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Sacramento, Calif.- Part 23 in New California Laws for 2022. This installment includes teacher credentialing, autonomous vehicles, voting ballots, consumer debt, cannabis testing, Lanterman-Petris-Short Act and more. The Democrats currently hold veto-proof super majorities in both houses.

For full text details and authorship regarding laws and the effective dates, please click on the bill number below for access to the California Legislature official releases.

California Laws 2022 โ€“ Part 23

SB-488ย Teacher credentialing: reading instruction.
SB-496ย Flood control: water development projects: Pajaro River.
SB-497ย Qualifying accounts for direct deposit of publicly administered funds.
SB-498ย Funds for the provision of legal services to indigent persons: disabled veterans.
SB-500ย Autonomous vehicles: zero emissions.
SB-501ย Claims against public entities.
SB-503ย Voting: ballots and signature verification.
SB-507ย Mental health services: assisted outpatient treatment.
SB-509ย Optometry: COVID-19 pandemic: temporary licenses.
SB-510ย Health care coverage: COVID-19 cost sharing.
SB-512ย Public postsecondary education: support services for foster youth: Cooperating Agencies Foster Youth Educational Support Program.
SB-531ย Consumer debt.
SB-533ย Electrical corporations: wildfire mitigation plans: deenergization events.
SB-534ย Dental hygienists.
SB-535ย Biomarker testing.
SB-538ย Domestic violence and gun violence restraining orders.
SB-539ย Property taxation: taxable value transfers.
SB-541ย Substance use disorder treatment facilities and programs: disclosure of license and certification status.
SB-544ย Cannabis testing.
SB-548ย Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority: transit connectivity.
SB-552ย Drought planning: small water suppliers: nontransient noncommunity water systems.
SB-564ย Hospitals: seismic compliance: Oโ€™Connor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
SB-567ย Criminal procedure: sentencing.
SB-570ย Vehicles: equipment.
SB-572ย Labor Commissioner: enforcement: lien on real property.
SB-574ย Agricultural preserves: Williamson Act.
SB-578ย Lanterman-Petris-Short Act: hearings.
SB-584ย Resource Family Approval Program.
SB-586ย Peace officers: certification.
SB-589ย Air pollution: alternative vehicles and vehicle infrastructure.

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