California state lawmakers face a key bill deadline Friday to pass or kill hundreds of new proposed laws. Friday’s deadline is known as the “House of Origin” deadline, meaning bills filed in the State Assembly must pass the full Assembly and bills proposed in the State Senate must pass the full Senate. Starting next week, bills proposed in the Assembly will be considered by the Senate and vice versa. This is considered the halfway point of California’s lawmaking process. Here are the bills moving forward so far: AB 1421: Finalizes a study on a potential mileage-based fee system in California AB 1652: Makes it a crime for the governor, state officials to sign or request anyone to sign non-disclosure agreements while lawmaking and determining how to use taxpayer dollarsAB 1608: Gives the High-Speed Rail Inspector General the power to keep some project records secret AB 2646: Raises the minimum wage for farmworkers to $19.75 an hour starting January of 2027. AB 2230: Requires federal agents to have warrant to be near polling places, and to enter childcare centersAB 1896: Prohibits federal immigration officers and workers in the Trump administration to be hired as California state employees AB 2624: Allows people who work or volunteer at immigration support service organizations to be added to the Secretary of State’s “Safe at Home” program. The program is designed to protect individuals who fear for their safety by shielding their home address from public records. Also prohibits a person or business to post photos or personal information of those providers on the internet if the poster specifically intends to “incite a third person to cause imminent great bodily harm” or threaten an immigration support service provider in a way that puts the person in “objectively reasonable fear for their personal safety. AB 2230: Requires federal agents to have a warrant to be near polling places or to enter childcare centers AB 2393: Makes it easier for people wrongfully detained by immigration authorities to sue for damages AB 1650: Sets new transparency requirements when immigration authorities rent cars in the state. AB 1776: makes major changes to the state’s anti-trust laws to try to make business competition fairer in the state, giving the state more tools to intervene when one single company gets too powerful. Critics warn this could open up businesses to more lawsuits.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel | Make KCRA a preferred news source in Google
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
California state lawmakers face a key bill deadline Friday to pass or kill hundreds of new proposed laws.
Friday’s deadline is known as the “House of Origin” deadline, meaning bills filed in the State Assembly must pass the full Assembly and bills proposed in the State Senate must pass the full Senate. Starting next week, bills proposed in the Assembly will be considered by the Senate and vice versa.
This is considered the halfway point of California’s lawmaking process.
Here are the bills moving forward so far:
AB 1421: Finalizes a study on a potential mileage-based fee system in California
AB 1652: Makes it a crime for the governor, state officials to sign or request anyone to sign non-disclosure agreements while lawmaking and determining how to use taxpayer dollars
AB 1608: Gives the High-Speed Rail Inspector General the power to keep some project records secret
AB 2646: Raises the minimum wage for farmworkers to $19.75 an hour starting January of 2027.
AB 2230: Requires federal agents to have warrant to be near polling places, and to enter childcare centers
AB 1896: Prohibits federal immigration officers and workers in the Trump administration to be hired as California state employees
AB 2624: Allows people who work or volunteer at immigration support service organizations to be added to the Secretary of State’s “Safe at Home” program. The program is designed to protect individuals who fear for their safety by shielding their home address from public records. Also prohibits a person or business to post photos or personal information of those providers on the internet if the poster specifically intends to “incite a third person to cause imminent great bodily harm” or threaten an immigration support service provider in a way that puts the person in “objectively reasonable fear for their personal safety.
AB 2230: Requires federal agents to have a warrant to be near polling places or to enter childcare centers
AB 2393: Makes it easier for people wrongfully detained by immigration authorities to sue for damages
AB 1650: Sets new transparency requirements when immigration authorities rent cars in the state.
AB 1776: makes major changes to the state’s anti-trust laws to try to make business competition fairer in the state, giving the state more tools to intervene when one single company gets too powerful. Critics warn this could open up businesses to more lawsuits.
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