SACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bills 892 and 893, measures designed to leverage California’s economic power to both develop a public artificial intelligence (AI) resource and the creation of a safe and ethical framework for AI service providers contracting with the state, one of the nation’s largest purchasers of technology services.
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SACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) announced he would introduce language to amend Senate Bill 764, requiring content creators that feature minors in at least 30% of their content, to set aside a proportionate percentage of their earnings in a trust for the minor to access when they reach adulthood. Named the Child Content Creator Rights Act, the legislation would ensure influencers under 18 earn fair financial benefits from the use of their image.
SACRAMENTO –Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) released the following statement today following Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of Senate Bill 751, a measure that would have ended the practice of private entities abusing Act of God provisions, undermining a worker’s right to strike.
SACRAMENTO –Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) released the following statement today following Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of Senate Bill 619, a measure that would cut years off the time it takes for transmission projects to be approved and permitted – a reform critical for the California economy and the state’s rapid advance towards 100% clean energy.
SACRAMENTO – Senate Bill 751, Senator Steve Padilla’s (D-San Diego) legislation closing predatory loopholes in franchise agreements between municipalities and waste haulers was passed today by the California Legislature.
SACRAMENTO – Today, in a move to modernize California’s aging energy infrastructure, the Senate passed Senate Bill 619, Senator Steve Padilla’s (D-San Diego) legislation to accelerate California’s efforts to approve energy transmission projects.
SACRAMENTO – Last week, the California Assembly passed Senate Bill 583, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) and co-authored by Coachella Valley Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), with bipartisan support. The bill creates the Salton Sea Conservancy to unify the state’s efforts to protect residents’ health, foster ecological recovery in the area, and to empower local stakeholders in that process.
SACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Steve Padilla’s (D-San Diego) legislation to accelerate California’s efforts to approve energy transmission projects, Senate Bill 619, passed the Assembly Floor with bipartisan support.