SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) — Four key reparations bills passed committees on Thursday and are expected to be voted on in the House in the coming weeks. The bills are part of an effort to repair the damage of slavery and decades of discrimination in the state of California.

SB 1403, SB 1050 and SB 1331, which had previously passed the California Senate, were passed by the Assembly Budget Committee on Thursday.

Senate Bill 1403 would establish the California Freedmen Affairs Agency, which would oversee and administer all reparations measures passed by the legislature.

SB 1050 would require the California Freedmen Affairs Agency to compensate families who have had their property taken away in racially motivated spoliation lawsuits.

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SB 1331 would establish a reparations and redress fund in the state treasury to finance actions approved by the Legislature to repair harm caused by the state to Black Californians.

“We know it’s important, and I hope it sends a message not just to California, but to the rest of the nation, that this is a priority. It’s not just California watching, the whole nation is watching,” said Senator Steven Bradford, who authored these bills.

Bradford was one of nine members of California’s first state-level reparations task force.

Last summer, the task force released more than 100 recommendations to restore California’s black population and repair decades of harm.

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The fourth bill, AB 3089, previously passed by the Assembly, would issue a formal apology to black Californians for human rights abuses and crimes against humanity committed against African slaves and their descendants.

This bill was passed by the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday.

If these bills pass, they would be forwarded to Governor Newsom by September 15, who can sign or veto them.

If the budget is any indicator, it looks like the governor will sign the bills. He has earmarked $12 million for reparations in the state budget in this tight fiscal year.

However, it is unclear what the money will be spent on.