Time– Dated Material GAVIN NEWSOM, GOVERNOR OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW California Regulatory Notice Register REGISTER 2025, NUMBER 32–Z PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AUGUST 8, 2025 PROPOSED ACTION ON REGULATIONS TITLE 2 . COMMISSION ON STATE MANDATES General Cleanup — Notice File Number Z2025–0728–07 ................................................ 979 TITLE 2 .

FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION Conflict–of–Interest Code — Notice File Number Z2025–0729–04 ......................................... 987 AMENDMENT MULTI–COUNTY: Panoche Drainage District Panoche Water District Nevada Joint Union High School District ADOPTION STATE AGENCY: Office of Data and Innovation MULTI–COUNTY: Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority TITLE 2 . FISCAL CRISIS AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TEAM Conflict–of–Interest Code Amendment — Notice File Number Z2025–0724–01 ............................... 988 TITLE 5 .

COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING Designated Subjects Career Technical Education Teaching Credentials, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certification — Notice File Number Z2025–0729–01 .................................................... 989 TITLE 10 . DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE California Low Cost Automobile Plan of Operations — Notice File Number Z2025–0728–04 .................... 991 TITLE 10 .

DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE Revisions to California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan Simplified Rules and Rates Manual — Notice File Number Z2025–0728–05. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994 (Continued on next page)

TITLE 10 . DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE California Low Cost Automobile Rate Filing — Notice File Number Z2025–0728–06 .......................... 996 TITLE 11 . COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING Amend Commission Regulation 1055 — Requirements for Course Presentation — Notice File Number Z2025–0728–02 .......................................................................... 999 TITLE 16 . BOARD OF BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY Disciplinary Guidelines — Notice File Number Z2025–0729–07 .......................................... 1001 TITLE 22 .

DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL Safer Consumer Productions Regulations Listing Nail Products Containing Triphenyl Phosphate (TPhP) at Concentrations Greater Than 250 Parts per Million (ppm) as a Priority Product — Notice File Number Z2025–0729–06 ......................................................................... 1006 GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE Butano Canyon Habitat and Streambank Restoration Project, 1653–2025–171–001–R3, San Mateo County ....... 1012 DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE Jenny Creek Barrier Removal Project, 1653–2025–170–001–R1, Siskiyou County ............................ 1013 DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE Redwood Crossing Project, 2080–2025–005–03, San Mateo County ....................................... 1013 DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE Ten Mile River Habitat Enhancement Phase 1 Adaptive Management, 1653–2025–169–001–R1, Mendocino County ........................................................................................ 1014 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Notice of Correction to Previously Published Notice on July 18, 2025 Concerning Conflict–of–Interest Code ...... 1014 DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL Notice of Proposed Settlement, Agreement ........................................................... 1014 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS BOARD Public Meeting and Business Meeting ............................................................... 1015

SUMMARY OF REGULATORY ACTIONS Regulations filed with Secretary of State ............................................................. 1016 The California Regulatory Notice Register is an official state publication of the Office of Administrative Law containing notices of proposed regulatory actions by state regulatory agencies to adopt, amend or repeal regulations contained in the California Code of Regulations. The effective period of a notice of proposed regulatory action by a state agency in the California Regulatory Notice Register shall not exceed one year [Government Code § 11346.4(b)].

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CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 979 PROPOSED ACTION ON REGULATIONS Information contained in this document is published as received from agencies and is not edited by Thomson Reuters. TITLE 2. COMMISSION ON STATE MANDATES The Commission on State Mandates (Commission) proposes to adopt the regulations described below af - ter considering all comments, objections, and recom - mendations regarding the proposed action. PUBLIC HEARING The Commission has not scheduled a public hear - ing for this proposed action.

However, if it receives a written request for a public hearing from any inter - ested person or their authorized representative no lat - er than 15 days before the close of the written com - ment period, by September 8, 2025, the Commission will conduct a public hearing on this proposed action on September 26, 2025, and will notify all persons of the date, time, and location of the hearing pursuant to Government Code

section 11346.8(a). WRITTEN COMMENT PERIOD Any interested person or their authorized rep - resentative, may submit written comments rele - vant to the proposed regulatory action to the Com - mission. The comment period closes on September 22, 2025 . The Commission will only consider writ - ten comments received at the Commission offices by that time. Commenters are strongly encouraged to submit their written comments electronically, if possible, via the Commission website “dropbox” at: https://www.csm.ca.gov/dropbox.shtml.

Written com - ments may also be submitted to: Jill Magee, Program Analyst Commission on State Mandates 980 Ninth Street, Suite 300 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 323–3562 AUTHORITY AND REFERENCE Government Code

section 17527(

g) authorizes the Commission to adopt the proposed regulations. Ref - erence citations: Government Code sections 11123, 11346.4, 11347, 11347.1, and 17500 et seq. INFORMATIVE DIGEST/POLICY STATEMENT OVERVIEW The Commission is a seven–member quasi–judicial body created by the Legislature to resolve disputes regarding the existence of state–mandated local pro - grams (Government Code

section 17500 et seq.) and to hear matters involving county applications for a find - ing of significant financial distress (Welfare. & Inst. Code, § 17000.6). The purpose of this rulemaking is to ensure that the regulations provide clear and concise direction, use consistent terminology, and provide transparen - cy to the Commission process. The proposed regu - lations: (1) clarify

definitions; (2) clarify the require - ments for certification, filing, service, and formatting documents; (3) clarify the holding of teleconferenced meetings; (4) clarify the filing of a second test claim on the same statute or executive order; (5) clarify the requirements for citations and providing documents relied upon in a filing; (6) clarify the Commission’s process on the granting or denial of a motion to con - solidate or sever test claims; (7) clarify the process - ing of test claims; (8) clarify who may participate in the processing of claims and development of com - mission forms; (9) clarify requirements for the con - tents of parameters and guidelines; (10) clarify the re- quirements for requests for review of state controller’s claiming instructions; (11) clarify requirements for the filing of declarations to be used in lieu of testimo - ny; (12) add new requirements for the timing of filing written testimony, declarations, and other evidence; (13) clarify the process for requesting an extension of time to file comments and rebuttals and to request a postponement of a hearing; and (14) to make minor, non–substantive edits and corrections.

Therefore, the Commission proposes revised lan - guage and citations in Articles 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 of the California Code of Regulations, Division 2, Title 2,

Chapter 2.5, Sections 1181.1, 1181.2, 1181.3, 1181.4, 1181.6, 1181.8, 1181.9, 1181.10, 1181.13, 1183.1, 1183.2, 1183.3, 1183.4, 1183.5, 1183.6, 1183.7, 1183.8, 1183.9, 1183.10, 1183.11, 1183.12, 1183.13, 1183.15, 1183.16, 1183.17, 1184.1, 1185.1, 1185.2, 1185.4, 1185.5, 1185.6, 1185.7, 1185.8, 1186.2, 1186.4, 1186.6, 1187.1. 1187.4, 1187.5, 1187.6, 1187.8, 1187.9, 1187.10, 1187.12, 1187.14, 1187.15, 1188.1, 1188.2, 1190.1, 1190.2, 1190.3, 1190.4, and 1190.5 with a proposed effective date of January 1, 2026, if no public hearing is requested, or April 1, 2026, if a public hearing is requested.

Anticipated Benefits of the Proposed Regulations The proposed regulations will result in updated and consistent terminology, accurate and chronolog -

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 980 ical directions, and transparency of Commission pro - cesses; clarification that the Commission follows the Bagley–Keene Open Meeting Act for teleconferenced meetings; a clear statement of the circumstances un - der which the Commission will accept a second test claim on the same statute of executive order; clear in - struction to filers on the required documentation for filing and remove an undue burden on filers to pro - vide copies of documents readily available online; no- tice to the claimant as to whether its motion to consol- idate or sever test claims has been granted or denied; clear statements addressing which persons and agen - cies may file comments and rebuttals or participate in other parts of the Commission process; specific direc- tions regarding what information is necessary and rel- evant to be provided to the Commission for the adop - tion of the parameters and guidelines; a clear list of the requirements for requests for review of claiming instructions; a clear statement of the process for the filing of declarations to be used in lieu of testimony; a consistent timeline for the filing of documentary ev- idence to ensure that all parties and the Commission members may review it prior to the hearing; a detailed process for the handling of requests for extensions of time and postponements of hearings; and make vari - ous minor non–substantive edits for clarity.

Consistency and Compatibility with Existing State Regulations After conducting a review of existing regulations, the Commission has concluded that California Code of Regulations, title 2, sections 1181.1 et seq., are the only regulations concerning the Commission’s pro - cess. Therefore, the proposed regulations are consis - tent and compatible with existing state regulations. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS I. Clarification of

Definitions. Sections 1181.2.

Definitions; 1181.1. Delegation of Certain Functions; Executive Director Appeals; and 1187.1. Scheduling and Noticing the Hearing.

Section 1181.2 of the regulations defines terms in the Government Code and the Commission’s regula - tions. The proposed amendments add language to sec- tion 1181.2 to define “test claimant” and “requester,” which are terms used throughout the regulations, but which had not been defined. The proposed amend - ments remove the five o’clock cutoff time in the defi - nition of “filing date” to align with the changes in sec- tions 1183.1 as proposed (see

section IV, below) and 1181.3 as proposed (see

section II, below), respective- ly, because the cutoff is no longer necessary as all fil - ings are made to an online drop box and do not re - quire that staff be present in the office. The proposed amendments also clarify the

definitions of “interest - ed person” and “interested party” to better align with the California Constitution as well as the rights and roles set forth throughout the regulations for interest - ed persons and parties. The definition of “completed” is proposed to be deleted as completeness is defined in other sections of the regulations specific to the type of filing and its contents.

The definition of “real par - ty in interest” is proposed to be deleted as the term “real party in interest” is eliminated in regulations in favor of “interested party” which, as redefined, is a more accurate description of the parties. The defi - nition of “teleconference” is proposed to be deleted since the term is proposed to be eliminated from sec - tion 1181.13 (see

section III, below) to provide a more general statement regarding compliance with the Bagley–Keene Open Meetings Act. The proposed amendments also move the definition of “matter” from

section 1187.1 into

section 1181.2 to ensure all defini- tions are in one regulation. These changes require re - numbering some subsections of

section 1181.2. In ad- dition, the proposed regulations require consistency changes in sections 1181.1, 1181.8, and 1187.1.

Section 1187.1 also requires a minor, non–substantive edit (see

section XIII, below).

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 981 II. Clarification of the Requirements for Certification, Filing, Service, and Formatting Filings. Sections 1181.3. Certification, Formatting, Filing, and Service of Written Materials and New Filings; 1181.1. Delegation of Certain Functions; Executive Director Appeals; 1183.1. Test Claim Filing; 1183.2. Review of Test Claim; 1183.3. Claimant’s Rebuttal; 1183.4. Claimant’s Motion to Consolidate or Sever Test Claims; 1183.6. Review of Completed Test Claim and Preparation of Proposed Decision; 1183.8.

Filing and Review of Proposed Parameters and Guidelines; Filing of Comments; 1183.9. Expedited Process for Proposed Parameters and Guidelines; 1183.10. Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology; 1183.11. Alternative Process: Joint Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology and Statewide Estimate of Costs; 183.12. Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology, Included in Parameters and Guidelines; 1183.13. Adoption of Parameters and Guidelines; 1183.15. Jointly Proposed Request for Early Termination of Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology; 1183.16. Expiration of a Joint Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology; 1183.17.

Amendments to Parameters and Guidelines; 1184.1. Review of Office of State Controller’s Claiming Instructions; 1185.1. Incorrect Reduction Claim Filing; 1185.2. Review of Incorrect Reduction Claims; 1185.4. Joining a Consolidated Incorrect Reduction Claim; 1185.6. Executive Director’s Authority to Consolidate or Sever Incorrect Reduction Claims; 1185.7. Review of Completed Incorrect Reduction Claims and Preparation of Proposed Decision; 1185.8. Withdrawal of Incorrect Reduction Claims; 1186.2. Request for Inclusion; 1186.4. Request for Removal; 1186.6.

Request for Review of an Apportionment or Base Year Entitlement; 1187.8. Representation at Hearing; 1187.9. Extensions of Time to File Comments or Rebuttals and Postponements and Continuances of Hearings; 1187.10. Decision; Action on Proposed Decision; 1187.12. Withdrawal of a Matter; 1187.14. Substitution of Parties and Dismissal of a Matter; 1187.15. Reconsideration of an Adopted Decision on a Test Claim or Incorrect Reduction Claim; 1188.2. Rulemaking; 1190.1. Filing a Request to Adopt a New Test Claim Decision; 1190.2. Review and Response; 1190.3. Rebuttal; 1190.5. Hearing Process and Form of Decision.

Section 1181.3 addresses the certification, format - ting, and filing of documents with the Commission and service of those documents. In 2023, the Commis- sion updated

section 1181.3 to address the formatting of documents to ensure compliance with state and fed- eral accessibility requirements. After implementation, the need for some clarifications came to light. In addi- tion, certification of all new filings has been removed in favor of a certification that the requirements of this

section have been met as a prerequisite for filing. Fi - nally, the subdivisions require reordering to provide clarity and to address the process in a step–by–step fashion. The proposed regulations amend

section 1181.3(

a) to remove the current language regarding the certifica - tion of all filings as, according to Government Code

section 17553(b) (4), only test claims require certifica- tion which is addressed under

section 1183.1 of the reg- ulations which is proposed to be updated to clarify the certification requirements. The language is replaced with new requirements for certification of compliance with formatting and filing requirements as part of e–filing. The proposed amendment to

section 1181.3(

b) adds a heading for clarification. The proposed amend- ment to

section 1181.3(

c) places all information re - garding signature under one subdivision including language regarding the signing of forms formerly part of subdivision (c) (2) (

A) and new language to clari - fy acceptable methods for signing filings which has not been addressed in the regulations. The proposed changes to

section 1181.3(d) (1) address the formatting requirements formerly under subdivision (c) (1) to clar- ify that the purpose behind the subdivision is for ac - cessibility of documents, that the font must be sans serif but that Arial font is strongly encouraged, and that ordered lists can be numbered or alphabetized. The proposed amendment to

section 1181.3(d) (2) re - labels the subdivision, ensures that the additional for - matting requirements for all fillings are clearly stat - ed, and reflects the current requirements for e–filing. The proposed amendment to create

section 1181.3(

e) from former (c) (2) (

C) adds a new heading and deletes unnecessary requirements for filing color documents. The proposed amendment to 1181.3(

f) groups togeth - er the e–filing requirements formerly part of subdivi - sions (c) (2) (D), (E), and (F).

Section 1181.3(c) (2) (

G) is proposed for deletion because the information is repet- itive of

section 1181.4 and unnecessary. Subdivision (c) (4) is proposed to be moved to

section 1181.3(

g) and the references to the five o’clock cutoff time for filing are proposed to be deleted because the cutoff is no lon- ger necessary as all filings are made to an online drop box and do not require that staff be present in the of - fice. The proposed addition of

section 1181.3(

h) sets forth the Commission’s review process for filed mate- rials, which had not been included in the regulations, to promote transparency. The proposed amendment of

section 1181.3(

i) sets forth the steps of the e–filing process formerly in subdivisions (c) (2) (H), (I), and (

J) and which includes the Commission’s service of pro - cess on all filings. The changes to subdivisions (

i) and (

a) necessitate consistency changes in sections 1181.1, 1183.2, 1183.3, 1183.4, 1183.6, 1183.8, 1183.9, 1183.10, 1183.11, 1183.12, 1183.13, 1183.15, 1183.16, 1183.17, 1184.1, 1185.1, 1185.2, 1185.4, 1185.6, 1185.7, 1185.8,

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 982 1186.2, 1186.4, 1186.6, 1187.8, 1187.9, 1187.10, 1187.12, 1187.14, 1187.15, 1188.2, 1190.1, 1190.2, 1190.3, and 1190.5. The proposed amendment to

section 1181.3(j), former subdivision (c) (3), includes clarification of the hard copy filing process and deletion of service of hard copy filings in favor of the service provided with e–filing in subdivision (i). These proposed amendments to

section 1181.3 ne - cessitate reordering some subdivisions. In addition, the proposed regulations require consistency changes in sections 1181.1, 1183.1, 1183.2, 1183.3, 1183.4, 1183.6, 1183.8, 1183.9, 1183.10, 1183.11, 1183.12, 1183.13, 1183.15, 1183.16, 1183.17, 1184.1, 1185.1, 1185.2, 1185.4, 1185.6, 1185.7, 1185.8, 1186.2, 1186.4, 1186.6, 1187.8, 1187.9, 1187.10, 1187.12, 1187.14, 1187.15, 1188.2, 1190.1, 1190.2, 1190.3, and 1190.5.

Section 1185.2 re- quires the language be rewritten to allow for easy in - sertion of the proposed amendment. III. Clarification of Teleconferencing Regulation

Section 1181.13. Commission Meeting by Teleconference.

Section 1181.13 provides specific information con - cerning the Commission’s ability to address quorum issues by holding meetings via teleconference that are compliant with the Bagley–Keene Open Meeting Act. The proposed amendment simplifies the regula - tion by limiting the language to compliance with the Bagley–Keene Open Meeting Act. IV . Clarification of the Requirements for Filing a Second Test Claim on the Same Statute or Executive Order.

Section 1183.1. Test Claim Filing.

Section 1183.1 sets forth the process for the filing of test claims. Pursuant to Government Code

section 17521, there can be only one test claim filed on behalf of all eligible claimants in the state on any statute or executive order. The test claim functions as a class ac- tion for all other local government interested parties and, generally, duplicate test claims cannot be filed and accepted by the Commission. However, there may be times when the test claim filing affects the subven- tion rights of an interested party differently from the test claimant and the interested party may file a sep - arate, second test claim on the same statute or exec - utive order. The proposed amendments clarify when the Commission can accept a second test claim filing. The proposed amendment to

section 1183.1(

c) necessi- tates reordering the subdivisions that follow.

Section 1183.1(

f) includes proposed consistency changes to align it with the amendment proposed to address cer - tification of test claims (see

section II, above). V . Clarification of the Requirements for Citations and Providing Documents Relied Upon in Comments and Rebuttals. Sections 1183.2. Review of Test Claims; 1183.3. Claimant’s Rebuttal; 1183.4. Claimant’s Motion to Consolidate or Sever Test Claims; 1183.6. Review of Completed Test Claim and Preparation of Proposed Decision; 1183.8. Filing and Review of Proposed Parameters and Guidelines; Filing of Comments; 1183.9. Expedited Process for Proposed Parameters and Guidelines; 1183.10. Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology; 1183.11.

Alternative Process: Joint Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology and Statewide Estimate of Costs; 1183.12. Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology, Included in Parameters and Guidelines; 1183.13. Adoption of Parameters and Guidelines; 1183.15. Jointly Proposed Request for Early Termination of Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology; 1183.16. Expiration of a Joint Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology; 1183.17. Amendments to Parameters and Guidelines; 1184.1. Review of Office of State Controller’s Claiming Instructions; 1185.1. Incorrect Reduction Claim Filing; 1185.2. Review of Incorrect Reduction Claims; 1185.6.

Executive Director’s Authority to Consolidate or Sever Incorrect Reduction Claims; 1185.7. Review of Completed Incorrect Reduction Claims and Preparation of Proposed Decision; 1187.14. Substitution of Parties and Dismissal of a Matter; 1187.15. Reconsideration of an Adopted Decision on a Test Claim or Incorrect Reduction Claim; 1190.2. Review and Response; 1190.3. Rebuttal; 1190.5. Hearing Process and Form of Decision.

The regulations addressing the filing of comments and rebuttals on test claims (sections 1183.2 and 1183.3) and on requests for mandate redeterminations (sections 1190.2 and 1190.3) include directive lan - guage to provide or cite to the documents relied upon by the filer. However, this language was not included in regulations on other types of matters that also in - volve comments, rebuttals, and narratives. These pro - posed amendments correct this by including that lan - guage throughout the regulations addressing the fil - ing of comments, rebuttals, and narratives.

Also, be - cause many of the types of documents that are listed are readily available online, there is no need for filers to provide them with comments and rebuttals. Thus, to limit the burden on filers, the proposed amendments limit the types of documents to be provided to only those documents that Commission staff or the public cannot access online. Finally, the proposed amend - ment adds case law citations to the list of items to be cited in comments and rebuttals to assist Commission staff to see the non–statutory legal basis for any issues or arguments raised by the filer.

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 983 VI. Clarification of the Granting or Denial of a Motion to Consolidate or Sever Test Claims.

Section 1183.4. Claimant’s Motion to Consolidate or Sever Test Claims.

Section 1183.4 addresses the process for a motion for consolidation or severance of test claims. However, the step in the procedure where the executive director provides notice to the claimant regarding whether the motion was granted or denied was not included in the regulations. The proposed change corrects this. VII. Clarification of the Processing of Test Claims. 1183.6. Review of Completed Test Claim and Preparation of Proposed Decision.

Section 1183.6 addresses the process for Commis - sion staff to issue a draft proposed decision on a test claim eight weeks before a Commission hearing and then a proposed decision just before the hearing. The proposed amendments reorder the subdivisions to en - sure that the steps are presented in chronological order. The text of

section 1183.6(

a) is proposed to be de - leted and moved to the new subdivision (

c) as it is out of chronological order. This deletion results in subdi - visions (

b) and (

c) being renumbered as subdivisions (

a) and (b), respectively. The newly proposed subdi - vision (

c) now contains the text of former subdivision (

a) and includes proposed amendments to remove an unnecessary reference to “test claim” as this

section only addresses test claims. Finally, subdivision (

d) is proposed to be deleted in compliance with proposed amendments addressing the timing of filing documen- tary evidence (see

section XI, below). VIII. Clarification of Who May Participate in the Processing of Claims and Development of Commission Forms.

Section 1181.4. Mailing Lists and Numbering of Matters; 1181.6. Development and Approval of Commission Forms; 1181.9. Commission Meeting Notice, Agenda, and Consent Calendar; 1183.2. Review of Test Claim; 1183.3. Claimant’s Rebuttal; 1183.8. Filing and Review of Proposed Parameters and Guidelines; Filing of Comments; 1183.9. Expedited Process for Proposed Parameters and Guidelines; 1183.17. Amendments to Parameters and Guidelines; 1184.1. Review of Office of State Controller’s Claiming Instructions; 1185.2. Review of Incorrect Reduction Claims; 1187.14. Substitution of Parties and Dismissal of a Matter; 1190.2.

Review and Response; 1190.5. Hearing Process and Form of Decision Reviewing the impact of the proposed clarifying changes in the

definitions of interested parties and in - terested persons, it was clear that the regulations do not consistently designate who can file comments and rebuttals. These proposed amendments correct this by including that language throughout the regulations ad- dressing the filing of comments and rebuttals. In addi- tion, the proposed amendments to

section 1181.6 pro- vide a better explanation of the persons involved in the Commission process for the creation of new forms. While the proposed amendments generally restate the existing language with more clarity, some sec - tions alter the prior language by increasing or decreas- ing those who may file comments or rebuttals. Spe - cifically, the amendments to sections 1184.1(i), and 1187.14(

b) and (b) (2) are proposed to expand the abil- ity to file comments to include interested persons. The amendments to sections 1183.3(

a) and 1184.1(

g) are proposed to no longer limit rebuttals to claimants and requesters, respectively. The ability to file rebut - tals is proposed to be expanded to include parties and interested parties. The proposed amendments to sec - tion 1185.2(

e) will expand those who may file rebut - tals to the State Controller’s comments on an incorrect reduction claim from parties and interested parties to parties and interested persons. Finally, the proposed amendment to

section 1183.17(

h) limits the ability to file rebuttals on proposed amendments to parameters and guidelines to only parties and interested parties. IX. Clarification of the Requirements for the Contents of Parameters and Guidelines.

Section 1183.7. Content of Parameters and Guidelines.

Section 1183.7 addresses the information that must be included in any parameters and guidelines filed with or created by Commission staff. The proposed amendment to subdivision (

a) clarifies what shall be included in the

summary of the mandate and the proposed amendment to subdivision (

g) clarifies the off–setting revenues language. X. Clarification of Requests for Review of State Controller’s Claiming Instructions.

Section 1184.1. Review of Office of State Controller’s Claiming Instructions.

Section 1184.1(

b) addresses requests for review of claiming instructions issued by the State Controller. The proposed amendments add clarifying language to subdivisions (b) (1) and (b) (3) explaining precisely what a request to review claiming instructions shall include for the Commission’s review. XI. Clarification of the Requirements for the Filing of Declarations To Be Used in Lieu of Testimony.

Section 1187.5. Evidence Submitted to the Commission.

Section 1187.5 addresses the submission of evidence to the Commission for consideration. While the regu - lation has always required compliance with Govern - ment Code

section 11514, the specific requirements of that

section were not included in the regulation. The proposed amendment adds language to

section 1187.5 explaining the requirements for the Commission’s pro-

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 984 cess for using declarations in lieu of testimony consis- tent with Government Code

section 11514. XII. New Requirements for the Timing of Filing Written Testimony, Declarations, or Other Evidence at Teleconferenced Meetings. Sections 1187.6. Conduct of Hearing; 1181.10. Commission Meeting Procedures; 1183.6. Review of Completed Test Claim and Preparation of Proposed Decision; 1183.13. Adoption of Parameters and Guidelines; 1183.17. Amendments to Parameters and Guidelines; 1184.1. Review of Office of State Controller’s Claiming Instructions; 1185.7. Review of Completed Incorrect Reduction Claims and Preparation of Proposed Decision.

Section 1187.6 addresses, among other hearing pro- cedures, the filing of written testimony or other evi - dence in advance of a hearing. Under the current reg - ulation, there is no specific time when the filing needs to be received by the Commission to be considered at the hearing. The proposed amendment adds language to

section 1187.6(

f) clarifying that declarations may be filed in advance of a hearing and that the filing must be done via e–filing at least 24 hours prior to the hear- ing to allow time for the evidence to be included in the Commission’s record. Because filing can occur as lit - tle as 24 hours before the hearing, language regarding late filings and whether Commission staff will review them in other parts of the regulations can be deleted. Finally, the process for the filing of public comments was amended to align it with the proposed changes to

section 1187.6. XIII. Clarify the Requesting and Granting of Extensions of Time to File Comments or Rebuttals and Postponements and Continuances of Hearings

Section 1187.9. Extensions of Time to File Comments or Rebuttals and Postponements and Continuances of Hearings.

Section 1187.9 addresses the process for parties and interested parties to request an extension of time to file comments or rebuttals and the process for parties to request the postponement of a hearing. The proposed amendment to the title of subdivision (

a) clarifies that the extensions of time are for the filing of comments and rebuttals. Also, while the current regulation com - bines parties and interested parties in the same subdi - vision, the proposed amendments clarify the differenc- es between a request by a party and a request by an in- terested party by separating the two types of requests in two new subdivisions of

section 1187.9(a). The pro- posed amendments to subdivision (a) (1) include new meet and confer language for parties to make the re - quest process more coordinated, consistent, and effi - cient. Also, the proposed amendments to subdivision (a) (1) replace “so long as” with “if” for greater clarity. The proposed amendments to subdivisions (b) (3) (

A) and (b) (3) (

C) allow any party — not just a claimant or requester — to request a postponement of a hear - ing which confirms that state agencies may now seek a postponement. Also, subdivision (b) (3) (

B) contains the language “parties, including the claimant or re - quester.” Since the claimant or requester is a party, the phrase “including the claimant or requester” is redun - dant and proposed for deletion. Finally, subdivision (b) (3) (

D) is proposed to be deleted for two reasons. First, interested parties are no longer permitted to seek the postponement of a hearing. While interested par - ties have subvention rights at issue in the matter, they are not claimants or requesters who are responsible for putting forward their position on the matter and mov - ing it to decision and should, along with state agencies, be solely able to request a postponement of a hearing.

Second, since the state agencies are treated the same as the claimant or requester when requesting an exten- sion of time or a postponement, the requirement for a notice of intent is no longer necessary. XIV. Amendments to the Regulations to Make Minor, Non–substantive Changes. Sections 1181.4. Mailing Lists and Numbering of Matters; 1181.6. Development and Approval of Commission Forms; 1181.9. Commission Meeting Notice, Agenda, and Consent Calendar; 1181.10. Commission Meeting Procedures; 1183.1. Test Claim Filing; 1183.2. Review of Test Claim; 1183.3. Claimant’s Rebuttal; 1183.6.

Review of Completed Test Claim and Preparation of Proposed Decision; 1183.7. Content of Parameters and Guidelines; 1183.8. Filing and Review of Proposed Parameters and Guidelines; Filing of Comments; 1183.9. Expedited Process for Proposed Parameters and Guidelines; 1183.11. Alternative Process: Joint Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology and Statewide Estimate of Costs; 1183.13. doption of Parameters and Guidelines; 1183.16. Expiration of a Joint Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology; 1183.17. Amendments to Parameters and Guidelines; 1184.1. Review of Office of State Controller’s Claiming Instructions; 1185.1.

Incorrect Reduction Claim Filing; 1185.4. Joining a Consolidated Incorrect Reduction Claim; 1185.5.Opting Out of a Consolidated Incorrect Reduction Claim; 1185.7. Review of Completed Incorrect Reduction Claims and Preparation of Proposed Decision; 1185.8. Withdrawal of Incorrect Reduction Claims; 1186.2. Request for Inclusion; 1186.4. Request for Removal; 1187.1. Scheduling and Noticing the Hearing; 1187.4 Informal Conference; 1187.5. Evidence Submitted to the Commission; 1187.6.Conduct of Hearing; 1187.9. Extensions of Time to File Comments or Rebuttals and Postponements and Continuances of Hearings; 1187.10.

Decision; Action on Proposed Decision; 1187.14. Substitution of Parties and Dismissal of a Matter; 1187.15. Reconsideration

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 985 of an Adopted Decision on a Test Claim or Incorrect Reduction Claim; 1188.1. Scheduling and Noticing of an Informational Hearing; 1190.2. Review and Response; 1190.3. Rebuttal; 1190.4. Executive Director’s Authority to Consolidate Requests for Mandate Redetermination; 1190.5. Hearing Process and Form of Decision. The proposed regulations make minor, non–substantive amendments to improve readability and ensure clarity and consistency.

Section 1181.4 addresses the numbering of filed matters and

Section 1181.10 addresses Commission meeting procedures. The language in both, however, refers to filings as “received” rather than “filed.” The proposed amendments correct this terminology.

Sections 1181.4 addresses the numbering of filed matters, 1183.2 addresses the service of test claims, 1183.5 addresses service of consolidation or severance of test claims; 1183.6 addresses the review of a com - pleted test claim, 1183.8 addresses the filing and re - view of proposed parameters and guidelines, 1183.9 addresses service of proposed decisions, 1183.13 ad - dresses the adoption of parameters and guidelines, 1183.16 addresses the expiration of a joint reason - able reimbursement methodology, 1183.17 addresses amendments to the parameters and guidelines, 1184.1 addresses the review of claiming instructions, 1185.7 addresses the review of completed incorrect reduction claims, 1185.8 addresses the withdrawal of an incor - rect reduction claim, 1187.1 addresses scheduling and noticing a hearing, 1187.4 addresses informal confer - ences, 1187.10 addresses service of decisions and pro- posed decisions, 1187.14 addresses withdrawal of mat- ters, 1188.1 addresses rulemaking. 1190.4 addresses consolidation of requests for mandate redetermina - tion, and 1190.5 addresses the hearing process.

Each of these sections uses inconsistent language regarding service on or notice to individuals on the mailing list which is proposed to be changed to “all persons” and is accompanied by other language necessary to fit the existing sentence structure.

Section 1181.9 addresses the distribution of agenda but the language used does not mirror the language in the Bagley–Keene Open Meetings Act nor does it ad - dress the Commission’s process for posting its agenda.

Section 1181.10 addresses the timing of written comments and uses the incorrect term “share screen” function. The proposed amendment corrects the term to “share” function which mirrors the website’s terminology.

Sections 1183.1 addresses the process for the filing of test claims, 1183.7 addresses the information that must be included in any parameters and guidelines filed with or created by Commission staff, 1183.11 ad- dress the process for proposing a joint reasonable re - imbursement methodology, 1183.17 addresses amend- ments to the parameters and guidelines, 1184.1 ad - dresses the review of claiming instructions, 1185.1 ad- dresses filing an incorrect reduction claim, 1185.5 ad- dresses opting out of a consolidated incorrect reduc - tion claim, 1186.2 addresses requests for inclusion into the State Mandates Apportionment System, 1186.4 ad- dresses requests for removal from the State Mandates Apportionment System, 1187.5 addresses the submis- sion of evidence to the Commission for consideration, 1187.9 requests for postponement of a hearing, 1187.15 addresses the reconsideration process, 1190.2 address- es filing requests in the mandate redetermination pro - cess, and 1190.3 addresses the filing of rebuttals in the mandate redetermination process.

Each of these sec - tions uses the term “must.” To ensure consistency, “shall” is proposed to replace “must.”

Section 1183.2 addresses the service of test claims and uses the incorrect term “website.” The proposed amendment correct the term to “website” making it consistent throughout the regulations.

Section 1183.3 addresses the filing of rebuttals and includes the unnecessary term “written” regarding comments and the unclear term “concerning” which is proposed to be amended to “filed on.” Sections 1183.6 addresses the review of a completed test claim, 1183.13 addresses the adoption of parame- ters and guidelines, 1183.17 addresses amendments to the parameters and guidelines, 1184.1 addresses the re- view of claiming instructions, 1185.7 addresses the re- view of completed incorrect reduction claims, 1187.15 addresses the reconsideration process, and 1190.5 ad - dresses the hearing process.

Each of these sections lists the documents to be reviewed by staff as part of its analysis. However, as the lists are incomplete, the proposed amendments replace the lists with “entire re- cord” making the regulation clear and consistent.

Section 1185.4 addresses how parties would join a consolidated incorrect reduction claim. Subdivision (

b) lists the contents of a notice of intent to join. The language is repeated unnecessarily under subdivision (b) (3) and is proposed to be deleted. Also, subdivision (b) (4) is not part of the list and is proposed to be re - numbered to subdivision (

c) necessitating the renum - bering of other subdivisions.

Section 1187.9 addresses requests for postponement of a hearing and includes the repetitive term “article 7” matter. However, due to the fact that the term “mat- ter” includes only those items in

article 7, the term “article 7” is proposed to be deleted.

Section 1187.6 addresses the conduct of the hearing. The terminology for the chairperson and presiding member are incorrect and no including a hearing pan - el is inconsistent with

Section 1187.3. The proposed changes address these.

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 986

Section 1187.10 addresses decisions and misidenti - fies a subdivision as a section. The proposed change remedies this.

Section 1190.2 addresses the mandate redetermi - nation process and the proposed amendment clarifies that the 30 days runs from the issuance of the notice. TECHNICAL, THEORETICAL, AND/ OR EMPIRICAL STUDY, REPORTS, OR DOCUMENTS RELIED UPON TO DEVELOP REGULATIONS Commission staff did not rely on any technical, the- oretical, or empirical studies or reports in proposing the adoption of these regulations. The Commission also relied upon the statutes and cases cited in the au - thority and reference sections for the regulations.

DISCLOSURES REGARDING THE PROPOSED ACTION The Commission has made the following initial determinations: Mandate on local agencies and school district: None. Cost or savings to any state agency: None. Cost to any local agency or school district which must be reimbursed in accordance with Government Code sections 17500 through 17630: None. Other non–discretionary cost or savings imposed on local agencies: None. Cost or savings in federal funding to the state: None.

Significant, statewide adverse economic impact di - rectly affecting business, including the ability of Cali- fornia businesses to compete with businesses in other states: None. Significant effect on housing costs: None. Cost impacts on a representative private person or business: The Commission is not aware of any cost impacts that a representative private person or busi - ness would necessarily incur in reasonable compli - ance with the proposed action.

Results of the Economic Impact Analysis/Assessment The Commission concludes that the proposal will: (1) not create or eliminate jobs within California; (2) not create new businesses or eliminate existing busi - nesses within California; and (3) not affect the expan- sion of businesses currently doing business within California. Small Business Determination Because the Commission has no jurisdiction over small businesses and small businesses are not parties before the Commission, the proposed regulatory ac - tion will have no impact on small businesses.

CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES In accordance with Government Code

section 11346.5(a) (13), the Commission must determine that no reasonable alternative it considered or that has oth- erwise been identified and brought to the attention of the Commission would be more effective in carrying out the purpose for which the action is proposed or would be as effective and less burdensome to affect - ed private persons than the proposed action, or would be more cost–effective to affected private persons and equally effective in implementing the statutory policy or other provision of law.

The Commission invites interested persons to pres - ent statements or arguments with respect to alterna - tives to the proposed regulations during the written comment period.

CONTACT PERSONS Inquiries concerning the proposed administrative action may be directed to: Jill Magee, Program Analyst Commission on State Mandates 980 Ninth Street, Suite 300 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 323–3562 (jill.magee@csm.ca.gov) The backup contact person for these inquiries is: Dennis Supachana, Assistant Executive Director Commission on State Mandates 980 Ninth Street, Suite 300 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 323–3562 (dennis.supachana@csm.ca.gov) Please direct requests for copies of the proposed text (t he “ex pr e s s t e r m s”) of t he r eg u lat ion s , t he i n it ia l st at e- ment of reasons, the modified text of the regulations, if any, or other information on which the rulemaking is based to Ms.

Jill Magee (see contact information above) or download it from the Commission’s website at https://www.csm.ca.gov/rulemaking.shtml. AVAILABILITY OF STATEMENT OF REASONS AND TEXT OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS The Commission will have the entire rulemaking file available for inspection and copying throughout the rulemaking process at its office at the above ad - dress. As of the date this notice is published in the No- tice Register, the rulemaking file consists of this no - tice, the proposed text of the regulations, the initial

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 987 statement of reasons, and the Commission order to ini- tiate rulemaking proceedings. Copies may be obtained on the Commission’s web- site (see below) or by contacting Ms. Jill Magee (see contact information above). All persons on the Com - mission’s interested persons mailing list will be pro - vided a copy of the rulemaking file by making it avail- able on the Commission’s website and providing no - tice of how to locate it.

AVAILABILITY OF CHANGED OR MODIFIED TEXT AND DOCUMENTS RELIED UPON After considering all timely and relevant comments received and holding a public hearing, if necessary, the Commission may adopt the proposed regulations substantially as described in this notice. If the Com - mission makes modifications which are sufficiently re- lated to the originally proposed text, it will make the modified text (with the changes clearly indicated) and any documents relied upon available to the public for at least 15 days before the Commission adopts the reg- ulations as revised.

Please send requests for copies of any modified regulations or documents relied upon to the attention of Ms. Jill Magee (see contact informa - tion above). The Commission will accept written com- ments on the modified regulations for 15 days after the date on which they are made available. AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL STATEMENT OF REASONS Upon its completion, copies of the Final Statement of Reasons and any Documents Relied Upon may be obtained by contacting Ms. Jill Magee at the address, phone number, or email address listed above.

AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET Copies of the Notice of Proposed Action, the Ini - tial Statement of Reasons, and the text of the reg - ulations in underline and strikeout can be ac - cessed through the Commission’s website at https://www.csm.ca.gov/rulemaking.shtml. TITLE 2.

FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fair Po - litical Practices Commission, pursuant to the au - thority vested in it by Sections 82011, 87303, and 87304 of the Government Code to review proposed conflict–of–interest codes, will review the proposed/ amended conflict–of–interest codes of the following: CONFLICT–OF–INTEREST CODES AMENDMENT MULTI–COUNTY: Panoche Drainage District Panoche Water District Nevada Joint Union High School District ADOPTION STATE AGENCY: Office of Data and Innovation MULTI–COUNTY: Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority A written comment period has been established commencing on August 8, 2025, and closing on Sep - tember 22, 2025.

Written comments should be direct - ed to the Fair Political Practices Commission, Atten - tion: Andrea Spiller Hernandez, 1102 Q Street, Suite 3050, Sacramento, California 95811. At the end of the 45–day comment period, the pro - posed conflict–of–interest codes will be submitted to the Commission’s Executive Director for their review, unless any interested person or their duly authorized representative requests, no later than 15 days prior to the close of the written comment period, a public hear- ing before the full Commission.

If a public hearing is requested, the proposed codes will be submitted to the Commission for review. The Executive Director of the Commission will review the above–referenced conflict–of–interest codes, proposed pursuant to Government Code Sec - tion 87300, which designate, pursuant to Government Code

Section 87302, employees who must disclose certain investments, interests in real property and income. The Executive Director of the Commission, upon their own motion or at the request of any interested person, will approve, or revise and approve, or re - turn the proposed codes to the agency for revision and re–submission within 60 days without further notice. Any interested person may present statements, ar - guments, or comments, in writing to the Executive Di- rector of the Commission, relative to review of the pro- posed conflict–of–interest codes.

Any written com - ments must be received no later than September 22, 2025. If a public hearing is to be held, oral comments may be presented to the Commission at the hearing. COST TO LOCAL AGENCIES There shall be no reimbursement for any new or in- creased costs to local government which may result from compliance with these codes because these are not new programs mandated on local agencies by the

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 988 codes since the requirements described herein were mandated by the Political Reform Act of 1974. There- fore, they are not “costs mandated by the state” as de- fined in Government Code

Section 17514. EFFECT ON HOUSING COSTS AND BUSINESSES Compliance with the codes has no potential effect on housing costs or on private persons, businesses, or small businesses. AUTHORITY Government Code Sections 82011, 87303 and 87304 provide that the Fair Political Practices Com - mission as the code–reviewing body for the above conflict–of–interest codes shall approve codes as sub- mitted, revise the proposed code, and approve it as re- vised, or return the proposed code for revision and re–submission.

REFERENCE Government Code Sections 87300 and 87306 provide that agencies shall adopt and promulgate conflict–of–interest codes pursuant to the Political Re- form Act and amend their codes when change is ne - cessitated by changed circumstances. CONTACT Any inquiries concerning the proposed conflict–of–interest codes should be made to Andrea Spiller Hernandez, Fair Political Practices Commis - sion, 1102 Q Street, Suite 3050, Sacramento, Califor - nia 95811, or email aspiller–hernandez@fppc.ca.gov.

AVAILABILITY OF PROPOSED CONFLICT–OF–INTEREST CODES Copies of the proposed conflict–of–interest codes may be obtained from the Commission offices or the respective agency. Requests for copies from the Com- mission should be made to Andrea Spiller Hernandez, Fair Political Practices Commission, 1102 Q Street, Suite 3050, Sacramento, California 95811, or email aspiller–hernandez@fppc.ca.gov. TITLE 2. FISCAL CRISIS AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TEAM AMEND THE CONFLICT–OF–INTEREST CODE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team , pursu - ant to the authority vested in it by

section 87306 of the Government Code, proposes amendment to its conflict–of–interest code. A comment period has been established commencing on August 8, 2025 and clos - ing on September 22, 2025. All inquiries should be di- rected to the contact listed below. The Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team proposes to amend its conflict–of–interest code to in - clude employee positions that involve the making or participation in the making of decisions that may fore- seeably have a material effect on any financial inter - est, as set forth in subdivision (

a) of

section 87302 of the Government Code. The amendment carries out the purposes of the law and no other alternative would do so and be less burdensome to affected persons. Changes to the conflict–of–interest code include: adding the positions of Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Operations Officer, Deputy Operations Offi - cer, and Chief Analyst and also makes other techni - cal changes. Information on the code amendment is available on the agency’s intranet site and/or attached to this email.

Any interested person may submit written com - ments relating to the proposed amendment by submit- ting them no later than September 22, 2025 , or at the conclusion of the public hearing, if requested, which - ever comes later. At this time, no public hearing is scheduled. A person may request a hearing no later than September 5, 2025. The Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team has determined that the proposed amendments: 1. Impose no mandate on local agencies or school districts. 2. Impose no costs or savings on any state agency. 3.

Impose no costs on any local agency or school district that are required to be reimbursed under

Part 7 (commencing with

Section 17500) of Divi- sion 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. 4. Will not result in any nondiscretionary costs or savings to local agencies. 5. Will not result in any costs or savings in federal funding to the state. 6. Will not have any potential cost impact on private persons, businesses or small businesses. All inquiries concerning this proposed amendment and any communication required by this notice should

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 989 be directed to: Michael H. Fine, Chief Executive Offi- cer, (661) 636–4308 and mfine@fcmat.org. TITLE 5. COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING DESIGNATED SUBJECTS CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHING CREDENTIALS CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION The Commission on Teacher Credentialing (Com - mission) proposes to take the regulatory action de - scribed below after considering all comments, objec - tions, and recommendations regarding the proposed action.

A copy of the proposed regulations is includ - ed with the added text underlined and the deleted text lined out. The Commission has not scheduled a public hearing on this proposed action. However, the Commission will hold a hearing if it receives a written request for a public hearing from any interested person, or their authorized representative, no later than 15 days before the close of the comment period. WRITTEN COMMENT PERIOD Any interested person, or his or her authorized rep - resentative, may submit written comments relevant to the proposed action by fax, through the mail, or by email.

The written comment period closes on Septem- ber 22, 2025. Comments must be received by that time or may be submitted at the public hearing, should one be requested. Interested parties may fax their response to (916) 327–3165; write to the Commission on Teach- er Credentialing, Attn: Mika Laidler–Rubio, Com - mission on Teacher Credentialing, 651 Bannon Street, suite 601, Sacramento, CA 95811; or submit an email to Mika.Laidler–Rubio@ctc.ca.gov. Alternatively, contact Christina.

Villanueva@ctc.ca.gov Any written comments received by the closing of the public comment period will be reproduced by the Commission’s staff for each member of the Commis - sion as a courtesy to the person submitting the com - ments and will be included in the written agenda pre - pared for and presented to the full Commission at the hearing. AUTHORITY Education Code

section 44225(

h) and 44225(

q) au - thorizes the Commission to adopt the proposed regu - lations and amendments. REFERENCE Education Code sections 44225(e), 44256(d), 44259(b) (3) (B) (i), 44260.1, 44260.9, 44279.1, 44340 and 44370. INFORMATION DIGEST/POLICY STATEMENT OVERVIEW

Summary of Existing Laws and Effect of the Proposed Action Prior to the passage of AB 2345, training in Car - diopulmonary Resuscitation Certification (CPR) was a requirement to earn a preliminary Multiple Subject, Single Subject, or Education Specialist teaching cre - dential, however it was not a requirement to earn a preliminary Designated Subjects Career Technical Education teaching credential. Pursuant to AB 2345, training in CPR is now a statutory requirement to earn the preliminary Designated Subjects Career Techni - cal Education teaching credential, as provided in Ed - ucation Code §44260.

Additionally, this bill prohibits a school district, county office of education, charter school, or state special school from hiring an individ - ual on an emergency permit unless that individual has certification in CPR. The Commission proposes amendments to Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR) §80034.2 resulting from statutory changes authorized by As - sembly Bill (AB) 2345 (Chapter 65, Stats 2024). This bill amended Education Code §44260 and 44260.1, adding CPR certification as a requirement to earn a preliminary Designated Subjects Career Technical Education teaching credential.

In addition, outdated language related to the appli - cation process is proposed to be revised for consisten- cy with existing regulatory language referencing ap - plication requirements. Anticipated Benefits of the Proposed Regulations The broad objective of this regulation is to ensure the protection of public health and safety as well as worker safety for students and teachers in California schools. Determination of Inconsistency/Incompatibility with Existing State Regulations The Commission has determined that the proposed regulation amendments are not inconsistent or incom- patible with existing regulations.

After conducting a review of any regulations that would relate to or affect this area, the Commission has concluded that these are the only regulations that concern the minimum re- quirements for the Designated Subjects Career Tech - nical Education teaching credentials.

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 990 DISCLOSURES REGARDING THE PROPOSED ACTIONS/FISCAL IMPACT The Commission has made the following initial determinations. Mandate on local agencies or school districts: None. Fiscal Impact Costs to any local agency or school district which must be reimbursed in accordance with Government Code sections 17500 through 17630: None. Cost or savings to any state agency: None. Other non–discretionary costs or savings imposed upon local agencies: None. Cost or savings in federal funding to the state: None. Significant effect on housing costs: None.

Significant statewide adverse economic impact directly affecting businesses, including the ability of california businesses to compete with businesses in other states: None. Cost impacts on a representative private person or business: The Commission is not aware of any cost impacts that a representative private person or business would necessarily incur in reasonable compliance with the proposed action. STATEMENT OF THE RESULTS OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT In accordance with Government Code

section 11346.3(b), the Commission has made the following assessments regarding the proposed regulations: The Commission concludes that it is unlikely that the proposal will (1) create or eliminate any jobs, (2) create any new businesses, (3) eliminate any existing businesses (4) expand any businesses currently doing business within the state of California.

Benefits of the regulation to the health and welfare of California residents, worker safety, and the state’s environment The Commission anticipates that the proposed amendments will help improve services to students in California schools by better preparing California edu - cators in case of an emergency requiring the adminis - tration of CPR in educational settings. The Commission does anticipate that the proposed regulations will result in an increase in the protection of public health and welfare of California residents, as well as worker safety.

Specifically, for California stu- dents and educators in case of an emergency requiring the administration of CPR. Small Business Determination The proposed regulations will not affect small busi- nesses. These regulations establish requirements for educators applying for the Designated Subjects Career Technical Education teaching credentials. CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES In accordance with Government Code

section 11346.5, subdivision (a) (13), the Commission must de- termine that no reasonable alternative it considered or that has otherwise been identified and brought to its attention would be more effective in carrying out the purpose for which the action is proposed, would be as effective and less burdensome to affected private per - sons than the proposed action, or would be more cost– effective to affected private persons and equally effec- tive in implementing the statutory policy or other pro- vision of law.

The Commission invites interested persons to pres - ent statements or arguments with respect to alterna - tives to the proposed regulations during the written comment period.

CONTACT PERSONS Inquiries concerning the proposed rulemaking ac - tion may be directed to: Mika Laidler–Rubio Commission on Teacher Credentialing 651 Bannon Street, Suite 601, Sacramento, CA 95811 Phone: (916) 327–8697 Email: Mika.Laidler–Rubio@ctc.ca.gov The backup contact person for these inquiries is: Christina Villanueva Commission on Teacher Credentialing 651 Bannon Street, Suite 601, Sacramento, CA 95811 Phone: (916) 327–2967 Email: Christina.

Villanueva@ctc.ca.gov AVAILABILITY OF STATEMENT OF REASONS, TEXT OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS, AND RULEMAKING FILE The Commission will make the entire rulemaking file available for inspection and copying throughout the rulemaking process at the Commission office at the above address. As of the date this notice is pub - lished in the Notice of Register, the rulemaking file

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 991 consists of the Notice of Proposed Action, the pro - posed text of regulations, the Initial Statement of Rea- sons, and the STD. 399. The rulemaking file for this regulatory action, which contains those items men - tioned above, and all information on which the pro - posal is based (i.e. rulemaking file) is available to the public upon request directed to the department’s con - tact person. Please direct requests to inspect or copy the rulemaking file to the backup contact person listed above, Christina Villanueva.

AVAILABILITY OF CHANGED OR MODIFIED TEXT After considering all timely and relevant comments received, the Commission may adopt the proposed regulations substantially as described in this notice. If the Commission makes modifications that are suf - ficiently related to the originally proposed text, it will make the modified text (with the changes clearly indi- cated) available to the public for at least 15 days be - fore adopting the regulations as revised. Please direct requests for copies of any modified regulations to the contact person(

s) listed above. If substantive modifi - cations are made, the Commission will accept written comments on the modified regulations for the duration of the period of public availability. AVAILABILITY OF FINAL STATEMENT OF REASONS Upon its completion, the Commission will make copies of the Final Statement of Reasons available. Please direct requests for copies to the contact per - son(

s) listed above. AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET Copies of the Notice of Proposed Action, the Ini - tial Statement of Reasons, and the text of the regu - lations with modifications highlighted, as well as the Final Statement of Reasons, when complet - ed, and modified text and notices thereof, if any, may be accessed via the Commission’s website at http://www.ctc.ca.gov/notices/rulemaking.html. TITLE 10.

DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE REG–2025–00015 REVISIONS TO CALIFORNIA LOW COST AUTOMOBILE PLAN OF OPERATIONS SUBJECT OF HEARING California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara (“Commissioner”) will hold a public hearing to ad - dress the proposed amendments to the proposed amendments to the California Low Cost Automo - bile (“CLCA”) Plan of Operations. California Code of Regulations, Title 10,

Chapter 5,

section 2498.6 refer- ences this plan. AUTHORITY TO ADOPT RATES AND REFERENCES The Commissioner will consider the proposed changes pursuant to the authority vested in him by In- surance Code

section 11620. The Commissioners de - cision on the proposed changes will implement, in - terpret and makes specific the requirements of Insur - ance Code

section 11624(e). Insurance Code

section 11620(

c) applies to this proceeding. HEARING DATE AND LOCATION Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held to permit all interested persons the opportunity to present statements or arguments, orally or in writing, with respect to the proposed changes at the following date, time, and place: Date and Time: October 2, 2025 10:00 a.m. Location: Department of Insurance Hearing Room 300 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 ACCESS TO HEARING ROOM The facilities to be used for the public hearing are accessible to persons with mobility impairments.

Per - sons with sight or hearing impairments are request - ed to notify the contact person (listed below) for this hearing in order to make special arrangements, if necessary.

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 992 WRITTEN AND/OR ORAL COMMENTS: AGENCY CONTACT PERSON All persons are invited to submit written comments to the Insurance Commissioner on the application pri- or to the public comment deadline.

Comments should be addressed to the contact person for this proceeding: Contact Person: Michael Riordan, Attorney California Department of Insurance Enforcement Bureau 1901 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94612 riordanm@insurance.ca.gov Telephone: (415) 538–4226 Facsimile: (510) 238–7830 The backup agency contact person for this proceeding will be: Elsa Carre, Legal Analyst California Department of Insurance Rate Enforcement Bureau 1901 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94612 Elsa.Carre@insurance.ca.gov Telephone: (415) 538–4461 All persons are invited to present oral and/or written testimony at the scheduled public hearing.

DEADLINE FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS All written materials, unless submitted at the hear - ing, must be received by the Insurance Commissioner at the address listed above no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 2, 2025 . Any written materials received af - ter that time will not be considered. Written comments may also be submitted to the contact person by email or facsimile transmission. Please select only one meth- od to submit written comments.

ADVOCACY OR WITNESS FEE Persons or groups representing the interest of con - sumers may be entitled to reasonable advocacy fees, witness fees, and other reasonable expenses, in accor- dance with the provisions of California Code of Reg - ulations, Title 10, sections 2662.1–2662.6 in connec - tion with their participation in this matter. Interested persons must submit a Petition to Participate, as spec- ified in California Code of Regulations, Title 10, sec - tion 2661.4.

The Petition to Participate must be sub - mitted to the Commissioner at the Office of the Public Advisor at the following address: California Department of Insurance Office of the Public Advisor 300 Spring Street 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90013 Telephone: (213) 346–6635 A copy of the Petition to Participate must also be submitted to the contact person for this hearing (listed above). For further information, please contact the Of- fice of the Public Advisor.

INFORMATIVE DIGEST/POLICY STATEMENT OVERVIEW LC 25–03 Currently, the process to file an application and maintain eligibility for the LCA program has become redundant and outdated due to changes to the program and technological advancements. California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan (CAARP) proposes streamlining the CLCA applica - tion process. The proposed changes will eliminate an- nual verification of gross income and the submission of the vehicle registration/proof of ownership, and Certificate of Title. These changes may lower costs that could be passed on to the insureds.

COMPARABLE FEDERAL LAW There are no comparable existing federal regula - tions or statutes. LOCAL MANDATE DETERMINATION The Insurance Commissioner has initially deter - mined that the application will not result in any new program mandates on local agencies or school districts. MANDATES ON LOCAL AGENCIES OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR COSTS WHICH MUST BE REIMBURSED PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 17500 THROUGH 17630 The Insurance Commissioner has initially deter - mined that the application will not result in any cost or significant savings to any local agency or school district for which

Part 7 (commencing with

section 17500) of Division 4 of the Government Code would require reimbursement, or in other nondiscretionary costs or savings to local agencies. COST OR SAVINGS TO ANY STATE AGENCY; FEDERAL FUNDING The Commissioner has determined that the applica- tion will result in no cost or savings to any state agen- cy and no cost or savings in federal funding to the state.

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 993 SIGNIFICANT STATEWIDE ADVERSE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON BUSINESSES AND THE ABILITY OF CALIFORNIA BUSINESSES TO COMPETE The Commissioner has initially determined that the proposal will not have a significant statewide ad - verse economic impact directly affecting businesses, including the ability of California businesses to com - pete with businesses in other states.

This proposal will have no effect on the creation or elimination of jobs in California, the creation of new businesses, the elimi - nation of existing businesses in California, or the ex - pansion of businesses in California. COST IMPACTS ON PRIVATE PERSONS OR ENTITIES The Insurance Commissioner has initially deter - mined that the proposal will not affect private person or entities. IMPACT ON HOUSING COSTS The Insurance Commissioner has initially deter - mined that the application will not affect housing costs. IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS The proposed rate changes could affect small businesses.

SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES OR EQUIPMENT The application would not mandate the use of spe - cific technologies or equipment. ALTERNATIVES The Insurance Commissioner must determine that no reasonable alternative considered by the agency, or that has otherwise been identified and brought to the attention of the agency, would be more effective in carrying out the purpose for which the action is pro - posed or would be as effective and less burdensome to affected private persons than the proposed action. PLAIN ENGLISH The application describing the proposal is in plain English.

However, the application itself is based on technical actuarial principles. TEXT AND INITIAL STATEMENT OF REASONS The Department has prepared an Initial Statement of Reasons addressing the proposed rate application in addition to the Informative Digest included in this no- tice. The Initial Statement of Reasons, Notice of Pro - posed Action and Regulation Text are available for in- spection or copying, and will be provided at no charge upon request to the contact person listed above. Fur - ther details on CAARP’s proposal are on file with the Commissioner and available for review as set forth below.

FINAL STATEMENT OF REASONS A Final Statement of Reasons will be prepared at the conclusion of this proceeding. Upon written or email request to the contact person listed above, the Final Statement of Reasons will be made available for inspection and copying once it has been prepared. A copy of the Final Statement of Reasons will also be posted on the Department’s web site.

ACCESS TO RULEMAKING FILE Any interested person may inspect a copy of or di - rect questions about CAARP’s application, the state - ment of reasons, and any supplemental information contained in the rulemaking file by contacting the con- tact person listed above. By prior appointment , the rulemaking file is available for inspection at 1901 Har- rison Street, Oakland, CA 94612, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. AUTOMATIC MAILING A copy of this Notice, including the Informative Di- gest is being sent to all persons on the Insurance Com- missioner’s mailing list.

AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET The Initial Statement of Reasons, proposed text, and this Notice of Proposed Action will be published on - line and may be accessed through the Department’s website at www.insurance.ca.gov. AVAILABILITY OF MODIFIED TEXT OF REGULATIONS If the Department amends the application with changes that are sufficiently related to the original ap- plication, the Department will make the full text of the amended rates, with the changes clearly indicated,

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 994 available to the public for at least 15 days before the date the Department adopts the amended rates. TITLE 10. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE CALIFORNIA AUTOMOBILE ASSIGNED RISK PLAN SIMPLIFIED RULES AND RATES MANUAL SUBJECT OF HEARING California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara (“Commissioner”) will hold a public hearing to con - sider the application of the California Automobile As- signed Risk Plan (“CAARP” or “Plan”) to change the private passenger automobile rates referenced in the California Code of Regulations, Title 10,

Chapter 5,

Section 2498.5. AUTHORITY TO ADOPT RATES AND REFERENCES The Commissioner will consider the proposed changes pursuant to the authority vested in him by In- surance Code

section 11620. The Commissioners de - cision on the proposed changes will implement, in - terpret and makes specific the requirements of Insur - ance Code

section 11624(e). Government Code

section 11340.9(

g) and Insurance Code

section 11620(

c) apply to this proceeding. HEARING DATE AND LOCATION Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held to permit all interested persons the opportunity to present statements or arguments, orally or in writing, with respect to the proposed changes at the following date, time, and place: Date and Time: October 2, 2025 10:00 a.m. Location: Department of Insurance Hearing Room 300 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 ACCESS TO HEARING ROOM The facilities to be used for the public hearing are accessible to persons with mobility impairments.

Per - sons with sight or hearing impairments are request - ed to notify the contact person (listed below) for this hearing in order to make special arrangements, if necessary. WRITTEN AND/OR ORAL COMMENTS: AGENCY CONTACT PERSON All persons are invited to submit written comments to the Insurance Commissioner on the application pri- or to the public comment deadline.

Comments should be addressed to the contact person for this proceeding: Contact Person: Michael Riordan, Attorney California Department of Insurance Enforcement Bureau 1901 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94612 riordanm@insurance.ca.gov Telephone: (415) 538–4226 Facsimile: (510) 238–7830 The backup agency contact person for this proceeding will be: Elsa Carre, Legal Analyst California Department of Insurance Rate Enforcement Bureau 1901 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94612 Elsa.Carre@insurance.ca.gov Telephone: (415) 538–4461 All persons are invited to present oral and/or written testimony at the scheduled public hearing.

DEADLINE FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS All written materials, unless submitted at the hear - ing, must be received by the Insurance Commissioner at the address listed above no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 2, 2025. Any written materials received af - ter that time will not be considered. Written comments may also be submitted to the contact person by email or facsimile transmission. Please select only one meth- od to submit written comments.

ADVOCACY OR WITNESS FEES Persons or groups representing the interest of con - sumers may be entitled to reasonable advocacy fees, witness fees, and other reasonable expenses, in accor- dance with the provisions of California Code of Regu- lations, Title 10, Sections 2662.1–2662.6 in connection with their participation in this matter. Interested per - sons must submit a Petition to Participate, as specified in California Code of Regulations, Title 10,

Section 2661.4. The Petition to Participate must be submitted

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 995 to the Commissioner at the Office of the Public Advi- sor at the following address: California Department of Insurance Office of the Public Advisor 300 Spring Street, 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90013 Telephone: (213) 346–6635 A copy of the Petition to Participate must also be submitted to the contact person for this hearing (listed above). For further information, please contact the Of- fice of the Public Advisor. INFORMATIVE DIGEST/POLICY STATEMENT OVERVIEW CA 25–05 Simplified Rules and Rates Manual Pursuant to Insurance Code

section 11624, The commissioner establishes rates to be charged to those obtaining private passenger automobile coverage through policies assigned through CAARP.

Section 11624 provides premium charges for the plan shall not be excessive, inadequate, nor fairly discriminato - ry, and shall be actuarially sound so as to result in no subsidy of the plan.” Title 1, California Code of Reg - ulations

section 2498.5 references the private passen - ger automobile rate manual, which is approved by the Commissioner but not printed in full in the California Code of Regulations. The Commissioner is holding the hearing refer - enced above to accept comments on CAARP’s recent rate application. CAARP has proposed an 11.5% per - cent rate increase. Further details appear in the rate application on file with the Commissioner and available for review as set forth below. COMPARABLE FEDERAL LAW There are no comparable existing federal regula - tions or statutes.

LOCAL MANDATE DETERMINATION The Insurance Commissioner has initially deter - mined that the application will not result in any new program mandates on local agencies or school districts. MANDATES ON LOCAL AGENCIES OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR COSTS WHICH MUST BE REIMBURSED PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 17500 THROUGH 17630 The Insurance Commissioner has initially deter - mined that the application will not result in any cost or significant savings to any local agency or school district for which

Part 7 (commencing with

Section 17500) of Division 4 of the Government Code would require reimbursement, or in other nondiscretionary costs or savings to local agencies. COST OR SAVINGS TO ANY STATE AGENCY; FEDERAL FUNDING The Commissioner has determined that the applica- tion will result in no cost or savings to any state agen- cy and no cost or savings in federal funding to the state.

SIGNIFICANT STATEWIDE ADVERSE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON BUSINESSES AND THE ABILITY OF CALIFORNIA BUSINESSES TO COMPETE The Commissioner has initially determined that the proposal will not have a significant statewide ad - verse economic impact directly affecting businesses, including the ability of California businesses to com - pete with businesses in other states. This proposal will have no effect on the creation or elimination of jobs in California, the creation of new businesses, the elimi - nation of existing businesses in California, or the ex - pansion of businesses in California.

COST IMPACTS ON PRIVATE PERSONS OR ENTITIES The Insurance Commissioner has initially deter - mined that the proposal will not affect private person or entities. IMPACT ON HOUSING COSTS The Insurance Commissioner has initially deter - mined that the application will not affect housing costs. IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS The proposed rate changes could affect small businesses. SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES OR EQUIPMENT The application would not mandate the use of spe - cific technologies or equipment.

ALTERNATIVES The Insurance Commissioner must determine that no reasonable alternative considered by the agency, or that has otherwise been identified and brought to

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 996 the attention of the agency, would be more effective in carrying out the purpose for which the action is pro - posed or would be as effective and less burdensome to affected private persons than the proposed action. PLAIN ENGLISH The application describing the proposal is in plain English. However, the application itself is based on technical actuarial principles.

TEXT AND INITIAL STATEMENT OF REASONS The Department has prepared an Initial Statement of Reasons addressing the proposed rate application in addition to the Informative Digest included in this no- tice. The Initial Statement of Reasons, Notice of Pro - posed Action and Regulation Text are available for in- spection or copying, and will be provided at no charge upon request to the contact person listed above. Fur - ther details on CAARP’s proposal are on file with the Commissioner and available for review as set forth below.

FINAL STATEMENT OF REASONS A Final Statement of Reasons will be prepared at the conclusion of this proceeding. Upon written or email request to the contact person listed above, the Final Statement of Reasons will be made available for inspection and copying once it has been prepared. A copy of the Final Statement of Reasons will also be posted on the Department’s web site.

ACCESS TO RULEMAKING FILE Any interested person may inspect a copy of or di - rect questions about CAARP’s application, the state - ment of reasons, and any supplemental information contained in the rulemaking file by contacting the con- tact person listed above. By prior appointment , the rulemaking file is available for inspection at 1901 Har- rison Street, Oakland, CA 94612, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. AUTOMATIC MAILING A copy of this Notice, including the Informative Di- gest is being sent to all persons on the Insurance Com- missioner’s mailing list.

AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET The Initial Statement of Reasons, proposed text, and this Notice of Proposed Action will be published on - line and may be accessed through the Department’s website at www.insurance.ca.gov. AVAILABILITY OF MODIFIED TEXT OF REGULATIONS If the Department amends the application with changes that are sufficiently related to the original ap- plication, the Department will make the full text of the amended rates, with the changes clearly indicated, available to the public for at least 15 days before the date the Department adopts the amended rates. TITLE 10.

DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE REVISIONS TO CALIFORNIA LOW COST AUTOMOBILE PLAN PLAN OF OPERATIONS SUBJECT OF HEARING California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will hold a public hearing to consider an adjustment to rates for the California Low Cost Automobile In - surance program. Insurance Code

section 11629.72(

c) provides that, annually, the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan (“CAARP”) shall submit to the Commissioner a proposed Low Cost Automobile rate and surcharge

schedule for approval. Accordingly, CAARP submit - ted its 2026 rate recommendation, proposing an over - all average rate increase of 6.3%. The Commission - er will consider the current rates and CAARP’s rate proposal and hereby invites public input regarding CAARP’s proposal. Premium rates are specified in the program’s Plan of Operations, approved by the Com - missioner. California Code of Regulations, Title 10,

Chapter 5,

Section 2498.6 references this plan. AUTHORITY TO ADOPT RATES AND REFERENCES Authority for the promulgation of rates is vested in the Insurance Commissioner pursuant to Insur - ance Code sections 11620, 11624, 11629.7, 11629.72, and 11629.79. Premium rates are referenced in Sec - tion 27 and Exhibit E of the Programs Plan of Opera - tions. The proposed regulation implements, interprets and makes specific Insurance Code sections 11629.72 and 11629.79. Government Code

Section 11340.9(

g) and Insurance Code

section 11620(

c) apply to this proceeding.

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 997 HEARING DATE AND LOCATION Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held to permit all interested persons the opportunity to present statements or arguments, orally or in writing, with respect to the proposed changes at the following date, time, and place: Date and Time: October 2, 2025 10:00 a.m. Location: Department of Insurance Hearing Room 300 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 ACCESS TO HEARING ROOM The facilities to be used for the public hearing are accessible to persons with mobility impairments.

Per - sons with sight or hearing impairments are request - ed to notify the contact person (listed below) for this hearing in order to make special arrangements, if necessary. WRITTEN AND/OR ORAL COMMENTS: AGENCY CONTACT PERSON All persons are invited to submit written comments to the Insurance Commissioner on the application pri- or to the public comment deadline.

Comments should be addressed to the contact person for this proceeding: Contact Person: Michael Riordan, Attorney California Department of Insurance Enforcement Bureau 1901 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94612 riordanm@insurance.ca.gov Telephone: (415) 538–4226 Facsimile: (510) 238–7830 The backup agency contact person for this proceeding will be: Elsa Carre, Legal Analyst California Department of Insurance Rate Enforcement Bureau 1901 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94612 Elsa.Carre@insurance.ca.gov Telephone: (415) 538–4461 All persons are invited to present oral and/or written testimony at the scheduled public hearing.

DEADLINE FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS All written materials, unless submitted at the hear - ing, must be received by the Insurance Commissioner at the address listed above no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 2, 2025. Any written materials received af - ter that time will not be considered. Written comments may also be submitted to the contact person by email or facsimile transmission. Please select only one meth- od to submit written comments.

ADVOCACY OR WITNESS FEES Persons or groups representing the interest of con - sumers may be entitled to reasonable advocacy fees, witness fees, and other reasonable expenses, in accor- dance with the provisions of California Code of Regu- lations, Title 10, Sections 2662.1–2662.6 in connection with their participation in this matter. Interested per - sons must submit a Petition to Participate, as specified in California Code of Regulations, Title 10,

Section 2661.4. The Petition to Participate must be submitted to the Commissioner at the Office of the Public Advi- sor at the following address: California Department of Insurance Office of the Public Advisor 300 Spring Street, 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90013 Telephone: (213) 346–6635 A copy of the Petition to Participate must also be submitted to the contact person for this hearing (listed above). For further information, please contact the Of- fice of the Public Advisor. INFORMATIVE DIGEST/POLICY STATEMENT OVERVIEW LC 25–02 California Insurance Code Sections 11629.7 through 11629.85 establish, within the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan, established under

Section 11620 of the Insurance Code, a statewide Low Cost Automo- bile Insurance Program. Because the program is established and adminis - tered through the CAARP, CAARP procedures are applied where appropriate and consistent with the low cost automobile insurance statutes. Insurance Code Sections 11620 and 11624 require the Commissioner to hold a public hearing before amending assigned risk plan rates.

Section 11629.7 of the Insurance Code requires that, after a public hearing, the Commissioner shall ap - prove or issue a reasonable plan for the equitable ap - portionment, among insurers, of eligible consumers. The plan also contains rules and rates. This plan, ap -

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 998 proved by the Commissioner, is referenced in Title 10,

Section 2498.6 of the California Code of Regulations. Under the program, the low–cost auto policy satis - fies financial responsibility laws and provides cover - age of $10,000 for liability for bodily injury or death to one person, subject to a cumulative limit of $20,000 for all persons in one accident, and $3,000 for liability for damage to property. In addition to eligibility and other requirements, the statute sets forth the annual premium rates. In certain cases, surcharges are added to the base rate. The statute also provides procedures for adjusting the rates. Insurance Code

Section 11629.72(

c) provides that, annually, CAARP shall submit to the Commissioner a proposed rate and surcharge for approval. Accord - ingly, CAARP has submitted a proposal to increase the current rate 6.3% for the liability policy. Further details appear in the application on file with the Com- missioner, which is available for review as set forth below. COMPARABLE FEDERAL LAW There are no comparable existing federal regula - tions or statutes.

LOCAL MANDATE DETERMINATION The Insurance Commissioner has initially deter - mined that the application will not result in any new program mandates on local agencies or school districts. MANDATES ON LOCAL AGENCIES OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR COSTS WHICH MUST BE REIMBURSED PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 17500 THROUGH 17630 The Insurance Commissioner has initially deter - mined that the application will not result in any cost or significant savings to any local agency or school district for which

Part 7 (commencing with

Section 17500) of Division 4 of the Government Code would require reimbursement, or in other nondiscretionary costs or savings to local agencies. COST OR SAVINGS TO ANY STATE AGENCY; FEDERAL FUNDING The Commissioner has determined that the applica- tion will result in no cost or savings to any state agen- cy and no cost or savings in federal funding to the state.

SIGNIFICANT STATEWIDE ADVERSE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON BUSINESSES AND THE ABILITY OF CALIFORNIA BUSINESSES TO COMPETE The Commissioner has initially determined that the proposal will not have a significant statewide ad - verse economic impact directly affecting businesses, including the ability of California businesses to com - pete with businesses in other states. This proposal will have no effect on the creation or elimination of jobs in California, the creation of new businesses, the elimi - nation of existing businesses in California, or the ex - pansion of businesses in California.

COST IMPACTS ON PRIVATE PERSONS OR ENTITIES The Insurance Commissioner has initially deter - mined that the proposal will not affect private person or entities. IMPACT ON HOUSING COSTS The Insurance Commissioner has initially deter - mined that the application will not affect housing costs. IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS The proposed rate changes could affect small businesses. SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES OR EQUIPMENT The application would not mandate the use of spe - cific technologies or equipment.

ALTERNATIVES The Insurance Commissioner must determine that no reasonable alternative considered by the agency, or that has otherwise been identified and brought to the attention of the agency, would be more effective in carrying out the purpose for which the action is pro - posed or would be as effective and less burdensome to affected private persons than the proposed action. PLAIN ENGLISH The application describing the proposal is in plain English. However, the application itself is based on technical actuarial principles.

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 999 TEXT AND INITIAL STATEMENT OF REASONS The Department has prepared an Initial Statement of Reasons addressing the proposed rate application in addition to the Informative Digest included in this no- tice. The Initial Statement of Reasons, Notice of Pro - posed Action and Regulation Text are available for in- spection or copying, and will be provided at no charge upon request to the contact person listed above. Fur - ther details on CAARP’s proposal are on file with the Commissioner and available for review as set forth below.

FINAL STATEMENT OF REASONS A Final Statement of Reasons will be prepared at the conclusion of this proceeding. Upon written or email request to the contact person listed above, the Final Statement of Reasons will be made available for inspection and copying once it has been prepared. A copy of the Final Statement of Reasons will also be posted on the Department’s web site.

ACCESS TO RULEMAKING FILE Any interested person may inspect a copy of or di - rect questions about CAARP’s application, the state - ment of reasons, and any supplemental information contained in the rulemaking file by contacting the con- tact person listed above. By prior appointment , the rulemaking file is available for inspection at 1901 Har- rison Street, Oakland, CA 94612, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. AUTOMATIC MAILING A copy of this Notice, including the Informative Di- gest is being sent to all persons on the Insurance Com- missioner’s mailing list.

AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET The Initial Statement of Reasons, proposed text, and this Notice of Proposed Action will be published on - line and may be accessed through the Department’s website at www.insurance.ca.gov. AVAILABILITY OF MODIFIED TEXT OF REGULATIONS If the Department amends the application with changes that are sufficiently related to the original ap- plication, the Department will make the full text of the amended rates, with the changes clearly indicated, available to the public for at least 15 days before the date the Department adopts the amended rates. TITLE 11.

COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION REGULATION 1055 — REQUIREMENTS FOR COURSE PRESENTATION Notice is hereby given that the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) propos- es to amend regulations in Division 2 of Title 11 of the California Code of Regulations as described be - low in the Informative Digest. A public hearing is not scheduled. Pursuant to Government Code (GC) sec - tion 11346.8, any interested person, or their duly au - thorized representative, may request a public hearing.

POST must receive the written request no later than 15 days prior to the close of the public comment period. PUBLIC COMMENTS DUE BY SEPTEMBER 22, 2025. Notice is also given that any interested person, or authorized representative, may submit written com - ment(

s) relevant to the proposed regulatory action by fax at (916) 404–5619, by email to Carrie Hollar, carrie.hollar@post.ca.gov or by letter to: Commission on POST Attention: Rulemaking 860 Stillwater Road, Suite 100 West Sacramento, CA 95605–1630 AUTHORITY AND REFERENCE This proposal is made pursuant to the authority vested by Penal Code (PC)

section 13503 (authority of POST), and PC § 13506 (POST authority to adopt reg- ulations). This proposal is intended to interpret, imple- ment, and make specific PC § 13503(e), which autho- rizes POST to develop and implement programs to in- crease the effectiveness of law enforcement, including programs involving training and education courses. INFORMATIVE DIGEST/POLICY STATEMENT OVERVIEW Currently, Commission Regulation 1055 requires presenters to complete and submit a course roster after the completion of the course presentation.

The com - pleted course roster shall include all individuals who attended the course, whether or not successful com - pletion of the course was achieved. The regulation

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 1000 does not require the presenter to put a reason the stu - dent did not complete the course. Occasionally, POST Basic Training Bureau staff have been asked to articulate the reasons students are failing out of basic courses but there is no regulato - ry requirement for presenters to provide that specif - ic information. By adding the requirement to enter a specific reason, it will assist staff in answering these questions and identifying any trends or potential is - sues with the existing curriculum.

Anticipated Benefits of the Proposed Amendments: The benefits anticipated by the proposed amend - ments to the regulation will allow POST staff to bet - ter respond to stakeholder inquiries about course fail - ures and allow staff to address trends or concerns with existing curriculum, which will increase the efficien - cy of the state of California in delivering services to stakeholders. Thus, the law enforcement standards are maintained and effective in preserving peace, protec - tion of public health, safety, and welfare of Califor - nia.

The proposed amendments will have no impact on worker safety or the state’s environment. Evaluation of Inconsistency/Incompatibility with Existing State Regulations: POST has determined that these proposed amend - ments are not inconsistent nor incompatible with ex - isting regulations. After conducting a review for any regulations that would relate to or affect this area, POST has concluded that these are the only regula - tions that concern processes and procedures for peace officer eligibility in the state.

FORMS/DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE There are no forms or documents incorporated by reference in this proposed action. DISCLOSURES REGARDING THE PROPOSED ACTION POST has made the following initial determinations: Mandate on local agencies or school districts: None. Cost or savings to any state agency: None. Costs to any local agency or school district which must be reimbursed in accordance with GC §§ 17500 through 17630: None. Other non–discretionary costs or savings imposed on local agencies: None. Costs or savings in federal funding to the state: None.

Cost impacts on a representative private persons or business: POST is not aware of any cost impacts that a representative private person or business would nec- essarily incur in reasonable compliance with the pro - posed action. Significant, statewide adverse economic impact di - rectly affecting California businesses: POST has de - termined that the proposed regulations will not have a significant, statewide adverse economic impact direct- ly affecting businesses, including the ability of Cali - fornia businesses to compete with businesses in oth - er states. Significant effect on housing costs: None.

Small Business Determination: POST has deter - mined that the proposed regulations will not affect small businesses because the regulations only affect state agencies that are adopting, amending or repeal - ing regulations. Additionally, the Commission’s main function to select and maintain training standards for law enforcement has no effect financially on small businesses.

RESULTS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS/ASSESSMENT POST concludes that it is (1) unlikely the proposal will create or eliminate jobs in the state of California, (2) unlikely that the proposal will create new business- es or eliminate any existing businesses, and (3) unlike- ly that the proposed regulations will result in the ex - pansion of businesses currently doing business within the state.

Benefits of the Proposed Action: As stated above under the Informative Digest/Policy Statement Over - view, the benefits of the regulation will increase the ef- ficiency of the state of California in delivering services to stakeholders by providing POST staff the ability to conduct an analysis on the reasons students are fail - ing the basic courses and address any identified trends or training inconsistencies. Thus, the law enforcement standards are maintained and effective in preserving peace, protection of public health, safety, and welfare in California.

There would be no impact that would af- fect worker safety or the state’s environment.

CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES In accordance with GC § 11346.5, subdivision (a) (13), POST must determine that no reasonable al - ternative it considered, or that has otherwise identified and brought to its attention, would be more effective in carrying out the purpose for which the action is pro - posed, or would be as effective as and less burdensome to affected private persons than the proposed action, or would be more cost–effective to affected private per - sons and equally effective in implementing the statu - tory policy or other provision of law than the proposed action.

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 1001 CONTACT PERSONS Questions regarding this proposed regulatory ac - tion may be directed to Carrie Hollar, Commission on POST, 860 Stillwater Road, Suite 100, West Sac - ramento, CA 95605–1630, at (916) 227–4661. General questions regarding the regulatory process may be di - rected to Ashley Anderson at (916) 970–4635.

TEXT OF PROPOSAL Individuals may request copies of the proposed text (t he “ex pr e s s t e r m s”) of t he r eg u lat ion s , t he i n it ia l st at e- ment of reasons, the modified text of the regulations, if any, or other information upon which the rulemaking is based to, the Commission on POST at 860 Stillwater Road, Suite 100, West Sacramento, CA 95605–1630. These documents are also located on the POST Web- site at https://post.ca.gov/Regulatory–Actions.

ADOPTION OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS/AVAILABILITY OF CHANGED OR MODIFIED TEXT Following the public comment period, the Commis- sion may adopt the proposal substantially as set forth without further notice, or the Commission may mod - ify the proposal if such modifications remain suffi - ciently related to the text as described in the Informa - tive Digest.

If the Commission makes changes to the language before the date of adoption, the text of any modified language, clearly indicated, will be made available at least 15 days before adoption to all persons whose comments were received by POST during the public comment period and to all persons who request notification from POST of the availability of such changes. A request for the modified text should be ad- dressed to the agency official designated in this notice. The Commission will accept written comments on the modified text for 15 days after the date that the revised text is made available.

AVAILABILITY AND LOCATION OF THE RULEMAKING FILE AND THE FINAL STATEMENT OF REASONS The rulemaking file contains all information upon which POST is basing this proposal and is avail - able for public inspection by contacting the person(

s) named above. As of the date this notice is published in the Notice Register, the rulemaking file consists of this notice, the proposed text of the regulations and the initial statement of reasons. To request a copy of the Final Statement of Reasons once it has been approved, submit a written request to the contact person(

s) named above. TITLE 16. BOARD OF BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology (hereafter Board) is proposing to amend California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 16, Division 9,

Section 972 as described in the Informative Digest below, after considering all comments, objections, and recommendations regard - ing the proposed action. Any person interested may present statements or arguments relevant to the action proposed in writing. Written comments, including those sent by mail, facsimile, or email to the addresses listed under Contact Person in this Notice, must be re- ceived by the Board at its office no later than Septem- ber 22, 2025 or must be received by the Board at the hearing, should one be scheduled.

PUBLIC HEARING The Board has not scheduled a public hearing on this proposed action. However, the Board will hold a hear- ing if it receives a written request for a public hearing from any interested person, or their authorized repre - sentative, no later than 15 days prior to the close of the written comment period. A hearing may be requested by making such request in writing addressed to the in- dividuals listed under “Contact Person” in this notice.

WRITTEN COMMENTS AND AVAILABILITY OF CHANGED OR MODIFIED TEXT The Board may, after considering all timely and rel- evant comments, adopt the proposed regulations sub - stantially as described in this notice, or may modi - fy the proposed regulations if such modifications are sufficiently related to the original text.

With the ex - ception of technical or grammatical changes, the full text of any modified proposal will be available for 15 days prior to its adoption from the person designated in this Notice as the contact person and will be mailed to those persons who submit written or oral testimony related to this proposal or who have requested notifi - cation of any changes to the proposal. AUTHORITY AND REFERENCE Pursuant to the authority vested by

Section 7312 of the Business and Professions Code (BPC) and Sec - tion 11425.50(

e) of the Government Code (GC), and to implement, interpret, or make specific BPC sections 7403 and 7404 and GC sections 11400.20, 11425.50(e), 11500 and 11519, the Board is considering amending

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section 972 of title 16 of the California Code of Regu- lations (CCR) as follows: INFORMATIVE DIGEST/POLICY STATEMENT OVERVIEW The Board of Barbering and Cosmetology (Board) licenses, regulates, and investigates complaints against twelve (12) different license categories in California, totaling approximately 656,000 licensees. These li - censing categories include Barber, Barber Appren - tice, Cosmetology, Cosmetology Apprentice, Electrol- ogist, Electrologist Apprentice, Esthetician, Manicur - ist, Hairstylist, Establishments, Mobile Units, and Per- sonal Service Permit.

Protection of the public is the Board’s highest priority in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions as specified in Business and Professions Code (BPC)

section 7303.1. It is the Board’s duty to enforce and administer the Barbering and Cosmetology Act (Chapter 10 (com - mencing with § 7300) of Division 3 of the BPC) (Act). The Board is authorized to establish necessary rules and regulations for the enforcement of the Act and the laws subject to its jurisdiction. (BPC § 7312.) The document entitled “Disciplinary Guidelines” for the Board was last updated in October 2010.

Since that time there have been changes to the Board’s laws and regulations, and changes in the administration of various penalties for violations requiring the Dis - ciplinary Guidelines to be updated. The Disciplinary Guidelines are used to provide guidance to the Board, Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) and other interest- ed parties in determining the terms and conditions of discipline for licensees found to have committed ac - tions warranting administrative discipline. Existing regulations require (at Title 16, California Code of Regulations (CCR),

section 972) the Board to consid - er these guidelines “In reaching a decision on a dis - ciplinary action under the Administrative Procedure Act (Government Code

Section 11400 et seq.)” The Disciplinary Guidelines are incorporated by reference as a regulation, and therefore any update to the Dis - ciplinary Guidelines will require an update in regu - lations at CCR

section 972, as required by law in the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The current Disciplinary Guidelines contain many outdated terms and conditions of probation and in many instances, do not reflect recent updates to stat - utory law, Board regulations, and other changes that have occurred in the probationary environment since the last update in 2010. As a result, the Board proposes to update its Disciplinary Guidelines document.

The proposed amendments make the Disciplinary Guide - lines consistent with current law and the current pro - bationary environment, clarify the terms and condi - tions of probation to reduce the likelihood of misinter- pretation, and strengthen consumer protection.

Generally, the Board proposes to make non–substantive changes for word choice, consisten - cy of language, formatting, the addition of proposed new revision dates to reflect the date the Board adopt- ed new changes to the Disciplinary Guidelines in the title of the Disciplinary Guidelines document (to be added by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on the date the Board’s changes are formally approved), correcting grammar and punctuation, and changing gendered pronouns to gender–neutral words like “Re - spondent.” In addition, the page numbers are to be up- dated throughout the Disciplinary Guidelines (Guide - lines) document after OAL approval including pages listed in the Table of Contents, Standard Conditions of Probation and Optional Conditions of Probation sections.

The proposed revisions to the Guidelines also in - clude the following substantive changes: ● Specifies what “cost recovery” means as autho - rized by Business and Profession Code (BPC)

section 7403. ● Repeals references to “Full” and “Partial” cost re- covery and, instead, further specifies the Board’s policy that all disciplinary matters, including those resolved by stipulation, include recovery of all the Board’s costs. ● Reflects changes to California laws and regula - tions since the last version of the Guidelines were approved by the Board, including the adoption of Rehabilitation Criteria that specifies the factors the Board will consider when considering wheth- er revocation, suspension, probation, or denial of a license is imposed in a given case as outlined in CCR

section 971. ● Relocates sections entitled “Conditions of Proba- tion” and “Probationary Conditions” that specify the purpose of imposing conditions of probation, adds language regarding the fact that upon suc - cessful completion of probation, a respondent’s license(

s) will be fully restored; and describes the differences between “standard conditions” of probation and “optional conditions” of probation categories as they relate to the Guidelines. ● Adds a new definition for the term “designee” as used throughout the Guidelines. ● Specifies that respondents are permitted to pres - ent rehabilitation evidence and that the Board will review the evidence submitted. ● Updates the “standard conditions of probation”

section to amend and reorder existing condi - tions, deletes the terms “Residency Outside of the State,” “Suspension of License”, and “Posting of Suspension Sign” from the standard conditions of

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 1003 probation section, and adds a new condition enti- tled “Petition for Reduction of Penalty” that sets out the requirements for filing these petitions, and the basis for considering whether a reduction in penalty is warranted. ● Updates the “optional conditions of probation”

section to amend and reorder existing conditions, including deleting as unnecessary the “Practical Licensing Examination” condition, and adding new conditions for “Suspension of License” and “Posting of Suspension Sign” as specified to this section. ● Revises the list of Barbering and Cosmetology Act Violations and Recommended Actions to update minimum and maximum recommended penalties as specified, and adding or repealing text consistent with changes to the law since the last Guidelines revisions, including: (

A) revising titles to more accurately describe the types of violations listed in the corre - sponding statutes, (

B) repealing outdated titles and references to BPC sections 480(a) (1), (a) (2), (a) (3) and (c), which were grounds for denial of an appli - cation prior to amendments enacted by As - sembly Bill (AB) 2138 (Chapter 995, Stat - utes of 2018), (

C) adding new titles and references to BPC sec- tions 480(a) (1), (a) (2) and (

e) with new pro- posed minimum and maximum penalties as specified, (

D) adding new BPC

section 499 violations

section and corresponding minimum and maximum proposed penalties for violating

Section 499 (which authorizes the Board to revoke, suspend, or otherwise restrict a license on the ground that the licensee, in support of another person’s application for a license, knowingly made a false statement of a material fact or knowingly omitted to state a material fact to the Board regarding the application); and, ● Revises the “Recommended Language for Appli- cants and Reinstatements”

section to add a new proposed model order for reinstating a license when the Board grants a petition for reinstatement and places the licensee on probation after com - pletion of conditions precedent (conditions that must be met first before the license is restored, e.g., take and successfully complete licensing ex- amination or remedial education courses relevant to the violations). ANTICIPATED BENEFITS OF THE PROPOSED REGULATION The Board has determined that this regulatory pro - posal will have the following benefits to the health and welfare of California residents.

The Board has determined that the regulatory pro - posal will make the Disciplinary Guidelines consis - tent with current law and the current probationary en - vironment. As a result of the proposed amendments, they will clarify how the Board will administer the Disciplinary Guidelines and will be a more useful tool for the Board, applicants and licensees, administra - tive law judges (ALJs), legal counsel, and the public by providing a more accurate overview of the Board’s processes in formal disciplinary actions.

The updated Disciplinary Guidelines will also serve as an educa - tional and guidance tool for the ALJs who administer hearings for the Board. These judges will benefit from greater understanding of the various nuances of the Board’s enforcement provisions and will help improve the consistency of penalties for violations of the Bar - bering and Cosmetology Act and its regulations. This regulatory proposal does not affect worker safety because it does not involve worker safety. This regulatory proposal does not affect the state’s environment because it does not involve the environment.

CONSISTENCY AND COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING STATE REGULATIONS During the process of developing this regulatory proposal, the Board conducted a search of any simi - lar regulations on these topics and has concluded that these regulations are neither inconsistent nor incom - patible with existing state regulations. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE This proposal would incorporate by reference the document entitled “”Disciplinary Guidelines” ( Re- vised October 2010 [OAL Insert Effective Date Here] Edition)”.

The Disciplinary Guidelines are incorporat- ed by reference as they are too lengthy and cumber - some to be included in the CCR. DISCLOSURES REGARDING THIS PROPOSED ACTION FISCAL IMPACT ESTIMATES Fiscal Impact on Public Agencies Including Costs or Savings to State Agencies or Costs/Savings in Federal Funding to the State:

CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 32–Z 1004 None. The proposed regulations do not result in a fiscal impact to the state. This proposal does not change the fines for vio - lations, so no additional revenues are anticipated. This proposal provides a more accurate overview of the Board’s processes in formal disciplinary actions, which will provide greater clarity to licensees, con - sumers, the Board, the Office of the California Attor - ney General, and the ALJs by outlining relevant and transparent standards directly related to violations outlined in law.

The Board does not anticipate additional workload or costs resulting from the proposed regulations. Nondiscretionary Costs/Savings to Local Agen - cies: None. Mandate Imposed on Local Agencies or School Districts: None. Cost to Any Local Agency or School District for Which Government Code Sections 17500–17630 Re- quire Reimbursement: None. Significant Effect on Housing Costs: None.

Business Impact Estimates: The Board has made the initial determination that the proposed regulatory action would have no signif - icant statewide adverse economic impact directly af - fecting business, including the ability of California businesses to compete with businesses in other states. This initial determination is based on the following facts/documents/testimony or other evidence: The proposed regulatory action only impacts licens- ees and applicants who are disciplined by the Board for violations of the laws and regulations within its ju- risdiction.

The proposed regulatory action only affects licensees and applicants who, through their conduct, subject themselves to disciplinary action for violations of the laws and regulations within the Board’s juris - diction. Any “adverse economic impact” would only occur as the result of a disciplinary order following a formal administrative proceeding and a finding of fact affirming a violation of the laws or regulations within the Board’s jurisdiction. Any potential “adverse eco - nomic impact” may be avoided simply by complying with the existing laws and regulations governing the professions regulated by the Board.

Cost Impact on Representative Private Person or Business The Board is not aware of any cost impacts that a representative private person or business would nec - essarily incur in reasonable compliance with the pro - posed action. The proposed regulations would revise existing disciplinary guidelines but do not change fine amounts. The proposed regulatory action only affects licensees and applicants who, through their own con - duct, subject themselves to disciplinary action for vio- lations of the laws and regulations within the Board’s jurisdiction.

Any potential “adverse economic im - pact” may be avoided simply by complying with the existing laws and regulations governing the profes - sions regulated by the Board. EFFECT ON SMALL BUSINESS The Board has determined that the proposed regula- tions may affect small businesses. The proposed regu- latory action only affects licensees who, through their own conduct, subject themselves to disciplinary action for violations of the laws and regulations within the Board’s jurisdiction.

Any potential “adverse econom - ic impact” may be avoided simply by complying with the existing laws and regulations governing the pro - fessions regulated by the Board. RESULTS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT/ANALYSIS Impact on Jobs/Businesses: The Board has determined that this regulatory pro - posal will not have a significant impact on the creation of jobs or new businesses or the elimination of jobs or existing businesses or the expansion of business - es in the State of California.

The proposed regulato - ry action only impacts licensees and applicants who, through their own conduct, are subject to disciplinary action for violations of the laws and regulations with - in the Board’s jurisdiction. Therefore, the overall eco- nomic impact on businesses and jobs is insignificant.

Benefits of Regulation: The Board has determined that this regulatory pro - posal will have the following benefits to the health and welfare of California residents: The Board has determined that updating the Disciplinary Guide - lines through this regulatory proposal will benefit the health and welfare of California residents by en - hancing the Board’s ability to take appropriate action against licensees and applicants who, through their conduct, subject themselves to disciplinary action by violating the Act or Board regulations. Additionally, this proposal will benefit the assigned