At The Lectern by Horvitz & Levy

Update on Supreme Court-related legislation

The deadline recently passed for Governor Gavin Newsom to act on the last of the bills passed by the Legislature this year.  So, now is a good time to check the status of legislation we’ve written about before.

The Governor signed these bills:

  • SB 145 — eliminates mandatory sex offender registration for some offenses.  (See here.)
  • AB 3070 — provides procedure aimed at stopping racial discrimination in jury selection.  (See here and here.)
  • AB 3366 — gives the Chief Justice broader emergency powers.  (See here, here, here, and here.)
  • AB 2723 — allows a party’s attorney to sign a settlement agreement that can be enforced in court.  (The bill is similar to SB 1105 (see here), which did not pass.)
  • AB 1512 — modifies rest-break rules for certain private security officers.  (See here.)

The Legislature did not pass these bills:

  • SB 1105 — see AB 2723 above.
  • SB 991 — would have raised rates for reporter’s transcripts.  (See here.)