New California Laws 2026
50515.03, 50710.7, 111926, 114368.8, 114381, 120440, 128454, and 130065.1 of, and to repeal the headings of Divisions 38 and 39 of, the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 10509.9205 of the Insurance Code, to amend Sections 226.8, 2699, and 2699.3 of the La- bor Code, to amend Sections 257, 395.1, 502, 502.1, 502.2, 502.4, 504, 505, 510, 513, 520, 552, 555, 557, 987.005, 987.300, and 1690 of the Military and Veter- ans Code, to amend Sections 236.8, 236.10, 236.11, 803, 888, 1233.12, and 28230 of the Penal Code, to amend Sections 2051, 10115.1, and 12140 of the Pub- lic Contract Code, to amend Sections 3206, 6217.8, 42281, 42282.1, 42283, 42968.32, 42968.62, 42968.71, 42968.74, 42984.3, 42984.10, 42984.21, 42999, and 48704.1 of the Public Resources Code, to amend Sec- tion 311 of the Public Utilities Code, to amend Sec- tions 17052.1 and 36005 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to amend Sections 94.4 and 31490 of the Streets and Highways Code, to amend Section 679 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, to amend Sections 9250.14 and 21214.7 of the Vehicle Code, to amend Section 73510 of the Water Code, to amend Sections 361.31, 706.6, 4095, 5404, 5610, 10492.2, 14149.95, and 16501.35 of, to amend and renumber the head- ing of Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 9320) of Division 8.5 of, and to repeal the heading of Di- vision 26 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, and to amend Section 1 of Chapter 107 of the Statutes of 2024, relating to maintenance of the codes. AB 1177, Connolly. California Prompt Payment Act: late payment penalties. This bill updates the Cal- ifornia Prompt Payment Act (PPA) by replacing the current statutory reference to the “annually declared fire season,” with a new standard – the “Peak Fire Protection Staffing Period” – as it applies to grant- ing the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) a 30 day extension before incurring late payment penalties, as specified. An act to amend Section 927.11 of the Government Code, relating to civil law. AB 1370, Patterson. State Legislature: nondisclo- sure agreements. Prohibits a Member of the Legisla- ture from entering into or requesting a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) in connection with negotiations over legislation, as specified. An act to add Section 8923 to the Government Code, relating to state government. AB 1445, Haney. Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts. Authorizes any city or county to establish one downtown revi- talization and economic recovery financing district (district). An act to amend Sections 62450, 62451, 62452, 62453, 62455, 62456, 62457, 62458, 62459, 62460, 62461, and 62462 of, and to add Section 62451.5 to, the Government Code, relating to local government. AB 1531, Committee on Emergency Management. Office of Emergency Services: comprehensive wild- fire mitigation program. Adds a representative of the California Department of Insurance to the California Wildfire Mitigation Program Board (CWMPB), on or before July 1, 2026. An act to amend Section 8654.4 of the Government
tive body. An act to add Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Sec- tion 11900) to Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Gov- ernment Code, relating to education coordination. AB 1108, Hart. County officers: coroners: in-custo- dy deaths. Prohibits a sheriff-coroner, in any county where the offices of the sheriff and the coroner are combined, from determining the circumstances, manner, and cause of death for any in-custody death, and instead requires the sheriff-coroner to contract with another county or a private third- party medical examination provider, as specified, to determine the manner, circumstances, and cause of the in-custody death. An act to amend Section 27522 of, and to add Sec- tion 27491.56 to, the Government Code, relating to local government. AB 1150, Schultz. Local agencies: airports: alter- native customer facility charges. Increases the cap on the alternative customer facility charge (CFC) – a fee collected from airport rental car patrons – from $9 to $12; allows for CFC revenue to be used for major maintenance of rental facilities; and clarifies that al- ternative CFC revenue may be used for any purpose that bond proceeds backed by such revenues may be used. An act to amend Sections 50474.21 and 50474.3 of the Government Code, relating to local government. AB 1170, Dixon. Maintenance of the codes. This bill is the annual maintenance of the codes bill that is sponsored by the Office of Legislative Counsel to make nonsubstantive changes to various codes. A condition for inclusion in the annual code mainte- nance bill is that the change be nonsubstantive. An act to amend Sections 205, 208, 1944, 2529.8.1, 4848.1, 4996.22, 5070.1, 5272, 5272.5, 7048, 7363, 8020.5, 17580, 19520, 23399.5, 26051.5, 26152.2, and 26200 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Sections 714.3, 798.56, 835, 1770, 1785.11.11, 1798.130, 1798.140, 1798.185, 1950.6, 1954.09, 2214, 2924f, 3111, 3480, and 5115 of, and to amend the head- ing of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2213) of Title 7 of Part 4 of Division 3 of, the Civil Code, to amend Sections 8, 5510, 7510, and 12460 of the Cor- porations Code, to amend Sections 8222, 8242, 10864, 17586, 33328.5, 33355, 42238.026, 44260.1, 44320.5, 44395, 45202, 46392, 47604.2, 48306, 51225.7, 51255, 66023.4, 66023.5, 66076.2, 66270.7, 66280.5, 66308, 66749.81, 69996.9, and 76303 of, and to amend and renumber Section 51225.32 of, the Education Code, to amend Sections 2201, 2208, 3019, and 20513 of the Elections Code, to amend Sections 1352, 1352.5, 1672, and 2089.22 of the Fish and Game Code, to amend Sections 12811.2, 12839, 14513, 14611, 56571, 58231.1, and 82001 of the Food and Agricul- tural Code, to amend Sections 8547.2, 8547.5, 8657, 11126, 12530.5, 14072.6, 14839, 14840, 19829.9852, 19829.9854, 51298, 53398.52, 54239.4, 62506, 62509, 62520, 62551, 62551.1, 62582, 65302, 65585, 65588, 65852.8, 65913.4, 65915, 65915.3, 66314, 66499.41, and 89517.5 of, and to repeal the heading of Title 8.5 of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 1317.2a, 1343.3, 1374.72, 2056, 9077, 18214, 50197.3, 50513,
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