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.

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

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

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

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.

With talks revived on a bridge loan to fund Bay Area transit through 2026, this vote sets the stage for sustainable funding for Bay Area transit in the long term.

SACRAMENTO – The California Legislature passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bills 59, the Transgender Privacy Act. With harassment and violence against transgender and nonbinary people on the rise, and an incoming Presidential Administration that is openly hostile to the transgender community, states like California must step up to defend them from abuse.

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.

“No Vigilantes Act” comes in response to conduct of nameless persons conducting immigration enforcement

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to continue California’s medical-aid-in-dying law and not allow it to expire in 2031 passed the Senate on Friday and was sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his consideration.