A new set of laws are now in effect across California this year. The big picture: State lawmakers introduced nearly 5,000 bills in 2024, and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed just over 1,000 of them into law.

Cannabis cafes and expanded outdoor drinking? An end to a banking fee? More protections for your credit score if you face medical debt? These are among the roughly 1,000 new laws hitting California starting the first day of 2025.

California lawmakers passed — and Governor Gavin Newsom signed — more than 100 bills, and many of those have become new laws in 2025. Plus there are bills from previous years that are also scheduled to take effect after Jan.

Scores of new California laws are going into effect in 2025 after Gov. Gavin Newsom took action on hundreds of bills that crossed his desk last year. Among the legislation Newsom signed into law were bills to crack down on retail crime and property theft;