The legislative deadline for the Governor to sign bills into law was September 30, and I have an update for you on all my bills that made it to the finish line.

My 2024 Bills Signed Into Law

Environment

• SB 1425 – Long Beach Oil Cleanup Fund
  Signed Into Law
  Requires the state of California to save more each month to more adequately and responsibly reduce the State’s share of unfunded liability to plug and abandon the long-running oil extraction operations in the City of Long Beach.
  SB 1425 Bill Language
  SB 1425 Fact Sheet

Health

• SB 1016 – Latino and Indigenous Health Disparities Reduction Act
  Signed Into Law
  Requires the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to collect and disaggregate anonymous demographic health data on the ancestry or ethnic origin of specified Latino, and Indigenous Peoples.
  SB 1016 Bill Language
  SB 1016 Fact Sheet
• SB 1131 – Enhancing Family Planning Accessibility
  Signed Into Law
  Senate Bill (SB) 1131 would increase access to the Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment (Family PACT) Program by expanding the definition of who can certify a clinic to provide Family PACT services. In addition, it allows an affiliate primary care clinic to enroll multiple sites under one site certifier.
  SB 1131 Bill Language
  SB 1131 Fact Sheet

Good Governance, Transparency & Accountability

• SB 537 –Mexican Repatriation Memorial
  Signed Into Law
  SB 537 commemorates the approximately two million Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants who were illegally deported from the United States during the Great Depression.
  SB 537 Bill Language
  SB 537 Fact Sheet
• SB 991 – LAUSD Office of Inspector General
  Signed Into Law
  Senate Bill (SB) 991 will establish the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) permanently. By doing so, the OIG will have the authority to continue performing audits, investigations, and issuing subpoenas to prevent, detect, and deter fraud, waste, and abuse in the district’s various programs, contracts, and construction projects – a responsibility it has carried out for twenty-five years.
  SB 991 Bill Language
  SB 991 Fact Sheet