Legislative Bills That Determined The Courage Score - The People's Report Card of California

Name	Description
AB1028	Would eliminate the mandate that healthcare workers must report suspected domestic violence and abuse to law enforcement and creates new guidelines for directing survivors to social service agencies for support. Passed by the Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
AB1034	Would prohibit the use of face surveillance on body cameras worn by law enforcement officers for three years. Passed by Assembly; held in the Senate.
AB1082	Would eliminate the authority to tow or boot a vehicle for five or more unpaid parking citations, and increases the number of unpaid tickets that keeps a driver from renewing their vehicle registration. Passed by the Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
AB1133	Would centralize information on proper concealed carry practices and require concealed carry license applicants to pass a standardized exam. Passed by the Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
AB1167	Improves environmental accountability by requiring oil well owners to establish a bond to cover the full expense of plugging, decommissioning, and restoring the oil well site. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
AB12	Caps the security deposit required by any landlord for a rental unit at no more than one month of rent. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
AB1228	Sets a $20/hour minimum wage for fast food employees starting April 2024 and establishes a Fast Food Council that will write rules regulating working conditions. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
AB1266	Would eliminate the use of bench warrants -- which courts use to arrest people who cannot afford to pay fines or face barriers to appearing in court -- for minor infractions, which overly targets low-income individuals. Passed by the Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations committee.
AB1306	Would prevent the transfer of incarcerated individuals who qualify for release under certain criminal justice reforms to ICE. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.
AB1310	Would allow resentencing for individuals who have been subject to firearm sentence enhancements, which overly target people of color. Passed by the Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
AB1347	Would transition retailers away from printing paper receipts unless it is directly requested by the consumer, and eliminates the use of toxic chemicals on receipt paper by 2025. Passed by the Assembly; held by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
AB1484	Expands worker rights by allowing temporary employees of cities and counties to join existing bargaining units alongside permanent employees. Passed by the State Legislature and signed by the Governor.
AB1584	Would allow individual judges to determine the procedure for a defendant found incompetent to stand trial and speed up their access to mental health diversion programs and hospital care. Passed by Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
AB1604	Would increase charter school accountability by placing more regulations and reporting requirements on financial distributions from the Charter School Facility Grant Program, which provides facilities and operations funding for many charter schools in the state. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.
AB1699	Would require certain education employers to offer open positions to existing classified staff for 10 days before opening the position for applications from the general public; mandates that the employer must provide job training to an interested, but unqualified, internal candidate. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.
AB241	Would extend smog abatement fees and increased vehicle registration fees to 2025 with funds to go to the Alternative and Renewable Vehicle Technology Fund; reduces public funds allocated for hydrogen vehicle fueling stations and increases the development of electric vehicle infrastructure. Passed by the Assembly; held by the author.
AB28	Establishes an 11% tax on firearm and ammunition sales and routes the revenues to the new Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Fund to finance prevention, safety, response, and investigation programming. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
AB280	The California Mandela Act would limit the use of solitary confinement in jails, prisons, and private detention centers and protect certain populations from ever being placed in solitary confinement, including youth, the elderly, pregnant people, and people with certain disabilities. Passed by the State Legislature and held by the author in the Assembly to allow for more conversations with the Governor.
AB309	Would create a Social Housing Program and develop up to three qualified social housing projects for people of all income levels on state property. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.
AB363	Regulates the use of certain insecticides in nonagricultural settings and requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation to conduct research and release their findings on the impact these chemicals have on pollinators and human health by 2027. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
AB421	Requires the ballot label for statewide referendum measures -- initiatives to overturn state law by directly going to voters -- to be followed by the choices “Keep the law” and “Overturn the law.” Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
AB460	Would strengthen the authority of the State Water Resources Control Board to prevent illegal or wasteful uses of water, and increases penalties. Passed by the Assembly; held in Senate Committees on Natural Resources and Water and Judiciary.
AB504	Would give unionized public employees the right to sympathy-strike with other public employee unions. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.
AB524	Would ensure protection against discrimination for individuals who are caregivers for family members. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.
AB6	Would require that regional transportation agencies collaborate with the state board to approve their technical projects, and prioritizes active transportation by promoting projects that reduce greenhouse gases and the miles that need to be traveled by vehicle. Passed by the Assembly; in Senate Committees on Transportation and Environmental Quality.
AB600	Improves equity and due process by authorizing a judge to recall a sentence at any time if there has been a change in circumstances or law since the original sentencing. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
AB616	Would improve affordability and medical transparency by authorizing the public disclosure of financial reports and data from large medical groups, providers, and physician organizations. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.
AB631	Creates greater protection for communities impacted by local oil well operation by increasing the oversight and enforcement capacity of the California Geologic Energy Management Division. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
AB647	Prevents the new owner of a grocery store or distribution center from executing mass layoffs of existing workers or retaliating against workers who are involved in collective bargaining efforts. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
AB652	Establishes a Environmental Justice Advisory Committee within the Department of Pesticide Regulation -- to include representatives from communities with the most exposure to pesticides -- by 2025 to provide recommendations to the department. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
AB793	Would protect individuals seeking abortion or gender affirming care in California by prohibiting state governments with anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ laws from accessing their digital data to identify them to police. Passed by the Assembly, held in Senate Judiciary Committee.
AB93	Would prohibit peace or law enforcement officers from conducting searches without a warrant even if they have the expressed consent of the property owner. Not passed by the Assembly.
AB958	Would restore the right to personal visits for incarcerated individuals at a minimum of three in-person visiting days a week. Passed by the Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
AB985	Would direct the California Air Resources Board to review the the Emissions Reduction Credit System administered by the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District and update enforcement measures to make sure the system actually reduces emissions instead of increasing them. Passed by the Senate; not passed by the Assembly.
ACA13	Would mandate that a ballot measure designed to increase the voter approval requirement for future bills to also pass by that higher requirement. Passed by the State Legislature and qualified for the November 5, 2024 statewide ballot.
SB252	Would require the state's public retirement systems, CalPERS and CalSTRS, to divest of all fossil fuel investments by 2031. Passed by the Senate; held in the Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement.
SB253	The Climate Corporate Leadership and Accountability Act requires all large U.S.-based businesses in California with an annual revenue above $1 billion to publicly disclose their emissions. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
SB261	Requires businesses with revenues over $500 million to provide publicly available biennial reports to disclose their climate-related financial risk and the procedures that have been adopted to reduce that risk. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
SB365	Prevents trial court proceedings from being automatically delayed when one party appeals the court's order to deny compelled arbitration. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
SB399	Bans companies from requiring employees to attend closed-door meetings designed to communicate particular religious or political views; prohibits companies from retaliating against an employee for failing to attend such a gathering. Passed by the Senate; in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations.
SB403	Would prohibit discrimination based on an individual's caste, a social group that an individual is born into that has privileges and restrictions, depending on a person's caste. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.
SB452	Requires all new handguns sold in the state to be equipped with microstamping technology to improve the process of tracing shooters and gun traffickers. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
SB497	Protects workers from retaliation after they report labor violations or unequal pay. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
SB50	Would limit traffic stops -- for minor violations like car registration issues or broken tail lights -- that are often the starting point for violent and fatal police interactions. Passed by the Senate; held in the Assembly.
SB553	Improves worker safety by requiring employers to create a workplace violence plan, maintain documentation about workplace threats or incidents, and train employees on initiating an emergency response. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
SB555	Requires a statewide study of the opportunities, resources, obstacles, and recommendations for the creation of affordable social housing. Passed the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
SB567	Closes loopholes that allow for rampant abuse of the no-fault just causes for eviction and provides mechanisms for accountability and enforcement. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
SB616	Guarantees five days of paid sick leave for most workers in California. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
SB627	Would require that chain employers provide at least 60 days notice of the closure of a business location, and offer employees a store transfer to a location within 25 miles if there is an open position for which they are qualified. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.
SB686	Would extend workplace safety laws to the majority of domestic workers, including nannies, homecare workers, and housekeepers. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.
SB749	Eliminates the deadline for individuals convicted of low-level, non-violent felonies to apply for a reduction to a misdemeanor that was set in Proposition 47, approved by voters in 2014. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
SB770	Advances the creation of a single payer healthcare system by engaging stakeholders and leaders in discussions on program and funding. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
SB779	Expands public healthcare reporting requirements to include data from Community Health Centers on labor, revenue, workforce development, and mergers and acquisitions. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
SB81	Would increase fairness and transparency by prohibiting parole commissioners from considering age, race, gender, and education level when deciding whether or not an individual is suitable for release, and collecting data to track trends and biases. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.
SB94	Would allow a person sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole to petition for judicial review and resentencing if they have served at least 25 years of their sentence or were convicted of a crime that happened before 1990. Passed by the Senate; held in the Assembly.

AB1028

Would eliminate the mandate that healthcare workers must report suspected domestic violence and abuse to law enforcement and creates new guidelines for directing survivors to social service agencies for support. Passed by the Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB1034

Would prohibit the use of face surveillance on body cameras worn by law enforcement officers for three years. Passed by Assembly; held in the Senate.

AB1082

Would eliminate the authority to tow or boot a vehicle for five or more unpaid parking citations, and increases the number of unpaid tickets that keeps a driver from renewing their vehicle registration. Passed by the Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB1133

Would centralize information on proper concealed carry practices and require concealed carry license applicants to pass a standardized exam. Passed by the Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB1167

Improves environmental accountability by requiring oil well owners to establish a bond to cover the full expense of plugging, decommissioning, and restoring the oil well site. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

AB12

Caps the security deposit required by any landlord for a rental unit at no more than one month of rent. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

AB1228

Sets a $20/hour minimum wage for fast food employees starting April 2024 and establishes a Fast Food Council that will write rules regulating working conditions. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

AB1266

Would eliminate the use of bench warrants -- which courts use to arrest people who cannot afford to pay fines or face barriers to appearing in court -- for minor infractions, which overly targets low-income individuals. Passed by the Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations committee.

AB1306

Would prevent the transfer of incarcerated individuals who qualify for release under certain criminal justice reforms to ICE. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.

AB1310

Would allow resentencing for individuals who have been subject to firearm sentence enhancements, which overly target people of color. Passed by the Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB1347

Would transition retailers away from printing paper receipts unless it is directly requested by the consumer, and eliminates the use of toxic chemicals on receipt paper by 2025. Passed by the Assembly; held by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB1484

Expands worker rights by allowing temporary employees of cities and counties to join existing bargaining units alongside permanent employees. Passed by the State Legislature and signed by the Governor.

AB1584

Would allow individual judges to determine the procedure for a defendant found incompetent to stand trial and speed up their access to mental health diversion programs and hospital care. Passed by Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB1604

Would increase charter school accountability by placing more regulations and reporting requirements on financial distributions from the Charter School Facility Grant Program, which provides facilities and operations funding for many charter schools in the state. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.

AB1699

Would require certain education employers to offer open positions to existing classified staff for 10 days before opening the position for applications from the general public; mandates that the employer must provide job training to an interested, but unqualified, internal candidate. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.

AB241

Would extend smog abatement fees and increased vehicle registration fees to 2025 with funds to go to the Alternative and Renewable Vehicle Technology Fund; reduces public funds allocated for hydrogen vehicle fueling stations and increases the development of electric vehicle infrastructure. Passed by the Assembly; held by the author.

AB28

Establishes an 11% tax on firearm and ammunition sales and routes the revenues to the new Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Fund to finance prevention, safety, response, and investigation programming. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

AB280

The California Mandela Act would limit the use of solitary confinement in jails, prisons, and private detention centers and protect certain populations from ever being placed in solitary confinement, including youth, the elderly, pregnant people, and people with certain disabilities. Passed by the State Legislature and held by the author in the Assembly to allow for more conversations with the Governor.

AB309

Would create a Social Housing Program and develop up to three qualified social housing projects for people of all income levels on state property. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.

AB363

Regulates the use of certain insecticides in nonagricultural settings and requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation to conduct research and release their findings on the impact these chemicals have on pollinators and human health by 2027. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

AB421

Requires the ballot label for statewide referendum measures -- initiatives to overturn state law by directly going to voters -- to be followed by the choices “Keep the law” and “Overturn the law.” Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

AB460

Would strengthen the authority of the State Water Resources Control Board to prevent illegal or wasteful uses of water, and increases penalties. Passed by the Assembly; held in Senate Committees on Natural Resources and Water and Judiciary.

AB504

Would give unionized public employees the right to sympathy-strike with other public employee unions. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.

AB524

Would ensure protection against discrimination for individuals who are caregivers for family members. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.

AB6

Would require that regional transportation agencies collaborate with the state board to approve their technical projects, and prioritizes active transportation by promoting projects that reduce greenhouse gases and the miles that need to be traveled by vehicle. Passed by the Assembly; in Senate Committees on Transportation and Environmental Quality.

AB600

Improves equity and due process by authorizing a judge to recall a sentence at any time if there has been a change in circumstances or law since the original sentencing. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

AB616

Would improve affordability and medical transparency by authorizing the public disclosure of financial reports and data from large medical groups, providers, and physician organizations. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.

AB631

Creates greater protection for communities impacted by local oil well operation by increasing the oversight and enforcement capacity of the California Geologic Energy Management Division. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

AB647

Prevents the new owner of a grocery store or distribution center from executing mass layoffs of existing workers or retaliating against workers who are involved in collective bargaining efforts. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

AB652

Establishes a Environmental Justice Advisory Committee within the Department of Pesticide Regulation -- to include representatives from communities with the most exposure to pesticides -- by 2025 to provide recommendations to the department. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

AB793

Would protect individuals seeking abortion or gender affirming care in California by prohibiting state governments with anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ laws from accessing their digital data to identify them to police. Passed by the Assembly, held in Senate Judiciary Committee.

AB93

Would prohibit peace or law enforcement officers from conducting searches without a warrant even if they have the expressed consent of the property owner. Not passed by the Assembly.

AB958

Would restore the right to personal visits for incarcerated individuals at a minimum of three in-person visiting days a week. Passed by the Assembly; held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB985

Would direct the California Air Resources Board to review the the Emissions Reduction Credit System administered by the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District and update enforcement measures to make sure the system actually reduces emissions instead of increasing them. Passed by the Senate; not passed by the Assembly.

ACA13

Would mandate that a ballot measure designed to increase the voter approval requirement for future bills to also pass by that higher requirement. Passed by the State Legislature and qualified for the November 5, 2024 statewide ballot.

SB252

Would require the state's public retirement systems, CalPERS and CalSTRS, to divest of all fossil fuel investments by 2031. Passed by the Senate; held in the Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement.

SB253

The Climate Corporate Leadership and Accountability Act requires all large U.S.-based businesses in California with an annual revenue above $1 billion to publicly disclose their emissions. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

SB261

Requires businesses with revenues over $500 million to provide publicly available biennial reports to disclose their climate-related financial risk and the procedures that have been adopted to reduce that risk. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

SB365

Prevents trial court proceedings from being automatically delayed when one party appeals the court's order to deny compelled arbitration. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

SB399

Bans companies from requiring employees to attend closed-door meetings designed to communicate particular religious or political views; prohibits companies from retaliating against an employee for failing to attend such a gathering. Passed by the Senate; in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations.

SB403

Would prohibit discrimination based on an individual's caste, a social group that an individual is born into that has privileges and restrictions, depending on a person's caste. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.

SB452

Requires all new handguns sold in the state to be equipped with microstamping technology to improve the process of tracing shooters and gun traffickers. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

SB497

Protects workers from retaliation after they report labor violations or unequal pay. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

SB50

Would limit traffic stops -- for minor violations like car registration issues or broken tail lights -- that are often the starting point for violent and fatal police interactions. Passed by the Senate; held in the Assembly.

SB553

Improves worker safety by requiring employers to create a workplace violence plan, maintain documentation about workplace threats or incidents, and train employees on initiating an emergency response. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

SB555

Requires a statewide study of the opportunities, resources, obstacles, and recommendations for the creation of affordable social housing. Passed the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

SB567

Closes loopholes that allow for rampant abuse of the no-fault just causes for eviction and provides mechanisms for accountability and enforcement. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

SB616

Guarantees five days of paid sick leave for most workers in California. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

SB627

Would require that chain employers provide at least 60 days notice of the closure of a business location, and offer employees a store transfer to a location within 25 miles if there is an open position for which they are qualified. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.

SB686

Would extend workplace safety laws to the majority of domestic workers, including nannies, homecare workers, and housekeepers. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.

SB749

Eliminates the deadline for individuals convicted of low-level, non-violent felonies to apply for a reduction to a misdemeanor that was set in Proposition 47, approved by voters in 2014. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

SB770

Advances the creation of a single payer healthcare system by engaging stakeholders and leaders in discussions on program and funding. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

SB779

Expands public healthcare reporting requirements to include data from Community Health Centers on labor, revenue, workforce development, and mergers and acquisitions. Passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

SB81

Would increase fairness and transparency by prohibiting parole commissioners from considering age, race, gender, and education level when deciding whether or not an individual is suitable for release, and collecting data to track trends and biases. Passed by the State Legislature; vetoed by the Governor.

SB94

Would allow a person sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole to petition for judicial review and resentencing if they have served at least 25 years of their sentence or were convicted of a crime that happened before 1990. Passed by the Senate; held in the Assembly.