Press Releases

Bills Further Climate Action, Social Justice, Reproductive Health Data Privacy and More

SACRAMENTO, CA  – Yesterday, fourteen of Senator Becker’s key bills cleared the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. They now head to the Senate Floor for consideration by the full Senate.

The fourteen bills represent Senator Josh Becker’s legislative priorities to act on climate, advance social justice, protect reproductive health data, build affordable housing, and more.




Planned Parenthood California Supports Senator Becker’s “Delete Act” Ahead of Senate Appropriations Committee

(SACRAMENTO) – Californians who want to control their reproductive healthcare information will be able to hit the “delete” button when it comes to a data broker’s ability to collect and sell information on them if SB 362 by Senator Josh Becker (D-San Mateo) becomes law.




SACRAMENTO – Today, Governor Newsom released his May Revision, and Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park), the Chairman of the Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee’s Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy, responded:




SB 608 Updates “Kids’ Plates” Programs To

Increase Funding For Local Child Health & Safety Programs




 

 SB 362 Will Let Californians Take Control Of Their

Personal  Information & Require Data Brokers To Delete Data

(SACRAMENTO) – Californians who want to control access to their personal information will be able to hit the “delete” button when it comes to a data broker’s ability to collect and maintain information on them if SB 362 by Senator Josh Becker (D-San Mateo) becomes law.




Becker Legislation Makes It Easier For Cities To Put Up “Opportunity Homes”




SACRAMENTO – Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) announces Jill Ferguson as the winner of his inaugural ‘Ought to Be A Law’ contest. Jill Ferguson submitted a bill idea to create a single layered online application for California’s energy incentive programs under the California Energy Commission (CEC). The bill idea will be carried in Senate Bill 755, called ‘California’s Layered Energy Application for Residents (CLEAR).’




(Sacramento) – Making it easier and quicker to build the estimated 15,000 miles of new transmissions lines California will need in the next 30 years to modernize its power grid is the aim of SB 420 – The California Transmission Prioritization Act (CalTPA) – by Senator Josh Becker (D-San Mateo), the chairman of the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy.