Legislature summaries

Governor

Measure signed

BENEFITS: AB176, Ways and Means. Appropriates $10 million to state employee benefit plan and abolishes Committee on Benefits.

Senate

New measures

BENEFITS: SB223, Finance. Adds two members to the Committee on Benefits. To Government Affairs.

INSURANCE FRAUD: SB224-5, Commerce and Labor. Assesses fee on insurers for fraud investigations. Creates insurance fraud control unit within attorney general's office. To Commerce and Labor.

UTILITIES: SB226, Amodei, others. Extends deadline for competitive utility services. To Commerce and Labor.

Assembly

New measures

FLUORIDATED WATER: AB284. Giunchigliani, 32 others. Allows fluoride in water supplies. To Health and Human Services.

LAKE TAHOE: AB285. Natural Resources. Allows Division of State Lands to issue bonds for Tahoe cleanup efforts. To Natural Resources.

archive