2025 Letters to the Daily Journals – Senate Bills

2025 Letters to the Daily Journals – Senate Bills By Chris Micheli

            With the conclusion of the 2025 California Legislative Session, and the printing of all the Daily Journals for both houses, I have compiled a chart below of legislators’ letters to the Daily Journals in the Senate:


Senate Bills

 

 

 

 

SBx1 – 2

Wiener

February 3

45

Budget Act of 2024

SB 19

Rubio

Sept. 11

2867

Crimes: threats

SB 24

McNerney

Sept. 12

2983

Public utilities: review of accounts: electrical and gas corporations: rates: political influence activities

SB 53

Wiener

Sept. 12

3041

Artificial intelligence models: large developers

SB 63

Wiener

Sept. 12

3044

San Francisco Bay area: local revenue measure: public transit funding

SB 79

Wiener

Sept. 12

3043

Housing development: transit-oriented development

SB 105

Wiener

Sept. 12

2981

Budget Acts of 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025

SB 131

Wiener

July 9

2044

Public resources

SB 243

Padilla

Sept. 12

3045

Companion chatbots

SB 254

Becker

Sept. 12

3057

Energy

SB 404

Caballero

Sept. 12

3046

Hazardous materials: metal shredding facilities

SB 596

Menjivar

Sept. 12

2982

Health facilities: administrative penalties

SB 627

Wiener

Sept. 12

3042

Law enforcement: masks

SB 669

McGuire

Sept. 12

2944

Rural hospitals: standby perinatal services

SB 711

McNerney

Sept. 12

2960

Taxation: federal conformity

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