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AB 5
Flood Management
Establishes a comprehensive set of policies to move towards 21st-century flood protection, coordinating state and local efforts to connect land-use decisions and flood management planning. Linked to a comprehensive package of flood protection bills, including: SB 5 (Machado/Wolk), AB 162 (Wolk), SB 17 (Florez), and AB 156 (Laird) and AB 70 (Jones).
AB 112
Highway 12 Double Fine Zone
Designates a dangerous stretch of State Highway Route 12 in Solano County between Interstate 80 to Interstate 5 as a safety enhancement-double fine zone, and creates a process for designating future double fine zones throughout the state for traffic violations such as speeding, reckless driving, and drunken driving.
AB 162
Flood Planning
Requires cities and counties in California to incorporate flood hazards in their general plans in order to minimize risk in flood-prone areas.
AB 373
Mello-Roos Clean-up
Makes numerous updates to the Mello-Roos Act to help finance the construction of schools, parks, police and fire service, streets, and other basic infrastructure and services needed to accommodate new housing.
AB 443
CHP Relocation
Allows the California Highway Patrol to move their headquarters to West Sacramento, by changing current law to require that the CHP headquarters is within 20 miles of Sacramento.
AB 478
Bicycle Safety/Bike Lights
Requires bicycle lights to be used on sidewalks where bicycles are permitted, and on pathways used primarily used by bicyclists; allows bicyclists to use reflectors on their shoes or ankles, instead of on each bike pedal.
AB 532
Solar Heated Swimming Pools
Requires solar heating to be evaluated as an option for all state operated swimming pools.
AB 646
Cache Creek Resources Management
Extends until December 31, 2012, an existing resource management plan to balance the need for environmental review of seasonal gravel extraction on the lower Cache Creek in Yolo County with the needs of local flood management, water supply and conveyance, habitat, recreation, and agricultural production.
AB 1426
Central Valley Vision
Requires the State Department of Parks and Recreation to develop and implement a detailed plan to expand and improve park facilities and recreation programs in the Central Valley State Park System.
AB 1683
Quagga Mussels
Provides the Department of Fish and Game with the authority necessary to prevent the spread of quagga mussels, a highly invasive species threatening California's water delivery and natural ecosystems.
AB 1908
Allowing School District's Sale of Surplus Farmland
Allows the Dixon Unified School District to sell its excess farmland property located 5 miles outside of the Dixon city limits, in an unincorporated area of Solano County. The sale of the surplus farmland should generate enough revenue to restore the district’s reserve and resolve its current budget deficit.
AB 2100
Nursing Home Abuse: Mandated Reporting
Requires nursing home ombudsperson to report suspected elder abuse complaint with local district attorney, in addition to complaint filed with state agencies.
AB 2881
Right to Farm Protections
Adopts statewide right-to-farm laws which limit the exposure of farmers to nuisance suits and reimburses farmers for the costs of such suits if they prevail. Signed by Governor and Chaptered September 30, 2008.
AB 2911
Oiled Wildlife Care Network & Inland Oil Spills
Enhances the State's capacity to rescue oiled wildlife in the event of an oil spill, and also strengthens the state's response to inland oil spills.
AB 3000
Physician’s Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
Would provide consumers with a new mechanism – Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) – to ensure that their wishes are honored regarding medical treatment towards the end of life.
SB 1608
ADA Compliance
Together with several Senators, Lois worked to enact several reforms intended to increase voluntary compliance with longstanding state and federal laws requiring access to persons with disabilities in any place of public accommodation.
ACR 7
Officer David Lamoree Memorial Highway
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 12 in Solano County as the Officer David Lamoree Memorial Highway.
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