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Senator Benjamin Allen

California Legislature Approves PFAS Prohibition for Six New Products

SACRAMENTO – The California Legislature has approved SB 682 to further phase out the unnecessary use of PFAS chemicals and provide safer and healthier communities throughout California.


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Senator Susan Rubio

Senator Rubio’s Common Sense Bills to Protect Kids, Families, and Communities Head to Governor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senator Susan Rubio (D–Baldwin Park) announced today that nine of her bills are headed to the Governor’s desk. Together, the bills close dangerous loopholes that put kids at risk, make schools and neighborhoods safer, strengthen disaster recovery, and remove barriers to health care and economic opportunity.


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Senator Aisha Wahab

California State Senate becomes first and only state legislative body in the nation to pass resolution on…

Senate Concurrent Resolution 105, Human Rights in Gaza, is spearheaded by Dr. Aisha Wahab


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Senator Smallwood-Cuevas Calls for Further Investment in Workers, Green Jobs Following Cap-and-Invest…

Today, the California State Senate passed landmark legislation to reauthorize and improve Cap-and-Invest, stabilize the energy market, and drive down electricity costs.


Senator Jerry McNerney

CA Legislature Greenlights McNerney’s Bill to Create More Clean Energy Jobs

The California Legislature has approved Sen. McNerney’s SB 787, which is designed to create more clean energy jobs in the state.


Senator Jerry McNerney

CA Legislature Greenlights Bill to Stabilize Gas Prices as State Transitions Away from Fossil Fuels

The California Legislature has given the greenlight to SB 237, groundbreaking legislation that is designed to stabilize gasoline prices as the state transitions away from fossil fuels.


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Senator Christopher Cabaldon

Senator Cabaldon bill keeps private equity investors out of medical decisions

Legislation by Senator Christopher Cabaldon (D-Yolo) to prevent private equity firms from interfering in doctors’ medical care of patients passed the Legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support this week and now heads to the Governor’s desk.
Senate Bill 351 strengthens the state’s current ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine by granting the California Attorney General authority to take legal action against private equity groups and hedge funds that interfere with or exert control over the health care decisions of doctors and dentists working for medical practices in which they invest.


Senator Jerry McNerney

CA Legislature OK’s McNerney’s ‘No Robo Bosses Act’ to Ensure Human Oversight of AI in Workplace

The California Legislature has approved Sen. Jerry McNerney’s SB 7, the “No Robo Bosses Act,” groundbreaking legislation that would require human oversight of artificial intelligence systems in the workplace to help prevent abuses.


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Senator Steve Padilla

California Legislature Passes First-in-the-Nation AI Chatbot Safeguards

SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 243, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). SB 243, the first-of-its-kind in the nation, would require chatbot operators to implement critical, reasonable, and attainable safeguards around interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and provide families with a private right to pursue legal actions against noncompliant and negligent developers.


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Senator Josh Becker

The Defending Californians’ Data Act Passes Legislature

Measure aims to protect vital information, including immigration status, which can be used to target vulnerable communities.