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California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bills on a variety of subjects have missed this year’s deadline to move from legislative policy to fiscal committees and are dead for the year.
A number of proposals identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as Cost Cutters that reduce expenses for Californians are moving in the Legislature.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled on May 2 in favor of Californians’ First Amendment rights.
Starting May 2, President Donald Trump ended duty-free de minimis treatment for low-value imports from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Hong Kong. This follows notification by the Secretary of Commerce that adequate systems are in place to collect tariff revenue.
In six months, the United States will be increasing fees on Chinese ships based on vessel capacity, as part of the Trump administration’s bid to revive the domestic maritime and shipbuilding industries.
In a win for employers, a California court affirmed the dismissal of a “headless” Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) case — actions that do not allege an individual PAGA claim — because the plaintiff filed the case outside the one-year statute of limitations (Williams v. Alacrity Solutions Group, LLC (B335445, April 22, 2025).
Cost Cutter legislation that helps small businesses who choose to give a second chance to previously incarcerated individuals is moving in the California Assembly.
CalChamber has expanded their executive team with the hiring of John Myers as the new Senior Vice President, Communications and External Affairs, an expanded role that will not only be responsible for the organization’s communications efforts, but will work cross-functionally to highlight CalChamber’s new Affordability Agenda.
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled in favor of Californians’ First Amendment rights. The Court found that “Prop 65 warnings for dietary acrylamide are misleading and controversial as they state that dietary acrylamide is carcinogenic to humans despite vigorous scientific debate concerning that conclusion and compel CalChamber’s members to espouse that view despite their disagreement.”
A broad business coalition had an early victory in the California State Senate on April 23, when the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee voted down SB 799 (Allen; D-Santa Monica).
A Cost Driver bill imposing retroactive liability on companies for lawful activities dating back to 1990 was not considered as scheduled this week in the Assembly Judiciary Committee and therefore is unlikely to advance this year.