2022 Legislative Package
As of July 1, the legislature adjourned for summer recess and will not reconvene until August 1, 2022. At this point of the legislative process, bills are moving through the second house, being interrogated and amended in policy committees. Once the legislature reconvenes in August and passes the bills through all the appropriate committees, the bills will be reintroduced to their respective floors; some will move to their house floor of origin to concur on amendments, then a final floor vote before going to the governor.
Below is an updated list of Advancement Project California’s Legislative Package, made up of our Sponsored and Priority Bills the organization support.
Sponsored Legislation – (AP is taking a leadership role and working directly with the member’s office to see the bill move through the legislative process)
AB 2832 (Rivas, R) – Whole Child Community Equity.
Create a new screening tool to identify the areas of highest need of increased early care and education (ECE) resources due to racial and economic inequities. Read the bill text here.
Status: Passed Senate Education and referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on 6/30/22 (6-0-1). The next hearing date will be 8/1/22.
Establishes the Office of Racial Equity (ORE), governed by a Racial Equity Advisory and Accountability Council (REAAC), to develop a statewide Racial Equity Framework in consultation with state agencies. Read the bill text here.
Status: Passed Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review on 6/30/21 (5-0-2) and re-referred to the Appropriations Committee, to the Suspense File.
Priority Legislation – (AP is publicly supporting and advocating for the bill through the legislative process)
AB 256 (Kalra) – Criminal procedure: discrimination.
Prohibits the state from seeking or obtaining a criminal conviction or imposing a sentence based on race, ethnicity, or national origin.
Status: Currently in the Senate Appropriations committee but placed on suspense file (7-0-0).
Makes a child under five years of age in the Medi-Cal program, the Medi-Cal Access for Infants Program (MCAIP), and the County Children’s Health Initiative Matching Program (CCHIP) continuously eligible for Medi-Cal, including without regard to income until the child reaches five years of age.
Status: Passed Senate Health committee and re-referred to Appropriations committee on 6/27/22 (8-0-3). Next hearing date will be 8/1/22.
Establishes the Data Aggregator and Repository Agency (DARA), a uniform system for collecting and reporting state and local prosecutorial data in the Department of Justice.
Status: Passed Senate Public Safety committee and referred to Appropriations committee on 6/28/22 (4-0-1). The next hearing date will be 8/1/22.
Establishes the Justice40 Oversight Committee to track the use of federal funds, develop additional labor, climate, and equity standards for the State, and make recommendations for infrastructure projects in disadvantaged and low-income communities in California.
Status: Passed Senate Governmental Organizations committee and referred to Appropriations committee on 6/29/22 (9-3-3). The next hearing date will be 8/1/22.
Allows the suspension of the cannabis cultivation tax while protecting funding dedicated to youth services primarily targeted to low-income children and children of color and would increase the excise tax to make up for the reduction in tax funding.
Status: Referred to Business and Professional as well as Revenue and Taxation Committees on 3/24/22. The hearing was postponed by these committees twice: 4/4/22 and 4/26/22.
Authorizes $15 billion for the construction and modernization of public preschool, K-12, community college, University of California (UC), and California State University (CSU) facilities to be placed on the ballot for statewide elections in 2022.
Status: Referred to Assembly Committees on Education and Higher Education on 6/10/21 (31-5-4).
Creates a new back-end automated voter registration (AVR) system for registering voters at the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
Status: Re-Referred to Senate Committee of Elections. The hearing on 6/30/21 was canceled at the request of the bill author. (Dead)
Eliminates the mandatory requirement that schools notify law enforcement of student behavior categorized as an assault or minor possession of cannabis or alcohol and protect students from unnecessary contact with the criminal justice system.
Status: Passed in the Assembly Safety Committee on 6/28/22 (5-2-0). Re-referred to the Assembly Committee on Education. The hearing was canceled on 6/29/2022. (Dead)