A California Chamber of Commerce-supported job creator bill that incentivizes disability access and education won unanimous bipartisan approval from the Assembly Appropriations Committee this week. In addition, a Senate policy committee unanimously approved one job creator bill while rejecting a second job creator. Moving on to consideration by the entire Assembly on April 13 was SB 269 (Roth; D-Riverside), which seeks to limit frivolous litigation and claims regarding construction-related accessibility violations by providing businesses that have proactively sought to become compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act with an opportunity to resolve any identified violations. A similar bill by Senator Richard Roth, SB 251, also designated as a job creator, passed the Legislature last year, but was vetoed by the Governor due to fiscal concerns about the tax credit the bill included. SB 269 does not contain a tax credit. Passing the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee was SB 936 (Hertzberg; D-Van Nuys), which encourages creation of small businesses by expanding their access to loans. Failing to move was SB 1228 (Runner; R-Antelope Valley), which would have provided small businesses with the opportunity to comply with regulations without facing devastating administrative enforcement actions and penalties, by requiring state [...]
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