2014 Legislative Summary

California State Capitol

Aug. 15 was the deadline for fiscal committees to meet and report bills to the floor, according to legislative rules. Beginning Aug. 18, only floor sessions were allowed – no committees other than conference and rules committees may meet for any purpose. Aug. 22 was the last day to amend bills on the floor; Aug. 31 was the last day of the regular session to pass bills.

The following is a brief update on key consumer rights bills (partial list). Links to the bill texts and brief descriptions are followed by final disposition and, when available, a link to “learn more” details from CFC. Status summary tables show votes as Ayes-Noes-Abstains/Did Not Vote. All dates are 2014 unless noted otherwise.

CFC-sponsored Bills

SB 1256 (Mitchell) Medical services; credit (learn more)
Location: Signed by the governor

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 21
SENATE COMMITTEES
Business, Professions & Economic Development 8 Aye-0 No-1 Abstain/Did Not Vote April 7; Judiciary 6-0-1 April 2
SENATE FLOOR
36-0-4
May 15
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Business, Professions & Consumer Protection 14-0-0 June 24; Appropriations 17-0-0 July 2
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
77-0-2 Aug. 7


AB 2667 (Bloom) Rental purchase agreements: electronic devices: monitoring technology (learn more)
Location: Signed by the governor Sept. 18.

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 21
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES 
Judiciary 10-0-0 April 22; Business, Professions & Consumer Protection 14-0-0 April 29; Appropriations 17-0-0 May 14
ASSEMBLY FLOOR 
75-0-4 May 21
SENATE COMMITTEES
Judiciary 6-1-0 June 24; Appropriations (results pending) Aug. 4
SENATE FLOOR
36-0-4 Aug. 18


SB 383 (Jackson)
 
Credit cards: personal information (learn more)
Location: Withdrawn by author

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 20, 2013
SENATE COMMITTEES
Judiciary 3-1-1 May 7, 2013
SENATE FLOOR
24-13-5 Jan. 30
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Judiciary (withdrawn) June 15
ASSEMBLY FLOOR

 

 

SB 1188 (Jackson) Consumers Legal Remedies Act: facts (co-sponsor; learn more)
Location: Withdrawn by author

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 20
SENATE COMMITTEES
Judiciary 5-2-0 May 6
SENATE FLOOR
75-0-4 May 21
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Judiciary (withdrawn) June 5
ASSEMBLY FLOOR

CFC-supported Bills Passed by the Legislature


AB 1522 (Gonzalez)
Employment: paid sick days
Location:  Signed by the governor Sept. 10

INTRO-DUCED
Jan. 16
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Labor & Employment 5-1-1 March 19; Judiciary 6-3-1 Mach 25; Appropriations 12-5-0 May 23
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
52-23-4 May 29
SENATE COMMITTEES
Labor & Industrial Relations 3-1-1 June 11; Judiciary 5-2-0 June 24; Appropriations 5-0-2 Aug. 14
SENATE FLOOR
22-8-10 Aug. 29


Notable votes
(or not voting – same as voting No) on AB 1522 –
Senate, Aug. 29: Democrats Beall, Lieu and Roth did not vote; all Republicans who voted opposed the measureAssembly, Aug. 30: Democrats Ridley-Thomas and Yamada voted No; Democrat Frazier and Republicans Patterson and Morrell did not vote.

AB 1572 (Eggman) Residential care facilities for the elderly: resident and family councils
Location: Signed into law July 23

INTRO-DUCED
Jan. 30
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Aging & Long Term Care 7-0-0 April 1; Appropriations 16-1-0 April 30
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
72-1-6 May 5
SENATE COMMITTEES
Human Services 4-0-1 June 10
SENATE FLOOR
35-0-5 July 3


AB 1700 (Medina)
Reverse mortgages: notifications
Location: Signed Sept. 30

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 13
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Banking & Finance 11-1-0 April 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
73-1-5 April 24
SENATE COMMITTEES
Banking & Finance 7-0-2 June 4; Judiciary 6-0-1 June 17
SENATE FLOOR
35-0-5 Aug. 13

 


AB 1751 (Bloom)
Continuing care retirement communities
Location: Signed Sept. 28

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 14
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Aging & Long Term Care 5-2-0 April 1; Appropriations 11-5-1 April 30
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
52-23-4 May 28
SENATE COMMITTEES
Human Services 3-1-1 June 24
SENATE FLOOR
26-6-8


AB 2171 (Wieckowski)
Residential care facilities for the elderly
Location: Signed Sept. 28

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 20
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Aging & Long Term Care 5-2-0 April 22; Judiciary 8-2-0
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
75-0-4 May 21
SENATE COMMITTEES
Judiciary 5-2-0 June 14; Appropriations 5-0-2 Aug. 14
SENATE FLOOR
34-0-6 Aug. 26


AB 2365 (John Perez)
Contracts: unlawful contracts
Location: Signed Sept. 9; see Time magazine item on this legislation

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 21
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Judiciary 10-0-0 April 22; Appropriations 14-3-0 May 7
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
74-23 May 15
SENATE COMMITTEES
Judiciary 6-1-0 June 14
SENATE FLOOR
27-9-4 Aug. 13


AB 2603 (V. Manuel Perez)
Controlled substances: permissive lawful possession
Location: Signed Sept. 26

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 21
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Public Services 7-0-0 April 8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
79-0-0 May 28
SENATE COMMITTEES
Public Services 7-0-0- June 24
SENATE FLOOR
35-0-5


SB 827 (Liu)
Local government: Los Angeles County: notice of recordation
Location: Signed June 28

INTRO-DUCED
Jan. 6
SENATE COMMITTEES
Governance & Finance 5-2-0 March 19; Judiciary 5-2-0 April 1
SENATE FLOOR
25-10-5 April 28
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Local Government 7-1-1 June 4; Judiciary 5-2-0 June 10
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
55-21-3 June 19
 

SB 828 (Lieu) Assistance to federal agencies
Location: Signed Sept. 30

INTRO-DUCED
Jan. 6
SENATE COMMITTEES
Public Services 6-0-1 April 29
SENATE FLOOR
29-1-0 May 19
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Public Services 7-0-0- June 24; Appropriations 16-0-1 Aug. 6
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
78-0-1 Aug. 21


SB 895 (Corbett)
Residential care facilities for the elderly: unannounced visits
Location: Signed Sept. 28

INTRO-DUCED
Jan. 13
SENATE COMMITTEES
Human Services 5-0-0 April 8; Appropriations 6-0-1 April 28, 7-0-0 May 23
SENATE FLOOR
36-0-4 May 28
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Human Services 6-0-1 June 17; Appropriations 12-0-5 Aug. 14
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
61-11-7 Aug. 26


SB 911 (Block)
Residential care facilities for the elderly
Location: Signed Sept. 28

INTRO-DUCED
Jan. 23
SENATE COMMITTEES
Human Services 3-2-0 April 8; Appropriations 6-0-1 April 28, 5-2-0 May 23
SENATE FLOOR
25-11-4 May 28
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Human Services 6-1-0 June 17; Aging & Long Term Care 5-0-2 June 24; Appropriations Suspense File Aug. 6, approved 12-0-5 Aug. 14
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
68-6-5 Aug. 27
Notable votes: Assembly Republicans Achadjian, Conway, Dahle, Gorrell, Jones, Linder, Maienschein, Nestande, Wagner, Wilk, joined all Democrats in voting Aye Aug. 27

SB 962 (Leno) Advanced mobile communications devices (learn more)
Location: Signed Aug. 25

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 6
SENATE COMMITTEES
Energy Utility & Communications 6-2-3 April 1
SENATE FLOOR
19-17-4 (failed but granted reconsideration 37-0-3); 26-8-6 May 18
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Business, Professions & Consumer Protection 11-3-0 June 17; Utilities & Commerce 9-5-1 June 23
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
53-20-6
 

SB 1019 (Leno) Upholstered furniture: flame retardant chemicals (learn more)
Location: Signed Sept. 30

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 14
SENATE COMMITTEES
Environmental Quality 6-0-1 April 2; Business, Professions & Economic Development 9-0-0 April 21; Appropriations 7-0-0 May 2, 6-1-0 May 28
SENATE FLOOR
29-6-1 May 28
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials 6-1-0 June 17; Business, Professions & Consumer Protection 10-2-2 June 24; Appropriations 12-1-4 Aug. 14 (voting No: Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, D-Los Angeles)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
56-17-6 Aug. 27
Notable votes (or not voting – same as voting No) on SB 1019 floor votes – Senate, Aug. 28: Republicans Berryhill, Cannella, Fuller, Gaines, Vidak and Wyland joined the majority approving the measure.  Assembly, Aug. 27: Democrats Gray, Perea, Quirk-Silva and Ridley-Thomas voted No; Republicans Achadjian, Dahle, Gorrell, Hagman, Linder, Maienschein, Melendez and Quirk voted Aye


SB 1153 (Leno)
Residential care facilities for the elderly
Location: Signed Sept. 28

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 20
SENATE COMMITTEES
Human Services 5-0-0 April 8
SENATE FLOOR
36-0-4 May 1
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Human Services 6-0-1 June 17; Aging & Long Term Care 6-0-1 June 24; Appropriations: Suspense File July 2, released 17-0-0 Aug. 14
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
76-0-3 Aug. 19


SB 1177 (Steinberg)
Privacy: students (learn more in AP story]
Location: Signature announced Sept. 29

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 20
SENATE COMMITTEES
Education 9-0-0 March 26; Judiciary 7-0-0 April 29
SENATE FLOOR
25-0-5 May 8
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Arts Entertainment Sports Tourism & Internet Media 7-0-0 June 24; Education 7-0-0 June 25
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
78-0-1 Aug. 25


SB 1273 (Lara)
Insurance: low-cost automobile insurance program
Location: Signed Sept. 19

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 21
SENATE COMMITTEES
Insurance 9-1-1 April 9; Appropriations 4-1-2 May 5
SENATE FLOOR
26-7-7 May 12
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Insurance 10-1-2 June 25; Appropriations 13-4-6 Aug. 6
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
60-15-4 Aug. 14
 

CFC-supported Bills That Fell Short

AB 330 (Chau) Student financial aid: disclosures (two-year bill)
Location: Senate floor; ordered to Inactive File Aug. 19 by Sen. Ted Lieu

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 13
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Higher Education 9-2-2 Jan. 14; Appropriations 12-3-2 Jan. 23
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
53-24-3 Jan. 29
SENATE COMMITTEES
Judiciary 6-0-1 June 14; Appropriations 8-0-1 June 23
SENATE FLOOR


AB 1437 (Mullin)
 Medically important antimicrobials: livestock and poultry
Location: Died in Assembly Agriculture

INTRO-DUCED
Jan. 6
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Agriculture April 29 (no vote)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
SENATE COMMITTEES
SENATE FLOOR


AB 1553 (Yamada)
Long-term care insurance: premium basis
Location: Died in Assembly Insurance

INTRO-DUCED
Jan. 27
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Insurance May 5 (no vote)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
SENATE COMMITTEES
SENATE FLOOR


AB 1554 (Skinner)
Residential care facilities for the elderly
Location: Died in Senate Appropriations Committee Aug. 15

INTRO-DUCED
Jan. 27
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Human Services 6-0-1 April 8; Aging & Long Term Care 7-0-0- April 29; Appropriations 16-0-1 May 23
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
78-0-1 May 28
SENATE COMMITTEES
Human Services 4-0-1 June 24; Appropriations Suspense File 7-0-0 Aug. 4
SENATE FLOOR
 

AB 1571 (Eggman) Residential care facilities for the elderly: licensing and regulation
Location: Died in Senate Appropriations Committee Aug. 15

INTRO-DUCED
Jan. 30
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Human Services 6-10-1 April 29; Appropriations 13-0-4 May 23
ASSEMBLY
FLOOR

72-1-6 May 28
SENATE COMMITTEES
Human Services 4-0-1 June 24; Appropriations Suspense File Aug. 4
SENATE FLOOR


SB 52 (Leno)
 
Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures (two-year bill)
Location:  Ordered to inactive file at request of Assembly Member V. Manuel Pérez Aug. 29

INTRO-DUCED
Dec. 20, 2012
SENATE COMMITTEES
Elections & Constitutional Amendments 4-1-0 April 1; Appropriations 5-0-2 May 13, 5-2-0 May 23
SENATE FLOOR
28-11-0 May 29
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Elections & Redistricting 5-1-1 June 24; Appropriations Suspense File 7-0-0 Aug. 4; 9-6-2 Aug. 14
ASSEMBLY FLOOR


SB 686 (Jackson)
Vehicles: vehicle dealers
Location: Died in Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protections

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 22
SENATE COMMITTEES
Judiciary 4-2-1 April 30; Appropriations 6-0-1 May 20, 4-3-0 May 23
SENATE FLOOR
22-12-5 May 9
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Business, Professions & Consumer Protection 14-0-0, 3-4-7 June 17
ASSEMBLY FLOOR


SB 1000 (Monning)
Public health: sugar-sweetened beverages: safety warnings
Location: Died in Assembly Health

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 13
SENATE COMMITTEES
Health 5-2-2 April 9; Appropriations 6-0-1 April 28, 5-2-0 May 23
SENATE FLOOR
21-13-6 May 29
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Health 19-0-0, 7-8-4 June 17
ASSEMBLY FLOOR


SB 1014 (Jackson)
Pharmaceutical waste: home generated: collection
Location: Died in Assembly Appropriations Aug. 15

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 13
SENATE COMMITTEES
Environmental Quality 5-1-1 March 26; Business, Professions & Economic Development 6-0-3 April 21; Appropriations 7-0-0 May 12, 5-1-1 May 23
SENATE FLOOR
33-3-4 May 19
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials 6-1-0 June 17; Business, Professions & Consumer Protection 13-0-1 June 24
ASSEMBLY FLOOR


SB 1017 (Evans)
Taxation: Oil Severance Tax Law
Location: Died in Senate Appropriations Suspense File May 23

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 14
SENATE COMMITTEES
Education 5-3-1 April 24; Governance & Finance 5-2-0 May 7; Appropriations – Suspense File
SENATE FLOOR
36-0-4, 18-16-6 May 28
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
ASSEMBLY FLOOR


 

SB 1132 (Mitchell) Oil and gas: well stimulation treatments
Location: Died on Senate floor

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 20
SENATE COMMITTEES
Natural Resources & Water 5-2-2 April 8; Environmental Quality 5-2-0 April 30; Appropriations 7-0-0- May 19 4-2-1 May 23
SENATE FLOOR
36-0-4, 18-16-6 May 28
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
ASSEMBLY FLOOR


SB 1348 (DeSaulnier)
Online data brokers: sale of personal information: notice
Location: Died in Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 21
SENATE COMMITTEES
Judiciary 4-2-1 April 22
SENATE FLOOR
24-8-8 May 8
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Judiciary 7-2-1 May 24;
Arts, Entertainment, Sports Tourism and Internet Media June 24 (no vote)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
 

SB 1355 (Wyland) Credit cards: billing Inquiries
Location: Died in Senate Judiciary

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 21
SENATE COMMITTEES
Judiciary March 15 (no vote)
SENATE FLOOR
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
ASSEMBLY FLOOR

CFC-opposed Bills (All Dead)

AB 1621 (Lowenthal) Emergency medical services: data and information system
Location: Died in Senate Appropriations Committee Aug. 15

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 6
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Health 19-0-0 April 29; Appropriations 17-0-0 May 23
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
79-0-0 May 28
SENATE COMMITTEES
Health 8-0-1 June 18; Appropriations Suspense File Aug. 4
SENATE FLOOR


AB 2096 (Muratsuchi)
Securities transactions: qualification requirements: notification
Location: Died in Senate Appropriations Committee Aug. 15

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 20
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Banking & Finance 12-0-0 April 21; Appropriations 17-0-0 May 17
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
75-0-4 May 19
SENATE COMMITTEES
Banking & Financial Institutions 7-2-0 June 18; Judiciary 4-3-0 June 24; Appropriations (withdrawn, re-referred to Rules Committee)
SENATE FLOOR
 

AB 2183 (Bocanegra) Nursing
Location: Died in Assembly Suspense File

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 20
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Business, Professions & Consumer Protection 9-1-4 April 22; Appropriations Suspense File May 23
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
SENATE COMMITTEES
SENATE FLOOR


SB 1173 (Gaines)
Insurance rate decrease
Location: Died in Senate Insurance

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 20
SENATE COMMITTEES
Insurance 11-0-0, 3-8-0 April 24
SENATE FLOOR
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
ASSEMBLY FLOOR


SB 1331 (Gaines)
Insurance: intervenors payment
Location: Died in Senate Insurance

INTRO-DUCED
Feb. 20
SENATE COMMITTEES
Insurance 11-0-0, 3-8-0 April 24
SENATE FLOOR
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
ASSEMBLY FLOOR

 

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