Together, these bills will make a real difference for Californians who have faced incredible hardships from the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires.

SACRAMENTO – Yesterday, the Senate Environmental Quality Committee approved Senate Bill 1033, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). The bill aims to protect consumers by requiring testing and disclosure of heavy metals in protein products sold in California.

SACRAMENTO, CA – On April 21st, 2026 Senator Lena Gonzalez’s (D-Long Beach) SB 1268, which would codify the Outdoors for All initiative in state law passed the Senate Natural Resources Committee on a 5-0 vote.
 

Today’s injunction ruling is disappointing, but it is not the final word on SB 805

Today, the Senate Education Committee approved Senate Bill 1328 by Senator Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside). This bill would expand on the state's policy to afford all people, regardless of specified characteristics, including gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, equal rights and opportunities in the state's postsecondary educational institutions; it would require that the California State University (CSU) and community college systems designate a confidential LGBTQ+ liaison at satellite campuses in addition to main campuses.

Today the Affordable Housing Bond Act (SB 417) passed the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee. Next up, it moves to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

Senator Allen advances two measures to improve community-scale risk reduction and individualized home hardening efforts
SACRAMENTO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) celebrated the passage of SB 894 and SB 1297 out of committee this week to reduce fire risk across California. Both bills received bipartisan, unanimous support.

SB 1041, the Fire Hardening Act of 2026 by Senator Jesse Arreguín, expands the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to include home hardening projects

SACRAMENTO – This week, the California Senate Judiciary Committee with bipartisan support passed Senate Bill 1247, a measure authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) which would require content creators who feature their minor children and receive compensation for that content to delete or edit the material if requested by the child after they turn 18.

Becker’s legislation will save consumers $10 billion on energy bills while strengthening California’s grid.