SACRAMENTO, CA – On September 27, 2026, Senator Lena Gonzalez’s (D-Long Beach) Senate Bill (SB) 1279, authorizing Long Beach to pursue further measures to prevent traffic fatalities on the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), was signed into law by Governor Newsom. 
 

SACRAMENTO, CA — Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 923, the Expanding Privacy Rights Act, by Senator Josh Becker (D–Menlo Park), which strengthens Californians’ ability to reclaim control over their personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
SB 923 expands consumers’ right to delete personal information to include data that businesses obtain from third parties, including data brokers. It passed the Legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Sen. Jerry McNerney’s SB 881, the Farmer to Food Bank Tax Credit. 
SB 881 enables farmers, growers, and food producers to continue to provide fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and more to food-insecure families and receive tax credits for donating surplus food to food banks.

SB 1330 will enhance legal protections for utility employees engaged in essential infrastructure work

Governor Newsom Signs SB 716 and AB 817 to Protect Communities After the Lineage Fire

SACRAMENTO, CA — California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San José) announced today that Governor Newsom has signed his Senate Bill 1306 (SB 1306) into law, removing unnecessary regulatory barriers for semiconductor research and manufacturing while aligning California law with existing federal standards.

SACRAMENTO, CA — California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) today announced that Governor Newsom signed his Senate Bill 1425 into law, giving the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) the ability to establish a permitting program for encroachments on the project’s rights-of-way. 

SACRAMENTO, CA – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed Senate Bill 907 by Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera), public-safety legislation strengthening California’s laws against impaired driving and repeat DUI offenders.

SACRAMENTO – California’s film and television industry, which has seen promising production numbers over the past year, received two additional lines of support that will establish a new tax credit to support jobs in post-production and stabilize the recently modernized Film & TV Tax Credit Program.

STATEMENT: "I applaud the California Supreme Court for standing on the side of voting rights, California voters, and our democracy. No one, including law enforcement officers, is above the law when it comes to safeguarding the integrity of elections in our Golden State,” said Senator Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside).