SACRAMENTO - Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s Senate Bill 834, the No Tax Exemption for Insurrection Act, passed the Assembly by a vote of 59-2. It will now head to the Senate for final sign-off before it goes to Governor Newsom’s desk.
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SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 923, the TGI Inclusive Care Act passed the Assembly by a vote of 60-11. It now heads to the Senate for final sign-off before going to the Governor’s desk.
This first-in-the-nation legislation will help create a more inclusive and culturally competent healthcare system for TGI (transgender, gender diverse, and intersex) people in California by requiring:
SACRAMENTO - Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s Senate Bill 836 into law. It becomes law immediately. SB 836 re-enacts the safeguards from SB 785 (Wiener, 2018), which protected a person’s immigration status in a public court record, unless the presiding judge determined that immigration status was relevant information. This legislation had a sunset date of January 1, 2022, so it has now expired.
SACRAMENTO - Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) legislation to address the student and faculty housing shortage, Senate Bill 886, passed the Assembly by a vote of 70-2. It now heads to the Senate for final sign-off before going to the Governor’s desk.
SACRAMENTO - Today, Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 964, the Behavioral Health Workforce Revitalization Act, passed the Senate in a unanimous, 40-0 concurrence vote. It will now head to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk.
SACRAMENTO - Today, Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 964, the Behavioral Health Workforce Revitalization Act, passed the Assembly in a bipartisan 60-0 vote. It will now go to the Senate for final sign off before heading to the Governor’s desk.
SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s legislation, Senate Bill 379, the Solar Access Act, has passed the Assembly by a vote of 50-7. It will now be sent back to the Senate for a concurrence vote before heading to the Governor’s desk for a final signature. SB 379 implements instant, online solar permitting in cities and counties.
SACRAMENTO - Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 879, also known as the PET (Prohibiting Extraneous Testing) Act, passed the Assembly in a 59-0 vote. It will now head to the Senate for final sign off before going to the Governor’s desk.
SACRAMENTO - Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) released the following statement: