In Session is back for another season with new host Maddy Orlando. This season, guests are explaining new laws in California addressing the state’s housing crisis, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic. New episodes every week, starting next week.

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Dayra Juarez talks with Thomas Gerhart about a piece of California legislation that attempted to close a loophole that lets folks literally get away with burglary.

SB 23: Attempting to Close a Loophole the Size of a Shattered Car Window

Julie Wright talks with Thomas Gerhart about California SB 395, allowing Californians to salvage roadkill they find.

SB 395: The Roadkill Bill

Nicholas Stotter talks with Thomas Gerhart about AB 302, a bill that would have permitted students experiencing homelessness to sleep in their cars on the college campuses they are enrolled at.

AB 302: An Idea to Help Students Experiencing Homelessness

Colin Nystrom talks about AB 1133 a new law that allows beer distributors to give free glassware to retailers who sell their beer and how the bill massively favors “Big Beer” brands like AB InBev and MillerCoors over local, independent, craft breweries.

AB 1133: Big Beer Marketing – Do We Really Need More?

Arielle Percival talks with Thomas Gerhart about the recent baby step-sized victory in California to temporarily repeal the tampon tax.

Temporary Tampon Tax Relief

On this episode, Emma Woidtke talks about SB 276 by Sen. Richard Pan. The bill was a piece of follow-up legislation to close a loophole in a law he previously authored that banned personal belief exemptions from vaccinations.

Season 3, Episode 6: Cracking Down on Phony Vaccine Exemptions

This week, Brittany Gamlen talks about AB 538, a bill that increases access to medical evidentiary exams – a.k.a. rape kits – by expanding the types of professionals and locations that are able to administer them. But the bill is not without its drawbacks.

AB 538 – Increasing Survivor Access to Rape Kits

Blade Runner promised a very different November 2019 than what we are currently living. On this week’s podcast Josh La Bella talks about a bill that failed to implement some new protections for state employees should their job be “retired” by AI.

AB 594 – AI Isn’t Coming For Your State Government Job

Lauren Hirota talks about AB 1 – a piece of California legislation that aims to reduce or prevent concussions by regulating how much contact is allowed in practice for youth football. The biggest question around the bill, which mandates best practices already being used by many youth football leagues, including Pop Warner, is actually necessary.

AB 1 – Can California Regulate Away Concussions in Youth Football?

On this week’s podcast, Greensheets staff writer Christy Grellas talks about the bill she analyzed – AB 1312. The bill, in response to the college admissions scandal that so many celebrities and elite universities were at the center of, is an attempt by the California Legislature to close the “side door” the independent college consultant … Continue reading AB 1312 – Trying to Close Rick Singer’s College Admissions “Side Door” →

AB 1312 – Trying to Close Rick Singer’s College Admissions “Side Door”

This week, Thomas Gerhart talks with Maddy Orlando about California legislation to set up a wildfire recovery fund, also known as the PG&E Bailout bill.

The PG&E Bailout Bill

Thomas Gerhart takes over the hosting duties from last season’s host, Kim Barnes, for Season 3 of In Session. To kick off Season 3, Thomas talks with Mike Adams about the bill he analyzed, AB 272, which allows schools to take smartphones away from students.

AB 272 – They’re Coming to Take Your Smartphones

Kim and Jon Wainwright from the Capital Center for Law & Policy wrap up the second season of In Session by discussing the high points!

Season 2 Wrap Up with Jon Wainwright

Thomas Gerhart wraps up season 2 by telling us about AB 375 and AB 2182.  As the law is now, make sure to call any business that may have your personal information and tell them to delete it! (They have to).

UPLR: In Session 020 – AB 375 Personal Data Privacy

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