AB 63 California Legislature Candidate Residency and Updating Elections Results Updates requires county registrars to provide updated election results at least two times per week. It also requires the Secretary of State to notify the relevant house of the Legislature if any legislative candidate who won their race was not continually registered to vote in the district that they ran to represent. Signed into law October 2023.
AB 336 Contractor Workers’ Compensation Classification will require all active contractor licensees to report to the CLSB their workers’ compensation classification code as a condition of licensure, and to post each licensee’s classification code on the Board’s website. Signed into law October 2023.
AB 453 California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) Reform requires local governments transitioning to district-based elections set a time certain to discuss the matter at public hearings required by the California Voting Rights Act, improving transparency by ensuring the public will know when the item will come up on the agenda. Signed into law August 2024.
AB 777 Enhancing Community Protections Surrounding Stringfellow Acid Pits Site expands the prohibitions in existing law on the treatment, storage, transfer to, or disposal of any kind of waste—including soil samples—generated from any other toxic waste site at the Stringfellow Acid Pits in the City of Jurupa Valley. The bill would also require notification by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to the City of Jurupa Valley and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors within three days if any material or substance generated from any other toxic waste site is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Acid Pits site. Signed into law October 2023.
AB 1807 Riverside County Citizens Redistricting Commission Update improves transparency by making the existing Riverside County Citizens Redistricting Commission—charged with drawing new boundaries for the Riverside County Board of Supervisors—more transparent, equitable, and accessible. This law expands on previous legislation authored by Assemblymember Cervantes, AB 1307 (2022), which established the commission; along with a $1 million allocation from the 2022-23 State Budget to fund its implementation. Signed into law September 2024.
AB 1887 Student Financial Aid extended the application deadline for financial aid programs from April 2, 2024 to May 2, 2024 in response to implementation issues with the federal Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), providing California students with more time to complete the FAFSA and access the financial resources they need to begin their college careers. Signed into law March 2024.
AB 1899 Inclusive Juror Questionnaires makes juror questionnaires employed by trial courts more inclusive of our LGBTQ+ community by using more gender-neutral language and provide options to answer questions in a manner that embraces different sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. Signed into law September 2024.
AB 1936 Maternal Mental Health Care expands health access by providing women and birthing people the opportunity to have a maternal mental health screening both during pregnancy and up to six weeks during the postpartum period. This will help improve access to diagnoses and treatment for maternal mental health issues. Signed into law September 2024.
AB 2370 Prohibition on AI in Teaching Community College Courses helps protect community college faculty from encroachment by artificial intelligence (AI) by requiring that instructors of record for credit and non-credit courses must meet minimum requirements set by the Board of Governors of the CA Community Colleges. While instructors may continue to use AI as a support tool, this law will help ensure that community college students primarily receive instruction from human faculty. Signed into law July 2024.
AB 2951 Updating Voter Registration Notification Policies provides the California Secretary of State with more time — until July 1, 2025 — to implement an existing requirement to notify individuals before their voter registration is canceled due to a change of address or death. Signed into law September 2024.