Cottie Petrie-Norris Archives

Bill to Require Improved Reporting of Child Marriages Passes Unanimously by Assembly Committee

May 5, 2021 2:54 pm

A bill to require all counties to report the number of child marriages to the state on a quarterly basis was passed unanimously by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. Assembly Bill 1286 was also passed unanimously in April by...

Bill To Allow Some Businesses To Deduct PPP Loan Assistance Passes in Assembly

April 27, 2021 11:07 am

The California Assembly unanimously passed a small business tax break bill on Monday that would have the state give up on over $1 billion a year in tax revenue over the next 6 years. Assembly Bill 80, authored by Assemblywoman...

Ghost Gun Part Redefinition Bill Passes in Assembly Safety Committee

April 22, 2021 2:57 amApril 21, 2021 8:58 pm

A bill to redefine a firearm in California to include frames, receivers, and other precursor parts to reduce the number of ghost guns being built in the state passed in the Assembly Safety Committee on Wednesday. Assembly Bill 1057, authored...

Fraud Reduction Bill to Cross-Check EDD and Prisoner Records Passes Committee

April 8, 2021 2:17 pm

A bill to require the Employment Development Department (EDD) to check benefit applications against prisoner incarceration records to reduce unemployment benefit fraud was passed in the Assembly Consumer Privacy and Protection Committee on Thursday. Assembly Bill 110, authored by Assemblywoman Cottie...

Exception to Business Incentives Suspension

February 12, 2021 2:38 amFebruary 11, 2021 10:52 pm

On February 11, Assembly Members Cottie Petrie-Norris, Tom Daly, Jacqui Irwin, and Kevin Mullin introduced Assembly Bill 593 to create exceptions to the current suspension of the net operating loss deduction and limitation on the use of business tax credits....

Medicare Cap Rate on Laboratory Reimbursements Would Be Removed Under New Bill

January 21, 2021 11:52 amFebruary 1, 2021 11:52 am

On Thursday, a new bill was introduced in the Assembly that, if passed, would remove the current 80% cap on Medicare reimbursement rates for laboratories in California. Under Assembly Bill 265, authored by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach), laboratories would...

Bill to Crosscheck EDD Applicants With Prison Records Introduced in Assembly

December 17, 2020 2:15 pmDecember 18, 2020 10:11 am

On Thursday, a new bill was introduced in the Assembly that would require the Employment Development Department to check benefit applications against prisoner incarceration records. Assembly Bill 110, authored by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach), would cross-check all EDD benefit...