These CA Bills Need to Clear their Final Floor Votes this Week

by | Sep 9, 2025 | California, Featured, Immigration, JCJ Blog, Judaism, LGBTQ

Over the past several months, our legislative team — powered by the dedication and research of our summer fellows — has tracked several key justice-focused bills in California. As the legislative session nears its close, several of these bills face final floor votes this week before moving to Governor Newsom’s desk for signature. Below is a non-comprehensive list of priority legislation we are closely tracking. Please contact the JCJ team directly for a full list of the dozens of bills we’ve been working on.

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Senate Bills

SB 497
Legally protected health care activity / medical privacy & CURES
 Status: Ordered to 3rd reading (Sep 5, 2025).
 What it does: Strengthens protections (incl. against out-of-state subpoenas) and sets penalties for improper CURES access.
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SB 590
Paid family leave: “designated person” caregiving eligibility
 Status: Ordered to 3rd reading in Assembly (early Sept).
 What it does: Expands PFL eligibility (from July 1, 2027) to care for a designated person.
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SB 841
Immigration enforcement (Keep Safe Spaces Safe Act)
 Status: Read 2nd time; progressing in Assembly (Aug 21, 2025).
 What it does: Limits cooperation with immigration enforcement in sensitive community spaces.
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SB 418
Health coverage: prescription hormone therapy & nondiscrimination
 Status: Engrossed; Assembly actions through Sep 2.
 What it does: Clarifies coverage and nondiscrimination for prescribed hormone therapy.
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SB 81
Health & care facilities: information sharing (adds immigration status, etc.)
 Status: Enrolled—Senate concurred in Assembly amendments (Sep 2, 2025).
 What it does: Expands what counts as protected “medical information”; defines “immigration enforcement.”
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Assembly Bills

AB 715
Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention.
Status: Actively making its way through committees
What it does: strengthens anti-discrimination protections in California’s K–12 schools by requiring timely responses to incidents of antisemitism, expanding accountability to include school board members and contractors, and establishing a statewide Antisemitism Coordinator to lead prevention and education efforts.
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AB 1032
Coverage for behavioral health visits
 Status: Ordered to 3rd reading (Sep 2, 2025).
 What it does: Requires coverage parameters for behavioral-health visits.
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AB 785
Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program
 Status: In Senate Appropriations; ordered to 3rd reading later per docketing (Aug).
 What it does: Funds community-driven violence-reduction programs via CHHSA.
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AB 727
Pupil & student safety: ID cards (hotlines on student IDs)
 Status: Ordered to 3rd reading (Aug 29, 2025).
 What it does: Adds crisis hotline info (incl. The Trevor Project) to student ID cards.
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If you would like to take additional action, JCJ has joined our partners at Equality California to help pass key LGBTQ equality bills: