2023 Job Killer List
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The California Chamber of Commerce has named the following as job killer bills for 2023.
AB 68 (Ward; D-San Diego) Quashes Housing. Worsens California’s existing housing crisis by preventing local governments from permitting new housing units in most of their jurisdictions.
AB 524 (Wicks; D-Oakland) Expansion of Litigation Under FEHA. Exposes employers to costly litigation under the Fair Employment and Housing Act by asserting that any adverse employment action was in relation to the employee’s family caregiver status, which is broadly defined to include any employee who contributes to the care of any person of their choosing, and creates a de facto accommodation requirement that will burden small businesses.
SBX1 2 (Skinner; D-Oakland) Windfall Profits Tax. Sets an arbitrary cap on the amount of profits that a refiner operating in the state of California can earn over a quarterly basis. This measure would further diminish supply, discourages operational efficiencies, and would limit the amount of capital a refiner could reinvest into their infrastructure to support California’s long-term climate goals.
AB 259 (Lee; D-San Jose) / ACA 3 (Lee; D-San Jose) Wealth Tax. Seeks to impose a massive tax increase upon all forms of personal property or wealth, whether tangible or intangible, despite California already having the highest income tax in the country. This tax increase will drive high-income earners out of the State as well as the revenue they contribute to the General Fund.
SB 12 (Stern; D-Canoga Park) Arbitrary Greenhouse Gas Target. Arbitrarily changes the State’s GHG reduction goal from 40% of 1990 levels by 2030 to 55%. By the State’s own estimate this proposal will force 17 million gas-powered cars off the road in the next 10 years.
Cumulative Job Killer Vetoes
- 2022: 19 Job Killers identified, 2 sent to Governor Gavin Newsom, 2 signed;
- 2021: 25 Job Killers identified, 2 sent to Governor Newsom, 1 signed, 1 vetoed;
- 2020: 19 Job Killers identified, 2 sent to Governor Newsom, 1 signed, 1 vetoed;
- 2019: 31 Job Killers identified, 2 sent to Governor Newsom, 1 signed, 1 vetoed;
- 2018: 29 Job Killers identified, 1 sent to Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., 1 vetoed;
- 2017: 27 Job Killers identified, 3 sent to Governor Brown, 2 signed, 1 vetoed;
- 2016: 24 Job Killers identified, 5 sent to Governor Brown, 4 signed, and 1 vetoed;
- 2015: 19 Job Killer bills identified, 3 sent to Governor Brown, 1 signed, and 2 vetoed;
- 2014: 27 Job Killer bills identified, 2 sent to Governor Brown, 2 signed;
- 2013: 38 Job Killer bills identified, 1 sent to Governor Brown, 1 signed;
- 2012: 32 Job Killer bills identified, 6 sent to Governor Brown, 4 signed, 2 vetoed;
- 2011: 30 Job Killer bills identified, 5 sent to Governor Brown, 1 signed, 4 vetoed;
- 2010: 43 Job Killer bills identified, 12 sent to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2 signed, 10 vetoed;
- 2009: 33 Job Killer bills identified, 6 sent to Governor Schwarzenegger, 6 vetoed;
- 2008: 39 Job Killer bills identified, 10 sent to Governor Schwarzenegger, 1 signed, 9 vetoed;
- 2007: 30 Job Killer bills identified, 12 sent to Governor Schwarzenegger, 12 vetoed;
- 2006: 40 Job Killer bills identified, 11 sent to Governor Schwarzenegger, 2 signed, 9 vetoed;
- 2005: 45 Job Killer bills identified, 8 sent to Governor Schwarzenegger, 1 signed, 7 vetoed;
- 2004: 23 Job Killer bills identified, 10 sent to Governor Schwarzenegger, 10 vetoed;
- 2003: 53 Job Killer bills identified, 13 sent to Governor Gray Davis, 11 signed, 2 vetoed;
- 2002: 35 Job Killer bills identified, 17 sent to Governor Davis, 12 signed, 5 vetoed
- 2001: 12 Job Killer bills identified, 5 sent to Governor Davis, 3 signed, 2 vetoed;
- 2000: No Job Killers identified. Of 4 bad bills identified at end of session, Governor Davis signs 2 and vetoes 2.
- 1999: 30 Job Killer bills identified, 9 sent to Governor Davis, 6 signed, 3 vetoed;
- 1998: 64 Job Killer bills identified, 11 sent to Governor Pete Wilson, 11 vetoed.
- 1997: 57 Job Killer bills identified, 9 sent to Governor Wilson, 9 vetoed.