SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris is proud to announce that 12 of the bills she authored this session were signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. These bills focus on some of her key priority issues including keeping our communities safe from gun violence, expediting green-energy development, lowering energy costs and strengthening the reliability of our electricity grid.
The bills passed include:
AB 1974 – Adds training on the risks of gun ownership to the existing training court mediators and child custody evaluators must already take so they are better prepared when dealing with child custody cases.
AB 2004 – Modernizes state recorded document laws by authorizing notaries to certify paper copies of electronic documents.
AB 2096 – Authorizes chief administrative officers of public higher education institutions to seek legal action for students or faculty facing threats or unlawful violence within the educational setting.
AB 2129 – Improves access to long-acting contraception in hospitals and birth centers by standardizing insurance coverage.
AB 2292 – Accelerates the permitting of large transmission projects by reducing redundant process requirements at the CPUC.
AB 2368 – Directs the CPUC to prepare the grid to meet required demand and ensure grid resiliency.
AB 2672 – Expands California's energy bill discount program to housing owned or run by public housing authorities.
AB 2759 – Introduces revisions to improve firearm restrictions, ensuring fairness and consistency while strengthening protections for domestic violence survivors and the public.
AB 2779 – Mandates the rapid expansion of the transmission system by requiring the California Independent System Operator to report on new uses and cost savings of Grid Enhancing Technologies.
AB 2843 – Prohibits health plans from charging victims of rape and sexual assault for care they receive.
AB 3072 – Requires a court to consider a parent's access to firearms when making a decision between in-person and virtual visitation in order to keep children safe during contentious child custody cases.
AB 3264 – Collects information on total energy costs and identifies actions to reduce energy bills.