AB 1726 extends the deadline for service on program participants by 12 days and extends the deadline for defendants to respond to a complaint in an action to obtain possession or real property by five court days if service of the complaint is completed through the Safe at Home Program. 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County, Over $38M stolen from low-income SoCal families, High-speed rail from L.A. to Vegas: What we know, 3 arrested for nearly $1 million in stolen student, Grand theft suspects in custody after pursuit with, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. The law takes effect on July 1, 2022. Starting Jan. 1, terminally ill patients wont have to wait as long to request fatal drugs. Its very clear cut with respect to engines and exhaust, but this actually can get dicey when non-EO plug-in devices that change tire-size data or other parameters are detected. We are currently looking for experienced automotive journalists and editors to join our team. The EPA recognizes California smog laws as being applicable across the nation. This fee might not include the $8.25 cost towards your smog certificate. The list below is in numerical order by AB or SB. If the employer does not agree to sign a labor peace compact, then unions will be permitted to solicit employees to sign a card authorizing the union to represent the employees through a newly created card check, rather than, mail-in or in-person secret ballot, process. The material contained in this communication should not be relied upon or used without consulting a lawyer to consider your specific circumstances. Advocates say itll cut down on debt and let trainees in the industry get to work faster. Under AB 152, if the second test is positive, the employer may require the employee to submit to a second test within no less than 24 hours. Existing law also creates a rebuttable presumption that certain employees contracted COVID-19 at work. All vehicles with engine changes must pass an initial inspection at a Referee Center and must have a BAR Referee label affixed to the vehicle inside the engine compartment. All employers with operations in California should be aware of these new laws, understand how these laws may affect their operations and consult with counsel to address any compliance questions, including whether existing employment policies should be updated or whether new employment policies should be created. It requires that breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves have enough room to stand and turn around. Replacing the original engine, transmission, and emission control system with an identical configuration, or using a CARB exempted engine package will help to eliminate challenges and potential problems. But many in the pork industry havent made the necessary changes and theres a coalition of restaurants and grocers suing, hoping for a two-year delay. PDF New California Laws for 2021 - Automotive Service Councils of California Existing law requires that public postsecondary governing bodies in California adopt and implement written procedures or protocols to ensure that students, faculty, and staff who are victims of sexual assault committed at specified locations receive treatment and certain information. This training must cover information included in the posting discussed above and additional information such as the contact information of a Title IX coordinator or a similar position and specified statistics on the prevalence of sexual harassment and sexual violence in the educational setting, and the differing rates at which students experience sexual harassment and sexual assault in the educational setting based on their race, sexual orientation, disability, gender and gender identity. Senate Bill 389 extends pandemic-era rules allowing the sale of takeout alcoholic drinks through 2026. This bill allows exceptions for preemployment drug screening that does not screen for non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites. As such, to the extent an employee has used all SPSL prior to September 30, 2022, this bill does not provide for new paid leave. New California laws taking effect in 2022 | KTLA This bill amends Section 52.6 of the Civil Code. You cant just restore the software to stock and run to the smog station to get it tested. The details of the law are complicated, but you can read all the clauses here. We interviewed our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez, to learn more about accessible smart home devices. Under this bill, bereavement leave need not be taken in consecutive days, but the bereavement leave must be completed within three months of the date of death of the family member. Further, the Labor Commissioner is authorized to take assignments of violations of standards issued by the Fast Food Council upon the filing of a written claim by an employee or an employees representative. To combat this, the state of California is increasing the vehicle retirement option to $1,500 for owners that meet income eligibility, with everyone else receiving $1,000. These laws aim to reduce the increasing theft of catalytic converters and help keep Californians and their cars safer. Businesses with 26 or more employees will be required to pay a $15 minimum wage starting in 2022. Under existing law an injury for Workers Compensation purposes includes illness or death resulting from COVID-19 under certain circumstances. 25% of the individual's disposable earnings for that week. Among other things, this law makes it easier for cities to upzone transit-dense areas, allowing for the development of more dense house of up to 10 units per parcel without a lengthy environmental review process. Smog Check frequency requirements do not change after a vehicle has undergone an engine change. The web pages currently in English on the DMV website are the official and accurate source for the program information and services the DMV provides. This bill specifically provides that [n]othing in this section permits an employee to possess, to be impaired by, or to use, cannabis on the job. By browsing our site with cookies enabled, you are agreeing to their use. Under existing law, participants may be removed from the program if they no longer reside at the most recent residential address provided to the Secretary of State, and have not provided at least seven days prior notice in writing of a change in address, a service of process document or mail forwarded to the program participant by the Secretary of State is returned as non-deliverable, or the program participant obtains a legal name change and fails to notify the Secretary of State within seven days. Make $60k-$80k per year . Cal/OSHA must also consider revising the wildfire smoke standard with regard to farmworkers. Covered businesses or establishments can be liable for a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense, and $1,000 for each subsequent offense for their failure to comply. Shapiro Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy, University of California, Los Angeles . Develop guidance for safe conditions and health considerations for pregnant individuals and infant children who may be exposed to extreme heat, and for pregnant individuals, during both the gestational and postpartum periods, and post this guidance on the department's website and make it accessible to medical and community-based health organizations. This bill amends Section 7523.2 of the Government Code. Under the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), an employer with five or more employees must provide eligible employees who meet specified requirements to take up to a total of 12 workweeks in any 12-month period for family care and medical leave as defined by the CFRA. 50% of the amount by which the disposable earnings for the week exceed 40 times the state minimum hourly wage (or, the local minimum hourly wage, if greater than the state minimum hourly wage). DMV Highlights New Laws in 2023 - California DMV See all 13 photos. This bill also amends section 3212.87 to include active firefighting members of a fire department at the State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Developmental Services, the Military Department, and the Department of Veterans Affairs and to officers of a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals and the State Department of Developmental Services. Starting in 2022, all California residents and businesses will be required to sort their organic waste from the rest thanks to Senate Bill 1383. Under existing law the CalSavers Retirement Savings Trust Act, administered by the CalSavers Retirement Savings Board (CalSavers Board) employers with five or more employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan are required to participate in CalSavers and offer a payroll deposit retirement savings arrangement so that eligible employees may contribute a portion of their salary or wages to a retirement savings program account in the program. After the initial Referee inspection, future Smog Check inspections can be obtained at a regular Smog Check station. Notable Changes in 2023 STAR inspections will vary in price a little depending on the location or your automobile. 1156.37, 1160.10 and 1162 to the Labor Code. AB-1851 expands the definition of public works to include the on-hauling of materials used for paving, grading, and fill onto a public works site if the individual drivers work is integrated into the flow process of construction. New California Laws for 2021 Every year, hundreds of new laws are enacted that impact California automotive repair dealers. If you have aftermarket upgrades installed, and decide to install stock software, its not likely that you will get thru the readiness tests at all, and if you do, a check engine warning light will likely occur. Under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) and the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (Cal/WARN), covered employers are required to comply with various obligations, including providing 60 days notice of plant closings/terminations, relocations or mass layoffs. This bill also requires the Cal/OSHA standards board to review the proposed changes and consider adopting revised standards on or before December 31, 2025. The bill authorizes the Labor Commissioner to enforce notice requirements concerning a mass layoff, relocation, or termination of employees, including call center employees and grants the Labor Commissioner the authority to investigate alleged violations, provide temporary relief and issue citations. Reform of License Suspension Law (AB 2746, Friedman). AB 1788 allows civil penalties against a hotel if: (1) sex trafficking activity occurred in the hotel, a supervisory employee of the hotel knew, or acted with reckless disregard, of the activity constituting sex trafficking activity that occurred within the hotel and failed to inform the appropriate authorities within 24 hours (i.e., law enforcement, the National Human Trafficking Hotline, or another appropriate victim service organization); and/or (2) any hotel employee was acting within the scope of employment and knowingly benefited financially or by receiving anything of value from participating in a venture that the employee knew, or acted with reckless disregard, of the activity constituting as sex trafficking activity within the hotel. This bill amends Section 340.16of the Code of Civil Procedure. 1,200+ attorneys and consulting professionals, California Business Contact Privacy Policy. Why California gets to write its own auto emissions standards: 5 Frequently Asked Questions: Smog Check Program The content currently in English is the official and accurate source for the program information and services DMV provides. Here is the Bureau of Automotive Repairs (BAR) official explanation of the ruling: Beginning July 19, 2021, vehicles (note, this means ALL vehicles, not just cars and trucks) with software not provided by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or approved through a California Air Resource Board (CARB) Executive Order (EO) will fail the smog test. Existing law generally vests jurisdiction over violations in the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). SB 1477 modifies the formula for determining what portion of a judgment debtor's wages can be garnished in order to satisfy a judgment for persons, beginning September 1, 2023, such that the maximum amount of disposable earnings of a judgment debtor for any workweek that is subject to levy must not exceed the lesser of the following: This bill also reduces the multipliers used to determine the maximum amount of earnings subject to levy for any pay period other than a weekly pay period. 2022 The smog check program requires inspection of motor vehicles upon initial registration, biennially upon renewal of registration, upon transfer of ownership, and in certain other circumstances. This bill further establishes the California Small Business and Nonprofit COVID-19 Relief Grant Program within the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to assist qualified small businesses or nonprofits that are incurring costs for SPSL. AB 2683 requires that each campus of the California Community Colleges and the California State University post educational and preventive information on sexual violence and sexual harassment on its campus internet website. Once the software is restored, have your vehicle reinspected by a licensed Smog Check station. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. The new program is expected to yield $75 billion in health benefits, prevent 7,500 air-quality related deaths and 6,000 hospitalizations and emergency room visits from 2023 to 2050. 1.1.3 Smog Check Laws and Regulations . AB 2766 grants enforcement and investigatory power to the city attorney of any city with population of over 750,000, to the county counsel of any county (which a city within the county has a population over 750,000), or the city attorney of a city and county (collectively Investigators) when the Investigators reasonably believe there may have been a violation of the Unfair Competition Law, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice, and unfair, deceptive, untrue, or misleading advertising. This bill amends Section 1406 of, amends/renumbers/adds to Section 1400 of, and adds Section 1409 to, the Labor Code. Handbooks Learn the laws and rules of the road in preparation for your drive and . A call center means a facility where employees, as their primary function, receive telephone calls or other electronic communications for the purpose of providing customer service or other related functions. The law exempts rural school districts. Thats more than double the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. This bill is a companion bill to AB 1936 which, among other things, renames the University of California, Hastings College of the Law to College of the Law, San Francisco. In a 2021 decision, in Mendoza v. Fonseca McElroy Grinding Co, Inc. (2021) 11 Cal.5th 1118, the California Supreme Court disapproved of the holding of O. G. Sansone creating uncertainties as to its legal precedence. This bill amends Section 67385 of, and adds Section 89033 to, the Education Code. AB 1775 imposes certain requirements for entities that contract with entertainment events vendors as part of a production of a live event at the entitys public events venue. The law also permits Class 3 e-bike riders to use approved bicycle paths and trails, bikeways, and bicycle lanes. Our online ordering system makes it easy. Public sector health care employers include the state, municipalities, and the Regents of the University of California. There is a five-year statute of limitations on these penalties from the date of the violation, or within the date the victim attains the age of majority. This bill contains several other provisions, including: authorizing a county, or city with a population greater than 200,000 to establish a Local Fast Food Council, that could provide recommendations to the statewide Fast Food Council; and prohibiting the discharge or discrimination or retaliation against a fast-food employees for specified reasons and creates a cause of action and right to reinstatement for employees, as well as a presumption of unlawful discrimination and retaliation in certain circumstances.