Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update

9-17-2012

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

• AB 317 by Assemblymember Charles Calderon (D-Whittier) – Mobilehomes.
• AB 472 by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) – Controlled substances: overdose: punishment.
• AB 589 by Assemblymember Henry Perea (D-Fresno) – Medical school scholarships.
• AB 787 by Assemblymember Wesley Chesbro (D-Eureka) – Tribal-state gaming compacts.
• AB 838 by Assemblymember Jerry Hill (D-South San Francisco) – Charter-party carriers of passengers: reports.
• AB 1481 by Committee on Budget – Public safety.
• AB 1487 by Committee on Budget – State government: state funds.
• AB 1518 by Assemblymember Henry Perea (D-Fresno) – Weighmasters: automated weighing systems.
• AB 1578 by Assemblymember Dan Logue (R-Chico) – Indian Valley Watermaster District.
• AB 1875 by Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Burbank) – Civil procedure: depositions.
• AB 2520 by Assemblymember Isadore Hall III (D-Los Angeles) –Horse racing: harness or quarter horses.
• AB 2685 by Committee on Judiciary – Attorneys: annual membership fees.
• AB 2686 by Committee on Revenue and Taxation – Franchise Tax Board: Taxpayers' Rights Advocate.
• AB 2688 by Committee on Revenue and Taxation – Property taxes: sales and use taxes.
• AB 2693 by Committee on Governmental Organization – Horse racing.
• SB 124 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – Claims against the state: appropriation.
• SB 289 by Senator Ed Hernandez (D-Los Angeles) – Clinical laboratory techniques: training and instruction.
• SB 415 by Senator Curren Price (D-Los Angeles) – State highways: relinquishment.
• SB 661 by Senator Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) – Crime: picketing.
• SB 807 by Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) – State militia.
• SB 979 by Senator Juan Vargas (D-San Diego) – Financial institutions.
• SB 1065 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – State claims.
• SB 1199 by Senator Bob Dutton (R-Inland Empire) – Radiologic technologists.
• SB 1215 by Senator Bill Emmerson (R-Riverside) – Optometry.
• SB 1309 by Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Chino) – Human resources.
• SB 1402 by Senator Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) – Economic development: California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program.

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

• AB 823 by Assemblymember Roger Dickinson (D-Sacramento) – California Children's Coordinating Council. A veto message can be found here.
• AB 1657 by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) – Traffic offenses: additional penalty: spinal cord injury research. A veto message can be found here.
• AB 2309 by Assemblymember Jerry Hill (D-South San Francisco) – Community colleges: Public-Private Partnership Pilot Program. A veto message can be found here.

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