Committee Moves Skin Cancer Presumption Bill to Senate Floor

The California Senate can vote on a bill that would create a presumption that skin cancer is compensable for park rangers and game wardens, after the upper chamber’s Appropriation Committee determined state costs of the bill are not significant. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday moved AB 334, by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco, to the floor under Senate Rule 28.8. The rule allows sending a bill to the Senate floor for second reading without a committee hearing if the chair of the committee determines the measure will not significantly increase state spendin...