LEGISLATIVE
WINS
2024
AB 1875:
The Culturally Appropriate Hair Care Act
Requires that jails and prisons carry sulfate free
gels, shampoos and conditioners so people of color can have products that work for their hair.
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AB 2177:
Winegrowers: spirits of wine
Allows winegrowers to sell their spirits of wine to a licensee who is allowed to rectify spirits. This will serve the dual purpose of creating an additional market opportunity for wineries that produce spirits of wine, while also ensuring that the product itself continues its life
cycle in a well-regulated market.
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AB 2998:
Minors: consent to medical care.
Permits minors over 12 years of age to carry naloxone hydrochloride, like Narcan, in schools and other public places, and allows these minors to administer the medication as an emergency measure to counter an opioid overdose. AB 2998 also protects individuals who carry and administer the medication to counteract an opioid overdose in good faith from liability and criminal prosecution.
AB 1929:
Reparations: Data Collection on CTE Programs
This bill updates the Career Technical Education (CTE) bill by adding a requirement to collect data on who is currently
benefiting from the CTE programs.
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AB 2561:
Public Employees: Vacancies
Requires local agencies with bargaining unit vacancy rates exceeding 10% for more than 180 days to produce, implement, and publish plans to reduce their vacancy rates to 0% within the subsequent 180 days. Plans must include: number of positions and vacancies; compensation rates, employee retention statistics, terms of employment, and obstacles in the hiring process.
AB 3206:
Alcoholic beverages: hours of sale
This bill allows an alcohol licensee at the Intuit Dome to
sell/serve alcohol until 4am on specified event days.
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AB 1997:
Teachers’ Retirement Law
This bill simplifies reporting requirements regarding creditable
compensation and creditable service, addressing challenges and concerns by CalSTRS employers
and members to provide reporting consistency.​
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AB 2780:
Carrier of Passengers Act
Addresses issue of charter buses dropping off vulnerable people from other states in areas that are not equipped to provide services.
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AJR 9:
Housing and homelessness
This measure would request the Congress of the United States to pass, and the President to sign, the Housing Crisis Response Act of 2023 (H.R. 4233), the Ending Homelessness Act of 2023 (H.R. 4232), and the Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2023 (H.R. 4231).
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2023
AB 1:
Legislative Staff Unionization
Allows non-supervisorial legislative staff join a union and collectively bargain for wages & benefits. (Sponsored by California Labor Foundation.)
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AB 937:
Family Reunification
Services
Allows an extension of services if reasonable efforts were not made to help a parent reunify with their child. (Sponsored by Children's Law Center.)
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AB 245:
Student Athlete Safety
Codified student athlete drills to provide guidance to schools . (Sponsored by McNair Foundation.)
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AB 1418:
Safe & Inclusive Housing
Would limit nuisance ordinances that are used to displace people of color. (Sponsored by National Housing Law Project.)
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AB 709:
Brady
Exception
Creating a narrow exception for prosecutors to share Brady information with defense counsel. (Sponsored by LA District Attorney's Office.)
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AB 1150:
Community College external entity facility use
A technical revision to update Education Code that defines the cost for rental agreements for outside entities to be be "fair, regional market rental value" (Sponsored by LA Community College District.)
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