Press Releases

Today, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 995, a bill aimed at addressing California’s severe teacher shortage and improving the education outcomes of California students.




Today, the California State Senate passed Senate Bill 764, the Child Content Creator Rights Act. The bill, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), would ensure content creators under 18 earn fair financial benefits from the use of their image.




Today, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 967, a bill to create a pilot project in Imperial County to develop a 3 day dust forecast and dust storm early warning system to improve the quality of life in the region.




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.




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.