The Business and Professions Committee sent the bill to Appropriations on a divided vote after amendments limited the new retailer setback to 600 feet from schools and daycare centers.
The committee moved the school-safety and violence-prevention bill forward after hearing opposition from ACLU Cal Action and other advocates.
SB 1190 moved out of the Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee unanimously after witnesses and senators framed it as a response to troubled-teen transport abuse.
The 7-1 vote sends the bill to Appropriations after a sharp split between public-safety allies and industry opponents.
The elections committee moved the bill forward after support from voting-rights groups and objections from clerks and election officials who asked for clearer standards.
The Utilities and Energy Committee moved SB 1259 and SB 1425 forward July 1, sending both bills to Appropriations after testimony and roll calls.
The measure would direct the secretary of state to develop a secure ballot-return method for military and overseas voters after the Defense Department fax service ended.
SB 1111 was presented at a June 30 Assembly Public Safety Committee hearing as a measure targeting deepfake sexual imagery and digital impersonation, with support from Paris Hilton's 1111 Media Company and several advocacy groups.
SB 1418 would extend existing custody protections for voted ballots to other election records, equipment and digital data, according to a committee hearing summary.
Supporters told lawmakers the bill would give adoptees access to original birth certificates while preserving a birth-parent contact-preference form.
The bill would have added annual licensing review for certain short-term residential therapeutic programs with repeated serious violations.
SB 970 moved out of the Assembly Military and Veteran Affairs Committee on June 30 after testimony split between access advocates and Secretary of State security concerns.
The June 29 hearing on SB 1370 centered on how far California should go to speed wildfire fuel-reduction work while preserving environmental review, public notice and pesticide limits.
SB 1329 moved out of suspense on a 5-2 vote after amendments, keeping alive a fight over how California values solar projects for property-tax purposes.
Floor remarks described AB 179 as structuring a $900 million homelessness investment while members again debated oversight and the scale of homelessness spending.
The bill would launch a light-duty zero-emission vehicle incentive program and move unused funds to the Demand Side Grid Support Program.
The labor trailer bill would let the Department of Industrial Relations accept electronic funds transfer payments and update disability-benefit and grant-reporting rules tied to the 2026 Budget Act.
The Assembly unanimously concurred in Senate amendments to AB 182, an elections-related bill now headed to the governor.
The Assembly unanimously concurred in Senate amendments to AB 182, an elections-related bill, and sent it to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The bill moved on a do-pass motion in the Assembly Transportation Committee, where supporters framed it as a way to give regulators more flexibility under the Clean Miles Standard.
The industry group said it had opposed the Clean Truck Transparency Act but moved to neutral after changes in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.
The bill cleared the Assembly 62-1 and adds data-collection requirements for some developmental-services settings.
Lawmakers, auditors and higher-education leaders revisited a 2023 transfer audit at a Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing, underscoring persistent bottlenecks for community college students trying to reach UC and CSU degrees.
The June 29 budget hearing added a $141 million Next Gen 911 item to the 2026-27 package, along with reporting, audit and oversight requirements.
