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A handful of new state laws take effect July 1. Here are a few of them:
Tattoos
AB 300
Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco
Imposes minimum statewide standards for sterilization, sanitation and safety of tattoo, body piercing and permanent cosmetic businesses. -
Recycling
AB 341
Wes Chesbro, D-Arcata
Requires businesses and apartment buildings with five or more units to arrange for recycling if they generate more than four cubic yards of waste each week. -
Health clubs
SB 127
Ron Calderon, D-Montebello
Extends requirements that health studios have automatic external defibrillators and meet training and maintenance standards. -
Food stamps
AB 69
Jim Beall, D-San Jose
Allows counties to use the Social Security Administration benefits database to determine seniors eligible for food stamps. -
Health insurance
SB 222
Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa and Elaine Alquist, D-Santa Clara
Requires all individual health insurance policies to provide coverage for maternity services. new laws 2012 -
Bullying
AB 9
Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco
Requires school anti-bullying policies to include specific complaint procedures and alternative discipline policies.
AB 1156
Mike Eng, D-Monterey Park
Requires training in the prevention of bullying, revises the definition of bullying and gives priority of inter-district transfers to bullying victims. -
Salvaged vehicles
AB 1215
Bob Blumenfield, D-Woodland Hills
Description: Requires used vehicle dealers to participate in program to flag salvaged or junk and raises the maximum document-processing fee of all vehicles.
Read more:
Would higher car-sales fees violate Prop. 26? CalTax says no
Warring sides agree on bill for California car buyers -
Welfare
AB 959
Brian Jones, R-Santee
In an effort to reduce the number of re-applications processed, gives welfare and food stamp recipients an extra month to file required quarterly reports. -
Tax delinquents
AB 1424
Henry Perea, D-Fresno
Requires the state to suspend occupational, professional, or driver's licenses of the state’s largest tax delinquents.
Read more: Legislature approves yanking licenses of top tax debtors -
Foie gras
SB 1520
John Burton, D-San Francisco
Bans the culinary delicacy, the first in the nation to do so. Foie gras is created by force-feeding ducks or geese through funnel-like tubes until their livers grow more than 10 times normal size.
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