A bill to include human trafficking in the listing of crimes defined as “serious” under California law, making the crime a strike under the Three Strikes law, was passed by a unanimous vote in the Senate Public Safety Committee on...
A bill authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) to require doctors and health care staff to complete cultural humility training to provide “trans-inclusive health care” just passed the California Senate, 28-6. It now heads to the Assembly for policy...
Two bills aimed at restricting firearms and ammunition on movie sets in California were held on Thursday before a Senate Appropriations Committee vote, causing both bills to fail to pass this session. One of the bills, Senate Bill 831, authored...
A bill that would have ended oil and gas drilling off the coast of California later this decade was blocked in the Senate Appropriations Committee before a vote on Thursday, ending the effort the stop offshore drilling off California’s coast...
A bill that would expand state employee and state agency whistleblower protections for contractors was passed unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Senate Bill 947, authored by Senate Minority Leader Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita), would expand protections of...
A bill to require doctors to receive training for providing inclusive care for transgender and intersexed Californians passed 8-2 in the Senate Health Committee earlier this week. Senate Bill 923, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would specifically require...
A bill that would greatly raise the standards for evaluating expert testimony and forensics in courts, as well as make it easier for those convicted to try for exoneration based on false expert witness testimony, was passed 30-3 by the...