Governor Newsom issues legislative update 7.18.24

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has signed the following bills:

• AB 295 by Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) – Residential real property: foreclosure.
• AB 1796 by Assemblymember Juan Alanis (R-Modesto) – Pupil instruction: course offerings: parental notification.
• AB 1854 by Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo (D-Chatsworth) – Service member protections.
• AB 1929 by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) – Career technical education: data collection.
• AB 1982 by Assemblymember Devon Mathis (R-Porterville) – Firearm safety certificate: exemptions.
• AB 2011 by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) – Unlawful employment practices: small employer family leave mediation program: reproductive loss leave.
• AB 2157 by Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) – City of Alameda Health Care District: certificates of participation: lien.
• AB 2173 by Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) – Special education: emotional disability.
• AB 2197 by Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) – Personal income taxes: Protect Our Coast and Oceans Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.
• AB 2283 by Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco (D-Downey) – Civil actions: electronic service.
• AB 2367 by Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-San Jose) – Highways: supplemental destination signs: state special schools.
• AB 2521 by Assemblymember Marie Waldron (R-Valley Center) – Criminal procedure: confidentiality and DNA testing.
• AB 2771 by Assemblymember Brian Maienschein (D-San Diego) – Pupil attendance: schoolsite absence intervention teams.
• AB 2813 by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) – Government Investment Act.
• AB 2841 by Assemblymember Marie Waldron (R-Valley Center) – Controlled substances: Research Advisory Panel: meetings.
• AB 2908 by Assemblymember Phillip Chen (R-Yorba Linda) –  Shareholders’ meetings: remote communication.
• AB 3105 by Assemblymember Heath Flora (R-Modesto) –  Employment: wages and hours: exemption for faculty at private institutions of higher education.
• SB 949 by Senator Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas) – Superior court: lactation accommodation.
• SB 1024 by Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa) – Healing arts: Board of Behavioral Sciences: licensees and registrants.
• SB 1034 by Senator Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta) – California Public Records Act: state of emergency.
• SB 1190 by Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) – Mobilehomes: solar energy systems.
• SB 1353 by Senator Aisha Wahab (D-Silicon Valley) – Youth Bill of Rights.
• SB 1385 by Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside) – Medi-Cal: community health workers: supervising providers.

The Governor also announced that he has vetoed the following bill:

• AB 1272 by Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) – State Water Resources Control Board: drought planning. A veto message can be found here.

For full text of the bills, visit: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov.