2026 Legislative Victories: Supported Bills Enacted into Law

This year Indivisible Alta-Pasadena members participated in nominating and voting for Indivisible CA: Priority bills. We also supported bills through group actions including submitting support letters to the legislature, discussing bills with legislative staff at meetings, sharing calls to actions to members and joining coalition letters of support. Our 2026 Legislation page has a list of bills IAP supported in 2026, and their final status.

2026 California State Legislation

Below is a list of 27 bills that Indivisible Alta-Pasadena supported through the 2026 California state legislative session and one bill we opposed. Bill Status * ✅ Bill passed * 🚫 Bill passed legislative process but was vetoed by Governor Newsom * ❌ Bill failed during legislative process * ⭐ Indivisible CA State Strong Priority Bill Economic

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We are pleased to report that 10 out of 17 bills our group supported became law! A huge thank you to all our members that wrote letters, sent emails or made phone calls to support these bills.

List of IAP supported bills signed into law ⬇️

1. AB 225 (Rodriguez) – Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program: cost of attendance
2. AB 1642 (Harabedian) – Wildfires: contamination standards
3. AB 1661 (Bryan) – Oil and gas: low-production wells: Baldwin Hills Conservancy: Equitable Community Repair and Reinvestment Account
4. AB 2162 (Bryan) – Foster Youth Housing Voucher
5. SB 1160 (Durazo) – The Eviction Court Data Transparency Act
6. SB 1367 (Cervantes) – Planning and zoning: detention facilities
7. AB 1807 (Gabriel) – Immigration enforcement: use of state-owned property
8. AB 1806 (Gabriel) – Department of Justice
9. AB 2128 (Haney) – Housing authorities: term limits and work requirements
10. AB 2157 (Bryan) – Workforce development: Displaced Oil and Gas Worker Pilot Program: extension and assessment

In addition our group is also a member of the Indivisible CA: State Strong coalition (CASS) and at the October monthly meeting coalition call we learned that 19 CASS priority bills were signed into law.

List of CASS priority bills signed into law ⬇️

1. AB 1715 (Schaivo) - Ensures transparency and savings passed on to ratepayers by Invester-owned utilities
2. SB 868 (Wiener) - The Plug and Play Solar Act - allows balcony solar
3. AB 1633 (Haney) - Imposes a 25% tax on detention center profits
4. SB 747 (Wiener) - The No Kings Act allows the public to right to sue for civil rights violations
5. AB 1801 (Lee) - Requires a 180-day notice before a detention center can be established in a community
6. AB 2483 (Elhawary) - Requires CDCR and CA Conservation camp to give access to firefighting jobs
7. AB 1776 (Aguiar-Curry) - The COMPETE Act updates anti-trust laws
8. SB 1091 (Caballero) - Establishes the Community Anti-displacement and Preservation Program
9. AB 2764 (Ahrens) - Protects housing for foster youth
10. AB 2765 (Ahrens) - Increases state-level food assistance for foster youth
11. AB 2766 (Ahrens) - Expands priority housing for foster youth and homeless students at CA community colleges
12. AB 2768 (Ahrens) - Defers tuition for foster youth until after financial aid is disbursed at higher ed
13. AB 2161 (Bonta) - Minimizes federal work requirements imposed by HR1
14. SB 895 (Wiener, Pérez & Wahab) Places a $23 billion dollar bond on Nov ballot to fund health and science research
15. SB 942 (Caballero) - Requires private companies to get a public health license to operate detention centers
16. AB 1655 (Bryan) - The Protecting Kids from ICE Act allows detained people to continue receiving benefits
17. SB 873 (Reyes) - Permits judges discretion on pre-trial diversion - 2yr bill
18. AB 280 (Aguiar-Curry & Papan) - Requires medical provider directories be accurate - 2yr bill
19. AB 690 (Schultz) - End Flat-fee Public Defense Bill - 2yr bill

🚫 Bills that Governor Newsom vetoed

Governor Newsom vetoed a number of bills, including six Indivisible CA: State Strong Priority bills and two IAP supported bills. One of the bills vetoed was AB 2635 (Rodriguez), the Just Transition for Landscapers Act which was selected as one of the 5 bills that Indivisible Alta-Pasadena nominated to CASS as a Priority Bill at the beginning of the legislative session. This bill would have helped landscaping workers and small business owners transition from gas-powered engines to cleaner electric landscaping equipment, and was co-sponsored by Inclusive Action and NDLON. You can read the veto message and the coalitions response and vow to keep fighting for economic and environmental justice.

What's Next?

In upcoming posts, we will take a closer look at some of the new laws listed above. Topics we will cover include:

• Mitigating harm from H.R.1. federal cuts to vital programs like Medi-Cal and CalFresh
• Protecting communities from immigration enforcement and ICE detention
• New housing protections for foster youth and students experiencing homelessness
• Highlights from environmental justice and economic justice bills.

Keep an eye out for these posts after the midterms elections.