Sacramento CA: UPDATE: Senator Jerry Hill Bills

2014 Legislative Session Ends with 16 Senator Jerry Hill Bills on Governor’s Desk; Two Already Signed

SACRAMENTO – The California Legislature adjourned for the year early today with 16 bills by Senator Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo/Santa Clara counties, awaiting action by the governor, including bills that would protect consumers, improve oversight of utilities by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and restore public access to Martins Beach. The governor – who has already signed two Hill bills – has until Sept. 30 to sign or veto the legislation.

Hill Bills Signed By Governor:

SB 915 – Mills High School Advanced Placement Testing – Signed by the governor on August 22, this bill clarifies rules for conducting advanced placement tests for college admission and placement and ensures that investigations and retesting occur in a timely fashion if exams are called into question. It was sponsored by parents and students from Mills High School who submitted the bill idea in the Senator’s annual “Oughta Be a Law …” contest after the test scores of 286 Mills students on 641 advanced placement exams were invalidated in July 2013. The testing process had been challenged and the agency overseeing the exams deemed that “testing irregularities” occurred, even though an investigation turned up no evidence of cheating or other impropriety.

SB 1027 – Bars Web Mug Shot ‘Extortion’ – Signed by the governor on August 15, this bill bars websites from posting arrest mug shots and then charging hundreds, and if not thousands, of dollars to take the photos down. Sites that post mug shots and charge fees to remove them have flourished by making the photos widely available via the Web. This bill stops these shakedowns. A mug shot is included in an arrest record for identification purposes; it is not intended to imply guilt. In more than half of the cases in California, an arrest does not lead to a charge or conviction.

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Nate Solov

Office of Senator Jerry Hill

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www.senate.ca.gov/hill

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