Senate Floor
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Welcome, Members, to the last day of the week. The first day of our last day of the session. The Secretary will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Ashby. Atkins. Becker. Blakespear. Bradford. Caballero. Cortese. Dahle. Dodd. Durazo. Eggman. Glazer. Gonzalez. Grove. Hurtado. Jones. Laird. Limon. McGuire. Menjivar. Min. Newman. Nguyen. Niello. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Portantino. Roth. Rubio. Seyarto. Skinner. Smallwood-Cuevas. Stern. Umberg. Wahab. Wiener. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
A quorum is present. Would the Members and our guests beyond the rail and in the gallery please rise? We will be led in prayer this morning by our chaplain, Sister Michelle Gorman, after which, please remain standing for the Pledge of the Flag.
- Michelle Gorman
Person
Let us remember we are always in the presence of holy mystery God of mercy and compassion. It is most likely that we all remember where we were 22 years ago on 9/11. On this day of solemn remembrance we honor the almost 3,000 lives that were lost in that tragic act. We give thanks for public servants, first responders, police and firefighters. All those who served and saved rendered aid and assistance. May we give comfort to those who still live with grief and loss.
- Michelle Gorman
Person
May we seek justice, peace and reconciliation in all the activities of our lives. On this day of solemn remembrance let us remember words of support and compassion from states and nations near and far. Let us continue to build up what has been torn down and work to mend what has been broken. Gracious God, may we live your love when hate and resentment seem to reign may we continue to bear hopeful witness to the cause of justice and peace for all. We ask this in your name. Amen.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Members, please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Well, that was something, Members. I see Senate Red has everybody kind of up in color. Welcome, Senator Dodd. I see what everybody was talking about. Members, before we get started, if we could, please. Let's pause and take a moment of silence. Remember those lives lost 22 years ago at 9/11. And remember our country who was at war, basically, for 21 years following.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Okay, privileges of the floor. Let's see. I see up there in the gallery. On behalf of Senator Grove, we welcome students from the ShePOWER Academy and their CEO, Arleana Waller, who joins us today in the gallery. Please give them a warm welcome as they come to the California State Senate. They're here today learning about advocacy. Go get 'em. Okay. Messages from the Governor will be deemed read. Messages from the Assembly will be deemed read. Reports of committees will be deemed read and measures adopted. Motions, resolutions and notices. Members, with their mic up.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The following bills are referred to the Committee on Rules: file item number 71, AB 1291; file item 187, SB 619; file item 123, AB 1447; file item 112, AB 918. Without objection and pursuant to Rule 33.1, Joint Rule 61, A-13 will be suspended to allow Assembly Bill 436 to be amended after the deadline. This request has been approved by the Rules Committee. Without objection, Assembly Bill 317 will be returned to the Assembly. Without objection, the Senate Journal for September 5, 2023, through September 7, 2023, will be approved as corrected by the minutes clerk. Senator Limon, for what reason do you rise?
- Monique Limón
Legislator
I rise to make a motion. On behalf of the author, I request AB 535, file item 390, by Assembly Member Erwin, to be removed from the consent calendar and be placed on the inactive file. I also rise on behalf of Assembly Member Ramos. I request AB 81, file item 315 to be placed on the inactive file.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Desk will note, thank you. Senator Ashby, you're recognized.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. At the request of the author, I would like to pull AB 366 -- it's on the special consent calendar -- and move it to the inactive file.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Desk will note. Senator Portantino.
- Anthony Portantino
Person
At the request of the author, I have two items: file item on consent, AB 1246, move off consent and move to inactive; and file item 240 AB 863, Aguiar-Curry, move to inactive.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Desk will note. Senator Rubio.
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. At the request of the author, please move file item 294, Assembly Bill 718 to the inactive file. Thank you.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Desk will note. Senator Wahab.
- Aisha Wahab
Legislator
Thank you. I request unanimous consent to withdraw Senate Bill 400 from engrossing and enrolling and return the measure to the Assembly for further action.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Desk will note. Senator Hurtado.
- Melissa Hurtado
Legislator
At the request of the author, please move file item 273, AB 1205, by Bauer-Kahan to the inactive file.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Desk will note. Senator Padilla.
- Steve Padilla
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Please remove file item 381 from the special consent calendar and place it on the inactive file, per the author.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Desk will note. Senator Menjivar.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. At the request of the author, please remove file item 471, AB 1524, from the consent calendar and place it on inactive.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Desk will note. Senator Weiner.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. At the request of the author, please pull AB 1282 by Assembly Member Lowenthal from special consent, and please move it to the inactive file.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Desk will note. Senator Niello.
- Roger Niello
Legislator
Madam President, at the request of the author, please move file item 342, AB 490, to the inactive file.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Desk will note. Senator Becker.
- Josh Becker
Legislator
I'd like to remove file item 26, AB 1594, from the special consent calendar.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Desk will note. Senator Blakespear.
- Catherine Blakespear
Legislator
Thank you. At the request of the author, please place file item 281, Assembly Bill 7, on the inactive file.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Desk will note. Senator Cortese.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I have two items. First, I'd like to move AB 871, which is file item 296, authored by Assembly Member Haney, to the inactive file. And then, I'd also like to move AB 347, file item 135, which is authored by Assembly Member Ting, also to the inactive file. Thank you.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Desk will note. Thank you. Senator Stern.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. At the request of the author, please move file item 275, AB 1359, to the inactive file.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Desk will note. Senator Skinner.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Thank you, Madam President. At the request of the author, I'd like to pull item 433, AB 1755, from the consent calendar.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The desk will note. Any other Members wish to be recognized? Okay.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Okay. Consideration of the daily file. Second reading, items 1-150. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill: 1248, 600, 1462, 504, 1218, 937, 645.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Second reading will be deemed read. Governor's appointments. Senator Grove.
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, today, file item number 155 is the confirmation of Eric Skyler for reappointment to the Fish and Game Commission and the following appointments to the Regional Water Quality Control Board: Jane Gray to Central Coast Regional Board, Gary Strawn to the San Diego Board and Kristine Murray to the Santa Ana Board. These appointments were approved on the Rules Committee for unanimous vote on August 23. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Seeing nobody wanting to speak. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Aye. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Aye. Niello. Aye. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. Aye. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Min. Aye. Weiner. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
39-0. That person is confirmed. Moving on, Senator Grove.
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Appreciate you, also, introducing my ShePOWER guests. Appreciate that. Thank you. But back to governor's appointments. File item number 156 is a confirmation of Megan Blair for reappointment to the Water Quality Control Board in San Diego region. Ms. Blair was first appointed to the board in 2018. She's a senior director of strategic initiatives in the Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego. She was approved by the Rules Committee on August 23, on a 5-0 vote. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Aye. Niello. Aye. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Dahle. Seyarto.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Count is 37-0. That appointment is confirmed. Senator Grove.
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, one more appointment. The last one. File item 157 is a confirmation of Donald Young for reappointment to the Water Quality Control Board of the San Francisco Bay region. Mr. Young has served on the board since 2021. He is a senior vice president of Salas O'Brien, where he leads the firm's construction services department. He was approved by the Rules Committee on August 23, on a unanimous vote. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other senators wishing to speak. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Aye. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Aye. Niello. Aye. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Seyarto. Aye. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Hurtado. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Rubio. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
39-0. That person is confirmed. That appointment is confirmed. Moving back to motions and resolutions.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Members, without objection, the motion to re-refer AB 918 to the Rules may be rescinded.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator McGuire. Senator McGuire, you're recognized.
- Mike McGuire
Legislator
Thank you so much, Madam President. Good afternoon, Members. There's a resolution at the desk requesting permission to suspend Joint Rule 61 and 62, for the purpose of allowing Assembly Bills 1228 and 1291 to be heard in committee after the deadline. These requests have been approved by the Rules Committee. We respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator McGuire is asking for an aye vote. Clerk will call the roll. No, hold on a minute. Take a little procedural pause, Members. Senator Jones.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I would ask for a no vote on this motion, please.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Okay. Senator McGuire is asking for an aye vote. Senator Jones is asking for a no vote. Secretary, please read the resolution.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Resolve that Joint Rule 61 and 62 be dispensed with, as requested.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
31-8. Joint rules are suspended. Senator McGuire, you are recognized again.
- Mike McGuire
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Members, there's a resolution at the desk requesting to suspend Joint Rule 61, A-13 to allow Assembly Bills 531 and 918 to be amended on the floor after the deadline. The request has been approved by the Rules Committee. Would respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Senator Jones.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Madam President, I'd also ask for a no vote on this, and okay with a roll substitution if there's no objections to that.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
If there are no objections, we will substitute the -- Secretary, please read the resolution. Trying to get us done here, folks.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Resolve that Joint Rule 61, A-13 be dispensed with, as requested.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Without objection. Ayes: 31, noes: 8. Joint rules are suspended. Senator McGuire.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator McGuire.
- Mike McGuire
Legislator
Thank you so much, Madam President. This will be it for the time being. Members, I move to suspend the Senate rules as they relate to Assembly Bill 1228 and ACA 13 would respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much, Senator Jones.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Same objection. And also would be okay with role substitution.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you, kind sir. Please read the resolution. There's no resolution. We are substituting the role. Ayes 31, noes. Senate rules are suspended. Got through all that together, Members. That was good. We are prepared now to move on to Assembly. Third reading. Are we ready to go? File item 217. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 248 by Assembly Member Mathis, an act relating to individuals with disabilities.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much, Senator Limon.
- Monique Limón
Legislator
Thank you. Today I rise to present AB 248 on behalf of Assembly Member Mathis. AB 248 recognizes the dignity of all Californians by removing outdated terms in the California Code referring to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. This is eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. On this bill, Members, if we get lucky, we will establish universal or eligible unanimous roll call. Secretary will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Aye. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Aye. Niello. Aye. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Seyarto. Aye. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Limon moves the call. Moving on to file item 221. File item 221.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1452 by Assemblymember Mathis and accolading to the state capitol.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Durazo. Oh senator, sorry, Seyarto.
- Kelly Seyarto
Legislator
Well, thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1451 on behalf of Assemblymember Mathis. Assembly Bill 1452 will honor the California Veterans of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait. This is a bipartisan bill, which would authorize a nonprofit organization to fund the planning, construction and maintenance of a monument dedicated to the veterans of the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait on the grounds of the state capitol. California has the highest number of veterans in the country, and it is crucial that the sacrifices of our state veterans on behalf of our nation do not go unnoticed. AB 1452 will honor and pay tribute to the courage and sacrifices made by the brave servicemen and women of our state who fought and gave their lives in defense of our country. This bill has received no opposition and is supported by a number of veterans groups, including the American Legion and Vets, the California State Commanders, Veterans Council and Military Officers Association of America and the Vietnam Veterans of America. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other members wishing to speak. Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespeare. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Aye. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Aye. Niello. Aye. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Seyarto. Aye. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Seyarto moves the call. Moving on to file item 225. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 603 by Assemblymember Cervantes and accolading to public postsecondary education.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Smallwood-Cuevas.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise today on behalf of Assemblymember Cervantes to present AB 603. AB 603 will require the California Community College Board of Governors and the CSU Board of Trustees and request that UC Board of Regents provide the legislature with an annual report on the diversity of its governing board and how it compares to the diversity of the student body population they serve. AB 603 would not take any concrete steps to change the makeup of the governing boards or impose employment requirements on the governor. This bill would simply provide the public and the legislature with more transparency on diversity. And with that, I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Without objections. This support, support is due for eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 39 to zero. The measure carries. Moving on now to file item 229, AB 1684. Clerk will read. Next item is file item 235. AB 60, no. I'm sorry. AB 229. AB 1684. 229.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1685, 1684 by Assembly Member Maienschein, allocating to local government.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Senator Umberg.
- Thomas Umberg
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. AB 1684, by Assembly Member Maienschein allows for increased administrative enforcement against unlicensed commercial cannabis activities at the local level and creates opportunities for greater cooperation between local jurisdictions and the office of the Attorney General, I urge an aye vote.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing nobody else willing to speak on this, Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, aye. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, aye. Cortese, aye. Dahle, aye. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, aye. Hurtado, aye. Jones, aye. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, aye. Niello, aye. Ochoa Bogh, aye. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, aye. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, aye.
- Toni Atkins
Person
39 to 0. That measure is confirmed. Is adopted. Moving on now to file item 230, AB 911. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 911 by Assemblymember Schiavo and accolating to real property.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Blakespear.
- Catherine Blakespear
Legislator
Thank you, president and colleagues. AB 911 by Assemblymember Schiavo is a bipartisan cleanup measure to AB 721 from last session that provides confidence to affordable housing developers who wish to purchase real estate for 100% affordable development. The bill has no formal opposition, and I respectfully urge your aye vote. Thank you.
- Catherine Blakespear
Legislator
Thank you. Nobody else willing to speak on this. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Jones.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Jones. Aye to no, please.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Jones, aye to no.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Jones, aye to no. Grove, no.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Grove, no. All right, 33 to six. The measure is adopted. All right, moving on now to file 234, AB 755 by Assemblymember Papan, presented by Senator Ashby. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
234 by -- excuse me -- 234, Assembly Bill 755 by Assembly Member Papan, an act relating to water.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 755 on behalf of Assembly Member Papan, which requires public utilities to determine how the highest water users affect system wide costs. Identifying how the top 10 percent of water users in a customer class have driven system expenses will shine an important light on a root cause of rising costs. Utilities invest and maintain additional infrastructure based on the amount of water customers collectively use, and those fixed costs are borne collectively by the customers, usually based on meter size. Customers with smaller meters pay proportionately less, based on meter size, but if they have no need for the new infrastructure, they are subsidizing the cost of water for those that do.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
Our water system should not punish efficient and subsidized water -- waste. I'm sorry. Our water system should not punish efficient and subsidized waste. AB 755 specifically examines the fixed costs that are driven primarily by unnecessary use. I urge an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Seeing no other senators wishing to speak. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. No. Archuleta. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. No. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Let's call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Archuleta. Aye. Caballero. Dodd. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
27-9.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Ochoa Bogh. No. Roth.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
28-10. The measure passes. All right, we're going to move back on file. File item 224. Senator Newman is presenting that. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1270 by Assembly Member Dixon and Acclimating to redevelopment.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Senator Newman.
- Josh Newman
Person
Thank you Madam President. I rise today to present AB 1270 on behalf of Assemblymember Dixon, which would facilitate the dissolution of two redevelopment agencies in Orange County, while ensuring that the City of Lake Forest successor agency continues to receive the revenues it needs to pay its enforceable obligations. This is a district Bill sponsored by Orange County and supported by Lake Forest. It has received no opposition throughout. On behalf of Assemblymember Dixon, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Toni Atkins
Person
And if there is no objections, this is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing none, 39 to 0, the measure passes. Moving on to file item 235, AB 1587. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1587 by Assemblymember Ting, an act relating to financial transactions.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Limon.
- Monique Limón
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1587 on behalf of Assemblymember Ting. AB 1587 is simple. It requires the implementation of a new merchant category code MCC, for firearm retailers. The International Organization for Standardization created the MCC in September of 2022 for firearm retailers. Currently, firearms are generally categorized as sporting goods or other. MCCs are four-digit codes used to identify purchases such as groceries, gas, et cetera. Many of us may know these and may remember these from when we get our credit card statements and see an aggregated number of the categories of how we are spending. The use of the new firearms MCC provides financial institutions with a tool to better identify suspicious activities such as firearm trafficking. This bill is specific to California businesses only. We know other states have banned its use, but financial entities will not be impacted by the prohibitions by other states under this bill. The author has worked thoughtfully with the Financial Institutions Policy Committees, including the Senate Banking Committee, and on this language, to ensure smooth implementation. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limone. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. No. Nguyen. Nguyen, no. Newman, aye. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Stern. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Weiner. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. No. Caballero.
- Toni Atkins
Person
30 to 9, that measure is adopted. Moving on now to file item 236, AB 1283, being presented by Senator Grove. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1283 by Assembly Member Chen and accolading to people health.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Senator Grove.
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President I rise to present AB 1283 today on behalf of Assemblymember Chen. AB 1283 will allow schools to access federal funds to stock Albuterol in California schools to treat children who have asthma attacks. It will also encourage education departments to provide an energy stock of butyrol inhalers. And the Bill would improve asthma care and help save the lives of children. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Toni Atkins
Person
This is eligible for unanimous roll call. If there are no objections. Seeing none, 39 to 0, that measure is adopted. Moving on now to file item 241, AB 1125. Pass on file. All right. Then we'll move on to AB 242. Or file item 242, AB 1481, presented by Senator Skinner. Assembly Member Boerner. Clerk will read.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1481 by Assembly Member Boerner, an accolade in to Medi-Cal.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Thank you, Madam President. Members rise to present AB 1481, which ensures that a pregnant person is covered under the presumptive eligibility for pregnant women program until they are enrolled in full scope Medi-Cal benefits. The presumptive eligibility for pregnant women program provides a pregnant person with low income and immediate temporary coverage for up to 60 days while they are applying for full scope medical.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
However, it can often take longer than 60 days for the application to be approved, and in that time, the coverage could get lapse, so leaving many people without. So what this does is correct that and is a Woman's Legislative Caucus priority Bill. And with that, I ask for your aye vote.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Thank you, Senator jones.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Thank you, Senator McGuire.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I have amendments at the desk for 1481. If I can speak to those amendments real quick, I rise to offer amendments to AB 1481. And folks, ladies and gentlemen, we need to stop the practice of dumping sexually violent predators thank you. Especially with transient status.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Okay, so as we all heard, Senator skinner presented, Senator Jones raises mic. All right, Senator. And now we're going to have the Clerk read the amendments. Thank you. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Amendments by Senator Jones. Set one.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Thank you, Senator jones.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, senators, I offer amendments to AB 1481. The state of California needs to stop our practice of dumping sexually violent predators, known as SVPs, into communities, especially with transient status. SVPs are convicted of a sexually violent offense and diagnoesd with a mental disorder that causes them to be a danger to others, with a high likelihood to reoffend. Since 1996, the state's SVP conditional release program has dumped these predators into communities, which is already troublesome.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
But why would we allow these dangerous individuals to be released on transient status, for example, in an RV, as has recently been proposed? It's bad enough that they're being released at all. Dumping SVPs on transient status leaves communities at a massive risk. According to the state contractor, Liberty Healthcare, half of all SVPs released on transient status have been revoked or rehospitalized for serious violations of their release, a 50% failure rate.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
At a recent court hearing on the release of one specific sexually violent predator, state contractor Liberty Healthcare testified that it is easier to monitor these predators in a fixed residence with hardwired phone and Internet lines. At the same hearing, that one specific SVP, who has a history of imprisonment, treatment and reoffense dating back to the 80s, spoke in support of his release on transient status.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
He said that if lawmakers had felt transient release was unsafe, they could have put that language into the law, and they have chosen not to. Ladies and gentlemen, it's unsafe, so let's fix it now. Let's bar the practice of releasing SVPs into communities on transient status. I argue that none of these SVPs should be released into any community and should be placed on state property where they can be properly supervised. However, if they must be released, at the very least, they should not have transient status.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
This simple amendment will protect families and neighborhoods. It will protect communities from these dangerous predators we know have had a very hard time controlling their dangerous urges. With that, I ask for an aye vote on these amendments. Thank you, Madam President.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Senator McGuire, you wish to be recognized?
- Mike McGuire
Legislator
Thank you so much, Madam President. Look, this Bill is about renaming a program that provides services to the most vulnerable who are pregnant and ensuring that kids have care. Would request to lay the amendments on the table and ask for an aye vote.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Thank you very much. Senator McGuire is requesting an aye vote. Senator Jones is requesting a no vote. Clerk will read this is on laying the amendments on the table. Clerk will read, call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, aye. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballero, absent. Cortese, aye. Dahle, no. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, no. Hurtado, aye. Jones, no. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, no. Niello, no. Ochoa Bogh, no. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, no. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, no.
- Toni Atkins
Person
All right, that is 31 to 8. The amendments are laid on the table. Back to the article in chief. Senator Skinner, any other Members wishing to respond? I seeing none. Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, no. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballero, absent. Cortese, aye. Dahle, absent. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, no. Hurtado, aye. Jones, no. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, absent. Niello, absent. Ochoa Bogh, absent. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, absent. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, aye.
- Toni Atkins
Person
31-3. The measure is adopted. Moving on to file item 246, AB 104. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 104 by Assembly Member Ting and accolating to the state budget and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Hold on. We're going to take a minute here. We're going to move on to file item 257, AB 1377. 257. File item AB 1377. Smallwood-Cuevas. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1377 by Assemblymember Friedman and accolating to homelessness.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. AB 1377 would provide for the additional accountability measures needed to ensure that local agencies are working in close coordination with transit operators to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness. The Bill has received bipartisan support and no votes. It is supported by LA Metro, LA County Board of Supervisors, the Bay Area Council and transit agencies up and down the state. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
This is eligible for unanimous roll call. There are no objections. Seeing none. 39-0. That measure is confirmed. Moving on to file item 259, AB 289, by Senator Weiner is presenting this. We'll move on. File item 260, AB 452 being presented by Senator Skinner by Assembly Member Dawn Addis. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 452 by Assembly Member Addis, an act relating to childhood sexual assault.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Thank you, Madam President. Members, I am presenting AB 452, the justice for survivors of child sexual assault. What AB 452 does is end California's arbitrary civil statute of limitations for minors who experience sexual abuse, allowing them -- putting California on track with the rest of the nation to be able to pursue a claim at the point in their lives where they are able to confront their abuse.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
The data shows that over half of child sexual abuse survivors first disclose they were abused when they're age 50, and many times, it's older, even, than that. While we cannot take away the pain of childhood sexual assault, California should not close the door to an opportunity for justice, solely because someone has passed their 40th birthday. And with that, I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Seeing no other Members wishing to question. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Aye. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Aye. Niello. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. Aye. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Let's call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. Caballero. Jones. Niello.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
36-0. Measure is adopted. Moving back in time, go back to file item 259, AB 289 by Assembly Member Holden, being presented by Senator Wiener. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 289 by Assembly Member Holden, an act relating to mental health services.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 289 on behalf of a Assembly Member Holden. In 2004, voters passed Prop 63, the Mental Health Services Act. Under the MHSA, counties have to develop their three year expenditure plan with local stakeholders. AB 289 would require youth or youth mental health organizations to be included in the list of stakeholders. There's no opposition. I ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Weiner.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Thank you very much. This is eligible for unanimous roll call. If there's no objection. Seeing none, 39 to zero, the measure is adopted. Moving on now to file item 261, AB 576 by Senator, or Assembly Member Weber, being presented by Senator Ashby. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 576 by Assembly Member Weber an accumulate into Medi-Cal.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senator Ashby.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President, I rise today to present AB 576. On behalf of Assemblymember Dr Weber.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
AB 576 is a Women's Caucus priority Bill that updates the Medi-Cal guidelines for abortion medication to align with current evidence based clinical guidelines. California has been a longtime leader in protecting an individual's right to access abortion, but there are still remaining barriers to accessing care. Medication abortion is a safe and effective method of terminating a pregnancy. Currently, medical covers abortion medication up to 70 days, gestation about ten weeks.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
However, studies have shown that medication abortion for pregnancies between 71 and 77 days were equally effective as the same regimen from 64 to 70 days. By extending the timeline of coverage that a pregnant individual can receive abortion medication under medical, we are allowing people, the agency, to make family planning decisions that are most important for their life. This Bill is sponsored by Planned Parenthood affiliates of California, the National Health Law Program and Nay Roll Pro Choice. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Toni Atkins
Person
30-8, the measure is adopted.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Seeing no other Members wishing to be recognized, Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, not present. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballero, not present. Cortese, aye. Dahle, no. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, no. Hurtado, aye. Jones, no. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, no. Niello, no. Ochoa Bogh, no. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, no. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, no.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Weiner. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Let's call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. Caballero.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
30-8. The measure is adopted. Moving on now to file item 262, AB 579 by Assembly Member Ting, being presented by Senator Newman. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 579 by Assembly Member Ting, an act relating to school buses.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator?
- Josh Newman
Person
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 579 on behalf of Assembly Member Ting. AB 579 would require that new school bus purchases from 2035 onward be zero emissions and extends transportation services and leasing contracts for zero emission school buses. This bill is not a fleet mandate, meaning that schools are not required to replace their entire fleet with zero emission buses by 2035. They will retain the right to use their diesel buses through the end of their useful life.
- Josh Newman
Person
To address concerns with present day challenges in acquiring buses and technology, this bill grants schools an additional five year extension to comply. Amendments taken in my committee gave rural districts an additional extension on top of that, meaning that some schools will not need to comply with this purchasing target until 2045. There is substantial data on the impact of school bus emissions on children and the environment. Some of this data shows that time spent on school commutes can account for up to one-third of a child's daily exposure to toxic air pollutants.
- Josh Newman
Person
A consistent, practically achievable, statewide planning goal to increase the number of zero emission buses is critical to improving air quality and student health outcomes, especially in communities already disproportionately impacted by severe air pollution. Other states are already outpacing California's leadership on zero emission school bus adoption. The state of New York, for instance, is requiring that new school bus purchases be zero emission by the year 2027, and that all school buses in operation must be zero emissions by 2035. AB 579 is a timely and thoughtful approach to building a healthier future for California's children. On behalf of Assembly Member Ting, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Senator Ochoa Bogh, you are recognized.
- Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Legislator
Question of the author.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Will you take a question, Senator Weiner? Senator Newman, will you take a question?
- Josh Newman
Person
Gladly.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
He would gladly take one.
- Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Legislator
As being a state -- I'm assuming that this will be a state mandate, requiring these vehicles to be commencing in January 1, 2035. Could we, for the record, ask whether or not the state will be planning on funding this mandate?
- Josh Newman
Person
So, to be clear, this is not a mandate. This provides tools for schools to begin purchasing school buses. They will be allowed to continue using their diesel buses throughout their useful life. But this assumes that over this, and future budgets, that the state will, in fact, provide the resources to do that.
- Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Legislator
Just further clarification on the question --
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Is it another question? Are you? Senator Ochoa Bogh, are you asking another question? Will you accept another question?
- Josh Newman
Person
I will.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please, go ahead.
- Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Legislator
Will they take in consideration the cost increases of having electric vehicles versus any other type of vehicle? Because the costs do double.
- Josh Newman
Person
And that is a good point. In fact, the legislation does take that into account. And the author is the current budget chair, and his work in the budget has taken that into account to date and assumes it will be done moving forward.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Seeing no other senators wishing to speak. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Caballero. Dodd. Aye. Roth. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
31-8. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 263, AB 616 by Assembly Member Rodriguez, presented by
- Toni Atkins
Person
Moving on now to file item 263, AB 616 by Assembly Member Rodriguez, presented by Senator Stern. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 616 by Assembly Member Rodriguez and acclimating to healthcare.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President, I rise to present on behalf of Assembly Member Freddie Rodriguez. It's a Bill about data transparency and trying to contain costs in our Medicare and Medicaid systems, where more than 25% of money spent on healthcare services is included in a clinical and physician services category. But very little information is attributable to medical groups and how those healthcare services are being expended, including those for nonclinical purposes.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Senator Stern.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
So this Bill is really intended to bring more transparency to the system. And this is just to be clear, Members, summary level data. No personal physician information collected by the state nor made public under this Bill. I understand there's some information flying around about what this may do or what it may require, but in this case, we think this transparency is good for patients and doctors and is consistent with our healthcare transparency work here.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
The financial data here is already being reported to DMHC and Hchi and other large medical groups. And with that, I would respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing nobody else asking to speak, Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, no. Archuletta, absent. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, absent. Blakespear, absent. Bradford, aye. Caballero, absent. Cortese, aye. Dahle, no. Dodd, absent. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, absent. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, no. Hurtado, aye. Jones, no. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, absent. Nguyen, no. Niello, no. Ochoa Bogh, no. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, absent. Seyarto, no. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, no.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 656 by Assembly Member McCarty and accolade into public postsecondary education.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Senator Limon.
- Toni Atkins
Person
23 to nine. The measure passes. Moving on to file item 264, AB 656 by Assembly Member McCarty being presented by Senator Limon. Clerk will read.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Moving on to file item 264, AB 656 by Assembly Member McCarty being presented by Senator Limon. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 656 by Assembly Member McCarty an accolade into public postsecondary education.
- Monique Limón
Legislator
Thank you. Today I rise to present AB 656 on behalf of Assemblymember McCarty. This Bill would expand affordable access to doctoral degrees at the CSU system. Currently, the CSU educates the most ethnically, economically, and academically diverse student body in the nation. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Senator Limon.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Thank you very much. Is eligible for unanimous consent and roll call. Seeing no objections, measure is 39 to 0. Measure passes. Moving on now to file item 265, AB 719, staying with Senator Limon, this one, on behalf of Assembly Member Boerner.
- Monique Limón
Legislator
Thank you. I rise to present AB 719. This Bill would require medical managed care plans to reimburse transportation operators for non medical transportation and nonemergency medical transportation services. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 719 by Assembly Member Boerner, an accolade in to Medi-Cal.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Senator Limon.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Thank you very much. This is also eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objections, the measure passes, 39 to 0. Moving on to file item 266, AB 753 by Assembly Member Papan being presented by Senator Stern.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Moving on to file item 266, AB 753 by Assembly Member Papan being presented by Senator Stern. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 753 by Assembly Member Pappen, an act relating to water quality and making an appropriation.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Senator.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President, I'm ready to present AB 753, which would reform the state waterboard's cleanup and abatement count, ensuring that fines paid by water quality violators are sent directly back to the community. Impacted in recent years, waterboarders diverted more and more collected monies to only a few specific projects.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
So this would ensure that at least 40% of the monies collected from cleanup and abatement are invested back in affected communities. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Thank you very much. No senators wishing to speak. Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, absent. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballero, absent. Cortese, aye. Dahle, no. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, no. Hurtado, aye. Jones, no. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, aye. Niello, no. Ochoa Bogh, no. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, zye. Seyarto, no. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, aye.
- Toni Atkins
Person
32 to six to measure passes. Moving on now to file item 267, AB 800 by Assembly Member Ortega, being presented by Senator Smallwood Quavis. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 800 by Assembly Member Ortega and acquisition to people instruction.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assemblymember Ortega, and accolading to people instruction.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Smallwood-Cuevas.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
Doing a great job, Madam President. Today I rise to present AB 800 by Assembly Member Ortega. Child labor violations are happening all across the nation and the state included. AB 800 would enact a workplace rating each week in California high schools to inform students about their rights as workers and their rights as employed minors. It's essential that minors entering the workplace are prepared.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
This Bill does not add anything new to the curriculum, but simply highlights specific labor protections. AB 800 will ensure that all young workers are informed of their workplace rights, and I respectfully call for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. No other Members wishing to speak. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Glazer. Grove. No. Ochoa Bogh. Rubio. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Twenty-nine to seven. The measure passes. Moving on to file item 268, AB 897, being presented by Senator Cortese by Assembly Member McCarty. The clerk will read.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Assembly Bill 897 by Assembly Member McCarty, and accolading to school employees.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Cortese.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President and Senators. I rise to present AB 897, a building of adult education teachers, the opportunity to become permanent employees. This Bill has been narrowed significantly after years of discussion. Adult Ed teachers serve our most vulnerable students, who often lack a high school degree or are learning English. Despite their critical work, they don't have basic employee protections or worker stability. Most teachers attain permanent status after they successfully complete a two-year probationary period.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
Tenured teachers have better job security and attain due process rights to make sure they are not terminated unfairly. Adult Ed teachers are excluded no matter how qualified they are or how many years they have served. AB 897 simply treats these teachers like everybody else by providing a path to become permanent employees. In light of California's teacher shortage, post COVID-19, granting adult education teachers basic professional rights is a no brainer. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 897.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Seeing no other Members wishing to speak, Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. No. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. McGuire. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Twenty-nine to ten, the measure passes. Moving on now to file item 271, AB 1123 by Assemblymember Addis being presented by Senator Durazo. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1123 by Assembly Member Addis, and accolading to California State University.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Durazo.
- María Elena Durazo
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Today I rise to present AB 1123 that will require the California State University to grant an employee a leave of absence with pay for one semester of an academic year following the birth of a child, or the adoption or foster care of the child by the employee. Trying to find the right moment to start a family is an unnecessary, but is a common struggle for many Californians. This is especially challenging for faculty and staff at our institutions of higher education.
- María Elena Durazo
Legislator
The CSU parental leave policy of 30 working days needs to be updated to reflect the realities facing the system's coach, counseling, librarian and instructional faculty. Even after years, there has not been an incremental increase to paid parental leave, even to match comparable institutions. AB 1123 will greatly benefit our hardworking faculty and staff, including ensuring there is less manipulation of schedules and pressure on faculty to find others to take over their workload. I respectfully ask for your support. Thank you.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other Members wishing to speak, the Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Dodd. Aye. Glazer. McGuire. Aye.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Nguyen. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Twenty-nine to eight. The measure passes. Moving on to file item 272, AB 1145 by Assemblymember Maienschein being presented by Senator Laird. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1145 by Assemblymember Maienschein, and accolading to workers' compensation.
- John Laird
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. AB 1145 would establish a rebuttable presumption that post traumatic stress disorder suffered by nursing staff who provide direct care to prison inmates and state hospital patients is a workplace injury. These state nurses, psychiatric technicians, social service specialists, and various medical specialists provide direct care to inmate and patient populations that have committed serious and violent felonies or have severe mental illnesses that make them a danger to themselves or others.
- John Laird
Legislator
The nursing staff is most often the direct recipient of assault of behavior. Each day likely involves repetitive verbal and emotional abuse, physical threats, and witnessing horrific violent assaults. Unfortunately, the burden falls upon the nurse to prove their psychological injury resulted from a workplace injury. This Bill would address that. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Aye. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Glazer. Jones. Nguyen. No. Seyarto.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thirty-three to three. The measure passes. Moving back in time, we're going to go back to file item 232, AB 1239 by Assemblymember Calderon, being presented by Senator Menjivar. If she's ready. She is. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1239 by Assembly Member Calderon, an act relating to incarcerated persons.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Menjivar.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. AB 1239 by Assembly Member Calderon requires DHCS to issue a list of family packed providers and clinics to entities designated by CDCR and county jails for voluntary partnership to assist inmates upon their release. Support-support. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
This is eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 39-0. The measure passes. Moving on to file item 274, AB 1306 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, being presented, today, by Senator Weiner. If he is ready, the Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1306 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, an act relating to state government.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Weiner.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
Thank you very much, Madam President. On behalf of Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, I'm proud to present AB 1306, the Harmonizing Our Measures for Equality, or HOME Act. AB 1306 would restrict the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from transferring individuals leaving incarceration to immigration authorities, if the individual has also benefited from recent resentencing or compassionate release reforms.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
In recent years, the Legislature has recognized that over-incarceration hurts our state and our communities, and we've given individuals who received harsh sentences as young people the opportunity to earn parole. The Legislature has recognized that there should be avenues for those whose convictions were tainted by racial bias or those who were convicted by under statutes that we have reformed.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
The Legislature has also recognized the need to give justice to impacted individuals and to give them the dignity to live out their final days with their loved ones and with adequate access to health care. As a state, we've recognized those needs, but immigrant Californians are arbitrarily left out for no other reason than where they were born. Our state prison system turns them over to immigration authorities after they have served their sentence. This double punishment is very problematic. AB 1306 will end this double punishment, if the immigrant being released has been subject -- has benefited from criminal justice reforms already signed into law. Respectfully ask for your aye vote to this bill that has no opposition.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. No. Becker. Aye. Caballero. Hurtado. No. Ochoa Bogh.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
29-9. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 278, AB 1593 by Assembly Member Garcia, being presented today by Senator Padilla, if he is ready. He is.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1593 by Assembly Member Garcia, an act relating to employment.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
One moment. Please proceed.
- Steve Padilla
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise on behalf of Assembly Member Garcia to present AB 1593, which would prioritize employment opportunities for local residents of the Salton Sea geothermal area, related to the development of Lithium Valley. The bill would track and monitor the rate that local residents are hired to work on lithium development in the region. This is an opportunity to create economic promise in a region where individuals have chronically suffered. This bill has received no opposition. I would respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other Members wishing to speak. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Grove. Nguyen. Ochoa Bogh. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
32-4. The measure passes. Moving back in time, file item 276, AB 1400, being presented today by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas for Assembly Member Bryan. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1400 by Assembly Member Bryan, an act relating to student financial aid and making an appropriation therefore.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. This bill provides financial support for California community college students who transfer to a historically black college or university, also known as HBCUs, by directing negligible funds generated by the college access tax credit. HBCUs boast higher graduation rates for black students, as well as those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and with less college preparedness. HBCUs also lead to more black students in STEM fields and other higher education institutions. AB 1400 simply strengthens the California HBCU pipeline and relationships and further diversifies our graduate level programs related to professions, while providing a greater choice to our community college students. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
And this support-support is eligible for unanimous roll call. I see an objection. Please call the roll. Clerk will call the roll.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Oh, no.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
You don't see that everyday, Senators. You have a lot of sway, Senator Jones. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Aye. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Niello. Aye. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. Aye. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Becker. Aye. Caballero. Jones. Nguyen.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
37-0. That measure passes. And when we say Spirit Week, Senate Red, we really went Senate Red. All right. Now we're going to move to file item 280, AB 1640 --going to halt on that. File item 282, AB 230, being presented by Senator Skinner on behalf of Assembly Member Reyes. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 230 by Assembly Member Reyes, an act relating to menstrual products.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Thank you, Madam President. Members, pleased to present. AB 230 requires schools that have students in the third through fifth grades to stock their restrooms with free menstrual products. This is an expansion of the Menstrual Equity Act of 2021, which had this similar requirement on those schools with students in sixth to twelfth grades. I think most of us are aware that the age of menstruation is becoming younger, and this bill is important to ensure that menstrual products are available to those younger students. And with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other Senators wishing to speak. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Aye. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Niello. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Caballero. Grove. Jones. Nguyen. Niello. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Aye. Seyarto. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
32-0. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 284, Senator Durazo, Assembly Bill 299 by Assembly Member Holden.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 299 by Assembly Member Holden, an act relating to hazing.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- María Elena Durazo
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise, today, to present AB 299. This bill allows for a civil action to be brought against an institution of higher education that knew, or should have known, of the hazing practices of an affiliated organization. This bill also requires the Department of Education to make available, on their website, a model anti-hazing policy and resources on hazing prevention to address hazing at the K-12 level.
- María Elena Durazo
Legislator
For too long, institutions have turned a blind eye to escalating hazing incidents within their affiliated organizations, which often result in serious injury or death. How is it that these institutions can promote and profit from students' participation in these organizations, but not share the responsibility when a tragedy occurs? It's time to ensure all parties involved are doing their part in the hope that we can prevent these tragedies in the future. It's up to us to show how serious this issue is. I respectfully ask my colleagues for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Seeing no other senators wishing to speak. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Dahle. No. Dodd. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Glazer. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Limon. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Newman. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil. Ashby. Becker. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dodd. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Grove. No. Laird. Limon. Min. Newman. Aye. Ochoa Bogh. Rubio. Stern. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Caballero. Dodd. Glazer. Laird. Limon. Min. Ochoa Bogh. Rubio. Wilk no to aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
24-6. The measure passes. Moving on to file item 286, AB 426, being presented by Senator Menjivar. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 426 by Assembly Member Jackson an act relating to foster care.
- Anna Caballero
Legislator
Senator Menjivar you're recognized.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
Thank you Madam President, colleagues, I rise to present AB 426 on behalf of Assembly Member Jackson. As many of you may have seen or heard over the last few years, but more recently recently in reports of children being forced to sleep in illegal settings like office buildings or jail like cellars, some foster youth were sleeping on top of desk without access to a shower and relieving themselves in water bottles.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
Other foster youth were reportedly placed in former detention facility with only a single shared bathroom for 14 youths that were locked from the outside. On top of that, they also had to ask permission to use the bathroom. Therefore, AB 426 would increase the civil penalty from 200 dollars to one thousand dollars whenever a foster care youth is forced to reside in an unlicensed placement and will help ensure our state's most vulnerable foster youth are not forced to sleep in places that endanger their welfare.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
This is yet another number that has not been reevaluated since I was born. When youth enter California's foster care system, we become their custodial parents. We have the duty and responsibility to make sure their health and well being are a top priority. These children are already enduring a traumatic event of being separated from their family and it is a state's job to prevent any further trauma.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
At the same time of these reports, counties have reported challenges in placing youth in homelike settings with family Members when possible and are away from congregate care settings. This Bill simply aims to prevent youth's welfare from by keeping our foster youth out of unlicensed placements that could further perpetrate, neglect and abuse. This Bill is another step further in making sure all our foster youth have a safe place to call home. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Anna Caballero
Legislator
Seeing no other mics up, the Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Avarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. No. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Blakespear. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortezi. Aye. Dahle. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Limon. Aye. Maguire. Aye. Menjivar. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Nielo. No. Ochoa Bogh? No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Steven Bradford
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Becker. Blakespear. Aye. Caballero. Dahli. Aye. Grove. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Wynn. No Rubio.
- Anna Caballero
Legislator
30 to seven that measure passes. And you're all doing great out there. Members, everybody's staying focused, keeping quiet. We like it. Another Assembly Member Jackson Bill this is file item 287, AB 437 being presented today by Senator Becker. If he is ready, the Clerk will read we are going to pass on that. We're going to move on. Then to file item 288, AB 94 being presented today by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas if she is ready, by Assembly Member Arambula. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 494 by Assembly Member Arambula. An act relating to healthcare.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
Thank you Madam President. Today I rise to present AB 497 on behalf of Assembly Member Arambula. Despite their significant contributions to our state, farm workers continue to face a range of barriers that impede their access to health care, including affordability. This Bill extends the sunset for the Robert F. Kennedy medical plan. This legislation will sunset provision to 2031 and ensure thousands of families enrolled in the plan stay covered.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
The Robert Kennedy Medical plan is one of the most cost effective and culturally accessible health plans in the state, and I respectfully call for your aye vote.
- Anna Caballero
Legislator
Thank you very much. Seeing no other people wishing to be recognized, the Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gill. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye Durazo. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjvar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk.
- Anna Caballero
Legislator
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Durazo. Aye. Wilk.
- Anna Caballero
Legislator
31 to seven, the measure passes. Now, moving on to file item 291, AB 4548, being presented today by Senator Blakespear. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 548 by Assemblymember Boerner and accolading to housing.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- Catherine Blakespear
Legislator
Thank you. Thank you, President and colleagues. I rise to present AB 548 by Assemblymember Boerner, which would strengthen standards to ensure residential units are up to code. Specifically, this Bill requires local enforcement agencies to develop policies and procedures for inspecting a building with multiple units if an inspector determines that any violation can reasonably affect other units in the building.
- Catherine Blakespear
Legislator
Additionally, this Bill provides flexibility for local agencies to develop policies surrounding this standard to accommodate different needs within each jurisdiction. This reform will ensure basic health conditions for tenants, and I respectfully urge your aye vote. Thank you.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta to no. Caballero. Dahle. No. Gonzalez. Aye. Ochoa Bogh. No. Wilk. No. Alvarado-Gil. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
30 to nine. The measure passes. Let's take a quick timeout, Members.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Alright. File item 298, AB 1063, being presented today by Senator Ashby by Assemblymember Gabriel. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1063 by Assemblymember Gabriel and accolading to public health.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Ashby.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise today on behalf of Assemblymember Gabriel to present AB 1063, straightforward accountability measure that would require the Department of Public Health.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Go ahead.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
To officially document the effectiveness of its efforts to enforce nurse staffing ratios in hospitals and health facilities. This Bill would require DPH to prepare and publish a report documenting its enforcement of existing regulations, including data regarding the number of complaints received and the investigatory steps taken in response to those complaints.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
AB 1063 also would require DPH to receive input from healthcare professionals about ways to improve its enforcement, thereby giving healthcare workers a voice in the process. In so doing, AB 1063 will provide greater transparency and accountability, as well as important data regarding the impact of legislation passed in prior years. This Bill has bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Senator Grove. You are recognized.
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I respectfully rise in opposition to this Bill. Colleagues, our hospitals are in trouble, and I know there was a bailout issue with them, and that we addressed some of the financial situations that we have, but we still have seismic and everything else.
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
So I guess my question is that if a hospital is not meeting the nurse ratio quantifications that are put in place by DPH, do you just tell the dying patient of a heart attack, "I'm sorry, there's only four nurses on staff, and you would require us to have five, so go die someplace else?"
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Is that a question of the author, Senator Grove?
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
No, it's a statement, Madam President. Just a rhetorical question, I guess. So how do you control this? So, when you can't control and hospitals have no control over the number of people that come into their facilities, and so they have adequate people on staff, but then maybe there's a car accident, maybe twelve people are involved in a pile up, maybe something happens.
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
Do you tell those people that you're not going to provide them with care because there's not enough nurses on staff? Those are our constituents that could possibly be in this situation. And the mandates that this body puts on the hospitals and still requires them to perform adequate access to health care is just completely absurd.
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
It's as if you guys are setting it up for the state to take over the whole medical system with no private insurances pricing them out of the process, creating mandates on private, on the plans, but not including them in the medical system because it's too expensive for the state to pay for it. And then these mandates on hospitals, which just severely restricts patient care and respectfully ask for a no vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other senators wishing to speak. Senator Ashby. You may close.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Assemblymember Gabriel wrote this Bill because his mother was a nurse. And he asked me specifically to floor jockey because my husband is a nurse, an emergency room trauma nurse. And while I appreciate that people need help and that our hospitals are inundated, it's very important that hospitals are staffed appropriately so that the nurses can be as successful as possible with the patients who come in. I urge an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Durazo. Dodd, aye. Durazo. Eggman. Glazer. No. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Let's call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Caballero. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Rubio. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
28 to nine. The measure passes. Moving on now, members, file item 287. We are, no we're at file item 299. We've come a long way. File item 299 is AB 1136 being presented by Senator Archuleta if he's ready, and he is. By Mr. Haney. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1136 by Assemblymember Haney. An act relating to business and making an appropriation therefore.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- Bob Archuleta
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1136 on behalf of Assemblymember Haney. Assembly Bill 1136 requires the California State Athletic Commission to establish a retirement benefit fund for mixed martial arts fighters. AB 1136 aims to provide much-needed benefits and protection to athletes in this highly competitive and physically demanding sport of mixed martial arts. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other members wishing to speak. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Nguyen. Niello. Aye. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Call the absent members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Dahle. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Newman. Nguyen. Seyarto.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
34 to zero. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 30. One being presented by Senator Cortese. 1213 is by Assemblymember Ortega.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1213 by the Assemblymember Ortega and accolading to workers compensation.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1213 on behalf of Assemblymember Ortega. As you've stated, AB 1213 is an early tailored Bill that closes a problematic gap in temporary disability coverage for an injured worker who experiences delays in treatment through no fault of their own. California's Workers Comp Law requires an employer to provide all medical treatment necessary to cure or relieve an employee from a work related injury.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
However, there's a 104 week time limit on temporary disability payments, even in instances where the employee's medical treatment has been wrongfully denied and then later authorized. Any treatment that is recommended by an injured worker's doctor is subject to utilization review. If utilization review denies a treatment, a worker's only recourse is to appeal.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
In 2021, there were over 200,000 treatment requests that were appealed, but only 7.2% of which were overturned, about 19,000 requests. Fortunately, almost all of those were delivered timely, but 53 were delivered untimely in that year, meaning this narrowly tailored Bill would apply to that small subset, typically each year of injured workers experiencing delays in their treatment and temporary disability payments.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
To address these delays that are no fault to the injured worker, this Bill would require that when a utilization review denial is overturned, that the temporary disability payment be extended up to 90 days per medical dispute. Additionally, the Bill sunsets on January 1, 2027, and I'd respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other microphones up, the Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. Bradford. Caballero. Nguyen. No. Padilla. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. No. Bradford. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
30 to nine, the measure passes. Moving on now, file item 302 presented by Senator Laird on behalf of Assemblymember Wood.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1272 by Assemblymember Wood. An act relating to water.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- John Laird
Legislator
Thank you very much, Madam President. AB 1272 would direct the State Water Board to prepare drought contingency plans for select coastal watersheds that are priority salmon and steelhead-bearing streams that currently lack meaningful water management plans for a future that is already here. This bill will advance efforts to update our infrastructure and usage patterns and help water users become more prepared for the extended drought periods which have become all too familiar. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much, Senator. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Call the absent members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Becker. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Dodd. Aye. Hurtado.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
29 to nine. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 303 being presented today by the ever-helpful Assemblymember or Senator Smallwood-Cuevas on behalf of Assemblymember Bonta.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1273 by Assembly Member Bonta and accolading to classified employees.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1273 on behalf of Assemblymember Bonta. In California, classified school employees perform many jobs that keep our students and staff safe, healthy, and supported. While research indicates that a lower student-to-staff ratio in educational settings creates better outcomes, there is no statutory guidance on the optimal ratios for classified staff and local education agencies.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
To address the issue, AB 1273 convenes a work group to establish guidance for districts to hire the optimal ratio of classified staff and ensure a safe working and learning environment for all. This Bill has no opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Archuleta. Aye. Caballero. Durazo. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
31 to eight. The measure passes. Moving on now to file 304 being presented today by Senator Rubio on behalf of Assemblymember Hart. AB 1345.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1345 by Assemblymember Hart. An act relating to contracts.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Rubio.
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President and members of the Senate. Today I rise to present AB 279 by Assembly Member Hart. This is a consumer protection bill. It will help protect homeowners from a predatory real estate practice that is becoming far too common. In recent disturbing trend has emerged, unsuspecting homeowners are offered cash upfront to enter into decades-long real estate listing agreements.
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
But too often, homeowners aren't made aware that these agreements result in a lien placed on their home, which ultimately can cost homeowners thousands of dollars more than they receive. This bill will protect vulnerable consumers by preventing this abusive sales practice. Recent amendments have moved the California Association of Realtors.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator, we're on AB 1345. Is that what you have?
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
I have 1345. Sorry, I think that I just misread the number. Thank you.
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
It's 1345, so I will continue.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Okay.
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
This bill will protect vulnerable consumers by preventing this abusive sales practice. Recent amendments have moved the California Association of Realtors to a neutral position on this bill, and the bill has received bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Numbers jump around on me all the time, too. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Niello. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Ochoa Bogh, no. Padilla, aye. Portantino. Aye. Rothe. Aye. Rubio. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Wiener. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. Caballero. Dahle. No. Grove. No. Nguyen. Niello. Rubio. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
30 to six. The measure passes. Moving back in the file order to 297, AB 912 being presented today by Senator Skinner for Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 912 by Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer and accolading to youth.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Thank you, Madam President, Members. I'm pleased to present AB 912, which enables savings that we have achieved from any of our yard closures at CDCR to be reinvested in proven research-based strategies to reduce crime and violence. Specifically, school based health services and prevention programs for youth and other programs that will improve our health and public safety. This act has bipartisan support, no registered opposition, and with that, I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Support, support. Eligible for unanimous roll call. There are no objections. Seeing none. 39 to zero. That measure passes. Now we're moving on to file item 305, AB 1356, being presented today by the ever helpful Senator Smallwood-Cuevas on behalf of Assemblymember Haney.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1356 by Assemblymember Haney and accolading to employment.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. We aim to please. I rise to present AB 1356, which I am proud to coauthor on behalf of Assemblymember Haney. AB 1356 strengthens California's Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notification Act, better known as the Warren Act, by expanding protections for workers impacted by mass layoffs.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
This Bill addresses a loophole which allows contract workers who do the same work alongside permanent employees, but only without the same employee protections provided by the Warren Act. Additionally, this Bill extends the 75 days from 60 days notice of a layoff, which is simply not enough time for workers using particularly immigration visas and across a wide variety of job sectors.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
Lastly, this Bill, with no employees, can be required to sign away their rights to litigation as a requirement to receive severance pay. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other Members wishing to be recognized. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. Caballero. Alvarado-Gil. No. Glazer. Padilla. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
29 to nine. The measure passes. Moving on now. File item 307, AB 1423, being presented by Senator Allen, if he's ready, on behalf of Assemblymember Schiavo. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1423 by Assemblymember Schiavo. An act relating to product safety.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Allen.
- Benjamin Allen
Legislator
Madam President, this body has made significant headway in removing cancer-causing chemicals from PFAS from any products. This adds to these efforts protecting the health and safety of young athletes by phasing out the use of PFAS in artificial turf fields. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much for that expediency. Senator Smallwood-Cuevas, did you want to be recognized? No. Thank you very much. Then the clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Aye. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Nguyen. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Newman. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Let's call the absent member.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Nguyen. Seyarto. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
35 to two. The measure passes.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Now moving on to file item 308, AB 1439 by Assemblymember Garcia being presented by Senator Dodd. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1439 by Assemblymember Garcia and accolading to taxation to take effect immediately. Tax levy.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Dodd.
- Bill Dodd
Person
Madam President. Members. AB 1439 will require the California Tax Credit Allocations Committee to consider amending its regulatory scoring system to award maximum points to farmworker housing projects. The Bill requires CTCAC to report its findings to the Legislature. Because of the rural locations, developers do not compete well for these tax credits, so this Bill will incentivize them to build more farm worker housing. Respectfully, I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other Members wishing to be recognized, the Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Niello. Aye. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Ochoa Bogh, Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. Aye. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Dahle. Grove. Nguyen.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
35 to zero, the measure passes. Moving on now to file item 310, AB 1614 being presented by Senator Stern, if he's ready, by Assemblymember Gabriel. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1614 by Assemblymember Gabriel and accolading to air resources.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Stern. Thank you.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Members, being a gas station owner is hard. And $0.99 out of every dollar we spend at the pump doesn't go to that gas station owner. One of those cents goes to them, and $0.99 goes upstream to oil companies. Their margins are tight and they're looking off to the future for what it will entail.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
This Bill is a forward looking effort to find new value in those important pieces of real estate and of energy in our communities and to try to get them ahead of the curve, to be looking at opportunities like EV charging or hydrogen fueling stations, things that will actually bring value back to our communities and be from American sources of energy. So this Bill is just a study at this point, but we think it's a very important one. So I respectfully ask for your vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you, Senator Seyarto.
- Kelly Seyarto
Legislator
Madam President, I have an amendment at the desk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Clerk will read, secretary will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Amendments by Senator Seyarto. Set one.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Seyarto.
- Kelly Seyarto
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to propose an amendment to Assembly Bill 1614 to repeal the mandate that creates income based utility bills for Californians. Last year, the Legislature rushed to pass a budget trailer Bill, AB 205, without a policy hearing or a discussion on the impact it would have on ratepayers. Rather than working to make the cost of energy and less expensive and more affordable, this Bill moved the burden onto hardworking families.
- Kelly Seyarto
Legislator
In essence, a hard work utility tax directing the CPUC to require utility companies to base their bills on the customer's income. In addition to this fixed charge based on income, AB 205 also removed the existing cap on how much utility companies could charge. Ratepayers in California already pay up to 80% more for electricity than the national average. And this proposal adds to that burden for many.
- Kelly Seyarto
Legislator
Not only does this add to the ineffective policies and misplaced priorities, but it discourages energy conservation since customers will already be on the hook for hundreds of dollars in yearly fees, eliminating their incentive to limit energy use. With the cost of living in California already high enough, this poorly thought out proposal must be repealed.
- Kelly Seyarto
Legislator
At this point, I anticipate a motion will be made to table this amendment without debate. I ask that you at least debate this issue so Californians can see where we stand. Californians deserve transparency just as they deserve fairness. In billing for energy prices, I ask for your aye vote to amend AB 1614 and a no vote on the motion to table them.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Senator McGuire.
- Mike McGuire
Legislator
Thank you so much. Madam President, Members this is simply a study. Bill at the California Energy Commission would respectfully ask to lay the amendments on the table. And we're respectfully asked for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. And this is non debatable. The majority Leader is asking for an aye vote. Senator Seyarto is asking for a no vote. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen? Aye. Alvarado-Gil? Archuleta? Aye. Ashby? Aye. Atkins? Becker? Aye. Blakespeare? Aye. Bradford? Aye. Caballero? Cortese? Aye. Dahle? No. Dodd? Aye. Durazo? Aye. Eggman? Aye. Glazer? Aye. Gonzalez? Aye. Grove? Hurtado? Aye. Jones? No. Laird? Aye. Limon? Aye. McGuire? Aye. Menjivar? Aye. Min? Aye. Newman? Aye. Nguyen? No. Niello? No. Ochoa Bogh? No. Padilla? Aye. Portantino? Roth? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Seyarto? No. Skinner? Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Umberg? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Wilk?
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Caballero. Grove. No. Portantino.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The amendments are laid on the table. Now back to the Bill in chief. Is there any debate on the Bill in chief? Seeing none. Senator Stern, would you like to close respectfully?
- Henry Stern
Legislator
Ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen? Aye. Alvarado-Gil? No. Archuleta? Aye. Ashby? Aye. Atkins? Becker? Blakespeare? Aye. Bradford? Aye. Caballero? Cortese? Aye. Dahle? No. Dodd? Aye. Durazo? Aye. Eggman? Aye. Glazer? Aye. Gonzalez? Grove? No. Hurtado? Aye. Jones? No. Laird? Aye. Limon? Aye. McGuire? Menjivar? Aye. Min? Aye. Newman? Aye. Nguyen? No. Niello? No. Ochoa Bogh? No. Padilla? Aye. Portantino? Aye. Roth? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Seyarto? No. Skinner? Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Umberg? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Wilk? No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Becker? Aye. Gabriel? Gonzalez? Aye. McGuire? Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
It's 30 to nine. That measure passes. Moving on now, Members, file item 311, AB 1598, being presented today by Senator Rubio on behalf of Assemblymember Berman.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1598 by Assembly Member Berman, an act relating to gun violence.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Rubio.
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President and Members of the Senate. Today I stand to present AB 1598 on behalf of Assembly Member Berman. This critical Bill would expand what is covered in the Firearm Safety Certification test to include information on the increased risk of bringing a firearm in the home, as well as California's life saving firearm laws around domestic violence restraining orders.
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
This Bill would also require that a pamphlet covering the reasons for and risk of owning a firearm be given to all prospective firearm purchasers. Education in understanding the reasons for owning a firearm and the serious risk associated are critically important to potential firearm purchasers. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other Senators with their microphones up, the Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen? Aye. Alvarado-Gil? Archuleta? Aye. Ashby? Aye. Atkins? Becker? Blakespeare? Aye. Bradford? Aye. Caballero? Cortese? Aye. Dahle? No. Dodd? Aye. Durazo? Aye. Eggman? Aye. Glazer? Aye. Gonzalez? Aye. Grove? No. Hurtado? Jones? No. Laird? Aye. Limon? Aye. McGuire? Aye. Menjivar? Aye. Min? Aye. Newman? Aye. Nguyen? Niello? No. Ochoa Bogh? Padilla? Aye. Portantino? Aye. Roth? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Seyarto? No. Skinner? Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Umberg? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Wilk? Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
It 30 to five that measure passes. All right. Moving now to file item 312, being presented today by Senator Padilla on behalf of Assembly Member Maienshcein. AB 1366. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1366 by Assembly Member Maienschein an act relating to consumer protection.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Padilla.
- Steve Padilla
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1366, which would allow the Attorney General to recover the ill-gotten gains of businesses found to be in violation of California's unfair competition and false advertising laws, and compensate victims.
- Steve Padilla
Legislator
Despite our robust consumer protection laws, predatory businesses still find ways to take advantage of consumers, make profits from their illegal conduct. Many found in violation of these laws often claim bankruptcy, leaving victims without any financial compensation for their losses.
- Steve Padilla
Legislator
Any funds awarded by the court under AB 1366 will be placed in the Victims of Consumer Fraud Protection Restitution Fund, which will help make victims whole when the businesses who defrauded them become insolvent. This Bill has no opposition and bipartisan support. I would respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
And this support support is eligible for a unanimous roll call, seeing no objections. 39 to zero. That measure passes. Moving on now to file item 313, AB 1673 by Assembly Member Pacheco, being presented today by Senator Rubio.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1673 by the Assembly Member Pacheco an act relating to outdoor advertising displays.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Rubio.
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President and Members of the Senate. Today I rise to present AB 1673 by Assembly Member Pacheco. This is a straightforward Bill that adds language to the Outdoor Advertising Act to clarify the intent of AB 3168 by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio. This Bill just clarifies the process for relocating a build board along landscape freeways and I respectfully ask for your aye vote for it. Thank you.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Also eligible for unanimous roll call, 39 to zero. All right, Members, we are moving along now. Now file item 315, AB 81 being presented today by Senator Limon for Assembly Member Ramos. Clerk will read--thank you very much. Little error on my part, but we're going to go right back to work here. On file item 316, AB 316. Imagine the odds of that being presented today by Senator Gonzalez on behalf of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 316 by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry an act relating to vehicles.
- Lena Gonzalez
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President and Members, I rise today to present AB 316 on behalf of Assembly Speaker Pro TEM Aguirre Curry. The goal of AB 316 is simple to ensure an intentional and safe transition to autonomous vehicle technology. To be clear, this Bill does not prevent the autonomous trucking industry from testing and deploying autonomous vehicles anywhere in California. Instead, it's about making an open and transparent decision about the transition, while also ensuring that public safety, and more importantly, our workforce is at the front of the conversation. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. And this is . . . Senator Jones, please.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Thank you, ma'am, President, Members, I rise in support of AB 316. We've all seen the dangers and chaos of self driving cars, from traffic jams to car accidents, to blocking emergency vehicles, while self driving technology could be promising in the future. It is simply not there yet for widespread and expanded use into heavy duty trucks. For our safety, we should not be testing 18 wheeler trucks without a driver on our highways. We need to be testing these driverless trucks in isolated and controlled areas. I'm all for new technologies, but when public safety is at risk, we need to pump the brakes until it is perfected. I ask for an aye vote on AB 316.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Very clever. Anybody else? Senator Glazer, please.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Well, I'm surprised that I'm on the opposite side here with some good colleagues. But, look, nobody wants trucks on the road that aren't safe. Who wants that? And certainly the agency that's in charge of making sure they're safe is our agency. It's the state DMV they're doing their job, so no one wants to see that.
- Steven Glazer
Person
But to put an arbitrary requirement that you have to have a person on board without even to me, it's like saying everybody has to use a typewriter, because if you get rid of it, then there's some consequences to it for those who make typewriters. Or you can't transition from a horse drawn carriage because of the people that take care of the horses. I mean, look, technology is there to make our lives better and safer.
- Steven Glazer
Person
And I know that there's been some issues, of course, with new technology in terms of vehicles, but the whole idea here is for it to make our world better, more economical, safer. And so I, unfortunately, can't jump on board this Bill today because I think it's not really proceeding in a way that's thoughtful about how we take advantage of technology and transition technology in a prudent way. So, with that, I'm going to be off on this Bill.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Sending a fax. Anybody else wishing to speak on this? Seeing none. Senator Gonzalez, would you like to close?
- Lena Gonzalez
Legislator
I'll just thank my colleague from Contra Costa, and I look forward to continuing the work with Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. And Senator Jones as well, was very helpful. Swayed me. All right. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen? Alvarado-Gil? Archuleta? Aye. Ashby? Aye. Atkins? Becker? Blakespeare? Aye. Bradford? Caballero? Cortese? Aye. Dahle? Dodd? Durazo? Aye. Eggman? Glazer? No. Gonzalez? Aye. Grove? Hurtado? Aye. Jones? Aye. Laird? Aye. Limon? Aye. McGuire? Menjivar? Aye. Min? Aye. Newman? Nguyen? Niello? Aye. Ochoa Bogh? Aye. Padilla? Aye. Portantino? Aye. Roth? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Seyarto? No. Skinner? Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas? Stern? Aye. Umberg? Wahab? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Wilk? Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil. Becker. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Gabriel. Dahle. No. Dodd. Eggman. Aye. Grove. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Umberg. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Gabriel. Dodd. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
36 to two. The measure passes. Senator Newman, for what reason do you have your mic up? Well, we're going to go back in time, right now, but thank you for being ready. File item 314, AB 418 being presented today by Senator Menjivar, the other soldier, the Marine, on behalf of Assemblymember Gabriel. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 418 by Assembly Member Gabriel an act relating to food.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Menjivar.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I am pleased to present AB 418, the California Food Safety Act, on behalf of Assemblymember Gabriel. AB 418 is a common sense food safety measure that would ban four toxic chemicals that have been linked to significant health harms, including cancer, reproductive harm, and behavioral and developmental issues in children. These four chemicals are already banned in the 27 nations in the EU and dozens of other countries around the world.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
Many of the most iconic American companies have also voluntarily stopped using these chemicals because of concerns about their health impacts. Those include Coke, Pepsi, Gatorade, Panera, and so many more. Unfortunately, the US is far behind the rest of the world in food safety due to major weaknesses in the FDA approval and oversight process. FDA almost never re-reviews the safety of chemical additives, meaning that many chemicals were last reviewed decades ago and have not been reconsidered despite significant new evidence of health harms.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
For example, one best example is the FDA process of red dye 3, which has been banned by the FDA in cosmetics since 1990. So it's not safe for you to put it on your face, but it's safe for you to ingest it. It doesn't take a PhD in neurobiology to realize that this makes absolutely no sense. To be clear, AB 418 will not ban any particular foods or results in any products coming off the shelf.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
It will simply require food companies to make the same minor modifications to the recipes that are already made in Europe and so many other places around the globe. The Assembly number has continued up to this day to be engaged in constructive conversations with opposition. Since he first introduced the Bill, the most recent amendments have removed titanium dioxide from the Bill and have delayed the implementation to 2027.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
This has removed opposition from California Chamber of Commerce, dairy Institute of California, American Chemistry Council, California Healthcare Products Association, Council for Responsible Nutrition, American Beverage Association, and California Business Roundtable Table. It enjoys a broad and diverse coalition of support, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Allen, you have your mic up.
- Benjamin Allen
Legislator
I do. Thank you, Madam President. I just want to reiterate some of the points that were just made. I heard the Bill in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. There was a robust discussion--I see my vice chair there. I want to particularly call out Assemblymember Gabriel for listening very carefully to the concerns of the opposition, making some modest but important changes to the Bill that made them feel better about the Bill.
- Benjamin Allen
Legislator
And they delayed the implementation so as to give companies some more time to negotiate new contracts for the food companies. And phase in new recipes. That was one of the big concerns that was out there. They also did remove titanium dioxide from the Bill. So that led to all sorts of major groups dropping opposition the Chamber of Commerce, the Beverage Association, the Chemistry Council, consumer Healthcare Products Association, Council for Responsible Nutrition, dairy Institute, California Business Roundtable.
- Benjamin Allen
Legislator
So, you know, this is an example of an author making some changes to a Bill that didn't harm the core goals of his Bill, while at the same time ensuring that they're listening to some of the concerns that were being raised by folks in the business community. I think it deserves everybody's support, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you, Senator. Menjivar, would you like to close?
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
Thank you to the Senator from Santa Monica for the words of support. Respectfully asking for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
So our milk can still be white. Secretary will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen? Aye. Alvarado-Gil? Aye. Archuleta? Aye. Ashby? Aye. Atkins? Becker? Aye. Blakespeare? Aye. Bradford? Aye. Caballero? Cortese? Aye. Dahle? Dodd? Aye. Durazo? Aye. Eggman? Aye. Glazer? Aye. Gonzalez? Grove? Aye. Hurtado? Jones? No. Laird? Aye. Limon? Aye. McGuire? Menjivar? Aye. Min? Aye. Newman? Aye. Nguyen? Niello? No. Ochoa Bogh? Aye. Padilla? Aye. Portantino? Aye. Roth? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Seyarto? No. Skinner? Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Umberg? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Wilk? Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Is is 33 to three. The measure passes. Now moving on to the eager Senator Newman with his hard hitting eligible for unanimous roll call. Bill, please, sir. We are going to do right now file item 317, AB 376. zero, all right. Go ahead, sir.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Oh, Clerk will read, 317 AB 376.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 376 by Assembly Member Villapudua, an act relating to student financial aid.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- Josh Newman
Person
Thank you, Madam President.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
You're welcome.
- Josh Newman
Person
I rise today on behalf of Assembly Member Villapudua, to present AB 376 will extend Cal Grant C eligibility to students enrolled in entry level driver training programs. AB 376 has received strong bipartisan support. On behalf of the Assembly Member, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Since we have Members off the floor, we're going to call the roll on this. If nobody else wants to speak, Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen? Aye. Alvarado-Gil? Aye. Archuleta? Aye. Ashby? Aye. Atkins? Becker? Aye. Blakespeare? Aye. Bradford? Aye. Caballero? Cortese? Aye. Dahle? Aye.. Dodd? Aye. Durazo? Aye. Eggman? Aye. Glazer? Aye. Gonzalez? Aye. Grove? Hurtado? Aye. Jones? Aye.. Laird? Aye. Limon? Aye. McGuire? Aye. Menjivar? Aye. Min? Aye. Newman? Aye. Nguyen? Niello? Ochoa Bogh? Aye.. Padilla? Aye. Portantino? Aye. Roth? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Seyarto? Aye. Skinner? Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Umberg? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Wiener? Wilk? Aye. Allen. I Alroder Gill. I Archuleta. I Ashby. I Atkins. I Becker. I Blakespeare. I Bradford. I Caviato. Cortezi. I Dally. I Dodd. I Durazo. I Egman. I. I Glazer. I Gonzalez. I Grove. Bertado. I Jones. I Laird. I Limon. I Maguire. I Menjivar. I Min. I Newman. Wynn, neelo ochoa, bogh. I Padill, I Portantino, I Roth, I rubio, I SEATO? I Skinner Malduvis. Aye. Stern? Aye. Umbrook? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weiner wilk? Aye. Newman? Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Newman moves a call. Moving on now to file item 320, AB 474. If Senator Umberg is ready. Presenting today for Assembly Member Rodriguez. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 474 by Assembly Member Rodriguez, an act relating to state government.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Go ahead, sir.
- Thomas Umberg
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President and colleagues, I'm pleased to present AB 474, a Bill that requires the State Threat Assessment Center at the California Office of Emergency Services to support state and local Fentanyl task forces. I urge an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen? Aye. Alvarado-Gil? Aye. Archuleta? Aye. Ashby? Aye. Atkins? Becker? Aye. Blakespeare? Aye. Bradford? Aye. Caballero? Cortese? Aye. Dahle? Aye. Dodd? Durazo? Aye. Eggman? Aye. Glazer? Aye. Gonzalez? Aye. Grove? Aye.. Hurtado? Aye. Jones? Aye.. Laird? Aye. Limon? Aye. McGuire? Aye. Menjivar? Aye. Min? Aye. Newman? Aye. Nguyen? Aye. Niello? Aye. Ochoa Bogh? Aye.. Padilla? Aye. Portantino? Aye. Roth? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Seyarto? Aye. Skinner? Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas? Stern? Aye. Umberg? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Wiener? Wilk? Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator moves the call. Moving on now. And the chief Clerk would like to me remind everybody there's no blurting out. We wait for roll call so the Clerk can then get you when it's time. Thank you. Moving on now to file item 321, AB 543, being presented today by Senator Rubio. I see her standing on behalf of sewing Member Gibson. AB 543, the Clerk will read. Excuse me, are you presenting for Senator Caballero, sir? Okay. He's presenting for Senator Caballero. Okay, thank you very much. We're going to hold. Okay. File item 321, AB 543, being presented today by Senator you know his name on behalf of Assembly Member Gibson--Glazer Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 543 by Assembly Member Gibson an act relating to taxation to take effect immediately tax lobby.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Glazer.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Glazer.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Glazer.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Madam President, you're doing a fine job today. Thank you for your service.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Except the obvious. Thank you, sir.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Friends, Senators, and country persons, I rise to present AB 543 on behalf of Assemblymember Gibson. This Bill extends a long standing partial tax exemption for marine fueling that has been in effect for two decades until January 1, 2029. Respectfully ask your aye vote today.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. No other Members willing to speak, wanting to desiring to Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, aye. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, Atkins, aye. Becker, Blakespear, No. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, aye. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, No. Grove, Hurtado, aye. Jones, Laird, Limon, McGuire, aye. Menjivar, No. Min, No. Newman, aye. Nguyen, aye. Niello, aye. Ochoa Bogh, aye. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, aye. Skinner, Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Glazer moves the call. Moving on now to file item 323, AB 748, being presented by Senator Dodd on behalf of Assemblymember Villapudua. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 748 by Assembly Member Villapudua and accolading to vessels.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Dodd.
- Bill Dodd
Person
Thank you. Madam President, Members, today I rise to present AB 748, which creates a program in partnership with local, state and federal entities to coordinate the removal of abandoned and derelict commercial vessels from our waterways. I respectfully ask your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, aye. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, aye. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, Grove, Hurtado, aye. Jones, aye. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, aye. Niello, aye. Ochoa Bogh, aye. Padilla, Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, Seyarto, aye. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator moves the call going back now. File item 319, AB 499 by Assembly verting being presented today by Senator Min. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 449 by Assembly Member Ting an act relating to hate crimes.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Min.
- Dave Min
Person
Thank you, Madam President. AB 449 requires law enforcement agencies to adopt hate crimes policies and follow specific guidelines. This is support. Support. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much, Senator. The Clerk will read Call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, aye. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, aye. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, Hurtado, Jones, aye. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, aye. Niello, aye. Ochoa Bogh, aye. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, aye. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator moves a call. All right, moving on now to file item 324. That's AB 1096 being presented today by Senator Rubio on behalf of Mike Fong. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
No Assembly Bill 1096 by Assembly Member Mike Fong enact relating to educational instruction.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much, Senator.
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, today I rise to present AB 1096 by Assemblymember Fong. This Bill clarifies that a community college district may offer courses in a language other than English without requiring a student to concurrently enroll in an English as a second language course. This Bill will result in better trained individuals serving their local communities and increased enrollment at the community colleges, which has experienced an 18% decrease since 19 I'm sorry, since 2019. This Bill has no no votes, and we respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, aye. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, aye. Cortese, aye. Dahle, aye. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, Hurtado, aye. Jones, aye. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, aye. Niello, aye. Ochoa Bogh, aye. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, aye. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator moves the call. Turning now, Members, to motions and resolutions. Senator McGuire.
- Mike McGuire
Legislator
Thank you so much Madam President. Grateful for your work today. Madam President, Members, there's a resolution at the desk requesting to suspend Joint Rule 61 A 13 to allow Assembly Bill 647 to be amended on the floor after the deadline. The request has been approved by the rules Committee would respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you, Senator Jones.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I ask for a roll call vote and a no vote, please.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
So Senator McGuire is asking for an aye, and Senator Jones is asking for a no. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Resolve that joint rules. JR 61 A 13 be dispensed with as requested.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, aye. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, No. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, Hurtado, aye. Jones, No. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, No. Niello, No. Ochoa Bogh, No. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, No. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, Wilk, No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Now, 30 to seven, the Joint rules are suspended. Members. Without objection, the Senate rules will be suspended as they relate to AB 389, Ochoa Bogh
- Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Per the author's request, I'd like to move file item A nine from the inactive file to second reading, please.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much, Senator Dalhe.
- Brian Dahle
Person
For the author's request, I'd like to remove AB 610 from file item number 393 to the inactive file at the request of the author.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Desk will note. Anybody else? Guess what, folks? Making really good progress, and it's dinner time. That's right. We get a 30 minutes break. Go. We're going to eat here. Very lovingly provided dinner for us. And when we come back, be ready to start on the budget votes. All right? Everyone's doing great. Enjoy your dinner. Stretch your legs. I expect you to come back and get to work. Bernie says we're going to start at about 655 and we're working till ten or 1036.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
We're coming back here at 06:00 p.m.. Everybody coming back here at six pm. And we're working till 10 or 10:30. Okay, good. Do you want me to do one of these?
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
You enjoyed their dinner. As we return to session, a lot of work to do, Senators, and it's time to get started. We are going to start with file item 199 AB 104, SB. Sure. SB 104 by Senator Skinner. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Yeah, I. Don'T know what just happened. Senate Bill 104 by Senator Skinner, an accolade into the state budget and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately. Budget Bill.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner. You are recognized.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Thank you, Madam President. Members, SB 104 is the Bill to amend the Budget Act to make some technical corrections, including shifting 17.2 million General Fund from our community colleges to the UC system in order to support bonds for some student housing that both divisions will share.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
We've also got 12.2 million in General Fund to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for interim financing for the Pine Mountain Forest Fire Station relocation and construction project, and 14 million General Fund to the Department of Parks and Recreation for repairs for the 2023 winter storm damage. And it also redirects 25 million from the Accessory Dwelling Unit grants to other programs, including the California Dream for all program. And with that, I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other people wishing to speak, Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, aye. Archuletta, Ashby, Atkins, aye. Becker, Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, No. Dodd, aye. Durazo, Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, No. Hurtado, aye. Jones, Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, Niello, No. Ochoa Bogh, Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, Seyarto, No. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Archuleta, Aye. Ashby, Aye. Becker, Aye. Caballaro. Durazo, Aye. Jones. Maguire, Aye. Nguyen. Ochoa Bogh, No. Rubio. Jones, No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Hold on, we're going to pause. One moment. Members no blurting. You it. Please call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Cabballaro. Nguyen, No. Rubio, Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
All right. Aye's. 31. Nos 8. The amendments are concurred. In moving on now to file item 200, SB 135. Half of Senator Skinner Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 135 by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and acclimating to Public Safety and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately Bill related to the budget.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner
- Nancy Skinner
Person
on Members. SB 135 is the Public Safety Trailer Bill, which extends remote proceedings for specified court matters until January 1, 2025 provides the Department of Justice with regulatory authority to adjust the ammunition purchase fee, provides our CDCR Department with contracting Authority to facilitate the expansion of its Community Reentry Center program, and makes various clarifying and technical changes. With that, I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Seeing no other Members wishing to speak. The Clerk will call Roll
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, aye. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, No. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, No. Hurtado, aye. Jones, Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, No. Niello, No. Ochoa Bogh, No. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, No. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Just call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Caballero. Jones, No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
31 to 8. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Now, moving on to file item 20 one, SB 137. Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 137 by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and accolading to public health and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately Bill related to the budget.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Members. SB 137 is the health omnibus trailer Bill. It requires the governor's appointees for the Director and Chief Medical Officer of the Emergency Medical Services Authority to be subject to Senate confirmation. It expands the authority of CalRx to enter into partnerships for development and distribution of over the counter Naloxon nasal product, revises the interdisciplinary teams at our psychiatric residential facilities, treatment facilities, to comply with federal regulations, and also to enable enrollment in Medi cal.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
It revises or requires the Department of Healthcare Services to seek legislative approval for fee increases of more than 5% on our substance use treatment facilities, and requires the development of a hardship fee waiver program for those facilities. And it delays for one year the deadline for emergency regulations to implement audit findings on hospice licensure and oversight, and lifts that moratorium upon adoption of those regulations. And with that, I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, aye. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, No. Dodd, aye. Durazo, Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, No. Hurtado, aye. Jones, aye. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, Newman, aye. Nguyen, No. Niello, No. Ochoa Bogh, No. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, No. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, No
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
It's called the Absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Alverado-Gill, Aye. Caballero. Durazo, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Ayes 31. Nos 8. The amendments. The Assembly. Amendments are concurred. And moving on now to file item 20 two, file item SB 138.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Clerk will read Senator Bill 138. By Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, an act relating to Human Services is making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately. Bill related to the budget.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Members, SB 138 is the Human Services Trailer Bill, which allows the Department of Developmental Services to create a residential program for adults and adolescents with complex needs, including a prohibition on the use of non emergency restraints and seclusion. It also prohibits non emergency restraints and seclusion for individuals in existing specialized homes operated by the state.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
This Bill also requires the Department of Developmental Services to implement oversight and equity initiatives that were funded in the 2023 budget and makes other technical and clarifying changes, and I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, aye. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, aye. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, aye. Hurtado, aye. Jones, aye. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, aye. Niello, aye. Ochoa Bogh, aye. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, aye. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
39 to 0. See if we can do that again. Assembly amendments are concurred and moving on now to file item 20 three, SB. 140.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 140 by Budget Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and accolading to early childcare and education, and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately. Bill related to the budget.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will read.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Thank you, Members. SB 140 is the human services trailer Bill on childcare. It ratifies the agreement between the Governor and Childcare Providers United, which includes a two-year increase to childcare rates ranging from $98 to $211 per child per month for all subsidized childcare providers. These rate increases were included in the 2023 budget, but the details of them were worked out in the collective bargaining agreement, which is what this Bill represents.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
And the agreement, which I'm very proud to let you know, includes the establishment of the first-in-the-nation retirement fund for childcare providers. And with that I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen? Aye. Alvarado-Gil? Aye. Archuleta? Aye. Ashby? Aye. Atkins? Aye. Becker? Aye. Blakespear? Aye. Bradford? Aye. Caballero? Cortese? Aye. Dahle. Dodd. Aye. Durazo? Aye. Eggman? Aye. Glazer? Aye. Gonzalez? Aye. Grove? No. Hurtado? Aye. Jones? No. Laird? Aye. Limón? Aye. McGuire? Aye. Menjivar? Aye. Min? Aye. Newman? Aye. Nguyen? Niello? No. Ochoa Bogh? Padilla? Aye. Portantino? Aye. Roth? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Seyarto? No. Skinner? Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Wilk? No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Let's call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero? Dahle? No. Nguyen? No. Ochoa Bogh? No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Ayes 31, noes eight. The Assembly Amendments are concurred in. And now moving on to file item 204, SB 141. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 241 41 by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review in accolade into Education Finance and making an appropriation therefore, to take effect immediately Bill read to the budget.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Members SB. 141 is our Pre-K-12 education Bill, the trailer Bill for budget. The Bill makes various technical amendments to implement our 23-24 budget act, and it additionally prevents our local educational agencies from incurring fiscal penalties due to expanded learning program closures that result from emergency conditions. And it extends to July 1, 2024, the ability for schools to have substitute teachers teach for 60 cumulative days.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
And it exempts our Paradise Unified School District from maximum ratios of administrators to teachers from the 21 22 fiscal year to the 23 24 fiscal year. And with that, I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil aye. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle aye. Dodd aye. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove aye. Hurtado aye. Jones aye. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire aye. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen aye. Niello aye. Ochoa Bogh aye. Padilla. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto aye. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Reminders Members no blurting will call you. That is 39 ayes zero noes. The Assembly amendments are confirmed in, concurred, in, and confirmed SB. Now, moving on to file item 205, SB 142.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senator Bill 142 by committing on budget and fiscal review in accolading to postsecondary education and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately Bill related to the budget.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Members, SB 142 is our Higher education trailer Bill, and it most significantly makes changes to the Higher Education Student Housing Grant program to continue the support of previous, current, and future affordable student housing projects at select community colleges. And with that, I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Laird. You are recognized.
- John Laird
Legislator
Thank you very much. I just wanted to call additional attention to this because it came up at our budget hearing and there was lots of concern. This Bill takes any project funded in 2022, and there is no clawback. It is allowed to move ahead. The projects funded in 2023 that everybody thought would be on hold are going to be allowed to be built and go ahead.
- John Laird
Legislator
The three that are joint between community colleges and higher education receive funding that moves them along, and the mechanism will be decided in next year's budget in a way that thousands of units of housing will now go ahead that would not otherwise. I want to thank everybody that worked on this very good outcome and request an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you, Senator Laird. Senator Durazo.
- María Elena Durazo
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. In this Bill, we are being asked to vote for 379 an hour wage for agricultural workers. zero, I'm sorry. Never mind.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Takes it back. Okay. All right. Seeing no other microphones up, Clerk will call a roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil aye. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle aye. Dodd aye. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove aye. Hurtado aye. Jones. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire aye. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen. Niello aye. Ochoa Bogh aye. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Aayes, 37. No zeros. The Assembly amendments are concurred and moving on. Now to file item 206, SB 143. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 143 by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review in accolade to state government and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately. Bill related to the budget.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Members, SB 143 is the General Government trailer Bill, and it provides an extension to March 2024 for physician postgraduate training licenses to address some administrative backlog issues. It conforms our state statute to federal law to allow portability of professional licenses for service Members and their spouses who are relocating to California. It authorizes state entities to hold public meetings via teleconference, telephonically or otherwise, electronically with a sunset of December 31, 2023.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
And it clarifies pre-apprenticeship programs are eligible for resources from the Women in Construction Priority Unit in our Department of Labor, and it extends the sunset date from January 1, 2024 to July 1, 2026 for labor provisions for sheepherders and goat herders. In addition, it requires a report on employment of sheepherders and goat herders, including minimum wage and overtime, by January 1, 2026. And with that, I ask for your aye vote, Senator. It's now.
- María Elena Durazo
Legislator
Okay, you already heard this, but I'll say it again before I crawl in under the table. Thank you very much, Madam President. Through this Bill, we are being asked to vote for a provision that would pay $3.79 an hour for agricultural workers. That's why I will be voting no on SB 143. The wage order shows wage order number 14 2001 shows a wage rate of 379 an hour for 2023. We are reducing minimum wage in California from 1550 to 379 an hour.
- María Elena Durazo
Legislator
And before we even discuss overtime pay, we should be clear that will be the base rate pay. Before we discuss overtime, we need to remember and understand there is a reduction of the minimum wage for these workers from 1550, which is what all California workers should get to 379. Our budget is a reflection of our values. For these reasons, I do not support wages of 379 and I will not support SB 143. Thank you, madam.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you, Senator. Anybody else? Senator Dodd.
- Bill Dodd
Person
Members, to my friend from Los Angeles Point, I really believe that that wage order, and I think many people do the wage order in 2001, for some reason, we don't even know how that got there, because that divided the way the sheepherders and the goat herders were classified as employees. So when you bring people in and they work 24/7, they get room and board and everything else.
- Bill Dodd
Person
Yes, if you do the math all the time, that maybe that's a correct number, but you've got to add their basic food and housing included in that hourly wage, too. And instead of just pushing this through because that was part of the discussion this year, is just push this through the way it is and have this be the force of law going forward. We agreed with the governor's office that it was probably better not to. Let's find out what the truth is here. Let's find out.
- Bill Dodd
Person
Those are our values, and we should do this study to determine once and for all what the impacts are for these for goat herders or for, frankly, anybody that has studied within this study on our farm workers. So I ask you to support this Bill today because it will get us to a place that if we are wrong, we will right those wrongs. That it won't be this Legislature, it'll be a Legislature.
- Bill Dodd
Person
I think the study will be done in two years and we'll be able to right a wrong or put this in statute forever, once and for all. So that at the end of the day, we're not doing this just to advance a policy for overtime for goat herders. We're trying to make sure that we don't lose a tool in the toolbox on the wildfires that we're fighting throughout this state and reducing fuels throughout our hinterlands.
- Bill Dodd
Person
And most of these goat herders on this particular issue are way back there in areas in the rural areas, like from Bieber for my friend from Bieber in the areas that he has, or in Senate District One, and a lot of those particular areas. So I would ask you to support this Bill today and understand that we're going to be working on this in the future. Thank you.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator from the Hinterland.
- Brian Dahle
Person
Thank you, Madam President. Members I just want to add on to my colleague from Napa, just to give some clarification. Actually, Assemblywoman Dahle actually authored a Bill and it never got heard in the Labor Committee on the Assembly side. So there has been some attempts to address this issue. The issue is that prior to the wage and hour law change, they were monthly salaried employees. When that changed, it changed the scenario for the ability to Bill have a monthly salary.
- Brian Dahle
Person
They are getting paid when they're sleeping, and they're getting paid that's accumulative for a 24 hours period. This Bill, as my colleague from Napa stated, is a study which will bring it back to the Legislature with good facts about the hour wages. So for those reasons, this is a great opportunity for us to do the right thing for not only the people who manage goat herds, but also manage sheep. And in California, those are a great tool for us to have for fire suppression.
- Brian Dahle
Person
And they're, quite frankly, a heck of a lot more efficient than us using cal fire folks to do those projects. So for those reasons, I ask that you indulge the Legislature here and do the right thing and let's get the study back and then we can address the issue comprehensively. So I ask for an aye vote on this Bill. Thank you.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Senator Skinner, would you like to close?
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford. Caballero. Cortese. Dahle aye. Dodd aye. Durazo no. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez. Grove aye. Hurtado aye. Jones aye. Laird aye. Limon. McGuire aye. Menjivar. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen. Niello. Ochoa Bogh aye. Padilla. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Alvarado-Gil aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese. Gonzalez. Limon. Menjivar. Nguyen. Niello. Padilla. Seyarto. Smallwood-Cuevas. Wiener. Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
28 ayes, one no. The Assembly Amendments are concurred. In moving on now to file item 206, SB 143, the Clerk will read excuse me. Okay. Going to 207, SB 148. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 148, by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and act relating to public employment and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately Bill related to the budget.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Members, SB 148 is the legislative ratification of MoU agreements between the state and 13 of our state worker bargaining units. It renews the contracts for nearly 140,000 state employees. These contracts cover employees represented by SEIU Local 1000, our CSLEA, the UAPD, which is the physicians and doctors at our prison system, AFSCME, and the operating engineers. And it provides salary increases ranging from two to 4% a year.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
In addition, the measure approves a number of side letters that provide retention bonuses to four bargaining units for employees that provided essential services during the pandemic. And with that, Members, I ask for your vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Min.
- Dave Min
Person
Thank you, Madam President, I rise just to express my concerns with the process by which this was given to us. I've sat on Budget Committee during my three years in the Senate. And I was very concerned when the LAO at our committee hearing expressed that they had just received this MoU for SB 148 as well as the One. For SB 151, which we'll discuss next three days prior to the hearing, even though this had been something that had been in the works for months.
- Dave Min
Person
And I realized that these negotiations do take some time, that they're very sensitive and they come together at the last minute. But I do think that as a Legislature that's being asked to vote on these and approve these types of contracts year after year, that we do have a role to play in being part of that discussion, at least being kept up to date on the status of the negotiations.
- Dave Min
Person
And so, again, I want to rise to express my concerns here and to really express my frustration as a Legislature later at the way in which I feel like we're being kept in the dark. Now, I have no problems with this contract. I will vote for this because I do think it's really important that we provide the raises that allow these employees, these state employees, to match the cost of living as we experience inflation right now, and to have their earnings that they deserve.
- Dave Min
Person
So I have no problems with the substance, but I really have deep concerns about the way in which these types of negotiations are being carried out that we're being, year after year asked to approve them. And I just wanted to state that for the record.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much, Senator Niello.
- Roger Niello
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. And may I offer you're doing an outstanding job thank you, sir. That's in hopes that maybe she can get us done a little earlier.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
I can only go as fast as you folks.
- Roger Niello
Legislator
Some of the MoUs in this Bill were discussed at the Budget Committee hearing on August 30. And consistent with the comments by my colleague from Irvine several of us on both sides of the aisle expressed concern that we were being jammed at the last minute by a last-minute process. Nonetheless, at least there was a hearing on that day. But now this Bill makes it worse. This Bill now includes two more MoUs that have never been discussed at any committee meeting.
- Roger Niello
Legislator
In my opinion, this is an alarming lack of transparency and accountability. This means that we'll be voting on spending hundreds of millions of dollars without even one hearing at which we can take public testimony hear the Lao's evaluation and ask questions. As the LAO points out in its written comments on just one of these MoUs the agreement will increase state costs by more than $160,000,000 when budget proposals are far lesser value.
- Roger Niello
Legislator
Of far lesser value are submitted to the Legislature by the Governor during the budget process. They are subject to public and legislative review for a period of weeks or months, not days. And I must remember that is what I kind of remember when I was in the Assembly some time ago. I'm sure that my colleagues here have thoughts of their own on how you might like to spend $160,000,000.
- Roger Niello
Legislator
And I'm sure that the advocacy groups that roam the Capitol halls have thoughts of how they might want to spend $160,000,000. But we will never know, will we? The two MoUs of this Bill are being jammed through with no opportunity whatsoever for public testimony. The Senate has rules that ostensibly prevent this lack of transparency. A Bill amended as significantly as this one is supposed to have another committee hearing. According to Senate Rule 29, point ten trailer bills are not exempt from that rule.
- Roger Niello
Legislator
Also, Senate Rule 29.4 requires that MoUs are available to the public for review for seven legislative days before any action is taken. That period of time on these two bills, these two MoUs has not passed. So why does our majority party ignore those rules here? And why does it continue to ignore the LAO recommendations to reject these last-minute MoUs? Of course, because they can. But as the saying goes, that ain't no way to run a railroad or a legislator Legislature.
- Roger Niello
Legislator
Spending hundreds of millions of dollars should be subject to extensive review and public discussion. Instead, the majority party seems poised to rubber stamp this Bill. But I ask for a no vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you, sir. Senator Skinner, would you like to close?
- Nancy Skinner
Person
I ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle no. Dodd aye. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer. Gonzalez aye. Grove no. Hurtado aye. Jones no. Laird aye. Limon. McGuire aye. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen no. Niello no. Ochoa Bogh no. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto no. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk no.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Now please call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Alvarado-Gil. Caballero. Glazera aye. Limon aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
30 ayes, eight noes. The Assembly amendments are concurred and moving on now to file item 20 eight, SB 151. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senator Bill 151 by committee on budget and fiscal review and accolade to public employment and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately Bill related to the budget.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner?
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Members, our previous Bill was the ratification of contracts for many different bargaining units of our hardworking state employees. This Bill, SB 151, ratifies the MoU agreement between the State of California and our corrections staff CCPOA. This is a two year agreement that provides salary increases of 3% for each of the two years. Employees will receive two mental health and wellness differential payments of 1200 per year.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
And to address staffing shortages at three of our hard to staff institutions, employees who work or move to Salinas Valley, California State Prison, or RJ Donovan, will be eligible for two $5,000 incentive payments. And finally, new cadets can earn up to 5000 for moving to one of 13 hard to staff institutions. This contract is in line with the MoUs that we've already approved.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
The salary increase is 3%, which is the same as the salary increase for the SEIU, Cslea, UAPD, AFSME, and operating engineers that we just passed. And as many of these jobs are difficult to fill, this contract provides incentives to help retain those employees and encourage them to work harder to fill these positions. And with that, Members, I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Grove, you are recognized.
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
An aye vote regarding this piece of legislation. As the author said, it's a two year deal and it's a tiered structure, so not everybody will be getting the increase because of the way that the system works within the CCPOA and our correctional officers facilities. Also, few people comprehend what it's really like to do this difficult and dangerous job.
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
When you think about being locked up behind bars, the feces, things like that, that's thrown at these individuals, the stuff that they face, everyday violence occurring in the facilities, it's staggering to talk about the holdovers. If you have an issue where you have a planned event with your family or something, it's not like you can leave this job and go home, right? If your replacement doesn't show up, you also have difficult staffing in rural areas or where some of these prisons are located.
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
And to have a signing bonus of $5,000 for a year is not even in the non government world. It's not a bad thing to offer somebody to go move away from their family and where they've grown up to go and work at a place that is a different location than where they are from.
- Shannon Grove
Legislator
So it's becoming harder and harder to get people to be interested in CDCR, with all the prison closers that we have the chance that maybe another prison is going to be brought up to be closed, and then they'd have to move to another area and relocate their family, their children, maybe their spouse has a job. So it's just a difficult, very difficult place to work. And I just respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Dahle.
- Brian Dahle
Person
Thank you, Madam President, Members, I happen to represent two facilities, folsom and High Desert. And I just want to say, if you've never toured, you should tour one of those facilities. And I just want to say that there's been eight suicides this year coming out of those folks that have to work there. So I just want to add that to the comments that were earlier and respectfully asked for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other microphones up, Senator Skinner, would you like to close?
- Nancy Skinner
Person
I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil aye. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker no. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle aye. Dodd aye. Durazo aye. Eggman no. Glazer no. Gonzalez aye. Grove aye. Hurtado aye. Jones aye. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire aye. Menjivar no. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen aye. Niello aye. Ochoa Bogh aye. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Stern aye. Umberg. Wahab aye. Wiener no. Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The ayes are 31, the noes are five. The Assembly amendments are concurred on moving on to our final budget item, I think file item 209, SB 152.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senator Bill 152, by committee on Budget and fiscal review, an ACC relating to background checks and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately Bill related to the budget.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Thank you, Madam President and Members. SB 152 is the Criminal Background Checks Trailer Bill, which makes technical changes to adhere to federal requirements related to criminal history. Background checks conducted by various of our state departments and entities. There's a variety of them, and rather than listing them, they are in the Bill. So with that, I would ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Seeing no other microphone's up, Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil aye. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle aye. Dodd aye. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove aye. Hurtado. Jones. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen aye. Niello aye. Ochoa Bogh aye. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto aye. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members?
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Hurtado aye. Jones aye. McGuire aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
39 ayes, no noes. The Assembly amendments are concurred on. Now, we're going to take a brief pause, Members, and we're going to start lifting the calls, so don't leave. Bernie's going to get me a list of bills to lift the calls.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
We want to give a huge thanks to our budget staff back there getting a photo op in. Thank you very much for all your work. Budget staff, here we go, friends. We're going to lift some calls. Okay, everybody ready? All right, we're going to start off with file item 217. AB 248 would have lift the call. Call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero, Rubio aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
39 ayes, zero noes. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 221, AB 1452. Clerk will call the roll. Call the absent members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Rubio aye Umberg aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
39 aye, zero noes. Measure passes. File item 320 AB 474. Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Dodd aye. Grove aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Wiener aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
39 ayes? No, zeros. Timeout Durazo aye to no. Durazo? I don't know, no? 38 to one. 474. The measure passes. File item 321, AB 543. The Clerk will call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Ashby. Becker. Caballero. Grove Laird aye. Limon. Skinner. Sternaye. Wiener.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please, no blurting. Aye. Again. call the absent Members again.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Ashby Becker. Caballero Grove. Laird. Limon. Skinner. Senator Stern. Stern aye to no.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
28-5, 28-5. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 323, AB 748. Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Gonzalez. Gonzalez aye. Grove. Grove aye. Padilla aye. Rubio aye. Stern aye. Wiener aye. Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
39 to zero. That measure passes. Now, moving on to file item 324, AB 1096. Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Grove. Grove aye. Wiener aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
39-0. The measure passes. All right, Members, we're going to move back to the file now. Assembly third reading file item 241. Senator Archuleta. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1126 by Assemblymember Lackey in accolading to cannabis.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Go ahead, sir.
- Bob Archuleta
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President, I rise to present AB 1126 on behalf of Assemblymember Lackey.
- Bob Archuleta
Legislator
AB 1126 aims to bolster enforcement efforts by holding unlicensed individuals accountable for including the universal cannabis symbol on unlicensed products which are often incorporated to legitimize illegal cannabis products. This Bill authorizes certain employees of the Department of Cannabis Control, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, as well as peace officers, to seize products that are unlawfully bear the cannabis universal symbol. Additionally, this Bill will expand the locations where these unlawful products can be seized. I respectfully ask for your vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Seeing no other Members wishing to be recognized, the Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil aye. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle aye. Dodd. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove aye. Hurtado aye. Jones aye. Laird aye. Limon. McGuire aye. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen aye. Niello aye. Ochoa Bogh aye. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto aye. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members?
- Reading Clerk
Person
Bradford aye. Caballero. Dodd aye. Limon aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
39 ayes, zero noes. The measure passes. Moving on now to 326. Senator Becker, you are recognized. Secretary will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1171 by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio in accolade into cannabis.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Go ahead, Senator Becker.
- Josh Becker
Legislator
Thank you. Today I rise to present AB 1171 on behalf of Assemblymember Rubio. We would empower the licensed cannabis market to seek injunctive relief against unlicensed operators.
- Josh Becker
Legislator
The listed market continues to grow despite additional enforcement. This is devastating to the unized workforce of licensed operators and reduced opportunities for workers in the space as legal businesses leave the state. By granting standing in court to licensed operators, this Bill provides support to our legal businesses and gives the opportunity for injunctive relief so desperately needed in this space. It's a unique solution to incredibly complex problem and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you very much.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
This is eligible for a unanimous roll call seeing no objections. That passes. 39 to zero. Moving on now to file item 327 AB 1203 by Assemblymember Baines being presented by Senator Ashby. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1203 by Assemblymember Baines in accolade to taxation to take effect immediately. Tax levy.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1203. On behalf of assemblymember. Dr. Baines. Though I too love this Bill. AB 1203 creates a sales tax exemption for breast pumps, breast pads, and storage supplies, establishing tax parity between breastfeeding and formula feeding. AB 1203 enjoys support from a coalition of labor advocates and healthcare experts and has received bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
if there is no objection this is eligible for a unanimous roll call, seeing none. 39 to zero. The measure passes. We're going to pass on 328. We're going to go on to 331. No, I don't think we are.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
We're going to go on to 332, AB 875 by Assemblymember Gabriel being presented by Senator Durazo. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 875 by Assembly Member Gabriel and accolading to courts.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Go ahead, Senator.
- María Elena Durazo
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President, I'm pleased to present AB 875 on behalf of Assemblymember Gabriel. This Bill will enable the collection of essential data to develop stronger data.
- María Elena Durazo
Legislator
Informed responses to our homelessness crisis, requiring county courts to report more uniform eviction case data will show the full scope of the eviction landscape, enabling policymakers, service providers, and local jurisdictions better understand eviction and displacement in their communities and also allow them to craft more targeted and informed policies to address these challenges. With that, I respectfully request your vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Without objection, this is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing none, 39 to zero. The measure passes.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Moving on now to file item 333, AB 970 being presented by Senator Allen if he's prepared on behalf of Assemblymember Rivas. Could you please read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 970 by Assembly Member Luz Rivas an act relating to insurance.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Go ahead, sir.
- Benjamin Allen
Legislator
Thank you so much, Madam President. This Bill has to do with insurance. California's most vulnerable communities disproportionately suffer from the impacts of climate change, is exacerbated by the lack of insurance to recuperate financially. This Bill seeks to rectify this by closing insurance protection gaps to ensure that communities have the tools to respond to future weather events. It also prioritizes projects that promote resilience in areas of relatively high risk and Low insurance participation. With a focus on closing protection gaps, it's received bipartisan support.
- Benjamin Allen
Legislator
No, No votes in committee. I respectfully as for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Also eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 390. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 336, AB 816 by Senator Weiner on behalf of Assemblymember Haney. The Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 816 by Assembly Member Haney an act relating to minors.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Go ahead, sir.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President, I rise to present AB 816 on behalf of Assembly Member Haney.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
This Bill would allow physicians to oversee buprenorphine treatment, which is a life saving medication used to treat opioid addiction to youth over the age of 16 without parental consent. Overdose deaths among minors have doubled in California in the last two years. Opioid overdoses now account for one out of every five deaths of minors. Enrolling people in medically proven treatments as early as possible is one of the best tools we have to save lives.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
The most effective treatment for opioid addiction is buprenorphine, as it can help with the devastating physical symptoms of withdrawal. And right now, teens who are addicted to opioids need consent from their parents to enroll in this treatment. Thankfully, most young people have parental support in seeking buprenorphine treatment.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
However, unfortunately and frankly, tragically, some young people who are addicted to opioids who can have their lives saved by buprenorphine, they either don't have the support of their parents, and so they cannot access this life saving treatment, or perhaps they are homeless or runaways, and so they are unable to consent on their own. Under current law, these teenagers will be turned away from enrolling in this treatment. These teens should be able to protect their own health and save their lives.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, No. Hurtado, aye. Jones, No. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, No. Niello, No. Ochoa Bogh, No. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, No. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, No.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Seeing no other senators wishing to be recognized, Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No. Grove. Aye to no.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
That was blurting. Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. No. Atkins. Caballero. Dahle. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
29 to nine. Measure passes. Moving on now. File item 337, AB 1572, being presented by Senator Stern on behalf of Assemblymember Friedman. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1572 by Assemblymember Friedman and accolading to water.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Stern.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Members, AB 1572 would limit the use of drinking water for the irrigation of nonfunctional turf.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
Property owners would have the right to designate between what is functional and non-functional. But this Bill is really about those areas that don't need grass, but currently have them and are sucking up water. This is not about areas where turf is used, say by churches and civic organizations for playgrounds. It's not about golf courses, even, or sports fields. This is about unnecessary water consumption in urban landscapes.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
We think this will save businesses and communities money, set us up for this inevitable cycle of mega droughts that we're going to be facing for the next decades, and build, really upon the State Water Board's regulations that were just renewed earlier this month.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
We think that the amendments recently dealt with addressed concerns raised by the association of California Water Agencies, the California Municipal Utilities Association, and the Regional Water Authority Special Districts Association League of California Cities, all of whom are now neutral, as well as the California Chamber of Commerce and the City of Roseville. So with that, I respectfully ask your vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limón. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Wilk. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Wilk no.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. No. Atkins. Caballero. Hurtado. No. Ochoa Bogh. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
28 to 10. The measure carries.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The measure carries moving back in the file final item 328, AB 1254, being presented by Senator Roth on behalf of Assembly Member Berman. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1264 by Assembly Member Berman an act relating to healing arts
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Roth.
- Richard Roth
Person
Thank you, Madam President. This is the Acupuncture sunset Bill. It authorizes Acupuncturists to supervise Acupuncture assistance, authorizes the Acupuncture Board to inspect premises, places of practice or clinics, and extends the sunset to January 2028. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Seeing no other people wanting to speak, the Clerk will call the roll. 39. Moving back in the files caused a little confusion, but you'll be rewarded with a unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 39 to zero. That measure passes. Now, moving on to file item 339, AB 1474 by Assembly Member Reyes, being presented by Senator Menjivar. If she is prepared, the Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1474 by Assembly. Member Reyes an act relating ot housing.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Menjivar.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
Thank you, AB 1474 requires HCD consider veterans when updating the statewide housing plan. Request an Aye vote.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
Thank you. This is also eligible for unanimous roll call. Senator Ochoa Bogh, please.
- Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Make sure I have the right Bill. 1474. Yes. Thank you, Madam President. Members, last year, the number of homeless veterans in Riverside County increased by 31%.
- Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Legislator
While existing law requires that HCD cooperate with agencies like the Department of Aging and the Department of Developmental Services, which serve populations at an increased risk of homelessness, HCD is not required to consult with Cal Vet, or even consider veterans when developing the statewide housing plan. This is despite the fact that California has the largest number of homeless veterans in the country, 71% of whom are living in places unsuitable for human habitation.
- Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Legislator
We must do more to ensure our service Members are treated with dignity and respect they deserve. I respectfully ask for an Aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much, Senator. Menjivar, would you like to close?
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
Thank you so much, Senator. From Lake Arrowhead. With that, just respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, aye. Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, aye. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, aye. Hurtado, aye. Jones, aye. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, Newman, aye. Nguyen, aye. Niello, aye. Ochoa Bogh, aye. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, aye. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, aye.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Atkins. Caballero, Min, Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
call the absent Members.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
38 to zero. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 340, AB 658, being presented by Senator Rubio on behalf of Mike Fong.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 658 by Assembly Member Mike Fong an act relating to public employee benefits.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will read
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Rubio.
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, I rise today to present AP 658. This is a district Bill focused on the city of San Gabriel, a small city that employs around 200 people. This Bill just creates a long term recovery plan for the city, and I respectfully ask for Nivo. Thank you.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. If nobody objects, this is eligible for a unanimous roll call, seeing no objections. 39 to 0. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 343 by Assembly Member Wilson, being presented by Senator Niello. If he is ready, the Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 910 by Assembly Member Wilson an act relating to county officers.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator?
- Roger Niello
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President, I rise to present AB 910.
- Roger Niello
Legislator
On behalf of Assembly Member Wilson, AB 910 will set clear requirements for individuals who want to run for County Auditor Controller by providing more information to the experience and educational requirements in Government Code Section 26 945. That government code includes the prerequisite education and work experience that's required to serve in that position. Portions of that section, though, are extremely broad which has caused confusion regarding the lack of qualifications for individuals who appear on the ballot.
- Roger Niello
Legislator
This Bill would also amend Elections Code 13.5 by providing more direction to registrars to verify the background and claims of the candidates prior to placing their name on the ballot. This Bill would also, excuse me. It is important that individuals who are interested in running meet the qualifications they're prepared to fulfill. The duties of County Auditor and Controller. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
This is eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 39 to 0. The measure is adopted.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Moving on now to file scratch it. Moving on now to file item 345, AB 716 by Assemblymember Boerner being presented by Senator Menjivar. If she is prepared, the Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 716 by Assemblymember Boerner in accolade into medical transportation.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Menjivar.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise again to present AB 716, this time on behalf of Assemblymember Boerner which seeks to prevent consumers from being hit with surprise bills for ground ambulance service. Support. Support. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Eligible for unanimous roll call. No objections. Boom. 39-0. The measure passes. That's how we do it. All right. File item 350, AB 709 by Senator Skinner on behalf of Assemblymember McKinnor. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 709 by Assemblymember McKinnor in accolade to criminal history information.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Excuse me. I got excited. Assembly Member this is file item 346, AB 368 on behalf of Senator Assemblymember Holden, Senator Smallwood-Cuevas the helper. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 368 by Assemblymember Holden and accolade into Community Colleges.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President, I rise on behalf of Assemblymember Holden to present AB 368 support support Bill. This Bill requires the governing board of a Community College district participating in the College and Careers Access Pathways partnership to enroll high school pupils in any course that is part of the CCAP partnership offered at Community College campuses. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. This is also eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Ayes 38. No zero. The measure passes. Take a pause. Members are returning to motions and resolutions. Senator McGuire.
- Mike McGuire
Legislator
Thank you so much. Madam President, there's a resolution, Madam President, of the desk requesting permission to suspend Joint Rule 61 and 62 for the purpose of allowing Assembly Bill 126 to be heard in committee after the deadline. These requests have been approved by the Rules Committee. Ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
I'm sorry, Senator Jones.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Resolve that Joint Rule 61 and 62 be dispensed with as requested. Please call the roll. Senator McGuire asking for an aye. Senator Jones asking for a no. Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil aye. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle no. Dodd aye. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove no. Hurtado aye. Jones no. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire aye. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen no. Niello no. Ochoa Bogh no. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto no. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk no.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President. I would ask for a no vote, please. Very much. Okay. Could Clerk please read the resolution?
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Everybody. 30 ayes, eight noes. The joint rules are suspended. Senator McGuire.
- Mike McGuire
Legislator
Thank you so much. Madam President. Madam President, Members, I moved to suspend the Senate rules as they relate to Assembly Bill 126.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Is there objection to applying the previous roll call? Thank you. Yes, if we can apply to the previous roll call, that'd be great. Thank you. Without objection, the Senate rules are suspended. Previous roll calls is adopted. Clear the board. Senate rules. Senate rules. Previous roll call. Take it up. Ayes 30, noes eight. Senate rules are suspended. Senator Portantino.
- Anthony Portantino
Person
Under motions and resolutions, please remove item 387 AB 438 off of consent.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The desk will note. Senator Laird.
- John Laird
Legislator
Thank you. At the request of the author, please move file item 335 AB 113 to the inactive file.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The desk will note. Senator Glazer.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Thank you. Madam President, at the request of the author, please remove file item 218 AB 1034 to the inactive file.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The desk will note. Senator Becker.
- Josh Becker
Legislator
At the request of the author, like to move file item 326 AB 437 Jackson to the inactive file.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Duly noted, Senator Wiener.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
Madam President, at the request of the author, please move AB 1486 by Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer to the inactive file.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The desk will note any other Members wishing to take something. Move something.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Little parliamentary drama. Okay, you were ready. Moving back to the file, friends, here we go. We are moving to file item 344 AB 581 being presented by Senator Bradford on behalf of Assemblymember Carrillo. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 581 by Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo and accolading to corrections.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Bradford.
- Steven Bradford
Person
Thank you, Madam President. AB 584. The Path Act just simply establishes access to our state prisons by rehabilitative employees who provide these program services inside of prisons. I respectfully ask for aye vote eligible.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
For unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none, the measure passes. Now file item 347 AB 363 by Assemblymember Bauer-Khan by Senator Allen. If he's prepared. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 363 Assemblymember Bauer-Khan in accolade into pesticides.
- María Elena Durazo
Legislator
Go ahead, sir.
- Benjamin Allen
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. The loss of pollinators endangers California's $11 billion of annual agricultural production, threatening delicate ecosystems and driving up food prices. And this loss is primarily caused by pesticides. Specifically, most significantly, a class known as neonicotinoids. Now, this Bill, we passed a very strong neonic Bill last year. This is actually a narrower version of that Bill.
- Benjamin Allen
Legislator
The Bill requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation to finalize their ongoing evaluation of neonics by 2029 and adopt control measures for the use of these pesticides on turf and ornamental plants in nonagricultural settings. The Bill limits the use of these dangerous pesticides in residential settings for non production outdoor ornamental plants, trees or turf to ensure that they're only used by certified pest control operators.
- Benjamin Allen
Legislator
Because what ends up happening is that when bees are there's a specific time of year when it's particularly dangerous to apply this pesticide when the bees are out pollinating. And there's other times of the year where you can apply the pesticide with very little impact. And yet, when we're talking about residential trees, a lot of folks have no idea. Other countries and states have already recognized the harms that these neonics pose. They're already banned in the European Union for nearly all uses.
- Benjamin Allen
Legislator
Several other states have banned their non-agricultural use. And this is an important measure for protecting our pollinators for our bees. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote very much.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
With no microphones up, Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil no. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle no. Dodd. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove no. Hurtado no. Jones no. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire aye. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen no. Niello no. Ochoa Bogh no. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth. Rubio aye. Seyarto no. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk no.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Ayes, 26, noes 10. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 348 AB 776 by Assemblymember Holden being presented by Senator Rubio if she's ready. Having to do with the 210. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 776 by Assemblymember Holden in relating to transportation.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Rubio.
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, today I'm proud to present a Bill that I'm a proud co-author, AB 776, and this Bill just simply recognizes the important role of Native Americans in our communities. And it's just based on Route 210 in Los Angeles County, making sure that our Native Americans are recognized. Thank you. And I ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. That is eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none, 38 to zero, the measure passes. Moving on now to file item 350, AB 709 by being presented by Senator Skinner on behalf of Assemblymember McKinnor.
- Committee Secretary
Person
The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 709 by Assemblymember McKinnor in accolade into criminal history information.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Skinner.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
Thank you. Madam President, Members, pleased to present AB 709, which will allow prosecutors to make Brady disclosures in a timely and efficient manner and assists prosecutors with expediting our constitutionally mandated Brady obligations. There's bipartisan support with that, I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 35 to zero, the measure passes. 38 to zero, and the measure passes. Moving on now to file item 351, AB 1756, being presented by Senator Umberg. Clerk will read.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1756 by Committee on Judiciary, an act relating to state government.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Umberg.
- Thomas Umberg
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President, colleagues. This Bill contains numerous minor updates to various code sections within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee, saving folks from hearing a dozen other bills. It renames the program Department of Justice and extends several sunset dates, makes other technical changes. Urgent aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 38-0, the measure passes. Moving on now to file item 352, AB 699, being presented by Senator Blakespear on behalf of Assembly Member Weber.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 699 by Assembly Member Weber an act relating to workers compensation.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Blakespear.
- Catherine Blakespear
Legislator
Okay, thank you. I rise to present AB 699 on behalf of Assemblymember Weber, which would expand presumptive coverage of a list of illnesses that include cancer and pneumonia, among others, to a full time San Diego lifeguard employed by the City of San Diego Fire Rescue Department and working in the Boating Safety Unit. The presumption included in this Bill are already included for the City of San Diego firefighters, and this reform will bring more parity for the city's marine firefighters.
- Catherine Blakespear
Legislator
This Bill has no formal opposition and zero no votes. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. This is eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 38 to zero, that measure passes. Moving on now to file item 353, AB 1271, being presented by General Roth on behalf of Assembly Member Gibson.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1271 by Assembly Member Gipson, an act relating to gambling.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- Richard Roth
Person
Thank you, Madam President. This Bill streamlines the licensing process for workers at gambling establishments. If it looks familiar to you, it should. It passed out of the Senate two weeks ago on consent, but had to be pulled back for technical amendments. It's back. Support. Support. Request an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Good news. It's eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 38 to 0. That measure passes. Moving on now to file item 354, AB 1119 being presented by Senator Becker on behalf of Assembly Member Wicks.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1119 by Assembly Member Wicks an act relating to civil actions.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Becker.
- Josh Becker
Legislator
Thank you. Almost two out of three debt cases in California are default judgments in favor of debt collectors. Too often in consumer cases, people become defendants because they never received a notice from the court or they have work or childcare commitments they cannot miss. After the judgment is entered, the judgment creditor can request the court or the defendant to appear to share information about their assets, and if they do not, threat of jail time to compel them to appeal.
- Josh Becker
Legislator
This Bill addresses these obstacles by reforming the consumer debt collection process to make it less likely to result in issuance of a bench warrant for defendants arrest. It requires a court to issue an order to show cause, giving the person a final chance to provide a reasonable explanation for any failure to appear before the court, issues a bench warrant, and defendant risks being sent to jail. The author's office and the sponsors have worked diligently to address concerns and have removed almost all opposition.
- Josh Becker
Legislator
I respectfully ask for your vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Seeing no Members wishing we recognized, the Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, No. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, No. Hurtado, aye. Jones, No. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, No. Niello, No. Ochoa Bogh, No. Padilla, Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, No. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, Wilk, No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent members
- Committee Secretary
Person
Alverado-Gill, No. Atkins, Cabellero, McGuire, Aye. Padilla, aye. Wiener, Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
29 ayes, 9 Nos. The measure passes. Now, moving on to file item 355, AB 1399 being presented by Senator Archuletta on behalf of Assembly Member Friedman. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1399 by Assembly Member Friedman enaclian to veterinary medicine.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Archuleta.
- Bob Archuleta
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President, I rise to present Assembly Bill 1399 by Assembly Member Friedman and Lowenthal to expand veterinary care across California by safely reducing unnecessary barriers related to veterinary telehealth. AB 1399 would allow a veterinarian client patient relationship be established either through in person visit or through video communication, creating a lifeline for pet owners who face financial, geographic or logistical obstacles. This Bill has received broad bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. This is eligible for unanimous roll call. If there are no, we're going to call that roll. Quick. Please call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, aye. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grove, aye. Hurtado, No. Jones, aye. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, aye. Niello, aye. Ochoa Bogh, aye. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, aye. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, Wilk, No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Alvarado Gill, No. Caballero. Wiener, Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
36 to three. That measure passes. Moving on now to file item 356, AB 323 by Assemblymember Holden, being presented by Senator Wahab.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 323 by Assemblymember Holden and acclimate to land use.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Wahab.
- Aisha Wahab
Legislator
Thank you. I rise to present AB 323 on behalf of Assemblymember Holden. In an effort to promote homeownership opportunities for Low and moderate income Californians, the state has established pathways through affordable housing policies like density bonuses and local inclusionary zoning programs. However, these pathways can be redirected away from residents they were intended to assist to instead benefit private investors. Currently, developers may petition a local government to change a unit's designation from owner occupancy to rental occupancy, even if qualified residents have applied to buy the home.
- Aisha Wahab
Legislator
This results in states affordable housing programs, subsidizing investors instead of providing homeownership opportunities for those that would otherwise be unable to afford it. In 2022, homes in encinitas built using density bonus programs were redesignated by the city from owner occupancy to rental occupancy at the request of the developer. The developer then sold the homes to a private investor, even though over 80 income qualified families had applied to buy the home.
- Aisha Wahab
Legislator
AB 323 will prohibit the sale of inclusionary zoning and density bonus housing to non qualified applicants. We must protect these home ownership avenues for Low and moderate income families, because for them, this is not just another property in their income portfolio. This is a bona fide opportunity to realize the California dream. Thank you. And I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
There any objections to applying a unanimous roll call? Seeing none. Ayes 39. No zero. That measure passes. We're going to stick with Senator Wahab. Who's going to present AB 1412 item file item 357 on behalf of Assemblymember Hart, the Clerk will read hold on. Going back to the Holden Bill. Good to go, friends. Okay, sticking with Senator Wahab. The Clerk will read file item 357.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1412 by Assemblymember Hart, in accolade to pre-trial diversion.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Wahab.
- Aisha Wahab
Legislator
Thank you. AB 1412 is a simple measure that will allow defendants with borderline personality disorder to be eligible for pretrial mental health diversion programs. Under current law, defendants with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other mental health disorders are eligible for pretrial diversion while this vulnerable group is left out, this measure will allow them to get treatment and care they need. AB 1412 has no registered opposition and received bipartisan support in the Assembly. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on behalf of Assemblymember Hart.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will call the roll if there are no objections.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil aye. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle no. Dodd aye. Durazo aye. Eggman no. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove no. Hurtado aye. Jones no. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire aye. Menjivar. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen no. Niello no. Ochoa Bogh no. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto no. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk no.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Caballero. Menjivar aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
30 ayes, nine noes. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 358, AB 1210 being presented by Senator Ashby on behalf of Assemblymember Kalra. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 1210 by Assemblymember Kalra in acclolade to product safety.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Ashby.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1210 on behalf of Assemblymember Culra. It requires labeling on sodium nitrite above 10% purity, stating it can be fatal if ingested, and that the recommended treatment is intravenous methylene blue. Sodium nitrite is a chemical compound with no household use in high-purity amounts, but has grown in popularity recently as a suicide method, particularly for teens.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
By increasing awareness of methylene blue, AB 1210 gives consumers and medical professionals the information they need quickly to treat someone who has poisoned themselves with sodium nitrite. I urge an aye vote very much.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
You know whether people wanting to speak. Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil aye. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle aye. Dodd. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove aye. Hurtado aye. Jones aye. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire aye. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen aye. Niello aye. Ochoa Bogh aye. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto aye. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
38 to zero. Please call the absent members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Caballero. Dodd.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Aye 39 to zero. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 359, AB 1037 over to Senator Newman on behalf of Assemblymember Berman. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1037 by Assemblymember Berman in accolade to voting.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Go ahead, sir.
- Josh Newman
Person
Thank you. Madam President, I rise. Present AB 1037. On behalf of Assembly Member Berman. As you know, over the past few years, the Legislature has taken numerous steps to ensure that voting in California is both secure and accessible. Despite those efforts, however, issues around signatures still result in high numbers of invalidated vote by mail ballots.
- Josh Newman
Person
A recent report from USC Center for Inclusive Democracy, studying data from the 2020 General election, noted that of ballots that were ultimately rejected and left uncounted, roughly three quarters of those ballots were disallowed on account of missing or mismatched signatures. AB 1037 would authorize a county elections official to use electronic means for a voter to satisfactorily cure a signature issue.
- Josh Newman
Person
Colorado and Nevada have successfully utilized a text to cure process in much the same manner whereby a voter can address a missing signature or signature mismatch via text or similar technology. This Bill will provide one more useful and politically neutral tool to assist California voters if and when an elections official determines that the signature on a vote by mail ballot does not match the signature on file, or if the identification envelope does not contain a signature. On behalf of Assemblymember Berman, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Seeing no other Members wishing to be recognized, the Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle no. Dodd aye. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove no. Hurtado aye. Jones no. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire aye. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen no. Niello no. Ochoa Bogh no. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto no. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
let's call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Alvarado-Gil no. Caballero. Smallwood-Cuevas aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
31 to eight, the measure passes. You're going to want to wake up for this. Members, moving on to file item 360, AB 360. Mr. Bradford is going to talk to us about excited delirium on behalf of Assemblymember Gipson. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 360 by Assemblymember Gipson in accolade into excited delirium.
- Steven Bradford
Person
Thank you, Madam President. AV 360 prohibits the term excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the state, as well as being used as a cause of death on a report or death certificate. Excited delirium is not accepted as a legitimate term by the American Medical Association or the American Psychiatric Association. By banning this term, it will allow us to take accountability and focus on the underlying factors that contribute to an individual's actual cause of death. I respectfully ask for your vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no other Members wishing to be recognized, the Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil aye. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle. Dodd aye. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove aye. Hurtado aye. Jones. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire aye. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen aye. Niello aye. Ochoa Bogh aye. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto no. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Let's call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Caballero. Dahle. Jones.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
36 to one, the measure passes. Moving on now to file item 364 AB 57. Senator Stern is going to present this on behalf of no, wait. Excuse me. I'm fine. 362 AB 249. On behalf of Senator Smallwood-Cuevas is going to present on behalf of Assemblymember Gipson Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 249 by Assemblymember Holden in accolade into water.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Lead is a dangerous toxin, and there is no safe amount of lead in our children's drinking water. The Legislature previously established a five-part billion action level for drinking water for children's centers. This Bill establishes a lead testing program for schools aligned with that action level and requires schools to remediate problematic water outlets. We should maintain the same amount of protection for our youngest and most vulnerable students as AB 249. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
This is eligible for a unanimous roll call. If nobody objects, I see an objection. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil no. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle. Dodd aye. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove no. Hurtado aye. Jones aye. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire aye. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen. Niello. Ochoa Bogh aye. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto aye. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk aye.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Caballero. Dahle no. Nguyen no. Niello no.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
35 to three. That measure passes. Now, moving on to file item 364, AB 57 by Assemblymember Kalra, being presented by Senator Stern. If he's ready, the Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 57 by Assemblymember Kalra in accolade to forest.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Go ahead, Senator.
- Henry Stern
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. AB 57 would establish the California Pocket Forest Initiative, a pilot program that would authorize cal fire to distribute demonstration grants for pocket forests. These are important methods for establishing native plants and taking care of those left behind areas that we all know by freeways, behind schools, and the other forgotten places to make them green again. Respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Seeing no other comments on pocket forest, the Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta aye. Ashby. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle aye. Dodd aye. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove aye. Hurtado aye. Jones no. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen. Niello aye. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto no. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
I call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil aye. Ashby aye. Caballero. McGuire aye. Nguyen aye. Niello. Ochoa Bogh aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
36 ayes three noes. The measure passes. Moving on now to file item 365, AB 1259 by Assemblymember Soria, being presented today by Senator Glazer.
- Committee Secretary
Person
The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 1259 by Assemblymember Soria in accolade to local government.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Thank you, Madam President. This is a district Bill by Assemblymember, Soria Senator Caballero was to present it, and I'm acting in her place. This Bill allows the City of Merced to form or participate in an enhanced infrastructure financing district if it meets specified conditions. With that respectfully asked for an aye. Vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
No other mics up. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil aye. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker aye. Blakespear aye. Bradford. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle. Dodd aye. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove aye. Hurtado aye. Jones no. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire aye. Menjivar aye. Min aye. Newman aye. Nguyen no. Niello no. Ochoa Bogh no. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto no. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Dahle no.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please be patient, Mr. Min. All right, that's everybody. Grove I don't know. 30 to 8 now. Wilk has a mask on. What's going on over there? Jones and Wilk. Something's going on. Dave, something's happening over there. Something's happened over there.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Ayes 30, noes eight, the measure passes. Okay, we're good. Here we go. Three. File order 366 AB 1606 being presented by Senator Limon on behalf of Assemblymember Gipson.
- Committee Secretary
Person
The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 1606 by Assemblymember Gipson in accolade to driver's license.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Limon.
- Monique Limón
Legislator
Thank you. I rise to present Assembly Bill 1606 on behalf of Assemblymember Gipson, which authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish a program to evaluate the traffic safety and other effects of renewing driver's license by virtual or other remote processes. This Bill would not eliminate any of the current exams issued by the DMV. Rather, it would provide alternative methods for doing those tasks. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
There are no objections. This is eligible for unanimous roll call, seeing none, 39 to zero, the measure passes. Moving on now to file item 367 AB 1355 being presented by Senator Umberg on behalf of Assemblymember Valencia.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1355 by Assemblymember Valencia in accolade to employment.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Umberg.
- Thomas Umberg
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President and colleagues, employees are currently unable to receive earned income tax statements on unemployment claims for benefits electronically. This Bill would allow that to happen. Urge an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none, 39 to zero, the measure passes. All right, moving on. Members, file item 368 AB 723 being presented by Assemblymember Ochoa Bogh on behalf of Assemblymember Quirk-Silva.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 723 by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, in accolade to pupil placement.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Go ahead, Senator.
- Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President, Members, I am pleased to present Assemblymember Quirk-Silva's AB 609, which defines school of origin as including a certified non-public, non-sectarian, private, non-religious school.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Excuse me 1 minute, ma'am. I think you might be reading the wrong Bill 723-. Okay, please proceed.
- Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Legislator
Defined school of origin is including a certified non-public, non-sectarian private, non-religious school to allow foster youth with exceptional needs to remain enrolled in a school when a residential placement changes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote without objection.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
This is eligible for unanimous roll call, seeing none, 39 to zero, the measure passes. Moving on to file item 369 AB 843 being presented by Senator Lamont on behalf of Senator Juan Carrillo. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 843 by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo and acclimating to public social services.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Limon.
- Monique Limón
Legislator
Thank you. I rise today to present AB 84, three on behalf of Assemblymember Juan Carrillo. This Bill seeks to codify regulations to ensure that CalFresh recipients who are victims of electronic theft are eligible to have their benefits replaced in a timely manner. I respectfully ask for an aye vote you very much.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
If there are no objections. This is eligible for unanimous roll call, seeing none, 39 to zero. Moving on now to file item 370 AB 752 being presented by Senator Dodd on behalf of Blanca Rubio, the Clerk will read unanimous roll call. Yeah, I called it out. Yeah. Clerk will read Clerk will read affinity.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 752 by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio in accolade into transportation.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Dodd.
- Bill Dodd
Person
Madam President, Members, this Bill increases worker safety by establishing guidelines for the construction and maintenance of roadways, including require the use of positive protection or physical barriers in work zones where appropriate to protect our workforce. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Dahle, are you standing up to speak or no?
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
No. All right, if there are no objections, this is also eligible for unanimous roll call. 39 to zero. That measure is adopted. Okay, I want to say, like Senator McGuire, we're all on a roll, y'all. However, we're not done yet, but we've went through all our ABs. How about that? That was pretty darn good. We're going to take a five-minute break and consult on some things and see what else we can get done. Five-minute break. Two minutes, friends. Let's get her rolling. Yes, ma'am.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
And then we're skip Caballero. Right. Are we ready, Members? Here we go. Places. Places, everybody. All right, we are back now, Member to concurrence for SBs. We're going to start on aisle file item 158, SB 780 by Senator Alvarado-Gil. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 780 by Senator Alvarado-Gil in relating to food and agriculture.
- Marie Alvarado-Gil
Legislator
Thank you. Madam President and colleagues. Senate Bill 780 would designate the California Department of Food and Agriculture as the primary state regulatory agency for any commercial feed, feed additive, or drug approved for livestock by the US. Food and Drug Administration. Assembly amendments removed the term quote or administered quote. To clarify, the CDFA will oversee any commercial feed, feed additive, or drug approved by the FDA that is fed to livestock.
- Marie Alvarado-Gil
Legislator
The amendments also clarified that the State Air Resource Board's authority in relations to dairy and livestock methane emissions reduction is not affected by this piece of legislation. It also makes clear that its provisions would not construe certain authorities of the State Air Resources Board. I respectfully ask for aye vote
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Support-support. Let's call the roll. No, it doesn't have it. Is it eligible? They all do if nobody objects. This is eligible for unanimous roll call. I see an objection. Let's call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen aye. Alvarado-Gil aye. Archuleta aye. Ashby aye. Atkins aye. Becker. Blakespear aye. Bradford aye. Caballero. Cortese aye. Dahle aye. Dodd. Durazo aye. Eggman aye. Glazer aye. Gonzalez aye. Grove aye. Hurtado aye. Jones aye. Laird aye. Limon aye. McGuire aye. Menjivar aye. Min. Newman aye. Nguyen aye. Niello aye. Ochoa Bogh aye. Padilla aye. Portantino aye. Roth aye. Rubio aye. Seyarto aye. Skinner aye. Smallwood-Cuevas aye. Stern aye. Umberg aye. Wahab aye. Wiener aye. Wilk aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Becker. Caballero. Dodd aye. Min aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
38 to zero. The measure passes. Members. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Members, you look loud out there, so I wonder if you could bring it down. We're almost there, but we're not there yet. All right, moving on to file item 160, SB 568 by Senator Newman.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 568 by Senator Newman. An act relating to recycling.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Newman.
- Josh Newman
Person
Thank you, Madam President. I rise today to present SB 568 which is back on concurrence. Assembly amendments removed penalties for false statements that were in a prior version of the bill. I am asking respectfully for your aye vote this evening.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Respectfully, we'll call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Aye. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Niello. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Seyarto. Aye. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Let's call the absent members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Caballero. Nguyen. Niello. Aye. Rubio. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
38 to zero. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving on now to file item 163, SB 389 by Senator Allen. The clerk will read. Going to pass on file. We're going to pass on file. Moving on to file item 154, SB 775 by Senator Padilla.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Hi. Okay. 164 again. Okay. SB 775 by Senator Padilla. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 775 by Senator Padilla. An act relating to vehicles.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Padilla.
- Steve Padilla
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. SB 775 is back on concurrence. The amendments in the Assembly have broadened the bill from electric school buses to include all zero-emission school buses. This bill has had no no votes and respectfully asked for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Then I think it deserves a unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 39 to zero. That measure passes. Moving on now to file item 165, SB 29 by Senator Glazer. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 29 by Senator Glazer. An act relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974, declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator, please.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Thank you, Madam President. Assembly amendments clarified that a person needs to complete the FPPC's political reform education program in order not to be subject to the fines under the Political Reform Act. Amendments also added a co-author and other minor changes. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
On the urgency, this is a unanimous roll call. 39 to zero. There are no objections. First, on the urgency, Assembly amendments are concurred on. 39 to zero on the measure. Thank you, Senator Glazer. And if you could stay standing there. Moving on to file 168, SB 773, also by Senator Glazer. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senator Bill 773 by Senator Glazer. An act relating to CalWORKs.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Glazer.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Thank you, Madam President. Members, as you may recall, this bill deals with allowing a 24-hour free cancellation for bookings made on the internet. Assembly amendments exempt listings where the consumer is unaware of the hotel's name until they've paid. For example, Hotwire and Priceline offer opaque listings at a discounted rate so it doesn't cover them. Finally, amendments exempt non-public rates, such as those offered to large events or meetings. And with the amendments, all previous opposition are now neutral on the bill. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Jones, what reason do you rise?
- Brian Jones
Legislator
President.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
What is your parliament?
- Brian Jones
Legislator
I'm being told that that might be the wrong introduction for the bill. Is that correct?
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
File item 168, SB 773?
- Steven Glazer
Person
Yeah, he's correct.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Okay, thanks.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Let me pass temporarily.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
We're going to pass temporarily.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Yeah.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
All right, we're going to move on then to file item 169, SB 332 by Senator Cortese.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Madam speaker. Madam President, I'm sorry.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Yes, sir.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
On the previous item 168. We have CalWORKs as the topic.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
As do we.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Yeah, I can correct that. Apologize. Thank you to the minority leader for paying such close attention, but I'm prepared to present the CalWORKs bill now.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Let's be official. Let me call it again and have the clerk read it again. Okay. Senator Cortese, if you could put your mic down. Okay, so, file item 168, SB 773 by Senator Glazer, having to do with CalWORKs. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 773 by Senator Glazer. An act relating to CalWORKs.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Thank you, Madam President. Apologies for the misrepresentation earlier. Assembly amendments make the bill a requirement on counties to ensure statewide equity, delay implementation until the statewide automated welfare system is appropriately updated, and makes other technical changes. The bill has support, no opposition received, no no votes. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Jones.
- Brian Jones
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise in support and ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. It is still eligible for unanimous roll call, I believe. So, 39 to zero, with Senator Jones really piping in for support. Okay. Now we're moving on to file item 169, 170, SB 335, Cortese. Secretary, please read.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
Yes. Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. The Bill would grant the county of Santa Clara temporary authority to give voters the option to raise local taxes until December 2028. Existing law allows local jurisdictions, as you know, to collectively levy local sales taxes up to 2% limit, and this would allow an increase of sales tax up to 0.65%. The amendments were cleanup changes essentially to another Bill, last year's AB 2453 by Assemblymember Bennett.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
And that Bill specified a similar taxing authority for the Ventura County Transportation Commission. And the changes in SB 335 instead clarify that the authority in Ventura is not the commission, but the county of Ventura. So that's what really happened in terms of bringing it back for concurrence. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Min. Rubio. Aye. Umberg. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Twenty-eight to eight, the Assembly amendments are concurred in. Okay. Now we're moving to file item 171, SB 3, Senator Dodd.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 3 by Senator Dodd. An act relating to water.
- Bill Dodd
Person
Yes, Madam President and members. This bill pertaining to water shut-off protections. The Assembly amendments restored some definitions and statute, added a new definition, expanded existing requirements to provide reduced payments, and a couple other technical amendments. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. Caballero. Menjivar. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
30 to seven. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving back up in the file to file item 169, SB 332 by Senator Cortese.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senator Bill 332 by Senator Cortese an act relating to employment and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Cortese.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
All right. Thank you again, Madam President. Arise to present Senate Bill 332. This Bill reflects months of negotiations and agreement between Minor League Baseball players in their union, the Major League Baseball Players Association, and Major League Baseball. All those parties came together. The measure enables first ever nationwide collective bargaining agreement for Minor League Baseball players by putting together a narrowly tailored exemption for the 362 approximate minor league players in California.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
And that includes a collective bargaining agreement with over bargaining agreement that improves not only wages, but benefits such as housing and health care and so forth. SP 332 ensures Minor League Baseball players across the country will see a significant new increase in regular season salary as well, because this is intended to be a model state by state, Minor League Baseball began over 100 years ago. As many of you know, it's been nonunion ever since. This Bill enables their collective bargaining agreement to go forward.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
It's a clear victory, and it's only possible due to a lot of prior work by this body. The Bill has no opposition, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
If there is no objection, this Bill is eligible for unanimous roll call. So on the urgency 39 to zero on the measure. 39 to zero. The Assembly. Amendments are concurred in. All right, moving on to file item 162, SB 172 look the same. SB 4 by Senator Weiner.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill Four by Senator Weiner an act relating to housing.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Weiner.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, SB four is back on concurrence. You will recall that this Bill will allow religious institutions and nonprofit colleges to utilize their land to build 100% affordable housing. Assembly Amendments ensure protection of tribal resources, protect vulnerable communities from toxic uses near these developments, and place a 2036 sunset on the legislation. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, No. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, Gonzalez, aye. Grove, Hurtado, aye. Jones, aye. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, Newman, aye. Nguyen, Niello, Ochoa Bogh, aye. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, No. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Alvarado-gill, Aye. Caballero. Glazer. Grove. Min. Nguyen. Neillo. Wilk, Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
32 to two. The Assembly. Amendments are concurred in. Moving on now into file item 173, Senator Umberg, SB 60. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senator Bill 60 by Senator Umberg and AC relating to social media platforms.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Go ahead.
- Thomas Umberg
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, this Bill concerns social media platforms and when they're required to take down basically addresses where drugs are being sold. The Assembly amendments simply clarify what substances are covered by the Bill. I urge an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Its eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. 39 to zero. Back to you, Senator Umberg. 170 Assembly Members are concurred in 174 SB 77. Umberg Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senator Bill 77 by Senator Umberg an act relating to elections.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Go ahead, Senator.
- Thomas Umberg
Legislator
Thank you very much. What this Bill does is this Bill, when a ballot needs to be cured because of an invalid signature, and there's a phone call to the voter and they don't respond, the Assembly amendments clarify what happens after that point. Urgent aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Also eligible for unanimous roll call. No objections. 39 to zero. The Assembly. Amendments are concurred. In moving on to file, item 175, SB 96 by Senator Portentino.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senate Bill 96 by Senator Portentino an act relating to historic venues and making an appropriation therefore.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Portentino.
- Anthony Portantino
Person
Thank you, Madam President and Members. SB 96, the Historic Venue Restoration and Resiliency act, is back on concurrence. The amendments taken in the Assembly were technical and further refine the scope of the Bill. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Allen, aye. Alvarado-Gil, Archuletta, aye. Ashby, aye. Atkins, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespear, aye. Bradford, aye. Caballaro, Cortese, aye. Dahle, aye. Dodd, aye. Durazo, aye. Eggman, aye. Glazer, Gonzalez, aye. Grove, aye. Hurtado, aye. Jones, aye. Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. Menjivar, aye. Min, aye. Newman, aye. Nguyen, aye. Niello, aye. Ochoa Bogh, aye. Padilla, aye. Portantino, aye. Roth, aye. Rubio, aye. Seyarto, aye. Skinner, aye. Smallwood-Cuevas, Stern, aye. Umberg, aye. Wahab, aye. Wiener, aye. Wilk, aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Let's call the absent Members.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Alvarado-Gill, Aye. Caballero. Glazer, Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
38 to zero. The Assembly amendments are concurred in file item. Going back and file final item 161, Ochoa Bogh sure for Senator Caballero. Senator Ochoa Bogh. Please go ahead. Please read.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 609 by Senator Caballero and accolade to school accountability.
- Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Members, I'm pleased to present Senator Caballero's Senate Bill 60 Nine, which is back on concurrence. Concurrence. Assembly amendments simply resolve chaptering issues this Bill has no opposition. And pass the Assembly. 71 to zero. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
This is eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. It's 39 to zero. The Assembly. Amendments are concurred. And now, moving back to Senator Umberg file item 176, SB 235 by Umberg. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 235 by Senator Umberg, an act relating to civil actions.
- Thomas Umberg
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. SB 235 concerns disclosures in discovery process and civil litigation. The Assembly amendments modify the process and scope of those initial disclosures. I urge an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 39-0. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving on to file, item 177, SB 273 by Senator Weiner. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 273 by Senator Weiner, an act relating to tidelands and submerged lands.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Weiner.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, SB 273 is back on concurrence. As you'll recall, this bill authorizes the State Lands Commission to authorize a project at piers 30 and 32 in San Francisco, dilapidated piers that are gradually falling into the ocean. This is an important step for San Francisco's waterfront, and the Assembly amendments were technical in nature, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Weiner's bill is also eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none, 39-0, the Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving on now to file item 179, SB 435 by Senator Gonzalez. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 435 by Senator Gonzalez, an act relating to data collection.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Gonzalez.
- Lena Gonzalez
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President and Members. Assembly amendments to SB 435 delay implementation and add additional countries to the list of disaggregated data based on feedback from DPH. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on concurrence.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Aye. Niello. Aye. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Alvarado-Gil. Caballero. Dahle. Grove. Jones. Menjivar. Aye. Seyarto.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
34-0, the Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving on now to file 180, SB 439 by Senator Skinner.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 439 by Senator Skinner, an act relating to civil actions.
- Nancy Skinner
Person
SB 439 is back from concurrence. It ends nuisance lawsuits against affordable housing. The Assembly amendments made technical and clarifying changes requested by the Judicial Council. There's unanimous bipartisan support. I ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
This is eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. The Assembly amendments are concurred in 39-0. Moving on to file item 181 by Senator Rubio, SB 459.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 459 by Senator Rubio, an act relating to domestic violence.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Rubio.
- Susan Rubio
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, today, I rise to present SB 459, the Sam Sisters Law, which is back on concurrence. This bill will protect victims from domestic violent abusers and save lives. This bill is in honor of Samia, Samara and Samantha, who were gunned down last year by their father. And with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Tragic incident. Thank you, Senator. This is also eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. Ayes: 39, noes: 0. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Now moving on to file item 182, SB 464 by Senator Wahab.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 464 by Senator Wahab, an act relating to criminal law.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator?
- Aisha Wahab
Legislator
Thank you. I rise to present SB 464, which is back from the Assembly. This bill will expand the rights of survivors of sexual assault. Amendments in the Assembly update the audit process. The bill has received unanimous support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Also eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. Ayes: 39, noes: 0. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving on now to file item 183, SB 470 by Senator Alvarado-Gil. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 470 by Senator Alvarado-Gil, an act relating to water.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Alvarado-Gil.
- Marie Alvarado-Gil
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Senate Bill 470 has returned from the Assembly. It would establish the Urban Water Community Drought Relief Program and the Small Community Drought Relief Program within the Department of Water Resources. Assembly amendments eliminate the January 1, 2026 sunset date for the two programs, expanding the list of project types and the two programs that the two programs may fund. They do remove language specifying the Legislature's intent to enact subsequent legislation and making other minor technical, nonsubstantiate changes. This bill is a support-support and receive no no votes.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you. This is eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 39-0. The Assembly Amendments are concurred in. Take a short break.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Moving on to file item 185 by Senator Atkins, SB 487. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 487 by Senator Atkins, an act relating to abortion.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Atkins.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Thank you. Colleagues, SB 487 is back for concurrence. This bill sets in place protections for healthcare professionals who provide abortion care and gender affirming services and shield them from discrimination by health plans or the MediCal program. The Assembly amendments are technical and clarifying and incorporate technical assistance from the Department of Healthcare Services, Attorney General Bonta, and the Insurance Commissioner. Specifically, the amendments clarify the bill would not shield providers from sanctions for unprofessional conduct that would subject the provider to a claim, a charge, or action under the laws of this state. Colleagues, I humbly ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Seeing no microphones up. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Padilla. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
31 ayes, 8 noes. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving on now to file item 186, SB 541 by Senator Menjivar.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 541 by Senator Menjivar, an act relating to sexual health.
- Caroline Menjivar
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, I'm rising on behalf of myself. SB 541, The Youth Health Equity and Safety Act, a bill to address our SDA epidemic, is back on concurrence. The Assembly amendment struck the provisions of the bill related to the HPV vaccine and is now allowing school administrators greater flexibility in how they make condoms accessible on their campuses. Respectfully asking for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
No microphones up. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. No. Caballero. Rubio. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Ayes: 30. The noes: 9. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving on now to file item 188, SB 644 by Senator Glazer. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 644 by Senator Glazer and accolading to business.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Glazer.
- Steven Glazer
Person
Thank you, Madam President. The Legislative Council Digest of Assembly Amendments are in the daily file. Most importantly, they removed all opposition from this measure. I want to thank the eleven Senate co-authors who joined me in this road and I appreciate your aye vote today.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. No other Members wanting to speak. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Aye. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Aye. Niello. Aye. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. Aye. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Caballero. Umberg. Aye.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thirty-nine to zero. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving now to file item 189, SB 648 by Senator Dahle.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 648 by Senator Dahle, an act relating to education, finance, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
- Brian Dahle
Person
Thank you, Madam President. Members, SB 648 is back on concurrence with two amendments. One: an urgency and the other is to know the bill to Shasta County. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. If there's no objections, this is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing none. 39 on the urgency, 39 on the measure. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Now moving to file item 191, Senator Portantino, SB 696. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senator Bill 696 by Senator Portantino and accolading to notaries public.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator.
- Anthony Portantino
Person
Thank you, Madam President and Members. SB 696 is back from the Assembly on concurrence. Amendments taken. Add additional safeguards to the Bill and are a result of multiple conversations with the Attorney General and Secretary of State. These amendments provide the Secretary of State more flexibility on implementation date, ensuring technology is up to date and proper regulations are adopted to implement. SB 696 streamlines the authorization process for current notary publics to perform, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
And this is eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. 39 to zero, the Assembly amendments are concurred in. Going back to file item 190, Senator Hurtado is presenting for Senator Caballero. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 657 by Senator Caballero, an act relating to homelessness.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Hurtado.
- Melissa Hurtado
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. SB 657 is back for concurrence. The amendments taken in the Assembly remove the requirement that the implementation of the bill is contingent upon appropriation, and removes the requirement that the COCs provide age-related training for homelessness service staff, and instead requires Cal ICH to coordinate and convene a working group for those purposes, among others. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. If there are no objections, this is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing none. 39-0, the Assembly amendments are concurred in. Now moving to file item 192, SB. 710, Senator Durazo.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 710 by Senator Durazo and accolading to surplus property.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Durazo.
- María Elena Durazo
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I'm presenting SB 710 for concurrence from the Assembly where it passed 78 to zero. SB 710 establishes a Terminus Regional Planning Task Force, bringing together a diverse set of stakeholders to study potential uses in Los Angeles and Alhambra in the terminus adjacent areas. They will meet quarterly, complete and submit a report to the Legislature by December 1, 2025. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Caballero. Dahle. Grove. Nguyen. Ochoa Bogh. Seyarto. Wilk.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Ayes 30, nos two. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving now to file item 193, SB 760 by Senator Newman. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 760 by Senator Newman, an act relating to school facilities.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Newman.
- Josh Newman
Person
Thank you, Madam President. SB 760 is back from the Assembly on concurrence. It will ensure that all California students K-12 have access to gender neutral bathrooms. Minor amendments were taken in the Assembly, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. No. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Aye. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. No. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
32 ayes, 7 noes. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving now to file item 195, SB 423, by Senator Weiner.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 423 by Senator Weiner, an act relating to land use.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator?
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, SB 423 is back on concurrence. This bill, as you'll recall, extends the sunset on a very successful California housing law, SB 35, to 2036. This is an existing law that we're improving with SB 423 that streamlines and expedites the permitting of new homes. Assembly amendments do the following: it adjusts some of the labor provisions in a minor way, and so all labor is now either neutral or in support.
- Scott Wiener
Legislator
It strikes a balance around coastal protections, allowing for application of the law in the coastal zone, in urbanized areas, with local land use plans and local coastal plans. The Coastal Commission, as a result, is neutral. It clarifies fire protection language to ensure that it's crystal clear that Cal Fire guidance and building code requirements apply, in addition to other changes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Clerk will call the roll.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Atkins. Aye. Becker. Blakespear. Aye. Bradford. Caballero. Cortese. Aye. Dahle. Dodd. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Eggman. Aye. Glazer. No. Gonzalez. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Min. Newman. Aye. Nguyen. No. Niello. Ochoa Bogh. Aye. Padilla. Portantino. Roth. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Seyarto. No. Skinner. Aye. Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Wilk. No. Rubio aye to no.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Please call the absent Members.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Allen. Becker. Bradford. Aye. Caballero. Dahle. No. Grove. Limon. Min. Aye. Niello. No. Padilla. Aye. Portantino.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
27 ayes, 7 noes. That Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving now to file, item 197, SB 659, by Senator Ashby. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senator Bill 659 by Senator Ashby and accolading to groundwater.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Ashby.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to concur in Assembly amendments to SB 659. SB 659 prioritizes groundwater recharge and directs the Department of Water Resources to provide actionable recommendations to develop additional groundwater recharge opportunities.
- Angelique Ashby
Legislator
Assembly amendments clarify the meaning of groundwater recharge, fold the groundwater action plan into the next update for the California Water Plan, and specify information to be included in those recommendations. SB 659 has enjoyed bipartisan support in both houses and has no opposition. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
This is eligible for unanimous roll call if there are no objections. Seeing none. Ayes 39, nos zero. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Moving now to file item 167, SB 82. Senator Seyarto. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senator Bill 82 by Senator Seyarto, and accolading to taxation.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Senator Seyarto.
- Kelly Seyarto
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. I stand to present SB 82. SB 82 is back here before us with minor chaptering amendments. This Bill has zero opposition, enjoys bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
This is eligible for unanimous roll call. No objection. Seeing none. Ayes 39, nos zero. The Assembly amendments are concurred in. Take a brief pause here, senators.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
We have some committee announcements for tomorrow morning. Do we remember who we are? We have announcements to make. Senator Bradford, do you have something to say? Senator Newman, do you have something to say?
- Josh Newman
Person
Thank you. The Education Committee will meet tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m., room 2100. Does that sound right? Come to 2100. If I'm there, we'll have a hearing. 112. 112. Very different.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
112. Education 112. In this building, that means then, right? We have Energy, Senator Bradford.
- Steven Bradford
Person
Energy Committee will meet tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. in room 1200 in the swing space.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. And Senator Cortese.
- Dave Cortese
Legislator
Thank you, Madam President. Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement will be meeting tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. in 2200. Thank you.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much. Senator Portantino.
- Anthony Portantino
Person
Appropriations Committee will meet tomorrow on the call of the chair, probably around dinner time.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
Thank you very much.
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
President Atkins. The desk is clear.
- Toni Atkins
Person
Colleagues. Thank Madam President. Thank you. A lot of work today. We've completed 44 Senate bills. 89 Assembly bills for 131 completed today. Good work, everybody. Good work to the floor team. We will have a busy day tomorrow, as you can tell. So we will start Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 at 10:00 a.m..
- Susan Talamantes Eggman
Person
The Senate is adjourned. We will reconvene Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 at 10:00 a.m..
Committee Action:Passed
Previous bill discussion: September 6, 2023
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