California

Reviewing Insurance Rules for Wildfire Risk

This law requires state insurance officials to review their wildfire risk rules by January 1, 2030, and every five years after that.

Bill on Coastal Rules and Vandenberg Space Force Base

This bill would cancel the California Coastal Commission's objection to a specific plan for Vandenberg Space Force Base, declare those activities consistent with state coastal laws, and treat the bill itself as official agreement.

Changes to the 2023 and 2024 State Budgets

This law changes how money is spent in California for the 2023–24 and 2024–25 fiscal years by updating existing budget rules.

Exempting Five-Mile Basin Sediment Removal from CEQA

This law exempts a specific project to remove sediment in Chico's Five-Mile Basin from the usual environmental review rules required by state law.

Drought.

Contractor License Discipline for Unpaid Wages

This law allows the Attorney General to ask a court to discipline contractors who do not pay their workers full wages or ignore wage orders.

Public Health Emergency Plans and Wildfire Research

This law sets a deadline for the state health department to finish its wildfire air quality plan and requires counties to include public outreach in their own plans.

Keeping Tribal Financial Records Private

This law makes financial information that Indian tribes share with state or local agencies to receive funding confidential and not open to the public.

New Rules for Drowning Prevention Materials in Public Schools

This law changes language requirements for drowning prevention materials given to public schools, requires them to be free and aligned with federal safety guidelines, and directs state agencies to share resources online.

Firearms: Changes to Concealed Carry License Rules

This law allows spouses of firearm owners to apply as if they were the owner and adds new reasons for denying a license, such as providing false information or threatening elected officials.

AB-1007: Shorter Review Times for Development Projects

This law shortens the time responsible agencies have to approve or reject certain development projects from 90 days to 45 days.

New Alcohol Licenses for Restaurants in San Luis Obispo

This law creates an exception to population-based limits by allowing up to 10 new alcohol licenses specifically for restaurants in San Luis Obispo County.

New Rules for School Administrator Credentials Using Therapy Licenses

This law allows occupational and physical therapy licenses to help meet requirements for a school administrator credential, increases the experience requirement from three years to five years, but limits supervision of teachers.

Budget Act of 2025

This law provides money for state government operations during the 2025–26 fiscal year and takes effect immediately.

State Standard for Traffic Rules During Broadband Work

This bill states that the Legislature intends to create a single set of traffic control rules for local governments when they install broadband internet.

Crimes: child abuse and neglect: sentence credits.

AB 1011, as amended, Hoover.

Medi-Cal Eligibility and Senior Fund Changes

This proposed bill creates a new fund to pay Medicare Part B premiums for eligible individuals by ending full-scope Medi-Cal benefits for people without satisfactory immigrant status.

Peace officer training: behavioral health.

AB 1013, as introduced, Garcia.

Traffic Safety: Speed Limits

This law gives the Department of Transportation new powers to lower or keep current speed limits on non-freeway roads, similar to powers local governments already have.

Using Training Certificates for Harassment Prevention

This law allows employers to meet training rules by showing that an employee has a certificate of completion from the past two years.

Exemption Rules for Geothermal Power Plants

This law allows a state commission to skip its usual approval process for certain geothermal power plants if local agencies handle the environmental review and specific workforce rules are met.

New Reporting Rules for Energy Company Rate Cases

This law requires electric and gas companies to share specific financial data, including profit returns from the past 10 years and distribution capacity project forecasts, with the Public Utilities Commission during rate reviews.

Rules for Automated Decision Systems

This law regulates computer systems using AI or data analytics that help replace human judgment in decisions affecting people, requiring testing and giving individuals a way to appeal those decisions.

Using Law Enforcement Funds to Identify Unidentified Human Remains

This law allows specified rural and small county sheriff departments to use up to 20% of their existing funding from the Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Subaccount for identifying unidentified human remains.

Budget Act of 2025

This law provides money for state government programs and agencies for the 2025–26 fiscal year.

AB-1020: Reporting Rules for Utility Taxpayer Funding

This law requires investor-owned electric and gas utilities to report taxpayer funding of $1 million or more, mandates that financial benefits from this funding be passed quickly to customers, and directs the Public Utilities Commission to submit an annual summary report to the Legislature.

Housing on School Property

This law extends rules allowing affordable rental housing on school-owned land until January 1, 2036, and applies specific state review requirements to these projects.

AB-1022: Removing Authority to Tow or Immobilize Vehicles for Unpaid Parking Tickets

This law removes the power of peace officers and public employees to tow, impound, or immobilize vehicles when owners have five or more unpaid parking tickets or traffic violations.

Special Permit Rules for Zero Emissions Port Project in Los Angeles

This law gives the Los Angeles Harbor Department sole authority to issue coastal development permits for a specific zero-emissions port project and sets a 90-day deadline for state agencies to decide on related permit applications.

San Gabriel Valley Bear Management and Community Safety Act

This law requires California's Department of Fish and Wildlife to create a plan by January 1, 2027, for managing bears in cities within the San Gabriel Valley.

Standby Caretaker Act

This law allows custodial parents to name a standby caretaker or guardian who can care for their child if an activating event, such as an adverse immigration action, occurs.

Powering Up Californians Act

This vetoed bill proposed rules requiring the Public Utilities Commission to set time targets for connecting electricity and required large electric companies to share application guides online.

Cannabis: testing: quality assurance.

AB 1027, as amended, Sharp-Collins.

Rules for Temporary Employees at California Community Colleges

This law requires community colleges to follow union contract rules when ending temporary jobs and states that part-time teaching roles are always temporary with no guaranteed future employment.

Requiring Public Officials to Report Digital Financial Assets

Starting January 1, 2027, this law requires public officials and designated employees to list digital financial assets worth $2,000 or more on their official disclosure forms.

Budget Acts of 2022, 2023, and 2024

This law changes the state budget rules for three years by adding new spending items, removing old ones, and making other updates.

AB-1030: Changing Deadlines for County Treasurer Reports

This law changes how many business days a county treasurer has to send monthly money reports to the auditor after being asked.

AB-1031: Changes to Rules for Geothermal Waste

This law removes certain limits on the exemption from hazardous waste rules for geothermal energy projects and sets a maximum fee of $10 per ton for any remaining fees.

Coverage for Behavioral Health Visits

This vetoed bill proposed requiring large group health plans to pay for up to 12 mental health visits for people in wildfire emergency counties who suffered loss, trauma, or displacement.

AB-1033: Changes to Eminent Domain Appraisal Costs

This law raises the maximum amount public agencies must pay for property owners' independent appraisals when land is taken through eminent domain.

Adding Youth Mental Health Training for Teachers

This law requires teacher training programs to include a basic lesson on the mental health needs of young people.

Extending Fee Waiver Eligibility for Community College Baccalaureate Students

This law allows eligible community college students to receive fee waivers for up to four years if they move into upper-division classes in a bachelor's degree program.

AB-1036: Expanding Access to Case Files After Conviction

This law expands access to case files for people serving prison sentences and requires lawyers to keep digital copies of those files starting in July 2026.

Public Health Law Changes for Substance Use and Overdose Response

This law removes training requirements for people holding or giving overdose-reversing medicine, protects them from lawsuits if they act in good faith, changes rules so treatment centers cannot require sobriety before admission, updates how prevention programs are defined, and creates a combined application process for certain recovery facilities.

AB-1038: Rules for Using Dogs with Bears

This law requires officials to create specific times when people can use dogs to chase bears without hurting them, and later allows using dogs during bear hunting seasons if a management plan is updated.

Changes to Rules for Advance Payments on State Grants and Contracts

This law requires state agencies to make early payments, called advance payments, to eligible groups for new grants starting in 2026, while changing rules about prioritizing certain communities and how payment details are shared.

Budget Act of 2025

This law provides money for state government operations in the 2025–26 fiscal year and makes changes to previous budget rules.

Keeping Voting Residency After a Natural Disaster

This law says people who leave their homes because of a natural disaster do not lose their voting address if they plan to return.

Health Care Provider Credentialing Rules

Starting in 2028, health plans and insurers must use a standard form to check provider qualifications and decide on applications within 90 days.

Managed Honeybee Health Program

This proposed law would create a new program to help keep managed honeybees in California healthy by offering grants for projects that support bee health and research.

Age Verification Signals for Apps and Online Services

Starting January 1, 2027, this law requires operating system providers to collect user age information at account setup so they can send a digital signal about the user's age bracket to app developers.

Tule East Groundwater Sustainability Agency Act

This bill creates the Tulare Basin Tule East Groundwater Sustainability Agency to manage groundwater in a specific part of the Tule Subbasin and requires it to create a sustainability plan.

Financial Incentives for Service Learning Partnerships

This law allows California State University and University of California campuses that choose to participate to give money to nonprofit groups to help run service learning programs for undergraduate students.

Exemption for Agricultural Crop Preparation Services from Food Recovery Rules

This law exempts agricultural crop preparation services that prove they have not sent organic waste to landfills since January 1, 2016, from rules requiring food recovery contracts and record-keeping.

AB-1047: Technical Changes to Vehicle Laws

This bill proposes making small, non-substantive updates to the state laws that control driver's licenses and vehicle rules.

Workers' Compensation Contract Disclosure Rules

This law requires payors to share specific contract details with doctors when a contract is the reason for changing or denying payment, and it sets new rules requiring physicians to sign requests for medical treatment.

AB-1049: Changing How CFAP Checks Sponsor Income

This bill would stop federal rules that count a sponsor's income from applying to the California Food Assistance Program.

Budget Acts Amendment for Fiscal Years 2021 through 2026

This bill changes the Budget Acts of 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025 by adding, removing, or updating specific funding items to support state government.

Removing Land Rules That Block Housing on Commercial Sites

This law allows developers to ignore old land rules that limit housing when they turn commercial properties into homes, as long as the project follows state and local laws.

Naming Parts of Route 76 the Payómkawish Highway

This law names specific parts of California's Route 76 as the 'Payómkawish Highway' and requires signs to be put up only after donations cover the costs.