California passes first state-level open access law » MobyLives

"There was one happy moment of bipartisan achievement this fall, before the Republicans swept the Senate: on September 26th, a bill co-written by Assemblyman Brian Nestande (R–Palm Desert) and Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D–Los Angeles) was signed into law by California governor Jerry Brown. The bill, the California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Legislation (AB 609), makes California the first state to put an open access law on the books ..."