Sen. Gonzalez's Legislation

• SB 252 – The Fossil Fuel Divestment Act
  Did not advance out of committee
  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
  Vetoed
  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
  Held in committee
  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
  Vetoed
  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 
  Did not advance out of committee
  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 

   

• 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
   

• SB 1235 – Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Study Initiative
  Did not advance out of committee
  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 

• 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

• SB 1253 – Enhanced Firearm Safety Certifications Act
  Held in committee
  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

• 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 
  
   

• 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 

• 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

• 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 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
  
   

• 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

• 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

• 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

Digital Inclusion & Tech Equity

Environment, Transportation, Air Quality & Clean Water

Economic Development, Women, Children & Working Families

Health Access & Affordability