Legislative Session
Learn More About CWLC’s 2018 Legislative Accomplishments
Learn more about CWLC’s policy advocacy for the 2018 legislative session.
Senate Bill 320 (Leyva) – College Student Right to Access Act
The California Women’s Law Center supports SB 320, the College Student Right to Access Act, introduced by Senator Leyva, which will secure students’ access to reproductive health services at public universities and colleges by providing medication abortion at student health centers that receive state funding. Read SB 320 Letter of Support SB 320 was introduced
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Senate Bill 703: California Equal Benefits: Transgender Worker Rights
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California State Senate Bill 703 authored by Senator Mark Leno. SB 703 will prohibit state agencies from doing business with companies that discriminate against their employees based on gender identity, including by denying of transgender workers the same benefits and healthcare coverage they offer all other workers. The bill builds on existing California law that
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Assembly Bill 418: Tenancy: Termination: Victims of Violent Crime
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Assembly Bill 418 authored by Assemblymember David Chiu. AB 418 will strengthen the early lease termination provisions for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking and elder/dependent adult abuse. Current law allows a survivor to terminate a residential lease early by providing a statement from
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Senate Bill 406: Employment: Leave
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Senate Bill 406 authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson. SB 406 will extend job-protected leave to more California workers when they need to take time off to care for a seriously ill family member or bond with a new child. SB 406 will lower the employer threshold under
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Senate Bill 592: Pupil Safety: Adolescent Relationship Abuse Prevention
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Senate Bill 592 authored by Senator Connie M. Leyva. SB 592 will makes strides toward eliminating domestic violence in California by requiring schools to provide education on healthy relationships and adolescent relationship abuse and incorporate plans responding to incidents of abuse in their school safety plan. This
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Assembly Bill 908: Strengthening Paid Family Leave (PFL)
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Assembly Bill 908 authored by Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez. AB 908 will allow workers to take time off to care for a new child or ill family member without risking severe financial hardship by increasing the wage replacement rate and extending the length of time a worker can
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Senate Bill 358: California Fair Pay Act
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Senate Bill 358 authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson. SB 358, the California Fair Pay Act, which strengthens the state’s existing equal pay law by eliminating loopholes preventing effective enforcement and empowering employees to discuss pay without fear of retaliation. This bill ensures that employees performing substantially equivalent work are paid
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Senate Bill 429: Instructional Programs: Title IX Instructional Videos
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Senate Bill 429 authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson. SB 429 would require the California Department of Education (CDE) to develop an informational Title IX training video to help schools and school districts become Title IX compliant. This bill would provide a modest, cost effective and easily accessible
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Assembly Bill 302: Pupil Services: Lactation Accommodations
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Assembly Bill 302 authored by Assemblymember Cristina Garcia. AB 302 would enact legislation that would respect and uphold the rights and education opportunities of pregnant and parenting pupils, including providing lactation accommodations. Existing law establishes the California School Age Families Education Program, which is a comprehensive, continuous, and community linked
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Senate Bill 579: the Family Engagement Act
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Senate Bill 579 authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson. SB 579 would give working parents more flexibility in using time off to care for their children and select their children’s educational settings. Existing law accommodates certain challenges faced by working parents, including providing parents with 40 hours of unpaid leave to care
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Assembly Bill 913: Campus Sexual Assault Enforcement Coordination
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Assembly Bill 913 authored by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago. AB 913 will help protect students on our college campuses by ensuring that campus and local law enforcement have agreements in place outlining their responsibilities related to sexual assaults and hate crimes. Sexual assault is an epidemic at our nation’s colleges that
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Assembly Bill 830: An Act to Amend the Civil Code Related to Gender Violence
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Assembly Bill 830 authored by Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman. AB 830 would amend Civil Code § 52.4 to specifically define the term “gender” to include a person’s “gender identity” and “gender expression.” This proposal would also explicitly provide statutory protection against violence that is motivated by a
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Assembly Bill 1017: Wages: Gender Pay Equity
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Assembly Bill 1017 authored by Assemblymember Nora Campos. AB 1017 will promote fair and equal pay practices by requiring employers to advertise a job’s minimum pay and prohibiting employers from seeking salary history without a job applicant’s consent. The gender wage gap is a reality in California,
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Senate Bill 665: Addressing Rape and Sexual Assault
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Senate Bill 665 authored by Senator Marty Block. SB 665 will provide much needed student education and independent oversight of the Title IX process to address and prevent abuses at our state’s institutions of higher learning. While SB 665 focuses on the sexual assault epidemic at our state’s colleges and
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Senate Bill 224: Elderly Parole Program
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) and the California Commission on Aging, support California Senate Bill 224 authored by Senator Carol Liu and Senator Mark Leno. SB 224 lowers the eligibility requirements for parole consideration for elderly prisoners, which would decrease the burden of incarceration on taxpayers and allow low-risk, senior prisoners to reunite with
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Senate Bill 219: Alternative Custody Program
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Senate Bill 219 authored by Senator Carol Liu. SB 219 will provide a durable solution to California’s prison crisis and improve families’ lives by helping to ensure all eligible state-incarcerated women can participate in the Alternative Custody Program. The Alternative Custody Program allows certain incarcerated women to serve the remainder
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Senate Bill 464: Health and Self Reporting Tools
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports California Senate Bill 464 authored by Senator Hernandez. SB 464 will allow the use of self-screening tools to identify certain risk factors, including patient blood pressure and weight, so that health care practitioners can safely prescribe or dispense hormonal contraceptives via telehealth services. Currently, women in rural and underserved communities face fewer
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Military Justice Improvement Act – an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act
The California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) supports the Military Justice Improvement Act authored by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. The U.S. Senate just moved to take up the National Defense Authorization Act – giving an opportunity to bring a vote on the Military Justice Improvement Act to reform our military’s antiquated system that punishes sexual
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