SACRAMENTO– Today, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan introduced the Nitrogen Pollution Reduction Act (AB 2447), sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council's Soil Health Team (NRDC). The bill requires the State Water Resources Control Board and California's regional water quality control boards to establish enforceable limits on nitrogen discharges from agricultural lands.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Earlier today, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) introduced the HEAR Survivors Act, legislation requiring California's colleges and universities to adopt clear policies addressing technology-facilitated sexual harassment.

[SACRAMENTO, CA] – Earlier this week, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) introduced AB 2047, groundbreaking legislation that requires all three-dimensional printers sold in California to be equipped with firearm blocking features designed to prevent the printing of dangerous gun parts and ghost guns.

WALNUT CREEK, CA – Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) today announced the introduction of the E-bike Accountability Act at a press conference held at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. The legislation aims to increase public safety by requiring Class 2 and Class 3 electric bicycles to be registered with the state and display license plates.

[SACRAMENTO] — Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) responded Wednesday to the announcement that AB 988, the Miles Hall Lifeline Act, has been selected for an Outcomes Review as part of Speaker Robert Rivas's first-of-its-kind oversight initiative.

[Sacramento, CA] – Today, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) and Assemblymember Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach) announced bipartisan legislation to protect Californians from the proliferation of non-consensual intimate imagery and child sexual abuse material online.

[Sacramento, CA] – Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) issued the
following statement regarding Governor Gavin Newsom's 2026-27 budget proposal to
expand access to perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopausal healthcare:
 

ORINDA, CA — Today, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Wagner Ranch Nature Area by John Muir Land Trust, marking a major milestone in efforts to restore and reopen this cherished community resource.

[ Sacramento, CA ]– Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) today expressed strong support for legislation introduced in New York that would establish buffer zones around houses of worship and reproductive health care clinics.

STANFORD, Calif. — Today, Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D–Santa Ana), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D–Orinda), Chair of the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee, hosted a Joint Informational Hearing at Stanford University to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping copyright law and California’s creative economy.