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B O B B L U ME N F I E L D
Cal i f or ni a Stat e aS S e mb ly
2009 - 2013
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Creating Jobs, Strengthening the Economy
& Helping Working Families ....................................... 4
Working Hard For the San Fernando Valley ..................... 6
Championing Issues Important to Seniors ...................... 7
Honoring Veterans ................................................. 8
Watching Out for Consumers ..................................... 9
Protecting the Environment for Future Generations ......... 10
Guiding California on International Issues .................... 12
Standing for Equality for All People ............................ 13
Speaking Up for Those Who Cant Speak
for Themselves ................................................... 14
Preserving Access to Health, Education
& Social Services in an Era of Budget Cuts .......................14
Navigating from Deep Budget Defcits to California Renewal ......... 16
Reforming Government Through
Oversight & Accountability ............................................17
Index of Legislation ............................................... 19
Assemblymember bob blumenfield
S U MMA R Y O F MA J O R
A C C O MP L I S H ME N T S
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Creating JobS, Strengthening the eConomy
& helping Working familieS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Bob helped lead
a special task force of legislators who negotiated
a unique plan, embodied in SB 292, to build a
new NFL stadium and expand the Los Angeles
convention center to attract a sports team and
new businesses downtown. The plan enables
expedited judicial review for the construction plan
projected to create 20,000 jobs without
weakening environmental laws or
costing state government any money.

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY JOBS.
As a member of the California Film
Commission for two years, Bob was
at the forefront of efforts to keep
entertainment industry productions
in the state. The Commission is
responsible for allocating $100 million
in tax credits annually to companies
that flm television programs and
motion pictures in California. Bob
coauthored and was a major advocate
of AB 2026 to extend the tax credit for
future years. He also worked hard to
protect the intellectual property rights
that are fundamental to the industry. Among other
things, he cosponsored SB 550 that became law
to fght against the piracy of music, video and
software thefts that cost those industries and
the California economy billions of dollars.
PREPARING THE WORKFORCE OF THE
FUTURE. California is the birthplace of the
high-tech industry, yet a frequent concern
raised by the business community is the lack
of qualified applicants for jobs requiring skills
in computers, math, science and technology.
Taking up the challenge, Bob authored
several bills to expand the use of technology
in the classroom to keep students engaged
and improve academic outcomes. AB 1398
removed an entrenched but archaic prohibition
in law that prevented school districts from
spending funds to purchase digital textbooks.
Another measure now law, AB 2694, requires
school districts to include the use of current,
relevant technology when developing classroom
curriculum. And, he mounted a three-year
effort to reform the way in which schools are
reimbursed by the state for online classes
which has been a major impediment to the
expansion of online learning. California is
dramatically behind many other states in this
area, and the law Bob authored, AB 644,
takes aim at reversing that trend. In 2013,
he followed up with AB 342 to further expand
online classes to include student-centered
learning otherwise known as asynchronous
instruction.
CALIFORNIA HIGH-TECH LEGISLATOR
OF THE YEAR. Bobs efforts and commitment
to advancing online education earned him
special recognition from TechAmerica, a trade
organization of leading technology companies that
include Apple, Dell, IBM, Norton Symantec and
others.
ENCOURAGING CLEAN ENERGY JOBS
AND MANUFACTURING. Bob was the lead
Assembly author of a bill, SB 71, to attract green
businesses to California. Enacted into law, the bill
established a sales tax exemption for equipment
and products used in the manufacture of clean
technology and green energy products. To further
help companies leverage billions of dollars in
private investments, Bob authored AB 796 that
would have provided loan guarantees and other
fnancial incentives to attract private capital for
clean technology companies and small businesses
locating or expanding in the state. To be eligible,
companies would have to demonstrate its clean-
tech product would increase energy effciency or
be more cost-effective than available products.
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SOLAR STIMULUS PACKAGE. Bob championed
a series of bills during his fve years in the
California Legislature with the goal of increasing
the use of alternative energy by colleges, state
government, homeowners and businesses.
Proposals included creatively using the thousands
of miles of freeway as solar energy generation
sites. He authored a new law, AB 2724, that
expanded incentives for solar installations of up
fve megawatts for use by state facilities, such as
prisons that have a very high electrical load and
a great deal of roof and ground space enough
to accommodate the signifcant footprint of large
solar arrays.
HELPING
CALIFORNIA
BUSINESS. As
Assembly Budget
Committee Chair, Bob
authored and secured
passage of AB 113
to provide $2 million
for the Secretary of
State to immediately
speed up the
processing of business
licenses. This helped
to clear a backlog
of 122,000 business
license applications
that were taking 65
days to process. By
cutting down the state
processing time to fve days, businesses could hire
and fnalize plans sooner.
CONVENED CLEAN TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT.
In 2011, Bob brought together leaders of the
industry to discuss ways to bring more clean-tech
jobs to the San Fernando Valley and California.
The group looked at legal or regulatory barriers
that might be addressed by legislation.
JUMP-STARTING THE ECONOMY
BY REBUILDING CALIFORNIAS
INFRASTRUCTURE. Bob authored AB 700 to
revitalize the state infrastructure bank (I-Bank)
to make it better able to create jobs and inject
capital into the economy. According to the Los
Angeles Economic Development Commission,
the bill would further strengthen the I-Bank and
broaden its authority to manage its own functions,
control its own budget and deploy capital where
it will help put tens of thousands of unemployed
Californians back to work. Despite broad support
from the business community in Los Angeles
and throughout the state, this bill was vetoed.
However, in his veto message, the governor
acknowledged the importance of the idea and
pledged to work with Bob on restructuring the
I-Bank within the budget process.
EMPOWERING INVESTMENT IN LOCAL
INFRASTRUCTURE. Before leaving the
state Legislature in 2013, Bob won Assembly
passage of hi s proposed consti tuti onal
amendment, ACA 8, that would authorize
a statewide ballot measure to lower the vote
threshold from two-thirds to 55% for local
communities to approve bonds that pay for
infrastructure projects.
Using his position
as budget chair,
he incorporated
the measure into
the budget process
and mounted an
unprecedented
campaign to win the
super-majority vote
needed to advance this
landmark effort.
SUPPORTING
INFRASTRUCTURE.
Bob authored AB 1760
to promote a cost-
effective and time-
saving alternative
for the design and
construction of state
transportation projects called design-sequencing.
While vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger, the
measure inspired a nearly identical measure that
became law the next year under Governor Brown.
ESTABLISHED SMALL BUSINESS COUNCIL.
Recognizing that small businesses are the states
most productive job generators, Bob created a
Small Business Advisory Council for his district in
the San Fernando Valley.
HELPING INJURED WORKERS, BUSINESS.
Bob voted for landmark reforms of the California
workers compensation system, SB 863, that
offered greater effciencies and accountability,
money-saving changes for employers for use in
hiring new workers, and $860 million for increased
benefts for injured workers. Enacted in 2012,
the reforms cut hundreds of millions of dollars in
waste from the system, while ensuring workers
injured on the job would be compensated.
Embraced by business and labor, the reforms
reversed a four-year trend of rate increases for
employers and beneft freezes for injured workers.
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Working hard for
the San fernando Valley
MOBILE BILLBOARD BLIGHT. Bob authored
three important measures that helped the City
of Los Angeles stop the proliferation of unhitched
mobile billboards, a major source of blight in the
San Fernando Valley and other communities.
These bills removed barriers in state law that
had prevented local governments from banning
mobile billboards and enforcing ordinances to
control them. Mobile billboards topped the list of
complaints received in the district and more than
3,000 Valley residents sent letters in support of
controlling them. Since enactment of the original
measure, AB 2756, in January 2011, hundreds of
mobile billboards have been removed from Valley
roads. A follow-up measure, AB 1298, allowed
the city to take action against those seeking to
skirt the local ban by using billboards hitched to
scooters, strollers, sleighs and clunker cars. Bobs
third measure, AB 2291, was enacted to help
end frivolous lawsuits brought by billboard owners
seeking to thwart the law.
COMMUNITY REGULATION OF POT SHOPS.
Californias legalization of medical marijuana
spawned the creation of many dispensaries that
operate outside the law and attract crime and
violence to local communities. Efforts to restrict
the location of these dispensaries by the City of
Los Angeles and other jurisdictions drew a barrage
of litigation challenging the legal authority of
communities to impose restrictions. Bobs bill,
AB 1300, strengthened and clarifed the ability of
local communities to regulate medical marijuana
dispensaries. Signed into law, the bill was
supported by the Los Angeles County Sheriff and
the Los Angeles District Attorney. As noted by the
LA District Attorney, In the City of Los Angeles,
there are over 800 medical marijuana dispensaries
operating even though city ordinances only
authorize 186.
PHYSICAL THERAPY JOBS. Physical therapy
is one of the top three jobs in demand in
California and across the country with a projected
shortage of 500 physical therapists across the
state for rehabilitative and similar services. Bob
authored a law that prevented the closure of
physical therapy degree programs at California
State University, Northridge and three other
state college campuses. AB 2382 preserved an
affordable public school option for Californians
pursuing physical therapy careers within the
state at half the cost of private college options.
The bill removed the bureaucratic barrier within
Californias master plan for higher education and
made sure the doctorate degree would not result
in higher costs to the state.
I-405 CARPOOL LANE. When the state budget
crisis threatened to stall progress on construction
of a carpool lane on northbound Interstate 405
between the Interstate 10 freeway and Highway
101, Bob led the fght to keep the project on track.
He was the coauthor and Assembly foor manager
of legislation that directed federal stimulus funds
to keep the carpool lane on schedule, saving
thousands of highway construction jobs in the
process.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. As the epicenter
of the unforgettable 1994 Northridge earthquake,
the San Fernando Valley is predicted to experience
another big quake - the question being not if but
when. Against that backdrop, Bob took leadership
on the issue of disaster preparedness to help the
community be ready for the next big tumbler or
other disasters. He established the Valley Public
Response for Emergency Preparedness (VPREP)
task force comprised of citizen volunteers working
closely with his offce. The task force worked
to double the number of people trained in the
Community Emergency Response Team program
that trains lay-people to help frst responders
meet the communitys needs in the wake of a
disaster. VPREP sponsored other activities to
boost community disaster preparedness, including
helping people become licensed ham radio
operators who could be called into action to meet
vital communication gaps during a crisis.
HELICOPTER NOISE RELIEF. Addressing a
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growing threat to quality of life and safety in the
San Fernando Valley, Bob jointly authored
AJR 25 asking Congress to enact the Los Angeles
Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2011 by
US Rep. Howard Berman. The state is preempted
by the Federal Aviation Administration from
adopting altitude, fight path and other necessary
regulations to mitigate the impact of commercial
helicopters.

VALLEY PERFORMANCE ARTS CENTER.
When California State University, Northridge,
halted construction on its $125 million Valley
Performing Arts Center because of a shutdown
in state funding, Bob as chair of the Assembly
Budget Committee worked to make available
$1.4 million in state bond funds so the state-of-
the-art entertainment facility could be completed.
The showcase performing arts center held a gala
opening in January 2011.
PROTECTED CRITICAL FUNDING FOR WEST
VALLEY SCHOOLS. As Assembly Budget chair,
Bob successfully crafted changes to AB 97 to
preserve funding specifcally for local affliated
charter schools that otherwise would have been
fnancially devastated by the Governors new
state Student Funding Formula in 2013.
Championing iSSueS important to SeniorS
PROTECTING SENIORS FROM FINANCIAL
SCAMS.

The state Department of Insurance
receives some 2,000 complaints annually from
victims of investment scams involving the
sale of annuities, a form of life insurance. Bob
authored AB 689 to establish the frst protections
in state law to help senior citizens and others
avoid being sold an annuity that is fnancially
harmful to them, and authorizes the Insurance
Commissioner to levy fnancial penalties against
insurance companies that violate the law. AARP
said the law protects older Californians from
exploitation of harmful fnancial investment
transactions that involve annuities. Bob gained
the support of the insurance industry by including
greater certainty in the regulatory process.
SENIOR CITIZENS PROPERTY TAX
POSTPONEMENT. For 30 years, California
helped low-income and disabled persons who
could not afford to pay their property taxes by
extending a loan to be repaid upon the sale of
the home. The successful state program was
eliminated due to state budget cuts in 2009. More
than one-third of the programs participants
reside in Los Angeles. Bobs bill, AB 1090,
signed into law, created the Senior and Disabled
Citizens Property Tax Postpone program as a
county-level program to help low-income seniors
and disabled persons remain in their own homes.
ELDER FINANCIAL ABUSE. Prosecutors report
that in many criminal cases brought against a
defendant accused of stealing fnancial assets
from a senior citizen, called fnancial elder
abuse, the defendant pays for his or her own
defense using the proceeds from the allegedly
stolen funds. To prevent this practice, Bob
authored a law, AB 1293, to allow prosecutors
to seize and freeze funds of a person accused
of stealing money from a senior citizen so that
the accused is no longer able to use the stolen
funds to pay his or her defense in court.
KEEPING ADULTS FREE FROM
INSTITUTIONS. Bob led the fight to
preserve the Adult Day Health Care Program
that had been slated for elimination by the
governor in 2011. He advanced an alternative
new program, AB 96, to serve adults who
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COMBAT TO COLLEGE.
California has more than
2 million veterans, the most
of any state, and 30,000
more expected to return
annually as the nations
wars wind down in Iraq
and Afghanistan. To help
veterans beyond the special
and deserved recognition
given on Veterans Day, Bob
authored legislation,
AB 2133, to provide priority
enrollment for veterans
at state universities and
community colleges.
TROOPS TO TRUCKS.
Bob authored AB 2659,
to help veterans transfer
to civilian life the job skills
acquired while serving as
truck drivers in the military.
The new law enables
veterans who worked directly
in military transport to
become commercial truck
drivers without taking the
costly and time-consuming
skills test. In support of the bill, the California
Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation
of Independent Business said, It is time for
California to take this step to help our veterans
move forward as commercial drivers in a way
that utilizes the skills acquired during their years
in service and provide a greater pool of highly
qualifed commercial drivers for Californias
trucking industry.
COMBAT TO CARE. Seeking to help veterans
translate military medical training and experience
into civilian jobs as paramedics or nurses, Bob
authored AB 704 and AB 705. He found that
combat medics were encountering bureaucratic
roadblocks for having their military experience
and training that could be equal to or more
stringent than civilian requirements counted for
licensing as a paramedic. Both bills required state
licensing boards to remove barriers so that combat
medics could more readily transfer
appropriate military experience to
qualify as paramedics or licensed
registered nurse.
HELPING VETERANS. Seeing the
importance of better coordinating
services to help veterans take
advantage of existing services,
Bob pushed for the creation of the
California Interagency Council of
Veteran Services and Program.
Governor Brown embraced this
idea.
TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR
VETERANS & MILITARY
FAMILIES. To help veterans and
their families, Bob jointly authored
a law, AB 882, with Colonel Paul
Cook, USMC (Ret.) to enable active
military personnel, family members
and veterans to remain eligible
for in-state tuition at California
community colleges and universities
if they are transferred outside the
state for military service.
VETERANS BENEFITS. To
help connect veterans to available services,
Bob authored a bill, AB 105, that became law to
require the state Department of Motor Vehicles to
ask on drivers license applications whether the
individual is a US military veteran. The information
could be used to notify veterans of benefts and
services for which they are eligible.
ADDRESSING NEGLECT OF VETERANS. Bob
was a vocal advocate for creating three, 12-person
strike teams to help veterans qualify sooner for
federal benefts and return over $880 million to the
state. He pressed ahead on the plan in the two-
house budget conference committee over Governor
Browns objections. Bob argued that the strike
teams of temporary state workers would reduce
delays of as long as 619 days in Los Angeles and
elsewhere in the state, allowing California veterans
to qualify sooner for disability pay, health care and
other services.
ho n o r i n g Ve t e r a n S
receive ADHC services and help 37,000 low-
income elderly and disabled adults remain
living in the community. He successfully
negotiated restoration of half the funding,
$80 million, that would otherwise have been
eliminated. While the bill was vetoed, the
plan Bob proposed was used as the basis for a
successor program embraced by ADHC clients
in settling their lawsuit against the state
Department of Health Care Services.
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Wat C h i n g ou t f or Con S u me r S
FIRST-IN-NATION PROTECTIONS FOR
USED CAR BUYERS. Bob authored the
landmark bill, AB 1215, requiring car dealers
to alert consumers about any junked, totaled or
salvaged vehicles on the lot. The frst-in-the-
nation consumer protections for persons buying
a used car requires that a red sticker be affxed
to previously damaged vehicles indicating the
vehicles title history. The bill also requires all
new cars to be registered
electronically, saving the
state $9 million in costs at
the Department of Motor
Vehicles with the savings
to be used to improve wait-
time at DMV offces. To
make the new law happen,
Bob brought together an
unprecedented coalition of
consumer advocates, car
dealers, law enforcement
and transit agencies.
PROTECTING
CONSUMERS FROM
FINANCIAL SCAMS.
Bobs bill, AB 689, created
the frst protections in
state law for senior citizens
and others being sold an
annuity that is fnancially
harmful to them. Enacted
into law, the bill requires insurance companies
to have reasonable grounds to believe their
recommendations are suitable for the consumer.
The law took aim at abusive practices where
consumers are persuaded to purchase complex
long-term insurance policies and have to pay
large penalties for early withdrawal of funds. The
Congress of California Seniors supported the bill.
CELLPHONE BILL SHOCK. Consumer Reports
estimates that one in fve consumers experience
bill shock - unexpected gotcha charges when
usage exceeds plan limits. Bob targeted the
problem with his AB 1268, calling for cell phone
companies to notify customers when they have
reached their allotted airtime or data usage for
the month. Bob agreed to postpone moving his
legislation in order to encourage and give the
Federal Communications Commission, consumer
advocates and the wireless industry time to
negotiate an agreement that was announced
subsequently in October 2011.
PROMOTING WATER CONSERVATION. To
address Californias chronic drought conditions
and water shortages, Bob developed a creative
approach to help businesses and homeowners
install water conservation systems by harnessing
market forces. The program enacted into law,
AB 474, established a voluntary system that
allows public agencies and water districts to
provide up-front fnancing for the installation
of water use effciency
improvements, such as
cisterns, purple pipes for
recycled water, or drip
irrigation. A property
owner agreeing to be
assessed over time
to pay back the loan
could meantime reap
the savings on their
water bill. The measure
expanded a 2008 law
used for fnancing energy
improvements.
ROOTING OUT
INSURANCE FRAUD.
Bob authored the law,
AB 2138, to better
fund and strengthen the
ability of state insurance
regulators and local
prosecutors to investigate
health disability insurance fraud a problem that
drives up the cost of insurance for consumers and
the private sector. While no precise fgures are
available, the Department of Insurance believes
fraudulent activities account for billions of dollars
annually in added health care costs nationally.
FORGING CONSENSUS FOR TENANTS AND
LANDLORDS. Bob achieved consensus between
advocates for apartment owners and tenants
rights groups on his bill, AB 2521, to provide
greater fexibility to apartment building owners
in dealing with property left behind by tenants,
while strengthening the rights of tenants to claim
property theyve left behind. The law provides
a reasonable adjustment to the dollar value
of abandoned property that triggers a public
auction unchanged since 1983 and for the frst
time allows tenants who act promptly to reclaim
abandoned personal property without charge.
Tenants also will get more advanced notice on the
process for reclaiming their property.
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proteCti ng the enVi ronment
for future generati onS
RENTERS RIGHT TO RECYCLE. California
renters who want to recycle got a boost under
Bobs bill, AB 818, that requires apartment
building owners to
provide recycling services.
While more than seven
million Californians live
in apartments, fewer
than 40% have access
to recycling services
where they reside.
Bob overcame long-
standing opposition to
an apartment recycling
mandate and forged frst-
ever consensus to win
passage and enactment
of his plan.
SAVING CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS. Bob
authored the landmark measure, AB 1478, to
save California State Parks from closure. The
measure imposed a two-year moratorium on
imminent park closures, including the Los Encinos
State Historic Park, the Santa Susanna Pass Park
and dozens of other
parks across the state.
Funds also were made
available for certain park
enhancement projects
and to match donations
from the public to keep
local parks open. The
plan to save state parks
responded to revelations
that state park offcials
had concealed $20
million that could have
been used to forestall the
closures.
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY.
As chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, Bob
led the fght to preserve Ramirez Canyon as state
park land when it was at risk of being sold as
surplus property. As a result of his efforts, the
pristine park that is home to an irreplaceable link
in the Coastal Slope Trail is not being targeted for
sale. The park land was saved as a destination for
thousands of inner city children to experience the
great outdoors. As a state legislator, he maintained
a vigilance and focus to ensure maximum funding
for land acquisition in the Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy zone.
GREEN LOS ANGELES STADIUM AND
CONVENTION CENTER.
Bob was an integral part
of a special task force of
legislators who negotiated
a unique plan to advance
a privately funded sports
arena in Los Angeles and
expansion of the downtown
convention center. Embodied
in SB 292, the compromise
embraces clean energy goals
for design and construction
that maintains Californias
long-standing commitment
to environmental protection
and gives the stadium
developer suffcient assurances without creating
any exemption from the California Environmental
Quality Act. The approach taken would produce
the greenest arena in the nation, while creating
12,000 construction jobs and 11,000 permanent
jobs at a time of double-digit unemployment in the
region.
SOLAR STIMULUS
PACKAGE. As an Assembly
member, Bob championed
a series of bills with
the goal of increasing
the use of renewable
energy by colleges, state
government, homeowners
and businesses. His Solar
Stimulus Package included:
SOLAR STATE BUILDINGS.
Bobs AB 2724 promoted
solar power generation on state buildings to
save an estimated $20 million by requiring
utility companies to offset state electricity bills
by the amount of energy generated. The state
Department of General Services noted that
some state properties such as prisons have very
high electrical load and a great deal of roof and
ground space enough to accommodate the
signifcant footprint of large solar arrays of up to 5
megawatts. The measure was signed into law by
the governor.
Solar CollegeS. California colleges have suffered
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severe budget cuts and must reduce their costs,
yet they cannot get credit on their utility bills for
renewable energy they generate unless the solar
power is used in the same structure where it is
generated. Under the new law, AB 1031, state
colleges and universities receive credit for all
power they generate on campus.
Solar HigHwayS.
Envisioning the
use of Californias
thousands of miles
of freeways as sites
for the installation
of solar panels, Bob
developed legislation,
AB 1030, that
directed UCLAs
Institute of the
Environment to
perform geospatial
mapping of CalTrans
properties, to identify
those suitable for
renewable energy
development such as
solar, wind and piezoelectric sources.
Solar Streamlining. To make it easier and less
expensive to obtain a permit to install solar power
systems, Bob authored AB 2135, to establish a
standardized permitting process to be used by local
governments. The lack of uniformity among local
jurisdictions is a major impediment to quicker and
less costly installation.
reuSing land for Solar, wind Power. Seeing
an opportunity to site renewable energy facilities
on landflls, brownfelds and degraded farm land
with little access to water that generally have
few reuses, Bob proposed AB 644 to encourage
the repurposing of these lands. The bill directed
the California Energy Commission to identify
these degraded lands that have high potential
for renewable generation facilities and develop a
model process that could be used to streamline the
placement of solar and wind power plants on listed
sites.
CLEAN CARS PACKAGE. With the state pushing
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and having
the latest gasoline price spikes pinching wallets,
Bob developed a clean-cars package to encourage
Californians to embrace clean-burning and more
fuel-effcient vehicles, while promoting good
green jobs in the state. Clean cars, such as plug-
in hybrids and compressed natural gas cars, emit
34% fewer global warming gasses and 75% less
smog. The package included:
inCentiveS for eleCtriC CarS. Under Bobs law,
AB 2405, electric cars and other low-emission
vehicles are able to use High Occupancy Toll (HOT)
lanes without charge in the same manner as
High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes. The change
prepares for the conversion of HOV lanes to HOT
lanes in several parts of the state. According to
studies, the ability to use car pool lanes is a major
incentive when people are
considering buying a clean
car. As Bob explained: We
wont make a dent in our
clean air and climate goals
without getting more of
these cars on the road.
With more clean cars
than ever coming off the
production line, this is an
exciting time in the clean
car industry. To further
encourage electric cars into
Californias market, Bob
introduced AB 266 in 2013
to allow single-occupant
drivers of clean and zero-
emission vehicles to drive
in carpool lanes and free on toll roads until 2015.
eleCtriC veHiCle finanCing. As an incentive for
buying clean fuel cars, Bob authored AB 2502 to
allow the fnancing of expensive electric vehicle
chargers costs that can reach $2000 as part
of a regular car loan. The measure signed into law
removed an unnecessary barrier to fnancing car
charges used in home garages.
CHarging StationS on State ProPerty. Bob
authored the new law, AB 2583, to require the
state to plan for electric vehicle charging stations
at state parking garages and park-and-ride lots.
By promoting the critical infrastructure needed,
the measure would help make electric vehicles a
more practical choice for commuters. The law also
removed an existing prohibition that prevents the
state from contracting with an outside party to
operate the charging stations.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE.
Seeking alternatives to the gridlock on The 405
and other California highways and roads, Bob
worked diligently to promote public transit planning
and development. The package included:
ProteCting PubliC tranSit. Due to Californias
unprecedented budget defcit in 2009, state
funding for transit operations was eliminated over
the objections of Bob and many other transit
supporters. As chair of the Assembly Budget
Committee, he authored the 2010 law that
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establish a dedicated revenue stream to support
public transit throughout California at a time when
transit had been repeatedly de-funded. Concerned
about the devastating assault on public transit,
Bob held the frst oversight hearing to examine
the negative impacts of the budget cuts, helped to
successfully secure fexible federal funds to replace
lost state funds, and made it a priority to steer
more dollars to transit.
Planning for tranSit future. To promote
comprehensive planning for public transit, Bob
authored AB 650 to establish a Blue Ribbon
Task Force on Public Transportation for the 21st
Century. The measure called upon a task force of
experts to develop a plan to get motorists out of
wasteful traffc congestion and fnd ways to pay for
it. In support, LA Metro said, AB 650 will provide
a comprehensive process to develop suffcient
and stable funding for public transportation.
Despite the backing of more than two dozen
environmental, transportation, local government
and business organizations, the measure was
vetoed. Governor Brown pledged to work with Bob
to achieve this goal administratively.
HigH-SPeed rail. When the state budget crisis
threatened to derail Californias voter-approved
High Speed Rail effort, Bob took the lead in making
sure the project did not stall. He achieved priority
status for limited state bond funds to keep the
High Speed Rail project moving and keep alive the
dream of traveling between southern and northern
California in less than three hours ,and from Los
Angeles to Anaheim in just 20 minutes.
gu i d i n g Ca l i f o r n i a
o n i n t e r n at i o n a l i S S u e S
DIVESTMENT FROM IRAN. Bob
authored several bills enacted
into law during his Assembly
tenure aiming to use the clout
of California to advance federal
sanctions on Iran. The sanctions
aim to pressure Iran to cease
its acquisition and development
of nuclear weapons that pose a
serious and urgent threat in the
Middle East and the world. In
2012, he jointly authored
AB 2160, that created
disincentives for indirect
investments in Iran by insurance
companies doing business in
the state. A state insurance
commissioner inquiry three years
earlier revealed $12 billion in
indirect Iran-related investments
by insurance companies. He also jointly authored
AB 1151 to bring new levels of accountability and
transparency to compliance with state divestment
law by Californias public pension funds. The state
pension funds had been ignoring a 2007 directive
for divestment from companies doing business
in Iran. Just days before a legislative oversight
hearing sought by Bob and Assemblymember
Mike Feuer was to convene on the divestment
inaction, CalPERS announced it would divest most
investments in businesses with interest in Irans
energy sector.
IRAN CONTRACTING ACT OF 2010.
Becoming a model for a growing number of states,
California law jointly authored by Bob prohibits
public contracts from being awarded to companies
doing business in Irans energy sector. Under the
bill, AB 1650, the state Department of General
Services is required to create a regularly updated
list of do not patronize companies. Quoted in the
Financial Times, Mark Wallace, president of United
Against Nuclear Iran, said, By insisting companies
sever ties with Iran before they bid for lucrative
state and city contracts, California has changed the
game on Iran divestment.
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HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR RESPONSIBILITY
ACT. Bobs bill, AB 619, would have required
companies competing to build or operate the
California high-speed rail system to disclose
their investment in Holocaust-era
deportation of innocent victims to
concentration camps, as well as
indicate what, if anything, was done
in restitution. Although vetoed by
the governor, the bill has served as
a model for other states pursuing
these policies.
CALIFORNIA-ISRAEL CLEAN-
TECH AGREEMENT. Recognizing
that California could beneft from a formalized
agreement with Israel, a global leader in renewable
technology development, Bob authored AB 1032.
The bill provided a framework to promote green
tech research and development by companies in
California and Israel. In November 2009, Governor
Schwarzenegger appeared in Israel to sign an
intent letter leading to an MOU modeled on the
bill. In 2013, Bob worked with Govenor Brown to
renew the effort.
GENOCIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION
MONTH. Bob authored ACR 144 proclaiming
every April as Genocide Awareness and Prevention
Month to call attention to genocides throughout
history, and educate people about the need to
speak out against genocides of the past and
occurring today. The resolution was strongly
supported by the Jewish Public Affairs Committee
and Jewish World Watch.
RESUMING COLLEGE STUDY ABROAD IN
ISRAEL. In 2011, Bob asked formally asked
the California State University to resurrect its
study abroad in Israel program. The program
was suspended in 2002 after the US
Department of State issued a travel
warning for Israel in the wake of the
Second Intifada. Although the Intifada
ended in 2005, the CSU study abroad
program remained closed. CSU agreed
to resume the study abroad in Israel
program, accepting students in 2012.
STATE-CHARTERED BANKS. In
2013, Bob navigated AB 978 into law
with bipartisan support to require state regulators
to make sure that money from California is not
funding Irans nuclear armament or terrorist
efforts. Under the bill, the California Commissioner
of Financial Institutions would during examinations
of state-chartered banks and savings and loans
give scrutiny to transactions so that correspondent
or pass-through accounts are not being used to
funnel money to Iran or identifed terrorist groups
in violation of federal sanctions on Iran. New York
state regulators reviewing local transactions found
violations of sanctions on Iran.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REGENTS
LETTER. Working with Senate President pro Tem
Darrell Steinberg, Bob secured the signatures
of three dozen legislators expressing support
of the University of California Regents for the
stance against those at UC campuses pushing for
divestment from both Israel and companies doing
business with Israel.
Standi ng for equal i ty
for al l peopl e
MARRIAGE EQUALITY. Bob, along with
other current and former members of the
Legislature, fled a friend of the court brief,
urging the California Supreme Court to overturn
Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriages. He
coauthored an Assembly resolution expressing the
Legislatures position that Prop 8 is illegal.
RAISING AWARENESS, FIGHTING
DISCRIMINATION. Bob coauthored SB 48,
a measure prohibiting the state from adopting
curriculum with content discriminatory toward
members of the LGBT community and calling for
the use of textbooks that include the signifcant
contributions of LGBT individuals in social science
materials. This measure was signed into law by
the governor. Bob coauthored another measure,
AB 620, that adds LGBT to nondiscrimination laws
affecting students attending California colleges.
RESTITUTION FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
VICTIMS. To help victims of human traffcking,
Bob authored AB 2466 that authorizes law
enforcement to freeze and seize assets of
persons accused of human traffcking so that
the funds remain available for victim restitution
upon conviction of the accused. According to the
California Sheriffs Association, one of the many
law enforcement supporters of the measure, AB
2466 would give prosecutors a new tool that
would prevent criminal defendants involved in
human traffcking from liquidating fnancial assets
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FIGHTING AGAINST INHUMANE TREATMENT.
Bob was the Assembly foor manager of SB 1221,
a bill to prohibit the cruel and inhumane practice
of using dogs to hunt bears and bobcats. Many
states have outlawed this form of hunting in which
the hunter releases hound dogs to chase the
bears or bobcats to exhaustion. Once the prey is
trapped in a tree, the hunter shoots the fatigued
and defenseless animal at point blank range. The
bill was signed into law by the governor.
PROTECTING OUR FAMILY PETS. California
for more than a decade required animal shelters
to hold animals for six days before euthanizing
them. During the state budget crisis, Bob was the
leading force to ensure that the mandate was not
eliminated. He also spearheaded legislation to
reduce the staggering number of dogs and cats
that are euthanized at animal shelters every year.
Bob was the Assembly foor manager of SB 250, which
would reduce the number of animals killed each
year by strengthening licensing requirements on
persons wishing to keep pets that are not spayed
or neutered. The bill was narrowly defeated on the
Assembly foor.
PHASING OUT LEAD SHOT. Bob coauthored
AB 711 to get the lead out of ammunition.
The idea was to remove a source of lead and
dangerous toxins harmful to wildlife, humans
and the environment. Supported by a broad
coalition that included the Humane Society of the
United States, Defenders of Wildlife and Audubon
California, the bill called for the use of non-lead
ammunition for hunting.
A+ GRADE. Bob received the highest grade
from PawPac, an animal advocacy group. He also
worked collaboratively on a range of issues with
the Humane Society of the United States.
Speaking up for thoSe Who
Cant Speak themSelVeS
preSerVing aCCeSS to health, eduCation &
SoCial SerViCeS in an era of budget CutS
ACCESS OF HEALTH INSURANCE. Bob pushed
successfully for emergency changes in state law
needed to help families avoid an inadvertent tax
penalty from receiving health insurance benefts
for dependent adult children under the federal
Affordable Care Act. His jointly authored bill,
AB 36, fxed the state-specifc tax penalty created
by new coverage for dependent adult children up
to age 26. Without the changes, families would
have been forced to drop the new health insurance
benefts because the employer-paid coverage was
considered income for state tax purposes. The
bill was signed into law by the governor.
PRESERVING FAMILY PLANNING FUNDING.
As chair of the Assembly Budget Committee,
Bob led the fght to preserve funding for family
planning services when they came under attack,
and he succeeded in keeping this funding intact
despite the states record defcits. Many family
planning clinics provide important access to
general health care services. Bob was honored by
Planned Parenthood as an Advocate for Access
and Champion for Choice.
WORKING TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Bob
held a Domestic Violence Summit in the district,
bringing together advocates and service providers
that would otherwise be available for restitution
to victims. The bill was signed into law by the
governor.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION. To
better refect Californias increasingly diverse
society, Bob called on local school districts to
identify students from diverse socioeconomic and
cultural backgrounds for the Gifted and Talented
program. AB 2491 was signed into law.
100% RATING BY EQUALITY CALIFORNIA.
A leading advocacy organization for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender individuals, Equality
California give Bob a rating of 100% on its annual
scorecard.
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for women and children in an abusive environment
to help coordinate services and identify gaps in
assistance. As an outgrowth of the gathering, Bob
created a Domestic Violence Commission to advise
him on public policy matters and to help fght
abuse in the San Fernando Valley. In 2012, Bob
authored AB 2483 to help stalking victims get the
privacy protections provided by the Safe at Home
program to victims of domestic abuse or sexual
assault. The bill was signed by the governor.
DEFENDING PROGRAMS HELPING
DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS.
Bob led the fght to reduce proposed budget cuts
to programs serving persons with developmental
disabilities. He succeeded in dramatically lowering
a proposed cut from $533 million to $174 million,
and steered the cuts away from direct services.
CHILDRENS HEALTH INSURANCE. To
save Californias Healthy Families program,
Bob advanced a creative solution embraced
by many of the states health insurance plans
and the governor. The bill, ABX1-21, made it
possible for 350,000 low-income children to
continue to receive health insurance coverage by
continuing a voluntary tax on managed health
care organizations - revenues used to draw down
federal funds. Absent this legislation, the Healthy
Families program would have cancelled coverage
for these children due to state budget cuts.
SAVING LIVES THROUGH BETTER PUBLIC
HEALTH OPTIONS. To stop the rapid increase in
cases of HIV, hepatitis and other deadly infectious
diseases, Bob authored AB 1858. Under the
bill, the state Department of Public Health could
authorize local health facilities to provide syringe
exchange services. While the measure that could
save countless lives and millions of state dollars
was vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger, the bill
inspired a nearly identical bill, AB 604, that was
enacted the following year by Governor Brown.
PRESERVING FAMILY PLANNING FUNDING.
As chair of the Assembly Budget Committee,
Bob led the fght to preserve funding for family
planning services when they came under attack,
and he succeeded in keeping this funding intact
despite the state's record defcits. Many family
planning clinics provide important access to
general health care services. Bob was honored by
Planned Parenthood as an "Advocate for Access"
and "Champion for Choice."
CURBING INSURANCE RATE HIKES. To protect
more than three million workers who receive
health insurance through their employers, Bob
introduced AB 1759 to prohibit insurance rate
spikes and require health insurers to disclose
expected rate increases in employer-sponsored
plans. The measure enjoyed broad support from
employers and labor, but was vetoed.
ADVOCATING FOR HOMELESS YOUTH.
There are more than 200,000 homeless youth
on California streets every year, yet no single
government department has responsibility for
coordinating services needed. To address this,
Bob authored AB 2547 that would have created
the Offce of Homeless Youth Advocate so that
homeless youth and others would have a place
in state government to seek information and
assistance.
PROMOTING HEALTH CARE COVERAGE VIA
THE BUDGET. To implement the expansion of
health insurance under the federal Affordable
Care Act in California, Bob coauthored the special
session bill, ABX1-1. It simplifed enrollment
eligibility and extended coverage to 1.4 million
uninsured Californians. To insure the plans
success, Bob also had changes integrated into
the state budget and adjusted all of the related
expenditures. The plan allowed California to
draw down billions in federal funds for health
care alone. By implementing the federal health
care reforms and budget changes, California was
positioned to create jobs in the states health
care workforce, improve worker productivity and
increase local and state tax revenues. These
actions provided lifesaving health coverage to
millions, expanded preventive care and improved
health outcomes for more insured Californians.
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FROM DOUBLE-DIGIT DEFICITS TO BUDGET
SURPLUS. As chair of the Assembly Budget
Committee, Bob oversaw the shaping of a
state spending plan in 2013 that marked a new
beginning for California and meaningful steps
for a better tomorrow. When he was sworn in
as a freshman legislator in December 2008, he
faced a looming fscal emergency and a state
defcit of $40 billion. He was initiated immediately
into budget crisis by voting for tough cuts over
and over. For his last state budget, he delivered
a spending blueprint that maintained fscal
responsibility, tracked the governors conservative
revenue estimates, paid down $5.2 billion in
debt and established a real rainy-day fund for
emergencies. The 2013 budget he delivered was
the third-consecutive balanced budget passed on-
time a feat not seen since the mid-1980s.
INVESTING IN MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES.
As Budget Committee Chair, Bob advanced
the Assemblys core principles of investing in
the middle class. The 2013-2014 State Budget
provided billions in new funds to educate
Californias children and delivered on the promise
of voter-passed Proposition 30. The budget made
college education more affordable through a new
Middle Class Scholarship program and increased
childcare slots so that working parents can
provide for their families. The new Middle Class
Scholarship would slash UC or CSU student fees
by up to 40% for families with household incomes
of up to $100,000. The budget also provided
a CalWORKS grant increase as a frst step in
insuring low-income children have a real chance
at educational success in the classroom.
FIGHTING FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO JUSTICE.
Bob continually fought to preserve the integrity
of Californias court system, fnding himself at
times battling with the Governors Administration
with very few allies in defending Judicial Branch
funding. He found himself questioning that
support when court administrators decided to
close certain courthouses in the San Fernando
Valley and force the most vulnerable members to
travel more than two hours by public transit to
the Santa Monica courthouse to challenge eviction
orders. In 2013, he fought to increase court
funding by $63 million as a modest frst-step.
At the same time, Bob was a vocal advocate for
accountability measures to ensure state funds are
spent protecting services and to public access to
the courts.
naVi gati ng from deep budget defiCi tS
to Cali forni a reneWal
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reforming goVernment through
oVerSight & aCCountability
FIGHTING FRAUD AGAINST GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS. Like the federal law enlisting
whistle-blowers to combat fraud against
government programs, the California False Claims
Act is the single most important tool for recovering
money stolen by contractors fraudulently billing
the state government. Since 1999, the law has
empowered the state to recover more than $1
billion in taxpayer dollars. Upon taking offce in the
Assembly, Bob authored
AB 1196 to strengthen
and expand the false
claims law that
enables private citizens
to report intentional
fraud by contractors
and reap a signifcant
portion of the damages
awarded by the court
if the claim is true.
Continuing his fght
against unscrupulous
contractors, his bill,
AB 2492, further
strengthen the law and
allowed California to
continue receiving a
10% recovery bonus
from the federal government for fghting Medi-
Cal fraud. Since 2008, California received nearly
$95 million in federal bonus anti-fraud recoveries.
Without Bobs efforts, the federal reward
payments to combat Medi-Cal fraud would have
ceased.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG TRACKING. To tackle the
fast-growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse
and overdose deaths, Bob spearheaded a state
budget solution to save Californias pioneering
Controlled Substance Utilization Revenue and
Evaluation Systems (CURES). He secured the
funding needed for quickly rebuilding an effective
online database that could be used to better
detect patients who doctor-shop for prescription
drugs and discover physicians who improperly
prescribe narcotics. His efforts kept CURES from
having to shut down and advanced improvements
needed to attract more doctors and pharmacists
to participate in the system. He also coauthored
SB 809 to develop ongoing funding for CURES
EXPANDED PUBLIC INPUT INTO THE BUDGET
PROCESS. Since becoming Assembly Budget
Chair, Bob restructured the budget process
to engage more public input. Thousands of
Californians participated in the 70 committee
and subcommittee hearings over the fve months
of reviewing the 2013-2014 state spending
plan. That state budget marked the success
of a reformed budget process and the end to
Big 5 closed-door, post-conference committee
negotiations that used to limit discussions to
Governor, Assembly Speaker, Senate President pro
Tem and the two Republican house leaders. Under
the process he created, state budgets are crafted
in the open and passed on-time in the light of day.
REMOVING GUNS FROM PROHIBITED
PERSONS. Bob was the Assembly foor manager
of the bill, SB 140, to provide the funding needed
for law enforcement to remove weapons from
those prohibited from owning them. California
law requires gun owners to register with the
Department of Justice and to surrender specifed
weapons upon a felony conviction or serious
mental illness. Each year, 3,000 names are added
to the list of Armed Prohibited Persons. Through
Bobs efforts, the state Attorney General was
able to quickly begin the process of hiring needed
special agents to retrieve guns and other weapons
from individuals who under the law are prohibited
from owning or possessing them.
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and increase participation by
requiring practitioners and
pharmacists to register and
consult CURES for prescription
narcotics.
REFORMING BUDGET
PROCESS. As chair of the
Assembly Budget Committee,
Bob shaped the frst
performance-based budgeting
bill to reach the governors
desk. Although enjoying broad
support among governmental
reform advocates, the bill,
SB 14, was vetoed. Bob also
was instrumental in crafting a
much-needed change, SB 15,
to require long-range budget
forecasts to be included in every
state budget proposed by the
governor. The bill was enacted
into law.
GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT. Bob created
the Assemblys frst budget subcommittee on
oversight and program evaluation. He designed
the committee to draw upon the knowledge and
expertise of his fve budget subcommittee chairs
involved in spending decisions in the key areas
of health and human services, education fnance,
resources and transportation, state administration
and public safety. As chair of this subcommittee,
he sought to create a new culture of performance-
based budgeting. He examined the operations
of various state departments, such as CalTrans
and the Department of Motor Vehicles, with
the goal of improving cost-effciencies and the
delivery of governmental services to the public,
The subcommittee pressed state departments
to provide metrics for success to achieve
measurable results, accountability, effciency and
continual improvements in their programs and
services.
INCREASED OVERSIGHT & ACCOUNTABILITY.
Bob authored the bill, AB 1487, to impose
stronger standardized accounting practices in the
wake of $20 million in hidden funds uncovered
at the state Department of Parks and Recreation.
The bill was part of a broader strategy to ensure
strict special fund management. California has
in excess of 500 special funds that range from
very large transportation-related funds to small
specialized accounts created to help pay for
specifc programs and make use of taxes and fees.
The bill resulted from a review of special fund
accounting practices showing the use of different
accounting measures at different times of year.
Signed by the Governor, the bill expanded and
strengthened fnancial reporting requirements for
the State Controller and Department of Finance.
FIXING DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT.
Bob served as an inaugural member of the Select
Committee on Improving State Government,
which was charged with developing structural
reforms to the legislative process to improve
governments responsiveness to the people of
California and to better address the major policy
issues facing the state. He also held numerous
oversight hearings that led to public exposure
of problems and changes. In addition, as chair
of the Assembly Budget Committee, Bob used
the process to force change by zero-basing the
budget the California Public Utilities Commission
and initiating a series of strong reforms never before
attempted.
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2009 - 2010 SESSION
*AB-12 (Beall, Bass) - California Fostering
Connectons to Success Act. Ch. 559, Stats. of
2010.
*AB-37 (Furutani) - Honorary college degrees for
Japanese American alumni interned during World
War II. Ch. 213, Stats. of 2009.
*AB-52 (Portantno) - Umbilical Cord Blood
Collecton Program. Ch. 529, Stats. of 2010.
AB-68 (Brownley) - Single-use carryout bags.

AB-87 (Davis) - Single-use carryout bags:
environmental efects: mitgaton.
*AB-107 (Galgiani, Conway) - Veterinarians.
Ch. 80, Stats. of 2009.
*AB-139 (Brownley) - Local government: county
boards: regular meetngs. Ch. 34, Stats. of 2010.
AB-147 (Saldaa) - Hazardous electronic waste.
*AB-215 (Feuer, Smyth) - Skilled nursing facilites:
ratngs. Ch. 420, Stats. of 2009.
AB-223 (Ma) - Safe Body Art Act.
*AB-287 (Beall) - Persons with developmental
disabilites: employment. Ch. 231, Stats. of 2009.
*AB-291 (Saldaa) - Commercial fshing: lobster
management. Ch. 565, Stats. of 2010.
*AB-302 (Beall) - Deadly weapons: prohibited
persons: reports. Ch. 344, Stats. of 2010.
*AB-347 (Bass) - Income and corporaton taxes:
charitable contributons: Hait earthquake victms.
Ch. 8, Stats. of 2010.
*AB-370 (Eng) - Unlicensed contractors. Ch. 319,
Stats. of 2009.
AB-472 (Blumenfeld) - Earthquake and emergency
preparedness. (See p. 6)

AB-473 (Blumenfeld) - Solid waste: recycling:
multfamily dwellings. (See p. 10)
*AB-474 (Blumenfeld) - Contractual assessments:
water efciency improvements. Ch. 444, Stats of
2009. (See p. 9)
AB-522 (Blumenfeld) - Transportaton: bond funds.

AB-529 (Blumenfeld) - Golden State Scholarshare
Savings Trust.
AB-560 (Skinner) - Net energy metering.
AB-616 (Blumenfeld) Youth violence preventon.
AB-617 (Blumenfeld) - State government:
informaton technology environmental
practces.
AB-618 (Blumenfeld) - Ofce of the State Chief
Informaton Ofcer: dutes.
AB-619 (Blumenfeld) - High-speed rail contractors.
(See p. 13)
AB-627 (Brownley) - Child care: nutritonal
requirements.
AB-656 (Torrico) - California Higher Educaton
Endowment Corporaton: oil and gas severance tax.
AB-663 (Jones) - Legal aid: court interpreters:
telephone appearances.
AB-684 (Blumenfeld) - California Alternatve
Energy and Advanced Transportaton Financing
Authority Act.
AB-725 (Jones, Torres) - Low-cost automobile
insurance.
*AB-794 (Hagman) - Teacher credentaling fee
waiver for military spouses. Ch 125, Stats. of 2009.
*AB-819 (C. Calderon) - Intellectual property
piracy. Ch. 351, Stats. of 2010.
AB-1017 (Portantno, Brownley) - Sexual assault
crimes.
AB-1027 (Blumenfeld) - Energy: solar energy.
AB-1028 (Blumenfeld) - Sales and use taxes:
exempton: energy efcient products.
AB-1029 (Blumenfeld) - Taxaton: property tax
postponement.
AB-1030 (Blumenfeld) - Renewable energy
projects: Department of Transportaton. (See p. 11)

*AB-1031 (Blumenfeld) - Renewable energy
resources. Ch. 380, Stats of 2009. (See p. 10)
AB-1032 (Blumenfeld) - Internatonal relatons:
memorandum of understanding: Israel. (See p. 13)
*AB-1048 (Torrico) - Child protecton: safe
surrender. Ch. 567, Stats. of 2010.
*AB-1079 (VM Perez) - Requires bilateral strategic
plan for cleaning up the New River along the
California-Mexico border. Ch. 382, Stats. of 2009.
AB-1132 (Jones) - Organ tssue donaton.
AB-1177 (Fong, Hill) - Creates Interagency Council
on Homelessness.
AB-1186 (Blumenfeld) - Encouraging clean air
alternatve: employee parking business incentves.
*AB-1196 (Blumenfeld) - The False Claims Act.
Ch. 277, Stats. of 2009. (See p. 17)
AB-1296 (Blumenfeld) - Special educaton:
nonpublic, nonsectarian schools.
AB-1389 (Blumenfeld) - State solar highways.
(See p. 11)
*AB-1390 (Blumenfeld) - School safety: school
security and police departments. Ch 292, Stats. of
2009.
*AB-1398 (Blumenfeld) -Technology-based
educatonal materials. Ch. 293, Stats of 2009.
(See p. 4)
AB-1506 (Anderson) - State registered warrants.
*AB-1597 (Jones) - Auto insurance: assigned risk
plans: low-cost automobile insurance. Ch. 234,
Stats. of 2010.
*AB-1601 (Hill) - Vehicles: Allows courts to order
10-year revocaton of drivers license for repeat
DUI ofenders. Ch. 301, Stats. of 2010.
AB-1604 (Nava) - Taxaton: Oil Industry Fair Share
Act.
AB-1609 (Blumenfeld) - 201011 Budget.
AB-1630 (Blumenfeld) - 2010-11 Budget.
AB-1636 (Blumenfeld) - Budget Act of 2010.
*AB-1644 (Nielsen) - Dispositon of cremated
remains of veterans. Ch. 189, Stats. of 2010.
AB-1656 (Ma, Lieu) - Labeling of fur products.
*AB-1650 (Blumenfeld, Feuer) - Public contracts:
state and local contract eligibility: energy sector
investment actvites in Iran. Ch. 573, Stats of 2010.
(See p. 12)
AB-1680 (Saldaa) - Civil rights: waivers.
AB-1699 (Hernndez) - Interim appropriatons.
AB-1718 (Blumenfeld) - Taxaton: property tax
deferment. (See p. 7)
*AB-1742 (Coto) - Educaton: special educaton
access to technology-based materials. Ch. 146,
Stats. of 2010.
*AB-1743 (Hernndez) -Politcal Reform Act of
i n d e x o f l e g i S l at i o n
authored and Coauthored
*EnactEd i nto Law
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1974: placement agents. Ch. 668, Stats. of 2010.
AB-1759 (Blumenfeld) - Health care coverage:
limitng premium rate increases. (See p. 15)

AB-1760 (Blumenfeld) - Design-sequencing
contracts. (See p. 5)
AB-1765 (Solorio) - Public employment: furloughs.
AB-1777 (Portantno) - Community Economic
Revitalizaton Act of 2010.
AB-1802 (Hall) - Pupil diabetes insulin injectons.
AB-1818 (Blumenfeld) - Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy: Upper Los Angeles River and
Watershed Protecton Program.

AB-1826 (Hufman, Feuer) - Health care coverage:
prescriptons.
AB-1858 (Blumenfeld) - Hypodermic needles and
syringes: exchange services. (See p. 15)
AB-2024 (Blumenfeld) - Mortgage modifcatons.
AB-2027 (Blumenfeld, Cook) - Online educaton:
school atendance. (See p. 4)
*AB-2058 (Block) - Unemployment insurance:
retraining benefts. Ch. 591, Stats. of 2010.
AB-2093 (VM Perez) - Immunizatons for children:
reimbursement of physicians.

*AB-2177 (Beall) - Income and corporaton taxes:
Franchise Tax Board: administraton: electronic
communicaton. Ch. 136, Stats. of 2010.
AB-2204 (Beall) - Developmental services:
stakeholder groups.

*AB-2253 (Coto) - Workers compensaton: cancer
presumpton. Ch. 672, Stats. of 2010.
*AB-2314 (Block, Knight) - Property tax exempton:
disabled veterans: procedure. Ch. 150, Stats. of
2010.
*AB-2322 (Feuer, Bass) - Abuse of children, elder, or
dependent persons: confdentality. Ch. 551, Stats.
of 2010.
*AB-2382 (Blumenfeld) - California State University:
Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees. Ch. 425, Stats.
of 2010. (See p. 6)
AB-2494 (Blumenfeld) - State personal services
contracts.
AB-2512 (Blumenfeld) - Hospital seismic safety.

AB-2525 (Blumenfeld) - Sales and use taxes:
exempton: manufacturing equipment. (See p. 4)
*AB-2619 (Block) - Elder and dependent adult
abuse: resttuton. Ch. 64, Stats. of 2010.
AB-2693 (Blumenfeld) - Local government
renewable energy self-generaton program.
*AB-2694 (Blumenfeld) - On-line instructonal
materials. Ch. 269, Stats. of 2010. (See p. 4)
AB-2709 (Blumenfeld) - California Housing Finance
Agency: federal loan guarantee.

AB-2710 (Blumenfeld) - Vehicles: signs: parking
violatons: removal.
AB-2722 (Blumenfeld) - Personal income taxes.
AB-2723 (Blumenfeld) - Medical informaton:
integrity.

*AB-2724 (Blumenfeld) - Renewable energy
resources. Ch. 474, Stats. of 2010 (See p. 10)
*AB-2756 (Blumenfeld, Feuer) - Mobile billboard
advertsing displays: local ordinances. Ch. 615, Stats.
of 2010. (See p. 6)
*ACR-144 (Blumenfeld) - Genocide Awareness and
Preventon Month. Ch. 15, Stats. of 2010.
(See p. 13)
*ABX3-20 (Bass) - Federal transportaton economic
stmulus funds. Ch. 21, Stats. of 2009. (See p. 11)
*ABX6-10 (Blumenfeld) - Establish Secretary of
Service and Volunteering in the Governors Ofce
of Planning and Research, appointment subject to
Senate confrmaton. Ch. 1, Stats. of 2010.
ABX8-41 (Nava) - Oil Severance Tax: Industry Fair
Share Act.
*SB-71 (Padilla, Alquist, Strickland) - Economic
development: sales and use tax exclusions:
environmental technology project. Ch. 10, Stats. of
2010. (See p. 4)
*SB-124 (Oropeza) - Air polluton: schoolbus idling
and idling at schools. Ch. 561, Stats. of 2009.
*SB-247 (Alquist) - Instructonal materials. Ch. 209,
Stats. of 2009.
SB-250 (Flores) - Dogs and cats: spaying and
neutering. (See p. 14)

SB-323 (Oropeza) - Taxaton: deposits: qualifed
tuiton programs.

*SB-442 (Ducheny) - Clinic corporaton: licensing.
Ch 502, Stats. of 2010.
*SB-572 (Leno) - Harvey Milk Day: ofcial
designaton. Ch. 626, Stats. of 2009.
*SB-662 (Yee, Corbet) - Domestc violence:
marriage license fees.
*SB-677 (Yee) - Human trafcking and forced labor:
real property nuisance seizures. Ch. 625, Stats of
2010.
*SB-782 (Yee) - Residental tenancies: domestc
violence. Ch. 626, Stats of 2010.
SB-810 (Leno) - Single-payer health care coverage.
SB-836 (Oropeza) - Breast cancer screening:
expanded coverage.
SB-840 (Yee) - Reportng crimes.
SB-920 (Yee) - Alphabetcal phone directories
distributon.
*SBX3-13 (Alquist, Corbet, Kehoe) - Domestc
violence: funding. Ch. 29, Stats. of 2009.
*SBX8-34 (Padilla) - Energy: solar thermal and
photovoltaic powerplants: sitng. Ch. 9, Stats. of
2010.
2011 - 2012 SESSION
AB-1 (J. Prez) - CalWORKs Stage 3 Educaton.
*AB-6 (Fuentes) - Streamining access to CalWORKs
and CalFresh. Ch. 501, Stats. of 2011.
*AB-12 (Swanson) - Aboliton of Child Commerce,
Exploitaton, and Sexual Slavery Act of 2011.
Ch. 75, Stats. of 2011.
*AB-36 (Perea, Blumenfeld) - Income and
employment taxes: federal conformity: Health Care
and Educaton Reconciliaton Act of 2010. Ch. 17,
Stats. of 2011. (See p. 14)
AB-46 (J. Prez) - Local government: cites.
*AB-90 (Swanson) - Human trafcking: minors.
Ch. 457, Stats. of 2011.
AB-92 (Blumenfeld) - 201112 Budget.
AB-96 (Blumenfeld) - Establishes Keeping Adults
Free from Insttutons program to provide services
in the community to qualifed, low-income persons.
(See p. 7)
*AB-105 (Budget/Blumenfeld) - Requires the
Department of Motor Vehciles to update applicaton
forms so applicants may indicate if a military
veteran, among other things. Ch. 6, Stats. of 2011.
(See p. 8)
AB-110 (Blumenfeld) - Mitgatng court funding
cuts.
*AB-122 (Blumenfeld) - Budget Acts of 2009 and
2010: augmentaton. Ch. 42, Stats. of 2011.
*AB-131 (Cedillo) - Student fnancial aid: California
Dream Act. Ch. 604, Stats. of 2011.
AB-165 (Lara) - Pupil fees.

AB-171 (Beall) - Pervasive developmental disorder
or autsm.
AB-181 (Portantno, Beall) - Foster youth: mental
health bill of rights.

*AB-183 (Ma) - Alcoholic beverage licenses: self-
service checkouts. Ch. 726, Stats. of 2011.
*AB-188 (Block, Butler) - Property tax exempton:
principal residence: veterans and their unmarried
surviving spouses. Ch. 202, Stats. of 2011.
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*AB-210 (R.Hernndez) - Maternity services.
Ch. 508, Stats. of 2011.
AB-275 (Solorio) - Rainwater Capture Act of 2011.

*AB-296 (Skinner) - Department of Transportaton:
paving materials. Ch. 667, Stats. of 2012.
AB-306 (Gato) - New energy technology study.
AB-312 (B. Lowenthal) - Civil rights for homeless.
*AB-341 (Chesbro) - Solid waste: diversion.
Ch. 476, Stats. of 2011.
*AB-361 (Hufman) - Beneft corporatons. Ch. 728,
Stats. of 2011.
AB-372 (R. Hernndez) - California community
colleges: matriculaton services.
*AB-391 (Pan) - Secondhand dealers and
pawnbrokers: electronic reportng. Ch. 172, Stats.
of 2012.
*AB-396 (Mitchell) - Medi-Cal: juvenile inmates.
Ch. 394, Stats. of 2011.
AB-450 (Wieckowski) - California State University:
food service contracts.
AB-493 (Perea) - Registered sex ofenders:
community care facilites.

AB-557 (J. Prez, Cook, Pan, Perea) - Veterans:
Natonal Guard: California Interagency Council on
Veteran Services and Programs. (See p. 8)

*AB-564 (Smyth, Galgiani) - Income taxes:
voluntary contributons: Municipal Shelter Spay-
Neuter Fund. Ch. 549, Stats. of 2011.
*AB-581 (J. Prez) - Public health: food access.
Ch. 505, Stats. of 2011.
*AB-604 (Skinner) - Needle exchange programs.
Ch. 744, Stats. of 2011.
*AB-610 (Solorio) - Vehicles: specialized license
plates: Veterinary Medical Board. Ch. 9, Stats. of
2012.
*AB-620 (Block) - Public postsecondary educaton:
nondiscriminaton: gender identty, and gender
expression. Ch. 637, Stats. of 2011. (See p. 13)
*AB-624 (J. Prez, Blumenfeld) - California
Organized Investment Network. Ch. 436, Stats. of
2011.
AB-626 (Blumenfeld) - Distance learning.
*AB-641 (Feuer) - Long-term care. Ch. 729, Stats.
of 2011.
*AB-644 (Blumenfeld, Atkins) - Schools: average
daily atendance: online instructon. Ch. 579, Stats.
of 2012. (See p. 4)
AB-649 (Harkey) - Public postsecondary educaton:
veterans enrollment.
AB-650 (Blumenfeld) - Blue Ribbon Task Force on
Public Transportaton for the 21st Century. (See p. 12)
*AB-689 (Blumenfeld) - Insurance: annuity
transactons. Ch. 295, Stats. of 2011. (See p. 6, 9)
*AB-697 (VM Prez) - Veteran: acquisiton of home:
interest of record. Ch. 368, Stats. of 2011.
AB-700 (Blumenfeld) - Infrastructure and Economic
Development Bank. (See p. 5)
AB-705 (Blumenfeld, Feuer) - Insurance: risk
retenton.
*AB-740 (Blumenfeld) - Personal services
contracts. Ch. 684, Stats. of 2011. (See p. 17)
AB-757 (Blumenfeld) - Sex ofenders: public
informaton.
AB-796 (Blumenfeld) - Financial assistance: Clean
Energy Economy and Jobs Incentve Program.
(See p. 4)
AB-802 (Blumenfeld, Cook) - Online educaton:
school atendance. (See p. 4)
*AB-818 (Blumenfeld) - Solid waste: multfamily
dwellings. Ch. 279, Stats. of 2011. (See p. 10)
AB-851 (Nestande) - Distance learning.
*AB-882 (Cook, Blumenfeld) - Veterans and
military: public postsecondary educaton. Ch. 739,
Stats. of 2011. (See p. 8)
AB-932 (Blumenfeld) - Renewable energy
resources fnancing.
AB-935 (Blumenfeld) - Foreclosures: foreclosure
mitgaton charges.
*AB-989 (Mitchell) - Mental health: childrens
services. Ch. 640, Stats. of 2011.
*AB-1090 (Blumenfeld) - Taxaton: property tax
deferment. Ch. 369, Stats. of 2011. (See p.7)
*AB-1112 (Hufman) - Oil spill preventon and
administraton fee. Ch. 583, Stats. of 2011.
*AB-1151 (Feuer, Blumenfeld) - Public retrement
systems: investments: Iran. Ch. 441, Stats. of 2011.
(See p. 12)
AB-1182 (R.Hernndez) - CalWORKs eligibility: asset
limits: vehicles.

AB-1184 (Gato) - Public employees retrement
benefts.
*AB-1215 (Blumenfeld) - Vehicles: electronic
processing of documents: ttling and registraton.
Ch. 329, Stats. of 2011. (See p. 9)
AB-1268 (Blumenfeld) - Cellphone bill shock
consumer protectons. (See p. 9)
*AB-1293 (Blumenfeld) - Elder abuse: thef or
embezzlement: resttuton. Ch. 371, Stats. of 2011.
(See p. 7)
*AB-1298 (Blumenfeld) - Vehicles: parking: mobile
billboard advertsing displays. Ch. 538, Stats. of
2011. (See p. 6)
*AB-1300 (Blumenfeld) - Medical marijuana.
Ch. 196, Stats. of 2011. (See p. 6)
*AB-1319 (Butler) - Product safety plastcs:
bisphenol A. Ch. 467, Stats. of 2011.
AB-1326 (Furutani) - California Higher Educaton
Endowment Corporaton: oil and gas severance tax.
AB-1440 (Perea) - Child abuse and neglect: reports.
AB-1450 (Allen) - Employment: discriminaton:
status as unemployed.
AB-1415 (Blumenfeld) - Adult day health care.
AB-1463 (Blumenfeld) - 201213 Budget.

AB-1464 (Blumenfeld) - 201213 Budget.
*AB-1478 (Blumenfeld) - Imposes two-year
moratorium on state park closures and provides
funding to prevent park closures. Ch. 530, Stats. of
2012. (See p. 10)
*AB-1487 (Blumenfeld) - Expands accountablity
and oversight for the more than 500 special funds
in state agencies. Ch. 343, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 18)
AB-1500 (J. Prez) - Corporaton taxes: single sales
factor: Middle Class Scholarship Fund.
AB-1501 (J. Prez) - Student fnancial aid: Middle
Class Scholarship Program. (See p. 16)
*AB-1532 (J. Prez) - California Global Warming
Solutons Act of 2006: Greenhouse Gas Reducton
Fund. Ch. 807, Stats. of 2012.
AB-1549 (Gato) - Development: expedited permit
review.
*AB-1589 (Hufman, Chesbro, Dickinson, Gato,
Jefries) - State parks: sustainability and
protecton. Ch. 533, Stats. of 2012.
AB-1648 (Brownley) - Politcal Reform Act of 1974:
advertsements: disclosure.

*AB-1750 (Solorio) - Rainwater Capture Act of
2012. Ch. 537, Stats. of 2012.
AB-1852 (Campos) - Vital records: fees.
*AB-1856 (Ammiano) - Foster care services:
cultural competency. Ch. 639, Stats. of 2012.
*AB-1956 (Portantno, Halderman) - Juvenile
ofenders: tatoo removal. Ch. 746, Stats. of 2012.
*AB-2026 (Fuentes) - Income taxes: credits: flm:
extension. Ch. 841, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 4)
AB-2093 (Skinner) - Foster Youth Higher Educaton
Preparaton and Support Act of 2012.
*AB-2133 (Blumenfeld, Silva) - Veterans priority
registraton. Ch. 400, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 8)
AB-2135 (Blumenfeld) - Building standards: solar
distributed generaton technology on residental
and commercial property. (See p. 11)
*AB-2138 (Blumenfeld) - Health insurance fraud:
22
annual fee. Ch. 444, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 9)
*AB-2160 (Blumenfeld, Feuer) - Insurance:
retenton risk. Ch. 479, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 12)
*AB-2251 (Feuer, Blumenfeld) - Victm resttuton:
victms contact informaton. Ch. 124, Stats. of
2012.
*AB-2291 (Blumenfeld) - Vehicles: advertsing
signs. Ch. 373, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 6)
AB-2340 (Williams) - Distributed generaton grid.
AB-2341 (Williams) - Distributon generaton grid.
AB-2352 (R. Hernndez) - CalWORKs eligibility:
asset limits: vehicles.
AB-2401 (Blumenfeld) - Secure electronic
communicatons.

*AB-2405 (Blumenfeld) - Vehicles: high-occupancy
toll lanes. Ch. 674, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 11)
*AB-2466 (Blumenfeld) - Human trafcking:
seizure of assets. Ch. 512, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 13)
*AB-2483 (Blumenfeld) - Victms of stalking:
address confdentality. Ch. 102, Stats. of 2012.
(See p. 15)
*AB-2491 (Blumenfeld) - Pupil instructon: gifed
and talented pupil program: standard for pupil
identfcaton. Ch. 588, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 14)
*AB-2492 (Blumenfeld) - The California False
Claims Act. Ch. 647, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 17)
*AB-2502 (Blumenfeld) - Vehicles: conditonal sale
contracts. Ch. 675, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 11)
*AB-2521 (Blumenfeld) - Landlord and tenant:
personal property remaining on premises afer
terminaton of tenancy. Ch. 560, Stats. of 2012.
(See p. 9)
AB-2547 (Blumenfeld) - Homeless youth: Statewide
Ofce of the Homeless Youth Advocate. (See p. 15)
*AB-2583 (Blumenfeld) - Alternatvely fueled
vehicles: state feet: public parking. Ch. 676, Stats.
of 2012. (See p. 11)
AB-2590 (Blumenfeld) - Distributed generaton:
interconnecton.
AB-2617 (Blumenfeld) - Dropout recovery
programs: funding report.
AB-2640 (Blumenfeld) - Informaton Practces Act
of 1977: disclosure of security breach.

*AB-2659 (Blumenfeld) - Vehicles: troops to trucks
drivers licenses. Ch. 406, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 8)
*AJR-25 (Feuer, Blumenfeld) - Los Angeles
Residental Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2011.
Ch. 73, Stats. of 2012. (See p. 6)
ACA-4 (Blumenfeld) - Local government fnancing:
voter approval.
*ABX1-16 (Blumenfeld) - Local Revenue Fund
2011. Ch. 13, Stats. of 2011 First Extraordinary
Session.
*ABX1-17 (Blumenfeld) - Criminal Justce
Realignment of 2011. Ch. 12, Stats of 2011 First
Extraordinary Session.
ABX1-18 (Blumenfeld) - The Schools and Local
Public Safety Protecton Act of 2011.
*ABX1-19 (Blumenfeld) - Long-term care.
Ch. 4, Stats. of 2011 First Extraordinary Session.
ABX1-20 (Blumenfeld) - Budget Act of 2011:
Director of Finance: reductons.

*ABX1-21 (Blumenfeld) - Public health: managed
care plan taxes. Ch. 11, Stats. of 2011 First
Extraordinary Session. (See p. 15)
ABX1-22 (Blumenfeld) - Vehicles: license fees.

ABX1-23 (Blumenfeld) - Local government fnance.

ABX1-24 (Blumenfeld) - State responsibility areas:
fre protecton fees.
ABX1-25 (Blumenfeld) - Community
Redevelopment.
*ABX1-26 (Blumenfeld) - Community
redevelopment. Ch. 5, Stats of 2011 First
Extraordinary Session.
*ABX1-27 (Blumenfeld) - Voluntary Alternatve
Redevelopment Program. Ch. 6, Stats. of 2011 First
Extraordinary Session.
*ABX1-28 (Blumenfeld) - State Board of
Equalizaton: administraton: retailer engaged in
business in this state. Ch. 7, Stats. of 2011 First
Extraordinary Session.
*ABX1-29 (Blumenfeld) - State responsibility areas:
fre preventon fees. Ch. 8, Stats. of 2011 First
Extraordinary Session.
*ABX1-30 (Blumenfeld) - Budget Act of 2011:
revisions. Ch. 16, Stats. of 2011. First Extraordinary
Session.
*ABX1-32 (Blumenfeld) - Educaton fnance. Ch. 15,
Stats. of 2011. First Extraordinary Session.
ABX1-33 (Blumenfeld) - Budget Act of 2011.
ABX1-34 (Blumenfeld) - State Controller: property
tax postponement.
ABX1-35 (Blumenfeld) - Budget Act of 2011.
ABX1-40 (Fuentes, Fletcher) - Income taxes:
exclusions: deductons: sales: single sales factor:
sales and use taxes: manufacturing exempton.

ACAX1-2 (Blumenfeld) - The Schools and Local
Public Safety Protecton Act of 2011.
SB-14 (Wolk, DeSaulnier, Huf) - State budget:
performance-based budgetng. (See p. 18)
*SB-15 (DeSaulnier, Wolk) - State budget: requiring
revenue and expeindutre estmates. Ch. 737, Stats.
of 2011. (See p. 18)
*SB-48 (Leno) - Pupil instructon: prohibiton of
discriminatory content. Ch. 81, Stats. of 2011.
(See p. 13)
SB-155 (Evans) - Maternity services.

*SB-215 (Huf) - Invasive aquatc species: mussels.
Ch. 331, Stats. of 2011.
*SB-216 (Yee) - Public utlites: intrastate natural
gas pipeline safety. Ch. 521, Stats. of 2011.
*SB-222 (Evans, Alquist) - Maternity services.
Ch. 509, Stats. of 2011.
*SB-292 (Padilla) - California Environmental Quality
Act: administratve and judicial review procedures:
City of Los Angeles: stadium. Ch. 353, Stats. of
2011. (See p. 4, 10)
*SB-299 (Evans) - Employment: pregnancy or
childbirth leave. Ch. 510, Stats. of 2011.
*SB-397 (Yee) - Online voter registraton. Ch. 561,
Stats. of 2011.
*SB-458 (Corbet) - Mortgages: defciency
judgments. Ch. 82, Stats. of 2011.
*SB-550 (Padilla) - Business: manufactured optcal
discs. Ch. 421, Stats. of 2011. (See p. 4)
*SB-651 (Leno) - Family law: domestc
partnerships. Ch. 721, Stats. of 2011.
*SB-753 (Padilla) - Pupils: English learner
assessments. Ch. 634, Stats. of 2011.
SB-810 (Leno) - Single-payer health care coverage.
*SB-859 (Padilla) - Vehicles: records: confdentality.
Ch. 346, Stats. of 2011.
*SB 863 (de Leon) - Enacts major reforms to the
workers compensaton system. Ch. 363, Stats. of
2012. (See p. 5)
*SB-897 (Leno) - Residental care facilites for the
elderly. Ch. 376, Stats. of 2011.
SB-911 (De Len) - State contracts: multstate
corporatons.
*SB-955 (Pavley, Rubio) - Public employees
retrement: pension fund management. Ch. 760,
Stats. of 2012.
SB-974 (Evans) - State parks: proposed closures.
*SB-1052 (Steinberg, Alquist) - California Open
Educaton Resources Council. Ch. 621, Stats. of
2012.
*SB-1053 (Steinberg, Alquist) - Public
postsecondary educaton: California Digital Open
Source Library. Ch. 622, Stats. of 2012.
*SB-1234 (De Len, Steinberg) - Retrement savings
plans. Ch. 734, Stats. of 2012.
SB-1338 (Kehoe) - Trained health care professionals
performing abortons by aspiraton techniques.
*SB-1381 (Pavley, Anderson, Rubio) - Mental
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retardaton: change to intellectual disability. Ch.
457, Stats. of 2012.
2013 SESSION
AB-22 (Blumenfeld) - Sidewalks: repairs.
AB-49 (Buchanan) - Special license plates: breast
cancer awareness.
AB-65 (Achadjian, Lowenthal) - Sex crimes
commited by impersonaton.
*AB-74 (Blumenfeld) - State Budget: human
services funding. Ch. 21, Stats. of 2013.
*AB-75 (Blumenfeld) - State Budget: alcohol and
drug programs. Ch. 22, Stats of 2013.
AB-76 (Blumenfeld) - State Budget government
funding.
*AB-82 (Blumenfeld) - State Budget: health
programs. Ch. 23, Stats. of 2013.
*AB-85 (Blumenfeld) State Budget: health and
human services. Ch. 24, Stats. of 2013.
*AB-86 (Blumenfeld) State Budget: educaton
fnance. Ch. 48, Stats. of 2013. (See p. 7)
*AB-94 (Blumenfeld) - Higher educaton funding,
including new Middle Class Scholarships. Ch. 50,
Stats. of 2013. (See p. 16)
*AB-97 (Blumenfeld) - Educaton funding formula.
Ch. 47, Stats. of 2013. (See p. 7)
*AB-110 (Blumenfeld) - Budget Act of 2013-14.
Includes funding to support the MIddle Class
Ch. 20, Stats. of 2013. (See p. 16)
*AB-113 (Blumenfeld) - Budget Act of 2012:
Appropriaton of $53.5 million for processing
business flings. Ch. 3, Stats. of 2013. (See p. 5)
AB-266 (Blumenfeld, Bloom) - High-occupancy
vehicle lanes. (See p. 11)
AB-271 (Mitchell) - CalWORKs: eligibility.
AB-287 (Frazier) - Updatng Vietnam Veterans
Memorial.
AB-342 (Blumenfeld) - Online instructon and
independent study. (See p. 4)
AB-518 (Yamada, Blumenfeld) - Adult day health
care centers. (See p. 7)
AB-704 (Blumenfeld) - Emergency medical
services: military experience. (See p. 8)
AB-705 (Blumenfeld) - Combat to Care Act.
(See p. 8)
AB-711 (Rendon) - Huntng: nonlead ammuniton.
(See p. 14)
AB-818 (Blumenfeld) - Air polluton controls.
*AB-978 (Blumenfeld) - State-chartered fnancial
insttutons compliance with natonal Iran
sancitons. Ch. 139, Stats. of 2013. (See p. 13)
AB-1036 (Blumenfeld) - Mortgages.
AB-1108 (Perea, Frazier) - Sex ofenders: foster
care homes: prohibitons.
AB-1159 (Blumenfeld, Bloom) - Pupils:
achievement data: charter schools.
AB-1166 (Blumenfeld) - Interantonal relatons:
trade and economic development: Israel.
AB-1253 (Blumenfeld, Nazarian) - Vehicles: mobile
advertsing displays.
ACA-8 (Blumenfeld) - Local government fnancing:
voter approval. (See p. 5)
*ABX1-1 (J. Prez) - Implementng the federal
Afordable Care Act. Ch. 3, Stats. of 2013. First
Extraordinary Sesion. (See p. 17)
SB-135 (Padilla) - Earthquake early warning system.
SB-140 (Leno, Steinberg) - Firearms: armed
prohibited persons. Ch. 2, Stats. of 2013. (See p. 17)
SB-468 (Emmerson, Beall) - Developmental
services: statewide Self-Determinaton Program.

SB-651 (Pavley, Leno) - Developmental centers.
SB-809 (DeSaulnier, Steinberg) - Ongoing funding
for improved CURES reportng system. (See p. 18)
*SBX1-1 (Hernandez, Steinberg) - Medi-Cal:
eligibility. Ch. 4, Stats of 2013 First Extraordinary
Session. (See p. 17)
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Taking up my frst bill on the Assembly
foor was only the beginning of many
rewarding experiences and exciting
challenges in the California Legislature.
BOB BLUMENFIELD was elected in November 2008 to represent the 40th Assembly District,
spanning the northwest portion of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. In the decennial
reapportionment, the district was extended to include Calabasas and renumbered as Assembly
District 45.
Bob has spent more than 24 years dedicated to public service including his time as staff to
Congressman Howard L. Berman, as Director of Government Affairs for the Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy, and in numerous other professional and volunteer capacities.
As a member of the California State Assembly, Bobs legislative agenda included working to foster
the use of renewable energy sources, promote water conservation, and create green-collar jobs.
He championed better transportation, excellence in education, affordable health care, protection
of the environment and the rights of senior citizens, veterans and working people. He also focused
on making government more effective, effcient and technologically advanced. For his efforts, Bob
received special recognition awards from numerous organizations.
He proudly achieved a high rate of success in getting his bills enacted into law. In 2012, he nearly
scored a perfect record - losing only one out of the 19 bills he sent to the governors desk to a veto.
A year earlier, he recorded a 92 percent success rate on his legislative package.
He served as chair of the Assembly Budget Committee for four years and was the frst, frst-term
Democratic Assemblymember to be appointed to this position. In this capacity, he guided the
state from record defcits and late budgets to record surpluses and on-time, structurally balanced
budgets. He also served on the Appropriations Committee, Governmental Organization Committee,
Transportation Committee, Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, Banking and Finance Committee and
the Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media Committee.