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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Equal access for victims of police violence act passes in CA Senate committee

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The Equal Access for Victims of Police Violence Act, or SB 299, was authored by Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino. The state bill aims to increase accessibility to California’s program for victim compensation.

The California Senate Public Safety Committee passed the Equal Access for Victims of Police Violence Act, or SB 299, on Tuesday.
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State

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom signs SB 24 to provide medication abortion at CA public universities

CA Gov. Newsom signed SB 24 into law Friday, which requires all student health centers at public state universities to provide medication abortion by 2023.
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National

Sunday, October 13, 2019

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation requiring prompt testing of rape kits

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 22 into law, a bill requiring law enforcement agencies and forensic laboratories in California to promptly test all newly collected rape kits.
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State

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Bill requiring California public universities to provide ‘abortion pill’ passes in state Assembly

SB 24, or the “College Student Right to Access Act,” was passed by the California State Assembly Health Committee Tuesday, and will guarantee that all California public university students have access to medication abortion through university health centers by January 2023, according to the bill.
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UC

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Bill to make late wage payments from UC system illegal passes in state Senate

SB 698, which won bipartisan support on May 23, would eliminate the University of California’s exemption from strict wage laws and make it illegal for UC workers to be paid late if it is passed, according to a press release from the UC Student-Workers Union.
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State

Thursday, April 4, 2019

California SB 24 approved by Senate committee, to give students on UC, CSU campuses access to medical abortion

California state SB 24 — the “College Student Right to Access Act”— was approved by the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday in a seven-to-three vote.
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State

Friday, March 29, 2019

Bill requiring quicker evaluation of sexual assault kits passes California Senate committee

The California Senate Public Safety Committee passed SB 22 — also known as the “Sexual Assault Victims’ DNA Bill of Rights” — on Tuesday, according to a press release by District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, who co-sponsored the legislation.
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UC

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

UC, CSU students to advocate for campus medication abortion access in Sacramento

About 40 UC and CSU students will come together in Sacramento on March 11 to lobby legislators for the College Student Right to Access Act, or Senate Bill 24, introduced by Senator Connie Leyva, D-Chino.
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State

Sunday, December 2, 2018

State Sen. Connie Leyva to reintroduce bill requiring abortion pills to be offered on public university campuses

State Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, will reintroduce a bill that would require abortion pills to be offered on public university campuses in California on Monday during the first day of the state Senate’s session.
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State

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Gov. Jerry Brown signs 1, vetoes another bill on sexual assault evidence kits

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday that mandates a statewide audit of all untested sexual assault evidence kits, commonly referred to as “rape kits.” Yet on the same day, he vetoed another bill that passed unanimously through the state Senate and Assembly, and would have mandated that rape kits be processed within 120 days.
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