Press Releases

Legislature Sends Senator Wiener’s Nation-Leading Bill To Crack Down on Prescription Drug Price Gouging to the Governor

SACRAMENTO – The Legislature passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 41 — reining in abusive behavior by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that raise drug prices and kill neighborhood pharmacies.



Legislature Sends Senator Wiener’s Bill to Cap Insulin Co-Pays at $35 to the Governor

SACRAMENTO – The Legislature passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 40 — capping insulin co-pays at $35 — with a vote of 40-0 in the Senate and 79-0 in the Assembly.



Senator Wiener’s Landmark Responsible AI Innovation Bill Advances to Final Vote

SB 53 enacts world-leading AI safety disclosure requirements, creates a public cloud compute cluster to foster democratized AI innovation, and enacts protections for whistleblowers at leading AI labs.



Senators Wiener and Arreguin Respond to Department of Finance’s Decision to Stop Bay Area Transit Funding Agreement

SACRAMENTO – With just days remaining until the end of the legislative session, the Governor’s Department of Finance informed lawmakers it will not be finalizing a critical bridge loan to prevent serious service cuts to BART, Muni, AC Transit, and other Bay Area public transit operators next year.