Now that the 2019 Legislative Session has concluded, many Capitol observers have inquired whether bills that had been vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown over the past few years saw success under Governor Gavin Newsom. Or whether bills that Brown had vetoed were also vetoed by our new governor.

With the help of all the Assembly and Senate policy committee consultants, as well as the Assembly and Senate Republican Caucus consultants, our collective research found 66 bills (45 ABs and 21 SBs) that Governor Newsom signed after Governor Brown had vetoed earlier versions, while 22 bills (15 ABs and 7 SBs) were vetoed by both governors.

The following chart sets forth the bills that we have found, with the double-vetoes in italics (if there are any bills missing, please let me know so that the chart can be updated):

2019 Bill Author 2018 Bill Topic Outcome
ASSEMBLY 60 Bills      
AB 9 Reyes AB 1870 Statute of limitations for harassment claims Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 32 Bonta AB 1320 Ban on private prisons Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 35 Kalra AB 2963 Worker exposure to lead Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 37 Jones-Sawyer AB 1863 Business expenses deduction for cannabis Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 51 Gonzalez AB 3080 Ban on employment arbitration agreements Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 57 Low SB 88 (Yee) in 2011 Names of candidates Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 61 Ting AB 2888 Petition judges to take away person’s firearm Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 130 Low SB 42 (Liu) from 2015 Higher education accountability Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 169 Lackey AB 1865 Injury or death of service or guide dogs Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 171 Gonzalez AB 3081 Sexual harassment claims (part of prior bill) Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 209 Limon AB 2534 Outdoor grant programs Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 218 Gonzalez AB 3120 Statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse claims Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 290 Wood SB 1156 (Leyva) Limitations on dialysis clinics Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 333 Eggman AB 2317 Whistleblower protections Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 338 Chu AB 2588 Smoke alarms in manufactured housing Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 344 Calderon AB 3085 New Beginnings California Program Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 355 Daly AB 2886 Orange County Transportation Authority Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 378 Limon AB 101 (Perez) in 2011 Child care workers to form unions Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 381 Reyes AB 2070 Intimate partner and dating violence Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 391 Voepel AB 2169 Leased and rental vehicles Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 415 Maienschein SB 1005 (Atkins) Pet relocation expenses Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 420 Lackey AB 1996 CA Cannabis Research Program Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 449 Gallagher AB 810 from 2017 Feather River crossing Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 485 Medina AB 2853 Economic development subsidies Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 493 Gloria AB 2153 (Thurmond) LGBTQ online training for teacher Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 520 Kalra AB 251 (Levine) from 2015 Public works projects Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 547 Gonzalez AB 2079 Harassment training for janitorial workers Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 567 Calderon AB 332 from 2015 Long-term care insurance Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 585 Limon AB 1472 from 2017 Oil and gas leases Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 589 Gonzalez AB 2732 Unfair immigration related practices Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 620 Cooley AB 2029 in 2014 Coroner notification in sudden child death cases Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 625 Kalra SB 599 (Mendoza) from 2015 Service contracts and employee retention Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 629 Smith AB 900 (Gonzalez) Crime Victim Compensation Board Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 668 Gonzalez SB 349 (Lara) Privilege from civil arrest at courthouses Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 684 Levine AB 1239 (Holden) Electric vehicle charging stations Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 733 Quirk AB 2474 Hazardous waste identification and testing Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 751 O’Donnell AB 1951 Pathways to College Act Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 754 Grayson AB 2163 GIS data for excavations Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 857 Chiu AB 750 (Hueso) in 2011 Public banks Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 879 Gipson AB 1673 in 2015 Firearms Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 922 Burke AB 926 (Bonilla) from 2013 Reproductive health Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 929 Rivas AB 2275 (Arambula) Health Benefit Exchange data collection Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 944 Quirk AB 2111 CalWORKS and sponsored noncitizens Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 1093 Rubio AB 2538 Storm waters system Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1099 Calderon AB 2728 (Atkins) in 2016 COIN vendor diversity Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1116 Grayson AB 1116 Firefighter peer support Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1117 Grayson AB 1116 Peace officer peer support Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1212 Levine AB 2348 from 2016 Pension fund management Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 1133 Low AB 2573 Free goods and gifts for beer Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1227 Obernolte AB 2397 Information sharing in health and human services Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 1296 Gonzalez SB 1272 (Galgiani) Tax recovery in the underground economy Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1297 McCarty AB 450 from 2016 Concealed carry license Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1320 Nazarian AB 1597 Prohibited investments in Turkey Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1354 Gipson SB 304 (Portantino) in 2017 Juvenile court school pupils Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1451 Low AB 1947 Limit on paid signature gathering Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 1507 Smith SB 739 (Pavley) in 2015 Charter schools Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1540 Holden AB 1279 from 2015 Music therapy Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1645 Rubio AB 2477 Dreamer resource liaisons Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1680 Limon AB 2534 Hollister Ranch Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
AB 1718 Levine AB 725 (Levine) from 2017 Smoking ban at state parks and beaches Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
SENATE 28 Bills      
SB 8 Glazer SB 835 and SB 836 Smoking ban at state beaches and parks Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 10 Beall SB 906 Peer support specialist certification Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
SB 22 Leyva SB 1449 Rape kits Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 24 Leyva SB 320 Abortion pills at public university health clinics Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 27 McGuire SB 149 in 2017 Disclosure of Presidential tax returns Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 34 Wiener SB 829 Cannabis donations Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 47 Allen AB 400 (Fong) from 2014 Disclosures for petition gathering Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 61 Portantino SB 1177 Firearms transfers Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 126 Leyva AB 709 (Gipson) from 2015 Charter school conflict of interest Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 142 Wiener SB 937 Lactation accommodation requirements Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 154 Pan SB 1148 Restorative dental services Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
AB 163 Portantino SB 399 Health coverage of pervasive developmental disorder Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
SB 212 Allen SB 1288 (Leno) from 2016 Ranked choice voting Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
SB 222 Hill SB 1427 Added FEHA protection to veterans Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 223 Hill AB 1127 Administration of medicinal cannabis on school grounds Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 225 Durazo SB 174 (Lara) Undocumented immigrants can serve on state boards and commissions Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 227 Leyva SB 1288 Health care facility inspections Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 323 Wieckowski SB 1265 Common interest development elections Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 328 Portantino SB 328 Later school start times for students Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 329 Mitchell SB 1053 (Leno) from 2016 Housing discrimination regarding sources of income Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 366 Chang AB 2732 from 2016 Mandatory orientation for students Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 393 Stone SB 644 from 2017 Impoundment of vessels Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 419 Skinner SB 607 Suspensions and expulsions for willful defiance Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 530 Galgiani SB 1223 Construction industry discrimination policies Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 445 Portantino SB 275 Alcohol and drug treatment for youth Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
SB 484 Portantino SB 478 from 2017 Community college transfer students Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed
SB 600 Portantino AB 912 (Quirk-Silva) from 2013 Fertility preservation Brown vetoed / Newsom signed
SB 695 Portantino SB 354 from 2017 Translation services Brown vetoed / Newsom vetoed

Chris Micheli is a Principal at the Sacramento governmental relations firm of Aprea & Micheli, Inc. He can be reached at (916) 448-3075 or cmicheli@apreamicheli.com.