AB 134 (Recycled Water Authority) – The bill authorizes the Sacramento County Regional Sanitation District to sell recycled water on the open market. The revenue generated is applied towards the costs of upgrading the facility as mandated by the State.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on September 6, 2011 (Chapter 212, Statutes of 2011).

AB 146 (California Air Resources Board Membership Expansion) – The bill adds one member to the ARB from the Sacramento federal nonattainment area of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, the Placer County Air Pollution Control District, the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, the Feather River Air Quality Management District, and the El Dorado County Air Pollution Control District.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on September 25, 2012 (Chapter 522, Statutes of 2012).

AB 147 (Transportation Mitigation Impact Fees) – The bill allows cities and counties to expand the use of existing transportation mitigation impact fees to add or improve transit facilities such as bus turnouts and stops, bicycle lanes, and/or safe pedestrian paths. Expanding the uses of these existing fees helps cities and counties address the transportation needs that are triggered by new development.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on September 6, 2011 (Chapter 228, Statutes of 2011).

AB 261 (Prescriptive Easement Lawsuits) – The bill clarifies the legal rights of Counties and of property owners in complicated tax lien sale situations.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on September 21, 2011 (Chapter 288, Statutes of 2011).

AB 329 (Sacramento County: Retirement Benefits for New Safety Employees) – The bill authorizes the implementation of a negotiated labor agreement, which, among other provisions, establishes a new lower retirement tier for new county law enforcement employees. Once implemented, the new tier will result in long-term savings for Sacramento County and for the County Sheriffs' Department.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on June 13, 2011 (Chapter 26, Statutes of 2011).

AB 336 (Auto Title Lending Loophole) – The bill was an effort to protect consumers whose economic circumstances lead them to seek loans that are both extremely expensive and are highly risky for the borrower, known as Auto or Car Title Loans. AB 336 would have instituted several consumer protections for borrowers seeking Auto Title loans.
Status: The bill failed passage in the Assembly Banking & Finance Committee.

AB 432 (Sac County Transit Farebox Improvement) – The bill allows the Sacramento Area County of Governments (SACOG) to set a countywide farebox recovery requirement in order to help sustain operations of some of the smaller transit operators in Sacramento County and encourage more environmentally-friendly transit options.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on September 7, 2012 (Chapter 229, Statutes of 2012).

AB 526 (Gang and Youth Violence Reduction and Prevention Programs) – The bill improves the effectiveness and efficiency in the granting of state and federal funds for delinquency and gang intervention and prevention programs.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on September 30, 2012 (Chapter 850, Statutes of 2012).

AB 605 (Environmental Quality: Transportation Impacts) – The bill would have required the Office of Planning and Research to prepare and adopt guidelines, which would establish the percentage reduction in the projected trip generation and vehicle miles traveled for a project.
Status: This bill died in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

AB 622 (Civil Grand Juries) – The bill authorizes any witness before a civil grand jury to have counsel present at the hearing during sworn testimony.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on October 9, 2011 (Chapter 679, Statutes of 2011).

AB 716 (Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT): Passenger Safety Program) – The bill repeals the sunset date for the authorization provided to the Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT) and the Fresno Area Express (FAX) to implement additional transit security measures to curb passenger misconduct and reduce nuisance behavior in specified transit facilities. This bill provides the same authority to the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) on a 3 year pilot- program basis.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on October 7, 2011 (Chapter 534, Statutes of 2011).

AB 823 (Children's Cabinet of California) – The bill would have established the Children's Cabinet of California, which would be co-chaired by the Health and Human Services Agency Secretary and the Superintendent of Public Instruction and would include the heads of agencies and departments that provide services for children. The Cabinet would have served as an advisory board to the Governor and the Legislature on ways to improve cross-agency coordination and the efficient delivery of services to children and their families.
Status: The bill was vetoed by Governor Brown on September 10, 2012.

AB 931 (California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Exemptions for Affordable Infill Housing) - The bill sought to accelerate implementation of SB 375 to facilitate the development of housing and new commercial/industrial "work sites" with the goal of spurring infill development where people live and where they work.
Status: This bill failed passage in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

AB 965 (California Community Colleges: full-time faculty hiring) – The bill would have allowed a percentage of enrollment growth funding to be used for full-time faculty hiring.
Status: The bill died in the Assembly Higher Education Committee.

AB 1005 (Timber Harvest Plan) – The bill would have required applicants to pay for the review of their own timber harvest plan.
Status: The bill was held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

AB 1062 (Arbitration Proceedings) – The bill would have provided parity for all parties when resolving disputes over whether to arbitrate or litigate. The bill was a procedural fix to speed up the judicial process when the court reviews a motion to compel arbitration, thus, ensuring that these motions are speedy and efficient.
Status: The bill failed passage on the Senate floor.

AB 1092 (Infrastructure Infill Reallocation) – The bill would have provided a moderate amount of financial assistance to important affordable housing projects throughout the state.
Status: The bill died in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB 1143 (Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT): Bonding Authority) – The bill clarifies and streamlines RT's existing revenue bond authority to allow the RT Board to directly issue revenue bonds on fare or other existing revenue streams including sales tax revenues. Providing RT with the same funding flexibility as other transit districts helps RT match federal funds and save significantly on financing costs for its light rail expansion projects.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on October 7, 2011 (Chapter 537, Statutes of 2011).

AB 1204 (California Exposition and State Fair: State Fair Leasing Authority) – The bill would have expanded the authority of Cal Expo to run the California Exposition to allow it to address the multiple issues of declining attendance at the State Fair and horse racing, $45 million deferred maintenance, cumbersome governing structure and more.
Status: The bill was held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

AB 1262 (Charter Schools) – The bill would have held charter schools accountable to the same standards as public schools by including charter schools within identification of Persistently Low Performing Schools. The bill would have required a report due on or before July 1, 2016, by the non-partisan Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) on the effectiveness of charter schools compared to public schools.
Status: The bill died in the Assembly Education Committee.

AB 1342 (School Roofing Construction) – The bill would have prevented fraud and abuse in school roofing construction.
Status: The bill died in the Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee.

AB 1431 (Obsolete reports) – The bill deleted specified, obsolete mandated reports from statute and from the Legislative Counsel list of mandated reports.
Status: The bill died in the Senate Rules Committee.

AB 1435 (Coaches Sexual Abuse Reporting) – The bill requires that all athletic coaches, administrators, and directors be mandatory reporters for purposes of complying with the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on September 24, 2012 (Chapter 520, Statutes of 2012).

AB 1529 (Law Revision Commission proposals for Trial Court restructuring follow-up) – The bill implements various recommendations of the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC) concerning trial court restructuring and state responsibility for the courts.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on September 23, 2012 (Chapter 470, Statutes of 2012).

AB 1541 (Public Utilities Commission: public records) – The bill would have subjected the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to the state's Public Records Act, making information submitted by utilities to the CPUC available for public review, and bringing the CPUC into line with the policy and practice of other public agencies in California.
Status: The bill was held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB 1617 (Community Banks - Investment of State Funds) – The bill would have directed the State Treasurer to invest a certain level of state surplus funds in community banks and credit unions.
Status: The bill died in the Senate Banking & Financial Institutions Committee.

AB 1627 (Healthy Communities Act) – The bill would have required new and expanded developments to incorporate measures which would reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) that otherwise might be generated by the project.
Status: The bill died in the Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee.

AB 1643 (Sacramento Sheriff/Police Security Officers) – The bill addresses a public safety need in Sacramento County by allowing increased security of critical facilities such as airports, oil refineries, and nuclear and conventional fuel power plants by expanding the authority and duties of public safety security officers.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on June 28, 2012 (Chapter 48; Statutes of 2012).

AB 1655 (State Employee Bill of Rights) – The bill would have provided various rights and protections to civil service state employees.
Status: The bill was held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

AB 1663 (COSMOS Tuition Cap) – The bill updates an outdated provision of the Education Code that does not reflect the current tuition level for The University of California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science Program (COSMOS).
Status: The bill was enacted into law on September 21, 2012 (Chapter 422; Statutes of 2012).

AB 1717 (Community Care (Foster Care) Licensing Revocation Reporting) – The bill would have protected children by requiring the California Department of Social Services to notify school districts whenever an employee's community care (foster care) license is revoked or suspended for certain offenses such as violating the personal rights of a child.
Status: The bill was held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

AB 1831 (Criminal Background Checks) – The bill would have prohibited requesting criminal background information on the initial employment application for local employees, with the goal of reducing unnecessary barriers to employment for the one in four adult Californians who have an arrest or conviction record.
Status: The bill failed passage in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee.

AB 1917 (Food Service Contracts) – The bill would have ensured that public education facilities are informed of and remitted any discounts, rebates, allowances, and incentives received by a food service contractor from its supplier.
Status: The bill was held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB 1960 (LGBT State Business Contracts) – The bill requires that information about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) owned small business enterprises who receive state contracts be included along with information about minority, women, and disadvantaged business enterprises as reported by the California Department of General Services.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on September 30, 2012 (Chapter 861; Statutes of 2012).

AB 1974 (Earned Income Tax Credit) – The bill would have created a state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), allowing a refundable tax credit equal to 15% of the federal EITC for low-income Californians.
Status: The bill was held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

AB 2164 (Community College Facilities) – The bill would have authorized community college districts that have a Board of Governors approved facilities project to self-finance and begin the project prior to a voter approved school construction bond.
Status: The bill was held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB 2241 (School Discipline Reforms: Transition Youth for Success) – The bill would have provided programs and services focusing on the special transition needs of youth who are coming out of a juvenile detention facility and transitioning back to school.
Status: The bill was held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

AB 2242 (School Discipline Reforms: Willful Defiance) – The bill would have removed the reference to "willful defiance" as a reason a student may be subject to extended suspensions and expulsions from school.
Status: The bill was vetoed on September 21, 2012.

AB 2337 (Facebook - California Privacy) – The bill sought to protect victim's privacy by harmonizing state statues with federal law to ensure that requests for personal electronic records kept by intermediaries, like Facebook, are properly directed to the owner of the information.
Status: The bill died in the Assembly Judiciary Committee.

AB 2445 (Historic State Capitol Commission) – The bill includes the State Capitol Annex in the jurisdiction of the Historic State Capitol Commission and extends the sunset of the Capitol Area Committee for five years.
Status: The bill was enacted into law on September 25, 2012 (Chapter 547; Statutes of 2012).

AB 2460 (Unsafe Handguns) – The bill would have closed the loophole in law that currently allows the transfer by a law enforcement officer of "unsafe handguns" to individuals not otherwise eligible to buy them.
Status: The bill was vetoed on September 28, 2012.

Resolutions

ACR 10 (California Arbor Week) – The resolution declares March 7 to March 14 of each year as California Arbor Week, and urges Californians to observe the week with tree planting activities and programs.
Status: The resolution was chaptered on March 14, 2011 (Chapter 6; Statutes of 2011).

ACR 18 (Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week) – The resolution declares March 14 through March 18, 2011, Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week in recognition of the importance of finding the cause and cure for multiple sclerosis.
Status: The resolution was chaptered on April 4, 2011 (Chapter 8; Statutes of 2011).

ACR 113 (Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week) – The resolution declares March 12 through March 16, 2012, Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week in recognition of the importance of finding the cause and cure for multiple sclerosis.
Status: The resolution was chaptered on March 22, 2012 (Chapter 7; Statutes of 2012).

ACR 161 (Food Literacy) – The resolution establishes every September as Food Literacy Awareness Month in California to raise public awareness about eating healthy and the impact nutrition has on the health of our families, our environment, and our communities.
Status: The resolution was chaptered on September 18, 2012 (Chapter 131; Statutes of 2012).

AJR 3 (Federal taxation) – The resolution urges Congress to extend the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) holiday for private activity bonds issued by airports in order to maintain strong capital investments at California airports.
Status: The resolution was chaptered on August 22, 2011 (Chapter71; Statutes of 2011).