California Daily Ledger-May 27, 2005

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NEW BILLS INTRODUCED AND AMENDED


AGRICULTURE


PESTICIDE BROKERS

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AB 1011, Barbara Matthews, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would remove provisions specifying that these provisions
do not apply to persons who operate as sellers or distributors of
pesticides that are labeled only for nonagricultural uses

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1001-1050/ab_1011_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



AGRICULTURE

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AB 1061, Committee on Agriculture, Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would create the Analytical Laboratory Account in the Department
of Food and Agriculture Fund, into which all reimbursements collected by the
Secretary of Food and Agriculture for services rendered by the Center
for Analytical Chemistry would be deposited

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1061_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



HYDROGEN FUELS

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SB 250, Campbell, Introduced on May 27, 2005

This bill would add hydrogen fuels to these provisions for use in

internal combustion engines and fuel cells in motor vehicles, require

the department , by January 1, 2008, to initially establish specifications for hydrogen fuels and fuel cells for these purposes.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_250_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



COASTAL RESOURCES

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SB 658, Kuehl, Introduced on May 27, 2005

This bill would establish the Coastal Environment Motor Vehicle Mitigation Program.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_658_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



MARINE FINFISH AQUACULTURE

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SB 768, Simitian, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would prohibit a person from engaging in marine finfish

aquaculture, without a lease from the commission.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0751-0800/sb_768_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



EDUCATION


ASTHMAS MANAEMENT AT SCHOOL

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AB 264, Wilma Chan, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the State Department of Education to
supply each school district and each county office of education with
a copy of the report titled Guidelines for the Management of Asthma
in California Schools.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_264_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



NURSING EDUCATION

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AB 702, Paul Koretz, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would allow the office to provide financial assistance to students
who are seeking a master's or doctorate degree in nursing
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_702_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM

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AB 723, Judy Chu, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require the State Board of Education to integrate instruction
on intergroup relations and tolerance into existing curriculum frameworks
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_723_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



CONTENT STANDARDS

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AB 726, Jackie Goldberg, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the Superintendent to provide the results to the
appropriate policy committees of the Legislature

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_726_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



CHARTER SCHOOL GRANT

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AB 740, Bob Huff, R Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would establish the Charter School Categorical Block Grant to provide
charter schools with funding for general education and disadvantaged
pupil programs that would be in lieu of the funding received by
charter schools pursuant to various categorical programs.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_740_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



COURSES OF STUDY

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AB 741, Jackie Goldberg, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the State Department of Education to submit
Recommendations to the Legislature to ensure that the curriculum of
all pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1-8
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_741_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



FARM TO SCHOOL CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

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AB 826, Pedro Nava, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would establish the California Farm to School Child
Nutrition Improvement Program.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_826_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PROJECT

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AB 950, Joe Coto, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require the State Department of Education to
select 10 applicant school districts to participate in an English
language learner staff development action research project
administered pursuant to this bill in the 2006 -07 school year

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0901-0950/ab_950_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



ADULT EDUCATION

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AB 1057, Hector De La Torre, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require that the exit examination be offered to a
person regularly enrolled in an adult education program, and would
authorize a school district to administer the test on a Saturday, and
other times and locations convenient for a person regularly enrolled
in an adult education program

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1057_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



PUBLIC EDUCATION

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AB 1076, Jerome Horton, D Amended on May 27, 2005

The bill would also require a school district to implement a uniform
complaint process to help identify and resolve deficiences related to
instructional materials, the condition of school facilities that are not maintained
in a clean or safe manner or in good repair, and teacher vacancies or
misassignments

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1076_bill_20050502_amended_asm.html>



PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

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AB 1088, Jenny Oropeza, D Amended on May 27, 2005

The bill would require the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges and the Trustees of the California State
University, and request the Regents of the University of California
to provide on-campus orientations, educational and preventive information
about sexual violence to all incoming students at all campuses of their respective
segments.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1088_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



PUPILS

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AB 1097, Gene Mullin, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would, for purposes of determining the average daily
attendance generated by a pupil enrolled in a history or social
science course required by a school district as a condition of
receiving a high school diploma, deem a pupil serving as a member of
a precinct board for an election to be under the immediate
supervision of the certificated teacher of that history
or social science course.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1097_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS

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AB 1107, Patty Berg, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would establish a priority for apportionments relating to the replacement
or reconditioning of schoolbuses owned by a school district or county office of
education that were manufactured prior to January 1, 1987.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1107_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT

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AB 1110, Nicole Parra, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would enact the School Transportation Block Grant.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1110_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



CONTINUING EDUCATION

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AB 1195, Joe Coto, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require all continuing medical education courses to
include curriculum in the subjects of cultural and linguistic competency
in the practice of medicine
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1195_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



INTERNET CONNECTIVITY

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AB 1228, Lynn Daucher, R Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would establish a high-speed Internet connectivity
Program for the purpose of providing high-speed, high-bandwidth
Internet connectivity to the public schools.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1201-1250/ab_1228_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



STUDENT AID COMMISSION

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AB 1241, Barbara Matthews, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require the Student Aid Commission to make an
annual report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the
Legislature and the Superintendent of Public Instruction including
the number of grade point averages for pupils enrolled in grade 12
submitted by public and private high schools to the commission
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1201-1250/ab_1241_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



PRESCHOOL LEARNING STANDARDS

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AB 1246, Lois Wolk, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require the Superintendent to develop and adopt
preschool learning standards and to develop preschool curriculum
guides in 4 subject areas
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1201-1250/ab_1246_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

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AB 1452, Fabian Nunez, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would add to the act a provision authorizing the University of California
and the California State University to consider race, gender, ethnicity, national
origin, geographic origin, and household income

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1451-1500/ab_1452_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



HIGH SCHOOL FOR FOSTER CHILDREN

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AB 1633, Noreen Evans, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would extend the opportunity to remain in foster care
placement beyond the age of 18 years to a foster child who is
pursuing a high school equivalency certificate

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1633_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



SPECIAL EDUCATION

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AB 1662, Sally Lieber, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would make various revisions generally conforming state
law to federal requirements relating to pupil identification, assessment,
and eligibility; individualized education program development

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1662_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>


COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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AB 23, Carol Liu, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to replace
the program-based distribution of funds to community college
districts with a simple, more equitable method, and to implement,
commencing with the 2009-10 fiscal year, a funding model developed
pursuant to the bill.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_23_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL

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AB 172, Wilma Chan, D Amended on May 26, 2005

The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
convene a committee to develop a plan to coordinate the capacity and
efficiency of the state system of postsecondary education for the
purpose of preparing and training high quality staff in preschool
programs, with certain requirements

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_172_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

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AB 196, Carol Liu, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would specify California's priorities for higher education,
and establish a statewide California Postsecondary Education
Accountability (CPSEA) structure that would assess the progress made
by the state's system of postsecondary education in meeting policy goals
related to educational opportunity, participation, student success, public
benefits, and efficiency
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_196_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



REGISTERED NURSING PROGRAMS

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AB 232, Juan Arambula, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges and the Chancellor of the California State University to
collaborate to adopt prerequisites for registered nurse training programs
that would be accepted by both the California Community Colleges and
the California State University for admission to nursing prelicensure programs.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0201-0250/ab_232_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



SCHOOL FACILITIES

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AB 315, Loni Hancock, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the State Allocation Board to adopt regulations
to ensure that design standards for new school facilities constructed in
whole or in part with state funds are in accordance with the minimum design and
construction criteria, as defined, in the specified Collaborative for
High Performance Schools Best Practices Manual.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0301-0350/ab_315_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



COMMUNITY COLLEGES

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AB 318, Mervyn M. Dymally, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges to increase the growth rate otherwise specified for the district
If that district served more than 102% of the district's enrollment cap,
as defined, during each of the preceding 3 fiscal years

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0301-0350/ab_318_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

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AB 358, Carol Liu, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would express legislative intent that the maximum grant
for Cal Grant recipients at independent institutions be set and
adjusted annually to equal the estimated General Fund cost of
educating a student at the public 4-year institutions.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0351-0400/ab_358_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



PUPIL INSTRUCTION

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AB 390, Joseph Canciamilla, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require that instruction to include the role and contribution
of Italian Americans to the economic, political, and social development of
California and the United States of America, with particular emphasis on portraying
the role of that group in contemporary society
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0351-0400/ab_390_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



SUPPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTION MATERIALS

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AB 401, Hector De La Torre, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to allocate funding to school districts to provide supplementary
instructional materials specifically for English language learners in
kindergarten and grades 1-12 for the purpose of accelerating those
pupils as rapidly as possibly toward grade level proficiency.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0401-0450/ab_401_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



TEACHERS

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AB 420, Shirley Horton, R Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the commission to establish guidelines for alternative
assessments performed by organizations to determine the adequacy of that
preparation in languages for which there is no adequate examination
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0401-0450/ab_420_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



PRINCIPAL TRAINING PROGRAM

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AB 430, Pedro Nava, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would change the name of the program to the
Administrator Training Program.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0401-0450/ab_430_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



COMMUNITY COLLEGES

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AB 473, Carol Liu, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would provide that the $26 per unit per semester student
fee would continue in the 2005-06 academic year
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0451-0500/ab_473_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



SCHOOL FACILITIES

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AB 494, Cindy Montanez, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the board to provide a supplemental grant
for 50% of the replacement cost of a building if a school district
proposes to demolish the building and replace it with a multistory building
for the purpose of increasing pupil capacity, if the school district demonstrates
that the demolition and replacement of the building is a less costly alternative
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0451-0500/ab_494_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



BASIC INSTRUCTION MATERIALS

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AB 564, Betty Karnette, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to create and implement a process to review high school basic
instructional materials, with certain requirements.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0551-0600/ab_564_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



AUTO TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

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AB 566, Rudy Bermudez, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would create the Automotive Career and Technical Education
Account in the fund.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0551-0600/ab_566_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



PUPIL NUTRITION

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569, Bonnie Garcia, R Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the governing board of any school

district or any county office of education to ensure that all food
and beverages sold or served by any organization at any time during
the schoolday is in coordination with the school food service program
to ensure sales do not interfere with the nonprofit food service
programs and increase participation in the National School Lunch
Program.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0551-0600/ab_569_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



ENGLISH LEARNERS

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AB 680, Wilma Chan, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the State Department of Education to monitor adherence
to those provisions as part of its regular coordinated compliance review of public
schools and school districts
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_680_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



PUPIL RETENTION BLOCK GRANT

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AB 682, Betty Karnette, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would provide that funding received in the 2003-04
fiscal year shall, because of circumstances of deferrals and
deficits, include the funding attributable to the 2003-04 fiscal year
regardless of the actual date of receipt.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_682_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



NUTRITION & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CURRICULUM

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AB 689, Pedro Nava, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the state board to adopt content standards in
the curriculum area of health education.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_689_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



BRAILLE STANDARDS

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AB 897, Joe Coto, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the Superintendent to utilize that task force to develop
standards for pupils to learn and to achieve mastery of, the braille mathematics
code as they progress from kindergarten and grades 1-12
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0851-0900/ab_897_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



SURPLUSE SCHOOL PROPERTY

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AB 952, Joe Coto, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would authorize the East Side Union High School District to use
the proceeds from the sale of certain surplus and real property that occurred before
January 1, 2006, for any one-time general fund purpose

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0951-1000/ab_952_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



EDUCATIONAL AGENCY INTERVENTION

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AB 953, Joe Coto, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the Superintendent to remove the management team,
trustee, or school assistance and intervention team from providing services at
all other schoolsites if it fails to assist 2 schools in making significant growth on
the Academic Performance Index 36 months after it is assigned to those
schoolsites.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0951-1000/ab_953_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



PUPIL RETENTION BLOCK GRANTS

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AB 1136, Mervyn M. Dymally, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would remove those programs from the pupil retention block grant,
and delete the inoperative and repeal dates, extending the operation of provisions
relating to those programs indefinitely.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1136_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



SMALLER LEARNING GRANT PROGRAMS

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AB 1177, Wilma Chan, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would establish the Smaller Learning Environment Grant
Program, to be administered by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, to encourage the largest elementary, junior high,
middle, and high schools to create smaller learning environments or
schools within schools.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1177_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



SCHOOL MEALS

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AB 1385, John Laird, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the State Department of Education to create a
computerized data matching system using existing databases from the
State Department of Education and the State Department of Health Services
to directly certify recipients of public assistance programs for enrollment in the
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1351-1400/ab_1385_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

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AB 1609, Carol Liu, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would amend the act to require the school accountability report
card to include assessment of career-technical education data measures
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1609_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



EDUCATION

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AB 1685, Johan Klehs, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would delete the exemption from these provisions for classes and
activities conducted as part of a program in agricultural education.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1685_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>


EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS MONTH
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SB 989, Escutia, Enrolled on May 26, 2005

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the
Legislature hereby proclaims the month of May as Educational Options
Month; and be it further
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sr_13_bill_20050526_enrolled.html



SCHOOL FOOD NUTRITION

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SB 12, Escutia, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would, commencing July 1, 2007, revise those provisions
to include, among other things, portion size restrictions.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_12_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



PHYSICAL EDUCATION

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SB 559, Torlakson, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would define a physical education class as one in which each pupil is required to actively participate.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0551-0600/sb_559_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY

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SB 687, Simitian, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by specifying reporting requirements for the assessment of estimated expenditures per pupil, and would require that assessment of estimated expenditures per pupil include salaries of personnel at the schoolsite.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_687_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



PUPIL HEALTH

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SB 688, Jackie Speier, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to inform county offices of education and school districts as to the
availability of instructional materials relating to skin cancer
prevention, and the manner in which these materials may be obtained.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_688_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



SCHOOL FACILITIES

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SB 711, Dutton, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would remove those conditions and delete the requirement
that a fee be charged to a church or religious organization for the
use of the facilities or grounds to conduct religious services.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0701-0750/sb_711_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



SCHOOL SITE FUNDING

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SB 1053, Scott, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would establish the Local Improvement Program as a pilot

project which would allow up to 10 school districts to apply to the

State Board of Education to participate in the program.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1053_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



SPECIAL EDUCATION

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SB 1073, Simitian, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill in addition, would require that calculation to include children and youth that are 3 to 21 years of age, inclusive, who are clients of the State Department of Developmental Services, residing in a skilled nursing facility or an intermediate care facility in a special education local plan area other than the special education local plan area in which the home of the client is located.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1073_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



EMPLOYMENT



COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

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AB 751, Judy Chu, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would grant employees employed by the county superintendent
in a position for 2 complete consecutive school years permanent employment
status regardless of the average daily attendance of the schools or classes
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_751_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH

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AB 805, Judy Chu, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the Occupational Safety and Health
Standards Board to adopt an occupational safety and health standard
proposed by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health for heat
illness prevention for all employees at risk of heat illness.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_805_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH

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AB 815, Sally Lieber, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the repository to prepare permissible exposure limits for any
hazardous substances for which there is a quantitative risk assessment prepared
or published by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_815_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



CONTRACT EMPLOYEES

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AB 884, Joe Baca, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would prohibit a state agency from employing a primary care physician
as an independent contractor when there is an unfilled, full-time primary
care physician position available within the state agency

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0851-0900/ab_884_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



EMPLOYMENT

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AB 1172, Judy Chu, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would prohibit a telephone corporation from recovering, receiving
or charging back from an employee any part of a commission advance
previously paid to the employee.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1172_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



BARBERING & COSMETOLOGY

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AB 1263, Leland Yee, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the board to adopt regulations that set forth standards
and requirements for the use of pedicure equipment.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1251-1300/ab_1263_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



FINANCE LENDERS

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AB 1419, Nicole Parra, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would specify application requirements for a licensee to
operate at an additional location and would authorize the licensee
to operate at that new location 10 days after the date of mailing the
application.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1401-1450/ab_1419_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM

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AB 1531, Karen Bass, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would permit a pupil to satisfy the English language
arts or mathematics portion of the high school exit examination by
passing an alternative performance assessment offered by his or her
school district if the Superintendent of Public Instruction certifies
that the alternative performance assessment meets certain minimum
requirements.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1501-1550/ab_1531_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



CHILD DAY CARE FACILITIES

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AB 1565, Fran Pavley, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would authorize the state commission to develop a proposal for
creating a statewide voluntary star quality rating system for child day care facilities
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1551-1600/ab_1565_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR CHILD CARE

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AB 1601, John Laird, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require trustline provider registration for persons who are, by
marriage, blood, or court decree, the aunt or uncle of the child in care who
apply to be child care providers

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1601_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

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AB 1643, Dave Jones, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the board to order a study to be conducted
concerning long-term care and that a report on the study be submitted
to the Legislature by March 31, 2008.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1643_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



EMPLOYMENT HEALTH COVERAGE

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AB 89, Jerome Horton, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the department and the board to collaborate to transmit to
the Legislature a report identifying all employers who employ 25 or more persons who
are beneficiaries or who support beneficiaries of these programs.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_89_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



STATE EMPLOYMENT

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AB 276, Joe Baca, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would increase the number of days that such a state employee is
authorized to receive these compensation benefits to a period not to exceed730
days in addition to any time that may be extended by the Governor
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_276_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



STATE EMPLOYMENT

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AB 284, Rudy Bermudez, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the department to establish and adjust salary ranges
for employees in State Bargaining Unit 10

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_284_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



PUBLIC CONTRACTS

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AB 295, Edward Chavez, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require a contractor that provides private security services to
a state agency to notify that state agency of specified actions or investigations
instituted by a governmental agency.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_295_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



LOCKED OUT WORKERS

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AB 391, Paul Koretz, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would allow an otherwise eligible locked-out worker to receive unemployment compensation benefits, even if the worker is locked out as a result of a trade dispute
with the worker's employer.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0351-0400/ab_391_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



PUBLIC CONTRACTS

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AB 524, Wilma Chan, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the department to require from all successful bidders the
completion of a standard form of questionnaire including a complete description
of any or all portions of the contract that will be performed by subcontractors or
employees outside of the United States and the percentage of the entire
contract that the work to be performed outside of the United States represents.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0501-0550/ab_524_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



CREDIT COUNSELORS

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AB 535, Ronald Calderon, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the licensure and regulation by the commissioner
of an agency defined as a nonprofit community service organization meeting
specified requirements, including having consumer education and credit counseling
among its principal functions.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0501-0550/ab_535_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



MARRIAGE BROKERS

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AB 634, Sally Lieber, D Amended on May 26, 2005

The bill would require every international marriage broker
to be licensed by the Department of Consumer Affairs and
prohibit licensure of a broker who has committed certain crimes.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_634_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



ENFORCING OFFICERS

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AB 820, Audra Strickland, R Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would modify the definition of "enforcing officers" and
would specify that enforcing officers are authorized and empowered to
enforce provisions and regulations relating to the importation,
transportation, and sheltering of restricted live animals.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_820_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



DESIGN BUILD CONTRACTORS

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AB 1329, Lois Wolk, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would permit cities in the Counties of Solano and
Yolo , with the approval of the city council, to enter into
specified design-build contracts
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1301-1350/ab_1329_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE

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SB 46, Alarcon, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require, instead, that workers' compensation rates

not be excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_46_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



MEDICAL LEAVE

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SB 300, Kuehl, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would increase the circumstances under which an employee

is entitled to protected leave pursuant to the Family Rights Act.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0251-0300/sb_300_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROGRAMS

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SB 352, Scott, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would establish, within the State Department of

Education, the Chief Business Officer Training Program.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0351-0400/sb_352_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT

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SB 525, Torlakson, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would instead require a refund begin not later than
April 1 of the calendar year in which the member attains the age at
which the Internal Revenue Code requires a distribution of benefits
for the calendar year the member becomes 70 1/2 years of age, or the
calendar year that the member terminates employment.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_525_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

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SB 621, Jackie Speier, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the department to post, in a clear and
conspicuous manner on the department's Web site, each memorandum of
understanding that has been submitted to the Legislature for
determination pursuant to the Ralph C. Dills Act and has been
ratified by the affected union membership, in its entirety.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_621_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



ENVIRONMENT


BALDWIN HILLS CONSERVANCY

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AB 856, Karen Bass, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would increase from 6 to 7 the number of nonvoting
members of the board and add the Director of the Department of
Conservation, or his or her designee, as a nonvoting member.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0851-0900/ab_856_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



AIR POLLUTION

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AB 888, Hector De La Torre, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would authorize the south coast district to establish a railyard
equipment emission reduction program by permitting the south coast district
to adopt regulations requiring the owner or lessee of any heavy-duty motor
vehicle, nonroad engine, or nonroad vehicle to install retrofit controls or
replace existing equipment with clean technologies to reduce emissions of air
contaminants to the maximum extent feasible
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0851-0900/ab_888_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



AIR QUALITY

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AB 1007, Fran Pavley, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the state board to develop and Adopt a state plan to

increase the use of alternative fuels

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1001-1050/ab_1007_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



AIR POLLUTION

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AB 1101, Jenny Oropeza, D Amended on May 27, 2005

The bill would include diesel magnet sources in that industrywide emissions inventory requirement
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1101_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



DRINKING WATER STANDARDS

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AB 1168, Lori Saldana, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the department, when reviewing an application for a water system operating permit for a ground or ocean water desalination project, to identify potential contaminants and sources of contamination and ensure the safety and effectiveness of
treatment processes.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1168_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA

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AB 1200, John Laird, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require the Department of Water Resources to
evaluate the potential impacts on water supplies derived from the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta resulting from subsidence, earthquakes,
floods, and climate change

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1200_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



AIR POLLUTION

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AB 1222, Dave Jones, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would establish the Remote Sensing Pilot Program, and require the
state board to implement a pilot program to determine emissions from
locomotives using wayside remote sensing devices.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1201-1250/ab_1222_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

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AB 1232, Jerome Horton, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require the department to provide the board with a schedule of codes that
consists of the types of organizations that use, generate, store, or conduct activities in this state
related to hazardous materials

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1201-1250/ab_1232_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



AREA WATER TRAIL

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AB 1296, Loni Hancock, D Amended on May 27, 2005
The act would establish the San Francisco Bay Water Trail to link
access to the waters of the San Francisco and San Pablo Bays
that are available for navigation by human-powered boats and beachable
sail craft, and provide for diverse water-accessible overnight accommodations.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1251-1300/ab_1296_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>

TAMARISK PLANT CONTROL
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AB 1466, John Laird, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require the department to develop a program to control or eradicate
Tamarisk plants in the Colorado River watershed within California and another program
to control or eradicate tamarisk plants in the Colorado River watershed generally
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1451-1500/ab_1466_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



RECYCLING OF BEVERAGE CONTAINERS

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AB 1764, Committee on Natural Resources, Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would increase the total amount the department is required to pay in
handling fees to $26,600,000
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1751-1800/ab_1764_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



DISASTER RESPONSE ACT OF 2005

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AB 287, Gloria Negrete McLeod, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would enact the Rapid Disaster Response Act of 2005.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_287_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



CHEMICALS

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AB 289, Wilma Chan, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require each manufacturer of a high production volume chemical
or a reportable chemical for each high production volume chemical and reportable
chemical imported into, or offered for sale in, this state by the manufacturer, to provide the
San Diego Supercomputer Center of the University of California with analytical test methods,
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_289_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



AIR POLLUTION

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AB 386, Sally Lieber, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the State Air Resources Board to develop, and revise as
necessary, the program goals, program design, and program funding to
implement the smog check program.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0351-0400/ab_386_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

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AB 492, Joe Baca, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the business to include, as part of its business
plan and any updates to that business plan, information detailing
the manner in which perchlorate waste generated onsite is
disposed or otherwise handled

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0451-0500/ab_492_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

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SB 989, Committee on Environmental Quality, Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would define the term "bona fide ground tenant," and
would provide that a certified bona fide ground tenant is not subject
to liability under those state laws.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0951-1000/sb_989_bill_20050526_amended_sen.html



PUBLIC RESOURCES

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SB 153, Chesbro, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would enact, for display purposes only, the

California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and

Coastal Protection Act of 2006.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0151-0200/sb_153_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

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SB 354, Escutia, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the Governor to appoint a Task Force on

the Coordination of Site Cleanup Programs.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0351-0400/sb_354_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



ENERGY

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SB 426, Simitian, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the energy commission to make a liquefied

natural gas needs assessment study that assesses demand and

supply for natural gas and alternatives to natural gas to meet energy

demands, and to determine the number of LNG terminals, if any,

needed to meet the state's projected natural gas demand.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_426_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



VEHICULAR SOURCES

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SB 762, Lowenthal, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would establish the Los Angeles-Long Beach Area Regional
Intermodal Port Congestion and Environmental Quality Commission
and the Oakland Area Regional Intermodal Port Congestion and
Environmental Quality Commission.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0751-0800/sb_762_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

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SB 849, Escutia, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require, pursuant to that interagency agreement,

the establishment of the Interagency Office of Environmental Health

Tracking within the department's Division of Environmental and

Occupational Disease Control for the purpose of implementing the

California Health Tracking Program.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0801-0850/sb_849_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



ENERGY RESOURCES

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SB 1003, Escutia, Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would enact the Liquefied Natural Gas Evaluation and

Terminal Permitting Act.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1003_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html



HEALTH CARE


MEDI-CAL

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AB 436, George Plescia, R Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would provide that the maximum reimbursement rate for
speech generating devices and related accessories shall be the same
as that for wheelchairs and wheelchair accessories.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0401-0450/ab_436_bill_20050527_amended_sen.html>



HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

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AB 688, Barbara Matthews, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would provide that certain designated intermediate care
facilities shall not be subject to any universal payment delay for
the purpose of a prepayment review imposed to detect fraud and abuse
and implemented by the department on other Medi-Cal providers in the
2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, and 2007-08 rate years.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_688_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



EMERGENCY CARE

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AB 717, Mike Gordon, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would provide that regarding reimbursement rates Centinela Airport
Clinic shall receive private and government reimbursement rates equivalent to that
of a contiguous emergency department of a general acute care hospital if the clinic
meets 7 conditions.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_717_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

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AB 761, Dave Jones, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require general acute care hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals
and special hospitals, to consider any guidelines developed by relevant professional
associations
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_761_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



HEALTHY KIDS INSURANCE PROGRAM

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AB 772, Wilma Chan, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would create the California Healthy Kids Insurance
Program, which would consist of the portion of the Medi-Cal program
that provides health care coverage to children and the Healthy
Families Program.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_772_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



MEDI-CAL

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AB 779, Hector De La Torre, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the department to implement a state-level automated
procedure to give Medi-Cal providers access to information regarding the
date upon which any annual eligibility redetermination or scheduled status report forms
must be submitted by their patients who are beneficiaries to continue
their eligibility in the Medi-Cal program.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_779_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



SUBSTANCE ABUSE

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AB 858, Karen Bass, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would express the Legislature's intent to fund the Substance Abuse
Treatment Trust Fund each year in the annual Budget Act.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0851-0900/ab_858_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



RADIATION EXPOSURE

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AB 929, Jenny Oropeza, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require the Radiologic Health Branch of the department to
Conduct a study of best practices in New Jersey that have resulted in a
reduction of ionizing radiation exposure from radiation-producing machines
used for medical diagnosis

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0901-0950/ab_929_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



HEALTH CARE REVIEW PROCESS

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AB 977, Pedro Nava, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require a health care service plan and a health Insurer to
apply, respectively, to the Director of the Department of Managed Health
Care and the Insurance Commissioner for approval to market or offer for
sale a plan or policy that includes any deductible, copayment, other out-of-pocket
cost, or limitation on benefits or coverage

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0951-1000/ab_977_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



PAYERS BILL OF RIGHTS

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AB 1045, Dario Frommer, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require each hospital to additionally compile a
list of the average charges for its 25 most common outpatient
procedures and its 25 most common inpatient procedures, as grouped by
Medicare diagnostic-related group (DRG).

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1001-1050/ab_1045_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

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AB 1046, Dario Frommer, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would repeal the limitation on the number of elements
OSHPD may add to each data set.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1001-1050/ab_1046_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



CONTAMINATED PROPERTY

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AB 1078, Rick Keene, R Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would enact the "Methamphetamine Contaminated Property
Cleanup Act of 2005" and define terms

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1078_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



HIV/AIDS

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AB 1142, Mervyn M. Dymally, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would establish a Statewide African-American HIV/AIDS
Initiative to address the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on the
health of African-Americans by coordinating prevention and service
networks around the state and increasing the capacity of core service
providers.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1142_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY

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AB 1360, Loni Hancock, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would define the term "public health priority site" as a hazardous substance
release site that is proposed to be developed or redeveloped for certain residential
or other specified uses the department determines that a hazardous substance

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1351-1400/ab_1360_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES

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AB 1535, Karen Bass, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would require the department to prepare, or contract with an appropriate
research facility to prepare, a report every three years that sets forth expenditures
for the purchase of services and denials of eligibility for the prior three fiscal years
for each regional center aggregated by race and ethnicity of the consumers
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1501-1550/ab_1535_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY

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AB 1648, Fran Pavley, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require the department to establish and implement
the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Education and Research Program.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1648_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



PUPIL HEALTH CARE

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AB 1667, Lori Saldana, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would provide that any individual with exceptional needs any pupil
with a disability and any other pupil who requires specialized physical health
care services, during the regular schoolday, may be assisted by certain specified
individuals.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1667_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



TERMINAL ILLNESS DECISIONS

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AB 1676, Keith Richman, R Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would enact the Advance Directives and Terminal Illness
Decisions Program, which would require the Secretary of State to
work with the State Department of Health Services and the office
of the Attorney General to develop information about end of life care
advance health care directives, and registering the advance health care
directives at the registry.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1676_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



CONDOM DISTRIBUTION

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AB 1677, Paul Koretz, D Amended on May 27, 2005
This bill would require the director to allow any nonprofit or
health care agency to distribute sexual barrier protection devices
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1677_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



HEALTH CARE COVERAGE

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AB 1698, Fabian Nunez, D Amended on May 27, 2005

This bill would prohibit the limiting age for dependent children
covered by these health care service plan contracts and insurance
policies from being less than 26 years of age.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1698_bill_20050527_amended_asm.html>



HEALTH CARE FACILITY PLACEMENT

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AB 10, Lynn Daucher, R Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the department to adopt a statewide uniform
documentation tool for discharge placement or facility placement
evaluation of persons with disabilities and the elderly in compliance with
the standards set forth in the United States Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_10_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



MEDICAL CARE SERVICES

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AB 47, Rebecca Cohn, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would authorize state agencies to enter into specified contracts for
medical services without seeking competitive bids
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_47_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS

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AB 71, Wilma Chan, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would establish the Office of California Drug Safety Watch within the
department and would require the office to establish a central repository of
information about the safety and effectiveness of prescription drugs frequently
advertised on television
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_71_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

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AB 72, Dario Frommer, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would establish the Patient Safety and Drug Review Transparency Act in order to ensure that information regarding clinical trials of prescription drugs is available to the public, physicians, and researchers.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_72_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

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AB 75, Dario Frommer, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would establish the California Rx Plus State Pharmacy
Assistance Program, to be administered by the department.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_75_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



MEDI-CAL

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AB 117, Rebecca Cohn, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the department to prepare a strategic plan, that includes
incorporation of the e-TAR system in use at several field offices into all field
offices and a report on the progress of implementing an expedited TAR short form for emergencies to quickly respond to emergency situations, and to submit this plan
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_117_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



MEDI-CAL

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AB 119, Rebecca Cohn, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would authorize a provider required to enroll under these provisions
to request an expedited review of his or her application by paying a fee in an
amount to be determined by the department.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_119_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



LEAD LEVELS IN CANDY

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AB 121, Juan Vargas, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the department, as a component of the
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 1991, to monitor lead
levels in imported candy sold or distributed in the state to
determine the lead levels contained in the candy.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_121_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



EPHEDRINE & PSEUDOEPHEDRINE

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AB 283, Paul Koretz, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would provide that the dispensing, sale, or distribution
at retail of any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any
detectable quantity of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or any derivative
of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine shall be subject to specified
additional requirements.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_283_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



HEPATITIS C

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AB 296, Gloria Negrete McLeod, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the director to make treatment and testing for hepatitis C
Confidential and at no cost to the inmate and to make available comprehensive
hepatitis C education for all prisoners upon intake examination
or education.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_296_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



PHYSICIAN CORPS LOAN

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AB 327, Hector De La Torre, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the board to assess an applicant a $50 fee
for the issuance and renewal of a physician and surgeon's certificate.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0301-0350/ab_327_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



IMMUNIZATIONS

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AB 576, Lois Wolk, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would allow the patient's or client's physician, local
health departments, and the department to maintain access to this
information for the purpose of patient care or protecting the public
health after the patient or client, or parent or guardian of a
patient or client, refuses the sharing of the information

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0551-0600/ab_576_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



MEDICAL DISASTER MOBILIZATION

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AB 586, Gloria Negrete McLeod, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would authorize the local EMS agency administrator and the local health
officer to jointly appoint a medical/health operational area coordinator and designate the medical/health operational area coordinator as the person responsible for ensuring the development of a medical and health disaster system
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0551-0600/ab_586_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



PHARMACY

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AB 595, Gloria Negrete McLeod, D Amended on May 26, 2005
The bill would define compounding of a prescription drug for the purposes of
the Pharmacy Law and would make other related changes in that regard.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0551-0600/ab_595_bill_20050526_amended_sen.html>



MEDI-CAL

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AB 624, Cindy Montanez, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the department and the board to deem to
have met the income documentation requirements for participation in
the Healthy Families Program and the Medi-Cal program any child who
meets the income eligibility requirements for participation in the
CHDP program and who is preenrolled in the CHDP gateway program.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_624_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



NORCOTIC TREATMENT PROGRAMS

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AB 631, Mark Leno, D Amended on May 26, 2005
This bill would require the department to establish a program for
the operation and regulation of mobile narcotic treatment programs.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_631_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



MEDI-CAL

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AB 651, Lloyd Levine, D Amended on May 26, 2005

This bill would require the department to conduct a Medi-Cal

demonstration to test the efficacy of the chronic care model in providing
a disease management benefit to Medi-Cal beneficiaries, for treating
people with chronic diseases in community-based and public hospital
system primary care settings and would authorize other demonstrations
under the waiver that meet certain requirements.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_651_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



COMPASSIONATE CHOICE ACT

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