NEW LAWS
2025 Senate Health Care Laws ..............................59 2025 Assembly Housing and Real Estate Laws ..62 2025 Senate Housing and Real Estate Laws ........67 2025 Assembly Insurance Laws ............................71 2025 Senate Insurance Laws ..................................73 2025 Assembly Labor Laws ....................................73 2025 Senate Labor Laws .........................................75 2025 Assembly Military and Veterans Laws .......78 2025 Senate Military and Veterans Laws .............78 2025 Assembly Penal Laws ....................................70 2025 Senate Penal Laws...........................................82 2025 Assembly Public Resources Laws ...............84 2025 Senate Public Resources Laws .....................88 2025 Assembly Taxation Laws ...............................90 2025 Senate Taxation Laws ....................................91 2025 Assembly Transportation and Vehicles Laws ....................................................94 2025 Senate Transportation and Vehicles Laws ....................................................96 2025 Assembly Tribal Laws ....................................97 2025 Senate Tribal Laws .........................................98 2025 Assembly Welfare and Juvenile Laws .........98 2025 Senate Welfare and Juvenile Laws .............102
2025 Assembly Agriculture Laws ...........................3 2025 Senate Agriculture Laws .................................7 2025 Assembly Attorney and State Bar Laws .......7 2025 Senate Attorney and State Bar Laws .............8 2025 Assembly Business and Professions Laws ...8 2025 Senate Business and Professions Laws ......13 2025 Assembly Civil Laws ......................................18 2025 Senate Civil Laws ...........................................20 2025 Assembly Courts and Judiciary Laws .........21 2025 Senate Courts and Judiciary Laws ..............22 2025 Assembly Education Laws ............................22 2025 Senate Education Laws .................................28 2025 Assembly Elections Laws ..............................30 2025 Senate Elections Laws ...................................33 2025 Assembly Energy & Utilities Laws ..............34 2025 Senate Energy and Utilities Laws ................36 2025 Assembly Family and Probate Laws ...........37 2025 Senate Family and Probate Laws .................37 2025 Assembly Government Laws ........................39 2025 Senate Government Laws .............................44 2025 Assembly Health and Safety Laws ..............49 2025 Senate Health and Safety Laws.....................54 2025 Assembly Health Care Laws .........................55
PERSPECTIVE
AB 931: Regulating litigation funding and fee-sharing .......................................................................4 SB 37: California’s new attorney advertising and solicitation rules explained ...........................................6 SB 53: Balancing AI innovation with public safety..12 SB 243: New safety rules for AI companion chatbots ................................................14 AB 325 and SB 763: Amending the Cartwright Act to address algorithmic price fixing.....................15 AB 250: More time for sexual assault survivors ......17 Assembly Bill 621: Strengthening protections against deepfake pornography..................................................19 AB 1155: Ending the choice between pay and credit in law school ........................................27 SB 848: California expands child abuse prevention and hiring duties for private schools .....31 AB 565: Comprehensive virtual representation for trust matters ............................................................38 AB 339: A new procedural layer for contracting out public services in California ........................................41 SB 464: More rules, same gaps in California pay equity.....................................................47 AB 56: Social media health risk warning for minors .......................................................51
AB 130: CEQA exemption accelerates urban infill housing and cuts development costs.................63 SB 79: Boosting transit-oriented housing access ..............................................................66 AB 1050: Expanding opportunity to remove restrictive covenants that block housing ..................68 Rebuilding California insurance law after the Palisades and Eaton fires......................................72 AB 692: Redefines employee contracts and raises new legal questions............................................74 SB 294: California’s ‘Workplace Know Your Rights Act’ demands employer action ....................................77 SB 642: Raises the bar on pay equity and employer accountability .......................................79 SB 131: CEQA exemptions expand for housing, infrastructure, water and clean energy projects......87 SB 376: Confirming non-application of Section 17082 to charitable remainder trusts ..........93 California takes aim at monopolies with proposed antitrust law reform.......................................................99 SB 940: Expanding third party discovery in California arbitration..............................................104
MALCOLM MACLACHLAN STAFF WRITER DIANA BOSETTI LEGAL EDITOR ELIZABETH WALLACE DESIGNER
PAUL INGEGNERI GENERAL MANAGER
STEVEN MYHILL-JONES CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD / CEO CHARLES T. MUNGER BOARD MEMBER / CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD (1977-2022)
DAVID HOUSTON EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ARIN MIKAILIAN SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR
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