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 [email protected].