Sacramento– This week the California State Senate passed 13 of Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) bills, including those to establish net neutrality in California, fix how California sets local housing goals, strengthen conservatorship laws to help people suffering on our streets, allow cities to choose to extend nightlife hours, and provide more support for homeless youth. Friday, June 1 is the deadline for any Senate bills to be passed out of the Senate.
All 13 bills will now move to the Assembly, where committee hearings start in June the week after the election. The bills must be approved by the Assembly by August 31, after which they must be signed by the Governor.
“I’m proud of the package of bills that we moved through the Senate, and I want to thank my colleagues for their support,” said Senator Wiener. “California continues to be a leader in advancing a progressive agenda around our housing crisis, climate change, ending poverty, criminal justice reform, LGBT rights, immigration protections, and much more. By continuing this work, California serves as an example for the rest of the country.”
Among Senator Wiener’s bills passed by the Senate this week were:
The full list of bills passed by the Senate this week were:
· SB 822 -- Restoring Net Neutrality in California [2]
· SB 828 -- Fixing RHNA -- Making Housing Assignments More Equitable [3]
· SB 905 -- LOCAL Act: Allowing Cities to Extend Bar Hours to 4 AM [5]
· SB 918 -- Homeless Youth Act of 2018 [6]
· SB 923 -- Strengthening Eyewitness Identification Standards to Reduce Wrongful Convictions [7]
· SB 937 -- Requiring Lactation Accommodations for Working Wome [8]n
· SB 966 -- Expanding On-Site Water Recycling [9]
· SB 1004 -- Strengthening Early Intervention Mental Health Services for Youth [11]
· SB 1021 – Extending Drug Pricing Protections to Prevent Consumer Price Gouging [12]
· SB 1464 -- Expanding Dental Health Access for People with Special Needs [14]
Links
[1] https://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300
[2] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB822
[3] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB828
[4] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB900
[5] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB905
[6] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB918
[7] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB923
[8] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB937
[9] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB966
[10] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB990
[11] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1004
[12] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1021
[13] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billSearchClient.xhtml?session_year=20172018&bill_number=1045&house=Both&author=All&lawCode=All
[14] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1464