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Assembly passes package of health, tenant and other bills; votes at a glance
Summary
On April 24, 2025, the California State Assembly passed multiple bills spanning health care, tenant protections, juvenile and education measures. Recorded tallies and brief descriptions are listed below.
The California State Assembly on April 24, 2025, approved a group of bills addressing health insurance oversight, tenant internet choice, litigation finance regulation, foster youth residency, emergency reproductive health care, school-based health funding reimbursement and other items, with recorded roll-call tallies on several measures.
Below are the bills, short descriptions and the recorded outcomes as taken from the Assembly floor transcript.
Votes at a glance
- AB 789 (Bonta) — Strengthen state ability to review and limit unreasonable health insurance premium increases; Ayes 53, Noes 4; PASSED.
- ACR 56 (Michelle Rodriguez) — Designating April as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month (concurrent resolution); Co-authors added 68; adopted by voice vote.
- AB 652 (Alvarez) — Permit appointing authorities to designate alternates for the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District board to prevent vacancy-related quorum problems; Ayes 58, Noes 2; PASSED.
- AB 1414 (Ransom) — Prohibit landlords from forcing tenants to use a particular internet service provider; Ayes 72, Noes 0; PASSED.
- AB 931 (Calra) — Regulation and disclosure rules for litigation finance agreements and protections for plaintiffs; Ayes 53, Noes 0; PASSED.
- AB 890 (Lee) — Reduce residency requirement for foster youth (non-minor dependents) moving between counties from one year to six months; Ayes 69, Noes 0; PASSED.
- AB 40 (Bonta) — Clarify that emergency services include reproductive health services, including abortion, as necessary to relieve an emergency medical condition; urgency clause required 54 votes. Urgency tally: Ayes 54, Noes 9. Final measure tally: Ayes 54, Noes 9; PASSED.
- AB 322 (Ward) — Direct the Department of Education to encourage local education agencies to participate in programs that reimburse school-based health and mental health services; Ayes 56, Noes 0; PASSED.
- AB 639 (Soria) — Narrow exception to dam definition to exclude certain small weirs, reducing regulatory burden on operators (applies to approximately 10 facilities); Ayes 70, Noes 0; PASSED.
What members said
Assemblymember Bonta, author of AB 789 and AB 40, framed AB 789 as a step to remove a statutory tie to federal law so state regulators can "review and protect consumers from unreasonable and unjustified rate increases." On AB 40 he described the bill as a "simple clarification of law" to ensure emergency reproductive health care is treated as emergency services.
Why it matters: The package covers consumer protections (insurance-rate oversight, litigation finance disclosure), tenant choice for internet service, health access for foster youth and emergency reproductive care — areas that affect many Californians' daily lives and state-regulated services.
Next steps: Passed bills will be sent to the governor for signature unless otherwise specified. The Assembly adjourned and scheduled floor sessions and committee meetings for the coming days.
