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Final Report for 2025

AB 245 (Gipson) | Property taxation: application of base year value disaster relief.
Extends the five-year deadline to eight years to reconstruct without a reassessment, and  allows the county assessor to reduce valuations for properties partially damaged more quickly, as a result of the Los Angeles Fires in January 2025
Signed into law on October 10, 2025 

AB 265 (Caloza) | Small Business and Nonprofit Recovery Fund Act.
Creates the Small Business and Nonprofit Recovery Fund to provide grants to businesses and nonprofits impacted by a state of emergency.
Vetoed on October 11, 2025 

AB 1175 (Irwin) | Accountants
Phases in new education and experience standards for a certified public accountant license and authorizes out-of-state CPA license holders to practice public accountancy in California under a practice privilege if the state that issued their license has comparable licensure requirements.
Signed into law on October 3, 2025

SB 7 (McNerney) | Employment: automated decision systems
This bill imposes notice, use, and appeal mandates on employers that use an automated decision system that affects workers. Under SB 7, “worker” means an employee or independent contractor. Automated decision systems typically use AI to produce outputs such as scores, or recommendations to assist or replace human decision making.
Vetoed on October 13, 2025

SB 302 (Padilla) | Personal Income Tax Law and Corporation Tax Law: exclusions: environmental credits
Conforms state law to specific Internal Revenue Code sections added by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, relating to renewable energy development.
Signed into law on October 1, 2025 

SB 376 (Valladares) | Incomplete gift nongrantor trusts: Personal Income Tax Law.
This bill changes the definition of an "incomplete gift nongrantor trust" to exclude charitable remainder trusts.
Signed into law on October 6, 2025 

SB 590 (Durazo) | Paid family leave: eligibility: care for designated persons
Expands eligibility for benefits under the Paid Family Leave program to include individuals who take time off work to care for a seriously ill designated person, as defined.
Signed into law on October 13, 2025

SB 785 (Caballero) | Personal income tax: credit: durable medical equipment
Allows a credit for purchases of certain durable medical equipment
Vetoed on October 1, 2025