SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Senator Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta) is proud to announce that seven bills from his 2026 legislative package passed both houses of the Legislature and are now headed to the Governor’s desk for consideration.
These bills address a wide variety of issues including wildfire recovery, consumer protection, property tax relief, small business regulations, education, and support for families.
The bills include:
• SB 308 - Streamlines fiscal oversight requirements for California Community Colleges by consolidating duplicative reporting into a single comprehensive annual report, reducing administrative burdens, improving efficiency, and maintaining transparency and accountability.
• SB 904 - Strengthens California’s wildfire recovery efforts by creating a consistent statewide protocol to expedite permitting, improve agency coordination, and help communities rebuild more quickly following major wildfires.
• SB 918 - Modernizes California’s drive-through restaurant regulations by allowing approved service openings that improve worker safety, increase efficiency, and maintain existing food safety standards.
• SB 946 - Permanently extends protections that help ensure fairness, accuracy, and privacy in escrow industry rating systems while preserving lenders’ ability to evaluate service providers.
• SB 974 - Clarifies Proposition 19 to protect severely disabled individuals whose inherited homes are held in Special Needs Trusts, helping families retain their Proposition 13 property tax protections.
• SB 1029 - Strengthens consumer protections by requiring unclaimed proceeds from vehicle lien sales to be transferred from the DMV to the State Controller after three years and treated as unclaimed property under California law, ensuring vehicle owners can access money owed to them.
• SB 1186 - Requires the Department of Public Health to process amended birth certificate requests for adoptive families within specified timelines, helping them obtain essential documents more quickly.
“I’m proud to see these common-sense, solutions-oriented bills advance through the legislative process with strong bipartisan support,” said Senator Seyarto. “Getting legislation through both houses requires collaboration, and I’m grateful to my staff, legislative colleagues, stakeholders, and everyone who worked with us throughout the year to move these measures forward. I look forward to the Governor’s consideration and hope to see these bills signed into law.”
The Governor has until September 30, 2026, to take action on legislation passed before the Legislature adjourned for the year.