California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 127 — State government.

Last action — Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

(1) The Gambling Control Act, among other things, generally requires a person to be licensed by the California Gambling Control Commission to participate in operation of a controlled game. The act requires the commission to deny a license to an applicant who has been convicted of a felony, including a conviction by a federal court or a court in another state for a crime that would constitute a felony if committed in California. This bill would except from the requirement to deny a license a conviction of a felony for the possession of cannabis, the facts of which would not constitute a felony or misdemeanor under California law on the date the application for a license is submitted. (2) Existing law ratifies, approves, and sets forth the provisions of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, an interstate agreement that provides for mutual assistance between states responding to emergencies and disasters. The compact becomes inoperative on March 1, 2018, and as of January 1, 2019, is repealed. This bill instead would make the compact inoperative on March 1, 2023, and repeal it on January 1, 2024. (3) Existing law requires each public employer, as defined, to provide the exclusive representative mandatory access to its new employee orientations, and requires the parties, upon request of the employer or the exclusive representative, to negotiate regarding the structure, time, and manner of the access of the exclusive representative to a new employee orientation. Existing law provides that if any dispute has not been resolved within 45 days after the first meeting of the parties, or within 60 days after the initial request to negotiate, whichever comes first, either party may make a demand for compulsory interest arbitration. Existing law requires the arbitrator selection process to commence no later than 14 days prior to the negotiation period. This bill would instead require the arbitrator selection process to commence within 14 days of a party's demand for compulsory interest arbitration. The bill would also require the party demanding compulsory interest arbitration to be responsible for requesting a panel of arbitrators from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service. (4) Existing law requires compulsory interest arbitration to commence either on the arbitrator's earliest available date or any other date to which the parties agree, and to be completed within not less than 30 days. This bill would instead require interest arbitration to be completed within 30 days. (5) Existing law prohibits a city or county or local law enforcement agency from, on or after June 15, 2017, entering into a contract with the federal government or any federal agency to house or detain an adult noncitizen in a locked detention facility for purposes of civil immigration custody. This bill would revise the reference to locked detention facilities as being those facilities owned and operated by a local entity. (6) Existing law authorizes the Board of State and Community Corrections or the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the State Public Works Board, and a participating county, as defined, to acquire, design, and construct an adult local criminal justice facility, as defined, and provides funding for those purposes. Existing regulations of the Board of State and Community Corrections specify the number of visits that inmates held in certain types of correctional facilities are required to be provided. Existing law requires that specified conditional funding to a participating county for the construction or renovation of a local jail facility or adult local criminal justice facility be used to construct or renovate a facility that meets or surpasses the minimum number of weekly visits as specified in regulations through the use of in-person visitation space. This bill would make technical, clarifying changes to these provisions. (7) The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 authorizes the formation of retirement systems pursuant to its provisions for the purpose of providing benefits to employees of counties, cities, and districts and prescribes conditions for service after retirement. The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) establishes various limits on retirement benefits generally applicable to specified public employee retirement systems in the state and, among other things, prescribes limits on service after retirement without reinstatement. The Public Employees' Retirement System permits a retired person to serve as an elective officer without reinstatement from retirement, provided that any portion of his or her retirement allowance based on service in that elective office is suspended during incumbency, which provisions prevail over those of PEPRA. This bill, for the purposes of a retirement system formed under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, would permit a retired person to serve as an elective officer without reinstatement from retirement or loss or interruption of benefits, provided that his or her retirement allowance is suspended to the extent that it is based on service in that elective office. (8) Existing law establishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and requires the office to foster, promote, and develop ways and means of protecting life and property against fire and panic. This bill would require the State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to prepare and adopt regulations establishing minimum standards for the prevention of fire and for the protection of life and property against fire in any building or structure used or intended for use as a community correctional reentry facility, as specified. The bill would also require these standards and regulations to address buildings and structures that provide residential housing for parolees under contract with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (9) Existing law prohibits a local detention facility, as defined, that provided in-person visitation as of January 1, 2017, from converting to only video visitation. Existing law prohibits a local detention facility from charging for visitation when visitors are onsite and participating in either in-person or video visitation. Existing law requires a local detention facility that does not offer in-person visitation to provide the first hour of remote video visitation each week free of charge. This bill would provide that a local detention facility is required to offer the first hour of remote video visitation each week free of charge if that facility offers remote video visitation. (10) Existing law prohibits a person who has an outstanding warrant for a felony from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm. A violation of this prohibition is punishable as a felony. Existing law also prohibits a person who has an outstanding warrant for certain misdemeanors from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm. A violation of this prohibition would be a crime, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison, by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine. This bill would provide that these provisions shall not apply to or affect a person who otherwise violates those provisions if the person did not have knowledge of the outstanding warrant. (11) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission is authorized to supervise and regulate every public utility in the state. The act requires the commission, no later than July 1, 2017, to open a preceding to determine the feasibility of minimizing or eliminating the use of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility located in the County of Los Angeles while still maintaining energy and electric reliability for the region. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. This bill would instead require the commission, no later than January 31, 2018, to open a proceeding or rescope an existing proceeding to eliminate the use of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility as soon as feasible but no later than January 1, 2028, as provided. The bill would require the commission to evaluate various scenarios and would require the commission to pursue the scenario that most quickly eliminates the use of the facility while ensuring safety, reliability, and just and reasonable rates in the region. The act requires the commission to direct the operator of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility to provide all information that the commission deems necessary for the commission to determine the range of working gas necessary to ensure safety and reliability for the region, and just and reasonable rates in California, as provided. The act repeals these provisions on January 1, 2021. This bill would extend the operation of this provision indefinitely. The provisions of this bill are part of the act and an order or other action of the commission is required to implement certain of the provisions. Because a violation of the bill's provisions or of an order or decision of the commission would be a crime, by extending this authority of the commission indefinitely and requiring the commission to order an end to the use of a gas storage facility, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program by expanding a crime. (12) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (13) This bill would appropriate $2,625,000 in reimbursement authority to the General Fund to the Office of Emergency Services to reimburse local fire departments for activities related to the October 2016 Little Valley Fire. (14) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  2. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Mitchell.

  3. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  4. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (September 13).

  5. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  6. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  7. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2664.)

  8. Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2664.)

  9. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  10. Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2293.)

  11. Referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  12. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  13. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 25. Page 1606.)

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. Ordered to second reading.

  16. Withdrawn from committee.

  17. Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 1511.)

  18. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  19. From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.

  20. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget · Primary

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 127 do?
(1) The Gambling Control Act, among other things, generally requires a person to be licensed by the California Gambling Control Commission to participate in operation of a controlled game. The act requires the commission to deny a license to an applicant who has been convicted of a felony, including a conviction by a federal court or a court in another state for a crime that would constitute a felony if committed in California. This bill would except from the requirement to deny a license a conviction of a felony for the possession of cannabis, the facts of which would not constitute a felony or misdemeanor under California law on the date the application for a license is submitted. (2) Existing law ratifies, approves, and sets forth the provisions of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, an interstate agreement that provides for mutual assistance between states responding to emergencies and disasters. The compact becomes inoperative on March 1, 2018, and as of January 1, 2019, is repealed. This bill instead would make the compact inoperative on March 1, 2023, and repeal it on January 1, 2024. (3) Existing law requires each public employer, as defined, to provide the exclusive representative mandatory access to its new employee orientations, and requires the parties, upon request of the employer or the exclusive representative, to negotiate regarding the structure, time, and manner of the access of the exclusive representative to a new employee orientation. Existing law provides that if any dispute has not been resolved within 45 days after the first meeting of the parties, or within 60 days after the initial request to negotiate, whichever comes first, either party may make a demand for compulsory interest arbitration. Existing law requires the arbitrator selection process to commence no later than 14 days prior to the negotiation period. This bill would instead require the arbitrator selection process to commence within 14 days of a party's demand for compulsory interest arbitration. The bill would also require the party demanding compulsory interest arbitration to be responsible for requesting a panel of arbitrators from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service. (4) Existing law requires compulsory interest arbitration to commence either on the arbitrator's earliest available date or any other date to which the parties agree, and to be completed within not less than 30 days. This bill would instead require interest arbitration to be completed within 30 days. (5) Existing law prohibits a city or county or local law enforcement agency from, on or after June 15, 2017, entering into a contract with the federal government or any federal agency to house or detain an adult noncitizen in a locked detention facility for purposes of civil immigration custody. This bill would revise the reference to locked detention facilities as being those facilities owned and operated by a local entity. (6) Existing law authorizes the Board of State and Community Corrections or the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the State Public Works Board, and a participating county, as defined, to acquire, design, and construct an adult local criminal justice facility, as defined, and provides funding for those purposes. Existing regulations of the Board of State and Community Corrections specify the number of visits that inmates held in certain types of correctional facilities are required to be provided. Existing law requires that specified conditional funding to a participating county for the construction or renovation of a local jail facility or adult local criminal justice facility be used to construct or renovate a facility that meets or surpasses the minimum number of weekly visits as specified in regulations through the use of in-person visitation space. This bill would make technical, clarifying changes to these provisions. (7) The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 authorizes the formation of retirement systems pursuant to its provisions for the purpose of providing benefits to employees of counties, cities, and districts and prescribes conditions for service after retirement. The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) establishes various limits on retirement benefits generally applicable to specified public employee retirement systems in the state and, among other things, prescribes limits on service after retirement without reinstatement. The Public Employees' Retirement System permits a retired person to serve as an elective officer without reinstatement from retirement, provided that any portion of his or her retirement allowance based on service in that elective office is suspended during incumbency, which provisions prevail over those of PEPRA. This bill, for the purposes of a retirement system formed under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, would permit a retired person to serve as an elective officer without reinstatement from retirement or loss or interruption of benefits, provided that his or her retirement allowance is suspended to the extent that it is based on service in that elective office. (8) Existing law establishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and requires the office to foster, promote, and develop ways and means of protecting life and property against fire and panic. This bill would require the State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to prepare and adopt regulations establishing minimum standards for the prevention of fire and for the protection of life and property against fire in any building or structure used or intended for use as a community correctional reentry facility, as specified. The bill would also require these standards and regulations to address buildings and structures that provide residential housing for parolees under contract with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (9) Existing law prohibits a local detention facility, as defined, that provided in-person visitation as of January 1, 2017, from converting to only video visitation. Existing law prohibits a local detention facility from charging for visitation when visitors are onsite and participating in either in-person or video visitation. Existing law requires a local detention facility that does not offer in-person visitation to provide the first hour of remote video visitation each week free of charge. This bill would provide that a local detention facility is required to offer the first hour of remote video visitation each week free of charge if that facility offers remote video visitation. (10) Existing law prohibits a person who has an outstanding warrant for a felony from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm. A violation of this prohibition is punishable as a felony. Existing law also prohibits a person who has an outstanding warrant for certain misdemeanors from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm. A violation of this prohibition would be a crime, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison, by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine. This bill would provide that these provisions shall not apply to or affect a person who otherwise violates those provisions if the person did not have knowledge of the outstanding warrant. (11) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission is authorized to supervise and regulate every public utility in the state. The act requires the commission, no later than July 1, 2017, to open a preceding to determine the feasibility of minimizing or eliminating the use of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility located in the County of Los Angeles while still maintaining energy and electric reliability for the region. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. This bill would instead require the commission, no later than January 31, 2018, to open a proceeding or rescope an existing proceeding to eliminate the use of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility as soon as feasible but no later than January 1, 2028, as provided. The bill would require the commission to evaluate various scenarios and would require the commission to pursue the scenario that most quickly eliminates the use of the facility while ensuring safety, reliability, and just and reasonable rates in the region. The act requires the commission to direct the operator of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility to provide all information that the commission deems necessary for the commission to determine the range of working gas necessary to ensure safety and reliability for the region, and just and reasonable rates in California, as provided. The act repeals these provisions on January 1, 2021. This bill would extend the operation of this provision indefinitely. The provisions of this bill are part of the act and an order or other action of the commission is required to implement certain of the provisions. Because a violation of the bill's provisions or of an order or decision of the commission would be a crime, by extending this authority of the commission indefinitely and requiring the commission to order an end to the use of a gas storage facility, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program by expanding a crime. (12) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (13) This bill would appropriate $2,625,000 in reimbursement authority to the General Fund to the Office of Emergency Services to reimburse local fire departments for activities related to the October 2016 Little Valley Fire. (14) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors AB 127?
AB 127 is sponsored by Committee on Budget.
What is the current status of AB 127?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 127?
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