Bills marked: “Signed into Law” are a done deal. That specific bill is now a LAW.

• SD  5 Susan Eggman  916/651-4005 senator.eggman@sen.ca.gov                       

• SD  7 Steven Glazer   916/651-4007 senator.glazer@sen.ca.gov                   

• SD  9 Nancy Skinner  916/651-4009 senator.skinner@sen.ca.gov

• SD 10                       916/651-4010

• AD 14 Buffy Wicks     916/319-2014 assemblymember.wicks@assembly.ca.gov

• AD 16 R.Bauer-Kahan 916/319-2016 assemblymember.bauer-kahan@assembly.ca.gov

• AD 18 Mia Bonta        916/319-2018 assemblymember.bonta@assembly.ca.gov

• AD 20 Liz Ortega        916/319-2020

• AD 24 Alex Lee          916/319-2024

Tips for Calls and Letters :

Personalize the call. Let them know you are a parent, grandparent etc…: “I ask for a 'No' vote on each of these bills (give the bill name: XX-1234, XX-2123, ...) give your reason why, because ….”.  Be polite, to the point, and convincing. You want to sway but not alienate legislators.  Many instinctively react against your interests if you attack.   Calls sometimes get legislator attention, especially when hundreds occur over several days.

The bills listed are sorted by Theme to let you contact your legislators referencing several related bills in two phone calls or two letters (one for State Senate bills and one for Assembly Bills).  We only list active bills in which you can engage State legislators or committee chairs.   Once "Chaptered", a bad bill becomes law.  The Governor signed nearly all bad bills from last Session, so try to influence bills PRIOR to his desk.

• A bill pending referral allows comment to author using legislative web site but too early to contact other legislators.

• A bill in committee lets you ask the listed committee to 'pass' or 'kill the bill in committee'.

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• Once examined by Appropriations, time runs out!  A floor vote or consent calendar may occur soon.   Sometimes the bill gets revisions ("Third Reading") before passed to the alternate Chamber.

Read the steps here that a Bill goes through before signed into law:  Legislation Steps.   

Theme: Abortion

The Legislature continues to promote California as the destination for cheap and easy abortions, while lowering medical safety standards.  Taxpayers pay all costs. 

AB 45 - Privacy: health care data: location and research (Bauer-Kahan) - Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - This bill makes it unlawful to geofence an entity that provides in-person health care services and to prohibit health care providers from releasing medical research information related to an individual seeking or obtaining an abortion in response to a subpoena or request if that subpoena or request is based on another state’s laws that interfere with a person’s rights under the Reproductive Privacy Act.

AB 54 - Access to Safe Abortion Care - Passed Assembly, Senate Health Committee - This bill makes legislative findings about medication abortion, with a focus on mifepristone and misoprostol. The bill ensures access to a medication abortion.

AB 67 - Attorney General: Reproductive Privacy Act: enforcement (Bauer-Kahan) - Appropriations Committee - Existing law prohibits a person from being subject to civil or criminal liability, or otherwise deprived of their rights, with respect to their pregnancy or their actions to assist a pregnant person exercising their reproductive rights. This bill authorizes the Attorney General, if it appears that a person is about to engage in any act constituting a violation of the Reproductive Privacy Act, to bring an action in the superior court to enforce compliance. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to make public or private investigations, publish information concerning violation of the Reproductive Privacy Act, and subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the production of documents or records that they deem relevant or material to the inquiry. This bill imposes a civil penalty not exceeding $25,000 upon any person or governmental entity that violates any provision of the act and a civil penalty for violation of the bill’s provisions.

AB 260 - Sexual and reproductive health care - Passed Assembly, Senate Health Committee - This bill ensures that patients can continue to access care, including abortion, gender-affirming care, and other sexual and reproductive health care in California, and to allow patients to access care through asynchronous modes.

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Theme: Drugs and Tobacco

💊 Fentanyl is a highly addictive and extremely lethal synthetic opioid. It is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.

SB 6 - Controlled substances: xylazine - Passed Senate, Assembly Pending Referral - This bill adds xylazine to the list of Schedule III substance. If an animal drug containing xylazine that has been approved is not available in California, the bill creates an exception for a substance intended to be used to compound an animal drug. The bill excludes from the prohibitions on paraphernalia any testing equipment to analyze a substance for the presence of xylazine. By creating a new crime, the bill imposes a state-mandated local program.

AB 309 – Hypodermic needles and syringes.- Passed Assembly, Senate Health Committee - - Ask for a NO vote - Provides free needles to drug users across the state, encouraging substance abuse instead of addressing it

AB 554 – Health care coverage: antiretroviral drugs, drug devices, and drug products.- Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Ask for a NO vote -Forces insurers to cover HIV prevention drugs like PrEP, which works like a condom, treating personal choices as an insurance obligation

AB 575 – Obesity Prevention Treatment Parity Act. - Health Committee - Ask for a NO vote -Mandates insurance coverage for Ozempic, a weight loss drug

AB 957 – Cigarette and tobacco products: retail sale: pharmacies.- Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Ask for a NO vote - Bans pharmacies from selling tobacco, creating a black market and making it easier for kids to buy cigarettes

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Theme: Education

SB 64 - Education expenses: School Choice Flex Account Act (Grove, Rep) - STILL in Education Committee - Ask for YES Vote - This bill establishes the School Choice Flex Account (SCFA) Trust, as a fund within the State Treasury to be administered by the SCFA Trust Board. The bill would authorize certain children eligible to be enrolled in K to 12, inclusive, to establish an SCFA or Special Education Flex Account (SEFA), based on parent or guardian income. The bill would, beginning with the 2031–32 school year, authorize every child eligible to be enrolled in K to 12, inclusive, to establish an SCFA or SEFA. The bill would credit a deposit amount to the account of every eligible student enrolled in an eligible school for tuition and certain school expenses.

SCA 1 - Educational expenses: school choice flex accounts and special education flex accounts (Grove, Rep) - STILL Pending Referral --Ask for YES Vote - Constitutional Amendment - The California Constitution prohibits public money for support of any sectarian or denominational school or any school not under the exclusive control of the officers of the public schools. This measure, notwithstanding the constitutional provisions referenced above or any other provision of the California Constitution, authorizes the state, and every agency or political subdivision, to disburse funds pursuant to an agreement between the state and a parent or legal guardian of an eligible child for tuition and education-related expenses associated with attending a private school serving students K to 12, inclusive, irrespective of religious affiliation, as provided by statute, and provide tax or other public benefits to private schools serving students K to 12, inclusive, irrespective of religious affiliation, to further the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.

AB 49 – School sites: immigration enforcement - Passed Assembly, Senate Education Committee - Ask for a NO vote -Prohibits ICE from going onto school property to conduct enforcement, protecting criminals instead of kids

AB 68 – School safety: armed school resource officers - Education Committee - CRA asks for YES Vote - Requires such Officers on Every School Campus

AB 84 - CRA asks for NO vote - Destroys non-classroom based Public-Charter Schools, Homeschool Programs, and Small Business Service Vendors

AB 579 - Yaeli’s Law. - STILL pending referral - Ask for YES Vote - Protects parents from being labeled neglectful for their choices regarding gender identity and health care decisions for their children.

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Theme: Elections

The ACGOP contact for this theme is Jackie Cota.  See Election Integrity Project (California) website for analysis letters here: https://www.eip-ca.com/opposition_letters/ 

Delayed from 2024 ACA 13 >> ON NOVEMBER 2026 BALLOT << Voting thresholds - This Constitutional Amendment raises voter mandate from 50% to 67% for constitutional amendments by citizen initiative.  It is specifically aimed against HJTA efforts to Protect Prop 13. - Senator Glazier’s aide 9/7 said that ACA 13 was shelved in committee and probably would not be voted on. - They LIED.  Moved out of Appropriations five days later 9/12 and passed by Senate on 9/14/2023 - Quietly held on Consent Calendar until 11/1, Signed onto Ballot 11/2/2023 - On your Ballot, vote NO in the November 2026 Election to kill this stealth Proposition.

AB 5 - Elections: official canvass - Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Ask for YES Vote - California Voter ID and Election Integrity. This bill requires a government-issued ID to vote, verifying the citizenship of voters, maintaining accurate voter lists, incentivizing timely counting of ballots, and enhancing the signature review process.

AB 930 - Elections and voting procedures. - Passed Assembly, Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee - Ask for NO Vote - Allows non-citizens — including illegal immigrants — to serve on official recount boards and handle your ballots!

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Theme: Gun Control

SB 15 - Firearms - Appropriations Committee - Existing law authorizes a court to issue a temporary gun violence restraining order prohibiting a person from possessing a firearm or ammunition if there is reasonable cause to believe that a person poses a significant danger of harm to themselves or to another person by having a firearm. This bill enacts legislation relating to gun violence prevention. Affects identical sentence as AB256.

AB 256 - Crimes involving firearms - STILL Pending Referral - Existing law generally regulates the manufacture, distribution, transportation, and importation of specified firearms.  This bill enacts legislation relating to crimes involving firearms. (as opposed to "gun violence protection").  Affects identical sentence as SB15.

AB 1127 - Firearms: converter pistols. - Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - It prohibits a licensed firearms dealer to sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer, or deliver any semiautomatic machinegun-convertible pistol

AB 1187 – Firearms: safety certificates.- Appropriations Committee - Ask for a NO vote -Requires anyone wanting to buy a gun to attend an eight-hour training course every time they purchase one

AB 1333 – Crimes: homicide.- Public Safety Committee - CRA asks for a NO vote - Makes self-defense illegal by allowing an individual to be charged with a crime for defending themselves from a criminal

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Theme: Housing

SB 79 - Planning and zoning: housing development: transit-oriented development (Wiener) - Appropriations Committee - Ask for a NO vote - Existing law handles disposal of surplus land by a local agency. This bill includes land leased to support public transit agencies. SB79 is a massive up-zoning by the state. SB 79 projects are approved ministerially - without city or community input and without environmental review. It up-zones around transit stops, categorized into 3 "tiers". Depending on the tier, land around transit stops are up-zoned to 45, 55, 65, and 75 feet. All are eligible for more height using density bonuses and an "adjacency intensifier". Areas affected are within a 1/4 or 1/2 mile from each stop. Mapping shows these areas overlap, up-zoning along the whole transit line and extending into surrounding neighborhoods. In some cases, up-zoning entire communities.

• Up-zoning does not increase housing supply or affordability

• Up-zoning raises land values and makes housing more expensive

• Bus transit is an unstable basis for building 50+ year structures

• Gentrification and displacement - Transit is mostly relied on by lower income families

• A major usurping of the authority of local jurisdictions

SB 336 - Real property tax: welfare exemption: moderate-income housing (Wiener) - Appropriations Committee - This bill provides a partial welfare exemption for residential rental property used for low- and moderate-income households. The bill requires an owner to make specified certifications, under penalty of perjury, relating to the use of the property. By expanding the duties of local tax officials, and by expanding the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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Theme: Reparations to Black Residents 

See 4/2/2024 article at https://www.kqed.org/news/11981271/track-the-success-of-californias-14-reparations-bills-for-black-residents  - The State is not focused upon real policy to rebuild California with industry, skilled jobs, agriculture and getting rid of illegal drugs, homelessness and crime. - Mindy P

From 2024 SB1050: California American Freedmen Affairs Agency: racially motivated eminent domain - Unfinished Business - Compensation for land taken by eminent domain. 

AB 57 - Home Purchase Assistance Program: descendants of formerly enslaved people - Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Existing California Housing Finance Agency makes loans to finance affordable housing and to administer a home purchase assistance program for low- and moderate-income home buyers. This bill reserves a portion of the moneys in the program for descendants of slaves.

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Theme: Sexual Overhaul

Scott Wiener promotes many bills hostile to traditional faith beliefs, traditional sexual morals, and parental authority.  Read carefully any bill bearing his name.  He has MANY like-minded peers.

SB 59 - Change of gender and sex identifier (Wiener) - Passed Senate, Assembly Pending Referral - Ask for NO Vote - Existing law requires a petition for a change of gender and sex identifier (and/or name) ...  filed by a person under 18 years of age, and any papers associated, to be kept confidential by the court. Existing law limits data access solely to the minor, the minor’s parents, and their attorneys. This bill expands that confidentiality... regardless of the age of the person who filed the petition. This bill makes this provision retroactive.

AB 1084 - Change of name and gender and sex identifier. - Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Ask for NO Vote - AB1084 is a misrepresentation of the voter majority.  The author says, “It is harder for transgender people to live openly as their authentic selves.”  This is a blatant attack on parental rights.  AB 1084 speeds up changing names and sex on official documents - including birth certificates.   It sets aside parents’ rights.    We appreciate your attention to this important matter.  These types of bills are coming far too many in a short period.  We MUST take a stand if parents are to have any rights left. 

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Theme: Water 

SB 72 - California Water Plan: long-term supply targets - Passed Senate, Assembly Pending Referral - This bill expands the advisory committee to include tribes, labor, and environmental justice interests. The bill updates the interim planning target for 2050 to consider future water needs for all usage sectors. The bill requires a discussion of the estimated costs and benefits of any project type or action that could help achieve water supply targets. The bill requires public workshops to give interested parties an opportunity to comment on the plan.

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Theme: Taxation and Government Salaries

AB 245 - Property taxation: application of base year value: disaster relief. - Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - All property is taxable and assessed at the same percentage of fair market value, unless otherwise provided by the California Constitution or federal law.  This bill provides meaningful and automatic property tax relief for disaster victims, including fire disasters, in areas proclaimed in a state of emergency by the Governor.

AB 397 – Personal Income Tax Law: young child tax credit.- Appropriations Committee - Ask for a NO vote -Provides child tax credits for undocumented individuals up to age 18, rewarding illegal behavior and draining taxpayer resources

AB 471 - County air pollution control districts: board members: compensation. - Passed Assembly, Senate Environmental Quality - Ask for a NO vote - Increases pay for county officials on Air pollution control districts

AB 1421 (Wilson) - Vehicles: Road Usage Charge - Technical Advisory Committee. - Transportation Committee - Ask for a NO vote -Imposes a costly mileage tax on all CA drivers – costing $900 to $1200 a year on top of gas and car taxes. Existing law requires the Transportation Commission to create a Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee to guide a pilot program proposing mileage-based revenue collection as an alternative to the gas tax system. Existing law requires Transportation Agency to implement the pilot program. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2027. This bill extends the provisions until January 1, 2035.

ACA 2 – Legislature: retirement - Thankfully still pending referral - Ask for a NO vote - Constitutional Amendment - Guarantee gold-plated pensions for politicians, ensuring politicians have a cushy retirement while taxpayers foot the bill

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Theme: Transportation

AB 12 - Low-carbon fuel standard: regulations. - Natural Resources Committee - Ask for a NO vote - Increases gas tax by another 65 cents per gallon.

AB 435 – Vehicles: child passenger restraints.- Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Ask for a NO vote - Increases age requirement for securing children in a baby seat from 8 to 13 years old!

AB 891 – Transportation: Quick-Build Project Pilot Program - Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Ask for a NO vote -Converts already cramped highway lanes into bicycle lanes

AB 954 – State transportation improvement program: bicycle highway pilot program.- Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral- Ask for a NO vote -Diverts gas tax revenue, which was initially promised to be used for road maintenance, to fund bicycle lane construction

AB 1421 (Wilson) - Vehicles: Road Usage Charge - Technical Advisory Committee. - Transportation Committee - Ask for a NO vote -Imposes a costly mileage tax on all CA drivers – costing $900 to $1200 a year on top of gas and car taxes. Existing law requires the Transportation Commission to create a Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee to guide a pilot program proposing mileage-based revenue collection as an alternative to the gas tax system. Existing law requires Transportation Agency to implement the pilot program. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2027. This bill extends the provisions until January 1, 2035.

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Theme: Other 

Year 2024 SB 227- Unemployment: Excluded Workers Program - Unfinished Business - Establishes an “Excluded Workers Program” within the Employment Development Department (EDD) to provide income assistance to unemployed excluded workers who are not eligible for regular state or federal unemployment insurance benefits due to their immigration status. 

SB 281 –Pleas: immigration advisement. - Passed Senate, Assembly Public Safety Committee - Ask for a NO vote -Vacates criminal convictions for non-citizens if they weren’t warned about deportation risks—an automatic get-out-of-jail-free card

AB 56 – Social media: warning labels.- Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Ask for a NO vote - Forces social media platforms to warn you about dangers every day

AB 268 – State holidays: Diwali.- Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Ask for a NO vote - Creates a new state holiday for Diwali, costing millions in overtime for government employees who still have to work

AB 446 – Surveillance pricing.- Passed Assembly, Senate Judiciary Committee - Ask for a NO vote -Bans businesses from using personal data to adjust their prices, even though the government does the same by charging different rates based on income

AB 475 – Prisons and jails: employment of inmates.- Appropriations Committee - Ask for a NO vote -Bans requiring prisoners in state prisons to do basic work like cleaning, laundry, and cafeteria work

AB 666 –State cryptid. - Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee - Ask for a NO vote -Designates Bigfoot as California’s official "cryptid"– wasting legislative time on imaginary creatures

AB 681 – California DREAM Loan Program: limits. - Passed Assembly, Senate Education Committe - Ask for a NO vote -Gives undocumented students up to $140,000 in taxpayer funded loans—while citizens get nothing comparable

AB 715 – Attorneys: discipline: sensitive services.- Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Ask for a NO vote -Allows attorneys who break the law in other states to practice in California, no matter the crime!

AB 766 –State agencies and departments: strategic plans: diversity, equity, and inclusion.- Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Ask for a NO vote -Forces state agencies to shove Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) goals into their strategic plans

AB 916 – Safer Soap Act. - Health Committee - Ask for a NO vote -Bans hand soap and body wash containing disinfectant or antiseptic ingredients - after encouraging their use during the pandemic

AB 928 – Roosters: restrictions. - Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Ask for a NO vote -Fines you $2,500 per rooster if you raise more than three per acre on your own land

AB942 - Net energy metering: eligible customer-generators: tariffs. - Passed Assembly, Senate Pending Referral - Ask for a NO vote - An eligible customer-generator that has taken service pursuant to NEM 1.0 or 2.0 for 10 or more years is no longer entitled to take service under that contract or tariff. The bill would require that eligible customer-generator to take service under the then-current applicable tariff adopted by the commission after December 1, 2022, disqualify that eligible customer-generator from eligibility for the avoided cost calculator plus glide path, as specified, and would require the eligible customer-generator to pay all nonbypassable charges that are applicable to customers that are not eligible customer-generators. - CPUC proposed to break your solar contract [NEM 1.0, NEM 2.0 and NEM 3.0] and slash your solar credit, and SLAP you with a solar tax. These changes would apply to ALL solar customers who signed up for solar before April 2023 (NEM1 and NEM2).