California Legislation
Access to Justice
AB 2520 would create an Office of Access to Justice in the California DOJ to increase the availability of meaningful access to justice programs for all Californians.
Catalytic Converters
AB 2407 would require a core recycler who accepts a catalytic converter for recycling to report specified information about any transaction involving the sale/purchase of a catalytic converter to their local police or sheriff’s department. AB 2407 would also require a core recycler to obtain a thumbprint of the seller and to preserve the thumbprint in hard copy or electronic format for a period of two years after the date of sale.
SB 986 would close two legal loopholes in the effort to combat catalytic converter thefts by requiring car dealers to mark the catalytic converter of a vehicle with its VIN prior to selling the vehicle and by strengthening the record-keeping requirements of core recyclers who buy and sell used catalytic converters.
Children
AB 1737 would add the term “children’s camp” to the Health and Safety Code and define the term as “a camp that offers daytime or overnight experiences administered by adults who provide social, cultural, educational, recreational, or artistic programming to more than five children between 3 and 17 years of age for five days or longer during at least one season.” While overnight camps are regulated to some degree in California, child day camps are not. Under state law, a camp is defined as a site...
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