Legislation

The bill target acts of transnational repression (TNR), but has broad language and undefined terms that raise significant First Amendment concerns and risk targeting the very communities this bill intends to protect.

This bill would increase the yearly compensation from $5,000 to $50,000, increasing the overall cap from $25,000 to $1 million.

This bill would allow DACA recipients to obtain professional licenses if they meet the other qualifications.

This bill limits the use of physical restraints on pregnant and certain postpartum people who are in the custody of a jail or correctional facility.

This bill guarantees that people in state prisons, county jails, and juvenile facilities receive a minimum amount of free phone and messaging access, and it bans charging them—or their families—beyond those required minimums.

This bill requires state prisons and county jails to install outdoor-facing windows of at least 1.5 square feet in any cell along an exterior wall by October 1, 2030, as long as doing so is structurally safe.

This bill requires the Department of Corrections to provide every person incarcerated in a state prison with three hours of outdoor time per week.

This bill requires the Department of Corrections and county sheriffs to stock commissaries with a wide range of personal hygiene products.

This bill requires state prisons and county jails to provide verified nontoxic menstrual products, free of charge to any incarcerated person with an active menstrual cycle.