Public Safety & Crime Prevention
This bill is a public safety measure to make sure that California only buys firearms from responsible, law-abiding dealers by requiring vendors to follow gun safety laws and prevent sales to traffickers or prohibited buyers.
AB 458 – Firearm Procurement
This makes sure California doesn’t buy goods made with forced labor and/or human trafficking by requiring state contractors to follow anti-trafficking rules and protect workers
AB 381 – Preventing Trafficking through Public Procurement
This gives local governments the option to improve retirement benefits for public employees by allowing them to also use supplemental union pension plans
AB 569 – Supplemental Pension Plans
This bill increases the word count for tax ballot initiatives so that voters can receive a more accurate overview of the proposed tax policy.
AB 699 – Voter Transparency Act
This bill increases penalties for the use and sale of license plate covers in California. License plate covers help criminals avoid detection, and increasing the fines for both consumers and manufacturers will make purchasing and selling these covers unfeasible, leading to lower instances of law enforcement evasion.
AB 1085 – Obscured License Plates
This bill bans selling or listing restaurant reservations by a third party without a proper agreement with the restaurant. It will give consumers fair access to restaurant reservations and ensure restaurant protection against lost revenue and other logistical issues, such as the ability to pay employees a steady income.
AB 1245 – California Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act
This helps nonprofit hospitals in California get long-term funding to cover everyday costs like staff salaries and patient care. Right now, they can only get short-term help, but this bill removes that limit so hospitals have the financial support they need to stay open and care for our communities
AB 627 – Long-Term Working Capital for Nonprofit Hospitals
This bill establishes state funding for local communities and Tribal Nations to participate in offshore wind development. Offshore wind developers will give financial support to the fund or directly to communities and Tribal Nations, leading to more diverse voices and expertise in offshore wind development. This will increase public trust in offshore wind and help projects cross the finish line.
AB 1417 – Offshore Wind Development Capacity Building Fund
This bill ensures that victims’ restitution orders are paid before any other fines or fees associated with a criminal conviction, aligning statutory law with California’s constitutional mandate.
AB 1213 – Restitution First Act
This strengthens protections for seniors by requiring banks and financial institutions to improve training and reporting when they spot potential scams or financial abuse, helping prevent fraud and giving law enforcement more tools to catch scammers.
AB 871 – Elder Financial Abuse Training
This requires the state to perform an analysis of the current state of midwifery education in California to develop a well-trained midwife workforce across the state to address maternity and reproductive health provider shortages.
AB 836 – Midwifery Education Landscape Analysis
This bill updates the pricing of the Kids Plates specialty license plate program to increase funding for child abuse prevention, childcare safety, and childhood injury prevention.
AB 997 – Kids Specialty License Plate Program
This bill requires agencies to share records faster to reflect current information and make them publicly available, such as restraining orders. It enforces accountability for agencies to ensure records are sent as soon as possible. It also makes these current records available for any person involved in the case, strengthening protection for individuals and clarity for legal matters.
AB 1363 – Wyland's Law
Clarifies that when a legal separation is filed, both parties are not allowed to cancel insurance benefits that affect either party or its dependents, such as children, who may need this insurance support. This law makes sure that failing to pay insurance premiums also counts as cancellation and is punishable under the law.
AB 1297 – Automatic Temporary Restraining Orders
This ensures people seeking restraining or protective orders know they can request to attend court remotely, helping protect victims from being targeted in person.
AB 824 – Remote Hearings in Protective Order Cases
Along with Best Production Design, Wicked won this Oscar in 2025
Best Costume Design