2023 LEGISLATION

Senate Bill 46
Controlled Substance Education
SB 46 broadens the definition of controlled substance education for divertees, probationers, and prisoners. It would require programs to include education on the dangers of controlled substances, extreme danger of ingestion or exposure to controlled substances, and dangers to human life.

Senate Bill 75
Judgeships 
SB 75 authorizes 26 new superior court judgeships, upon receiving funding.  If funded in the budget, any new judgeships would be allocated to counties in the State in accordance with the Judicial Council's Judicial Needs Assessment.

Senate Bill 95
Commercial Transactions
SB 95 updates the California Commercial Code to address a limited, but important, set of circumstances, mainly transactions involving emerging technologies such as electronic payment rights, virtual currencies, distributed ledger technologies, and, to some extent, artificial intelligence. 

Senate Bill 228
Riverside Youth Challenge Academy
SB 228 lays the groundwork for the creation of a Youth Challenge Program in Western Riverside County. The Challenge Program provides an alternative educational opportunity set in a quasi-military environment for student’s ages 16-18 who have dropped out of school or who are otherwise not progressing towards graduation.

Senate Bill 419 
Aerospace Tax Policy Extension
Existing state law enacted in 2014, supported by an opinion by the Board of Equalization, states that tangible personal property designed to be launched into space is considered “inventory,” not subject to property tax. SB 419 extends that successful policy for another 10 years.

Senate Bill 595 
Covered California Data Sharing
SB 595 enables Covered California to conduct targeted outreach to people who apply for unemployment insurance by utilizing information collected and shared by the Employee Development Department (EDD).

Senate Bill 748
ADA Disclosure for Small Businesses
SB 748 requires a city or a county to provide an applicant, at the time of issuance or renewal of a business license, a disclosure notice stating that receipt of the business license does not mean that their business has been determined to be in compliance with state and federal disability access laws.

Senate Bill 815                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Reforming the Medical Board of California                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       SB 815 makes significant changes to promote patient rights and improve transparency and efficiencies at the Medical Board.  The measure includes key reforms that will guarantee swifter patient-centric action for physicians facing discipline and supply the Medical Board with added revenue to bring it to fiscal solvency.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 16 
Deputy Isaiah Cordero Highway
SCR 16 designates a specified portion of State Highway Route 60 in the County of Riverside as the Deputy Isaiah A. Cordero Memorial Highway. This bill is in honor of Riverside Deputy Sheriff Cordero, who was killed in the line of Duty last December. 

Senate Joint Resolution 3 
City of Eastvale Independent ZIP Code
SJR 3 urges the U.S. Congress to collaborate with President Biden to authorize assigning the City of Eastvale an independent Zoning Improvement Plan (ZIP) Code.