Filed by PPOA Legislative Director Jim Vogts:
The following
is a partial list of bills of interest that have been
introduced in the 2007-2008 legislative session along with
the position your association has taken on each proposal:
The following
is a partial list of bills of interest that have been
introduced in the 2007-2008 legislative session along with
the position your association has taken on each proposal:
ASSEMBLY BILLS
–
There have been 1749 Assembly Bills introduced.
AB 117 – Beall. Would add $2.00 for each $10.00 in fines
for traffic violations (the money would go to counties.)
SUPPORT. Senate Public Safety then Transportation &
Housing.
AB 129 – Emmerson. Would increase the penalty for
brandishing imitation guns at peace officers. SUPPORT.
Senate Public Safety.
AB 166 – Bass. This bill would include any methicillin
resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or Staph/MRSA skin
infection to the public safety presumptions for workers’
comp. SPONSOR Assembly Appropriations Comm. on suspense.
AB 325 – Nava. Would establish a Peace Officer Recruitment
and Retention Commission. WATCH. Assembly Appropriations
Comm.
AB 352 – Solorio. Would prohibit non-metallic projectiles
from a BB or pellet, through the force of air pressure, CO2
pressure or spring action, from school grounds. SUPPORT.
Passed Assembly, now in Senate Public Safety.
AB 587 – Karnette. Would allocate $2,000,000 to fire and
$2,000,000 to police from the sale of California memorial
license plates. The money would be for antiterrorism
training for the next three fiscal years. SUPPORT. Signed
into law. Chapter 392.
AB 596 – Dymally. Would give safety membership to certain
physicians who work in county jails in Alameda and Los
Angeles counties. OPPOSE. Public Employees Retirement &
Social Security Comm.
AB 684 – Leno. Would allow hemp to be cultivated in
California. OPPOSE. Vetoed.
AB 696 – Hernandez. Would allow members of Calif. Nat’l
Guard and military reserves to retain hazardous duty pay,
hostile fire pay, imminent danger, or any other special
incentive pay provided by the federal gov’t. SUPPORT.
Senate Appropriations.
AB 790 – Karnette. Would make it a straight felony to
intimidate a witness by or for a gang member. SPONSORED BY
LBPOA and SUPPORTED by LACPPOA, SAPOA, and CFOP. This bill
will be substantially amended and now provides funds for
witness protection. Assembly Appropriations suspense file.
AB 988 – Calderon. Would authorize the Department of
Homeland Security and the Office of Emergency Services to
the extent permissible by federal law, to include nonprofit
organizations in the allocation of federal homeland security
grant funds. WATCH. (This bill is sponsored by COPS.)
Governmental Organization Committee.
AB 1168 – Jones. Would require all colleges and
universities located in this state and any local agency
before disclosing or making available to the public any
records that they maintain to not use more than the last
four digits of a social security number (will help reduce
identity theft by use of these records.) SUPPORT. Signed
into law. Chapter 627.
AB 1229 – Carter. See SB 566. We amended AB 1229 to
include the provisions of SB 566. SPONSOR. Signed into
law. Chapter 409.
AB 1597 – Price. Would provide that no peace officer shall
utter a slur, epithet, invective, or aspersion while on duty
based in whole or in part upon an individual or group’s
actual or perceived disability, gender nationality, race or
ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, etc. To do so
would subject one to disciplinary action or dismissal.
OPPOSE. Failed in Assembly Public Safety, reconsideration
granted.
AB 1634 – Levine. Would prohibit owning or possessing any
cat or dog over the age of 4 months that has not been spayed
or neutered without an intact permit as defined. OPPOSE.
LBPOA. Senate Local Government Comm. (The author will
substantially amend this bill and attempt to move it next
year.)
AB 1648 – Leno. Would state the Legislative intent to
abrogate the California Supreme Court decision in Copley
Press v. Superior Court. Would make specified information
in certain disciplinary records pertaining to peace officers
available to the public. OPPOSE. Public Safety Committee.
Held without recommendation.
SENATE BILLS – There have been 1051 Senate Bills introduced.
SB 110 – Romero & Perata. This bill would create the
California Sentencing Commission who would have the
authority to change California sentencing laws. LACPPOA,
LBPOA and CFOP are OPPOSED. Assembly third reading. Failed
passage (Ayes 34, No 38) Reconsideration granted.
SB 134 – Cedillo. Would eliminate the age 60 mandatory
retirement for public safety personnel. PPOA SPONSORS;
CFOP, SUPPORTS. Signed into law. Chapter 290.
SB 154 – Cedillo. Workers’ Comp. Would amend Labor Code
Section 4656 ( c ) to eliminate the “Two Year Rule” for
peace officers and firefighters. SPONSOR. Senate
Appropriations suspense file.
SB 352 – Padilla. Workers’ Comp. Would amend Labor Code
Section 4604.5 to exempt peace officers and firefighters
from the “ 24 therapy visits lifetime limit rule.”
SPONSOR. Senate Appropriations Committee suspense file.
SB 511 – Alquist. Would require the electronic recording of
police interrogation in cases involving homicides and other
serious felonies. OPPOSE. Vetoed.
SB 566 – Ridley-Thomas. Would amend Penal Code Section
13500 to clarify “Rank and File” appointments to POST.
SPONSOR. VETOED. See AB 1229 – to enrollment then to
Governor.
SB 609
– Romero. Would require the corroboration of testimony by
in-custody informants. OPPOSE. Vetoed.
SB 629 – Correa. Would repeal the Insurance Code provision
that requires peace officers to report an accident to
his/her private automobile insurer for an on duty accident.
SUPPORT. Signed into law, Chapter 211.
SB 644 – Correa. Would delete the requirement that certain
court abstracts, notices, and filings contain the social
security number judgment debtor, party ordered to pay
support, or assessee, and instead require only the last 4
digits of that person’s social security number. SUPPORT.
Signed into law, Chapter 189.
SB 657 – Runner. Street Crime Prevention Act of 2008. This
is an “all encompassing” proposal that contains increased
punishment in many instances. It also provides for a
Parolee Mentoring Program, GPS Programs to monitor
probationers, Public Safety Education and Disclosure
Commission (9 members), enhanced funding for DOJ’s Victim
Protection Program, increased and permanent funding for COPS
program, etc. SUPPORT. This could be a ballot initiative
in November 2008.
SB 756 – Ridley Thomas. Declares a legislative intent that
law enforcement officials study and consider adoption of new
procedures recommended by the National Institute of Justice
and the California Commission on the Fair Administration of
Justice regulating eyewitness lineup identifications to
ensure a decrease in the number of misidentifications.
OPPOSE. Vetoed.
SB 936 – Parata. Would restore workers’ compensation
permanent disability benefits to a fair and adequate level.
SUPPORT. Vetoed.
SB 1019 – Romero. (See AB 1648 for description of bill)
OPPOSE. Held in Assembly Public Safety Committee.
SB 1033 – Negrete-McLeod. Would allow for expungement of
the record, one time only, for peace officer convicted of
domestic violence offense as specified. Would bring Calif.
Law in sync. with Federal law regarding possessing a
firearm. SPONSOR. Senate Public Safety Committee.
As always,
many bills will be added to this list as the legislative
session progresses. Many bills
will be amended which could change our position. If you
have any problems with the positions
taken or if you would like more detail on any of these
bills, please let me know.
F.Y.I.
Any bill that is in Appropriations Committee has passed the
necessary policy committee(s).
