The Commission supported 92 pieces of legislation in 15 different topic areas during the 1993-1994 legislative session. In some cases, the bills were outgrowths of recent studies conducted by the Commission. But in other cases, Commission backing for measures was based on recommendations from reports that are still relevant today despite being issued up to 10 years ago.
Commission support had to be withdrawn from five bills when amendments made them no longer compatible with Commission recommendations. Of the remaining 87, 44 were signed into law for a success rate of 51 percent. The Commission was most successful with bills on the adult criminal justice system, state procurement functions and Workers’ Compensation. The Commission had moderate success with bills on revenue collection, elder care, education and children’s services. No progress was made on transportation, recycling and the State’s property management.
Auditor General
AB 5 (Brown)
Summary: Creates the Bureau of State Audits under the direction of the Little Hoover Commission and headed by the State Auditor.
Final Action: Merged into SB 37.
AB 24 (Campbell)
Summary: Creates the Office of the Auditor General.
Final Action: Merged into SB 37.
SB 37 (Maddy-Roberti)
Summary: Creates the Bureau of State Audits under the direction of the Little Hoover Commission and headed by the State Auditor.
Final Action: Chapter 12, 1993.
Children’s Services
AB 403 (Campbell)
Summary: Foster child’s relative’s income to determine AFDC for Foster Care.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 464 (Moore)
Summary: Extends time period to search for racial/ethnic match before placing foster child.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 776 (Hannigan)
Summary: Seeks to increase funding for family preservation services and expands the class of eligible children.
Final Action: Chapter 1006, 1993.
AB 1576 (Polanco)
Summary: Requires every pupil receive two years of preschool as an investment now to save later costs for remedial education, welfare and crime.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 2129 (Bates)
Summary: Requires home interviews prior to licensing of foster homes or placement of child in license-pending home.
Final Action: Chapter 1089, 1993.
SB 270 (Russell)
Summary: Courts removing children from parental custody and not placing with relative must state reason.
Final Action: Chapter 451, 1993.
SB 1036 (Thompson)
Summary: Requires all applicants for a foster family home license to attend training classes prior to licensure and require continuing education for existing licensed foster families.
Final Action: Vetoed.
Corrections
AB 113 (Katz)
Summary: Originally, limited work-credits for persons sentenced to state prison who have previously served a prison term for specified violent felonies.
Final Action: Concept included in AB 2716.
AB 2716 (Katz)
Summary: Limits work-time credits for repeat violent offenders.
Final Action: Chapter 713, 1994.
AB 2745 (Lee)
Summary: Originally, re-established rehabilitation as a purpose of imprisonment. Amendment removed rehabilitation concept.
Final Action: Commission support withdrawn.
AB 2912 (Murray)
Summary: Prison education package: Creates a deputy director of education, bars prisoners from working until they are literate, sets outcome-based goals for Prisoner Literacy Act.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 2944 (Vasconcellos)
Summary: Creates Sentencing Commission.
Final Action: Vetoed.
AB 2945 (Vasconcellos)
Summary: Originally, limited work-credits for violent offenders. Amendment removed Commission’s work-credit recommendation.
Final Action: Commission support withdrawn.
AB 3005 (Umberg)
Summary: Suspends worktime credits and re-imposes if parole is violated.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 6X (Katz)
Summary: Limits worktime credits for specified felony offenses.
Final Action: Concept included in AB 2716.
AB 11X (Jones)
Summary: Removes limits from consecutive sentences. Also stipulates that probation shall not be granted or sentences suspenden if there are prior felony convictions.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 20X (Andal)
Summary: Modifies the Inmate Bill of Rights.
Final Action: Concept included in SB 1260.
AB 39X (Polanco)
Summary: Establishes an Inspector General Office outside of the Department of Corrections to conduct investigations.
Final Action: Concept included in SB 1462.
AB 41X (Polanco)
Summary: Boot Camp expansion (alternative sentencing).
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 42X (Polanco)
Summary: Eliminates work-credits for violent offenders.
Final Action: Concept included in AB 2716.
AB 43X (Polanco)
Summary: Creates Sentencing Commission.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 44X (Polanco)
Summary: Suspends worktime credits and re-imposes if parole is violated.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 56X (Conroy)
Summary: Requires mandatory AIDS testing for prisoners.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 65X (Polanco)
Summary: Creates a deputy director of education in the Department of Corrections.
Final Action: Vetoed.
AB 69X (Rainey)
Summary: Originally lengthened the maximum parole violation sentence. Amendment removed Commission’s parole violation recommendation.
Final Action: Commission support withdrawn.
AB 99X (Rainey)
Summary: Allows alternative sentencing for non-violent offfenders.
Final Action: Chapter 41, Ex. Session, 1994.
SB 58 (Lockyer)
Summary: Restructures sentencing system.
Final Action: Died in committee.
SB 530 (Presley)
Summary: Limits worktime credits.
Final Action: Concept included in AB 2716.
SB 1260 (Presley)
Summary: Modifies the Inmate Bill of Rights.
Final Action: Chapter 555, 1994.
SB 1462 (Maddy)
Summary: Establishes an Inspector General Office outside the Department of Corrections to conduct investigations.
Final Action: Chapter 766, 1994.
SB 3X (Lockyer)
Summary: Comprehensive Criminal Justice Act of 1994. Restructures sentencing system.
Final Action: Died on Inactive File.
SB 4X (Kopp)
Summary: Moves all violent criminals into indeterminate sentencing system.
Final Action: Died in committee.
SB 20X (Leonard)
Summary: Reduces work-credit for violent offenders.
Final Action: Concept included in AB 2716.
SB 32X (Kopp)
Summary: Transfer parole authority from California Department of Corrections to Board of Prison Terms.
Final Action: Chapter 53, Ex. Session, 1994.
SB 33X (Quackenbush)
Summary: Suspends worktime credit and re-imposes if parole violated. Amendments removed work credit recommendation and parole authority.
Final Action: Commission support withdrawn.
Education
AB 19 (Quackenbush)
Summary: Permits school districts to admit pupils residing in other school districts.
Final Action: Chapter 160, 1993.
AB 222 (Richter)
Summary: Enables school districts to enter into lease and/or purchase of school facilities not subject to “Field Act” structural standards.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 499 (Goldsmith)
Summary: Eliminates land non-use penalty for districts that do not use state funding for school facilities.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 643 (Eastin)
Summary: Naylor Act modification — a bill to modify restrictions school face when they sell surplus property.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 962 (Bronshvag)
Summary: Creates a Student Information System to keep track of highly transient student population.
Final Action: Vetoed.
AB 967 (Campbell)
Summary: Combines numerous categorical programs into five block grant programs.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 1114 (Alpert)
Summary: Allows parents to choose which schools their children will attend within their school district.
Final Action: Chapter 161, 1993.
AB 1244 (Eastin)
Summary: Expands work-skill training for high school students not going to college and enhances the partnership between schools and business.
Final Action: Vetoed.
AB 1250 (Eastin)
Summary: Establishes a “one-stop” plan checking process to expedite school construction.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 2254 (Areias)
Summary: Requires Building Code “interpretations” to be shared with public.
Final Action: Vetoed.
AB 2580 (Eastin)
Summary: Originally, established a “one-stop” plan checking process to expedite school construction for school construction projects. Amendments removed.
Final Action: Commission support withdrawn.
AB 2583 (Eastin)
Summary: Creates a California Career Curriculum Council.
Final Action: Vetoed.
AB 3633 (Knight)
Summary: English learners education.
Final Action: Died in committee.
SB 311 (Morgan)
Summary: Allows schools to use non-Field Act buildings under certain conditions.
Final Action: Chapter 833, 1993.
SB 1331 (Greene)
Summary: Requires the Department of General Services to develop a proposed centralized tracking system.
Final Action: Vetoed.
Elder Care
AB 1110 (Bustamante)
Summary: Extends experimental project that places IHSS recipients in a managed care system.
Final Action: Chapter 1124, 1994.
AB 2970 (Conroy)
Summary: Requires minimum standards for services to IHSS recipients regardless of the mode of delivery.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 3477 (O’Connell)
Summary: Requires custodians of the elderly to register with the State, be fingerprinted and submit to a background check.
Final Action: Chapter 1246, 1994.
General Government
SB 2036 (McCorquodale)
Summary: Subjects all boards of the Department of Consumer Affairs to periodic legislative review.
Final Action: Chapter 908, 1994.
Health Care
AB 3571 (Margolin)
Summary: Creates a panel to determine which health care procedures are medically necessary and appropriate.
Final Action: Died in committee.
Lottery
AB 1203 (Tucker)
Summary: Requires the California State Lottery be subject to legislative budget review.
Final Action: Died in committee.
Medi-Cal
SB 166 (Rosenthal)
Summary: Shortens the application form for eligibility of certain benefits.
Final Action: Died in committee.
Procurement
AB 340 (Katz)
Summary: Requires contractors to document the use of MBE/WBE/DVBE subcontractors.
Final Action: Chapter 1032, 1993.
AB 649 (Archie/Hudson)
Summary: Does not require minority businesses to meet participating goals when submitting bids.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 679 (Moore)
Summary: Allows company “global plan” to meet MBE/WBE/DVBE requirements.
Final Action: Chapter 772, 1994.
AB 939 (Polanco)
Summary: Strengthens good-faith effort requirements.
Final Action: Vetoed.
AB 1726 (Polanco)
Summary: Sets up alternative bid protest arbitration process.
Final Action: Vetoed.
AB 1727 (Polanco)
Summary: Establishes “best value” as the State’s goal in procurements.
Final Action: Chapter 1106, 1993.
AB 2314 (Polanco)
Summary: Allows recertification of MBE/WBE/DVBEs every two years.
Final Action: Chapter 192, 1993.
ARC 33 (Polanco)
Summary: Gives the Public Procurement Advisory Committee the mission of reorganizing and streamlining procurement statutes.
Final Action: Resolution Chapter 84, 1993.
Property Management
SB 502 (Morgan)
Summary: Gives General Services authority to enter into long-term leases.
Final Action: Died in committee.
SB 831 (Leonard)
Summary: Gives General Services authority to enter into lease-purchase agreements and long-term leasing of state land.
Final Action: Died in committee.
AB 3421 (Areias)
Summary: Expands and revises the current Public Works Board to act as the central administrative organization for the State’s pro-active management of real property.
Final Action: Died in committee.
Recycling
AB 3392 (Sher)
Summary: Improves the coordination of recycling programs administered by Department of Conservation and California Integrated Waste Management Board.
Final Action: Vetoed.
SB 1622 (McCorquodale)
Summary: Abolishes processing fee, handling fee and mandatory convenience zones in the 2020 beverage container program.
Final Action: Died in Committee.
Revenue Collection
AB 15 (Klehs)
Summary: Abolishes the Franchise Tax Board and transfers the function to the State Board of Equalization.
Final Action: Vetoed.
SB 87 (Kopp)
Summary: Abolishes the Franchise Tax Board and the State Board of Equalization and transfers functions to the Department of Revenue.
Final Action: Died in committee.
SB 1838 (Campbell)
Summary: Allows State entities to use private collection agencies to pursue delinquent debt.
Final Action: Chapter 1224, 1994.
Trasnportation
SB 1542 (Kopp)
Summary: Divides the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency into two agencies, thereby creating a separate Transportation Agency.
Final Action: Vetoed.
ACR 14 (Costa)
Summary: Requires preparation of high-speed, intercity ground transportation plan.
Final Action: Died in committee.
Worker’s Compensation
AB 9 (Mountjoy)
Summary: Prohibits physicians, attorneys or injured workers from accepting inducements for referred evaluations or consultations.
Final Action: Concept included in AB 1300.
AB 27 (Hoge)
Summary: Requires clear and convincing evidence that a psychiatric injury was caused by employment.
Final Action: Concept included in AB 119.
AB 110 (Peace)
Summary: Comprehensive bill; includes prohibiting compensation of a psychiatric injury unless employee has been employed at least 6 months.
Final Action: Chapter 121, 1993.
AB 119 (Brulte)
Summary: Prohibits stress claims for “good faith” personnel actions and increases proportion of stress that must be linked to the job.
Final Action: Chapter 118, 1993.
AB 458 (Speier)
Summary: Limits physician self-referrals for evaluation and treatment.
Final Action: Concept included in AB 110.
AB 811 (Tucker)
Summary: Requires that events of employment as the cause of psychiatric injuries be increased from 10 to 50 percent.
Final Action: Concept included in AB 119.
AB 1300 (W. Brown)
Summary: Makes fraud more difficult to perpetrate and easier to prosecute.
Final Action: Chapter 120, 1993.