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Action Needed to Keep Bills on Legislative Suspense File 26 Aug 2013 | 08:09 pm
(August 26, 2013) In recent weeks, fiscal committees in both houses of the Legislature have sent California Chamber of Commerce-opposed proposals to the suspense file pending a review of their fiscal ...
CalChamber Webinar to Provide Information on Covered California Health Insurance Exchange 23 Aug 2013 | 08:24 pm
(August 23, 2013) The CalChamber and Covered California representative Chris Patton will explain what small businesses need to know about Covered California, the state’s new health insurance marketpla...
Just Five 'Job Killer' Bills Alive as Legislative Session Nears End 22 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm
The more than three dozen bills that the CalChamber labeled as "job killers" because they would increase regulation or raise taxes have been whittled down to just five as the 2013 legislative session ...
CalChamber-Opposed Bill Expanding Coastal Commission Authority Awaits Senate Action 21 Aug 2013 | 08:28 pm
(August 21, 2013) A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that creates an incentive for the California Coastal Commission to impose fines and penalties is awaiting a vote by the entire Senate.
CalChamber-Opposed Nanny Break Bill Goes to Senate Appropriations Suspense File 20 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
A CalChamber-opposed bill that expands liability for individual homeowners who hire “domestic work employees” was sent on the Senate Appropriations Committee suspense file yesterday, pending a review ...
Assembly, Senate Poised to Consider Bills Harmful to State’s Economic Recovery 19 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
(August 19, 2013) California Chamber of Commerce-opposed legislative proposals creating a host of problems for California employers, business and the economy will be considered soon by the Assembly an...
Job Creator Encouraging International Trade/Tourism Moves in Senate 16 Aug 2013 | 06:49 pm
(August 16, 2013) A California Chamber of Commerce-supported job creator bill creating an enhanced driver license (EDL) passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee with unanimous support this week.
'Job Killer’ Bill Expanding Discrimination Litigation Held on Assembly Appropriations Suspense File 15 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
A CalChamber-opposed “job killer” bill that hampers California employers’ ability to conduct business and unfairly subjects them to costly litigation, was held on the Assembly Appropriations Committee...
Dramatic Penalty Increase ‘Job Killer’ Passes Assembly Committee 14 Aug 2013 | 09:40 pm
The Assembly Natural Resources Comm passed a “job killer” bill that dramatically increases strict-liability penalties for nuisance-based, non-vehicular air-quality violations without defining what typ...
‘Job Killer’ Bill Held on Senate Appropriations Committee Suspense File 13 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
A CalChamber-opposed “job killer” bill that locks in an automatic 25% minimum wage increase exceeding any reasonably expected rate of inflation was held on the Senate Appropriations Committee suspense...
