Bill Text: CA SB1252 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1252

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Bill Title: California Mosquito Surveillance and Research Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-07-03 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. [SB1252 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB1252-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1252

Introduced by Senator Stern

February 15, 2024

An act to amend Section 2101 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to pest control.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1252, as introduced, Stern. California Mosquito Surveillance and Research Program.

Existing law establishes the California Mosquito Surveillance and Research Program, which is administered by the University of California, Davis, and requires the university to maintain an interactive internet website for management and dissemination of data on mosquitoborne virus and surveillance control and coordinate with the State Department of Public Health, among other functions, to the extent the program receives federal, state, or private funding for those purposes, as specified.

This bill would require the program to consult with partners at the University of California and the California State University about the most up-to-date research pertaining to mosquito abatement.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 2101 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

2101.

(a) There is hereby established the California Mosquito Surveillance and Research Program to be administered by the University of California, Davis, which shall perform all of the following functions:

(1) Maintain an interactive internet website for management and dissemination of data on mosquitoborne virus and surveillance control.

(2) Work in conjunction with local mosquito abatement and vector control districts to conduct research on arbovirus surveillance, transmission of vectorborne diseases, and mosquito ecology and control.

(3) Coordinate with the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California, State Department of Public Health, local mosquito abatement and vector control districts, local governments, and other affected stakeholders to share information.

(4) Consult with partners at the University of California and the California State University about the most up-to-date research pertaining to mosquito abatement.

(b) The program established by this section shall perform the functions described in subdivision (a) to the extent the program receives federal or state grants or private donations or grants made for those purposes.