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Josh Newman

Josh Newman

State Senator
SD-029
Democrat
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Session Voting Records

Reports

2023-2024 Regular Session

California: Senate
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Sexual Education

Mandates free condom access for grades 9-12 starting in 2025-26, promotes partnerships with health organizations, allocates $5 million for community distribution, and prohibits age-based restrictions on nonprescription contraception.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes Annual cost per household: -$3.00
SB954 Roll Call 1467108

Automated Traffic Enforcement

Allows the city of Malibu to launch a speed-camera pilot program on the Pacific Coast Highway until 2032, using automated systems to ticket drivers.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
SB1297 Roll Call 1466511

Carbon Sequestration

Allows for the development of "blue carbon" and "teal carbon" demonstration projects to study and quantify the carbon-sequestration potential of coastal and wetland ecosystems.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
AB1992 Roll Call 1466326

Free Speech Violation

Forces large online platforms to censor or label election-related content deemed "deceptive," including deepfakes, during election periods.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
AB2655 Roll Call 1465881

Firearms Dealer Oversight

Requires the California Department of Justice to include detailed data on firearm-dealer inspections and handgun-roster updates in its annual report to the Legislature.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
SB965 Roll Call 1450040

Abortion

Allowed licensed Arizona physicians to temporarily practice in California to provide abortion-related care to Arizona residents traveling from Arizona.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
SB233 Roll Call 1450391

Right to “Food Security”

Declares that "it is the established policy of this state that every human being has the right to access sufficient affordable and healthy food," and requires "all relevant state agencies to consider this state policy…pertinent to the distribution of sufficient food."
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
SB628 Roll Call 1354842

“Hate Crimes” Policy by Law Enforcement

Makes the adoption of a "hate crimes" policy by a state and local law enforcement agency mandatory by July 1, 2024.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
AB449 Roll Call 1354744

State-Licensing of Homemade Firearms

Requires anybody who uses a three-dimensional (3D) printer or computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine to make a firearm to be a state-licensed manufacturer.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
AB1089 Roll Call 1353316

Article V Convention: Gun Control

Applies to Congress to call an Article V convention for the purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment on "firearms regulations and prohibitions."
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No
SJR7 Roll Call 1353300

"Gender Identity" Affirmation for Child Custody

Would include a parent's affirmation of the child's "gender identity or gender expression" as part of the "health, safety, and welfare" factors used to determine the "best interests of the child" for the purposes of deciding custody.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
AB957 Roll Call 1353315

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day

Proclaims March 15, 2023, as "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day, a day of remembrance and education to ensure that all Californians always honor and remember a vibrant guardian of equality for all."
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
SCR41 Roll Call 1283256
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