AB 251 – Justice for Elder Abuse Victims: Increases access to justice for elderly and dependent adults who are physically abused and neglected in nursing homes and discourages facilities from intentionally destroying or concealing (spoliation) evidence in relation to a civil case.
AB 268 – Diwali: Adds Diwali as an official state holiday, allowing community colleges and public schools to close on Diwali and allow state employees to elect to take time off with pay in recognition of Diwali.
AB 326 – CSU Audits: Increases transparency by requiring each California State University (CSU) campus to undergo an external audit every 3 years.
AB 347 – Compassionate Learning Advancements for Science Students (CLASS) Act: Empowers students by strengthening current law that allows students to opt-out of animal dissection with the opportunity to receive a comparable alternative assignment to achieve the same educational outcome.
AB 454 – California Migratory Bird Protection Act Extension: Ensures that existing migratory bird protections provided by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) remain in effect in the state of California.
AB 516 – Veterinary Staff Duties: Encourages veterinarians to use their staff to their full ability by clarifying the scope of tasks Registered Veterinary Technicians (RVTs) are allowed to perform.
AB 572 – Coercive Police Interrogations: Empowers the family members of victims of police violence to exercise their rights in interactions with law enforcement when they are at their most vulnerable.
AB 622 – Rehabilitation Recognition Act: Reaffirms CDCR’s authority to issue credits that would allow someone with an indeterminate sentence but who has completed the most significant rehabilitation to be eligible to go before the Board of Parole Hearings, encouraging rehabilitation and reducing wasteful spending.
AB 692 – Worker Debt Contracts: Prohibits employers from trapping workers into predatory contracts that require workers to pay for costs for employment such as job training or other financial arrangements necessary to perform their duties. These worker debt contracts lock workers in jobs or penalize them for ending employment.
AB 747 – Service of Process Accountability, Reform, and Equity (SPARE) Act of 2025: Protects consumers from fraudulent or improper service and ensures they can exercise their due process rights by standardizing service of process.
AB 863 – Translated UD Forms: Requires basic language access protections for tenants facing an eviction by requiring the summons to include the top 5 non-English spoken languages in California: Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Korean.
AB 878 – Reasonable Housing Accommodations for Victims of Violence and Abuse: Allows survivors of violence to request reasonable accommodations from their housing provider, strengthening housing security for vulnerable renters.
AB 931 – Litigation Financing Consumer Protections: Adopts consumer protections that ensure the litigation finance industry uses best practices and avoids conflicts of interest while providing a vital service to plaintiffs.
AB 1022 – Ending Poverty Tows: Repeals the authority to immobilize and tow vehicles solely to collect unpaid parking tickets, an outdated practice that is harmful, costly, and unconstitutional.
AB 1071 – RJA Procedural Reform: Makes clarifying changes to the procedures for claims under the Racial Justice Act (RJA) to ensure uniform implementation and resolve confusion in the courts.
AB 1109 – Evidentiary Privilege: Establishes an evidentiary privilege to prohibit the disclosure of confidential communications between an employee and their union representative to better ensure the safe, private, and full disclosure of workplace concerns and needs.
AB 1157 – The Affordable Rent Act: Builds on the Tenant Protection Act by lowering the allowable amount rent can be increased, expanding these tenant protections to single-family home rentals, and makes these protections permanent. By stabilizing rent and maintaining affordability, this bill will help keep families housed.
AB 1258 – Young Adult Deferred Entry Judgement (YADEJ) Program: Extends the sunset date for Santa Clara County to continue offering the YADEJ Program, which allows young adults to receive age-appropriate support and services to help rehabilitate them in a meaningful way while holding them accountable.
AB 1362 – The Human Trafficking Prevention and Protection Act for Temporary Workers: Clarifies that all foreign labor recruiters must register with the Labor Commissioner, not just those who recruit workers through the H-2B visa category. By covering all foreign labor recruiters, this bill ensures that immigrant workers such as domestic workers, agricultural workers, and nurses are protected against wage theft, human trafficking, and other labor violations.
AB 1426 – Diablo Range Conservation Program: Establishes the Diablo Range Conservation Program to provide grants for projects that preserve habitat or enhance public recreation, educational, and interpretive opportunities in the Diablo Mountain Range.