Press Releases & Statements

Senator Josh Newman Introduces Bill to Ensure Health Benefit Parity for Families of Deceased Legislative Employees

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Josh Newman (D-Orange County) today introduced Senate Bill 835 to allow family members of a legislative employee who dies before reaching retirement age to remain on the Legislature’s health plan for up to 120 days.



California State Senator Josh Newman Introduces Recall Reform Legislation

Sacramento, Calif. — State Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) today introduced a constitutional amendment, SCA 6, to ensure that statewide and legislative recalls in California are democratic, fair and not subject to political manipulation.



Governor signs Senator Josh Newman’s Bill to Expand Chino Hills State Park

Sacramento, Calif. — Governor Gavin Newsom today signed State Senator Josh Newman’s (D-Fullerton) legislation to expand Chino Hills State Park through the acquisition of three privately owned properties.


Senator Josh Newman’s Bill to End the Dangerous Practice of Pharmacy Performance Quotas Signed into Law

Sacramento, Calif. — Pharmacists won’t have to worry about satisfying dangerous performance quotas based on profit rather than health outcomes, according to legislation by Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) that Governor Newsom signed into law today.



California State Senator Josh Newman to Introduce Recall Reform Legislation

Sacramento, Calif. — State Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) will introduce two constitutional amendment proposals to increase the number of signatures required to trigger a recall election and to have California’s lieutenant governor finish the governor’s term if a recall is successful. Senator Newman plans to introduce both bills on January 3, the first day of the 2022 legislative session.



California State Legislature Advances Bill to Prohibit Pay-Per-Signature Incentives

Sacramento, Calif. — Legislation to prohibit payment for each signature in the collection of signatures for qualifying a state or local initiative, referendum or recall for the ballot was approved by the California State Legislature on Wednesday.
 
SB 660, Prohibiting Pay-Per-Signature Incentives, authored by State Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), will help to eliminate the corrosive practice of paying per-signature bounties to professional signature gatherers who work for partisan organizations that seek to manipulate the state’s electoral process.



Senator Josh Newman’s Bill to Expand Chino Hills State Park Heads to Governor Newsom’s Desk

Sacramento, Calif. — On Friday, September 3, 2021, the California State Legislature approved legislation by State Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) to expand Chino Hills State Park.

SB 266 requires the California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to incorporate three parcels of land, about 1,500 acres, into Chino Hills State Park.

Chino Hills State Park is situated in a densely populated region of the Los Angeles Basin and sees more than 300,000 visitors annually.



State Senator Josh Newman Secures State Funding to expand the North Orange County Public Safety Task Force, expand and Preserve West Coyote Hills and revitalize Fullerton’s Hunt Library

Sacramento, Calif. — State Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) announced today that his top budget priorities were included and fully funded in Budget Act of 2021. Senator Newman’s 2021 priorities included funding to address public safety and homelessness, investments to preserve additional open space at West Coyote Hills and expanded arts and cultural programming at the architecturally important Hunt Library.