New 2024 Laws to Strengthen Disability Rights
Marin Center for Independent Living, along with local, regional and statewide partners, supported and educated the public on eight bills.
They went to the Governor’s desk for a signature. Governor Newsom has signed six of these bills into law. These laws will positively affect people with disabilities, older adults, disabled students and their parents, and service providers.
- SB 1384 (Dodd) – Powered wheelchairs: Right to Repair
- AB 653 (Reyes) – Federal Housing Voucher Acceleration Program
- AB 846 (Bonta) – Low-Income Housing Credit: Rent Increases
- AB 2821 (Grayson) – Postsecondary education: students with disabilities.
- AB 3193 (Calderon) – State acquisitions of rehabilitation goods & services.
- SB 483 (Cortese) – Pupil rights: prone restraint.