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Buffy Wicks

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Overview

Buffy Jo Christina Wicks is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly.

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Facts from Wikipedia.

How to reach them
Source: Open States

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

68 bills

Became law

38 became law. Another 22 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026AB 2713: California AI Transparency Act: system provenance data.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026AB 2597: Claims against the state: appropriation.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2026AB 2246: Online service, product, or feature: access by children.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026AB 2051: Public resources: coastal resources: Coastal Resilience Permitting Working Group.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026AB 2168: Active Transportation Program: guidelines.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2026AB 2015: Department of Transportation: third-party navigation applications: study and report.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2026AB 1946: Reporting mechanism: child sexual abuse material.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2026AB 1976: Streets and highways: pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2026AB 1856: Age verification signals: software applications.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2026AB 1815: Factory-built housing: building standards and local requirements.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2026AB 1743: Firearms.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 28, 2025AB 1533: Claims against the state: appropriation.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025AB 1340: Transportation network company drivers: labor relations.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025AB 1156: Williamson Act contracts: cancellation fees: photovoltaic solar facilities.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025AB 1021: Housing: local educational agencies.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025AB 1043: Age verification signals: software applications and online services.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025AB 853: California AI Transparency Act.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025AB 940: Economic development: industry strategies.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2025AB 671: Accelerated restaurant building plan approval: California Retail Food Code: tenant improvements.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2025AB 712: Housing reform laws: enforcement actions: fines and penalties.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025AB 593: CalFresh: data sharing.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2024AB 2755: Claims against the state: appropriation.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2024AB 2580: Historical resources.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2024AB 2243: Housing development projects: objective standards: affordability and site criteria.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2024AB 1893: Housing Accountability Act: housing disapprovals: required local findings.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023AB 1465: Nonvehicular air pollution: civil penalties.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023AB 1394: Commercial sexual exploitation: child sexual abuse material: civil actions.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023AB 1319: Bay Area Housing Finance Authority: housing revenue.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023AB 1252: Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023AB 1285: Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program and Encampment Resolution Funding program.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023AB 1307: California Environmental Quality Act: noise impact: residential projects.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023AB 1048: Dental benefits and rate review.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023AB 1119: Enforcement of judgments.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023AB 1021: Controlled substances: rescheduling.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023AB 762: California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023AB 598: San Francisco Bay Area Regional Housing Finance Act: regional and county expenditure plans.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2023AB 518: CalFresh: data.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023AB 472: Classified school district and community college employees: compulsory leaves of absence: compensation.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2026AB 2023: Companion chatbots: children's safety.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2026AB 1903: Construction defects.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024AB 3211: California Digital Content Provenance Standards.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2024AB 2693: Childhood sexual assault: statute of limitations.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024AB 1949: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2020: collection of personal information of a consumer less than 18 years of age.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024AB 1961: End Hunger in California Act of 2024.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023AB 1657: The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023AB 922: Prepared Meals Delivery Program.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023AB 886: California Journalism Preservation Act.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2023AB 524: Discrimination: family caregiver status.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026AB 2464: Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025AB 1244: California Environmental Quality Act: transportation impact mitigation: Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Program.
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025AB 804: Medi-Cal: housing support services.
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2025AB 698: Local taxation: real property transfers.
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025AB 609: California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2024AB 2808: Primary ticket sellers.
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023AB 1337: State Water Resources Control Board: water diversion curtailment.
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023AB 1094: Drug and alcohol testing: informed consent.
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023AB 1072: Water conservation and efficiency: low-income residential customers.
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023AB 679: Family childcare homes: meals: reimbursement rates.
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023AB 583: Birthing Justice for California Families Pilot Project.
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023AB 540: Social Service Transportation Improvement Act: coordinated transportation services agencies.
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026AB 2649: Youth service organizations: parent volunteers.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024AB 3096: Courts: elections.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024AB 2994: Employment relations.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2024AB 2853: Department of Transportation.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2024AB 2792: Community plans.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2024AB 2937: California Environmental Quality Act: streamlined environmental reviews.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2024AB 2649: State government: housing projects.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023AB 1656: Homelessness: funding.
    Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the California legislature, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.

Votes shown

7,613 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 388 of 7,613 votes (5%). California counts being absent and choosing not to vote the same way.

By topic
Accountability and Administrative Review17 votes
    Aging and Long-Term Care25 votes
      Agriculture95 votes
        Appropriations5 votes
          Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism28 votes
            Banking and Finance68 votes
              Banking and Financial Institutions19 votes
                Budget427 votes
                  Business and Professions302 votes
                    Business, Professions and Economic Development45 votes
                      Communications and Conveyance39 votes
                        Education565 votes
                          Elections163 votes
                            Elections and Constitutional Amendments54 votes
                              Emergency Management90 votes
                                Energy, Utilities and Communications39 votes
                                  Environmental Quality89 votes
                                    Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials142 votes
                                      Governance and Finance42 votes
                                        Governmental Organization274 votes
                                          Health658 votes
                                            Higher Education265 votes
                                              Housing66 votes
                                                Housing and Community Development363 votes
                                                  Human Services279 votes
                                                    Insurance135 votes
                                                      Judiciary641 votes
                                                        Labor and Employment192 votes
                                                          Local Government339 votes
                                                            Military and Veterans Affairs30 votes
                                                              Natural Resources256 votes
                                                                Natural Resources and Water201 votes
                                                                  Privacy and Consumer Protection160 votes
                                                                    Public Employment and Retirement130 votes
                                                                      Public Safety691 votes
                                                                        Rules3 votes
                                                                          Taxes (Revenue and Taxation)141 votes
                                                                            Transportation344 votes
                                                                              Utilities and Energy179 votes
                                                                                Other12 votes

                                                                                  Source: Open States, California Legislative Information. Topics from the state legislature.