Current Legislation

California Legislative 2024 Updates 

Upcoming Important Dates:

August 5: Legislature Reconvened

August 15: Appropriation Hearing 

August 31: End of Session

September 30: Last Day for Governor to sign or veto bills

 

BWOPA Supported Legislation Status Update:

ACA 8 (End Slavery)  Qualified for ballot as Proposition 6
AB 1810 (Bryan)  Menstrual Equity for Incarcerated Women: In Senate Appropriations
AB 1815 (Weber) CROWN ACT in Sports: On Senate Floor
AB 2319 (Wilson/Weber) Black Maternal Health: In Senate Health
AB 1975 (Bonta) Food as Medicine: In Senate Appropriations
AB 2041 (Bonta) Campaign Funds for Security: On Senate Floor
SB 782 (Limon) Appointment Transparency: In Assembly Appropriations
AB 2160 (McKinnor) Maternal Health Justice: Held in Assembly Appropriations
AB 3089 (Jones-Sawyer) CA Slavery Apology: In Senate Appropriations
AB-3218 (Wood) Flavored Tobacco Prohibition: Enforcement: In Senate Appropriations
SB 1050 (Bradford) Restitution for Racially Motivated Takings: In Assembly Appropriations
AB 2110 (Arambula) ACE's Screenings by Community Health Workers and Doulas: Held in Assembly Appropriations
AB 1986 (Bryan) Prison Book Ban Accountability and Transparency: In Senate Appropriations
AB 884 (Low) Expanding Voter Language Access: In Senate Appropriations
SB 299 (Limon) Automatic Voter Registration: In Assembly Appropriations
AB 3217 (Bryan) Family Finding: In Senate Appropriations
AB 3145 Meaningful Help for Parents: On Senate Floor

As of August 8th - Many of our supported bills are currently in Appropriations committees, with a few on the Senate floor.

2023

AB 549 (Wilson) California Elimination Of Discrimination Against Women

This bill would require all state agencies, in consultation with the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, to conduct an evaluation of their departments to ensure that the state does not discriminate against women through the allocation of funding and the delivery of services. 

AB 884 (Low & Cervantes) Expanding Language Access In Elections

This bill expands when the Secretary of State and county elections officials must provide translated election materials and language services to voters.

ACA 4/AB 1595 (Bryan) Restore Voting Rights In Prison

These companion bills would permit a person in prison to register to vote and vote if voters approve a corresponding constitutional amendment.

SB 94 (Cortese) Second Look: Judicial Review Of Old Sentences

This bill would authorize an individual serving a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for a conviction in which one or more special circumstances were found to be true to petition for recall and resentencing if the offense occurred before June 5, 1990, and the individual has served at least 25 years in custody.

AB 665 (Carrillo) Mental Health Consent Parity for Medi-Cal Recipients

This bill allows, beginning July 1, 2024, minors aged 12 years and older to consent to outpatient mental health treatment and residential shelter services provided that the treating professional determines that the minor is mature enough to participate intelligently, bringing the provision in line with the current authorization for 12-year-olds with private insurance to consent to mental health treatment.

SB 242 (Skinner) Strengthening HOPE for Children Trust

This bill would, to the extent permitted by federal law, prohibit funds deposited and investment returns accrued in a HOPE trust fund account from being considered as income or assets when determining eligibility and benefit amount for any means-tested program until an eligible youth withdraws or transfers the funds from the HOPE trust fund account, as specified.

SB 673 (Bradford) Ebony Alert

This bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an “Ebony Alert” concerning Black youth, including young women and girls, who are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances. The bill would require the department to activate an Ebony Alert within the appropriate geographical area requested by the investigating law enforcement agency and to assist the agency by disseminating specified alert messages and signs if the department concurs with the agency that an Ebony Alert would be an effective tool in the investigation of a missing person according to specified factors.

SB 702 (Limon) Gubernatorial Boards & Commissions

This bill would require the office of the Governor, commencing January 1, 2025, to maintain on its Internet website a list of every state board and commission that includes, for each state board or commission, the membership list, stated purpose, duties, meeting frequency, internet website, and vacancies in the membership. The bill would also require the office of the Governor, on or before January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, to create and publish on its Internet website a report containing aggregate demographic information of appointments made by the office during the prior calendar year, as specified.