SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
California lawmakers face a midnight deadline on Thursday to pass new, proposed laws for the year.
Bills passed are sent to the governor, who then has until Oct. 14 to sign or veto the measures. Here's a look at some of the proposals the Legislature has sent him.
Labor
AB 1 - Allows legislative staff to unionize.
SB 799 - Allows workers on strike for at least two weeks to have access to unemployment benefits.
SB 525 - Raises minimum wage for healthcare workers to $25 an hour over the next few years.
AB 1228 - Raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour by April of 2024.
Public Safety
SB 14 - Classifies child sex trafficking as a serious felony to increase prison time for repeat offenders.
AB 701 - Enhances prison time and penalties for high-level, illegal fentanyl dealers carrying at least a kilo of the drug.
SB 2 - Sets new limits for concealed carry firearms in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's Bruen decision.
Gender, race, and ethnicity
AB 1078 - Prevents California public school systems from banning books on gender and race.
AB 957 - Requires judges in California to consider a parent's affirmation of their child's gender identity in child custody disputes.
AB 5 - Establishes the Safe and Supportive Schools Act, establishing required training for public school staff and teachers on supporting LGBTQ students.
SB 403 - Prohibits caste discrimination.
Housing
AB 12 - Prohibits landlords from requiring a security deposit greater than one month's rent.
SB 423 - Fast tracks the construction of affordable housing.
SB 4 - Allows religious institutions, including churches, synagogues and nonprofit colleges, to build affordable housing on their property.
Miscellaneous
SB 58 - Legalizes the personal use of some natural psychedelic drugs, including magic mushrooms.
SB 253 - Requires large companies doing business in California to disclose their carbon emissions.
SB 261 - Requires large companies doing business in California to disclose their climate risk.
SJR 7 - Calls for a U.S. Constitutional convention to add an amendment on gun control. This requires 33 other states to do the same in order to launch the next phase.
Measures for the 2024 Ballot
ACA 1 - Asks voters to make it easier for local governments to increase taxes for affordable housing and infrastructure projects by lowering the voter threshold for approval. If passed through the Legislature, it still needs voter approval to become law.
ACA 13 - Asks voters to requires ballot initiatives that attempt to raise the voter threshold to pass a law to also pass by that same threshold it wants voters to approve.
SB 326/AB 531- Asks voters to approve changes to the Mental Health Services Act, which would become the Behavioral Health Services Act that would require most of the funds collected through an existing 1% tax on millionaires to be used on housing those who are severely mentally ill and homeless. It also asks voters to approve a $6 billion bond to help fund the effort.
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