2008 Legislation

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		CCPHA Priority Legislation

		Bill	Author	Sponsor	Latest Version	CCPHA Position	Status / Next Steps
		SB 1420	Padilla (D-20)	CCPHA, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, CA Optometric Association	Requires each food facility in the state that is part of a chain to provide nutritional information on menus or menu boards.	Sponsor Fact Sheet Letter of Support Support List	Passed Senate Health. Senate Floor
		AB 2572	Parra (D-30)	California Restaurant Association	Codifies existing menu labeling practices into law. Chain restaurants would be allowed to provide nutritional information to consumers in formats such as brochures, tray liners and electronic kiosks. The bill would pre-empt local government from enacting local menu labeling ordinances and would also nullify any existing menu labeling ordinances.	Oppose Letter of Opposition Reasons to Oppose 2572	Passed Assembly Health Assembly Appropriations
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		Built Environment

		Bill	Author	Sponsor	Latest Version	CCPHA Position	Status / Next Steps
		AB 211	Jones (D-9)	Health Officers Association	This bill would authorize the local health officer to provide assistance to cities and counties with regard to public health issues as they relate to local land use planning and transportation planning processes.	Support	Senate Inactive File
		AB 1358	Leno (D-13)	CA Bicycle Coalition	Requires localities to modify local transportation planning processes to better serve people who use transit, walk or bicycle.	Support	Senate Inactive File
		AB 1472	Leno (D-13)		This bill would charge the California Department of Public Health to provide technical assistance and grants to local public health agencies and community organizations to evaluate land-use planning decisions to ensure that they create communities that promote health.	Support	Senate Appropriations
		AB 2360	Levine (D-40)		Declares legislative intent to enact legislation that would require corporations seeking to do business with the state to provide their employees with benefits that would encourage those employees to lead health lifestyles.	Watch	Passed Assembly Business and Professions Assembly Appropriations
		AB 2989	Fuentes (D-39)		Establishes the Outdoor Environmental Education and Recreation Program to increase the ability of underserved and at-risk populations to participate in outdoor recreation and educational experiences. Establishes the Outdoor Environmental Education and Recreation Fund to be used to award grants to education programs available to the public and operated by public entities or non-profit organizations.	Support	Passed Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife. Assembly Appropriations
		SB 1418	Oropeza (D-28)		This bill would make it unlawful to smoke tobacco or another plant at a state park, state beach, or other unit of the state park system.	Watch	Senate Natural Resources and Water
		SB 1598	Padilla (D-20)		A measure relating to the dangers of secondhand smoke.	Watch	Passed Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Floor
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		Healthy Food Access/Nutrition

		Bill	Author	Sponsor	Latest Version	CCPHA Position	Status / Next Steps
		AB 97	Mendoza (D-56)	Author	Prohibits storing, distributing, serving, or using any food, oil, shortening, or margarine containing specified trans fat in the preparation of specified foods within a food facility.	Support	Senate Floor
		AB 433	Beall (D-24)	CFPA	This bill would propose the development of a new name for the Food Stamp Program and would require the Department of Social Services to establish a categorical eligibility program fro recipients of Medi-Cal benefits when recipients receive or are eligible to receive benefits funded under the federal TANF block grant.	Watch	Senate Inactive File
		AB 2168	Jones (D-9)		Authorizes the adoption of regulations to encourage direct sale by farmers to the public, and provides that the “public” includes both individuals and entity members of the public buying for resale purposes.		Passed Assembly Agriculture. Assembly Appropriations
		AB 2572	Parra (D-30)	California Restaurant Association	Codifies existing menu labeling practices into law. Chain restaurants would be allowed to provide nutritional information to consumers in formats such as brochures, tray liners and electronic kiosks. The bill would pre-empt local government from enacting local menu labeling ordinances and would also nullify any existing menu labeling ordinances.	Letter of Opposition Oppose	Passed Assembly Health. Assembly Appropriations
		AB 2726	Leno (D-13)	CFPA	Allows the existing Health Purchase Pilot Program to use any source of funding and extends the Pilot dates to 1/1/12 to accommodate the challenges presented by securing these alternate funds.	Support	Passed Assembly Agriculture. Assembly Appropriations
		AB 2844	Laird (D-27)	CFPA	Requires the state to move to a 6 month reporting system for food stamps and CalWORKS. This system shall follow federal food stamp law with the exception of an IRT for CalWORKS recipients.	Support	Passed Assembly Human Services. Assembly Appropriations
		SB 441	Torlakson (D-7)	Author	Regulates various aspects of the provision of food and beverages in vending machines, including access to carbonated beverages at schools.	Support	Assembly Business and Professions
		SB 1420	Padilla (D-20) Migden (D-3)	CCPHA, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, CA Optometric Association	Requires each food facility in the state that is part of a chain to provide nutritional information. Fact Sheet Letter of Support	Sponsor	Passed Senate Health. Senate Floor
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		Physical Activity/Education

		Bill	Author	Sponsor	Latest Version	CCPHA Position	Status / Next Steps
		AB 2072	Hayashi (D-18)	Mayor Ron Dellums (Oakland)	Establishes the Physical Education Award Program, which would grant nonmonetary awards to schools conducting physical education courses in accordance to model content standards and demonstrating increasing numbers of students meeting the minimum standards on the physical performance test. Nonmonetary awards could include classification as a distinguished school, listing on a public honor role or commendations from the Governor of Legislature.	Watch	Passed Assembly Education. Assembly Appropriations
		SB 168	Denham (R-12)	National Federation of the Blind in CA	This bill would form an advisory task force to develop physical education guidelines to promote physical fitness by pupils who are functionally blind or visually impaired.	Watch	Assembly Appropriations
		SB 602	Torlakson (D-7)	Author	Requires the Department of Education to ensure that the Categorical Program Monitoring process indicates the extent to which each school in a participating school district performs, including in the provision of the state required minimum minutes of physical education instruction.	Support	Assembly Education
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		School Foods/Nutrition

		Bill	Author	Sponsor	Latest Version	CCPHA Position	Status / Next Steps
		AB 1966	Garcia (R-80)	CFPA	Requires each school site meeting qualifications for the federal severe need reimbursement to offer a nutritional breakfast that qualifies for federal reimbursement, beginning with the 2009-10 school year. This bill would only become operative if funding is available in the 2008 Budget Act.	Support	Passed Assembly Education. Assembly Appropriations
		AB 2300	Laird (D-27)	CFPA	Give the California Department of Education the authority to use MediCAL data to verify school meal eligibility. Additionally, give CDE authority to test usage of this data for enrollment as well. Require CDE to seek any available federal funds for this purpose.	Support	Passed Assembly Education. Assembly Appropriations
		AB 2704	Leno (D-13)	CFPA	Prohibits the governing board of a school district from entering into or renewing a contract that discourages or prevents schools from providing free tap water and requires that each school district allow for the provision of free tap water in school food service areas.	Support	Passed Assembly Education. Assembly Floor
		AB 2708	Solario (D-69)	Consumers Union	Prohibits a school district from permitting the display of the name, logo, or trademark of a restaurant or food and beverage manufacturer if any of the products manufactured or sold by the restaurant or manufacturer do not comply with the existing school nutrition standards.	Support	Passed Assembly Education. Assembly Appropriations
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		Other

		Bill	Author	Sponsor	Latest Version	CCPHA Position	Status / Next Steps
		AB 2352	Fuentes (D-39)		This bill has been amended and no longer applies.
		AB 2375	Hernandez (D-57)	LCHC	Establishes a health care workforce task force to assist in the development of a health care workforce master plan for the state.	Support	Passed Assembly Labor and Employment. Assembly Appropriations
		AB 2463	Davis (D-48)		Declares intent of the legislature to enact legislation to address the epidemic of hypertension and diabetes among low income persons and persons of color.	Watch	Passed Assembly Health. Assembly Appropriations
		AB 2474	Galgiani (D-17)	CA-WIC	Requires the Department of Public Health to establish a program to implement the recommendations for improvement identified in the comprehensive strategic plan (requires of the DHS in 2005), which would establish a systematic approach to tracking health impacts of obesity and evaluating prevention programs.	Support	Passed Assembly Health. Assembly Appropriations
		AB 2902	Swanson (D-16)		Encourages the use of community cased health care workers to provide better health outcomes for underserved communities through the various public health programs, and makes conforming changes in specified public health programs to include their use.	Watch	Passed Assembly Health. Assembly Appropriations
		SB 564	Ridley-Thomas (D-26)	CA School Health Centers Association, LCHC, CA Primary Care Association	Provides a school health facility that may conduct routine physical, mental health and oral health assessments and provide for any services not offered onsite or through a referral process.	Watch	Assembly Inactive File
		SCA 13	Torlakson (D-7)		Would impose an excise tax on the distribution of cigarettes at the rate of $0.105 for each cigarette distributed. The revenues collected from the additional tax would be deposited in the Tobacco Excise Tax Account and would be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for health-related purposes.	Watch	Senate Revenue & Tax
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