2025 Priority Legislation

Courage California’s 2025 priority legislation includes the following bills:

Abortion and Reproductive Justice

Bill	Author	Description	Status
AB 54	Krell	The Access to Safe Abortion Care Act would ensure access to medication abortion.	Introduced in Assembly 12/2/24. In committee.
AB 260	Aguiar-Curry	Would protect access to medication abortion, gender affirming care and other sexual and reproductive health care, and protect the ability to access this care through telehealth.	Introduced in Assembly 1/16/25. In committee.
AB 551	Krell, Petrie-Norris	Seeks to establish the Reproductive Health Emergency Preparedness Program (RHEPP) for the purpose of expanding and improving access to reproductive, sexual, and miscarriage care in Emergency Departments across California.	Introduced in Assembly 2/11/25. In committee.

Climate and Environmental Justice

Bill	Author	Description	Status
SB 222	Wiener and Pérez	The Affordable Insurance and Climate Recovery Act would would allow insurers, California’s FAIR Plan, and victims to recover losses related to climate disasters from oil and gas companies.	Killed in Senate Judiciary Committee.
SB 332	Wahab	The Investor-Owned Utility Accountability Act would address ongoing issues of affordability and safety with California’s investor-owned utilities (IOUs), including PG&E. The Act has a multi-prong approach, including capping IOU rate increases, prohibiting shut-offs for vulnerable ratepayers, requiring annual audits of equipments in high fire risk areas, tying executive compensation to safety metrics, and funding resilience hubs and community infrastructure to meet power needs during emergencies.	Introduced in Senate 2/12/25. In committee.
SB 684 / AB 1243	Menjivar and Addis	The Polluters Pay Climate Action Superfund Act of 2025 would force fossil fuel polluters to pay for climate damage mitigation and prevention.	Introduced in Senate and Assembly 2/21/25. In committee.

Democracy and Voting Rights

Bill	Author	Description	Status
AB 868	Carrillo	Would increase voter representation by mandating general elections for county elections.	Introduced in Assembly 2/19/24. In committee.
SB 42	Umberg, Allen, and Cervantes	The California Fair Elections Act of 2026 would put a measure on the November 2026 ballot to repeal California’s ban on public funding of campaigns so that every local government and the state can pass public financing if they want to.	Introduced in Senate 2/5/25. In committee.

Health Equity

Bill	Author	Description	Status
AB 4	Arambula	Would authorize Covered California to establish a parallel marketplace to offer the same qualified health plans to undocumented Californians, who are currently excluded from accessing the program.	Introduced in Assembly 12/2/25. In committee.
AB 55	Bonta	Would ensure that perinatal care for California’s families is more accessible by streamlining licensing requirements — which function as barriers to equitable access to perinatal care — for Alternative Birth Centers.	Introduced in Assembly 12/2/24. In committee.
AB 298	Bonta	Would expand the prohibition on out-of-pocket costs, including copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles to all covered health care services provided to children under 21.	Introduced in Assembly 1/23/25. In committee.
AJR 3	Schiavo	A comprehensive statement to U.S. Congress explaining how Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are foundational to California communities and that any cuts to these programs will only offer irreparable harm.	Introduced 3/3/25. In committee.

Housing and Homelessness

Bill	Author	Description	Status
AB 246	Bryan and Pérez	Would call for a rent freeze across LA County.	Introduced in Assembly 1/15/25. In committee.
AB 736	Wicks	The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026 would authorize $10 billion in general obligation bond funds to support the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable housing and permanent supportive housing.	Introduced in Assembly 2/18/25. In committee.
AB 1157	Kalra	The Affordable Rent Act would permanently lower the state’s rent cap from up to 10% to a maximum of 5%. It will also extend protections for families that live in single-family rentals – many of which are owned by corporate landlords.	Introduced in Assembly 2/20/25. In committee.
SB 52	Pérez	The End AI Rent Hikes Act protect renters by prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to manipulate and unfairly increase rents.	Introduced in Senate 12/24/24. In committee.
SB 634	Pérez	Would prohibit cities from attaching penalties like fines and jail time for houselessness.	Introduced in Senate 2/20/25. In committee.

Immigrant Rights

Bill	Author	Description	Status
AB 49	Muratsuchi	Would prohibit school or child care center employees from letting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers enter their sites without a valid ID, statement of purpose, court order and approval from the school district’s superintendent or director of the child care center.	Introduced in Assembly 12/2/24. In committee.
AB 421	Solache	Would generally restrict local police and sheriff’s deputies from helping immigration authorities near medical offices, places of worship and day care centers.	Introduced in Assembly 2/5/25. In committee.
SB 48	Gonzalez	Would prohibit school or child care center employees from letting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers enter their sites without a valid ID, statement of purpose, court order, and approval from the school district’s superintendent or director of the child care center.	Introduced in Senate 12/16/24. In committee.
SB 98	Pérez	The Sending Alerts to Families in Education (SAFE) Act would mandate schools and college campuses to immediately notify all students, parents, faculty, staff, and other community members if immigration officers are present on the premises, similar to early warning systems in place for emergency alerts.	Introduced in Senate 1/23/25. In committee.
SBX1-1 and SB X1-2	Wiener and Gabriel	Designates $25 million for the California Department of Justice to defend the state against the Trump administration and an additional $25 million for grants to nonprofits to provide legal services.	SIGNED INTO LAW 2/7/25

LGBTQ+ Rights

Bill	Author	Description	Status
AB 82	Ward	Would protect transgender and nonbinary Californians accessing essential healthcare and those seeking abortion and reproductive healthcare by limiting the sharing of sensitive patient data related to these services. The bill also expands safe-haven protections for patients, their families and medical professionals who offer this care to protect them from harassment, violence and hostile out-of-state actors.	Introduced in Assembly 12/20/24
AB 715	Zbur	Would shield attorneys in California from disciplinary action for providing legal services to patients, medical providers and others seeking or offering health services that are lawful in the state but illegal in other states.	Introduced in Assembly 2/14/25. In committee.
SB 59	Wiener	The Transgender Privacy Act: Protects the privacy and safety of transgender and nonbinary Californians by making all court records related to name and gender marker changes confidential, reducing their risk of being outed and exposed to danger. It also prohibits these records from being posted publicly.	Introduced in Senate 1/8/25. In committee.
SB 497	Wiener	Would strengthen legal protections for transgender people, their teachers, healthcare providers, and family by shielding health data and medical information and supporting gender affirmation.	Introduced in Assembly 12/2/24. In committee.

Public Safety and Justice

Bill	Author	Description	Status
AB 1376	Bonta	End Endless Probation would protect youth unnecessarily languishing on probation and codify existing case law that requires the conditions of probation to be individually tailored, developmentally appropriate, proportional, and not excessive	Introduced in Assembly 2/21/25. In committee.
ACA 6	Wilson	Would amend the California Constitution to prohibit slavery in all forms. Requires a 2/3 vote.	Introduced in Assembly 2/6/25

Workers’ Rights

Bill	Author	Description	Status
AB 247	Bryan	Would guarantee that incarcerated firefighters receive wages equal to the lowest non-incarcerated firefighter pay for the time they are actively fighting fires and make sure that these wages get updated annually. Incarcerated individuals who fight state wildfires are currently compensated only $5 to $10 per day.	Introduced in Assembly 1/15/25. In committee.
AB 1340	Wicks and Berman	Would allow drivers for rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft — who are classified as independent contractors — to join a union.	Introduced in Assembly 2/21/25. In committee.
SB 261	Wahab	Would help workers collect the money they are owed from employers who have committed wage theft.	Introduced in Senate 2/3/25. In committee.