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Here is a sampling of the roughly 2,200 bills that have been introduced in the California Legislature so far this session.
SB 241 -- Sen. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa
Would impose a 9.9 percent tax on the value of oil extracted from land or offshore. -
SB 51 -- Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood
Would authorize online gambling. -
AB 48 -- Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley
Would require sellers of ammunition to be licensed and for purchasers to show identification. Would also ban the manufacture, sale or import of any device that enables a gun to fire more than 10 rounds at one time. -
AB 729 -- Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, D-West Covina
Would give some union officials the same shield afforded doctors, lawyers and clergy by protecting their communications with union members from disclosure to the authorities. -
AB 10 -- Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville
Would gradually raise California's minimum wage from $8 to $9.25 an hour by Jan. 1, 2016. -
AB 1266 -- Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco
Would give transgender students the right to cite the gender with which they identify when using school restrooms or participating in activities such as choirs, sports or other sex-segregated activities. -
AB 5 -- Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco
Would enact bill of rights for homeless, making them a protected group that some fear would sanction behavior like public urination. -
AB 926 -- Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D-Concord
Would lift prohibition against women being compensated for giving up their eggs for medical research. -
ABx1 -- Assembly Speaker John A. Perez, D-Los Angeles
Would expand the number of low-income people eligible for Medi-Cal, as part of the federal health care overhaul. -
SB 135 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles
Would create an early-warning earthquake system using a series of sensors that could quickly detect earth movement and trigger warnings for the public and emergency response teams. -
AB 673 -- Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield
Would grant a $321 child income tax deduction for income tax filers who are pregnant. -
SB 194 -- Sen. Cathleen Galgiani, D-Stockton
Would broaden the state's ban on talking on the phone and texting while driving for motorists under 18, prohibiting those drivers from using any "electronic wireless communications device, " even if it's hands-free. The aim of that change is to make sure drivers with provisional licenses don't use touch-screen or voice-command technologies that have been introduced in new car models. -
AB 339 -- Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento
Would ban puppies, kittens and other live animals from being sold at flea markets or swap meets. -
SB 289 -- Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana
Would make it easier for prosecutors to convict people for driving under the influence of drugs -
AB 158 -- Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael
Would ban all single-use plastic bags in California grocery stores starting in 2015. -
SB 731 -- Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg
Would overhaul the California Environmental Quality Act. -
SB 57 -- Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance
Would make it a felony for a parolee to remove a court-ordered GPS tracking device. -
ACA 7 -- Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco
Would ask voters to amend the state constitution to let 17-year-olds vote in a primary election if they turn 18 by the day of the next general election. -
SCA 3 -- Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco
Would allow school districts to raise parcel taxes with approval from 55 percent of voters instead of two-thirds. -
SB 127 -- Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Rocklin
Would permanently prohibit various mentally ill Californians from ever buying a firearm.
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