SB 252 – The Fossil Fuel Divestment Act Two-year bill Senate Bill (SB) 252 will prohibit the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) from investing in fossil fuel companies, and provide they divest any current holdings in these companies by 2031, with an additional 5-year off-ramp should the funds encounter specified market conditions. SB 252 Bill Language SB 252 Fact Sheet
SB 674 – The Refinery Pollution Reduction & Transparency Act Two-year bill Senate Bill (SB) 674 will create a statewide standard for the refinery fence-line monitoring program to ensure that adequate noxious pollutants are measured, and that best practices and technologies are deployed in order to better protect the health and wellbeing of the surrounding communities. SB 674 Bill Language SB 674 Fact Sheet
SB 934 – Clean Freight Infrastructure Deployment Team Introduced Senate Bill (SB) 934 will create a Central Delivery Team at the California Energy Commission (CEC) and California Transportation Commission (CTC) to facilitate the build-out of freight zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure needed to meet our state climate goals and regulations. SB 934 Bill Language SB 934 Fact Sheet
SB 1182 – Climate Resilient Schools Act Introduced Requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop a Master Plan for Healthy, Sustainable, and Climate-Resilient Schools (Master Plan). SB 1182 Bill Language SB 1182 Fact Sheet
SB 1308 – Ozone Safe Air Cleaners Introduced Senate Bill (SB) 1308 would direct the California Air Resource Board (CARB) to update and adopt regulations that will reduce the allowable level of ozone emissions from air cleaners sold in California from 0.05 parts per million (ppm) to 0.005 ppm. SB 1308 Bill Language SB 1308 Fact Sheet
Digital Inclusion, Tech Equity & Innovation
SB 1235 – Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Study Initiative Introduced Senate Bill (SB) 1235 will require a public institute of higher education to establish an Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Working Group (Working Group) to study the risks, impacts, benefits, and legal implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes. SB 1235 Bill Language SB 1235 Fact Sheet
Health
SB 1016 – Latino and Indigenous Health Disparities Reduction Act Introduced Requires the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), and the Department of Social Services (DSS), 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 Introduced 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
Public Safety
SB 1253 – Enhanced Firearm Safety Certifications Act Introduced Senate Bill (SB) 1253 will require individuals who move to California with firearms to receive a Firearm Safety Certificate. SB 1253 Bill Language SB 1253 Fact Sheet
Good Governance, Transparency & Accountability
SB 991 – LAUSD Office of Inspector General Introduced 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
SB 1337 – Referendum Funding Transparency Introduced Senate Bill (SB) 1337 will provide California voters with additional transparency about the entities and corporations that fund referendum measures to overturn existing law. SB 1337 Bill Language SB 1337 Fact Sheet
SB 1376 – Local Contracting Transparency Act Introduced Senate Bill (SB) 1376 would create a pilot program to implement and study best practices for transparency in public contracting by local governments. SB 1376 Bill Language SB 1376 Fact Sheet
2023 Legislative Package
Environment & Transportation
AB 126 (SB 84) – Clean Transportation Program Reauthorization and Revitalization Signed Into Law Revitalizes and extends California’s existing Clean Transportation Program (CTP) by prioritizing equity and aligning the program with California’s current environmental and emissions targets. AB 126 (SB 84) Bill Language AB 126 (SB 84) Fact Sheet
SB 252 – The Fossil Fuel Divestment Act Two-year bill Prohibits the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) from investing in fossil fuel companies, and provides they divest any current holdings in these companies by 2031, with an additional 5-year off-ramp should the funds encounter specified market conditions. SB 252 Bill Language SB 252 Fact Sheet
SB 378 – Foam-Free State Parks Held in Committee Protects our scenic oceans, coastline, and recreational protected areas by prohibiting individuals from bringing expanded polystyrene (EPS) (“Styrofoam”) food containers and coolers onto State Beaches or into State Parks. SB 378 Bill Language SB 378 Fact Sheet
SB 507 – The Equitable EVs Charging Act Held in Committee Requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to quantify electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure needs for multiple underserved groups, including rural, low-income, and disadvantaged communities, and incorporate this information as part of their biennial statewide EV infrastructure assessments. SB 507 Bill Language SB 507 Fact Sheet
SB 529 – Electric Vehicles for All Act Held in Committee Expands electric vehicle access for low-income Californians by creating a dedicated grant program to deploy electric vehicle car-sharing programs at 100 public and low-income housing facilities in California. SB 529 Bill Language SB 529 Fact Sheet
SB 556 – The Oil & Gas Pollution Accountability Act Held in Committee Protects children, pregnant people, the elderly, and other medically fragile Californians from the harms caused by the oil and gas industry and provides accountability for negative health impacts they caused. SB 556 Bill Language SB 556 Fact Sheet
SB 674 – The Refinery Air Pollution Transparency & Reduction Act Two-year bill Creates a statewide standard for the refinery fence-line monitoring program to ensure that adequate noxious pollutants are measured, and that best practices and technologies are deployed in order to better protect the health and wellbeing of the surrounding communities. SB 674 Bill Language SB 674 Fact Sheet
SB 695 – The California State Highway Transparency Act Signed Into Law Requires the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to collect, and make available to the public, historical data detailing roadway expansions of the state highway system (SHS) for the past ten years. Additionally, the bill requires Caltrans to report this data every year going forward. The data must include descriptions of lane miles added to the SHS, what purpose the miles serve, and features included in the project, such as complete streets and transit. SB 695 Bill Language SB 695 Fact Sheet
SJR 2 – The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Signed into Law Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 2 will add California to the list of governments calling on the global community to develop a treaty to phase out the use of fossil fuels. Specifically, SJR 2 will request the Federal Government to participate in the treaty drafting process. SJR 2 Language SJR 2 Fact Sheet
Economic Development, Women, Children & Working Families
SB 57 – Moratorium on Utility Shutoffs During Extreme Weather Held in Committee Provides critical relief to California’s most vulnerable populations by prohibiting residential electric, natural gas, and water utility shutoffs for nonpayment during extreme weather events, when the temperature falls below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or rises above 95 degrees Fahrenheit over a 24-hour period. SB 57 Bill Language SB 57 Fact Sheet
SB 616 – Paid Sick Days for All Working Californians Signed into Law Increases the amount paid sick leave days an employer is required to provide an employee from three to five. SB 616 Bill Language SB 616 Fact Sheet
Good Governance, Transparency & Accountability
SB 458 – Local Government Contracting Transparency and Accountability Held in Committee Adds requirements for local agencies to increase transparency and accountability in their public contracting and procurement processes. SB 458 Bill Language SB 458 Fact Sheet
SB 498 – Preventing the Unlawful Sale of Alcohol to Minors Signed Into Law Enhances the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s (ABC) ability to encourage and enforce voluntary compliance with current law relating to the sale of alcohol to a minor. Specifically, SB 498 will adjust administrative penalties as well as the fines for selling alcohol to a minor in order to increase their effectiveness and to strengthen their deterrent effect. SB 498 Bill Language SB 498 Fact Sheet
SB 769 – Fiscal and Financial Training Held in Committee Requires local agency officials, such as city council members and other members of local agency legislative bodies, to complete fiscal and financial training on their duties and responsibilities in budgeting, contracting, procurement, and other critical fiscal obligations. SB 769 Bill Language SB 769 Fact Sheet
Health Access & Affordability
SB 435 - The Latino & Indigenous Disparities Reduction Act Vetoed Requires specified state agencies to collect anonymous demographic data of Latinos and Indigenous Californians and requires the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to collect and tabulate data on important health-related outcomes to help address health inequities. SB 435 Bill Language SB 435 Fact Sheet
Education
SB 394 - Master Plan for Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Schools Vetoed Requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop a Master Plan for Healthy, Sustainable, and Climate-Resilient Schools (Master Plan). SB 394 Bill Language SB 394 Fact Sheet
SB 633 - California DREAM Loan Program Expansion Signed Into Law Provides public higher education institutions with the ability to repurpose unused DREAM Loan funds to award supplemental grants to California Dream Act grant-eligible students. SB 633 Bill Language SB 633 Fact Sheet
2022 Legislative Package
Digital Inclusion & Tech Equity
SB 1216 - Deepfake Working Group Signed Into Law Requires the Secretary of the Government Operations Agency (GovOps) to study the risks, impacts, and legal implications of digital deepfakes and the broader issues of digital content provenance. The bill also tasks the Secretary with developing a coordinated plan for how the public, industry, and government might be able to jointly address these threats. SB 1216 Bill Language SB 1216 Fact Sheet
SB 1325 - California Techquity Innovation Fund Held in Committee Establishes the California Techquity Innovation Fund (CTIF), to be administered by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GoBiz). The CTIF will fund grants and investments that advance equity in tech entrepreneurship in California, and support underserved, equity-forward entrepreneurs that have limited venture capital funding opportunities. SB 1325 Bill Language SB 1325 Fact Sheet
Environment & Transportation
SB 726 - Revitalizing the Clean Transportation Program Ordered to Inactive File Revitalizes the state’s Clean Transportation Program (CTP) by prioritizing equity and aligning the program with the state’s current environmental targets. The CTP generates millions annually to fund projects advancing thirteen different clean transportation goals, ranging from demonstration and deployment projects that optimize alternative fuels and vehicles, to alternative fuel infrastructure projects. SB 726 Bill Language SB 726 Fact Sheet
SB 1087 - Catalytic Converter Theft Prevention Signed Into Law Aims to address the dramatic rise in catalytic converter theft in California’s communities by targeting black-market sales of detached catalytic converters. SB 1087 will limit who can legally purchase a detached catalytic converter, who can sell a catalytic converter to a core recycler (scrap metal recyclers), and close loopholes in existing law to bring transparency to the sale of detached catalytic converters. SB 1087 Bill Language SB 1087 Fact Sheet
SB 1104 - Office of Freight Held in Committee Advances the economic vitality and long-term sustainability of the freight sector by creating an Office of Freight within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-BIZ) to serve as the coordinating entity on freight among key state agencies and stakeholders across the State. SB 1104 Bill Language SB 1104 Fact Sheet
SB 1121 - Transportation Needs Assessment Signed Into Law Requires the California Transportation Commission to provide a 10 year transportation needs assessment, compare that with an assessment of the available transportation revenues, and recommend ways to bridge the gap. SB 1121 Bill Language SB 1121 Fact Sheet
SB 1137 - Health Protection Zones for Frontline Communities Signed Into Law Protects the public health of California’s frontline communities by creating a minimum health and safety distance of 3,200-feet between sensitive receptors, such as a residence, school, childcare facility, playground, hospital, or nursing home and an oil and gas production well. SB 1137 Bill Language SB 1137 Fact Sheet
SB 1173 - Fossil Fuel Divestment Dead - Held in Asm. Public Employment and Retirement Committee Prohibits the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) from investing in fossil fuel companies and requires that they divest any current investments by 2030. SB 1173 Bill Language SB 1173 Fact Sheet
SB 1233 - Eliminating Barriers to DMV Services Vetoed Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to coordinate with relevant stakeholders to develop outreach strategies for Californians that have historically been underserviced by the DMV. The bill also requires the DMV to solicit requests for targeted outreach events from local community groups that represent underserviced populations. SB 1233 Bill Language SB 1233 Fact Sheet
SB 1251 - Zero Emission Vehicle Equity Ombudsperson Signed Into Law Creates an equity advocate position to facilitate the coordination across agencies as they advance the State’s Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) goals, and ensure that State ZEV programs are equity centered and support underserved Californians. SB 1251 Bill Language SB 1251 Fact Sheet
SB 1382 - Clean Cars 4 All Equity Measures Signed Into Law Advances the equitable deployment of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by giving a state tax exemption to vehicles bought and sold under the existing Clean Cars for All (CC4A) program, and by directing the state to develop protocols and metrics to address barriers currently preventing underserved Californians from participating in the CC4A program. SB 1382 Bill Language SB 1382 Fact Sheet
SB 1398 - Vehicles: Consumer Notices Signed Into Law Increases consumer safety by requiring dealers and manufacturers that sell new passenger vehicles equipped with a semiautonomous driving assistance feature or provides any software update or vehicle upgrade that adds a semiautonomous driver assistance feature to give a clear description of the functions and limitations of those features. Further, SB 1398 prohibits a manufacturer or dealer from deceptively naming, referring to, or marketing these features. SB 1398 Bill Language SB 1398 Fact Sheet
Economic Development, Women, Children & Working Families
SB 452 - Establishment of the Immigration and Refugee Affairs Agency Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee Establishes a permanent governmental structure, the California Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Agency, tasked with addressing the needs of California’s immigrant and refugee population. SB 452 Bill Language SB 452 Fact Sheet
SB 972 - Enhancing Safety of Sidewalk Food Vending Signed Into Law Modernizes the California Retail Food Code (CRFC) to include sidewalk food vendors and bring thousands of micro-entrepreneurs into a more equitable and well-regulated food economy while enhancing critical health and food safety regulation. SB 972 Bill Language SB 972 Fact Sheet
Health Access & Affordability
SB 245 - The Abortion Accessibility Act Signed Into Law Requires all state-licensed health care service plans or disability insurance policies issued after 2022, to cover abortion services without a co-payment, deductible, or any type of cost-sharing requirement. SB 245 Bill Language SB 245 Fact Sheet
SB 1019 - Mental Health Services Access and Awareness Signed Into Law Addresses disparities in access to and awareness of mental health services for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. SB 1019 will require Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans (MCP’s) to develop and implement culturally and linguistically relevant outreach to inform Medi-Cal members of their right to timely mental health services. SB 1019 Bill Language SB 1019 Fact Sheet
2021 Legislative Package
Digital Inclusion & Tech Equity
SB 4 – Broadband for All Signed into law Secures continuous funding and implements a number of critically needed reforms to the California Advanced Services Fund program administered by the California Public Utilities Commission to help close the digital divide and meet the connectivity needs of Californians. SB 4 Bill Language SB 4 Fact Sheet
SB 378 - Broadband Deployment Best Practices Signed into law Promotes the deployment of broadband infrastructure and internet connectivity for all Californians by requiring local jurisdictions to allow fiber cables to be installed using cost-effective techniques. SB 378 Bill Language SB 378 Fact Sheet
Environment, Transportation, Air Quality & Clean Water
SB 342 - South Coast Air Quality Management District Board Environmental Justice Representation Two-year bill Empowers community involvement and promotes equity by adding two environmental justice representatives to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) governing board. SB 342 Bill Language SB 342 Fact Sheet
SB 403 - Consolidation of At-Risk Water Districts Signed into law Prevents water contamination and water system failures in disadvantaged communities throughout California by authorizing the State Water Resources Control Board to mandate the consolidation of a water system that is at-risk of failing. SB 403 Bill Language SB 403 Fact Sheet
SB 635 - Cleaning California’s Roads Held in committee Addresses the root problems causing the buildup of roadside litter and debris on California’s roadways by requiring the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), in collaboration with the Office of the Inspector General, to develop a comprehensive assessment on the state’s roadside cleanup activities. SB 635 will also require Caltrans to create an advisory board in coordination with state and local entities that will develop strategies to reach cleanup targets. SB 635 Bill Language SB 635 Fact Sheet
SB 671 – Clean Freight Corridor Assessment Signed into law Requires the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to collaborate with relevant state agencies to develop a Clean Freight Corridor Assessment. The assessment will develop clean freight guidelines, considering alternative fueling infrastructure, road safety and congestion for onboarding cleaner emission freight vehicles for the five most polluting freight corridors in California. SB 671 Bill Language SB 671 Fact Sheet
SB 726 - Revitalizing the Clean Transportation Program Two-year bill Reauthorizes and revitalizes the state’s Clean Transportation Program (CTP) by prioritizing equity and aligning the program with the state’s current environmental targets. The CTP generates millions annually to fund projects advancing thirteen different clean transportation goals, ranging from demonstration and deployment projects that optimize alternative fuels and vehicles, to alternative fuel infrastructure projects. SB 726 Bill Language SB 726 Fact Sheet
SB 776 - Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Signed into law Enhances the State Water Resources Control Board’s ability to effectively and efficiently implement the Safe and Affordable Drinking Fund Program and other safe drinking water efforts. SB 776 Bill Language SB 776 Fact Sheet
Economic Development, Women, Children & Working Families
SB 338 - Protecting Port Truck Drivers Signed into law Protects essential port drayage truck drivers from wage theft, employment misclassification, and other systemic business model structures that deny disability benefits, PPE, and other health and safety protections to workers. SB 338 Bill Language SB 338 Fact Sheet
SB 452 - Establishment of the Immigration and Refugee Affairs Agency Two-year bill Establishes a permanent governmental structure, the California Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Agency, tasked with addressing the needs of California’s immigrant and refugee population. SB 452 Bill Language SB 452 Fact Sheet
SB 606 - Workplace Safety Enforcement Signed into law Implements stronger enforcement measures for egregious and flagrant employer violations in order to keep workers safe as California continues to fight the spread of COVID-19. In addition, SB 606 protects workers from employer retaliation by establishing a rebuttable presumption of retaliation to ensure that workers feel safe to come forward and report unsafe working conditions. SB 606 Bill Language SB 606 Fact Sheet
Health Access & Affordability
SB 245 - The Abortion Accessibility Act Two-year bill Requires all state-licensed health care service plans or disability insurance policies issued after 2022, to cover abortion services without a co-payment, deductible, or any type of cost-sharing requirement. SB 245 Bill Language SB 245 Fact Sheet
SB 283 - Strengthening the Equal Insurance HIV Act of 2020 Signed into law Strengthens the Equal Insurance HIV Act of 2020 (Act) by clarifying and making technical changes to the provisions set forth in the Act, which prohibit an insurer from declining an insurance application or enrollment solely based on a positive HIV test. SB 283 Bill Language SB 283 Fact Sheet
2020 Legislative Package
SB 4: Broadband for All Secures continuous funding and implements a number of critically needed reforms to the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) program administered by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to help close the digital divide and meet the connectivity needs of Californians.
SB 939: Emergencies: COVID-19: evictions Places a moratorium on commercial evictions, including small businesses and nonprofits, for the duration of the COVID-19 health emergency.
SB 961: The Equal Insurance HIV Act Prohibits life and disability income insurance companies from denying coverage to HIV-positive individuals solely based on their HIV status.
SB 991: Court Reporters Updates the statutorily set rate for transcripts prepared by an official court reporter.
SB 1130: Telecommunications: California Advanced Services Fund. Requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to implement and expand the California Advanced Service Fund (CASF) program to encourage deployment of high-speed broadband internet in our unserved communities.
SB 1136: Peace Officers: Recruitment of Women Creates, through the Commission of Police Officer Standards and Training (POST), a guidebook on best practices for police departments to recruit women and other groups currently under-represented in the police force.
SB 1241: The Talent Equity for Competitive Hiring Act Sets specific standards for demonstrating a hiring assessment tool reduces bias, and establishes a rebuttable presumption of compliance for use of assessments that meet the new standards.
SB 1364: TRUTH Act 2.0 Provides due process protections to individuals held in California jails by clarifying and providing greater oversight over a local law enforcement agency’s cooperation with federal immigration authorities.