California legislative update

There is some good news that Sacramento is actually listening to legitimate concerns of the tech industry. This is a wild week in the legislative arena, as bills need to get pass out of the house they were introduced in by today.

The social networking privacy bill died on the Senate floor yesterday: SB 242 (Corbett) http://www.aroundthecapitol.com/Bills/SB_242/20112012/

The sales tax bills, however, which Amazon has used to threaten to shut down affiliate programs in California made it out of their "house of origin" and continue to move through the legislative process.

AB 153 (Skinner) http://www.aroundthecapitol.com/Bills/AB_153/20112012/ AB 155 (Calderon) http://www.aroundthecapitol.com/Bills/AB_155/20112012/