Toxic Stress

AB 11 improves developmental screenings and services for children aged 0 to 3, which will help at risk kids gain access to preventative health and education services

Education

AB 343 waives the 1-year residency requirement to receive in-state tuition for refugees and Special Immigrant Visa holders applying to public colleges and universities

Employment

AB 349 would align State employment policies for Special Immigrant Visa holders who assisted the U.S. military with existing employment policies pertaining to veterans

Charter Schools

• AB 406 would increase transparency and accountability in charter schools by preventing for profit corporations from operating charter schools in California.

Gun Free Schools

• AB 424 would solidify schools zones are gun free. This bill closes a loophole in current gun free school zone requirements by prohibiting armed individuals on a school campus with a concealed carry weapon (CCW) permit.

Status: signed into law by Governor Brown

Apprenticeship Programs

AB 581 would strengthen skilled worker training practices by requiring State Apprenticeship Programs integrate oversight and transparency program recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee

Worker’s Compensation

AB 680 would increase transparency and accountability in the awarding process of studies and research projects contracted by the Commission on Health and Safety and Worker’s Compensation

Transportation

AB 709 addresses local transportation infrastructure and maintenance funding, which would help the Sacramento region improve roadways and increase public transit options

Higher Education Outsourcing

AB 848 would prohibit the University of California and California State University from outsourcing jobs overseas, preventing public universities from eliminating information and technology jobs for California workers

California Conservation Corp

• AB 864 would allow former probationers of non-violent crimes to serve in the California Conservation Corps.

Mental Health

AB 931 expands the California Suicide Prevention Act to include college students for targeting public awareness and education campaigns

Fair Chance Act

AB 1008 gives job seekers with a criminal history a fair chance at employment by prohibiting any question related to conviction history on initial applications

Organic Waste

AB 1036 requires CalEPA, CalRecycle, and other state entities to work together to create a uniform process for organic waste composting

Child Death Investigation

AB 1098 mandates every county to produce a child death review report at least once every three years and make it publicly available. The child death report would allow counties to analyze why and how children are dying

Port of West Sacramento

• AB 1226 establishes a 4 year term for appointed members of the West Sacramento Port Commission.

Status: signed into law by Governor Brown

Medically Necessary Window Tinting

• AB 1303 allows a medical exemption for transparent, anti-UV window tinting to all windows on a personal vehicle for individuals with severe UV light sensitivity, with approval from a licensed dermatologist.

Status: signed into law by Governor Brown!

Community Colleges

• AB 1364 creates a higher education funding formula to provide support services and programs for underrepresented students attending California’s colleges and universities.

Voter Registration

•  1407 automatically pre-registers 16 and 17 year olds to vote when they seek a California Driver’s License or California State I.D.

Teacher Shortage

AB 1451 will create a program to assist teachers reentering the teaching field after a period of retirement to help address the teacher shortage

Opioid Addiction Treatment

AB 1512 adds a one-cent-per-milligram wholesale surcharge on opioids sold by prescription wholesalers to fund county addiction, prevention, and rehabilitation programs

For Profit College Accountability

• AB 1611 increases consumer protections for students attending for-profit colleges.

Afterschool Programs

• AB 1744 will expand access to the After School Education and Safety (ASES) program for children, using revenues from the new marijuana tax proceeds.

Sexual Harassment

AB 1750 will require the Legislature to seek clawback settlements paid for by taxpayers for sexual harassment in cases where there is clear wrongdoing by a legislator

Early Childhood Education

• AB 1754, also known as the “Pre-K for All Act of 2018,” will provide every income-eligible child access to high-quality early childhood education.

Housing/Transportation

AB 1759 will incentivize cities to build more housing and provide additional road maintenance funding for cities that reach housing construction goals

Conservation Corps

• AB 1928 will get trained and ready Conservation Corps members deployed quicker to emergencies like floods and fires by allowing CA Conservation Corps to directly contract with local corps.

Parole Reduction Credits

• AB 1940 will expand upon Governor Jerry Brown's efforts to reduce recidivism by incentivizing parolees to complete educational goals, community service and job training beyond parole requirements.

Safe Youth Football Act

• AB 2108 sets an appropriate age limit for youth tackle football and protects California's youngest players from life-impacting brain damage.

Teacher Corps

AB 2547 creates the California Teachers Corps Act of 2018, which will address the teacher shortage crisis by partnering with school districts to establish a teacher residency program

Homeless Youth

• AB 2602 will allow Sacramento County to participate in the California homeless youth emergency services project.

TrustLine Modernization:

• AB 2702 removes barriers that employers face when seeking to hire qualified child care professionals, like babysitters and nannies, by modernizing the TrustLine child care background system.

School Climate

AB 2820 will strengthen community engagement through the Local Control Funding Formula

Public Art

• AB 3044 will further Sacramento’s renaissance and California’s commitment to support the cultural contributions of our state’s artists by requiring public art to be integrated into new state government construction projects.