The 2019 legislative session is now closed. The positions you see below were for the closed 2019 session. The next update will be made in early 2020, when the session opens anew.
GCVCC Board Oversight
Julio Figueroa, AT&T, Business Legislative Advocacy Chair
Jeff Levine, Asher & Asher, Business Legislative Advocacy Co-Chair
Staff
Diana Soto, Director of Public Policy
Patrick Swarthout, Policy Analyst
SUPPORT
Small Business
AB 23 Office of Small Business Advocate: Deputy of Business and Workforce Coordination – Burke
AB 906 California Economic Development Strategic Action Plan – Cooley
SB 736 Creative Economy Incentive Program – Umberg
Energy
AB 491 Energy: hydrogen – Rubio
AB 1083 Energy and energy infrastructure procurement requirements: California Council on Science and Technology – Burke
AB 1293 Public Utilities Commission: reports – Levine
Environmental
AB 939 California Environmental Protection Agency: regulations – Frazier
AB1237 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: guidelines – Aguiar-Curry
SB 535 Greenhouse gases: wildfires and forest fires: air emission -Moorlach
Hospitality
SB 736 Creative Economy incentive program – Umberg
Telecommunication
AB 1366 Voice over Internet Protocol and Internet Protocol enabled communications services – Gonzales
Education
SB 56 University of California, Riverside School of Medicine: expansion – Roth
AB151 Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program: California Community College Transfer Entitlement Program – Voepel
(Coalition Signature) US Chamber of Commerce – Support the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
(Coalition Signature) Support Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions – Natural and Renewable Gas
OPPOSED
ACA 1 Lowers Voter Threshold to Increase Property Taxes from 2/3 to 55% for purposes of affordable housing and public infrastructure – Aguiar-Curry – Winters
ACA 14 A proposed amendment to the California Constitution, which would prohibit the University of California from utilizing, contracted workers for a wide range of support-service categories at significant costs to the campuses and medical centers. – Gonzales
AB 51 Employment discrimination: enforcement. – Gonzalez
AB 403 Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: complaint – Kalra
AB 418 Employee-Union Agent Evidentiary Privilege – Kalra
AB 516 Parking law Repeal – Chlu
AB 555 An act to amend Sections 245.5, 246, 246.5, 247.5, and 249 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. – Gonzales
AB 589 Unfair immigration-related practices – Gonzales
AB 628 Employment: victims of sexual harassment: protections –Bonta
AB 673 An act to amend Section 210 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. – Carrillo
AB 766 Unsealed beverage container portion cap – Gray
AB 882 Termination of employment: drug testing: medication-assisted treatment – McCarty
AB 1046 Increase Cost – Ting
AB 1066 Unemployment insurance: trade disputes: eligibility for benefits – Gonzalez
AB 1224 Employee leave: limitations – Gray
AB 1270 Expanding False Claims Act to Include Tax Filings – M. Stone
AB 1332 Sanctuary State Contracting and Investment Act – Bonta
AB 1478 Jury Duty – Carrillo
AB 1676 Health care: mental health – Maienschein
SB1 California Environmental, Public Health, and Workers Defense Act of 2019 – Atkins
SB 11 Health care coverage: mental health parity – Beall
SB 54 Unprecedented Product Regulations in California (Recycling) – Allen
SB 135 Paid family leave – Jackson
SB 142 Lactation Accommodation – Wiener
SB 171 Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to employment. – Jackson
SB 204 State Water Project: contracts – Dodd
SB 280 Older adults and persons with disabilities: fall prevention -Jackson
SB 307 Water conveyance: use of facility with unused capacity – Roth
SB 347 Sugar-sweetened beverages: safety warnings – Monning
Healthcare
AB 138 – California Community Health Fund – Bloom
AB 290 – Health care service plans and health insurance: third-party payments – Wood
Single-Payer healthcare coalition
AB 731 Amendments to Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage. – Karla
AB 744 – Healthcare coverage: telehealth – Aguiar-Curry
AB 765 – Health Checkout Aisles for Healthy Families Act – Wicks
AB 764 – Sugar-sweetened beverages: nonsale distribution incentives. – Bonta
AB 767 – Health care coverage: infertility – Wicks
SB 163 – Healthcare coverage: pervasive developmental disorder or autism – Portantino
SB 600 – Healthcare coverage: fertility preservation – Portantino
Energy
AB 345 – Oil and gas: operations: location restrictions – Muratsuchi
AB 40 – Zero-emission vehicles: comprehensive strategy – Ting
AB 961 – Energy programs and projects: nonenergy benefits – Reyes
SB 43 – Carbon taxes – Allen
SB 70 – Electricity: undergrounding of electrical distribution infrastructure – Nielsen
SB 246 – Oil and gas severance tax – Wieckowski
Small Business
AB 161 – Solid waste: paper waste: electronic proofs of purchase – Ting
SB 44 – Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles: comprehensive strategy – Skinner
SB 210 – Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspections and Maintenance Program – Leyva
(Coalition Signature) Oppose Single-Payer Healthcare
(Coalition Signature) Fight for Prop 13 Coalition – Oppose Property Tax Increase
