California Bills the CDA is Following

CDA Positions on State Legislation

Thanks to CDA’s Legislative Committee, we are making our voice heard on many issues affecting you, including:

Opposed Job Killer Legislation

• AB 524 (Wicks; D-Oakland): Exposes employers to costly litigation under the Fair Employment and Housing Act by asserting that any adverse employment action was in relation to the employee’s family caregiver status, which is broadly defined to include any employee who contributes to the care of any person of their choosing, and creates a de facto accommodation requirement that will burden small businesses. In Senate Appropriations Suspense.
• SB 365 (Wiener; D-San Francisco): Discriminates against use of arbitration agreements by requiring trial courts to continue trial proceedings during any appeal regarding the denial of a motion to compel, undermining arbitration and divesting courts of their inherent right to stay proceedings. In Assembly Appropriations Suspense.
• SB 616 (Gonzalez; D-Long Beach): Imposes new costs and leave requirements on employers of all sizes, by more than doubling existing sick leave mandate, which is in addition to all other enacted leave mandates that small employers throughout the state are already struggling with to implement and comply. In Assembly Appropriations Suspense.
• SB 627 (Smallwood-Cuevas; D-Los Angeles): Imposes an onerous and stringent process to hire employees based on seniority alone for nearly every industry, including hospitals, retail, restaurants, and movie theaters, which will delay hiring and eliminates contracts for at-will employment. In Assembly Appropriations Suspense.
• SB 723 (Durazo; D-Los Angeles): Imposes an onerous and stringent process for specific employers to return employees to the workforce for specified industries, including hotels and restaurants that have been disproportionally impacted by this pandemic, and removes guardrails on existing law by making mandate permanent and significantly broadening the applicability of the law. In Assembly Appropriations Suspense.

       General Opposed Bills

• ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry; D-Winters): Overbroad constitutional amendment lowers voter approval threshold from two-thirds to 55% to increase taxes for affordable housing and public infrastructure, thereby providing increased tax authority for every government agency in California—not just cities and counties, but thousands of potentially overlapping special districts. In Assembly Appropriations Suspense.
• SB 253 (Wiener; D-San Francisco): Imposes a mandatory climate tracking, and auditing on climate emissions that will fall heavily on all California businesses, impacting competitiveness and increasing costs. In Assembly Appropriations Suspense.
• SB 261 (Stern; D-Canoga Park): Requires any business with revenues over $500 million annually to prepare a climate financial risk assessment on its holdings including any supply chain assets. In Assembly Appropriations Suspense.
• AB 627 (Jackson) Heavy-duty trucks: grant program: operating requirements.  4/11/23 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• AB 316 (Aguiar-Curry) bill requiring human drivers in AV trucks.. 9/1/23 Passed APPR committee. 9/5/23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
• SB 556, (Gonzalez) Oil and gas wells: health protection zones: civil liability.  5/18/23 APPR hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
• Senate Bill X1-2 (Skinner) the Windfall Profits Penalty (Tax).