Sacramento, CA — As the final deadline for the Legislature to pass bills for the 2023-24 session, 12 initiatives authored by Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park), who is Chair of the Bay Area Caucus, have reached the Assembly Floor for consideration. This comprehensive legislative package aims to address challenges critical to the Bay Area and advance a carbon-free economy, safeguard personal data, and reform justice practices.
“This year, we have made tremendous progress on legislation that will improve our transition to a carbon-free economy, protect our personal data from being sold by unknown entities, and reform our justice system so that incarcerated individuals and their families are not unjustly punished,” said Senator Becker. “I thank my legislative colleagues for working with me to craft meaningful legislation that will have a significant impact on our state,, and I am committed to continue finding innovative solutions to address our state’s challenges and ensure that the people of Senate District 13 have a government that works for them.”
On the Assembly Floor for a vote are the following bills authored by Senator Becker.
Cutting edge tech policy on Artificial Intelligence and protecting neural data:
- SB 942 - The California AI Transparency Act requires large GenAI providers to label AI-generated content and supply an AI-detection tool for users.
- SB 1223 - Protects consumers' neural data and protects it from nonconsensual use.
- SB 1120 - The Physicians Make Decisions Act requires physician oversight when algorithms are used to decide on medical services.
- SB 1288 - Creates the Workgroup on AI use in Education to incorporate the use of AI in education.
Innovative solutions on Homelessness:
- SB 1395 - The Interim Housing Act gives local governments a new and proven tool to address unsheltered homelessness by building more interim housing to do so more quickly and efficiently.
Save Solar:
- SB 1374 - Overturns a recent PUC ruling to restore some critical solar incentives for our schools, multi-family buildings and faith institutions for the energy that they self-consume.
Groundbreaking National Leadership:
- SB 537 - The Mexican Repatriation Memorial Act commemorates the approximately two million of Mexican descent who were illegally deported from the United States during the Great Depression.
Human services and better re-entry for incarcerated individuals:
- SB 1254 - The FRESH Act allows incarcerated people to apply for CalFresh benefits up to 90 days before their release to better prepare them for reentry and connect them to housing and employment services.
Juvenile Justice Leadership
- SB 1161 - The Juvenile Justice Omnibus Reform improves the efficacy of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
If approved by the Assembly, this legislation will head to the Senate Floor for a concurrence vote and then to the Governor’s desk for his signature.