California Governor Gavin Newsom signedSenate Bill 219(SB-219)Greenhouse Gases: Climate Corporate Accountability: Climate-Related Financial Risk, into law on September 27, 2024. This law amends California climate bills passed in October 2023. See article below for a summary of the original bills. S...
As more women populate the workforce and as our society grows in age, federal and state bills are being passed that allow employees to take the necessary leave to tend to new children, serious illnesses and elder care. California was the first state to pass a paid family leave law that ...
The bill builds off a similar requirement that went into effect in the European Union in July and would make California the first state to pass a bill of this sort. It would work by warning drivers of passenger vehicles, trucks and buses with a single sound and visual ...
The amped-up discourse and lobbying over the California bill, which passed the state’s Senate in May 32-1 and heads to a final vote in August, has reached a crescendo over the past few weeks. The state senator who introduced the bill, Scott Wiener, recently told Fortune he likens the ...
a host of billspassed by the Legislature this year to regulate AI,fight deepfakesandprotect workers. State lawmakers said California must take actions this year, citing hard lessons they learned from failing to rein in social media companies when they might have had a chance. ...
While these bills mark important steps in curbing AI misuse, a broader AI regulation known as the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act (SB-1047) remains in limbo. The bill, passed by the California state legislature last month, would impose more comprehensive...
The legislation is among a host of bills passed by the Legislature this year to regulate AI, fight deepfakes and protect workers. State lawmakers said California must take actions this year, citing hard lessons they learned from failing to rein in social media companies when they might have had...
As is usual, some placeholder cannabis bills were introduced that will be amended later with substantive provisions. Here are more detailedhighlights of select cannabis bills. AB 227 and SB 65 (Budget Act of 2025) will be largely guided by the California Governor’s Proposed 2025-...
With no dollar amount attached, it passes another hurdle -- next going on to face increased scrutiny in the state senate and then to the governor.
Each year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs hundreds of laws passed by the state Legislature. Most take effect Jan. 1 the following year. But sometimes lawmakers will delay a law's effective date for a variety of reasons, including giving people more time to prepare for the new r...