitting the useo less costly tests. Support.

Senate Appropriations

8/12/13

New Infrastructure and Investment Program. SB 798 (De Len; D-Los Angeles) Prematurely

uses AB 32 auction revenues to establish a Green Inrastructure Bank charged with helping und

various types o economic development projects. Oppose.

Senate Governance and

Finance 4/15/13; Failed

Deadline

Gaming/AlcoholBeer Manufacturers. AB 779 (Bocanegra; D-Pacoima) Expands business opportunities by allowing

certain beer manuacturers to make and sell cider. Support.

To Governor

Liquor Licenses. AB 593 (Quirk; D-Hayward) Originally encouraged new business by streamlining

the permit process or restaurants. Provisions removed in 8/26/13 amendments. No Position.

To Governor


7/17


Health

Expansion of Discrimination Litigation and New Health Care Coverage Penalties. AB 880

(Gomez; D-Los Angeles) Discourages hiring o entry or re-entry workers, increases discrimination

litigation and increases costs by taxing large employers with a penalty i any o their employees who

work as little as 8 hours per week enroll in Caliornias Medi-Cal program and expands the Labor

Code to include a protected classication or any person who is enrolled in Caliornias Medi-Cal

program or in the Caliornia Health Benet Exchange. Oppose/Job Killer.


6/27/13; Placed on Assembly

Inactive File 7/1/13

Tax Increase. AB 1176 (Bocanegra; D-Pacoima) Taxes health plans, which will be passed on to

small employers and individual consumers in the orm o higher health insurance premiums, by

assessing $5 per covered lie to pay or medical residencies. Oppose.

Held in Assembly


File 5/24/13

Wellness Programs. SB 189 (Monning; D-Carmel) Undermines important wellness incentive

provisions o the ederal Patient Protection and Aordable Care Act designed to improve health and

reduce medical costs by imposing stringent unworkable requirements on wellness programs. Oppose.


Appropriations 5/23/13;

Failed Deadline

Limits Choice for Small Business. SB 161 (E. Hernandez; D-West Covina) Beore amendments,

severely limited a small employers ability to select the most appropriate, aordable health carecoverage or its employees by regulating stop-loss insurance and requiring the employer to bear an

unreasonably high level o claims costs beore stop-loss coverage applies. Opposition removed due

to 5/28/13 amendments. No Position.

To Governor

Health Premium Increases. SB 639 (E. Hernandez; D-West Covina) Beore amendments, would

have eliminated lower-priced plans, inhibited competition and innovation, and led to less aordable

coverage or Caliornia businesses and their employees. Opposition removed due to 9/6/13


To Governor

Increased Health Insurance Premiums. AB 975 (Wieckowski; D-Fremont) Increases costs and

limits the ability o Caliornias nonprot hospitals to invest in community prevention eorts that

meet the needs o the local community by creating an unnecessary new denition o charity care and

mandating a rigid process or developing a community needs assessment and community benet

plans. Oppose.



Increased Health Insurance Premiums. AB 889 (Frazier; D-Oakley) Reduces health plan fexibil-

ity in benet management, increases health care costs and premiums and reduces employers choice

o benet packages to oer their employees by limiting step-therapy protocols to manage prescrip-

tion drug use. Oppose.

Held in Senate


File 8/30/13

Increased Health Insurance Premiums. AB 912 (Quirk-Silva; D-Fullerton) Increases medical

costs, which will be passed on to medium and large employers in the orm o higher premiums, by

mandating coverage o ertility preservation services in certain medical treatments. Oppose.

To Governor

Individual Health Care Coverage. AB 18 (Pan; D-Sacramento) Increases costs or dental insurance

by subjecting dental plans to unnecessary new administrative burdens. Oppose Unless Amended.


7/3/13

Increases Health Insurance Premiums. AB 219 (Perea; D-Fresno) Reduces employers fexibility

to purchase a benet design that will t within their budget by imposing a rigid copayment cap.Oppose.

To Governor

Increased Health Insurance Premiums. SB 320 (Beall; D-San Jose) Drives up employers health

insurance premiums by undermining the ability o health plans and insurers to manage their net-

works by mandating the plans and insurers to contract with various types o acilities. Oppose.

Held in Senate



Increased Health Insurance Premiums. SB 353 (Lieu; D-Torrance) Increases costs or health

plans, which will be passed on to employers in the orm o higher premiums, by imposing signicant

new translation requirement on plans that advertise or market to new communities that speak

languages other than English. Oppose.

To Governor

Health Premium Increase. SB 746 (Leno; D-San Francisco) Intereres with an employers negotia-

tion with health plans and increases costs by subjecting insurers to excessive, onerous disclosure

requirements. Oppose.

To Governor


8/17


Curbs Illegal Drug Manufacturing. SB 506 (Hill; D-San Mateo) Curbs the illegal manuacture o

methamphetamine by making it more dicult to purchase pseudoephedrine (PSE) by implementing

a statewide electronic tracking program that monitors all Caliornia over-the-counter PSE purchases

to prevent purchases beyond ederal limits. Support.

Held in Senate



Increased Health Insurance Premiums. SB 780 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara) Increases costs or

health plans, which will be passed on to employers in the orm o higher premiums and drive

aordable preerred provider organization products out o the market, by imposing new reporting

and disclosure requirements not appropriate to this type o product. Oppose.

Held in Senate



Housing and Land UseStifles Economic Development. AB 667 (R. Hernndez; D-West Covina) Undermines local land use

discretion by mandating an additional and costly economic and community impact report prior to

approving a permit to construct a large retail establishment. Oppose.


Governance and Finance


Barriers to Development. SB 673 (DeSaulnier; D-Concord) Undermines local land use discretion

by requiring a project proponent to provide a cost benet analysis on development projects that will

receive a subsidy o more than $1 million. Oppose.


Failed Deadline

Barrier to Development. AB 453 (Mullin; D-South San Francisco) Undermines the implementation

o SB 375 by adding Local Agency Formation Commissions (LAFCOs) to the list o governmental

agencies required to consider greenhouse gas emissions related to development. Oppose

Held in Senate


File 8/30/13

Sustainable Communities Strategy. AB 1002 (Bloom; D-Santa Monica) Increases the cost o doing

business by imposing a $6 ee on vehicle registration to carry out the states sustainable communities

strategies (SB 375). Oppose.


4/30/13

Increased Housing Costs. AB 1229 (Atkins; D-South Park/Golden Hill) Increases the cost o

housing by allowing the adoption o inclusionary housing elements as a condition o development.

Oppose.

To Governor

New Home Construction. AB 116 (Bocanegra; D-Pacoima) Facilitates the smooth recovery o the

housing market by extending the lie o active tentative subdivision maps and parcel maps or aperiod o two years. Support.

SignedChapter 62

(urgency)

Unnecessary and Duplicative Regulation. AB 127 (Skinner; D-Berkeley) Beore amendments,

would have established an unnecessary and duplicative regulatory process by delegating authority to

the Caliornia Building Standards Commission to regulate the use o fame retardant chemicals in

building insulation. Now requires, i deemed necessary, the State Fire Marshal to propose updated

insulation fammability standards to the Building Standards Commission. Opposition removed due to

9/3/13 amendments. No Position.

To Governor

Immigration

Foreign Labor Contractors. SB 516 (Steinberg; D-Sacramento) Beore amendments, approached

the real problem o human tracking in an overly broad manner that would have harmed legitimate

employers by imposing signicant burdens on and risks to employers who hire workers rom oreign

countries. Opposition removed due to 9/4/13 amendments. No Position.

To Governor

Industrial Saety and Health

Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board. AB 1277 (Skinner; D-Berkeley) Creates

employer exposure to unwarranted Cal/OSHA citations. Unduly burdens employers in the Cal/OSHA

citation and appeals process, creating new unwarranted opportunities or citations and litigation

against employers. Oppose.

Held in Assembly




9/17


Increased Costs for Citation Appeal Process. AB 1165 (Skinner; D-Berkeley) Proposes a costly

double-appeal process or workplace saety citations that presumes guilt or employers, undermines

due process with regards to citations or workplace saety violations and is unnecessary in light o

recently adopted regulations or an expedited appeals process or these situations. Oppose.

To Governor

Unjustified Disclosure of Customer Information. SB 193 (Monning; D-Carmel) Increases

administrative burdens on business and jeopardizes condentiality o sensitive customer inormation

by allowing Cal/OSHAs repository o toxicity dataHazard Evaluation System and Inormation

Service (HESIS)to obtain customer lists o certain chemicals rom manuacturers, ormulators,

suppliers and distributors. Oppose Unless Amended.


8/30/13

Injury Reporting. AB 326 (Morrell; R-Rancho Cucamonga) Provides clarity or employers regard-

ing when a work-related hospitalization or atality must be reported to Cal/OSHA by conorming

with ederal OSHA rules. Support.


Labor and Employment


InsuranceNew Tax to Fund Emergency Response. AB 468 (Chesbro; D-North Coast) Replaces targeted re

prevention ee with new and higher tax o 4.8% on all property insurance. Oppose.


5/2/13

Increased Auto Insurance Costs. AB 862 (Wieckowski; D-Fremont) Creates a new type o auto

insurance to provide higher maximum payouts or liability in the event o an accident, which would

result in higher premiums. Oppose.

Assembly Insurance 5/2/13;

Failed Deadline

International Relations/Trade*Trade Promotion Authority. Grants authority to the President and U.S. Trade Representative, by

Congress to enter into trade negotiations in order to lower trade barriers. Support.

Pending Congressional

Action

Facilitate Expeditious Exporting. AB 1400 (Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the

Economy) Improves the business climate in Caliornia by reducing delays in processing necessary

documents or Caliornia exporters. Support.

To Governor

Labor and EmploymentAutomatic Minimum Wage Increase. AB 10 (Alejo; D-Salinas) Unairly imposes an automatic $2

increase in minimum wage over the next three years that will continue to increase costs on employers

o all sizes, regardless o other economic actors or costs that Caliornia employers are struggling

with to sustain their business. Oppose/Job Killer.

To Governor

Unproven Wage Liens. AB 1164 (Lowenthal; D-Long Beach) Creates a dangerous and unair

precedent in the wage-and-hour arena by allowing employees to le liens on an employers real or

personal property, or property where work was perormed, based upon alleged yet unproven wage

claims. Oppose/Job Killer.



Expansion of Paid Family Leave Program. SB 761 (DeSaulnier; D-Concord) Transorms the paid

amily leave program rom a wage replacement program into a new protected leave o absence thatwill burden small and large businesses by allowing an employee to le litigation or any alleged

retaliation or discrimination as a result o their intent, request, or use o the paid amily leave

program. Oppose/Job Killer.


Failed Deadline

Expansion of Discrimination Litigation. SB 404 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara) Makes it virtually

impossible or employers to manage their employees and exposes them to a higher risk o litigation

by expanding the Fair Employment and Housing Act to include a protected classication or any

person who is, perceived to be, or associated with an individual who provides medical or supervisory

care to a listed amily member. Oppose/Job Killer.

Held in Assembly


File 8/30/13

Unconstitutional Budget Trailer Bill. SB 71 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Violates

Proposition 25, approved by voters in June 2010, by including policy language in this budget trailer

bill that is unrelated to the implementation o the budget. Oppose Unless Amended.

SignedChapter 28


10/17


Unconstitutional Budget Trailer Bill. AB 76 (Committee on Budget) Violates Proposition 25,

approved by voters in June 2010, by including policy language in this budget trailer bill that is

unrelated to the implementation o the budget. Oppose.

Vetoed

Flexible Workweek Schedules. AB 907 (Conway; R-Tulare) Allows an employee to voluntarily

request a fexible work schedule, with an opportunity to work 4/10-hour workdays without the

employer incurring overtime. Support/Job Creator.

Assembly Labor and

Employment 4/22/13; Failed

Deadline

Reduced Costs to Employers. SB 607 (Berryhill; R-Modesto) Lowers costs or employees and

provides more fexibility by allowing employees to request and work up to 10 hours in a day without

the payment o overtime. Support/Job Creator.


Labor and Industrial


Deadline

Expansion of Discrimination Lawsuits. SB 400 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara) Beore amendments,

increased the burden on Caliornia employers to conduct business and exposed them to a higher risk

o litigation by creating a protected classication or employees who are victims o domestic

violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and imposed a burden on employers to accommodate such

individuals. Opposition removed due to 8/6/13 amendments. No Position.

To Governor

Local Enforcement of Labor Laws. AB 1383 (Committee on Labor and Employment) Beoreamendments, allowed local authorities to impose more stringent labor and employment requirements

than those already required in the Labor Code, including stricter reporting requirements, notica-

tions, overtime laws, meal and rest breaks, etc., leading to a patchwork o labor laws across the state

that would burden small employers as well as large employers that have multiple locations. Gutted

and amended 9/6/13 to deal with another subject, so opposition removed. No Position.

Senate EnvironmentalQuality 9/9/13

Prevailing Wages on Private Projects. SB 54 (Hancock; D-Berkeley). Signicantly expands the

mandate to pay prevailing wages to the construction o reneries that are privately unded and do not

qualiy as public works. Oppose.

To Governor

Expansive Employer Liability. AB 263 (R. Hernndez; D-West Covina) Beore amendments,

unairly expanded employer liability and threatened the complete loss o the ability to conduct

business in Caliornia i a supervisor engaged in unair immigration practices. Opposition removed

due to 8/12/13 amendments. No Position.

To Governor

Mixed-Motive Discrimination. SB 655 (Wright; D-Inglewood) Beore amendments, directly

undermined a Supreme Court ruling issued February 2013 by establishing a mandatory statutory pen-

alty o $25,000, as well as noneconomic damages, against an employer who had an objective,

independent, non-discriminatory basis upon which to terminate or discipline an employee. Opposi-

tion removed due to 9/6/13 amendments. No Position

To Governor

Domestic Work Employees. AB 241 (Ammiano; D-San Francisco) Beore amendments, discour-

aged individuals rom retaining the services o domestic work employees by requiring individuals

and amilies who hire domestic work employees to comply with onerous wage-and-hour mandates

that even sophisticated businesses in Caliornia struggle to satisy. Opposition removed due to 9/6/13


To Governor

Reduced Costs to Employers of Licensed Residential Facilities. SB 554 (Anderson; R-Alpine)

Lowers costs or these acilities by generally exempting employees rom daily overtime require-

ments. Support.



Deadline

Mandatory Right to Inspect Payroll Records. AB 155 (Alejo; D-Salinas) Creates an unsae work

environment or other employees by requiring an employer to allow a ormer employee, about whom

the employer has concerns with regard to saety, to enter the premises in order to inspect payroll

records. Oppose.



Deadline

Employee-Union Agent Evidentiary Privilege. AB 729 (R. Hernndez; D-West Covina) Creates a

new evidentiary privilege that is one-sided and will provide a union representative with an unair

opportunity to preclude relevant evidence during litigation regarding labor disputes or collective

bargaining, that may ultimately result in the miscarriage o justice. Oppose.

To Governor


11/17


Employer Right to Attorney Fees. SB 462 (Monning; D-Carmel) Undermines a recent Supreme Court

ruling and existing statute to preclude the recovery o attorney ees or employers who prevail in

wage-and-hour litigation, unless the employer can prove the action was pursued in bad aith. Oppose.

Chapter 142

Successor Liability of Farm Labor Contractors. SB 168 (Monning; D-Carmel) Creates potential

liability or successor employers with regard to a predecessors wage-and-hour violations, despite the

lack o air notice to the successor employer or a signicant degree o continuity between the

business o the successor and the predecessor. Oppose Unless Amended.

To Governor

Exempt Employees/Piece Rate. SB 435 (Padilla; D-Pacoima) Beore amendments, would have

increased labor costs or employers by signicantly expanding the meal-and-rest period requirements

by including exempt employees under the meal-and-rest period requirement as well as any employee

who is paid in part, on a piece rate basis. Opposition removed due to amendments. No Position.

To Governor

Exposure to Increased Litigation for Compliance with Federal Law. SB 666 (Steinberg; D-Sacra-

mento) Beore amendments, imposed signicant penalties and increased rivolous litigation against

attorneys and employers or alleged retaliation or discrimination on the basis o actual or perceived

immigration or citizenship status, or any current, prospective, or ormer employee who exercises an

employment-related right under the Labor Code, Government Code, or Civil Code, including a

statutory penalty up to $10,000, as well as litigation under the Private Attorney General Act. Opposi-

tion removed due to amendments. No Position.

To Governor

Legal Reorm and ProtectionSafety Recalls. SB 686 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara) Exposes car dealers to signicant liability and

precludes them rom renting, leasing, loaning, or selling a car despite the lack o actual knowledge

that the car was subject to a recall, that may or may not pose any imminent harm to the consumer or

renter. Oppose/Job Killer.

Assembly Business,

Proessions and Consumer

Protection 7/2/13

Reliance on State Agencies Written Advice. SB 713 (Correa; D-Santa Ana) Protects employers

rom inappropriate litigation by arming they can rely upon the state government to provide them

with inormation regarding how to comply with the law. Sponsor/Co-Sponsor/Job Creator.

Senate Judiciary 5/7/13;

Failed Deadline

Increased Exposure to Frivolous Litigation. AB 5 (Ammiano; D-San Francisco) Beore amend-

ments, would have imposed on employers costly and unreasonable mandates that could jeopardize

the health and saety o others by creating a new protected classication o employees and customers

who are or are perceived to be homeless, low-income, suering rom a mental disability or physical

disability, and establishing a private right o action or such individuals that includes statutory

damages, punitive damages, and attorney ees. With 4/30/13 amendments, job killer status

removed. CalChamber still opposes. Oppose/Former Job Killer.

Held in Assembly



Expanded Liability for Use of Independent Contractors. SB 556 (Corbett; D-San Leandro)

Beore amendments, unairly imposed liability on any contracting entity or the damages caused by

the contractor or contractors employees, including wage-and-hour violations, penalties, nes, and

willul misconduct, solely on the basis that the contractor or its employees wore a uniorm similar to

that o the contracting entity or drove a vehicle with the contracting entitys logo. Job killer status

removed due to 5/29/13 amendments. Opposition removed due to 6/19/13 amendments. No Position/Former Job Killer.


9/11/13

Independent Contractors. AB 906 (Pan; D-Sacramento) Beore amendments, harmed small

businesses that contract with the state by prohibiting the state rom contracting or personal services

unless specically authorized by the Legislature and even then, signicantly limited the duration o

the contract. With 4/22/13 amendments, job killer status removed. Opposition removed due to

5/24/13 amendments. No Position/Former Job Killer.

To Governor

Reduction of Summary Judgment Standard of Review. AB 715 (Dickinson; D-Sacramento)

Beore amendments, unjustiably reduced the standard o review regarding the admissibility o

evidence used to support a summary judgment in order to more easily overturn such decisions.

Opposition removed due to 6/25/13 amendments. No Position.



12/17


Burden on Arbitration Providers. AB 802 (Wieckowski; D-Fremont) Imposes burdensome data

collection requirements, some o which are condential, on arbitration providers and subjects them

to private litigation or ailure to accurately report such data, which will ultimately discourage such

providers rom oering arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution in Caliornia. Oppose.



Limitation of Vehicle Sales. AB 964 (Bonta; D-Alameda) Signicantly limits the ability or a dealer

to sell a used vehicle i the dealer knew or should have known the vehicle was subject to a saety

recall, even though the anticipated ederal database where such inormation should be located is not

yet operative and will not identiy an existing recall as saety versus non-saety. Oppose.



Reduction of Class Action Litigation. SB 737 (Hu; R-Diamond Bar) Reduces unmeritorious class

actions by permitting the right to petition or appeal o an order granting or denying class certica-

tion and sets orth actors the court must consider when granting or denying the appeal. Support.


Judiciary 4/30/13; Failed

Deadline

Motion to Compel. AB 1183 (Jones; R-Santee) Reduces abuses o the discovery process by clariy-

ing that the deadline to le a motion to compel starts to accrue rom the service o a veried discov-

ery response. Support.

SignedChapter 18

Expansion of Litigation for Franchisors. SB 610 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara) Creates a new private

right o action or ailure to act in good aith as dened, with the right to recover attorney ees onlyor ranchisees. Oppose.

Assembly Business,

Proessions and ConsumerProtection 8/16/13

Unnecessary Restrictions on Trial Courts. AB 566 (Wieckowski; D-Fremont) Unairly limits the

trial courts ability to minimize costs in light o the budget reductions they have aced by placing

severe restrictions on their ability to contract or services. Oppose.

To Governor

Employer Immunity for Good Samaritan Employees. AB 633 (Salas; D-Bakerseld) Encourages

employees to voluntarily provide emergency services to patrons in need by speciying an employer

has no legal duty to train employees regarding how to perorm emergency medical services. Support.

To Governor

Jeopardizing Contracts Based on Undue Influence. AB 140 (Dickinson; D-Sacramento) Beore

amendments, would have broadened the denition o what constitutes undue infuence on the elderly,

which would have unairly allowed the right to revoke valid contracts as well as the exposure to

rivolous litigation. Opposition removed due to 5/6/13 amendments. No Position.

To Governor

Unfair Restrictions on State-Funded Research. AB 609 (Nestande; R-Palm Desert) Intereres with

publishers ability to regain costs or value-added research i such research is unded in any way

through state grants. Oppose.

Senate Governmental

Organization 6/25/13

Undue Settlement Pressure. AB 458 (Wieckowski; D-Fremont) Creates undue pressure to settle

potentially unwarranted damages awards without the opportunity or review on appeal. Oppose.


Privacy and Condentiality

Disclosures.AB 1291 (Lowenthal; D-Long Beach) Unduly burdens business by imposing unwork-

able new regulations regarding disclosure requirements and invites lawsuits or technical violations.

Oppose.

Assembly Judiciary 5/7/13;

Failed Deadline

Imposes Unnecessary Costs on Businesses. AB 242 (Chau; D-Alhambra) Invites rivolous litigationand increases costs to business by requiring every business to revamp its privacy policy and hire

experts to ensure that it is written at an 8th grade reading level. Oppose.

Assembly Judiciary 4/16/13;Failed Deadline

New Duties. AB 1220 (Skinner; D-Berkeley) Beore amendments, created new burdensome disclo-

sure and reporting requirements or businesses using consumer credit reports in decision making

resulting in adverse recommendations or consumers. Opposition removed due to 5/20/13 amend-

ments. No Position.

To Governor

Social Networking. SB 501 (Corbett; D-San Leandro) Inappropriately requires website operators to

remove inormation rom a minors site and places the operator in the impossible position o deter-

mining who is a minors legal guardian. Oppose.

Assembly Arts,

Entertainment, Sports,

Tourism and Internet Media



13/17


Medical Software. AB 658 (I. Calderon; D-Whittier) Beore amendments, would have subjected

non-prescription sotware providers to the Condentiality o Medical Inormation Act. Opposition

removed due to amendments. No Position.

Chapter 296

Privacy. AB 370 (Muratsuchi; D-Torrance) Beore amendments, imposed an unworkable process or

website operators to allow consumers to opt out o online marketing by containing undened terms

and conusing language that actually limited consumer choice. Concerns position removed due to

amendments. Neutral.

To Governor

Regulatory Reorm

Regulatory Impact Analysis Accountability. AB 12 (Cooley; D-Rancho Cordova) Increases

transparency and accountability or regulations by strengthening the requirements or agencies that

conduct regulatory impact analysis or new major regulations. Support.

To Governor

Centralized Information for Business. AB 393 (Cooley; D-Rancho Cordova) Eases the burden on

employers to locate permit inormation rom a variety o websites and oces by centralizing the

inormation regarding permits and ees at the Governors Oce o Business and Economic Develop-

ment (GO-Biz) website. Support.

Chapter 124

Economic Impact of Building Standards. SB 401 (Hueso; D-Logan Heights) Provides transpar-

ency or the commercial construction industry by requiring economic impact analysis o new

commercial building standards, building upon current law which already provides this inormation

or residential building standards. Support.

Chapter 212

Expands Public Notice Requirements for Rulemaking. SB 176 (Galgiani; D-Stockton) Expands

the opportunity or the public to participate in rulemaking by expanding the rulemaking activities

required to be noticed to the public. Support.

Held in Assembly


File 8/30/13

Taxation

Split Roll Change of Ownership. AB 188 (Ammiano; D-San Francisco) Unairly targets commer-

cial property by redening change o ownership so that such property is more requently reas-sessed, which will ultimately lead to higher property taxes that will be passed on to tenants, consum-

ers, and potentially employees. Oppose/Job Killer.

Held in Assembly Revenue

and Taxation Suspense File5/13/13

Oil and Gas Severance Tax: Fuel and Gas Price Increase. SB 241 (Evans; D-Santa Rosa) Drives

up uel prices or businesses and consumers by imposing a severance tax at the rate o 9.5% o the

average price o the barrel o oil severed or 3.5% o the average price o each unit o gas, thereby

discouraging production o oil and gas in this state. Oppose/Job Killer.

Held in Senate


File 5/23/13

Split Roll Parcel Tax. AB 59 (Bonta; D-Alameda) Potentially increases the tax burden on businesses

by permitting local agencies to assess a higher parcel tax on commercial property than residential

property, overturning an appellate decision that determined such taxes were unconstitutional.

Oppose/Job Killer.

Assembly Revenue and

Taxation 5/10/13

Creates Inequity in the Tax Structure. AB 769 (Skinner; D-Berkeley) Harms struggling small

businesses and start-ups by repealing the Net Operating Loss (NOL) carryback deduction, a lieline

that helps employers stay afoat, retain employees, and continue investing in their businesses in an

economic downturn. Oppose/Job Killer.


Taxation Suspense File

5/13/13

Lowers Vote Requirement for Tax Increases. ACA 3 (Campos; D-San Jose) Adds complexity and

uncertainty to the current tax structure and pressure to increase taxes on commercial, industrial and

residential property owners to support public saety services by giving local government new

authority to enact a special tax, including parcel taxes, by lowering the vote threshold rom two-

thirds to only 55%. Oppose/Job Killer.


4/4/13


14/17


Lowers Vote Requirement for Tax Increases. SCA 4 (Liu; D-La Caada Flintridge) Adds complex-

ity and uncertainty to the current tax structure and pressure to increase taxes on commercial, indus-

trial and residential property owners for local transportation projects by giving local government new

authority to enact special taxes, including parcel taxes, by lowering the vote threshold from two-

thirds to 55%. Oppose/Job Killer.


8/29/13

Lowers Vote Requirement for Tax Increases. SCA 7 (Wolk; D-Davis) Adds complexity and


residential property owners to finance library construction by giving local government new authority

to enact special taxes, including parcel taxes, by lowering the vote threshold from two-thirds to 55%.

Oppose/Job Killer.


6/27/13

Lowers Vote Requirement for Tax Increases. SCA 8 (Corbett; D-San Leandro) Adds complexity

and uncertainty to the current tax structure and pressure to increase taxes on commercial, industrial

and residential property owners for transportation projects by giving local government new authority

to enact special taxes, including parcel taxes, by lowering the vote threshold from two-thirds to 55%.

Oppose/Job Killer.


8/29/13

Lowers Vote Requirement for Tax Increases. SCA 9 (Corbett; D-San Leandro) Adds complexity

and uncertainty to the current tax structure and pressure to increase taxes on commercial, industrial

and residential property owners to finance community and economic development projects by giving

local government new authority to enact special taxes, including parcel taxes, by lowering the vote

threshold from two-thirds to 55%. Oppose/Job Killer.


6/27/13

Lowers Vote Requirement for Tax Increases. SCA 11 (Hancock; D-Oakland) Adds complexity and


residential property owners by giving local government new authority to enact special taxes, includ-

ing parcel taxes, by lowering the vote threshold from two-thirds to 55%. Oppose/Job Killer.


6/27/13

Lowers Vote Requirement for Tax Increases. SCA 3 (Leno; D-San Francisco) Before amendments,

added complexity and uncertainty to the current tax structure and pressure to increase taxes on

commercial, industrial and residential property owners for education programs by giving school

districts and community colleges new authority to enact a parcel tax, by lowering the vote thresholdfrom two-thirds to 55%. Opposition and job killer status removed due to 6/ 20/13 amendments. No

Position/Former Job Killer.

To Enrollment

9/20/13

Targeted Tax. SB 622 (Monning; D-Carmel) Threatens jobs in beverage, retail and restaurant

industries by arbitrarily and unfairly targeting certain beverages for a new tax in order to fund

childrens health programs. Oppose/Job Killer.

Held in Senate


File 5/23/13

Limitations on Tax Credits. SB 365 (Wolk; D-Davis) Originally created uncertainty for California

employers making long-term investment decisions by requiring that tax incentives end 10 years after

their effective date. Gutted and amended 9/11/13 to deal with another subject, so opposition and job

killer status removed. No Position/Former Job Killer.

Assembly Third Reading

6/26/13

Increase Manufacturing and R&D Jobs. SB 376 (Correa; D-Santa Ana) Encourages employers to

maintain and expand their manufacturing operating in California by providing a full state sales-and-

use tax exemption for purchases of manufacturing and research-and-development equipment.Support/Job Creator.

Held in Senate


File 5/23/13

Increase Manufacturing and R&D Jobs. AB 486 (Mullin; D-South San Francisco) Encourages

employers to maintain and expand their manufacturing operating in California by providing a full

state sales-and-use tax exemption for purchases of manufacturing and research-and-development

equipment. Support/Job Creator.


5/14/13

Increase Aerospace Manufacturing and R&D Jobs. SB 412 (Knight; R-Palmdale) Encourages

employers to maintain and expand their aerospace manufacturing operating in California by provid-

ing a full state sales-and-use tax exemption for purchases of aerospace manufacturing and research-

and-development equipment made through January 1, 2019. Support/Job Creator.

Held in Senate


File 5/23/13


15/17


Increases Aerospace Industry Jobs. SB 19 (Knight; R-Palmdale) Encourages aerospace industry

employers to maintain and expand Caliornia operations by providing a ull sales tax exemption or

purchases o equipment used to construct the acilities designed to launch a space vehicle. Support/

Job Creator.

Held in Senate


File 5/23/13

Increase Manufacturing and R&D Jobs. SB 235 (Wyland; R-Escondido) Encourages employers to

maintain and expand their manuacturing operating in Caliornia by providing a ull state sales-and-

use tax exemption or purchases o manuacturing and research-and-development equipment.

Support/Job Creator.


Finance 5/14/13

Increase Manufacturing and R&D Jobs. SB 90 (Galgiani; D-Stockton) Encourages employers to

maintain and expand their manuacturing operating in Caliornia by providing a ull state sales-and-use

tax exemption or purchases o manuacturing and research-and-development equipment. Support.

SignedChapter 70

(urgency)

Increase Aerospace Manufacturing Jobs. AB 1326 (Gorell; R-Camarillo) Encourages manuactur-

ers o unmanned aerial vehicles to maintain and expand their manuacturing operating in Caliornia

by providing a ull state sales-and-use tax exemption or purchases o manuacturing equipment used

to produce unmanned aerial vehicles through January 1, 2024. Support/Job Creator.

Held in Assembly


File 5/24/13

Stops Retroactive Tax. SB 209 (Lieu; D-Torrance) Repeals the decision by the Franchise Tax Boardto retroactively tax small business investors who relied in good aith on the law when they made the

decision to invest in Caliornia and use the Qualied Small Business tax incentive which was

recently ound unconstitutional. Support.

To Governor

Stops Retroactive Tax. AB 1412 (Bocanegra; D-Los Angeles) Repeals the decision by the Franchise

Tax Board to retroactively tax small business investors who relied in good aith on the law when they

made the decision to invest in Caliornia and use the Qualied Small Business tax incentive, which

was recently ound unconstitutional. Support.

To Governor

Eliminates Taxpayer Penalties for Good Faith Reliance. AB 1203 (Gorell; R-Camarillo) Bars

penalties and interest on any additional tax owed by a taxpayer that resulted rom a court striking

down a statute the taxpayer relied on when calculating tax liability. Support.


and Taxation Suspense File

4/29/13

Elimination of Tax Exemption. SB 808 (De Len; D-Los Angeles) Unairly penalizes airline

carriers by eliminating the jet uel tax exemption i the carriers contractors ail to provide employer-

oered health care coverage to the contractors employees. Oppose.


Finance 5/7/13

Reduction of Minimum Franchise Tax. SB 641 (Anderson; R-Alpine) Eliminates the minimum

ranchise tax or the rst our years o any new corporation that has gross receipts o $10,000 or less.

Support.


5/13/13

Tax Reduction. AB 1173 (Bocanegra; D-Pacoima) Reduces the state tax penalty imposed on

employees or nonqualied deerred compensation rom 20% to 5%, as well as provides the ability to

utilize the lm tax credit to oset income. Support.

To Governor

Targeted Tax on Cigarettes. SB 768 (De Len; D-Los Angeles) Unairly imposes an additional,

targeted tax on every dealer and wholesaler o cigarettes, or the privilege o holding or storing

cigarettes, in order to support new programs, which will create additional pressure on the General

Fund as the taxation o cigarettes has already proven to be a declining revenue source. Oppose.

Held in Senate


File 5/23/13

Invades Taxpayer Privacy. AB 562 (Williams; D-Santa Barbara) Facilitates the misuse o sensitive

tax inormation and discourages local economic development projects by requiring local agencies to

publicly disclose sensitive tax inormation o any employer who receives a public subsidy. Oppose.

To Governor

Documentary Transfer Tax. AB 561 (Ting; D-San Francisco) Signicantly expands the imposition

o the documentary transer tax to the transer o property upon the termination o a partnership as

well as expanding the denition o realty sold to include any change o ownership in a legal entity,

despite the act that no real property has been transerred. Oppose.


Taxation 5/24/13

Improper Tax on Civil Litigants. AB 648 (Jones-Sawyer; D-Los Angeles) Beore amendments,

sought to unairly impose a $30 tax on any civil litigant that requests a hearing o one hour or less to

oset the cost o ocial court reporters without obtaining the necessary two-thirds vote requirement.

Opposition removed due to amendments. No Position.

To Governor


16/17


Tax Agent Registration. AB 1151 (Ting; D-San Francisco) Unnecessarily requires additional

registration requirements or attorneys, accountants, and registered agents, who advocate on behal o

their clients at the county level with regard to the assessment o property taxes, when such individu-

als are already licensed and regulated by the state or ederal government. Oppose Unless Amended.

Held in Assembly


File 5/24/13

Interest on Overpayments to the State. AB 1049 (Harkey; R-Dana Point) Corrects an inequity in

interest rates by requiring the payment o interest on overpayments to the state to be determined in

the same manner as the interest applied to underpayments. Support.


and Taxation Suspense File

4/29/13

Lowers Vote Requirement for Tax Increases. ACA 8 (Blumeneld; D-San Fernando Valley) Adds

complexity and uncertainty to the current tax structure and pressure to increase taxes on commercial,

industrial and residential property owners to nance local public saety, transportation, water and rec-

reation inrastructure by lowering the vote threshold or bonded debt supported by property taxes

rom two-thirds to 55%. Oppose.


Finance 7/10/13

Enterprise Zone Reform. AB 28 (V. M. Prez; D-Coachella) Strengthens enterprise zone program

by implementing reorms that address recognized issues and ensure the program meets its intended

economic and community development goals. Support.

Assembly Jobs, Economic

Development and the

Economy 4/30/13

Protects Earned Tax Credits. AB 106 (Committee on Budget) Ensures that employers can utilizealready-earned enterprise zone tax credits and claries that these tax credits may be carried orward

or 10 years. Support.

To Governor

Protects Earned Tax Credits. SB 100 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Ensures that

employers can utilize already-earned enterprise zone tax credits and claries that these tax credits

may be carried orward or 10 years. Support.

To Governor

Guts Enterprise Zone Program. SB 434 (Hill; D-San Mateo) Severely harms the enterprise zone

program by eliminating many economic incentives that encourage employers to create and retain

jobs in impoverished areas o the state. Oppose.


Property Tax Decisions. AB 43 (Bocanegra; D-Pacoima) Beore amendments, required a court to

speciy the reasons or its decision regarding a property tax reund case and specic instructions on

remand. Support position removed due to 4/29/13 amendments. No Position.


Taxation 8/12/13

Port Infrastructure Investments. AB 886 (Allen; R-Huntington Beach) Promotes job development

and inrastructure growth in ports and surrounding areas by allowing exporters and importers to

receive tax credits or their investments in port inrastructure and increased utilization o Caliornia

ports. Support.

Held in Assembly


File 5/24/13

Parcel Tax Transparency. AB 892 (Daly; D-Anaheim) Requires the Board o Equalization to

provide an annual report on all locally assessed parcel taxes in order to provide transparency on the

dierent parcel taxes imposed throughout the state. Support.

Held in Assembly


File 5/24/13

Establishes the Centralized Intelligence Partnership Act. AB 576 (V. M. Prez; D-Coachella)

Brings representatives o state tax agencies together as an advisory committee to help ght the under-

ground economy and protect legitimate businesses. Support.

To Governor

TelecommunicationsLifeline Service. AB 1407 (Bradord; D-Gardena) Modernizes the Universal Telephone Service to

include wireless service to better service low-income citizens. Enables business to reach potential

candidates or employment more quickly. Support.

Held in Senate


File 8/30/13

Transportation and Inrastructure

Enhanced Driver License. SB 397 (Hueso; D-Logan Heights) Encourages international trade and

tourism by authorizing the Department o Motor Vehicles to issue enhanced driver licenses to U.S.

citizens to expedite legal trac at the border. Support/Job Creator.

Held in Assembly


File 8/30/13


17/17


Enhanced Driver License. AB 17 (Hueso; D-Logan Heights) Encourages international trade and

tourism by authorizing the Department o Motor Vehicles to issue enhanced driver licenses to U.S.

citizens to expedite legal trac at the border. Support. Bill shited to SB 397 when author won

election to Senate.

Assembly Transportation


Unemployment Insurance

Unemployment Insurance Costs. AB 152 (Yamada; D-Davis) Diverts employer-paid unemploy-

ment insurance (UI) taxes to a new program, without adequate controls, to provide UI benets to

unemployed individuals seeking to become sel-employed. Oppose.

Held in Assembly


File 5/24/13

Water Supply and QualityDrinking Water. AB 1 (Alejo; D-Salinas) Begins the process o identiying aordable and ecient

ways to access sae drinking water in productive agriculture areas and appropriately unds the

process rom the Waste Permit Fund rather than impose another new ee on business. Support.

Held in Assembly


File 5/24/13

Fertilizer Tax. AB 69 (Perea; D-Fresno) Inappropriately and unairly burdens agricultural operations

by imposing a ertilizer tax to address one contaminant in two regions, completely ignoring other

contributors o the contaminant. Oppose.

Senate Agriculture 8/12/13

Contaminated Aquifers. SB 658 (Correa; D-Santa Ana) Robs businesses o their right to insist that

cleanup actions be necessary, cost-eective and subject to public scrutiny, and osters meritless

lawsuits without providing any cleanups. Oppose.


Failed Deadline

Delta. SB 735 (Wolk; D-Davis) Undermines existing state policy to advance the co-equal goals o

water supply reliability and ecosystem restoration by giving the Delta Stewardship Council the

authority to amend the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, thereby upsetting the balance o the co-equal

goals agreed to by stakeholders. Oppose.

Assembly Water, Parks and

Wildlie 8/13/13

Workers Compensation

Massive Workers Compensation Cost Increase. SB 626 (Beall; D-San Jose) Unravels many o the

employer cost-saving provisions in last years workers compensation reorm package and results in

employers paying nearly $1 billion in benet increases to injured workers without an expectation that

the increases will be ully oset by system savings. Oppose/Job Killer.



Deadline

Massive Exposure to Civil Penalties and Liability. AB 1138 (Chau; D-Alhambra) Beore amend-

ments, inappropriately increased civil cases and civil penalties on employers by permitting civil

action against those employers who ail to conspicuously post a list o every employee covered under

an employers workers compensation insurance policy and to retain this list or ve years. With

4/16/13 amendments, job killer status removed. CalChamber still opposes this bill as it places

onerous and unnecessary requirements on an employer to quarterly submit a list o all employees to

the employers workers compensation insurance provider and to produce this list or any employee

upon request. Oppose/Former Job Killer.

Assembly Insurance 4/24/13;

Failed Deadline

Increased Workers Compensation Costs. AB 454 (Dickinson; D-Sacramento) Exposes employers

to higher costs by eectively orcing them to prematurely pay higher temporary disability payments

beore prevailing wage disputes are adjudicated. Oppose.

To Governor

Assists Victims of Underground Economy. AB 638 (Alejo; D-Salinas) Expedites hearings or

injured employees o illegally uninsured employers to quickly resolve issues and ensure the injured

employees receive access to appropriate benets and care. Support.

Held in Assembly



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