California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 879 — Public safety.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 457, Statutes of 2018.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law creates in state government the California State Auditor's Office, and requires that office to, among other things, conduct any audit of a state or local governmental agency or any other publicly created entity that is requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to the extent that funding is available. Existing law requires the auditor to maintain papers or memoranda used to support a completed audit for at least 3 years after the audit report is complete. Existing law generally provides that records held by the auditor are public records subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act, except that the auditor is prohibited from disclosing certain records. Existing law prohibits the auditor, any current or former employee of the office, or other specified persons, from disclosing, in any manner not expressly permitted by law, the particulars of any record, document, or information relating to the office, the disclosure of which is otherwise restricted by law from release to the public. Existing law requires any state or local entity or agency to permit the California State Auditor to access specified documents for any audit or investigation, and provides that the authorized representative of the California State Auditor who is given access to records pursuant to this authorization is subject to any limitations on the release of that information as may apply to any employee or officer of the state or local agency from whom the records were obtained. The California Constitution establishes the Commission on Judicial Performance and authorizes the Commission on Judicial Performance to, among other things, disqualify, suspend, retire, or censure a judge for specified acts of misconduct or disability that interfere with the performance of the judge's duties, and authorizes the commission to establish rules governing confidentiality of complaints to, and investigations by, the commission. This bill would provide that the auditor is prohibited, in accordance with the provisions described above that prohibit the auditor from disclosing certain records obtained as a part of an audit or investigation, from disclosing any paper, correspondence, record, document, or information the disclosure of which is restricted by any constitutional provision, statute, or rule, including a rule adopted by the Commission on Judicial Performance pursuant to the authority described above, from release to the public. The bill would state that the changes made by this bill are declaratory of existing law. (2) Existing law, upon appropriation by the Legislature, requires 100 additional new judges to be provided for and allocated to the various county superior courts pursuant to an appointment schedule that requires 50 of the additional judges to be appointed on or after June 1, 2009. This bill would reduce the total number of judges to be appointed on or after June 1, 2009, to 48 pursuant to the allocation of 2 of the 50 judgeships to the County of Riverside in the 2018 Budget Act. (3) Existing law authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL-FIRE) to grant statewide certification to an individual as an emergency medical responder (EMR) if he or she is a graduate of a specified CAL-FIRE training program, received a letter of recommendation from the Director of CAL-FIRE, and, while participating in the training program, was working toward a high school diploma or its equivalent, unless he or she already earned one. Existing law also authorizes CAL-FIRE to grant a provisional certification as an EMR for a period of up to two 2-year certification cycles, but for no more than 4 years. Existing law requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to promulgate emergency regulations for the process of establishing the certification process pursuant to these provisions. This bill would delete the authority for CAL-FIRE to grant the provisional certification as described above. The bill would require the authority to obtain the approval of the Commission on Emergency Medical Services of the emergency regulations establishing the certification process, pursuant to a specified provision. (4) The Budget Act of 2015 appropriated $17,882,000 from the Peace Officers' Training Fund to allocate to cities, counties, and cities and counties for training expenses of full-time regularly paid employees. This bill would reappropriate $5,247,484 of that amount and extend the period in which the reappropriated funds may be encumbered or expended to June 30, 2019. (5) 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. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 457, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6045.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6787.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Withdrawn from committee.

  9. Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 6286.)

  10. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  11. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  12. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  13. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4931.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. Ordered to second reading.

  16. Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 4865.)

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

  18. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.

  19. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB879 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Chang — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
De León — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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SB 879 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 58000
Democratic 15001
Republican 6000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Burke — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Gray — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Harper — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Not Voting
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading SB879 B. & F.R.

Passed 24 Yea · 11 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 201004
Democratic 4100
Total 241104
% of votes cast 62%28%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Not Voting
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Cannella — Not Voting
Dodd — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Newman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Allen — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Mitchell — Yea
Atkins — Yea
De León — Not Voting
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 879 do?
(1) Existing law creates in state government the California State Auditor's Office, and requires that office to, among other things, conduct any audit of a state or local governmental agency or any other publicly created entity that is requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to the extent that funding is available. Existing law requires the auditor to maintain papers or memoranda used to support a completed audit for at least 3 years after the audit report is complete. Existing law generally provides that records held by the auditor are public records subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act, except that the auditor is prohibited from disclosing certain records. Existing law prohibits the auditor, any current or former employee of the office, or other specified persons, from disclosing, in any manner not expressly permitted by law, the particulars of any record, document, or information relating to the office, the disclosure of which is otherwise restricted by law from release to the public. Existing law requires any state or local entity or agency to permit the California State Auditor to access specified documents for any audit or investigation, and provides that the authorized representative of the California State Auditor who is given access to records pursuant to this authorization is subject to any limitations on the release of that information as may apply to any employee or officer of the state or local agency from whom the records were obtained. The California Constitution establishes the Commission on Judicial Performance and authorizes the Commission on Judicial Performance to, among other things, disqualify, suspend, retire, or censure a judge for specified acts of misconduct or disability that interfere with the performance of the judge's duties, and authorizes the commission to establish rules governing confidentiality of complaints to, and investigations by, the commission. This bill would provide that the auditor is prohibited, in accordance with the provisions described above that prohibit the auditor from disclosing certain records obtained as a part of an audit or investigation, from disclosing any paper, correspondence, record, document, or information the disclosure of which is restricted by any constitutional provision, statute, or rule, including a rule adopted by the Commission on Judicial Performance pursuant to the authority described above, from release to the public. The bill would state that the changes made by this bill are declaratory of existing law. (2) Existing law, upon appropriation by the Legislature, requires 100 additional new judges to be provided for and allocated to the various county superior courts pursuant to an appointment schedule that requires 50 of the additional judges to be appointed on or after June 1, 2009. This bill would reduce the total number of judges to be appointed on or after June 1, 2009, to 48 pursuant to the allocation of 2 of the 50 judgeships to the County of Riverside in the 2018 Budget Act. (3) Existing law authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL-FIRE) to grant statewide certification to an individual as an emergency medical responder (EMR) if he or she is a graduate of a specified CAL-FIRE training program, received a letter of recommendation from the Director of CAL-FIRE, and, while participating in the training program, was working toward a high school diploma or its equivalent, unless he or she already earned one. Existing law also authorizes CAL-FIRE to grant a provisional certification as an EMR for a period of up to two 2-year certification cycles, but for no more than 4 years. Existing law requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to promulgate emergency regulations for the process of establishing the certification process pursuant to these provisions. This bill would delete the authority for CAL-FIRE to grant the provisional certification as described above. The bill would require the authority to obtain the approval of the Commission on Emergency Medical Services of the emergency regulations establishing the certification process, pursuant to a specified provision. (4) The Budget Act of 2015 appropriated $17,882,000 from the Peace Officers' Training Fund to allocate to cities, counties, and cities and counties for training expenses of full-time regularly paid employees. This bill would reappropriate $5,247,484 of that amount and extend the period in which the reappropriated funds may be encumbered or expended to June 30, 2019. (5) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors SB 879?
SB 879 is sponsored by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
What is the current status of SB 879?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2018. Enacted.
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