Press Releases

CA Legislature Approves LWC Leaders’ Urgency Bill in Response to Arizona Abortion Ban

May 21, 2024

SACRAMENTO – The California state Senate today approved SB 233, urgency legislation that would allow Arizona reproductive care providers to immediately perform abortion services for Arizonans who travel to California. SB 233, which was approved by the state Assembly last week, is authored by Legislative Women’s Caucus (LWC) Chair Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Vice Chair Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) and is sponsored by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Legislative Women’s Caucus Announces 2024 Priority Bill Package

May 10, 2024

SACRAMENTO – The California Legislative Women’s Caucus (LWC), a bipartisan caucus made up of California’s 50 women Senators and Assemblymembers, today announced its 2024 priority bill package — 15 bills authored exclusively by women legislators and selected by a vote of the full caucus membership.

This year’s bills address critical issues facing women and children such as women’s economic security, hospital maternity ward closures, quality early care and education for California’s children age 0 to 4, reproductive healthcare, and issues related to sexual assault.

RELEASE: CA LWC Leaders Introduce Urgency Bill in Response to Arizona Abortion Ban

Apr 24, 2024

SACRAMENTO – California Legislative Women’s Caucus (LWC) Chair Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Vice Chair Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), in partnership with Gov. Gavin Newsom, announced the introduction of new abortion rights legislation today, responding to Arizona’s sweeping ban on reproductive care. An urgency measure, SB 233 would allow Arizona reproductive care providers to immediately perform abortion services in California under an expedited medical licensing process.

Legislative Women’s Caucus Hosts 2024 California Women Making HERstory in Honor of Women’s History Month

Mar 12, 2024

SACRAMENTO – In recognition of Women’s History Month, the California Legislative Women’s Caucus (LWC) today will host the 2024 California Women Making HERstory floor ceremony in both houses of the Legislature honoring eight women from across the state for their exemplary and trailblazing achievements.

This year’s California HERstory Makers are: 

Legislative Women’s Caucus Leaders Laud Speaker Rivas’s Assembly Committee and Leadership Appointments

Nov 22, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SACRAMENTO – California Legislative Women’s Caucus Chair Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Vice Chair Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) applaud Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas for his committee and leadership appointments that represent a new record for the number of women serving as Chair of an Assembly Committee.

CA Legislative Women’s Caucus Applauds Selection of Laphonza Butler to be CA’s New U.S. Senator

Oct 02, 2023

SACRAMENTO – California Legislative Women’s Caucus Chair Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Vice Chair Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) today applauded Gov. Gavin Newsom’s selection of Laphonza Butler to be California’s new U.S. senator, replacing the late Dianne Feinstein.

CA Legislative Women’s Caucus Statement on Dianne Feinstein

Sep 29, 2023

SACRAMENTO – California Legislative Women’s Caucus Chair Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Vice Chair Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) released the following statement today, regarding the death of longtime U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California.

CA FAB Council and LWC Joint Statement on 2023 Abortion Bill Package Successfully Passing CA State Legislature

Sep 15, 2023

SACRAMENTO — The California Assembly and Senate have passed the 2023 legislative package championed by the California Future of Abortion Council (CA FAB Council) and introduced by the California Legislative Women’s Caucus (LWC). The package strengthens existing measures to defend access to abortion care and contraception in California. The CA FAB Council Steering Committee and the LWC urge Governor Gavin Newsom to sign  the package of bills to advance California’s leadership in prioritizing, protecting, and expanding reproductive freedom and access to essential health services.

CA Legislative Women’s Caucus Calls on Supreme Court to Protect Women and Uphold Gun Violence Prevention Laws

Aug 21, 2023

SACRAMENTO – In a historic move, the California Legislative Women’s Caucus has formally called on the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold civil restraining orders that have proven to be effective in protecting women and reducing gun violence.

CA Legislative Women’s Caucus Leaders Celebrate Budget Victories for Childcare, Women’s Programs

Jul 10, 2023

SACRAMENTO – Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), Chair of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus, and Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), Vice Chair of the LWC, applauded Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of the 2023-24 State Budget Act, as well as AB 116, the childcare budget trailer bill: