Gavin Newsom at a conference in Beijing in October 2023.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom approved hundreds of new laws. These laws will be enacted starting in 2024.
  • New laws are set to go into effect in California in 2024. 
  • One will protect doctors who mail abortion pills to patients in states where abortion is illegal.
  • Another law will prevent workplaces from firing employees for smoking weed outside work. 

Doctors in California who mail abortion pills to patients in other states will be protected from prosecution. Workers will receive more paid sick leave on the heels of a big year for labor. And companies can't fire employees for using marijuana outside work.