After last week’s end to the legislative session, a number of technology-related bills have been approved by Governor Brown. Some bills passed the Legislature and are on their way to the governor’s desk, others stalled in committees. Here’s a list of those being tracked by Techwire.net:
AB 1498 (Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo) Requests that the administration make a plan to move procurement responsibility for IT contracts from the Department of General Services to the Technology Agency. The bill also requires the state chief information officer to report directly to the governor. The Agency will be the Department of Technology within a new Government Operations Agency under Brown’s Reorganization Plan.
Status: Approved by the governor on July 17.
SB 1006 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Grants IT and telecommunications contract negotiating authority to CTA, requires state agencies to have written permission by the CTA prior to procuring IT project oversight services and requires FISCal Project Office to report the Legislature by February 15 of year until the project is launched and a final report approved by the CTA.
Status: Approved by the governor on July 27.
AB 1708 (Gatto; D-Los Angeles): Vehicles: electronic verification of registration and insurance. Allows California drivers to show proof of insurance and auto registration on an electronic device.
Status: Enrolled and presented to the Governor on Aug. 20.
AB 1732 (Campos; D- San Jose): Pupils: suspension or expulsion: bulling: impersonation. Specifies student conduct on social networking sites that constitutes bullying and can result in suspension or expulsion, including posting to or creating a burn page or creating a false page impersonating a student.
Status: Approved by the governor on July 23.
AB 1790 (Hagman; R-Chino Hills): Requires public school textbook publishers to provide content in eReader format for K-12 students.
Status: In Assembly, Senate amendments passed on Aug. 30. In process of enrolling to Governor.
AB 1791 (Buchanan; D-Alamo): Public contracts: state contracts: computer software. Requires state contractors and suppliers sign contracts certifying no unlawful use of computer software in business operations.
Status: Ordered to inactive file by Committee of Appropriations on May 16.
SB 1002 (Yee; D- San Mateo): Public Records: electronic format. Requires the State Chief Information Officer to conduct a study on the feasibility of providing open format electronic governmental records.
Status: Senate. Assembly amendments passed on Aug. 31. In process of enrolling to Governor.
SB 1160 (Padilla; D-Pacoima): Communications: service interruptions. Restricts local government and agencies, as well as communication providers acting on behalf of a government entity, from the ability to interrupt or shutdown communications service for the purpose of protecting public safety or preventing illegal activity, without a court order.
Location: Senate. Assembly amendments passed on Aug. 29. In process of enrolling to Governor.
SB 1161 (Padilla; D-Pacoima): Communications: Voice over Internet protocol and Internet protocol enabled communications service. Prohibits Public Utilities Commission or any other state agency from regulating voice calls made through the Internet unless provided in the law.
Status: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Aug. 27.
SB 1298 (Padilla; D-Pacoima): Vehicles: autonomous vehicles: safety and performance requirements. Authorizes the operation of autonomous vehicles by a licensed driver on public roads if safety conditions are met.
Status: Assembly amendments passed on Aug. 29. In process of enrolling to Governor.
The legislature will reconvene in regular sessions on Dec. 3.
