Portantino Sends Robust Package of 37 Bills to the Assembly
For Immediate Release: June 1, 2022
Contact: Lerna Shirinian, (818) 409-0400
Portantino Sends Robust Package of 37 Bills to the Assembly
Sacramento, CA – Thirty seven bills authored by State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) passed the State Senate Floor and are now in the Assembly. Education, gun control, and mental and behavioral health continue to be priorities for the Senator.
“It is an honor to represent the 25th State Senate District and send these bills to the Assembly for action,” stated Senator Portantino. “Whether it’s increasing public safety and financial support for our schools, expanding mental health services, making our streets safer by pedestrians and cyclists, tackling affordable housing, or making our health care system more equitable, we still have more work to do. I look forward to working with my colleagues and passing sound public policies that improve the health and safety of all Californians."
SB 15: Provides incentives to cities that convert abandoned retail sites into affordable housing.
SB 45: Directs Cal Recycle to assist local agencies in implementing California organic waste requirements.
SB 230: Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to establish and maintain a dedicated program to help remove chemicals from drinking water.
SB 237: Requires all students in California to be screened for the risk of dyslexia in their early elementary years.
SB 328: Allows flexibility for school districts to use their afterschool funds as a resource for before school and defines what a Rural School district is and authorizes a school district that is subject to start time requirements to offer surf class or club before the start of the school day.
SB 387: Requires the California Department of Education to ensure that 75 percent of classified and certificated employees on school campuses complete an evidence-based behavioral health training program.
SB 457: Creates a rebate program for each person without a car in a household and is aimed at reducing California’s dependence on cars, providing more incentives for walking and bicycling, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
SB 485: Extends the Film and Television Tax Credit 3.0, which authorizes the California Film Commission (CFC) to allocate the motion picture and television production tax credits from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2030.
SB 562: Requires health insurance to cover behavioral health treatment (BHT) for autism.
SB 612: Requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to have electric investor-owned utilities (IOUs) to offer to community choice aggregators (CCAs) and electric service providers (ESPs) an allocation of certain electrical resources paid for through exit fees of the departing load.
SB 673: Creates a task force to ensure proper funding of adult education programs through a review of reporting requirements under the Adult Education Block Grant Program.
SB 748: Creates clear standards for the enforcement of trespassing at private, non-profit universities, a law which currently exists only for public colleges and universities, and public and private K-12 schools.
SB 830: Requires a school funding formula that is based on enrollment rather than attendance and would increase funding for K-12 schools by $3.4 billion.
SB 833: Joint Author with Senator Roth: Extends the sunset date of the Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program at the University of California until January 1, 2027.
SB 851: Strengthens and expands financial support for low-income college students at independent, nonprofit California colleges and universities.
SB 870: Increases the “age of onset” definition of a developmental disability to twenty-two and expands supportive services and programs for those 18-21 who are developmentally disabled.
SB 906: Prioritizes student and campus safety by promoting safe at-home storage of firearms and quick, robust investigations of imminent violent school threats.
SB 918: Updates recent firearms legislation to correct cross references.
SB 932: Prioritizes pedestrian and cyclist safety by requiring California cities to take concrete steps to reduce traffic collisions and fatalities.
SB 941: Seeks to address teacher shortages and improve student learning environments by authorizing school districts to locally determine inter-district collaboration for courses related to STEM and dual language immersion.
SB 958: Joint Author with Senator Limon: The Medication and Safety Act of 2022 would establish a framework for how a health plan or health insurer, or its designee, can dispense cancer drugs directly to a patient.
SB 959: Looks to allow specified surplus property in the City of South Pasadena to be offered for sale to specified tenants at the 2016 appraised value.
SB 974: Expands health care coverage for diagnostic breast imaging following an abnormal mammography.
SB 986: Joint Author with Senator Umberg: Reduces catalytic converter theft by requiring dealers to apply a vehicle identification number (VIN) to the catalytic converter of each vehicle listed for sale.
SB 987: The California Cancer Care Equity Act addresses significant disparities in cancer patient access by expanding Medi-Cal patient eligibility for necessary clinical expertise and resources.
SB 1002: Addresses the shortage of behavioral and mental health professionals in the worker’s compensation system.
SB 1016: Requires fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) to be included under the “other health impairment” definition for Individual Education Plans (IEPs). The bill also expands eligibility for students with FASD to receive the special education and related services they deserve and need.
SB 1067: Restricts parking minimums within close proximity to public transit and is aimed at reducing California’s dependence on cars, providing more incentives for walking and bicycling, and helping counteract housing affordability problems by cutting costs for tenants and developers.
SB 1079: Authorizes cities to use sound-activated enforcement devices to capture vehicle noise levels that exceed legal limits.
SB 1116: Establishes the Equitable Payroll Fund (EPF), a grant program designed to support live performances – and workers directly – by providing substantial reimbursements of payroll expenses.
SB 1136: Clarifies and streamlines the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process to help meet climate goals faster by eliminating unnecessary layers of environmental review for specific projects without compromising necessary environmental review.
SB 1177: Creates a regional affordable housing trust fund that would be administered by a joint powers authority (JPA) comprised of the cities of Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena.
SB 1207: Improves maternal mental health support by providing women with outreach services, education, and access to mental health treatment.
SB 1255: Seeks to reduce waste in K–12 schools and community colleges by establishing a dishwasher grant program.
SB 1302: Provide grants to high schools to establish or improve wellness and mental health support centers on campus.
SB 1327: Joint Author with Senator Hertzberg: Allows private citizens to sue anyone who manufactures, distributes, transports, imports, or sells assault weapons, .50 BMG rifles, ghost guns, or ghost gun kits in California.
SB 1457: Joint Author with Senator Hertzberg: Enacts the California Family Home Construction and Homeownership Bond Act of 2022, which authorizes the issuance of $25 billion in general obligation bonds, upon approval by voters at the next statewide general election to help first-time homebuyers.
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