Existing law establishes the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation, under the direction of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, who is required to supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells, as provided. Existing law divides the state into districts and requires the supervisor to appoint one chief deputy for each of the districts. Existing law requires the chief deputy to be a competent engineer or geologist and experienced in the development and production of oil and gas. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the law requiring the chief deputy to be a competent engineer or geologist and experienced in the development and production of oil and gas.
Former law, until July 1, 2023, established the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, with a Special Consideration for African Americans Who are Descendants of Persons Enslaved in the United States. Former law required the task force to, among other things, identify, compile, and synthesize the relevant corpus of evidentiary documentation of the institution of slavery that existed within the United States and the colonies, as specified, and to recommend the form of compensation that should be awarded, the instrumentalities through which it should be awarded, and who should be eligible for this compensation. This bill would establish the California American Freedmen Affairs Division as a division within the Secretary of State's office. The bill would specify that the purpose of the division is to verify a resident's status as an American Freedman, as defined, and create and maintain an accurate database registry of American Freedmen residents. This bill would require the division to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, implement the provisions of this bill, including establishing, by July 1, 2028, the American Freedmen Genealogy Office within the division to verify a resident's status as an American Freedman and establishing the Office of Freedmen Legal Affairs to conduct and manage its legal affairs. The bill would require the division to, among other things, develop a mission statement and strategic plan for the division, and a matrix and metrics of success for the offices of the division. This bill would require, commencing January 1, 2029, and every 3 years thereafter, the division to submit a report to the Legislature on its activities and performance. The bill would also require, commencing January 1, 2030, and every 5 years thereafter, through the California State Auditor, the Legislature to request performance and financial audits of the division and make recommendations for improvement or corrective legislation. This bill would prohibit personal information of American Freedmen residents obtained under these provisions from being shared outside the division, except as necessary to fulfill the division's purposes. The bill would also require interagency sharing of personal information about American Freedmen residents to be limited to demographics only, except as necessary to fulfill the division's purposes. The bill would prohibit the division from using any division resources, including, but not limited to, division funds, personnel, and infrastructure, to directly or indirectly participate or assist in law enforcement activity. Existing law prohibits a state agency, with certain exceptions, from employing any in-house counsel to act on behalf of the state agency or its employees in any judicial or administrative adjudicative proceeding in which the agency is interested, or is a party as a result of office or official duties, or contracting with outside counsel for any purpose, without the consent of the Attorney General. This bill would exempt the division from those prohibitions. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
Existing law provides that all property has an owner, whether that owner is the state, and the property is public, or the owner is an individual, and the property is private. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. Pursuant to existing law, health care granted under the Medi-Cal program is subject to laws amending, repealing, or supplementing provisions affecting the Medi-Cal program, and subject to the rules and regulations of the department. Existing law provides that an individual receiving health care from the Medi-Cal program does not have a claim for compensation or otherwise because their service is affected by those changes. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Existing law, the Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2025, imposes various requirements upon short-term rental facilitators, as defined. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision that names this Act.
Existing law requires the state point of contact for the United States Trade Representative, within the executive branch, to perform specified duties regarding the effect of federal trade policy on the state. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the provisions described above relating to the duties of the state point of contact.
Existing law, the Model State Trademark Law, provides for the registration of trademarks and service marks with the Secretary of State. Existing law requires the secretary to cancel from the register, in whole or in part, specified registrations, including, among others, any registration with regard to which a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the mark is or has become the generic name for the goods and services, or a portion thereof, for which it has been registered. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, which consists of various departments and state entities, including the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation. Existing law provides various sources of revenue for transportation projects undertaken by state and local agencies. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to transportation.
Existing law sets forth the purposes of certain provisions governing pest control operations. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those purposes.
Existing law establishes the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, administered by the State Department of Social Services and counties, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the In-Home Supportive Services program.
Existing law requires the governing board of a community college district to employ persons for positions that are not academic positions in what is known as the classified service. Existing law establishes procedures through which a community college district may adopt a merit system with respect to its classified employees. Existing law requires a community college district that has a merit system to appoint a personnel commission to prescribe, amend, and interpret rules regarding the merit system. Existing law requires the governing board of a community college district, including a district that has adopted a merit system, to fix and prescribe the duties to be performed by all persons in the classified service and other nonacademic positions of the community college district, except those persons employed as part of a personnel commission's staff. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the requirement that the governing board of a community college district fix and prescribe the duties to be performed by all persons in the classified service and other nonacademic positions.
Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health Care Access and Information, a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals. Existing law requires the department to review and approve seismic evaluation reports, compliance schedules, and construction documents, as specified, for the purposes of the act. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision.
