SB-1078 • 2026

Civil rights violations: service of process: Civil Rights Department.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Laird
Last action: 2026-06-10
Official status: From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Effective date: Not listed

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Civil rights violations: service of process: Civil Rights Department.

SB 1078, as amended, Laird.

What This Bill Does

SB 1078, as amended, Laird.
Transactions and use taxes: County of Santa Cruz.
Civil rights violations: service of process: Civil Rights Department.
Existing law, including the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the Ralph Civil Rights Act of 1976, and the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act, specifies various civil rights based on specified characteristics.

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Bill History

2026-06-10 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2026-05-04 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX.
2026-04-16 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-04-16 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 3916.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-04-09 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3795.) (April 8).
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 8.
2026-03-18 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3601.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
2026-03-05 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing March 18.
2026-02-26 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX.
2026-02-17 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2026-02-13 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1078, as amended, Laird.
Transactions and use taxes: County of Santa Cruz.
Civil rights violations: service of process: Civil Rights Department.
Existing law, including the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the Ralph Civil Rights Act of 1976, and the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act, specifies various civil rights based on specified characteristics. Among these rights are the right to be free from discrimination in business establishments, right to be free from violence or intimidation, and right to be free from interference with the exercise of legal rights through threats, intimidation, or coercion. Existing law establishes liability for sexual harassment within certain professional relationships. If a violation of any of these specified civil rights is alleged or the application or construction thereof is in issue in any proceeding in the Supreme Court of California, the state court of appeal, or the appellate division of a superior court, existing law
requires each party to serve a copy of the party’s brief or petition and brief on the State Solicitor General at the office of the Attorney General.
This bill would additionally require each party to serve a copy of the party’s brief or petition and brief on the Director of the Civil Rights Department.
Existing law authorizes various local governmental entities, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in any county not exceed 2%.
This bill would authorize, until December 31, 2030, the County of Santa Cruz, by an ordinance adopted by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, to levy a tax pursuant to the Transactions and Use Tax Law at a rate not to exceed 0.5% for general and special purposes, subject to voter approval, as specified. The bill would authorize those taxes to exceed the 2% limit described above.
This
bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Santa Cruz.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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