EXECUTIVE ORDER N-63-20
WHEREAS on March 4, 2020, I proclaimed a State of Emergency to exist in
California as a result of the threat of COVID-19; andWHEREAS the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as physical distancing andother public health measures undertaken in response to it, have affected
governmental agencies, workers, private businesses, and California residents,
with associated impacts on adherence to certain statutory and regulatory
deadlines, as well as to workers’ efforts to vindicate their labor and employmentrights; andWHEREAS the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as physical distancing andother public health measures undertaken in response to it, have also had
widespread impacts on state and local governments’ ability to perform certain
functions via in-person interactions, and such functions should be performed via
other means to the extent consistent with public safety and other critical publicinterests; andWHEREAS under the provisions of Government Code section 8571, I findthat strict compliance with various statutes and regulations specified in this orderwould prevent, hinder, or delay appropriate actions to prevent and mitigate theeffects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor of the State of California,
in accordance with the authority vested in me by the State Constitution andstatutes of the State of California, and in particular, Government Code sections
8567, 8571, and 8627, do hereby issue the following Order to become effective
immediately:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1) The time in which to complete the evaluation required under
Education Code section 17311(b)(3) (concerning Public School Project
Inspectors) is extended to September 1, 2020, as to any inspector who
has previously passed an initial evaluation under that subdivision andwhose reevaluation would otherwise be due on or before May 6, 2020.
2) Notwithstanding the three-year period set forth in Government Codesection 4459.8(a), any certification under Government Code section
4459.5 (concerning Certified Access Specialists) that would otherwise
have expired between March 19, 2020 and May 31, 2020 is extended
for 60 days from the date of this Order. Such certifications may besubject to further renewal as otherwise provided by law.

3) The timeframes set forth in Health and Safety Code sections 13144.2,and 13144.3, are suspended for 60 days. As a result, the deadline forsubmitting applications under Health and Safety Code section 13144.2
is extended to June 30, 2020, and current listings under Health andSafety Code section 13144.3 are extended to August 29, 2020. No
penalty shall be imposed for failure to pay a renewal fee under Healthand Safety Code section 13144.2, if that fee is received by June 30,2020.
4) The timeframes set forth in Health and Safety Code sections 13127 and13128 are suspended for 60 days. As a result, the deadline for renewing
registrations under Health and Safety Code section 13127 is extended
to June 30, 2020, and current registrations under Health and Safety
Code section 13128 are extended to August 29, 2020. No penalty shallbe imposed for failure to pay a registration fee under Health andSafety Code section 13127, subdivision (c)(1), if that fee is received byJune 30, 2020.
5) The timeframes set forth in California Code of Regulations, Title 19,
sections 938, 939, and 944 are suspended for 60 days. As a result, bothcurrent certifications and the deadlines for renewing thosecertifications under California Code of Regulations, Title 19, sections
938 and 939 are extended to August 29, 2020. In addition, the deadlinefor filing a notice of renewal under California Code of Regulations, Title
19, sections 944 is extended to June 30, 2020, and no late fee shall becharged if a notice of renewal is received by that date.
6) The term of office specified in Government Code section 8204 is
extended for a period of 60 days for any notary public whose
commission has expired since March 1, 2020 or whose commission is set
to expire over the next 60 days, on the conditions that:a) The notary public shall annotate on each notarial act
completed during the extension the following: “The notarycommission extended pursuant to Executive Order N-63-20.”;andb) The notary public shall maintain a valid surety bond pursuant toGovernment Code section 8212 during the extension.
7) The requirement in Civil Code section 1185(b)(3)(A) that anidentification card or driver’s license issued by the California
Department of Motor Vehicles is current or has been issued within thelast 5 years in order to serve as satisfactory evidence of identity for anofficer or notary public to acknowledge an instrument is, for a periodof 60 days, suspended with respect to any identification card or
driver’s license issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles
showing an expiration date of March 1, 2020 or later.

8) The deadlines specified in the following statutes and regulations shallbe extended for a period of 60 days:a) Labor Code sections 142.2 and 147, related to reports by theDivision of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) and the
Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (OSHSB) on
proposed standards or variances;b) Labor Code section 99, related to the Labor Commissioner’s
filing of claims and liens of employees, and Civil Code section
8414 to the extent it governs the deadlines for filing andrecording such claims and liens;c) Labor Code sections 4616(b)(1) and California Code ofRegulations, Title 8, sections 9767.2(a) and (b) and 9767.8(d),related to the period in which the administrative director must
act upon Medical Provider Network applications or requests formodifications or reapprovals;d) California Code of Regulations, Title 8, section 17304, related tothe period in which the Return-To-Work Supplement Program
must receive an application for a Return-to-Work Supplement;e) California Code of Regulations, title 8, section 17309, related tofiling a Return-to Work Supplement appeal and any reply orresponsive papers;f) Labor Code section 123.5 and California Code of Regulations,
Title 8, sections 9713, 9714, and 9714.5, related to the period inwhich Workers’ Compensation Administrative Law Judges mustfile decisions;g) Labor Code 5313, related to the period in which the Workers’
Compensation Appeals Board must act on any decisionsubmitted by a Workers’ Compensation Administrative LawJudge;h) Government Code section 3505.4(a) and California Code ofRegulations, Title 8, section 32802(a)(1), related to the period inwhich a party must request that the parties’ differences besubmitted to a factfinding panel under Meyers-Milias-Brown Act
post-impasse resolution procedures;i) Government Code section 3548.1, related to the period in whicha party must request that the parties’ differences be submitted
to a factfinding panel under Educational Employment Relations
Act post-impasse resolution procedures; andj) Government Code section 3591, related to the period in which aparty must request that the parties’ differences be submitted toa factfinding panel under Educational Employment Relations
Act post-impasse resolution procedures.

9) The deadlines specified in or that apply to the following statutes andregulations shall be extended for a period of 60 days to the limited
extent that the time to issue a citation or file a complaint, claim, orappeal would otherwise elapse in the 60-day period following thisOrder:a) All Labor Code sections and related regulations setting the time
for the Labor Commissioner to issue any citation under the Labor
Code, including a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant
to Labor Code section 1741;b) All Labor Code sections and related regulations setting
deadlines for any employer or other person to appeal or petition
for review of any citation issued by the Labor Commissioner;c) Labor Code sections 98, 98.7, 1700.44, and 2673.1, related toworkers’ rights to file complaints and initiate proceedings withthe Labor Commissioner;d) Labor Code section 6317, related to the issuance of Cal/OSHAcitations; ande) Labor Code sections 6319, 6600, 6600.5, 6601, and 6601.5,
related to the appeal of citations, notices, or orders ofCal/OSHA.
10)Any statute or regulation that requires a public employer to post noticeon “employee bulletin boards” is suspended, provided that the public
employer provides such notice to its employees through electronicmeans, such as through electronic mail to its employees, posting on anemployer-operated website frequented by its employees, or any otherelectronic means customarily used by the public employer tocommunicate with its employees.
11)Any statute or regulation that permits a party or witness to participate
in a hearing in person, a member of the public to be physically present
at the place where a presiding officer conducts a hearing, or a party
to object to a presiding officer conducting all or part of a hearing bytelephone, television, or other electronic means, is suspended,
provided that all of the following requirements are satisfied:a) Each participant in the hearing has an opportunity to participate
in and to hear the entire proceeding while it is taking place andto observe exhibits;b) A member of the public who is otherwise entitled to observe thehearing may observe the hearing using electronic means; andc) The presiding officer satisfies all requirements of the Americans
with Disabilities Act and Unruh Civil Rights Act.
12)The timeframe in California Code of Regulations, Title 11, section
1950(c)(1)(C), is extended from 180 days to one year for the purpose ofauthorizing the Executive Director of the Commission on Peace Officer

Standards and Training (POST) to issue discretionary exemptions toindividual law enforcement agencies seeking to temporarily reemploy
peace officers who retired or separated in good standing from therequesting agency. The term of any such temporary peace officer
reemployment shall expire no later than one year from the date of thisOrder, unless further extended by Executive Order.
13)On a case-by-case basis, POST’s Executive Director is authorized to
grant individual technical and scheduling waivers or exceptions toaddress disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Executive
Director shall notify the POST Commission of any such waiver orexception and shall rescind the waiver or exception once it is nolonger necessary.
14)To protect the health, safety, and welfare of students and instructors in
Basic Academy training courses, POST temporarily may allow lecturebased Basic Academy instruction to be delivered online in a format
POST deems appropriate. For any instruction conducted online, POST
shall require that students be closely monitored by instructors to ensurestudents gain a thorough understanding of the materials. POST shallcontinue to require in-person instruction for testing and practical skillstraining. Any prohibitions set forth in POST policies, procedures, or theCalifornia Code of Regulations (including but not limited to California
Code of Regulations, Title 11, section 1052) that limit the ability toconduct online Basic Academy training for lecture-based courses aretemporarily waived.
15)Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to adopt telephonic,remote, or other procedures for registration and reporting under theSex Offender Registration Act that are consistent with State and local
public health guidance regarding physical distancing, and to post orpublicize such procedures through means calculated to reach any
person subject to the Act.
a) To the extent that a law enforcement agency institutes
telephonic, remote, or other procedures to enable physicaldistancing, all provisions of the Sex Offender Registration Act(Penal Code sections 290 to 290.024, inclusive) andimplementing procedures that require persons subject to the Act
to appear in person, and all provisions of the Act andimplementing procedures that require such persons to provide asignature, fingerprints, and photograph, are suspended for 60days.
b) To ensure that lack of technology does not prevent any
individual from complying with registration and reporting
requirements, law enforcement agencies are encouraged toprovide alternative means of registration and reporting,including permitting the physical presence of registrants
consistent with State and local public health guidance
regarding physical distancing.
The requirement to register and all other registration and reporting
requirements of the Sex Offender Registration Act remain in place.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that as soon as hereafter possible, this Order be
filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and that widespread publicity andnotice be given of this Order.
This Order is not intended to, and does not, create any rights or benefits,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, against the State ofCalifornia, its agencies, departments, entities, officers, employees, or any otherperson.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Great
Seal of the State of California to beaffixed this 7th day of May 2020.

_________________________GAVIN NEWSOM
Governor of California
ATTEST:_________________________ALEX PADILLA
Secretary of State