Connie M. Leyva

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 955, a bill by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) requiring middle and high school students (6th – 12th grade) to be allowed one excused school-day length absence to participate in a civic activity such as public commenting, candidate speeches, political or civic forums, and town halls.

SACRAMENTO – Affirming the legal right of public sector workers to unionize without interference, legislation authored by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) to impose penalties on public employers for unlawfully attempting to dissuade employees from joining or participating in a union was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom.

SACRAMENTO – After earning unanimous support in the Legislature, Governor Gavin Newsom today signed Senate Bill 916 by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino), which will empower survivors with critical information following a sexual assault.  By providing them with this information, survivors will be able to make informed decisions regarding steps they wish to take, or not, in the post-assault process.

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed legislation by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) that would require at least one mobilehome park manager per park to be trained and certified on the mobilehome rules and regulations of managing mobilehome parks and manufactured home communities.  In consultation with the California Department of Consumer Affairs, the California Department of Housing and Community Development would be responsible for developing the training and enforcing the certification requirements.

SACRAMENTO – In an important step forward to create greater contraceptive equity statewide, Governor Gavin Newsom today signed Senate Bill 523, which will expand and modernize birth control access in California regardless of an individual’s gender, insurance coverage status, where they work or where they go to school.

SACRAMENTO – After receiving strong bipartisan support in the Legislature, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation earlier today authored by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) to establish legal protections for technology users when they receive unsolicited sexually explicit images and videos, also known as ‘cyberflashing.’

SACRAMENTO – Earlier today, the Legislature approved Senate Bill 410 by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) that will require the California State University (CSU) to implement a nine-step merit salary system for all California State University non-faculty staff employees, many of whom are the lowest-paid employees at the university system—such as custodians and groundskeepers.  This legislation will provide parity with California’s other 233 state agencies and over 210,000 state employees.

SACRAMENTO – Earlier today, the California State Senate gave final legislative approval to Senate Bill 916 by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino), an important bill that will empower survivors with critical information following a sexual assault.  By equipping them with this information, survivors will be able to make informed decisions regarding steps they wish to take, or not, in the post-assault process.

SACRAMENTO – Moving California just one step away from creating greater contraceptive equity statewide, the California State Senate passed Senate Bill 523 to expand and modernize birth control access in California regardless of an individual’s gender, insurance coverage status, where they work or where they go to school.  Following today’s action, SB 523 now moves to the Governor for his consideration.

SACRAMENTO – Now advancing to the Governor for his consideration, legislation authored by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) to impose penalties on employers for unlawfully attempting to dissuade employees from joining or participating in a union passed from the California State Senate.