AB 848 (Soria, D-Merced)
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Placed on the Senate Appropriations Committee suspense file on July 7.
AB 848 would provide that, if in a case of felony conviction for sexual battery in which the defendant was employed at a hospital where the offense occurred and the victim was in the defendant’s care or seeking medical care at the hospital, these facts must be a factor in aggravation in sentencing.
Vanessa Gonzalez
Jackie Garman
SB 29 (Laird, D-Santa Cruz)
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Passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on July 8. To be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 29 would extend to Jan. 1, 2030, the ability for a decedent’s estate to recover for non-economic damages (pain and suffering).
Senate Judiciary Committee Oppose Unless Amended Coalition Letter
Mark Farouk
Jackie Garman
SB 799 (Allen, D-El Segundo)
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Failed to pass the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee on April 23. Reconsideration granted. Two-year bill.
SB 799 would expand the California False Claims Act to allow private individuals and attorneys to bring lawsuits against taxpayers.
Mark Farouk
Jackie Garman