Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 997 new laws in 2022 and many of them take effect on Jan. 1 while some go into effect later in the year.
Private insurance companies can’t charge people co-pays or deductibles for abortions anymore. That will save an average of $543 for a medication abortion and $887 for a procedural abortion, according to an analysis by the California Health Benefits Review Program. Lawmakers also did the same thing for vasectomies, but that law won’t take effect until 2024.California’s minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour. That will mean raises for about 3 million workers who earn minimum wage.
Another law will let developers build market-rate housing on some commercial land, but the projects will still have to go through an environmental review process.California will release more ill and dying prisoners in 2023. A new law eases the current standard for compassionate release, which critics said was too restrictive.
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