On September 27, 2024, California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, signed into lawSenate Bill 219(SB 219), which enacts several amendments to the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and the Climate‐Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261), both of which are summ...
California Governor Signs Bills to Bolster Gun Control More Juliana Yamada FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and members of the California delegation at Oracle Park in San Francisco, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, Pool,...
SB 219 amends certain climate disclosure requirements under Senate Bill 253, Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and Senate Bill 261, Greenhouse Gases: Climate-Related Financial Risk (SB 261).1 The bills require companies with significant revenues in California that are “doing ...
A few other notable bills: Assembly Bill 12 limits the amount landlords can charge for a security deposit to just one month’s rent. Senate Bill 4 removes certain barriers to allow churches, religious organizations and colleges to build “affordable housing” on land they own. Senate Bill 567 ...
What –Effective January 1, 2023, Senate Bill 1044 protects employees from retaliation for refusing to work in "emergency conditions." Employees will be entitled to leave work or not come in during emergency conditions if they have a reasonable belief that the workplace is unsafe. You can requi...
The bill passed in the Assembly with bipartisan support June 1 and moved on to the state Senate. A hearing was initially scheduled for July 11, but Wicks' office announced Friday it would be rescheduled for 2024, picking back up at the same point in the legislative process. "I've agreed...
Democratic Sen. Susan Rubio was the Senate Insurance Committee chair for the past six years. As of Wednesday, that committee is the only committee in the entire legislature without a chair. Rubio, arguably the most qualified person for the role in the Senate, isembroiled in a federal corru...
Following the 2024 bill introduction deadline of February 16, the California Legislature's count for new bills this year is 2,124. That includes 1,505 in the Assembly and 619 in the Senate. A significant number of bills were introduced as "spot" bills—or placeholder measures—which means ...
(The following story was originally published on 01/22/2024) As California faces the largestinsurance crisisin the state's history,there is still no leader of the state Senate Insurance Committee. Democratic Sen. Susan Rubio was the Senate Insurance Committee chair for the past six ...
Senate Bill 1 of 2006, which established the statewide California Solar Initiative, also required the California Energy Commission (CEC) to implement regulations that require sellers of production homes to offer a solar energy system option to all prospective homebuyers. Besides offering solar as an ...