In the 2026 California legislative session, nearly 1,800 bills were introduced by the February deadline. Indivisible group leaders volunteered to sort through them for impactful legislation that would need help getting to the governor’s desk, or stopped, as the case may be. Below, you will find the preliminary selections – 60 bills grouped into 5 categories:
- Economic Justice, Privacy & Civil Rights and Education
- Democracy Reform
- Climate Justice
- Healthcare and Reproductive Rights
- Racial & Criminal Justice, Gun Safety & Immigration
You are welcome to add your vote to help us winnow them down to 29 to create our 2026 Priority Bill list.
- One unfamiliar term -“spot bill” – is a legislative placeholder, primarily used to meet the Feb. 20th deadline while allowing lawmakers to amend in, or “gut and amend,” substantive language later in the session Links to text may not fit and/or explain the description of the bill because the new bill info is not yet available.
Priority bills be closely followed as they progress through the Assembly and State Senate, and we will be asking our groups to participate in a variety of actions to support or oppose them. These may include calls and emails to our own legislators and committee heads, and even calling in comments to committee hearings.
Sometimes, bills we’re really interested in don’t make it to the priority list, and we’ll follow them ourselves. But our elected officials definitely notice when Indivisible groups across California turn on coordinated pressure for a particular piece of legislation. Welcome to how the sausage is made on a state level!
Deadline to record your vote is Friday, March 13
A. Democracy Reform, Privacy & Civil Rights – 4 bills (Actually 3, because AB 1984 is already chosen.)
| AB1537 | Prohibits peace officers from being employed by ICE or DHS This bill would prohibit a peace officer from being employed by, or being an independent contractor of or volunteer for, the United States Department of Homeland Security or its contractors or any other entity that assists with or engages in immigration enforcement. Supporters: League of Women Voters, Courage California, ICE Out of CA LOS |
| AB1633 | Private Detention Facility Tax Law This bill would establish the Private Detention Facility Tax Law which would impose an annual tax on each private detention facility operator equal to 50% of the operator’s gross receipts; establish the Due Process for All Fund in the State Treasury, require revenues collected be deposited into the fund, and direct moneys in the fund be used for immigration-related services. Supporters: California Immigrant Policy Center, Courage California, Press Release |
| AB1790 | Will end the corporate tax loophole known as Water’s Edge This bill will end the corporate tax loophole known as Water’s Edge, that allows multinational corporations (MCNs) to prevent paying California taxes on approximately $3-4 billion in profits every year. Supporters: SEIU California, California Environmental Voters, California Teachers Association, United Domestic Workers |
| AB1801 | Public notice requirements for establishing detention facilities in a community Would prohibit a city, county or public agency from approving the building or reuse of existing buildings to house or detain a person before notice is given to the public, 180 days notice must be given and access to any documents related to the proposed action must be provided promptly and public comments in at least 2 separate meetings open to the public. |
| AB1984 | Recharters CA corporations removing the right to spend money on elections and ballot measures This bill would sidestep the Citizens United ruling by rewriting the powers granted to corporations in the corporate code. It would explicitly state that corporations that operate in the state of California do not have the power to spend money in ballot measures or elections. Recharters California corporations without the right to spend money on election campaigns. Thus, it makes corporations “not fully people” according to the First Amendment, and takes away that argument (money = speech) that was at the core of the Citizens United ruling. Supporters: Center for American Progress, CA Clean Money Campaign, Common Cause, League of Women Voters Press Release Article Article (Note: We are submitting this one as one of our four bills because we believe it’s foundational. See our post here for more information) https://indivisibleventura.org/2025/10/17/help-kill-citizens-united-montana-style/ |
| AB2179 | Allows for fee-free remote hearings for restraining orders This bill would allow any party or witness to a petition for a restraining order to appear remotely at a hearing and would prohibit any fee for appearing remotely, require the court of each county to develop rules and instructions for such remote appearances and post them on its website and would allow filings related to such protective orders to be submitted electronically. |
| SB 73 | Prohibits federal agencies from inspecting a voting system machine or device Prohibits a local elections official from permitting a federal government agency or its employees from inspecting a voting system machine or device, unless authorized by a federal court order. Supporters: League of Women Voters Bill Analysis |
| SB 747 | The No Kings Act The No Kings Act provides a “right of action” to the public to sue federal agents for constitutional rights violations and harm. A portion of potential liabilities are retroactive to March 2025. Supporters: Prosecutors Alliance Action, Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice Press Release |
| SB 813 | Creates an oversight panel to advise AI regulations This bill would establish a “third-way” governing model for overseeing advanced artificial intelligence in CA by creating independent, third-party panels of AI experts and academics to devise strong yet workable safety standards that also foster innovation. Once the panels have been accredited by the CA AG’s Office, they would then certify and monitor AI developers and vendors who meet the standards. Supporters: Fathom Fact Sheet |
| SB 882 | Expands access to remote court appearances Spot bill: Existing law establishes specified procedures and requirements for remote appearances for court proceedings in civil and criminal actions. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require courts to allow any party or witness to appear remotely at a civil or criminal state court hearing, trial, or conference, except as specified, until January 31, 2029. SB 882 (Rubio) expands access to remote court appearances. It would allow the community to appear virtually in a civil or criminal court case. At the moment, immigrant communities are being attacked by showing up to the court case. This bill would grant community members the ability to appear virtually and avoid being taken by immigration up until January 31st, 2029. Supporters: California Immigrant Policy Center |
| SB1105 | The Protect California Rights Act, strengthens state-level protections against federal overreach This bill strengthens state-level protections against federal overreach. It requires local agencies to follow state law at all times and prevents federal task forces from redirecting local public safety resources away from community needs. It also protects the right to observe, record, and protest immigration enforcement without interference from local police. Overall, the law is meant to protect immigrant communities, maintain trust in local law enforcement, and ensure California officers are not used to carry out rights violations. Supporters: California Immigrant Policy Center, ACLU CalAction, Fact Sheet Article |
Climate Justice – vote up to 5 bills
| AB1624 | Preserves federal public lands In 2025, federal lawmakers introduced sweeping land divestiture proposals as part of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Public Law 119-21), which would have authorized the sale or disposal of up to 258,000,000 acres of federal public land, including at least 3,000,000 acres within five years, with limited restrictions on postsale use. This bill requires that if public lands owned by the federal government in California are sold and privatized, they would be subject to California’s strictest environmental standard. Supporters: Environment California, Trout Unlimited, Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, National Parks Conservation Association, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Press Release FACT SHEET |
| AB1642 | Regulation for when groundwater rise risk assessment is required This bill would establish statewide science-based standards for post-WUI fire home testing and clearance. Supporters: Eaton Fire Residents United (EFRU) |
| AB1715 | Transparency and consumer protection bill for investor-owned utilities This bill will ensure savings are passed on to ratepayers from any publicly financed grants or loans investor-owned utilities (IOU) receive. This bill also ensures that financial obligations taken on by those utilities fully serve the interests of ratepayers, not the corporate executives they currently serve. Supporters: The Utilities Reform Network Fact Sheet Article |
| SB 868 | The Plug and Play Solar Act This bill aims to remove barriers for “balcony solar” by exempting portable, plug-in solar devices (up to 1,200 watts) from utility interconnection requirements and fees. It classifies these devices as appliances to help residents and renters reduce energy bills and support grid stability. When consumers can plug into the sun themselves, reducing their purchases of utility-supplied electricity, they can see immediate and significant utility bill reductions while contributing to the state’s clean energy goals. Californians need greater access to affordable and reliable electricity. This is a matter of public health, especially as temperatures rise. Supporters: Environmental Work Group, Solar Rights Alliance, California Solar & Storage Association, Center for Biological Diversity, Environment California, Climate Action Campaign Press Release Article |
| SB 875 | Allows communities to create their own public utilities This bill would enable jurisdictions within PG&E and Investor-owned utility areas to break away and create their own Public Utilities through eminent domain. Fact Sheet Article |
| SB 978 | Shifts the cost of data centers and other energy users to the company and not the community This bill requires the Public Utilities Commission to set a special rate structure for large-scale energy users, customers of utilities operating facilities with requirements of at least 75 megawatts of electricity, to protect other customers, and require these users to pay for the utilities upfront costs of transmission or distribution infrastructure upgrades necessary for the provision of electrical service. This applies to data centers among other large-scale energy-users. This prevents the costs from being allocated to consumers. Article |
| SB 982 | Allows AG to take large oil and gas corporations to court for damages related to extreme weather disasters This bill would authorize the Attorney General to take large oil and gas corporations to court for damages related to climate change-fueled extreme weather disasters, such as wildfires and flooding. The funds would be used to stabilize insurance costs by recovering losses suffered by the California FAIR Insurance Plan and insurance policy holders due to these disasters. Besides affecting insurance affordability, climate disasters – fueled by irresponsible conduct of the fossil fuel industry – are also exacerbating our state’s critical housing shortage. The loss or unaffordability of coverage restricts access to mortgage financing, which in turn depresses property values, heightens the risk of defaults and foreclosures, and slows the rate of new housing development. Supporters: Extreme Weather Survivors, California Environmental Voters, Center for Climate Integrity Press Release |
| SB1259 | Requires refineries to plan for and fund their end of life Currently, refineries are not required to plan for or fund their end of life. Little public information is available about the level of contamination at refinery sites—although it is known generally to be heavy—and what is needed for clean up when a refinery ceases operation. This bill would increase transparency around refinery closures by requiring oil refineries to submit safe decommissioning and remediation plans, including estimated costs, consistent with a defined set of standards that would be issued. This information provides a starting point to assess and ensure oil companies are not leaving the bill for communities to pay for refinery cleanups and contaminated land. Supporters: APEN, CEJA Press Release |
| SB1326 | One of a multi-bill package that will restore CEQA protections taken away by SB 131 This bill requires avoidance and preservation of the resource in place when requested by a consulting California Native American tribe. If this is determined to not be feasible, it requires the lead agency to demonstrate and document the basis for determination with substantial evidence, to incorporate other measures to avoid or minimize significant adverse impacts to the resource consistent with CEQA. This bill is one of several bills that will restore CEQA protections taken away by SB 131 that the workgroup will work on if selected (including SB 1097, AB 2569 and AB 2171). Info Sheet |
Economic Justice and Education – vote up to 6 bills
| AB 322 | Strengthens privacy protections by restricting the collection, use, and sharing of sensitive personal information This bill strengthens privacy protections by restricting the collection, use, and sharing of sensitive personal information. It limits third-party access and increases accountability for misuse. The bill safeguards vulnerable communities from surveillance and exploitation. It enhances enforcement to ensure compliance. Supporters: Asian Americans Advancing Justice, CA Nurses Association, Courage California |
| SB 941 | Limits commissary in private detention centers to a 35% mark-up This bill would prohibit the sale price of an article offered for sale in a commissary, at a private detention facility from exceeding a 35% markup above the amount paid to a vendor for that article. |
| AB1542 | Prohibits companies from selling or sharing sensitive data This bill would prohibit a business, service provider, or contractor from selling or sharing sensitive location data and personal information to a third party. It protects individuals from being targeted based on their movements. The bill strengthens digital privacy protections. It ensures accountability for data misuse. Supporters: Courage California |
| AB1543 | Rent cap for mobile home parks This law caps the amount a mobile home park may increase the gross rental rate for a tenancy over the course of any 12-month period. The cap is the lower of 5% of the lowest gross rental rate charge for a tenancy at any time during the preceding 12 months or 3% of that amount plus the percentage change in the cost of living. |
| AB1611 | Would eliminate a tax loophole used by corporations to outbid individual home buyers This bill would eliminate a tax loophole used by corporations to outbid individual home buyers, banning companies that own at least 50 homes from using the so-called “1021 exchange” strategy. This would stop allowing corporations to dominate bidding wars for homes – and reduce their incentive to keep buy up homes across the state, driving up the cost for individual home buyers. The bill seeks to level the playing field, giving individual homeowners the same access to homeownership as deep-pocketed investors. Supporters: California Tax Reform Association Press Release |
| AB1661 | Directs cash payments to families impacted by the Inglewood oil field |
| AB1677 | Requires electrical corporations and gas corporations to reduce ratepayer bills by 25% Spot bill: This bill would enact legislation to require electrical corporations and gas corporations to reduce ratepayer bills by 25%. |
| AB1776 | The COMPETE Act This bill would define a trust as a combination of capital, skill, or acts by one or more persons. The bill would expand the scope of activities prohibited by the Cartwright Act. The COMPETE Act updates our antitrust laws so businesses can compete fairly, ideas can succeed, and Californians aren’t stuck with higher prices and fewer options. Supporters: UFCW Western States and Local 1428, TechEquity Press Release |
| AB2128 | Prohibits housing agencies from implementing work requirements This bill would prohibit a housing authority or other covered housing provider from establishing or implementing any rules, policies, or procedures that impose term limits or work requirements, as a condition of eligibility for any covered housing or that impact the amount of the rent subsidy or assistance provided to covered housing tenants. This is a protective measure against harmful federal proposals that could force California Housing Authorities to take away housing from families. Supporters: National Housing Law Project Article |
| AB2271 | The Immigration Enforcement Emergency Fund Act Spot bill: The Immigration Enforcement Emergency Fund Act establishes an earned income replacement program for Californians who lose wages due to federal immigration enforcement activity but are excluded from unemployment insurance. Administered by the Employment Development Department, the program would provide up to $450 per week for up to 20 weeks to workers whose income is disrupted by detention, deportation, workplace raids, retaliatory firings, business closures due to enforcement actions, or reasonable fear for personal safety. The proposal includes strong confidentiality protections to ensure applicants’ personal information is not shared or used for immigration enforcement purposes. Supporters: CA Immigrant Policy Center |
| AB2483 | Allows incarcerated people who complete fire fighter training the ability to get that job in the free world This bill would require that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the California Conservation Camp program, implement a standardized process to ensure that all individuals who complete the department’s firefighting training program while incarcerated receive official written certification before their release. It reflects extensive stakeholder engagement and incorporates refinements made last year to address implementation concerns while maintaining rigorous qualification standards. Supporters: Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, Michelson Center for Public Policy, Prosecutors Alliance Action, Article |
| AB2495 | Makes it illegal for employers to retaliate against workers asserting their rights This bill makes it illegal for employers to retaliate against workers asserting their rights. It strengthens labor protections and enforcement and ensures workers can report violations without fear. Supporters: CA Immigrant Policy Center |
| AB2564 | Prohibits surveillance pricing This bill prohibits businesses from using the personal information of a consumer to adjust the price of goods based on their individualized data profile, a practice known as surveillance pricing, driving up the cost of groceries and other essentials for California households. This will ensure consumers have the right to a “Standard Pricing” option and establish enforcement mechanisms, including a private right of action and civil penalties, to prevent discriminatory and unfair pricing practices. Supporters: TechEquity |
| AB2635 | The Just Transition for Landscapers Act This bill supports small businesses and workers transitioning to electric equipment. It aims to provide financial assistance and technical support by strengthening rebate programs, giving landscapers more time to transition without facing punitive measures. It promotes environmental sustainability and economic justice. It ensures immigrant workers are not left behind. Supporters: California Immigrant Policy Center, Inclusive Action for the City, National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) |
| AB2764– 2769 | This is 6 bill package for foster youth This package includes extended foster care (18 is too young), addresses food insecurity, gives them priority housing, helps them find families, deferring unpaid enrollment fees and expands adoption assistance. This bill would prohibit a nonminor dependent from being denied eligibility for, or have eligibility terminated from, extended foster care benefits for failure to meet education or employment participation requirements that exceed education or employment requirements. Supporters: California Alliance of Children and Family Services; End Child Poverty in California, John Burton Advocates for Youth, Youth Law Center, Alliance for Children’s Rights Press Release |
| SB 1095 | Establishes the Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Program This bill would establish the Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Program for purposes of funding the acquisition and rehabilitation of unrestricted housing units and attaching long-term affordability restrictions on the housing units, while safeguarding against the displacement of current residents. |
| SB 1095 | The Stop Data Deportations Act Spot Bill: The Stop Data Deportations Act – Fusion centers expose our lives and families to harm by giving federal and out-of-state agencies our personal information, including our location, identity, biometrics, and social media activity, without our consent. Fusion centers in California have been linked to deportations, surveillance, and the targeting of political activists. The bill would bring urgently-needed transparency requirements to fusion centers, including an annual audit and inspections by state officials. Supporters: CA Immigrant Policy Center |
| SB 1240 | Establishes the Office of Nonprofit Empowerment (ONE) This bill establishes a new office within California’s state government to strengthen the connection between the state and its nonprofit partners. This new entity – to be known as the Office of Nonprofit Empowerment (ONE) – will serve as a problem-solver, advocate, and training resource to consistently improve collaboration between state government and the nonprofit sector. Article |
Healthcare and Reproductive Rights – vote up to 9 bills
| AB1540 | Restores the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for LGBTQ+ youth The bill restores access to specialized crisis services for LGBTQ+ youth through California’s 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Federal funding for these services was eliminated last year, creating a significant gap in crisis support for |
| AB1923 | $300-million in loans to newly financially distressed hospitals This bill would provide relief to California’s hospitals by investing a new round of $300-million in loans to newly financially distressed hospitals and granting loan forgiveness for current recipients of distressed hospital loans. This will help keep hospitals open and providing critical care for the communities that depend on them. Supporters: California Hospital Association, California Health Care Foundation Press Release |
| AB2072 | Establishes a contingency fund for CalFresh, SNAP and WIC This bill establishes a state-level contingency fund to ensure the uninterrupted distribution of CalFresh and the supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) benefits during any future federal government shutdown or funding lapse through January 20, 2029. Supporters: California Retailers Association Fact Sheet |
| AB2161 | Prevents California from amplifying H.R. 1’s harmful work requirements This bill is designed to protect Medi-Cal coverage by mitigating the impact of federal work requirements mandated by “H.R. 1”. This bill prevents California from amplifying H.R. 1’s harmful work requirements by extending them unnecessarily to state-funded Medi-Cal populations. It minimizes administrative burden by automating verification using available data sources and requires that any federal work requirement implementation be applied in the least harmful way possible for Medi-Cal members. Supporters: CA Immigrant Policy Center |
| AB2201 | Medi-Cal eligibility strategies to streamline the Medi-Cal renewal process This bill reinstates proven Medi-Cal eligibility strategies to streamline the Medi-Cal renewal process and minimize coverage terminations for low-income Californians. Adopting these strategies would reduce county administrative burden, freeing up time and resources to address more complex cases and other pressing HR1 implementation challenges to ultimately protect our most vulnerable Californians from losing their coverage. Supporters: CA Immigrant Policy Center |
| AB2431 | Prohibits automatic downcoding by health insurance companies This bill protects physician practices and patient access to care by prohibiting automatic downcoding by health insurance companies. Downcoding happens when an insurer automatically reduces a medical claim to a lower-cost service – often using automated “claim-editing” algorithms – without actual clinical review. Supporters: CA Medical Association Press Release |
| AB2443 | OPPOSE Would allow companies to discontinue landlines OPPOSE – This bill would require the commission to develop a reasonable process for a carrier of last resort (which is a service where cellphone service is hard to access – usually a landline) to be relieved, on or before January 1, 2029, of that status in areas where customers have other options for voice service. The bill allows corporations to determine what “reasonable” means. The author has tried this bill multiple times. “Reasonable process” and “other options for voice service” are doing the heavy lifting here. Info Sheet |
| AB2746 | Includes medical credit card debt within the definition of medical debt This bill protects the financial well-being of vulnerable patients by including medical credit card debt within the definition of medical debt to ensure that medical credit card debt is not reportable to credit agencies. Sponsors: Consumer Federation of California, CALPIRG, Fact Sheet |
| SB 895 | Authorizes a $23-billion bond for November 2026 ballot to fund health and scientific research in CA In the face of unprecedented federal cuts to scientific research, this bill authorizes a $23-billion bond for the November 2026 ballot to fund health and scientific research in California. SB 895 establishes the California Foundation for Science and Health Research to fund research grants, loans, and facilities for research into health, agriculture, pandemic threats, wildfire resilience, and more. Supporters: United Auto Workers Region 6, Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) Press Release |
| SB 942 | Requires private companies to secure a public health license to operate immigration detention centers This bill would require private companies to secure a public health license to operate immigration detention centers in the state. This is to address reports of abuse and neglect of people held in these facilities. Under this bill, the detention centers would be subject to state oversight and enforcement penalties for violating their federal contracts. Supporters: Immigrant Defense Advocates, California Immigrant Policy Center. Press Release |
| SB 987 | Creates the California Health Access Fund This bill would create the California Health Access Fund from savings to the state resulting from decreased enrollment in Medi-Cal caused by enrollment barriers created by HR 1. The fund would be used to ensure that California residents losing health care coverage due to the federal law – or due to any other divestments from the health care system – can continue to receive health care services. Medi-Cal is California’s Medicaid program, serving as the state’s primary public health insurance for low-income residents, including families, seniors, persons with disabilities, and children. The program will be severely impacted by the federal bill, HR1, and millions of Californians are expected to lose their health care coverage. This bill takes the state funds saved due to this drop in enrollment and puts it back toward providing health care. This bill would create the California Health Access Fund, moneys in the fund would include deposits, equal to the amount of any savings to the state resulting from decreased enrollment in the Medi-Cal program caused by enrollment barriers. |
Racial & Criminal Justice Reform – vote up to 5 bills
| AB690 | End Flat-Fee Public Defense bill Twenty-four of California’s 58 counties do not have their own public defender – these counties rely on contracts with private attorneys to represent people accused of crimes. These contracts give attorneys a predetermined flat fee to handle a proportion of the county’s cases, regardless of the time spent per case, while also allowing the attorney to take on paid clients of their own. Further, most of these contracts fail to provide adequate funding for essential components of any defense such as investigators, expert witnesses, and forensic analysts. This results in a system that incentivizes attorneys to spend as little time as possible on each case, freeing up time for their private caseloads. Supporters: ACLU CalAction Article Article |
| AB713 | Expands job access regardless of documentation across the CA college systems |
| AB1535 | OPPOSE – Would add “political affiliation” to the list of hate crime characteristics OPPOSE: Current law defines “hate crime” as a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of actual or perceived characteristics of the victim, including, among other things, race, religion, disability, and sexual orientation. This bill would add “political affiliation” to the list of actual or perceived characteristics. |
| AB1627 | Disqualifies someone from being a peace officer if they were employed by ICE This bill would disqualify a person from being a peace officer if they were employed by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement between September 1, 2025, and January 20, 2029, or the Alabama Department of Corrections or the Georgia Department of Corrections between January 1, 2020, and January 1, 2026. |
| AB1655 | The Protecting Kids from ICE Act This bill amends California’s CalWORKs program to classify individuals (children or adults) as “temporarily absent” rather than ineligible if they are in federal immigration detention, allowing their households to continue receiving benefits. It ensures families do not lose aid due to, for instance, an unlawful detention, and provides assistance for reporting such events. Supporters: CA Immigrant Policy Center |
| AB2047 | Prohibits sale of 3D printers if they don’t have prohibitions on ghost gun technology This bill would prohibit the sale or transfer of 3-dimensional printers that are not equipped with firearm blocking technology. |
| AB2122 | Ending Bench Warrants for Infractions This bill will end the ability to send people to jail for the lowest level law violations aka “infractions.” A person convicted of an infraction, such as minor traffic violations, littering etc., cannot be sent to jail or prison, but may be ordered to pay fines, court costs, and fees. If they do not pay or fail to appear in court, they can receive a bench warrant, subsequent arrest and receive jail time. This punishes people in poverty. Supporters: Western Center on Law and Poverty, ACLU CalAction Fact Sheet |
| AB2600 | Right to Counsel for Californians Facing Deportation This bill would establish a statutory right to legal representation for any individual in California facing deportation in immigration court alone without access to a lawyer, prioritizing people in ICE detention. Supporters: California Immigrant Policy Center, Immigrant Legal Resource Center |
| AB2669 | Requires prosecutors to consider adverse immigration consequences This bill strengthens the intent of AB 1343 by requiring prosecutors to consider adverse immigration consequences and ensuring that a just resolution can be reached. Prosecutors must explicitly work with the defense to avoid adverse immigration consequences, and this should occur during both plea-bargain negotiations and sentencing recommendations. If a conviction is a deportable offense or causes other adverse immigration-related consequences, prosecutors must consider these consequences as part of the punishment itself. Immigration consequences should be considered a mitigating factor in any component of the court’s overall sentence, such as a factor in favor of granting probation and when deciding terms for multiple counts running concurrently or consecutively. Supporters: CA Immigrant Policy Center, ACLU CalAction |
| SB 12 | Creates a statewide Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Agency This bill proposes the creation of a statewide Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Agency to coordinate policy, programs, and services affecting immigrant and refugee communities across California. It centralizes services and improves collaboration. Supporters: CA Immigrant Policy Center |
| SB 873 | Kick ICE out of Courthouses Spot Bill: Daily arrests at state courthouses by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (ICE) of individuals attending scheduled court proceedings have created a climate of fear and prevent individuals from exercising their right to access court. This bill will prevent federal immigration agencies from disrupting regularly scheduled court appearances by preventing arrests in and around courthouses. Supporters: CA Immigrant Policy Center |
| SB1004 | Corrects a provision in the “Unmask ICE” bill to include state officers This bill would correct an omission in last year’s SB 627, the “No Secret Police Act”, that sought to ban law enforcement from wearing masks while conducting immigration operations. A federal judge put SB 627 on hold because it didn’t include state officers, only local and federal. AB 1004 expands the ban to include state officers – so that the ban on masks for all law enforcement can go forward. Press Release |
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