By its terms, this bill is repealed as of January 1, 2028. In California, there is an $8.25 state service certificate charge and then the cost for the inspection. Sign up to receive the latest DMV News Alerts: DMV NEWS ALERTS California DMV. The California Department of Public Health will also no longer be required to post workplace information received from local public health departments about COVID-19 cases and outbreaks. Should the subpoena recipient object to the subpoena, the subpoena recipient must serve objections and meet and confer with the subpoena issuer to attempt to resolve the objections. Existing law requires the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to develop and maintain a statewide community-based comprehensive perinatal services program. Under existing law, hotels are required to provide at least 20 minutes of training to their staff on how to recognize human trafficking, but existing law does not create liability against a hotel for the lack of reporting a human trafficking case. This bill authorizes the covered employees to waive meal periods and provides for on-duty meal periods, as provided by existing law. Shapiro Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy, University of California, Los Angeles . As such, this bill requires public sector health care employers to provide an unpaid 30-minute meal period to covered employees who work over five hours, and an additional unpaid 30-minute meal period for employees who work more than 10 hours in a shift. These benefits are 18 times the estimated cost of the program at $4 billion. Family member means a spouse or a child, parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, domestic partner or parent-in-law (the same definition of family member under CFRA). If any questions arise related to the information contained in the translated content, please refer to the English version. It requires that breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves have enough room to stand and turn around. install the Google Toolbar (opens in new window) . Cities and counties will start enforcing this new law on June 1, 2022. In addition, the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act (CPRA), which amends the prior California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), takes effect on January 1, 2023. AB 1601 expands the notice requirements of Cal/WARN to a call center employer that intends to relocate its call center. Having the VIN of the donor vehicle provided at the initial Referee appointment will simplify the process. Under existing law, these procedures and protocols must include specified information, such as [p]rocedures ensuring that each victim of sexual assault should receive information about the existence of at least the following options: criminal prosecutions, civil prosecutions, the disciplinary process through the college, the availability of mediation, alternative housing assignments, and academic assistance alternatives. AB 1467 adds that the information provided must include procedures for obtaining the assistance of [c]ounselors and support services for victims.. The Fast Food Council will be authorized to set such standards on fast food restaurants consisting of 100 or more establishments nationally that share a common brand or that are characterized by standardized options for decor, marketing, packaging, products and services including franchisees. Your vehicle does not need a smog inspection if your: Gasoline-powered vehicle is a 1975 year model or older (This includes motorcycles and trailers.) Learn more about our dirt bike registration services! Documentation includes, but is not limited to, a death certificate, a published obituary or written verification of death, burial, or memorial services from a mortuary, funeral home, burial society, crematorium, religious institution or governmental agency. Disclaimer: Transmission of information to us via this feature does not establish an attorney-client relationship. The standards set forth by the Fast Food Council would not apply to fast food employees with a valid collective bargaining agreement. Diesel-powered vehicle is a 1997 and older year model OR with a Gross Vehicle Weight of more than 14,000 pounds. When assessing a civil penalty, PERB shall consider the several criteria and award attorneys fees and costs to a prevailing employee organization if certain conditions are met. The DMV will not renew placards for people who do not respond. AB 1949 amends the CFRA and provides that eligible employees who have been employed for at least 30 days may take up to 5 days of unpaid leave (subject to an employees ability to use available paid time off) related to the death of a family member. 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. AB 1041 amends the CFRA and expands the class of people for whom an employee may take leave to care for under the CFRA to include a designated person. This bill defines designated person to mean any individual related by blood or whose association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship. This bill does not require employers to provide additional hours of leave beyond the amount of SPSL under SB 114. As stated on the CRD's website, this change is to more accurately reflect the CRDs powers and duties, which include enforcement of laws prohibiting hate violence, human trafficking, discrimination in business establishments, and discrimination in government-funded programs and activities, among others. Reform of License Suspension Law (AB 2746, Friedman). Another law passed in 2021 (AB 3, Fong) allows courts to suspend an individuals drivers license for violating this ban beginning on July 1, 2025. Since 2015, the current pilot program has enrolled more than 19,000 customers for digital license plates, more than 5,000 customers for vinyl license plates and less than 100 customers for e-registration. AB 1467 also requires, among other things, that postsecondary school sexual assault and domestic violence counselors be independent of the campus Title IX office and that any executive orders related to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation be submitted in an annual report to the chairs of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education and the Senate Committee on Education. Existing law requires employers to provide notice to the local public health agency in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak. To make an appointment, consumers may contact the Referee at (800) 622-7733. Perform an oil change. Practice here. Businesses with 26 or more employees will be required to pay a $15 minimum wage starting in 2022. Specifically, Labor Code section 3212.86 applies to COVID-19 illnesses contracted before July 5, 2020 if the employee tested positive for, or was diagnosed, with COVID-19 within 14 days after performing work for the employer; Labor Code section 3212.87 applies to specified police officers and firefighters; and Labor Code section 3212.88 applies during a COVID-19 outbreak (as defined in the statute) at an employers place of employment (for employers with five or more employees). 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. Certain employees and applicants are also exempt, including those in the building and construction trades and those whose positions require a federal background investigation or clearance. This bill adds Chapter 11 to Part 3 of Division 2 of the Labor Code. 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. The minimum for businesses with 25 or fewer employees bumps to $14 with the new year and will increase to $15 per hour on Jan. 1, 2023. Unless the legislature or Gov. This bill adds Section 339.5 to the Unemployment Insurance Code. 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. The California smog laws on engine swaps (or engine changes) are consistent with common sense, safety, and emissions reduction. The EPA recognizes California smog laws as being applicable across the nation. If the employer does not have an existing bereavement leave policy, the bereavement leave may be unpaid; but the employee may use vacation, personal leave, accrued and available sick leave or compensatory time off that is otherwise available to the employee. This temporary online option has helped Californians avoid DMV field offices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gavin Newsom said the word alien has fueled a divisive and hurtful narrative and this change will allow state laws to better reflect state values. The law allows for humans to collect and eat deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, or wild pig that have been hit and killed by a vehicle. Some of those laws have a buffer window written into them before they take effect like mandating mental health instruction in schools or requiring gender-neutral toy sections in stores but most of them kick in on the first day of the next year. 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. You have to complete all the drive cycles, then complete the readiness internal engine test. Starting in the 2022-23 school year, public schools will be required to stock restrooms with free pads or tampons. 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. This bill amends Sections 3212.86, 3212.87, and 3212.88 of the Labor Code. 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). AB 257, signed by Governor Newsom on September 5, 2022, enacts the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (or FAST Recovery Act) and establishes the Fast Food Council within the Department of Industrial Relations until January 1, 2029.