SB 14 - Serious felonies: human trafficking March 12, 2024 This bill would include human trafficking of a minor within the definition of a serious felony for all purposes, including for purposes of the Three Strikes Law, except as specified.
SB 15 - Oil imports: air quality emissions data March 12, 2024 This bill would express the intent of the Legislature that the Energy Commission monitor foreign countries that export oil to California and identify on its internet website which of those countries have demonstrated human rights abuses, as documented by the United States Department of State, and which of those countries have lower environmental standards for the production of oil than California.
SB 237 - Controlled substances: fentanyl March 12, 2024 Increases criminal penalties for the sale, transport and importation of fentanyl.
SB 275 - State Oil and Gas Supervisor: Senate confirmation March 12, 2024 This bill would expressly state that the Governor shall appoint the State Oil and Gas Supervisor and make the appointment of the supervisor subject to confirmation by the Senate.
SB 292 - Education expenses: Education Savings Account Act of 2024 March 12, 2024 Establishes the Education Savings Account (ESA) Act of 2024, which allows parents t
SB 293 - Pupil assessments: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress: statewide results March 12, 2024 Requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to make statewide summative California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) resu
SB 325 - Controlled substances: rainbow fentanyl March 12, 2024 This bill would impose an additional punishment of 3, 4, or 5 years to a person who is convicted of possessing fentanyl for sale or possessing a fentanyl analog that was designed, shaped, colored, advertised, or packaged in such a way as to resemble food or candy.
SB 550 - Water markets March 12, 2024 Requires, before January 1, 2025, various state agencies to prepare and submit to the legislature a comprehensive report on the status of California's water market, including recommendations for improving the regulatory framework to improve the water market and encourage its growth.
SB 651 - California Environmental Quality Act: groundwater recharge projects: Judicial Council rules of court March 12, 2024 Creates a judicial streamline under CEQA for projects that are approved to implement a groundwater sustainability plan. Requires judicial challenges to the project to be resolved within 270 days of the filing of the actions against the environmental impact report.
SB 759 - Hospitals: seismic safety March 12, 2024 Extends the deadline from January 1, 2030 instead to January 1, 2040 for the following: owners of all acute care inpatient hospitals to either seismically retrofit all acute care inpatient hospitals, or to demolish, replace, or change to non-acute care use all hospital buildings not in substantial compliance.
SCA 5 - Educational expenses: education savings accounts March 12, 2024 SCA 5 proposes to amend the Constitution in order to implement an education savings account as outlined in SB 292 (Grove) which allows parents to choose what accredited school best suits their child’s needs and have the student’s share of Proposition 98 funding follow them.
SR 6 - National Human Trafficking Awareness Month March 12, 2024 The Senate recognizes the month of January 2023 as National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
SR 42 - Women veterans March 12, 2024 The Senate hereby proclaims June 12, 2023, as Women Veterans Recognition Day and urges all Californians to join in celebrating the many contributions of women to our armed forces.
SR 43 - Gold Star Mothers’ and Families’ Day March 12, 2024 The Senate hereby proclaims September 24, 2023, as Gold Star Mothers’ and Families’ Day in California.
SB 1042 Human Trafficking – Serious and Violent Felony March 16, 2022 SB 1042 will include human trafficking in the lists of crimes that are defined as serious and violent under California law, making the crime a strike under the Three Strikes law. SB 1042 will help strengthen protections for the millions of victims of sex and labor trafficking.
Senate Bill 39 January 4, 2021 SB 39 will strengthen protections against fraudulent claims filed with the Employment Development Department for unemployment benefits to ineligible recipients including prison inmates.
Senate Bill 806: Repeal and Replace Anti-Worker Freedom & Right to Earn a Living Law March 2, 2020 SB 806 would repeal AB 5 (Gonzalez, 2019) and replace it with a new broad, flexible and workable ABC test for determining independent contractor status, a test which supports more worker freedom while saving business to business relationship opportunities.
Senate Bill 875 March 2, 2020 SB 875 creates a permanent exemption for interpreters and translators from the provisions of AB 5 (Gonzalez, 2019), a bill which revokes their freedom and choice to work as freelancers.
June 18, 2019 - Capitol Update June 18, 2019 The Senate has heard over 550 bills and the Assembly has heard over 1,000 bills this year! Many of these bills are bad, but there are some that will help Californians.
SB 224 - Rural Agriculture Theft Prevention May 31, 2019 SB 224 will help law enforcement agencies combat agriculture theft. The bill will create a new section in the Penal Code for theft of agricultural property, which will identify the theft of agriculture equipment, or property including tractors and all-terrain vehicles, as a separate crime.
SB 238 - Fixing the Dynamex Decision May 31, 2019 SB 238 will conform California’s test for determining employment status for purposes of wage orders to the test established by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
SB 683 - Regional Centers Transparency Bill May 31, 2019 SB 683 will increase transparency and accountability for the state’s 21 regional centers.
SJR 12 - United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) August 23, 2019 SJR 12 urges Congress to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). This agreement has been proposed as a solution to a variety of shortcomings in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
