California Assembly bills expand health coverageJUDY LIN
Republican Assembly leader James Gallagher is calling for the governor to take action on his words. "If this was a real priority for him — fairness for young women in the state — you think he might have been here and you think he might have made some calls," Gallagher said. "To the...
Two other bills signed into law aim to tackle the concerns of the entertainment industry, which has been particularly alarmed by the possibilities of AI. Assembly Bill 1836 adds protections for actors and other performers in contracts regarding AI uses of their ...
SB 487 (Atkins) Provides additional safeguards for California abortion providers and other entities and individuals that serve and support abortion patients that reside in states with hostile abortion laws. A few other notable bills: Assembly Bill 12 limits the amount landlords can charge for a secur...
Assembly Bill 117, passed in 2002, allows communities in California to aggregate their load and to procure electricity from their own preferred sources. Under the authority of this law, California’s first community choice aggregator, Marin Clean Energy (MCE), was launched in May of 2010. The ...
What –There are several bills enacted: Effective January 1, 2023, Assembly Bill 2693 updated the state’s COVID-19 notice requirements: Under existing law, if an employer receives a notice of potential exposure to COVID-19, they are required to take action within one business day of the ...
1 The bills require companies with significant revenues in California that are “doing business in California”2 to publicly disclose greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data and climate-related financial risk reports. The third California climate bill, Assembly Bill 1305, Voluntary Carbon Market ...
As of this month, California has initiated measures aimed at addressing that exact detail with the goals of enhancing transparency and combatting greenwashing. On October 7, California Governor Gavin Newsom approvedAssembly Bill (AB) Number 1305. The bill – the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Bus...
California passed two senate bills and an assembly bill requiring public and private organizations with California operations to report GHG emissions, climate-related financial risks, voluntary carbon offsets (VCO), and other climate-related emission claims. ...
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that exposes businesses to high penalties and litigation by expanding the scope of prohibited non-compete agreements is expected to be heard soon by the California Assembly. The bill, AB 747 (McCarty; D-Sacra