New California Laws 2026: Part 32-Employment Law, Data Breaches, Workers' Comp

New California Laws 2026: Part 32

Sacramento, Calif. – Part 32 of the New California Laws 2026 series covers laws chaptered during the 2024–25 legislative session. This installment highlights new legislation on Employment Law, Data Breaches, Workers' Comp, Housing, Wildfire Safety and additional statewide updates.

For complete bill text, authorship details, and official effective dates, click the bill numbers below to access the California Legislature's official releases.

New California Laws 2026 (Part 32)

BILLDESCRIPTION
SB-415Planning and zoning: logistics use developments: truck routes.
SB-427Habitat Conservation Fund.
SB-428State Auditor: permanent office.
SB-429Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Program.
SB-437California State University: claim eligibility: genealogy and descendancy.
SB-439California Health Benefit Review Program: extension.
SB-440Private Works Change Order Fair Payment Act.
SB-443Retirement: joint powers authorities.
SB-446Data breaches: customer notification.
SB-447Workers' compensation: death benefits.
SB-450Adoption.
SB-451Gambling.
SB-456Contractors: exemptions: muralists.
SB-459Peace officers: confidential communications: exceptions: group peer support services.
SB-461State real property: City of Imperial.
SB-464Employer pay data.
SB-466Drinking water: primary standard for hexavalent chromium: exemption.
SB-470Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act: teleconferencing.
SB-471Office of the Developmental Services Ombudsperson.
SB-472Pupil instruction: Holocaust and genocide education: notice, survey, and grant program.

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