Senate Business Professions and Economic Development Committee

Bill To Allow Pets To Be Buried Alongside Owners Gets Renewed Focus

August 10, 2023 4:35 pmAugust 10, 2023 4:35 pm

A bill to allow cemeteries to designate certain areas where pets can be buried alongside their owners gained a renewed focus in the past week, bringing in a fresh round of concern over the bill right before the session resumes...

AB 2098: CA Doctors Who Spread COVID ‘Misinformation’ Risk Losing License to Practice

June 28, 2022 8:16 am

According to Democrat Assemblyman Evan Low, his controversial bill, AB 2098, “helps to ensure we tackle misinformation and disinformation” doctors could be spreading to patients about COVID. AB 2098 was heard Monday in the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development...

Intersex Surgery Bill Withdrawn Less Than 48 Hours Into January Session

January 4, 2022 9:37 am

A bill that would have banned certain surgeries performed on intersex children under the age of 12 was withdrawn less than two days into the new January 2022 session. Th bill, formerly known as SB 225 and SB 201, and...

Intersex Surgery Bill Withdrawn From Committee Before Vote Due to Lack of Support

April 5, 2021 5:52 pm

A bill that would ban certain surgeries performed on children under the age of 12 was withdrawn from committee on Monday following a reported lack of support for the bill. Senate Bill 225, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco),...

Contractors Facing New Licenses, Restrictions, and Punishments Under New Bill

May 30, 2020 8:29 am

Building contractors in California would face new licenses, greater contracting restrictions, and the addition of natural disaster destruction repair as home improvement under a new bill in the Senate. Under Senate Bill 1189, written by Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg), a...

Bill That Would Ban Cashless Businesses Moved to Senate Committee

February 13, 2020 4:42 pm

A new bill in the Senate that would have most retail businesses in the state accept cash payments was moved to the Business, Professions, and Economic Development committee on Wednesday. A ban on cashless businesses in California Senate Bill 926,...

Bill That Would Ban Surgery on Intersex Children Dies in Committee

January 15, 2020 6:32 am

By a vote of 4 to 2, with three abstentions, the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee voted down what would have been the first ban on intersex children surgery in the country. The attempted intersex children surgery ban...