SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has signed the following bills:

• AB 120 by Assemblymember Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield) – Gambling Control Act.
• AB 161 by Assemblymember Philip Ting (D-San Francisco) – Budget Act of 2021.
• AB 246 by Assemblymember Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) – Contractors: disciplinary actions.
• AB 251 by Assemblymember Steven Choi (R-Irvine) – Public postsecondary education: admission by exception.
• AB 271 by Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) – Santa Clara Valley Water District: contracts: best value procurement.
• AB 306 by Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach) – School districts and community college districts: employee housing.
• AB 378 by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) – Public officials.
• AB 382 by Senator Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles) – Whole Child Model program.
• AB 429 by Assemblymember Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) – Child support: access to records.
• AB 439 by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) – Certificates of death: gender identity.
• AB 440 by Assemblymember Frank Bigelow (R-O’Neals) – Bear Lake Reservoir: recreational use.
• AB 444 by the Committee on Public Employment and Retirement – State and local employees: pay warrants: designees.
• AB 504 by Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) – Solid waste: commercial and organic waste: recycling bins.
• AB 591 by Assemblymember Carlos Villapudua (D-Stockton) – Vessels: arrests.
• AB 627 by Assemblymember Marie Waldron (R-Escondido) – Recognition of tribal court orders: rights in retirement plans or deferred compensation.
• AB 644 by Assemblymember Marie Waldron (R-Escondido) – California MAT Re-Entry Incentive Program.
• AB 869 by Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) – State funds: investments.
• AB 1065 by Assemblymember Brian Maienschein (D-San Diego) – Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: Mental Health Crisis Prevention Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.
• AB 1180 by Assemblymember Devon Mathis (R-Visalia) – Local governments: surplus land: tribes.
• AB 1291 by Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Fairfield) – State bodies: open meetings.
• AB 1428 by Assemblymember Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) – Safe Drinking Water Act: applicability.
• AB 1527 by Assemblymember Philip Ting (D-San Francisco) – Seton Medical Center.
• AB 1582 by the Committee on Revenue and Taxation – Income taxes: withholding: real property sales: Katz-Harris Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights Act: report.
• AB 1583 by the Committee on Revenue and Taxation – Property taxation: equalized assessment roll: aircrafts.
• SB 708 by Senator Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) – Water shortage emergencies: declarations: deenergization events.

For full text of the bills, visit: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov

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