Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a deadline on Saturday to pass or veto bills the Legislature sent him this year. Most of the bills he agrees to sign are slated to become law starting in 2024. Saturday’s deadline marks the end of California’s law-making process for the year. The governor began the process with roughly 1,100 bills. As of Friday afternoon, he had roughly 100 left on his desk. Here is a look at the legislation the governor has signed, which is set to become law: WorkforceAB 1: Allows California’s legislative staff to unionize. AB 1228: Increases the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour starting in April. The bill also marks an agreement between fast-food corporations and labor groups to allow California to move forward with a fast-food council that will bargain wages and working conditions on behalf of the state’s workers in that industry. SB 616: Increases the amount of time workers are required to receive in California from three to a minimum of five days of paid sick leave a year.Public Safety SB 2: Places new limits on concealed carry firearm permit holders in California SB 14: Defines child sex trafficking as a “serious felony,” requiring repeat offenders to stay in prison longer. AB 28: Imposes an 11% tax on firearms and ammunition to help fund violence prevention programs. SB 673: Establishes the ‘Ebony Alert’ for missing Black women and children. SB 553: Requires employers to develop a workplace violence prevention plan. HousingSB 4: Allows religious institutions or independent higher education institutions to build a housing development project on their property “by right.” AB 12: Prohibits landlords from charging more than one month’s rent for a security deposit. SB 423: extends the sunset on a measure that requires local governments failing to meet state housing goals to streamline affordable housing projects. Miscellaneous:SB 253 and SB 261: Requires large companies doing business in California to disclose their carbon emissions and financial risks associated with climate change. AB 418: Outlaws certain additives in processed foods found in sweets like Peeps. An original version of this would have banned a chemical in Skittles, but that provision was removed. AB 1078: Prohibits California public school systems from banning books based on gender and race topics.AB 1394: Allows child sex trafficking and abuse survivors to sue social media companies for their role in keeping images of videos of them on platforms.
Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a deadline on Saturday to pass or veto bills the Legislature sent him this year. Most of the bills he agrees to sign are slated to become law starting in 2024. Saturday’s deadline marks the end of California’s law-making process for the year.
The governor began the process with roughly 1,100 bills. As of Friday afternoon, he had roughly 100 left on his desk.
Here is a look at the legislation the governor has signed, which is set to become law:
Workforce
AB 1: Allows California’s legislative staff to unionize.
AB 1228: Increases the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour starting in April. The bill also marks an agreement between fast-food corporations and labor groups to allow California to move forward with a fast-food council that will bargain wages and working conditions on behalf of the state’s workers in that industry.
SB 616: Increases the amount of time workers are required to receive in California from three to a minimum of five days of paid sick leave a year.
Public Safety
SB 2: Places new limits on concealed carry firearm permit holders in California
SB 14: Defines child sex trafficking as a “serious felony,” requiring repeat offenders to stay in prison longer.
AB 28: Imposes an 11% tax on firearms and ammunition to help fund violence prevention programs.
SB 673: Establishes the ‘Ebony Alert’ for missing Black women and children.
SB 553: Requires employers to develop a workplace violence prevention plan.
Housing
SB 4: Allows religious institutions or independent higher education institutions to build a housing development project on their property “by right.”
AB 12: Prohibits landlords from charging more than one month’s rent for a security deposit.
SB 423: extends the sunset on a measure that requires local governments failing to meet state housing goals to streamline affordable housing projects.
Miscellaneous:
SB 253 and SB 261: Requires large companies doing business in California to disclose their carbon emissions and financial risks associated with climate change.
AB 418: Outlaws certain additives in processed foods found in sweets like Peeps. An original version of this would have banned a chemical in Skittles, but that provision was removed.
AB 1078: Prohibits California public school systems from banning books based on gender and race topics.
AB 1394: Allows child sex trafficking and abuse survivors to sue social media companies for their role in keeping images of videos of them on platforms.
