2024 Legislation

Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan's 2024 Legislation includes:

• Penalties for Water Theft - AB 460 - SIGNED

• California Consumer Privacy Act - AB 1008 - SIGNED

• Pesticide Transparency for Seeds - AB 1042 - SIGNED

• California State Universities: California Promise - AB 1205 - SIGNED

• Protecting from AI Image Exploitation - AB 1836 - Protects artists and performers from post-mortem exploitation by artificial intelligence. SIGNED

• Training for Judges on Sexual Assault - AB 1846 - Protects victims of sexual assault when they attempt to seek justice by requiring that court judges have victim-informed training. Status.

• No Taxes on Debt Forgiveness - AB 1860 - Protects student borrowers and medical debtors by ensuring that forgiven medical and student loan debt are not taxed as income. Status.

• Small Employer Family Leave - AB 2011 - Removes the sunset on the small employer family leave mediation program and makes it permanent. SIGNED

• Penalties for Underage Tobacco Sales - AB 2021 - Protects kids by raising the penalties for online tobacco sellers who illegally sell tobacco based products to people under the age of 21. SIGNED

• Preventing Conflict of Interest in Ratemaking - AB 2054 - Prevents conflict of interest in ratemaking by preventing Public Utilities Commissioners and Energy Commissioners from working for the entities they regulate for 10 years. Status.

• Clinic Access and Streamlining - AB 2085 - Streamlines zoning for reproductive healthcare clinics to expand access. SIGNED

• Protecting Reproductive Health Clinics - AB 2099 - Protects abortion care by increasing penalties for harassing reproductive patients and providers. SIGNED

• Equity in Care for Chronic Conditions - AB 2169 - Enables adequate treatment for chronic conditions by allowing for standard dose increases of effective treatments without prior authorization. Status.

• Mitigating Microplastics - AB 2214 - Establishes an interagency coordination group to focus on the mitigation of microplastics. Status.

• Eliminating Plastic Bags - AB 2236 - Closes the loophole that continues to allow plastic grocery bags and ensures all grocery bags will be paper or reusable by 2026. Status.

• Menopause Equity - AB 2467 - Requires perimenopause and menopause treatment to be included within health insurance coverage. Status.

• Dignified Care of Incarcerated Pregnancy - AB 2527 - Ends solitary confinement and ensures access to clean water and nutritional food for incarcerated pregnant people. SIGNED

• Fairness Act - AB 2837 - Protects low-income consumers who are subject to a debt collection judgment by preserving their retirement savings account and ensuring due process. SIGNED

• Defining Artificial Intelligence - AB 2885 - Establishes a definition for the term "artificial intelligence" in California statutes. SIGNED

• Automated Decision Tools Act - AB 2930 - Protects individuals from algorithmic discrimination by requiring developers and users to assess automated decision tools for biases and mitigate accordingly. Status.

• Suicide Prevention Training - AB 3010 - Requires middle schools to include a social and emotional skills curriculum. SIGNED

• Utility Notification - AB 3062 - Requires all electrical utilities to notify local fire districts at least 24 hours before conducting mitigation or planned burns in a high fire risk area. SIGNED

• Artificial Intelligence Data Registry - AB 3204 - Increases transparency on which businesses train artificial intelligence systems using Californians' personal information. Status.

• Plastic Bag Ban - SB 1053 - SIGNED