California Votes

Requires the California Film Commission to expand the state's motion-picture tax-credit system by adding new data-collection requirements.

Makes large social-media platforms legally liable if their algorithms or actions help facilitate violence, intimidation, or discrimination that violates California civil-rights laws.

Requires California's professional-licensing boards to fast-track license applications for individuals certified as descendants of American slaves.

Designates Diwali, the Hindu "festival of lights," as an official state holiday in California.

Establishes the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery within California's Civil Rights Department to administer future reparations-related programs.

Mandates free condom access for grades 9-12 starting in 2025-26, promotes partnerships with health organizations, allocates $5 million for community distribution, and prohibits age-based restrictions on nonprescription contraception.

Mandates free condom access for grades 9-12 starting in 2025-26, promotes partnerships with health organizations, allocates $5 million for community distribution, and prohibits age-based restrictions on nonprescription contraception.

Requires California medical licensing boards to expedite licensure for applicants intending to provide so-called gender-affirming healthcare or mental healthcare, similar to the existing process for abortion providers.

Declares that "it is the established policy of this state that every human being has the right to access sufficient affordable and healthy food," and requires "all relevant state agencies to consider this state policy…pertinent to the distribution of sufficient food."

Makes the adoption of a "hate crimes" policy by a state and local law enforcement agency mandatory by July 1, 2024.

Would include a parent's affirmation of the child's "gender identity or gender expression" as part of the "health, safety, and welfare" factors used to determine the "best interests of the child" for the purposes of deciding custody.

Would include a parent's affirmation of the child's "gender identity or gender expression" as part of the "health, safety, and welfare" factors used to determine the "best interests of the child" for the purposes of deciding custody.

Proclaims March 15, 2023, as "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day, a day of remembrance and education to ensure that all Californians always honor and remember a vibrant guardian of equality for all."

Requires California courts to order parents who do not sign a change of gender petition that has been filed on behalf of their minor child to show cause why the petition should not be granted by filing a written objection.

Requires California courts to order parents who do not sign a change of gender petition that has been filed on behalf of their minor child to show cause why the petition should not be granted by filing a written objection.

Would establish the California Commission on Human Rights to evaluate the state's protection of human rights as "defined, enumerated, or set forth by, but not limited to" the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Would establish the California Commission on Human Rights to evaluate the state's protection of human rights as "defined, enumerated, or set forth by, but not limited to" the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.