Building Homes Smarter, Faster, and Greener
AB 6 Building Standards – Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to create a working group to explore allowing “missing middle” developments between three and 10 units to be built under the requirements of the California Residential Code, rather than the California Building Code.
AB 253 Permitting Reform – Allows homeowners and developers to use third-party licensed professionals to review certain post-entitlement permits.
AB 368 Passive Housing Standards – Directs the California Energy Commission to evaluate the adoption of certified Passive House energy efficiency standards as an alternative compliance pathway to existing Title 24 building efficiency standards.
AB 474 Shared Housing Act of 2025 – Supports nonprofit home-sharing by reducing barriers, offering financial incentives and tenant protections for seniors, and allowing caregivers to move in when necessary.
AB 763 Timber Harvest Permitting Synchronization – Simplifies the process for responsibly harvesting timber while ensuring strong environmental protections. It helps prevent wildfires, supports local jobs, and keeps California’s forests healthy for the long run.
Protecting Privacy & Civil Rights
AB 446 Surveillance Pricing – Prohibits businesses from using the personal information of a consumer to adjust the price of goods based off their individualized data profile, a practice known as surveillance pricing.
AB 1355 The California Location Privacy Act – Prohibits entities from collecting, using, or selling location data of an individual, unless doing so is necessary to provide goods or services requested by that individual.
AB 1337 The IPA Reform Act of 2025 - Updates California’s Information Practices Act (IPA) of 1977, which governs how public entities handle our data, to respond to the challenges of today’s digital environment.
Reducing Barriers for Transportation, Green Energy, and Recreation
AB 518 Low Impact Camping – Streamlines the permitting process for Low Impact Camping Areas or commercially available campgrounds that are approved by and meet all requirements set by local governments.
AB 1070 Transit Board Accountability – Increases transparency and accountability for transit boards by creating two new non-voting seats for rider and worker representatives. This ensures public transportation agencies are more responsive to the needs of communities, improving oversight and decision-making.
AB 1260 Community Solar Expansion – Makes needed changes to California’s customer renewable energy subscription program, to ensure the State has a robust and sustainable community solar market that delivers cost savings to ratepayers at a time when energy costs continue to rise.
Expanding Access to Health and Mental Health Care
AB 322 School Based Health – Increases local educational agencies participation in programs that offer reimbursement for school-based health and mental health services, helping schools draw down crucial funds to cover the cost of student health and mental health services.
AB 1103 Research Advisory Panel of California (RAP-C) Reform – Streamlines RAP-C’s processes for approving medical and scientific research about medicines used for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, treatment-resistant depression, substance use disorder, and other conditions driving the disproportionate incidence of suicide among veterans.