From a ban on cat declawing procedures to an attempt to protect children from harmful artificial intelligence “companion” chatbots, the California Legislature was busy in its final days of session this year, moving bills along to the governor.

Of the nearly 2,400 bills introduced this session, only about a third of them were passed on to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his final approval, according to veteran Sacramento lobbyist Chris Micheli’s tally.

Newsom has until Oct. 13 to act on those bills sent his way.

Here’s a look at just eight of those bills that made it across the finish line just ahead of the legislative deadline.

De-masking ICE agents

The legislature OK’d a pair of bills to prohibit local and federal law enforcement from concealing their faces with “extreme” masking.

The bil

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