California lawmakers have moved forward with a bill to protect children from preventable diseases such as measles.

According to state Sen. Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia), the vaccine bill is partly a response to a measles outbreak that involved visitors to Disneyland. It would apply to workers in commercial day-care centers and those operated in private homes.

He added that although there were no fatalities linked to Disneyland outbreak, children can still die from diseases that are be preventable easily with vaccines. He mentioned that everything in their power should be done to protect California's children who spend time in day care.

Lawmakers also acted on proposals to expand carpooling, ban plastic microbeads and give counties the ability to increase fines for large unpermitted events, a bill sparked by the 2011 wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries.

The measure, SB 792 was approved by the Senate, which was then sent to the Assembly. However, Sen. John Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) voted against the bill, calling it overreach.

During the floor debate, Moorlach said, "It seems that just providing notification to the parents of the children that an employee or volunteer at the day-care center has not had their full vaccinations would be more advisable".

The state Assembly voted Friday to approve a bill that would allow car services such as Lyft, Uber and Sidecar to function as car pools. The proposal would give them authority to split fares among multiple passengers with similar pickup locations and destinations.

Lawmakers also acted on proposals to expand carpooling, passed a bid to ban the sale of personal care products, including some facial scrubs, soaps and toothpaste, which contain plastic microbeads.