Legislative Action

HJTA Position	Bill Number	Topic	Status
Oppose	AB 331	The Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998.	Assembly Education
	Establishes intent language for a K-12 education facilities bond of an unknown amount Author(s) & Committee(s): Julia Brownley Contact Your Representatives
Oppose	AB 822	Public postsecondary education facilities: Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2012.	Assembly Education
	Proposes an undefined amount of bond dollars to be used to fund higher education facilities Author(s) & Committee(s): Marty Block Contact Your Representatives
Oppose	AB 1148	Political Reform Act of 1974: advertisements: disclosure.	Assembly Floor
	Requires a number of restrictive requirements on political campaigns, especially relating to print and media advertising. HJTA opposes because it would make it harder and more expensive to get our messages out, and is also a potential First Amendment violation Author(s) & Committee(s): Julia Brownley Contact Your Representatives
Support	AB 1199	School bonds: citizens' oversight committee.	Signed by Governor
	Bond Oversight Committees are formed by school districts following the passage of a Proposition 39 school bond to help provide accountability and oversight regarding bond finances. AB 1199 adds an addition two year term to the two terms already in current law. Author(s) & Committee(s): Julia Brownley Contact Your Representatives
Support	AB 1455	High-speed rail.	Assembly Transportation
	Reduces the amount of High Speed Rail bond debt from $10 billion to the money already spent on the project. Could have hundreds of millions of dollars annually in bond debt interest payments Author(s) & Committee(s): Diane Harkey Contact Your Representatives
Support	AB 1506	State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees.	Assembly Appropriations
	Repeals illegal fire tax against one million Californians that was approved without a two-thirds vote of the Legislature Author(s) & Committee(s): Kevin Jeffries Contact Your Representatives
Oppose	AB 1587	Vital records: fees: San Joaquin County.	Assembly Local Government
	Authorizes the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors to impose a $2 tax increase on marriage licenses and other certified documents to fund domestic violence prevention programs. This is a special tax increase that requires a two-thirds vote of county residents under Proposition 13. Author(s) & Committee(s): Cathleen Galgiani Contact Your Representatives
Support	AB 1633	Public employees' retirement.	Assembly Public Employees Retirement and Social Security (PERS) Committee
	Caps the pension benefit to all employees in a public retirement system at no more then $100,000 annually Author(s) & Committee(s): Don Wagner Contact Your Representatives
Support	AB 1730	Legislative Transparency Act.	Assembly Elections and Redistricting
	Increases transparency by requiring members of the legislature and legislative committees to release documents pertaining to their expenses on a monthly basis Author(s) & Committee(s): Kristin Olsen Contact Your Representatives
Oppose	AB 1768	Vehicles: additional registration fees.	Assembly Transportation Committee
	Authorizes a County Board of Supervisors to increase vehicle registration fees by three dollars to fund vehicle theft programs. This is a special tax that requires a two-thirds vote of county residents under Proposition 13 Author(s) & Committee(s): Mike Davis Contact Your Representatives
Support	AB 1874	Public employees' retirement: constitutional officers.	Assembly Public Employees Retirement and Social Security (PERS) Committee
	Eliminates the Legislative Retirement System (LRS) when current constitutional officeholders complete their terms. A majority of legislators have not received pensions since 1990, so continuing to maintain a separate retirement system for them is redundant at best Author(s) & Committee(s): Allan Mansoor Contact Your Representatives
Oppose	AB 2014	Property taxation: change in ownership: legal entities: task force.	Assembly Revenue and Taxation
	Requires the Legislature to create a task force to study property tax administration--in other words, a clever way to use taxpayer dollars to study how to get rid of Proposition 13's protections Author(s) & Committee(s): Tom Ammiano Contact Your Representatives
Support	AB 2048	State Board of Equalization: administration: interest.	Assembly Revenue and Taxation
	Conforms the interest rate payments made by government agencies on tax overpayments to be the same as the rate for underpayments. Despite the strain of increased General Fund costs, this is an issue of fairness to taxpayers who should not be penalized while they wait for a refund Author(s) & Committee(s): Tim Donnelly Contact Your Representatives
Support	AB 2175	Taxation: state tax liens.	Assembly Revenue and Taxation
	Allows tax agencies like FTB & BOE to withdraw a lien from a taxpayer’s credit record after all applicable fines and penalties have been paid Author(s) & Committee(s): Diane Harkey Contact Your Representatives
Support	AB 2429	Public employee benefits: local appointed and elected officials.	Assembly Public Employees Retirement and Social Security (PERS) Committee
	Prohibits part-time local politicians from receiving retirement or health benefits. Author(s) & Committee(s): Curt Hagman Contact Your Representatives
Oppose	AB 2441	Sexual assault treatment and prevention: sexually oriented business tax.	Assembly Revenue and Taxation
	Establishes a $10 tax on patrons entering a sexually oriented business to mitigate the impact of sexual assault Author(s) & Committee(s): Das Williams Contact Your Representatives
Oppose	AB 2474	Fire prevention fee: state responsibility areas.	Assembly Appropriations
	Attempted to mitigate the impact of the illegal rural fire tax implemented in the 2011 state budget by creating a credit against it Author(s) & Committee(s): Wes Chesbro Contact Your Representatives
Oppose	ACR 95	Constitutional convention.	Assembly Judiciary
	Would allow for the potential formation of a California Constitutional convention and allow for the potential detrimental tinkering of popular ballot measures including Three Strikes, and Propositions 13 & 218 Author(s) & Committee(s): Alyson Huber Contact Your Representatives
Support	SB 953	Government reorganization: realignment or closure.	Senate Governmental Organization Committee
	Establish the Bureaucracy Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) to address waste, fraud, and abuse in state government. Author(s) & Committee(s): Tony Strickland Contact Your Representatives
Oppose	SB 967	Public postsecondary education: executive officer compensation.	Senate Education
	Prohibits CSU trustee's from increasing compensation for executive officers for two years if students fees have increased or CSU funding has declined. While HJTA is generally not in favor of the Legislature dictating salaries, a $16 billion budget deficit demands increased oversight by the Legislature regarding compensation practices Author(s) & Committee(s): Leland Yee Contact Your Representatives
Support	SB 985	Transportation bonds.	Senate Transportation and Housing Committee
	Requires that $10 billion in High Speed Rail bonds be resubmitted to the voters for their potential repeal Author(s) & Committee(s): Doug La Malfa Contact Your Representatives
Oppose	SB 1220	Housing Opportunity and Market Stabilization (HOMES) Trust Fund Act of 2012.	Senate Floor
	Adds a $75 tax on many new homeowners or victims of foreclosure in order to fund affordable housing programs Author(s) & Committee(s): Mark DeSaulnier Contact Your Representatives
Oppose	SB 1342	Counties: recording: real estate instruments.	Signed By Governor
	Allows a county Board of Supervisors to increase from $3 to $10 fees on recording documents paid by homeowners in order to fund real estate fraud prevention programs. This bill is a special tax requiring a two-thirds vote of county residents, but no such definition was made in the bill Author(s) & Committee(s): Bill Emmerson Contact Your Representatives
Support	SB 1396	Sales and use taxes: excise taxes: fuel.	Senate Governance and Finance Committee
	Limits sales tax on gasoline only to the first $3.88 per gallon Author(s) & Committee(s): Bob Dutton Contact Your Representatives
Oppose	SB 1505	California Keep Our Promises Act: corporation taxes: apportionment: single sales factor.	Senate Veterans Committee
	Increases taxes on business by up to $1 billion in order to fund programs for military veterans Author(s) & Committee(s): Mark DeSaulnier Contact Your Representatives
Support	SCA 10	Government finance.	Senate Governance and Finance Committee
	Imposes a spending cap on California General Fund spending, the limit is set according to the combined annual increase in per capita personal income and population growth Author(s) & Committee(s): Tony Strickland Contact Your Representatives

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