Assembly Floor
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
The Assembly is now in session. Assemblymember Culra notices the absence of a quorum. The sergeant at arms will prepare the chamber and bring the absent Members. The Clerk will call the role.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Addis, Aguiar-Curry, Alanis, Alvarez, Arambula Bains, Bauer-Khan, Bennett, Berman, Boerner, Bonta, Bryan, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chen, Connolly, Dahle, Davies, Dixon, Essayli, Flora, Mike Fong, Vince Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Garcia, Gipson, Grayson, Haney, Hart, Holden, Hoover, Irwin, Jackson, Jones-Sawyer, Karla, Lackey, Lee, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mathis, McCarty, McKinnor, Muratsuchi, Nguyen, Ortega, Pacheco, Papan, Jim Patterson, Joe Patterson, Pellerin, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Rubio, Sanchez, Santiago, Shiavo, Soria, Ta, Ting, Valencia, Villapudua, Waldron, Wallis, Ward, Weber, Wicks, Wilson, Wood, Zbur, Mr. Speaker.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members. The quorum is present. We ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand for the prayer and the flag salute. Today's prayer will be offered by our Assembly chaplain, imam Yasir Khan. Imam Yasir.
- Imam Khan
Person
In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful almighty God, we come to you today acknowledging that you alone are God and worthy of worship. We declare that you are the creator and sustainer of all things. We pray for wisdom for our elected officials. Give them the ability to discern the times in which we live in and to see the consequences of their actions. Guide them in making decisions that will serve our state best. Allow us to always be in your remembrance through which the decisions we make will bring a new spiritual awakening and ease to millions of lives. Amin.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Ambula will lead us in the pledge.
- Joaquin Arambula
Legislator
Please join me in pledging allegiance to our flag by placing your hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of. The United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under law, indivisible, with liberty and justice.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, before we move on, I'd like to welcome former Assembly Member and current Congresswoman Barbara Lee from the back of the room. Reading of the previous day's journal.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Chamber of Sacramento Wednesday, June 28, 2023 the Assembly met at 07:00, a.m.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Mr. Bryan moves and Mr. Flora seconds at the reading of the previous day's journal to be dispensed with presentations and petitions. There are none. Introductions in reference of bills will be deferred. Reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments deemed adopted. Messages from the Governor, there are none. Messages from the Senate? There are none. Moving to motions and resolutions the absences for the day for personal business. Assembly Member assailing. Majority Leader Bryan, you are recognized for your procedural motion.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Madam Speaker, I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 45.5 to allow Assembly Member Dixon to speak on adjournment in memory today.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Without objection. Such shall be the order.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Madam Speaker, I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 118 A to allow Assembly Well to allow Assembly Member Mia Bonta to have her guest in the back of the chamber with photographers.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Without objection. Such shall be the order. Members, pursuant to Assembly Rule 77 two, I am re referring the following bills to a committee. Item 68 AB 399 burner. To the local government committee. Item 76 AB 782 McKinnor to the Business Professionals Committee. Item 84 AB 1061 Brendan to the Utilities and Energy Committee. Item 85, AB 1070, Low to the Business and Professions committee. And item 92 AB 1679 Santiago. To the local government committee.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
On behalf of announcements, on behalf of Assemblymember Dixon, please welcome guests from the Building Industry Association Southern California and the gallery. We honor them at their hundredth anniversary. Assembly Member Dixon.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, I'd like you to turn your attention to the gallery to welcome Members of the Building Industry Association of Southern California, who is celebrating their 100th anniversary today. We have with us Nicole Murray, the incoming Board chair, Joe Montajano, the CEO, his daughter Mia, who is part of the Junior Builders Program and his daughter Maddie. Welcome. Congratulations.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Please also take note that tomorrow is the floor amendments deadline. All floor amendments must be put across the desk by 05:00 p.m. Today or upon adjournment, whichever is later. So they can be adopted by tomorrow's amendment deadline.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, this morning we will be starting on the third reading file of Senate bills, file number 127. Members, we are going to start with the second reading. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bills 104, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 148, 151 and Senate Bill 152.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
All bills will be deemed read and all amendments will be deemed adopted. Now, can I go to the third reading? All right, third reading file. Senate bills, file number 127, SB 439. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 439 by Senator Skinner, an act relating to civil actions.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Grayson, you are recognized.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I rise to represent SB 439 by Senator Skinner. Stories of nuisance lawsuits solely intended to stop affordable housing projects have become increasingly common in California. Wealthy housing opponents use repeated illegitimate lawsuits to prevent affordable housing projects that have already been locally approved. After undergoing extensive local scrutiny and environmental review, these lawsuits are eventually thrown out by the courts because they lack merit, but by the time this happens, the damage has already been done. Affordable housing developers have spent years fighting these lawsuits, and in many cases, the developer loses the state and federal grants that were helping them fund the project due to these delays. SB 439 will address these nuisance lawsuits by creating a special motion to strike early in the lawsuit, which will allow courts to throw out lawsuits against 100% affordable housing developments that have no chance of succeeding in their legal merits. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire the vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 45, no zero. Measure passes. Pass temporarily on file 128. Moving to file number 135, SB 692. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 692 by Sandra Dahle, an act relating to irrigation districts.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Dahle, you're recognized.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. SB 692 is a district Bill and would allow the Board of Directors of the South Fork Irrigation District to adopt a resolution authorizing any individual to be a Director when the certain criteria are met, including being a landowner owner or a legal representative of landowner reside within the district and is registered voter in California. This Bill is modeled after AB 1816, which handled a similar issue with the Tulelake Irrigation District. This Bill has no no votes and has strong bipartisan support. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
See no discussion or debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 54. No zero, measure passes. Pass temporarily on file number one three eight. Moving to file number one 40, SB 494. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 494 with amendments by Assemblymember Mike Fong.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Fong. You are recognized.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, the amendments specify when the governing board may not terminate a superintendent of a school district without cause. I ask that the Bill be amended, sent out to print, and placed back on file. Thank you so much.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor, let's hear it. Aye. Oppose. I heard it. Now measure amendments are adopted. The Bill goes out to print and back on file. File number 143, SB 836. Assembly. Clerk, will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 836 by Senator Dahle in accolading to water.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Dahle, you're recognized.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. SB 836 is a district Bill and allows water right holders in Siskiyou County to improve the flow of water, especially during drought years, which the state desperately needs. This Bill would require the water rights holder to notify all landowners before making repairs and modifications and are responsible for those costs.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
And with the recent amendment, they are explicitly responsible for any damage. This Bill creates more flexibility when dealing with water pipes and conduits needing repairs, and would improve water efficiency. This Bill has no no votes, strong bipartisan support, and respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 50. No, zero measure passes. Moving to file number one four four, SB 40. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 40 with amendments by Assemblymember Maienschein.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Maienschein, you are recognized.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
Thank you. Madam Speaker. I rise to present SB 40 by Senator Umberg, the annual state bar fee Bill. The Bill extends fees for 2024 in the same amount as 2023 and makes various other changes to the State Bar Act. Thank you. And I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate, we will do a voice vote. Without objection, we'll do a take a voice vote. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed. Excuse me? The amendments are adopted. The Bill goes out to print and back on file. If you don't say I loud enough, there's some no's that are over here. Just a heads up. Okay, moving on to pass and retain on file number 145. Moving down to file number 150, SB 486. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 486 by Senator Hurtado, in accolade to interscholastic athletics.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Bains, you are recognized.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Thank you, Speaker and Members. I rise today to present SB 486 on behalf of Senator Hurtado. SB 486 requires CIF to hold all state football championship games for all divisions at comparable and neutral locations. The reality is that educational and athletic experiences for our students, especially those from rural, low-income, and disadvantaged communities, are shaped by the neighborhoods they live in.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
I am sure we can all agree that all student-athletes who have put in the work to earn a championship appearance deserve an experience they will proudly remember for the rest of their lives. By addressing the shortcomings in athletic facilities and overall educational opportunities, we can create an environment that supports and empowers all students, regardless of their socioeconomic background. SB 486 establishes a legislative framework that reinforces the significance of equity and accountability within CIF's operations.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
With this Bill, we are not only addressing the issue of equity within CIF but also emphasizing the legislature's commitment to fostering fairness, inclusivity, and equal opportunities for all student-athletes throughout California.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those in state, all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 42. Noes two, measure passes. File number 159. SB 459. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 459 by Senator Rubio and others in accolade to domestic violence.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, Members, I'm honored today to present SB 459 by Senator Susan Rubio, a pivotal piece of legislation aimed at bringing much-needed clarity to the process of modifying active restraining orders in California. Approximately two-thirds of family court proceedings involve at least one party who lacks legal representation. The situation is deeply concerning, since it often results in avoidable errors, ultimately leading to unfavorable case outcomes. The repercussions of this extend beyond the adults navigating complex legal challenges.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
They also affect the innocent children caught in the crossfire of family law disputes. Tragically, each year, more than 6000 California children find themselves placed by court order into custody or visitation arrangements with parents considered dangerous. SB 459 presents a vital lifeline for victims as it establishes distinct modification forms specifically labeled for domestic violence cases. These forms will empower victims to file their request with confidence, knowing that their voices will be heard and their safety prioritized.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
SB 459 is not only a beacon of hope for those navigating the complexities of family law, but also a necessary step towards safeguarding the well-being of our most vulnerable, our children. This Bill has encountered no opposition and has garnered unanimous bipartisan support. Thank you. And on behalf of Senator Rubio, I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member let's just confirm that wasn't 453, it was 459
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
Yes.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Okay, thank you. Seeing no discussion or debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk and close the roll. Aye 60. No zero, measure passes. We are passing temporarily on file number 161. And file number 162. Is that and 166 pass temporarily on file number 165. Moving to file number 167 SB 449. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 449 with amendments by Assemblymember Ting.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Ting. You are recognized.
- Philip Ting
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'm rising to present amendments to SB 44 Nine on behalf of Senator Bradford. The amendments make technical and clarifying changes that were requested by post. Respectfully ask for aye vote on the amendments.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. Amends adopted. The Bill goes out to print and back on file. File number 172, SB 229. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 229 with amendments by Assemblymember Ting.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Ting. You are recognized.
- Philip Ting
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'm rising to present amendments on SB 229 on behalf of Senator Umburg. The amendments are technical in nature and help conform the Bill to SB 727 from Senator Caballero. Respectfully ask for aye vote on these amendments and ask that the Bill go out to print and back on file.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate or discussion. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed. Amends are adopted. The Bill goes out to print and back on file. File number 181 SB 46. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 46 with amendments by Assemblymember Cervantes.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Cervantes, you are recognized.
- Sabrina Cervantes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker Members, for allowing me to present floor amendments for Senate Bill 46 by Senator Richard Roth. These are technical amendments that make clarifications and avoid chaptering issues with other bills. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on these amendments and to send SB 46 out to print and back on file.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor, say aye. Opposed? Amends are adopted. The Bill goes out to print and back on file. Pass temporarily on file number 183. File number 186, SB 75. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 75 by Senator Roth and others in accolade into courts.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Cervantes.
- Sabrina Cervantes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, for allowing me to present SB 75 by Senator Richard Roth. This Bill would authorize 26 new Superior Court judgeships, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature based on the Judicial Council's 2022 Judicial needs assessment. 17 counties require additional judgeships, for a total of 98 new judicial positions in our state.
- Sabrina Cervantes
Legislator
The public's right to timely access to justice is contingent on having adequate judicial resources in every county. SB 75 will help accomplish that goal.This is a bipartisan Bill that has received zero no votes throughout the legislative process. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll. Aye 61. No, zero. Pass temporarily on file number 183. Excuse me. Pass temporarily on 187, file number 188. SB 228. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 228 by Senator Roth, in accolade into military assembly.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Schiavo, you are recognized.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Thank you. Thank you. Madam Speaker and Members, I rise to present SB 228 on behalf of Senator Roth. It's a bipartisan measure that paves the way to bring youth Challenge programs to the inland Southern California area. The Youth Challenge program gives at-risk youth an opportunity to earn their high school diploma and prepare for the next step in their lives. This has had no votes. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote, Clerk close the roll. Aye, 61. No, zero measure passes. File number 197, SB 296. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 296 with amendments by Assemblymember Connolly.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Connolly. You are recognized.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
Good morning, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise to present amendments to SB 296 by Senator Dodd. The technical and clarifying amendments were provided by the Department of Justice and Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate, without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor, say aye. Opposed? Measure passes, amendments are adopted. The Bill goes out to print and back on file. File number 200, SB 309. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 309 with amendments by Assemblymember Reyes.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Assembly Member Rayes. You are recognized. Thank you. Madam Speaker, I rise to present amendments to SB 309 on behalf of Senator Cortesi. These amendments are technical in nature and reflect discussions with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the excuse me. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor, say aye. Opposed. Amends are adopted. The Bill goes out to print and back on file. Members, we are going to move back to file number 187, SB 96.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Senate Bill 96 by Senator Portentino and accolade in historic venues and making an appropriation therefore.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Member Holden, you are recognized.
- Chris Holden
Person
Thank you. Madam Speaker, I rise to present SB 96, the Historic Venue Restoration Resiliency Act, on behalf of Senator Portantino. As you null know, California is proud to be home of a number of large historic, live event and entertainment venues, such as the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, which I'm proud to represent, the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and the Cal Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, amongst others. Many of these venues are 100 years old or older and continue to be vital catalysts for our local communities in the state through hotels and capacity, full restaurants, enhanced retail operations, and other course of tourism. Unfortunately, given their advanced age, these venues are in desperate need of reinvestment surrounding infrastructure, environmental sustainability, patron safety, preventative maintenance and accessibility, Members, these venues have been critical to California's culture for over a century. And in order to ensure they survive for at least another century, SB 96 provides some of the sales and use tax generated during qualified events back to the locals to improve and secure these sites. This Bill defines a venue as being qualified if it was built before 1940, is designated as a historic landmark, or if it has been used for live ticketed events for more than 50 years. And it also has seating capacity of at least 15,000, and hosts live events or sporting events. This Bill was further refined in the Assembly to better understand the scope of the eligible venues by specifying that they be publicly owned and that they be located in within specific counties. Keeping these crown jewels of our local communities safe, reliable, and competitive with newer venues supported by wealthy ownership groups is critical to their continued operation. This Bill has received no no votes. And with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate. Members, this is a 54 vote Bill. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Members, it's a 54 vote Bill. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the vote 57 aye no zero measure passes. File number 2114, SB 4119.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 419 with amendments by Assemblymember Muratsuchi.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Muratsuchi, you are recognized.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. I rise on behalf of Senator Roth to request approval of amendments for Senate Bill 4119, which is an important bill to make sure that California continues to lead the country and the world in commercial space flight leadership. Amendments are technical in nature. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor, say aye. Opposed? Amends are adopted. The bill goes back to print and back on file. File number 219, SB 434.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 434 with amendments by Assemblymember Low.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Low, you are recognized.
- Evan Low
Person
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker and colleagues. SB 434 addresses ridership safety and transparency. I respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Amends are adopted. The bill goes back to print and back on file. File number 224, SB 498.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 498 by Senator Gonzalez and others, an act relating to alcoholic beverages.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Gipson, you are recognized. SB 498, just a friendly reminder.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker and members. Thank you for allowing me to present Assembly Bill 498 on behalf of my colleague, Senator Lena Gonzalez. This bill have received no no votes and received bipartisan support. SB 498 promotes strong enforcement and greater compliance with ABC license regulations by increasing the allowable limits of petitions so it won't be compromised to increase the fines in alcohol and beverage control. This bill basically making sure that, one, we don't sell to minors, and it also creates a fine. Again, this bill has no no votes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll. Ayes 57, nos zero. Measure passes. File number 232 SB 538. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 538 by Senator Portantino, an act relating to transportation.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member. Brian, you recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you. Madam speaker and colleagues, I rise. Present SB 538 on behalf of Senator Portantino. SB 538 would require the Director of the California Department of Transportation, Caltrans to appoint a chief advisor on cycling and active transportation, who shall serve as the department's consultant on all issues related to bicycle transportation, safety and infrastructure.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
The goal here is to establish a position in Caltrans who reports directly to the Director, who is well known within the active transportation community and who can work with pedestrian and cycling groups on issues affecting them. Currently, there is a concern within the cycling community that there is a disconnect between the well intentioned work done by the Department and the end result after it has been engineered.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Having someone in Caltrans that can solely focus on the needs of the cycling community and implement safer streets for cyclists and pedestrians would benefit all people in California. Senator Portantino, and I respectfully ask for.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Your aye vote See no discussion or debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. ayes 50. Nos 2 measure passes. We're moving back to file number one two eight, SB seven two seven.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 727 with amendments by Assemblymember Ortega.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Ortega, you are recognized.
- Liz Ortega
Legislator
Thank you, speaker and colleagues. I rise on behalf of Senator Limon to present amendments to SB 727. The amendments make technical and clarifying changes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on the amendments.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor, say aye. Opposed? Amendments are adopted. The bill goes out to print and back on file.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
File number 183. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
The Senate Bill 60 by Senator Umberg and accolade in the social media platforms.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, I rise to present SB 60 on behalf of Senator Umberg. It authorizes a person to seek a court order requiring a social media platform to move content pertaining to the sale of illegal drugs. Criminal drug networks are using social media apps as the primary method through which many individuals, especially our teenagers, are purchasing illicit controlled substances.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Illicit drugs offered on these social media sites are often falsely marketed as legitimate prescription pills, but instead are counterfeit pills that were illegally manufactured and often contain more dangerous substances, such as fentanyl. News outlets have reported that there are known drug dealers using social media to sell drugs. But even after law enforcement and concerned users make the platform aware, platforms are slow to respond in removing accounts.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Social media sites need to be more proactive and aggressive in their enforcement of their own terms of service, which include prohibition on the sale of drugs. Our children's lives depend on social media platforms being more responsible, especially as it relates to this access to Fentanyl. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on the prevention of social media drug sales.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Assembly. Seeing no discussion excuse me. Assembly Member Joe Patterson. You're recognized.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this measure. I do believe that no social media company wants this content on their platform. The reality is, the children in my district who have been poisoned by Fentanyl have unfortunately found it through a particular platform. And I think this is a great Bill to help prevent that from happening in the future as Fentanyl deaths rise, unfortunately, in our state. With that, I ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Assembly Member Patterson, seeing no further debate or discussion, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. ayes 57 and noes zero measure passes pass temporarily on file number 245. We're moving on to file number 248, SB 644. Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 644 by Senator Glazer and others in accolades of business.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Berman, you are recognized.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and colleagues, I'm pleased to present SB 644 on behalf of Senator Glazer. I'm sure many of us here have made a mistake with a hotel or short term rental reservation, only to find out even just a few minutes later, it was too late to cancel and receive a full refund today. Even if you notice a mistake immediately after booking your stay at hotel or short term rental, the strict refund policy may not allow cancellations with full refunds.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
SB 644 would require all hotels, short term rentals, and third party booking services to provide consumers free cancellation with a full refund. 24 hours after they make the booking. This would be allowable as long as the consumer made the booking at least 72 hours in advance of the stay. The most recent amendments removed all previous opposition and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally it's ayes 52s, no 0. Measure passes. File number 249. SB 648 Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 648 by Senator Dahle, an act relating to Education Finance and declaring the agency thereof to take effect immediately.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Dahle, you are recognized.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. SB 648 is a district bill and would allow the Mountain Valley Special Education JPA to collect ADA funding. This bill has strong bipartisan support no no votes and a respectfully asked for an aye.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, assemblymember. Seeing no discussion nor debate, this is a 54-vote bill. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. We need 54 votes. Members, all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk can close the roll. Ayes 58, nos zero. On the urgency, ayes 58, no zero on the bill. Measure passes. All right, we have file number 250, SB 650. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 650 by Senator Dodd and others, an act relating to gaming.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Low, you are recognized.
- Evan Low
Person
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker and colleagues. SB 650 helps to strengthen the 50 50 raffles, which helps to give much needed revenues to charities that need it. I respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate. Members, this is another 54 vote Bill. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. We need 54 votes. Bingo. Clerk will close the roll. Aye 60 no 0. File number 251, SB 657.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 657 by Senator Caballero and others in Appalachian homelessness.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Bains, you are recognized.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
Thank you, speaker and Members. I rise today to present SB Six Five Seven on behalf of Senator Caballero. SB six Five Seven requires the Interagency Council on Homelessness and the California Department of Aging to develop a training for homeless service workers to better prepare them to assist older adults experiencing homelessness. The high cost of housing and the lack of retirement assets has created crisis for many California seniors. From 2017 to 2021, California's overall senior population increased by 7%.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
But the number of seniors seeking homelessness services increased to 84%. More than any other age group, homeless service workers are a critical component of addressing California's homeless crisis. However, the majority are not trained to address the unique concerns of older adults. SB. Six 57 will allow the state to develop materials designed to address this gap in knowledge and improve homelessness services for seniors.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
As Chair of Aging and Long Term Care Committee, I must remind the body that the silver tsunami is coming and we need to be ready for it. SB. 657 has no opposition and has received unanimous bipartisan support.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate nor discussion, Clerk will open the roll all those vote who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll ayes 57 no zero measure passes. Moving on to file number two five nine SB. Seven 10 Clerk will read a Senate.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Bill 710 by Senator Durazo an act relating to surplus property.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Fong you are recognized.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, I rise to present SB. 710 on behalf of Senator Durazo. SP 710 establishes a terminus regional Planning Task Force bringing together a diverse set of stakeholders to study potential uses for State Route 710, terminus adjacent areas in Los Angeles and Alhambra. The task force will submit a report to the Legislature by December 1, 2025.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
70 years ago, under the threat of enemy domain, the State of California displaced families and altered communities for a freeway expansion in Los Angeles County in January 2020, the Legislature declared there would be no extension for the 710 and therefore much of this land is no longer needed by Caltrans and can be put to other uses. The 710 terminus is unique. It is at the nexus of several different communities and jurisdictions.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
This Bill provides an opportunity to repair the decades old scars left by the abandoned Caltrans project and work to make this area more complete and more connected. SB. 710 will bring together communities to share their plans for the future, giving the most impacted stakeholders a seat at the table. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll all those vote who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote Clerk close the roll ayes 56 no zero measure passes. Moving on to file number two six five SB. 760 Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 760. By Senator Newman and others an act relating in the school facilities.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Zbur, you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Pass and retain measures passed and retain okay.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Pass temporarily. Moving on to file number 268, SB 805 Clerk will read Senate Bill.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 805 with amendments by Assemblymember Bains.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Bains, you're recognized.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
Thank you, speaker and members. These are technical amendments that direct DDS to develop regulations to clarify criteria and require evidence-based behavioral intervention services, amongst other technical changes. I respectfully request for support for these amendments.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
See no discussion nor debate. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor say aye. Amends are adopted. The bill goes out to print and back on file. File number 276, SB 872.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 872 with amendments by Assemblymember McCarty.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember McCarty, you're recognized.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
Thank you. This is Senator Min's measure on attendance gathering information in our public schools. Some technical amendments clarifying in nature. Ask that the amendments be submitted and out to print and back on file. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate. Without objection, we'll take a voice vote. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Amendments are adopted. Bill goes back out to print and on file. File number 277, SB Three. Wait a minute... pass temporarily on file 277. File number... we're going back to file number 277, SB Three. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill Three by Senator Dodd and others, an act relating to water.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Wilson, you are recognized.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Good morning, members. I'm presenting SB Three pertaining to the Water Shutoff Protection Act. In 2018, Senator Dodd authored SB 998, the Water Shutoff Protection Act, which established protocols for water agencies to assist customers who fall behind on their water bills. SB 998 affects water agencies with 200 or more connections. SB Three extends the provisions of the act to smaller systems with 15 or more service connections. As many as 500,000 households have their water shut off every year due to an inability to pay the water bill. Most of these households are low-income, falling below 200% of the federal poverty level. Many of these households are served by smaller water systems. SB Three is about water shutoff policies, notice and working with customers to provide alternative payment plans. In response to the one and only opponent's concern that smaller water systems don't possess the expertise to administer provisions of the act, the bill was amended to direct the Water Board to provide training when funds become available. Members, we all know that California law declares access to safe and affordable drinking water as a human right. SB Three helps preserve that right for nearly one million Californians. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 46, ten no. Measure passes. Pass temporarily on file number 278. File number 286, SB 52. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 52, with amendments by Assemblymember Bryan.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you. Madam speaker and colleagues, I rise to present amendments on SB 52 on behalf of Senator Durazo. The amendments are making technical changes, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. Motion pass. Excuse me. Amendments are adopted. The Bill goes out to print and back on file. File number 287, SB 76.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 76 with amendments by Assembly Member Haney.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, I rise today to present amendments for SB 76 for Scott Weiner. These are technical amendments and also address chaptering out issues. And I respectfully ask for Ivo.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Amendments are adopted. Bill goes out to print and back on file SB 288 excuse me. File number 288 SB 77.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 77 by Senator Umberg and others in accolading to elections.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Lee, you are recognized.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and colleagues. Today I present SB 77 on behalf of Senator Umberg, which will improve California's voting system by requiring voters to be notified via text, email or phone call when their ballot has been rejected and needs curing. Over the past decade, mail in voting has become the primary method of voting in California. This was especially true during the COVID-19 pandemic and as mail in voting is safe and effective method for expanding access to voting, especially for California's most vulnerable communities. Under existing law, when a voter's mail in ballot has been rejected due to a mismatching signature on the ballot or a lack of signature, counties are required to mail a notice to the voter no later than eight days before the certification of the election. If the voter does not verify their signature and cure the ballot in time, their vote will not be counted. Therefore, this bill wins a faster notice for every voter whose ballot has been rejected and has the opportunity to cure the ballot and have their voice heard. Recent amendments and appropriations have removed all opposition and respectfully ask your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
See no discussion nor debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 56, no zero. Measure passes. Moving on to file number 290, SB 94. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 94 with amendments by Assemblymember Kalra.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Kalra. You are recognized.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, Members, authors amendments taken in appropriations provided that the judge would have full discretion whether to leave in place the life without parole sentence or to resentence to a parole eligible offense, even with proof of mitigation and rehabilitation, the court may elect to leave the sentence unchanged in the interests of justice. Amendments today will provide that if the judge decides to resentence, the court must set the sentence at a minimum of 25 years to life.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
We are adding at minimum to clarify that the courts have discretion to require the person to serve more time in prison before being considered by the Parole Board. Amendments today also broaden the exclusion for persons with sex offenses. These amendments provide that no one with a prior or current sex offense conviction may be resentenced.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Further, even absent a conviction, if the jury found that an individual committed actions that constitute a sex offense or attempt a sex offense, or facts admitted by the individual indicate a sex offense was committed, then they may not be resentenced. These amendments are consistent with the author's intent to protect public safety, respect judicial discretion, and support rehabilitation, redemption, and hope. Respectfully ask for an aye vote on the amendments.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion. Excuse me. Assembly Member Gallagher, you are recognized.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. And Members, even with these amendments, it doesn't take away from the fact that you are now changing what was told to the victims. These people committed heinous crimes, murders, rapes. And those victims were told they would do life without the possibility of parole. So it doesn't matter how many amendments you try to make to this Bill.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
It doesn't take the lipstick off the pig, which is that you're telling victims that now they were told life without possibility of parole, and they're going to have to go back through parole hearings, have their lives dragged right back through this all over again. All over again. It's bad policy, and it shouldn't move forward. I urge a no vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Any further discussion or debate? Seeing none. Assembly Member caller, would you like to close?
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Just ask for an aye vote on the amendments. The Bill itself will come up at a later date.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Senator. Mayor Kalra, seeing no other Clerk, will open. zero, excuse me. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed. Amends adopted. The Bill goes out to print and back on file. Moving on to file number 293, SB 244, Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 244 with amendments by Assembly Member Wicks.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
We will pass temporarily on file number 293. File number 297, SB 273
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 273 by Senator Wiener and others, an act relating to tidelands and submerged lands.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members, I rise today to present SB 273 on behalf of Senator Wiener. AB 273 authorizes the State Lands Commission to approve an important project on San Francisco's crumbling Piers 30 and 32. The project will reduce the footprint of the piers, add sorely needed public amenities and spaces, and improve harbor infrastructure resiliency on the waterfront. It will also open up over 700 units of housing, including affordable housing on an adjacent port-owned property parking lot on nonpublic trust land through a separate parallel project. The piers project will help revitalize San Francisco's waterfront, featuring visitors serving retail, general use office space, a deep water birthing facility and a publicly accessible aquatic center with a floating swimming pool and bay access. This office space will finance a series of urgently needed infrastructure improvements and while the SB 273 authorizes the State Lands Commission to approve the described project, it must still go through the local approval processes and undergo appropriate environmental review, and various permits and authorizations will still be required. This will bring much-needed seismic resilience, climate adaptation, and environmental benefits while helping revitalize the waterfront. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on behalf of Senator Wiener.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no further discussion nor debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 52, nos zero. Measure passes. File number 306, SB 359.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 354 by Senator Ochoa Bogh, an act relating to special education.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Gallagher, you are recognized.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Good morning, Madam Speaker, Members, I'm pleased to present SB 354, which will ensure that students with disabilities learn in the least restrictive environment and achieve a quality education. In 2018 and 19, California had one of the lowest inclusion rates for students with disabilities in the country. 56.9% of students with disabilities spend 80% or more of their day in General education, compared to a national average of 66.2%. It is critical to improve outcomes for students with disabilities who far too often are left behind.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
SB 354 will ensure that students with disabilities can thrive and develop relationships with their peers by implementing meaningful, evidencebased, inclusive practices in California schools. I urge your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll ayes. 56, 57 no 0 measure passes. Moving on to file number 314, SB. 435.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 435 by Senator Gonzalez and others an act relating to data collection.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Arambula, you are recognized.
- Joaquin Arambula
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, I rise today to present Senate Bill 435 on behalf of Senator Gonzalez, which will help to uncover trends and potential disparities that are often hidden in aggregated data between Latinos and Indigenous Mesoamericans. SB. 435 will address this lack of critical information by requiring the Department of Public Health and the Department of Social Services to collect and release disaggregated data for the specified Latino and Indigenous Mesoamerican subgroups, which enables us to actively address the unique health needs of each group. I thank you, Members, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll. ayes 56. No 0 measure passes. Moving on to file number 3116, SB 447.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 447 with amendments by Assembly Members of Burr.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Members of Burr, you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Madam speaker, Members, I rise today on behalf of Senate Pro TEM Atkins to present amendments to SB 447, the Bridge project. The amendments add an urgency clause and make minor technical changes. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Without objection we will take a voice vote. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Amends or adopted, the Bill goes out to print and back on file.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
File number 320. SB 470 Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 470 by Senator Alvarado Gill an act relating to water.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Dahle, you are recognized.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to present SB 470 on behalf of Senator Alvarado Gill. SB 470 would establish the Urban Water Community Drought Relief Program and the Small Community Drought Relief Program within the Department of Water Resources. SB 470 is modest in its approach as it seeks to piggyback on the existing program and expands it to allow our grant eligibility for the upsizing of underground infrastructure and hydrant installations to keep pace with risk.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
With necessary fire suppression infrastructure such as correct piping size water mains and a number of fire hydrants to carry adequate water flow, rural communities are better prepared to withstand ever growing fire risk. This Bill was placed on special consent on the Senate floor and has received no no votes. I respectfully asked for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate, Clerk will open the roll.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
All those vote who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll ayes 58 no 0 measure passes. Moving on to file no. Pass temporarily on file number 324 pass temporarily on 327. Moving on to file number 329. SB 54541.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 541 by Senator Menjivar and others an act relating to sexual health.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Wilson, you are recognized.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Good morning, Members. I rise today to present SB 541 by Senator Menjivar. SB 541 seeks to address the sexually transmitted infection epidemic among California youth and improve public health outcomes by expanding access to condoms. Specifically, this Bill will require public and charter high schools to make condoms readily available to students for free beginning at the start of 2024 through 2025.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
School year required said schools to post a notice informing students of where to get condoms on campus and where to find sexual and reproductive health information and resources. It also bars high schools from prohibiting condom availability in the context of educational and public health educational programs and initiatives I. E. During sex education classes taught by community partners through student peer health programs, campus health fairs, or distributed by school based healthcare staff.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
It also allows school based health centers serving students, grades seven through twelve to make condoms available to students. It prohibits pharmacies and retailers from asking for proof of age identification for condom purposes purchases excuse me. California is experiencing a public health crisis of sexually transmitted infections and youth are disproportionately impacted. The studies show it SB 54 is a youth driven Bill and we are listening as we continue to move this Bill forward. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate, Clerk will open the roll.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
All those vote who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will close the roll ayes 43. No 10 measure passes. Moving on to file number 333, SB 578. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 578 with amendments by Assembly Member Rayes.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Reyes. You are recognized.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Thank you. Madam speaker. Members, today I rise to present amendments to SB 578 on behalf of Senator Ashby. These amendments simply address chaptering issues with AB. Four 48. Assemblymember. Juan Carrillo. I respectfully request your aye vote on the amendments without objection.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
We will take a voice vote. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Amendments are adopted. The Bill goes out to print and back on file. Moving to file number 3338, SB 619. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 619 by Senator Padilla and others an act relating to electricity.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Muratsuchi, you are recognized.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. I am presenting SB 619 on behalf of Senator Padilla. This is to streamline the expansion of the transmission grid that we absolutely need, not only to ensure electricity reliability for all Californians, but also to meet our clean energy goals and to fight climate change. There is bipartisan consensus for this priority.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
This is providing an alternative opt in permitting system for utilities to apply to the California Energy Commission to help alleviate the burden the backlog with the PUC, streamline the permitting process without compromising environmental reviews. This Bill is supported not only by energy providers, but also by the California Chamber of Commerce. The Natural Resources Defense Council and labor has received no no votes. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll ayes 57. No 0 measure passes file number 350, SB 696. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 696 by Senator Portentino and others, and I play the notaries public.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Low, you are recognized.
- Evan Low
Person
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker and colleagues. SB 696 addresses the issue of public notaries and I respectfully asked for aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 59, noes zero.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, back on file. File number 138, SB 392. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 392 with amendments by Assemblymember Santiago.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Santiago, you are recognized.
- Miguel Santiago
Person
Yes. SB 392 is up for amendments. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Without objection, we'll do a voice vote. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Amendments are out, back on file. Out to print and back on file. All right.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
File number 165, SB 235. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 235 by Senator Umberg. An act relating to civil actions.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Papan, you are recognized.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and colleagues. Today I have the pleasure of presenting SB 235, which will make initial discovery disclosures mandatory in a civil action unless modified by the court order upon stipulation of the parties. SB 235 additionally increases the sanction amount for discovery abuse from two hundred and fifty dollars to one thousand dollars. Under current statute, courts can impose sanctions for various misuses of the discovery process.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Unfortunately, and I can speak to this from experience, the discovery process is often abused by parties. These abuses have led to disputes that have become increasingly common, expensive, and time consuming. California law does not adequately condemn those that abuse the discovery process. Therefore, Umberg's, SB 235 is necessary to reduce this discovery abuse by requiring a mandatory $1,000 minimum sanction to be imposed upon lawyers that fail to respond to document requests, cause unnecessary delay, and fail to meet or resolve any dispute regarding the request. The bill has no opposition and no votes. Respectfully request and aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 63 and noes zero. Measure passes. File number 207, SB 365. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 365 by Senator Wiener and others. An act relating to civil procedure.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Papan, you are recognized. We'll pass temporarily on 207.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
File number, file number 278, SB 4. Assemblymember McKinnor, you are recognized.
- Tina McKinnor
Legislator
Good afternoon.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read. Excuse me. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 4 by Senator Wiener and others. An act relating to housing.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember McKinnor, you're recognized.
- Tina McKinnor
Legislator
Good afternoon, Speaker and members. I'm here today to present SB 4 on behalf of Senator Wiener. SB 4, like SB 1336 in 2022 and SB 899 in 2020, will allow religious institutions and nonprofit colleges to utilize excess land they have to develop affordable housing regardless of local zoning restrictions. Although, in the recent years, the Legislature has worked to allow far for increased development, particularly of affordable units on parcels previously restricted due to zoning. A massive opportunity has gone untapped.
- Tina McKinnor
Legislator
Churches, synagogues, mosques, and other places of worship have a long history of partnering with nonprofit developers and utilizing their surplus lands, often parking lots, to ensure housing is accessible in their communities by developing affordable units. However, many of the faith-based organizations that would like to lend a hand to address the growing unaffordability of housing and find a better purpose for land, they may not need or restricted from doing so due to zoning.
- Tina McKinnor
Legislator
SB 4 will allow for these partnerships to flourish and for large swaths of land throughout the state to turn into affordable housing by creating a buy-right pathway through CEQA and circumventing local zoning laws for 100% affordable projects. I ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Thank you, members. I rise in support of SB 4 to be able to just share this. In our district, in Oakland, within the space of about four blocks, there are ten different faith-based organizations, all who want to be able to build. When you think about this opportunity to actually have housing built in the state of California, you need to be able to do that within the fabric of California and within the fabric of our communities. Our faith-based organizations are already providing social services.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
They're already feeding our hungry. They are already ensuring that people are taken care of. And all they want the ability to do is to be able to build with success, by one, by eight units, by 100 units, whatever it may be. We need to be able to give them the opportunity to do this. With that, I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, you are recognized.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I rise also in support of SB 4. As we know, we do have a housing production crisis throughout the state of California. This gives not only our education institution, but our faith-based institutions the opportunity to choose to build, not to mandate, but to choose. Across Orange County, we have hundreds of not only churches, but faith based organizations.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
And simply, if only a small fraction of them chose to build very small amount of units, we could start picking away at this issue, one church at a time, one educational institution at a time. I have three community colleges in my district. Cerritos College, Cypress College, and Fullerton College. Cerritos College has already built student housing, and Cypress College is moving along, being very interested in this. So this is a tool, it is a way to start building some units for those who choose, and I think it is an excellent opportunity to start building those units that we desperately need. I ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you are recognized.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. I also rise in support of this bill. I am normally a strong advocate for local control. However, I do recognize, along with the majority of my colleagues, that we have an affordable housing crisis. And the key to this bill is that it's building 100% affordable housing, unlike some other bills that we're going to be hearing in the next couple of days.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
This also I trust and I call upon our religious institutions and our institutions of higher education to be responsible local citizens. To not just build willy-nilly without consulting with the cities in which they work with and are located in. This is a responsible way to build 100% affordable housing while calling upon our religious institutions, our local educational institutions, to be partners with our cities to meet the affordable housing crisis.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Assemblymember Muratsuchi. Assemblymember McKinnor, would you like to close?
- Tina McKinnor
Legislator
Members, SB 4 will just allow us to build 100% affordable housing. We're talking about multi-faith, multi-racial organizations that just want to help. Usually, the faith-based organization is where our people who are the most vulnerable, where they turn, they turn to our faith-based organizations. And so I think that they are the people that will make sure that they house our homeless. I ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Assemblymember McKinnor. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 56, no one. Measure passes. Moving on to file number 265, SB 760. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 760 by Senator Newman and others. An act relating to school facilities.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Zbur, you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Good afternoon, Madam Speaker. Members, SB 760 is a measure that aims to create a safe and inclusive environment not only for nonbinary students but for all students by requiring each public school to establish at least one all-gender restroom. This issue originated in 2021 when a member of the Chino Valley Unified School District introduced a measure that would have banned nonbinary and transgender students from using restrooms corresponding to their gender identity.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
During the midst of the Chino Valley Unified School District proposal, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurman warned that the Chino Valley Unified School District's proposed resolution to exclude nonbinary students from sex-segregated restrooms would violate state law.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Although the proposed measure failed, the superintendent, along with other stakeholders, believed there was an opportunity to create an inclusive environment for all students. In response to the Chino Valley Unified School District's proposed resolution, the Superintendent launched the Safe School Bathrooms ad hoc committee.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Over the past year, the ad hoc committee, primarily composed of students, worked with students to create a safe and inclusive environment for everyone. This bill requires each public school that has more than two restrooms to establish at least one all-gender restroom to be available to all students, regardless of gender expression, by July 1, 2026. If a school has two or fewer restrooms, they must incorporate all-gender restrooms as part of their next modernization project.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
However, if a school site with two or fewer restrooms identifies an existing restroom that can be converted for student use, there's nothing in the bill that would prevent that school site from making that restroom accessible to students. The bill aligns with the Menstrual Equity Act of 2021 and increases accessibility to menstrual products. This bill also requires the California Department of Education to conduct compliance reviews and produce guidance to help schools establish an all-gender restroom.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
This bill has no opposition. It is sponsored by State Superintendent Tony Thurman, Equality California, and supported by the California Teachers Association, the ACLU, SEIU, and many more. Members, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
See no discussion or debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 54, noes five. Measure passes. Moving on to file number 207, SB 365. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 365 by Senator Wiener and others. And act relating to civil procedure.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Papan, you are recognized.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I rise today to present Senate Bill 365 on behalf of Senator Wiener. SB 365 will provide courts the discretion to decide whether a case may move forward if an appeal is filed, rather than allowing defendants to automatically put the case on a years-long hold while an appeal is being heard. I want to emphasize that this bill allows such a decision to be in the court's discretion.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
SB 365 prevents a party from delaying court proceedings by filing an appeal after a judge has denied their motion to compel arbitration, even if that appeal might be frivolous. To be clear, SB 365 is not an attempt to regulate arbitration proceedings. SB 365 does nothing to impact whether an arbitration agreement is enforceable or not. In fact, SB 365 only comes into play once a judge has determined that an arbitration agreement is enforceable.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Under this bill, defendants still retain their superior appellate rights, but simply cannot automatically freeze the underlying case and deny the complaining party justice. People deserve meaningful access to justice at the time their rights are violated, not years later. SB 365 helps them deliver that justice. SB 365 is co-sponsored by Attorney General Rob Bonta, the California Employment Lawyers Association, and the Consumer Attorneys of California, and is backed by a broad coalition of city and district attorneys and labor organizations. I think this is a fair and reasonable bill, and I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate. Excuse me, Assemblymember, Kalra, it's so nice to see you. You are recognized.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I rise in support of SB 365, which would prohibit civil legal proceedings from automatically being delayed when a party appeals the denial of their petition to compel arbitration. This common delay tactic has led to cases being stalled for almost three years, during which time key witnesses may lose crucial documents, forget facts of the case, move away, or simply run out of funds to sustain attorneys.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
This has unfairly tipped the scale in favor of one party over the other for meritless appeals in cases where the judge has already ruled that the forced arbitration agreement is unenforceable. In allowing these frivolous appeals to delay proceedings as long as possible, we postpone justice for workers indefinitely and waste enforcement agencies' resources. Members, this is a timely bill as the state fights to resume court proceedings, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Senator Kalra. Assemblymember Connolly, you are recognized.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, I also rise today in strong support of SB 365. Arbitration generally favors those who are seeking to arbitrate. Those who are most disadvantaged by arbitration are workers and consumers whose chances for justice can be delayed by years because of stalling tactics that are meant to bleed them of funds until they have to give up their case.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
And importantly, judicial discretion is preserved by this bill. Nothing in this bill requires a court to determine a case in favor of one party over the other. This is a modest reform that will nonetheless improve the lives of many and make arbitration a more fair process. I ask that you join me in supporting SB 365. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Gallagher, you're recognized.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Yeah. Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. Look, no matter how many people in this body don't like arbitration, it's the law of the land. It's federal law of the land. And there's been so many fights over this over the years, they always end up the same way. Arbitration is federal law, and it has to be respected. And we keep trying to pass laws to undermine it. But in fact, arbitration is a good thing. It actually ensures effective and efficient resolution of claims. That's what it does.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
And that's why it is favored, and that's why it has worked time and time again. But constantly, this body keeps trying to find different ways to mess with arbitration, but this one is especially egregious. This is never the case. When there is an appeal, automatically the case is stayed. That's how it should be. You're supposed to stay that while that appeal goes on to determine whether or not in this case, this particular dispute, is subject to arbitration or not.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
And then you proceed with the case after that determination has been made. I've been there before, actually, guys, when we sued the Governor over his abusive executive powers, the case got appealed. And guess what? The underlying case was stayed while that appeal was going on. It was no different for me. It's no different for any litigant when they go into court to test their claims. If there is an appeal, it stays the underlying action. Why are we trying to change that here? Because it's arbitration?
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Again, you cannot undermine arbitration that's already federal law and allow a case to go forward when there's a legitimate question of whether or not it's supposed to go to arbitration. No matter how you want to mess with this thing, it's fundamentally unfair. We don't pick certain things that we're not going to stay and mess with the appeals process. And so, look, don't do this again. I mean, it's going to get overturned. You could pass this today. It's going to be found unconstitutional.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Like do the right thing, follow the rules, ensure fairness in our courts. Some things are subject to arbitration. They're part of a contractual agreement that people enter into. If it's subject to arbitration, it's going to go to arbitration. If it's not, it'll go in the court case. It'll go into the regular court system. It is fair, it is the law of the land, and it's time that this body finally accepts that fact.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Assemblymember Gallagher. Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. And I rise in agreement with my colleague from Nicolaus. When I saw this bill as a former litigator, I believed that the appellate process is actually a really integral part of our judicial system. The notion that every single decision has the right to be appealed, that your decision will not be made by one person, but that if that person makes a decision you disagree with, you get to go to the appellate court and have it looked at and give it a second thought.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
And I can't think of, although, to be clear, I haven't looked up any single situation, and I invite our colleague from San Mateo to correct me if I'm wrong, where we do not stay a case pending an interlocutory appeal. So where we say, and there are very few situations where we allow this type of appeal in the middle of a trial, and we say, okay, we're going to let you bring this up in the middle of the trial because this is a decision that needs to be made right now. And that goes up and they get to make a decision.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
And in that time, we wait. We wait, because you have a right to a meaningful appeal. And that appeal is only meaningful if they don't go forward and carry forward with the trial on which you had an arbitration agreement. And the sponsors of this bill have given examples, egregious examples of where companies are abusing this. The examples they gave me were where the state of California has sued Uber.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Obviously, Uber does not have an arbitration agreement with the state of California. Where the city of San Diego has sued Instacart. Obviously, there is no arbitration agreement. And so why not limit this to where the parties, the plaintiff and the defendant, are not actually parties to an arbitration agreement. Where there is no possible chance that that appeal could be found to be legitimate and this could be overturned. That's something I could support.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
But the idea that we would take away the meaningful right to an appeal, an interlocutory appeal in a case where the parties did have an arbitration agreement, where the trial court has found that arbitration agreement to be invalid for whatever reason, but the defendant feels like, no, I think this is right and I want to appeal it. That changes fundamentally the way our trial court system works. And that is actually, I think, a really big deal that this bill does and that we're taking today. And I think each of you should think deeply about if that is a change you are ready to make to our system of justice. And with that, I respectfully ask for a no vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan. Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you, Madam speaker. Members, I rise in support of SB 365, and I'm looking at many of you and seeing a lot of satisfaction in your decision not to go to law school after this debate. For those of us who are lawyers, some of this is bringing back memories for us in various ways. I did my best to understand this bill as best I could as it came through the Judiciary Committee. And especially with the amendments, I want to be clear that what this bill is about, more than anything, is about discretion.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
It's about whether a judge can weigh the arguments in front of them, can weigh the facts in front of them, and make a decision as to whether to stay the case, to allow it to move forward, to allow parts of it to move forward, or whether they are forced to accept this motion to compel, to go to arbitration. Yes, arbitration can be good. Yes, it can make sense.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Yes, it can have an agreement in place that would lead a judge to say, let's go in that direction and let's stay the case during that time. But it shouldn't be required. It should something that a judge has discretion on. Arbitration is important. It's an important part of our judicial system, but so is judicial discretion. And so we should allow that in this case. And right now, we're aren't, we are requiring them to stay the case that leads to these delays. And with that, I think this is an important bill. It's common sense, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Reyes, you are recognized.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Chair. I also rise in support of AB or SB 365. We're talking about a judge having discretion to determine whether or not to stay the proceedings. That's what we're talking about. We should be able to give that discretion to the judge. It gives that discretion to prevent corporations from using this common delay tactic, which was mentioned earlier, that is used against workers and consumers when a court has determined that a particular case cannot be sent to arbitration.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
First, there is first a motion by the defendant corporation saying, I want this to go to arbitration. Then there is a denial. The denial could be because there's nothing in the contract that between the two parties that says that it should go to arbitration. But if the corporation wants to file a motion saying they want it to go to arbitration, sometimes they do this just to get the courts to give a decision.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
And while, when the courts decide that the motion should be denied, that is when it is that denial that puts the case on hold. No judicial discretion, it is simply put on hold. And because corporations, because the defendants know that it will be put on hold, that is the tactic that is used. And when we're talking about justice delayed, we are talking about justice denied. It is a tactic that is used.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
And the beautiful thing about this is that the author has taken this amendment, which my colleague spoke about, that allows judicial discretion to determine whether even a part of this appeal should be left, should be stayed. Whether the entire case should be stayed. That is a new amendment that he did accept. It was a big amendment. And with that, colleagues, I respectfully request your aye vote on SB 365.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Schiavo, you're recognized.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I also rise in support of SB 365 as not an attorney, but one of the few people in this body who comes out of the labor movement. I have seen how unfair our arbitration process is, especially for workers and people who don't have the means to hire fancy lawyers to delay and delay and delay. And while those delays are happening, it means that they're going without medical care that they need.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
It means that they're going without the dollars that they are seeking to make them whole. It means that they are suffering. And so when we change policies like this, they have huge impacts on people's lives who are suffering. And right now, the people with the money and the people who have those financial advantages are able to tie things up in the courts and punish people who don't have those means. And so this is what this bill is really trying to address.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
There is no fairness that happens in an arbitration system where employers decide who the arbitrators are. They won't let them go before arbitrators unless it is an arbitrator that they've decided on. There are all kinds of ways in which our judicial system is unfair, and our work is to make it as fair as possible so that those people who are suffering the most are able to get what they need and justice in the end. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no further debate or discussion, Assemblymember Papan, would you like to close?
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Yes. Thank you, Madam Speaker. And I thank all of my colleagues for the robust debate. I think there's a couple of things we have to point out. Number one is that you still get the right to appeal and you still get the right to a robust appeal. What this does, though, by allowing the courts to have some discretion to allow an underlying proceeding to proceed, is that over time, witnesses memories fade, evidence fades. So it allows the underlying action to proceed in a way that's meaningful. You win, you lose. This isn't going to affect that outcome. Everybody still has to prove up their case. It just allows the underlying matter, the court's discretion to allow the underlying matter to go ahead. And ultimately, if the appeal is successful, guess what?
- Diane Papan
Legislator
That underlying decision isn't going to be yours to collect. But that's the way things roll. This is a matter of efficiency. And again, it's within the court's discretion to even allow just parts of the case to proceed. It may not be that it goes all the way to trial. I think this liberality is a fair way to proceed. I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no further discussion or debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Assemblymember Papan moves the call. Moving on to file number 324, SB 487. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 487 by Senator Atkins and others. An act relating to abortion.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, I rise to present SB 487 on behalf of pro Tem Atkins. I want to begin by thanking pro Tem Atkins for being an incredible leader in this Legislature on abortion access and abortion rights. This bill adds new protections for California healthcare providers who provide abortion and gender affirming care. Specifically, SB 487 protects providers from being denied the ability to participate in the MediCal program and from discrimination by health insurers based solely on the conduct legal in California but prohibited in other states.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
The aftermath of the Dobbs decision overruling Roe not only eliminated 50 years of reproductive freedom, but it also encouraged states to enact their own bans and restrictions with many passing laws that target providers. While many of the states with abortion bans do have limited exceptions, providers are becoming increasingly wary and discouraged from entering the reproductive health field. With a shortage of access to care in other states.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
With a shortage of access to care in other states, people who need abortion care are coming to our state because they can't find a provider or can't find one willing to take the risk at home. We are also seeing some of our providers traveling to other states to provide abortion care services. The purpose of SB 487 is to protect California's healthcare providers who are willing to take these risks by providing abortion care and gender affirming care here or in other states and are sanctioned by that state.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
The bill would shield these providers from retaliation and repercussions so that there is no disruption in their ability to perform abortion care. Here in California, where abortion care is not only legal, but enshrined in our Constitution, SB 487 is narrowly crafted and in no way limits or restricts all our usual consumer protections or the ability of the medical program or health plans to terminate providers for unprofessional conduct that is not allowed under California law. With that, on behalf of pro Tem Atkins, I respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
See no discussion or debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 52, no 15. Measure passes. Moving back to file number 145, SB 728. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 728 with amendments by Assembly Member Luz Rivas.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Rivas. You are recognized.
- Luz Rivas
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Colleagues. I rise on behalf of Senator Limon to present amendments to SB 728. The amendments address some of the concerns raised on this bill and offer clarifying changes. Specifically, the amendments clarify a penalty for sale following the prohibition date is not per card, but per retailer, offers a definition to retailer, adds an exemption to the bill for public transit and transportation cards. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on the amendment.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Assembly Member Rivas. Without objection, we will adopt the resolution by voice vote--excuse me--we'll adopt it by voice vote. All those in favor, say aye. All those in favor, say aye. All opposed, say no. The ayes have it. The amendments are back to print and back on file.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, without objection, we will return to motions and resolutions for the purpose of allowing the Majority Leader to make two motions. Mr. Majority Leader, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. There are a number of Floor amendments at the desk that are not eligible to be taken up till tomorrow. I move to suspend Assembly Rule 69 to allow the floor managers to take up those amendments today to ensure the bills are expeditiously printed and publicly posted. The amendments and their floor managers are Item 132, SB 448 Santiago, Item 134, SB 545 Bryan, Item 147, SB 667 Shiavo, Item 156, SB 386 Pellerin, Item 184, SB 67 Waldron.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Item 208, SB 368 Bauer-Kahan, Item 212, SB 391 Grayson, Item 222, SB 476 Friedman, Item 254, SB 671 Rubio, Item 257, SB 683 Berman, Item 258, SB 702 Wendy Carrillo, Item 261, SB 723 Kalra, Item 279, SB 10 Low, Item 289, SB 81 Wicks, Item 300, SB 306 Pellerin, Item 325, SB 496 Waldron. Item 330, SB 553 Ortega, Item 334, SB 582 Boerner, Item 349, SB 695 Friedman, Item 355, SB 757 Santiago, Item 359, SB 800 Valencia.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seconded by Assembly Member Connolly. The procedural vote is not debatable. The Clerk will open the roll. Majority Leader is asking for an aye vote. Mr. Flora asking for a no vote. The Majority Leader is asking for an aye vote. Mr. Flora is asking for a no vote. All those who vote, who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
The Majority Leader is asking for an aye vote. Mr. Flora is asking for a no vote. Members, this takes 41 votes. The Clerk will close the roll and tell you the vote. Ayes: 52, noes: 14. The motion carries. The floor amendments are now eligible. Members, we plan to take up these floor amendments today, so please make sure you have your talking points ready. Thank you. Mr. Majority Leader, you are recognized for your other motion.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I move to suspend Assembly Rule 77, the one day waiting period for concurrences on Items 58 to Item 118, inclusive to allow authors to take up their measures today.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Without objection, such shall be the order. Mr. Bryan, you are recognized. We're briefly returning to motions and resolutions, so Assembly Member Bryan can do his thing.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. At the request of the author, please move Item 130, SB 80 Laird, to the inactive file.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will note. File number 319. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 464 by Senators Wahab and others, an act relating to criminal law.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Weber, you are recognized.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present SB 464 on behalf of Senator Wahab. This Bill will expand the rights of survivors of sexual assault by ensuring that information about cases is timely shared, is shared in a timely manner, and requires the Department of Justice to complete a full audit of all untested sexual assault evidence kits in law enforcement possession.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
Currently, the Department of Justice is required to prepare an information file on each kit in the Department's database and to develop a process to allow survivors to track and receive updates regarding their sexual assault evidence kit. However, this does not include kits that are untested. In 2021, only 149 out of 693 law enforcement agencies compiled with the Department of Justice audit of untested sexual assault evidence kits.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
This Bill requires all law enforcement agencies to participate in a new audit and makes the necessary changes through the audit process to ensure that it is the complete, accurate, and thorough. It is incumbent upon us to do everything we can to protect survivors by empowering them with information. This Bill has no registered opposition and passed off the Senate floor with 40 votes. On behalf of Senator Wahab, I ask for your aye vote on Senate Bill 464. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Assembly Member Weber. I see no debate or discussion. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll. Ayes 54. No 0. Bill passes. Measure passes. Bill passes.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will lift the call on file number 207. Clerk will post. Those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Aye 43, no 21. Measure passes. File number 245, SB 633.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 633 by Senator Gonzalez and others, an act related to student financial aid.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Senator Bonta. You are recognized.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Thank you. Madam speaker and Members, I rise today to present SB 633 on behalf of Senator Gonzalez. SB 633 authorizes a participating UC or CSU campus to award Dream grants to eligible undocumented students if the institution has remaining funds that have not been awarded from their existing Dream Loan Revolving Fund. While California has taken significant steps to provide access to financial aid, such as creating the California Dream Loan Program, students without work authorization still face a shortfall and are discouraged from taking advantage of loan programs.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
With this bill, the state has the opportunity to expand the Dream Loan Program by providing public higher education institutions with the ability to repurpose unused funds to provide financial assistance to undocumented students with an unmet need. Being able to pay for college continues to be a challenge for so many students, but for undocumented students, it presents an even higher barrier as college remains continuously unaffordable.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
A Dream grant will help offset the total cost of attendance for UC and CSU undergraduates and provide subsidies for students to graduate. Thank you, and I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
See no discussion or debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 43, noes nine. Measure passes. Moving onto file number 327, SB 516.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 516 with amendments by Assembly Member Bonta.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Bonta, you are recognized.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise to present author amendments to SB 516 by Senator Skinner. The amendments extend the statute of limitations solely for the civil claims against Major League Baseball due to unfair competition, fraud, or financial injury related to the racial or ethnic discrimination one might face. Thank you, and I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk--Mr. Flora?
- Heath Flora
Legislator
We oppose the amendments. Ask for roll call vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk, open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll. Ayes: 44, noes: 12. Amendments are back on file and back on print. It's getting late. Members, pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2, I am re-referring SB 516 Skinner to the Judiciary Committee. Alright, we are going to have lunch, so we're going to lift the call. It is currently almost 1:00, and we hope everybody's here back in their seat in here at 1:45. So you have 45 minutes. Members, let's be prompt. We're doing really well today. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, we are back from recess. If I can get you to return to the floor to your desk so we can get started. Members, we're going to pass temporarily on item number 13 and move on to item number 15, EB 1109. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1109 by Assembly Member Connolly and others, an act related to health and safety.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
Thank you. AB 1109, which is back on concurrence and pass unanimously out of the Senate. Amendments in the Senate are minor and technical in nature. They simply renamed the bill Tyler's Law to honor a young teenager from San Jose who tragically was a victim of sodium nitrite poisoning, the dangerous substance this bill regulates by banning its sale to minors. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Connolly, you may open.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
With that objection, we are seeing no others wishing to speak on this-- I'm sorry. Assembly Member Kalra, you are recognized.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Just briefly, I want to thank my colleague for his leadership and partnership on this issue that, although we may have become aware of it relatively recently, it is clearly something that's affecting so many families and in particular, so many teenagers. And so I respectfully ask for an aye vote. And again, want to thank my colleague for his leadership on this.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, without objection, we will go ahead and take a voice vote. All those in favor, indicate by saying aye. Oh, I'm sorry. The Clerk will open the roll. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 55, no zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving on to item number 16, AB 232. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 232 by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry, an act related to healing arts.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry, you may open.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 232, a bill that will grant a 30 day temporary practice allowance to qualifying out-of-state therapists is back on concurrence. Amendments taken. The Senate define the term 'immediately' to eliminate any potential loophole. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this Item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 49, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 17, AB 275. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 275 by Assembly Member Ward and others, an act relating to school governance.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ward, you may open.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Senate amendments to AB 275 create parity for charter schools to allow student board members to receive compensation alongside students at school district and county boards of education. I respectfully request concurrence and Senate amendments.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 49, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 18, AB 282. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 282 by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry, an act relating to healing arts.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. You may open.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, AB 282 is back on concurrence. This bill streamlines the licensure process for psychologists. Amendments taken the Senate remove all opposition to the bill by addressing national standards and anticipated changes. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 57, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 19, AB 342, the Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 342 by Assembly Valencia and others, an act related to professions and vocations.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Valencia, you may open.
- Avelino Valencia
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, and good afternoon, Colleagues. AB 342 is back on concurrence. Amendments taken in the Senate were industry requested that expand the scope of information requested by the bill while also preserving the privacy of licensees. This measure received no 'no' votes and I respectfully ask for a yes vote. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 59, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 20, AB 349. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 349 by Assembly Member Ramos and others, an act relating to state property.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ramos, you may open.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 516 is back for concurrence. Amendments taken in Senate are clarifying and technical in nature. I ask for your aye vote. Sorry about that, Madam Speaker. I was getting ahead of myself. But if I could get an aye vote on that when the time is appropriate, I would deeply appreciate it. File item 20. AB 349 is back on concurrence.
- James Ramos
Legislator
The amendments taken in the Senate restore the current authorization for DGS to lease property at Patton State Hospital for the purposes of providing services to the elderly and homeless. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Thank you, Assembly Member Ramos, for that clarification. Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 61, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. That was ayes 62, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 21, AB 361. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 361 by Assembly Member Ward, an act related to vehicles.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ward, you may open.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Amendments taken in the Senate to AB 361 add more time for review of the program, in addition to technical amendments that increase transparency. I respectfully ask for concurrence and Senate amendments.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ramos.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 516 is back for concurrence. No.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
You had your mic up. Thank you. Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Going a little too fast for you, sir? Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 51, noes 8. Senate amendments are concurred in.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Moving onto item number 22, AB 417, the Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 417 by Assembly Member Bennett and others, an act related to school governance.
- Steve Bennett
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, AB 417 is back for concurrence. Senate amendments added chaptering amendments there's no opposition in the bills. Received bipartisan support in both Houses. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 58, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 23, AB 516, the Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 516 by Assembly Member Ramos an act related to developmental fees.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ramos, you may now open.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. One more time. AB 516 is back for concurrence. I ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Aye 60, no 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 24, AB 592, the Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 592 by Assembly Member Wilson, an act relating to vehicles.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Wilson, you may open.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
Well, good afternoon, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 592 is back on concurrence. The Bill took amendments to limit the Bill to a three year pilot program within Contra Costa, Solano, and Alameda counties. As a reminder, AB 592 would authorize these select counties to adopt an ordinance to regulate the transport of solid waste by non-franchised solid waste haulers on public roads in unincorporated areas. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote to move forward to a cleaner California.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 59. Ayes 60, no's 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to move back to item number 13, bio item 13, AB 1389. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1389 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, an act relating to unemployment insurance.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, you may open.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 1309 is back from the Senate on concurrence, and the amendments are technical in nature. Respectfully request an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Aye 65, no 0. Senate amendments are concurred.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Moving on, back on file to Item Number 25, AB 721. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 721 by Assembly Member Valencia and others, an act relating to school districts.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Valencia, you may open.
- Avelino Valencia
Legislator
Madam Speaker and Members, buenas tardes. AB 721 is back for concurrence. Amendments taken in the Senate require that the CDE select three school districts who will provide implementation information on the efficiency of posting budget meeting notices online. The amendments also must sunset the newspaper requirement in the year 2027. Respectfully ask for a yes vote. Gracias.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 60, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 27, AB 783. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 783 by Assembly Member Ting and others, an act relating to restrooms.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ting, you may open.
- Philip Ting
Person
Thank you madam speaker. AB 783 is back on concurrence. The Bill enforces existing law for all single use restrooms to be identified as all gender toilet facilities by requiring cities to include notice about the law to business license applicants, Senate amendment applied the Bill to counties. The Bill has no opposition, respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the will open the roll all those votes who desire to vote all those votes who desire to vote all those vote to desire to vote the Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 56 noes eight. Senate amendments are concurred in. We are going to take it back to item number 26 AB 773 the clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 773 by Assembly Member Pellerin and others an act relating to elections and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Pellerin, you may open.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 773 streamlines the filing process for candidates and local ballot measure arguments. The Senate amendments require the lead county to work with other counties within a multicounty district to establish deadlines for receipt of arguments rather than specifying a date when they're required to be submitted. The amendments also add an urgency clause to reflect the need for this bill to be implemented in time for candidate filing deadlines in 2024. The bill has a bipartisan support, no opposition on file, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. This is a 54 vote, Members. A 54 vote. The Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 65, noes: zero on the urgency. Ayes: 65, noes: zero on the bill. Senate amendments are concurred in. Going on to Item Number 28, AB 806. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 806 by Assembly Member Maienschein, an act relating to criminal procedure.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Maienschein. You may open.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
Thank you, madam speaker, Members, AB 806 is back for concurrency. Amendments taken in the Senate were clarifying and technical. Thank you. And I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote all those votes who desire to vote all those votes who desire to vote, their Clerk will close the roll. Aye 65 noes two. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 30, AB 839.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 839 by Assembly Member Addis, an act relating to residential care facilities for the elderly and making an appropriation therefore.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 839 is back on concurrence with technical amendments made in the Senate. This bill has had bipartisan support throughout both Houses, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 64, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to jump back one to Item Number 29, AB 835. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 835 by Assembly Member Lee and others, an act relating to fire protection.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Lee, you may open.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Colleagues. This bill, AB 835, directs the State Fire Marshal to study the safety potential of requiring a single staircase in buildings with three or more stories. Senate amendments make minor clarifying changes to the legislative reporting requirements and other technical changes, receive no opposition, and bipartisan support. Ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 66, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Now we're going to go back to Item Number 31, AB 840. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 840 by Assembly Member Addis and others, an act relating to alcoholic beverages.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
My apologies, Assembly Member Addis, you may open.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, Assembly Bill 840 is back on concurrence. With minor amendments made in the Senate, this Bill has had bipartisan support in both Houses, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Aye 65, no, zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 32, AB 948, the Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 948 by Assembly Member Berman and others an act relating to health coverage.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Berman, you may open.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Colleagues. AB 948 would make the existing 250 dollar copay cap for a 30 day supply of prescription drugs permanent and ensure that Californians can access the medication that they need and focus on their health, not whether they can afford their prescription. Senate amendments were taken at the request of the Senate Health Committee and were clarifying. The bill has had zero no votes. Respectfully ask for your aye vote on concurrence in Senate amendments.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 65, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to jump to Item Number 34, AB 962. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 962 by Assembly Member Vince Fong and others, an act relating to identification cards.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Vince Fong. You may open.
- Vince Fong
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 962 is before you again. Because the Bill was amended in the Senate, the amendment lowers the fee for all reduced fee DMV ID. Cards by $2. This Bill will provide some financial relief to Low income Californians. This Bill has enjoyed unanimous support. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those vote to desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Aye 67, no, zero. Senate amendments are concurred. In item number 35, AB 971 the clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 971 by Assembly Member Lee an act relating to vehicles.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Lee, you may open.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. This bill, AB 971, allows cities more flexibility to manage transit-only traffic lanes in their jurisdictions and to curb heavy traffic flow. The bill previously passed our House, but went back to the Senate for technical amendments requested by the Administration. The bill has no opposition, and respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 68, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 36, AB 994. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 994 by Assembly Member Jackson and others, an act relating to law enforcement.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Dr. Jackson, you may open.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. AB 994 is back on for concurrence. In Senate Judiciary Committee, we made a change to the Bill allowing for law enforcement to use other legal names or aliases of an individual if their reasoning is articulated as something which is exigent, urgent, and shows a clear law enforcement interest. It is notable that many law enforcement groups and the County Sheriffs are now neutral on this Bill, as well as this continues to be an LGBTQ Caucus priority. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Aye 44, no 17. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to jump to item number 39, AB 1118. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1118 by Assembly Member Kalra, an act relating to criminal procedure.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Kalra, you may open.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, Members. Amendments taken in the Senate simply add the word "also." That's over here. We added the word "also." But "also" is a very important word. In this case, it clarifies that the defendant has the option of either raising a claim on direct appeal or moving to stay the appeal and request remand, which is the intent of this section. This Bill is received bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Aye 64, no 0. Senate amendments are concurred. Then moving on to item number 40, AB 1217.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Item Number 40, AB 1217. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1217 by Assembly Member Gabriel and others, an act relating to business pandemic relief.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Gabriel, you may open.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1217, which would support outdoor dining, is back on concurrence. Amendments in the Senate were technical in nature. This bill has received bipartisan support. Would respectfully request your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 67, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to pass temporarily on Item Number 41. Moving on to Item Number 42, AB 1268. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1268 by Assembly Member Irwin, an act relating to tax administration.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Irwin, you may open.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1268 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments clarify that each individual when filing taxes jointly, will be able to sign up for the California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry on state income tax forms. This bill has had bipartisan support and no no votes and no registered opposition. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 64, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 43, AB 1288. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1288 by Assembly Member Rendon and others, an act relating to healthcare coverage.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Rendon, you may open.
- Anthony Rendon
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Senate amendments were technical and clarifying. I ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 59, noes: one. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 44, AB 1304. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1304 by Assembly Member Papan, an act relating to weights and measures.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Papan, you may open.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. This AB 1304 is back on concurrence. The amendments were technical in nature. This is my weights and measures bill and it was amended to provide for the scales and sales checkout. Respectfully request an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 58, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 45, AB 1309. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1309 by Assembly Member Reyes and others, an act relating to long-term healthcare facilities.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Reyes, you may open.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Coming back on concurrence, I present to you AB 1309, which will provide greater protections for nursing home residents being discharged or transferred from facility. This Bill has received bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Aye, 66 no... Aye 67 no, zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 46, AB 1319, the Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1319 by Assembly Member Wicks and others an act relating to local government.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Wicks, you may open.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1319 is back on concurrence from the Senate and enacts targeted modifications to state housing to state law governing the Bay Area Housing Finance authority, also known as BAHFA. These changes will better help the Bay Area be more self sufficient when it comes to addressing its affordable housing crisis. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 53, noes 14, Senate amendments are concurred in. We are going to jump back to item number 38, AB 15. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 15 by Assembly Member Bonta an act relating to corrections and rehabilitation.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Bonta, you may open.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 1104 is back on concurrence with amendments taken in the Senate requiring CDCR to increase opportunities and access for community-based organizations to provide in-person rehabilitative programming and add chaptering out amendments. Thank you. I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 51, noes: 12. Senate amendments are concurred in. We are back on file on number--File Item 47, AB 1341. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1341 by Assembly Member Berman, an act relating to public health, declaring leaders to see thereof to take effect immediately.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Berman, you may open.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1341 is back on concurrence. This is an urgency Bill to ensure that vulnerable communities retain access to life saving medications. Senate amendments update the bill's clinical guidelines requirements and provide additional clarification about pharmacists existing authority to administer certain medications. Respectfully ask for your vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on the item. Members, this is a 54 vote, 54 vote the Clerk will open the roll, all those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 68, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. We are going to move to item number 51, AB 1668. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1668 by Assembly Member Joe Patterson and others an act relating to alcoholic beverages.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Joe Patterson, you may open.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. The Senate amendments changed a number in the code section, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Aye 66, no 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to jump to item number 53, AB 1752. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1752 by the Committee on Agriculture, an act relating to bees.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Soria, you may open.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 1752 is back on concurrence. This bill corrects deficiencies in administrative civil penalties related to BE Health and safety. The Senate amendments are technical in nature. There is no opposition, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will close the roll. Aye 68, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 54, AB 4114, the Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 414 by Assembly Member Reyes and others an act relating to digital equity.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Reyes, you may open.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 414. The Digital Equity Bill of Rights is back on. Concurrent Senate amendments simply added Members as co authors. Every Californian should have access to affordable, reliable, and sufficient Internet service. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll all those votes who desire to vote all those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 58, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to jump to Item Number 57, AB 1459. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1459 by Assembly Member Ramos and others, an act relating to the State Capitol.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ramos, you may open.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1459, which will ensure that the rich history of California's first people is showcased at the State Capitol, is back on concurrence. I ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 70, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 58, AB 42. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 42 by Assembly Member Ramos and others, an act relating to housing.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ramos, you may open.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 42, which aims to help assistance programs across the state when it comes to assisting those experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness with shelter, is back on concurrence. I ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 67, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Jumping on to Item Number 60, AB 223. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 223 by Assembly Member Ward and others, an act relating to vital records.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ward, you may open.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Amendments to Assembly Bill 223 taken in the Senate were requested by the Judicial Council of California to ensure the changes worked within their existing processes. I respectfully ask for concurrence of Senate amendments.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 54, noes: four. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 63, AB 254. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 254 by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan and others, an act relating to privacy.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, you may open.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 254 is back on concurrence. AB 254 provides continuous data protection across health platforms for abortion and gender-affirming care. Senate amendments are technical and simply replace the term 'miscarriage' and 'pregnancy termination' to 'pregnancy outcomes.' I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 65, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 65, AB 264. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 264 by Assembly Member Ting and others, an act relating to public post-secretary education.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ting, you may open.
- Philip Ting
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 264 helps community college districts observe Lunar New Year by allowing, but not mandating, community colleges to replace either Lincoln or Washington's birthday with Lunar New Year should they choose. The Bill has enjoyed unanimous support and no opposition. Respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Aye 68, no 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 66, AB 267. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 267 by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, an act relating to fire protection.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, you may open.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 267 is back on concurrence. AB 267 creates safer tents for Californians. You all know I love my camping bills, and it is necessary to ensure healthy outdoor recreation for the community. Senate amendments clarify that tents with an occupancy of 14 or fewer do not require toxic flame retardants. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 68, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 70, AB 567. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 567 by Assembly Member Ting and others, an act relating to criminal records.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ting, you may open.
- Philip Ting
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 567 fills in the gap in current law and allows for automated relief for misdemeanors and infractions. Senate Amendments address changes in budget trailer bill and delayed implementation. The bill enjoys unanimous support and no opposition. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 65, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 71, AB 604. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 604 by Assembly Member Lee, an act relating to mobile homes.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Lee, you may open.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and colleagues. AB 604 is a follow up Bill which was follow up to a Bill which was signed last legislative session. That Bill and this Bill limits the amount a mobile home park management can charge as an administrative fee for water on top of what the mobile home resident pays for the water they actually use. Senate amendments remove a provision related to water systems wholly owned and operated by the mobile home park. I ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Aye 46, no 11. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 72, AB 608. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 608 by Assembly Member Schiavo and others, an act relating to Medi-Cal.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Shiavo, you may open.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise today--AB 608 is back for concurrence. This is my bill that expands perinatal services for new moms and babies for a full year. There were amendments in the Senate that are technical in nature. It has no noes, and bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 67, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 73, AB 665. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 665 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo and others, an act relating to minors.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, you may open.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 665 is back from the Senate on concurrence. Senate amendments make technical and conforming changes to the list of qualified professionals in the bill, and I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 53, noes: 12. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to jump to Item Number 79, AB 917. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 917 by Assembly Member Ortega and others, an act relating to insurance.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ortega, you may open.
- Liz Ortega
Legislator
Today I rise to present AB 917 for concurrence. AB 917 would remove the sunset of California Low Cost Auto Insurance Program, making the program permanent. The amendments made in the Senate were technical. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 68, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 83, AB 1020. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1020 by Assembly Member Grayson, an act relating to county employees' retirement.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Grayson, you may open.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 1020 back on concurrence. Amendments taken in Senate are minor technical in nature. The bill has unanimous bipartisan support. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 66, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 86, AB 1116. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1116 by Assembly Member Grayson, an act relating to financial institutions.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Grayson, you may open.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I am pleased to present AB 1116 back on concurrence. Senate amendments specify factors that the Commissioner shall consider in determining whether to exempt an applicant or licensee from the minimum net worth requirement proposed by the bill. The bill has unanimous bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 69, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 89, AB 1432. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1432 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, an act relating to healthcare coverage.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, you may open.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. The bill is sponsored by the California Department of Insurance and Equality California. Amendments in the Senate are technical in nature, provided by the Department of Insurance, and I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 54, noes: 13. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 90, AB 1607. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1607 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, an act relating to local government.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, you may open.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 1607 expedites the construction of affordable housing in Los Angeles County specifically, and furthers the goals of Mission of La Casa, constructing and preserving affordable housing in the region. The Senate amendments simply clarified that La Casa may transfer a portion of revenues raised by tax measures for programs that prevent homelessness. This bill will preserve the flexibility for funding crucial homelessness services in LA County specifically. This has received bipartisan support, and I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 57, noes: three. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 93, AB 1697. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1697 by Assembly Member Shiavo, an act relating to civil law.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Shiavo, you may open.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 1697 is back for concurrence. This allows for electronic signatures for medical records, making all of our lives easier. The Senate amendments provide additional guardrails and noticing requirements for electronic signatures and signed documents. There were no no votes, and bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 67, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 100, AB 464. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 464 by Assembly Member Shiavo and others, an act relating to public documents.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Shiavo, you may open.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Madam Speaker and Members, AB 464 is also back for concurrence. This is a bill that would help folks experiencing homelessness or low income folks make sure that they have an ID and vital records that they need to get a job, get housing, and get on their feet. The Senate amendments are technical in nature, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 54, noes: five. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 103, AB 821. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 821 by Assembly Member Grayson, an act relating to land use.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Grayson, you may open.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 821 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments technical in nature. The bill is supported by a broad coalition of housing groups; enjoyed strong bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 67, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to Item Number 105, AB 881. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 881 by Assembly Member Ting, an act relating to jury duty.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ting, you may open.
- Philip Ting
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 881 is a pilot program for San Francisco and four other counties, chosen by Judicial Council, that increases jury pay for criminal cases from $20 a day to $100 a day for low-to-moderate income Californians. The bill's enjoyed bipartisan support and respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 56, noes: 3. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 110, AB 1216. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1216 by Assembly Member Muratsuchi and others, an act relating to air pollution.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you may open.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. I am bringing up AB 1216 back for concurrence. This is a district Bill that I'm carrying on behalf of the city of El Segundo, which also happens to be the home of the world champion El Segundo Little Leaguers. If you love the Little League, the El Segundo Little Leaguers, you'll support this Bill. Respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 49, noes 14. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 112 AB 1244. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1244 by Assemblymember Holden and accolading to professions and vocations.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Holden, you may open.
- Chris Holden
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1244 would require a qualified manager under the Private Investigator Act and the Private Security Services Act to hold a current and valid qualified Manager's Certificate issued by the Director of Consumer Affairs. Senate amendments enhance public safety by setting standards for a qualified manager, require two years of experience as a patrol person, guard, or watchman, and require that the qualified manager have one year of experience serving an administrative position with licensed and current private patrol operator. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 66, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Members, we're going to jump back to Item Number 161, SB 497. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
The Senate Bill 497 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas, an act relating to employment.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Kalra, you may open.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present SB 497, which would help ensure workers brave enough to report violations of the Labor Code or Equal Pay Act are protected from retaliation by their employer. California has some of the strongest workplace and equal pay protections in the country. However, our strong workplace protections are meaningless if workers are too afraid to speak up when their rights are violated. California's laws do prohibit employers from retaliating against a worker for exercising their rights.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
However, the Labor Commissioner is unable to prosecute many retaliation claims because it is difficult for workers to show that the employer took action against the employee specifically in response to their reporting of a labor violation. SB 497 would provide real protections for these workers by creating a rebuttable presumption that an action taken against an employee was retaliatory if it occurred within 90 days of the employee reporting a violation.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
The employer can rebut the presumption by showing that there was a legitimate non-retaliatory reason for the adverse employee action. If the employer has a legitimate reason, the burden switches back to the employee to prove that the protected activity was a substantial motivating factor for the adverse action. This kind of rebuttable presumption already exists in other parts of the Labor Code and is working well to protect workers from immigration related retaliation, such as threats of deportation and retaliation for the use of paid sick leave. Adding this protection to labor code violations will allow the Labor Commissioner to identify retaliation more quickly and prevent law-breaking employers from avoiding accountability. I respectfully to ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who to desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 45: noes: 15. The bill passes.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, we are going to jump to item number 293, SB 244 The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 244 with amendments by Assemblymember Wicks.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Wicks, you may open.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. These amendments add additional narrow exemptions to the Bill and delay the operative date by six months. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, without objection, we would do a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Amendments are adopted and we are back on file. We're now going to move to file item number 74, AB 724. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 724 by Assemblymember Vince Fong and accolading to firearms.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Vince Fong, you may open.
- Vince Fong
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. This bill has double jointing amendments that were taken in the Senate. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 54, noes: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Alright, Members, we are going to jump to Item Number 94, AB 1762. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1762 by the Committee on Elections, an act relating to elections.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Pellerin, you may open.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 1762, which is back for concurrence, is one of the Assembly Election Committee's omnibus bills. The Senate amendments make technical and clarifying changes. The Bill has no opposition and has received unanimous support. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on. This item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote to desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 63, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Then we're jumping on to item number 97, AB 292. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 292 by Assemblymember Pellerin and I relate into elections.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Pellerin, you may open.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Thank you. AB 292 requires that information be printed on the ballot, informing a voter of their no party preference status and how they may request a remote, accessible, vote-by-mail ballot. With a remote, accessible, vote-by-mail ballot, MPP voters will be able to download the partisan ballot, fill it out, and return the ballot to be counted. The Senate amendments clarify what information must be printed on the ballot itself and what information may be accessible online. There's no opposition on file. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 49, noes: 10. Senate amendments are concurred in.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, please return to the floor and return to your desk. And without objection, we will return to motions and resolutions to allow majority leader Bryan to make a motion. Mr. Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I move to suspend Assembly Rule 63 and 77 to allow authors to take up AB 28 Gabriel and AB 1078 Jackson without reference to file for the purpose of concurrence and Senate amendments.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Second by Mr. Ting. Motion is not debatable. The Majority Leader is asking for an aye vote. Assembly Member Flora is asking for a no vote. The Majority Leader is asking for an aye vote. Mr. Flora is asking for a no vote. The Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes--the Clerk will open the roll. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 57, noes: 17. The motion carries. We're going to go on to AB 28. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 28 by Assembly Member Gabriel and others, an act relating to firearms and making an appropriation therefore.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Gabriel, you may open.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 28 is back on concurrence after passing the Senate with a two-thirds vote. Colleagues, we have had a very robust debate on this issue about how we might be able to best protect our kids and our communities from the threat of mass shootings and gun violence. While there were modest changes made to the bill to strengthen in the Senate, what hasn't changed is that gun violence remains the leading cause of death of children in the United States of America. With that, would respectfully request your aye vote on AB 28.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. Members, this is a 54 Vote. 54 votes. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. This is a 54 Vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 54, noes: 17. Senate concurrence are concurred in--Senate amendments are concurred in.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
We're now going to take on AB 1078. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1078 by Assemblymember Jackson and others and accolading to pupil instruction, declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Dr. Jackson, you may open.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I rise to present AB 1078 back for concurrence, a Bill that protects our students and protects the rights of parents to ensure their children have access to the rich--and sometimes dark--history of this country and state. And so that all California children see themselves in the very materials that they must study.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
It was almost 15 years ago when California passed the Fair Act, which ensures that inclusive instructional materials are provided to all of California's students, and that it protects them, and that decisions are not being made based upon race, sexual orientation, gender, or religion. AB 1078 truly puts students first by providing parents recourse against action or inaction by a local governing board that willfully denies their students standards aligned instructional materials and Fair Act compliant books.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
In fact, according to a Penn America report last year, 1,648 unique book titles were banned in 138 school districts and across 32 states. In total, these bans represented 5,049 schools with a combined enrollment of nearly 4 million students. When grouping these titles by banned subject matter or content, 41% addressed LGBTQ themes, 40% contained protagonist or major characters of color, and 21% directly address issues of race and racism. So what do we do? Do we just stand idle? Do we wait for someone else?
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
We must meet this moment and protect our students and California's future. We must hold the line so that this dangerous movement and other culture wars do not spread on our watch. Today, both across this country and even in this state, we are seeing an unprecedented movement to ban textbooks and instructional materials from the classroom.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
1078 provides parents the right to complain to the state if their student does not have standards-aligned materials, and the ability for the Superintendent of Public Instruction to investigate these complaints and if need be, purchase the proper materials when a school district fails to simply comply with state law. AB 1078 enjoys the support and sponsorship from the California Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Attorney General, the leadership of the State Assembly and the State Senate, and the passionate endorsement and partnership of the Governor.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
This Bill has been a true process of collaboration between the Legislature, the Governor's office, and many of our partners in the advocacy space. So I want to thank them for their efforts, and especially my team, for being thoughtful, dedicated, and taking many meetings and phone calls to make sure that we get this Bill right. I'll respectfully ask for an Ivote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Minority Leader Gallagher, you are recognized.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, Members. This Bill, I think, far from actually ensuring diverse perspectives in our schools, is actually more about enforcing a certain worldview on our schools and undermining local control, which we have always respected in this state. That each school district can determine for themselves how their curriculum is going to be set up, what textbooks they're going to use consistent with their view in their community and the things that they want to instill in their children and their schools.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Instead, the author wants to impose his worldview, his views, on every school in this state, and to then also use the heavy hand of the law to go against districts as they're doing right now, against Temecula, who actually is compliant, who is meeting standards, who is doing all the things they are supposed to do, but yet are faced with a lawsuit and are faced with the heavy hand of the state coming after them.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
So far from it, from actually trying to ensure divergent and diverse point of views. It's about enforcing one worldview, a very concerning movement that we're seeing: secular, progressive nationalism that is being tried to be imposed by those who want to seek to impose their views on everyone else. And that's the problem. And so the reality is our schools are teaching history. Our schools are teaching the whole history. They're just not teaching the history that the author would like them to teach.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
And I don't think that's appropriate. I think it's actually appropriate for all school districts to make these decisions for themselves, as they always have done, and not to have the heavy hand of the state be brought to bear against school districts who don't comply with their worldview as they think should be done. And I urge we do oppose this Bill. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Joe Patterson. You are recognized.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in opposition to this Bill. Right now, the California Education Code has many sections on how curriculum is adopted in schools and also exactly how the complaint process goes. In every school district that I know of, at least in my district, there's a pretty thorough district of parental involvement, of teacher involvement, community involvement, and finally, a school board decision made by the people that live in that district.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
I heard a lot of statistics about things that are happening, and I don't think they're really happening in California. I don't think in California, the numbers that we heard, 400 school districts or whatever the number was, we have 1000 just in California. How many of those school districts are not compliant with the existing laws that already occur on the books right now?
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
As I mentioned, in California, we already have a process to dispute curricula that are being approved by the school district and how parents can get involved in that process and how administrators can get involved. And at the end of the day, if something is adopted that goes against the will of the people and goes against the laws of the land, there could be litigation. I haven't seen litigation on curriculum in California.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
And there could also be a process that we have every couple of years in this state called elections. And so if parents are very concerned about the curriculum that's being adopted in their school district, they can vote those school Members out. But I'm not convinced this is a problem in California. I'm not saying that every school board is perfect and there aren't avenues of something that maybe shouldn't be going on.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
But what I do know is that there's a very thorough process already and including mandates from the state about what needs to be taught in school. And as far as I know, that is happening here in California. And so with that, I ask for a no vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Hoover, you are recognized.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
Thank you. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to this Bill. Prior to serving in this body, I served on my local school board, and I worked directly with the constituents in my community on issues that mattered to their kids, to their kids education. And year after year after year, we had to tell them that something was out of our control because this body limited what we could do locally.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
This body told us what we had to do even if it wasn't the right thing for our community. And we continue to do that year after year after year. And this Bill is just another example of Sacramento stepping in and telling local school districts what they can and cannot do. I I just would urge you to really think about that before you vote for this Bill. As much as some of you may not like it, there are different districts, different communities.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
We have one of the most diverse states in the entire country, and the best decisions are made at the local level. The best decisions are made by the school board Members that are elected by their communities. If those decisions are not liked by the community, then they will change their school boards. But it is not the place of this body to come in and tell our locals how to act. And so I would strongly urge a no vote. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Sanchez you are recognized.
- Kate Sanchez
Legislator
Colleagues, I rise today in opposition to AB 1078. Our local school boards are the bedrock of our democratic system of government. For many, they're very one of the few direct connections people have with their government.
- Kate Sanchez
Legislator
They dedicate long hours to make sure they are responding to the needs of parents, teachers, and students, which is why it's extremely frustrating to see this Bill before us, which would not only make it harder for school boards to do their job, but it would silence the voices of parents and community Members that are rightfully upset. Adding more bureaucratic hurdles and red tape will not solve anything.
- Kate Sanchez
Legislator
It will just waste more taxpayer money, which is probably one of the few things Sacramento seems to be good at. Members, I urge no vote on this measure.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise in support of AB 1078. Much of my life has been dedicated to ensuring access to education, and in fact, I also served as a board member prior to coming to this Assembly. And I have to tell you that I have a window into exactly what will happen if we allow for school boards to ban books, ban books about inclusivity, about what it means to have a family, what it means to actually be able to celebrate diversity.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
In 2009 in Alameda Unified School District, we had an issue. It's called lesson number nine. And we had a situation where there was a need to address bullying that was happening on our campuses. In response, the school board actually put forward lesson number nine, which included the celebration of a little beautiful book called Tango Makes Three, which is about a true story about two male penguins who hatched a donated egg and celebrated and raised that chick together.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
It was a celebration that was appropriate and spoke to a second grader about what it means to have a diverse family. And it was a royal mess, because at no point did we have an opportunity to recognize that every single child has a different experience. We have to be able to do that, recognize that every single child has. And that's what we must defend as school board members. That's what we defended as school board members in 2009.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
And I can tell you, for the second grader in 2009 that I got to interact with later on, as they were in high school, and they said, "I remember not feeling safe. I remember not feeling safe because for some reason, parents were upset with me because I was different." That's not the future that we want for our children. That's not the educational system that we want for our children.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
We must ensure that every child in every community, which is diverse, because I guarantee you there is a gay child in every single one of your communities. I guarantee you there is a Black child, a Latino child, a child with disabilities, a child with differences in every single one of our communities. And it is our responsibility to ensure that every child has the experience to be heard, to be understood, and to be included in the representation of their books. Thank you.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Lee, you are recognized.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Colleagues, I rise in strong support of AB 1078 and as a proud co-author. I know the author of this Bill has made great progress and compromise in this Bill to make it work in reality. And it's been responsive to all the feedback from all stakeholders. But I want to highlight something, a very disturbing thing that I heard on this floor of this rhetoric of us versus them, that they want to tell you about something about their worldview, about their agenda.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Colleagues, this is precisely why we need to have inclusive and diverse education. Book banning and censorship, which is what this Bill is aiming to curb, because there is a move in California to censor different viewpoints and censor different ways of life is not diverse, by limiting your scope of stories and experiences that children can understand and feel seen in, is not diverse. That is imposing a certain kind of worldview on our kids. And we have to acknowledge that this book banning and censorship extremism is taking hold.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
And they're trying to say that the existence of someone like me, of LGBTQ people, is innately political. And no, our existence is not an agenda. It is not political. It is our existence to be human beings in our community. And just as my colleague from Oakland said, there is guaranteed to be at least one LGBT family in every single district.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
So I cannot believe that any school district, whatever difference is, says, "okay, it is okay to silence the voices of Black and Brown, Indigenous people or of LGBTQ people or API families. It is okay we should remove those perspectives." That is very wrong. And this is the kind of environment that leads to school boards being so toxic, where school members feel threatened, where children feel unsafe to go to school. This is the kind of environment that that movement is fostering.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
And frankly, that kind of conspiracy talk is why people in our community get hurt every single day, why people can fly flags and talk about LGBT pride get hurt and get shot. So it's really important that we are able to pass this Bill and make sure that every single child feels safe and welcome in their school and aren't subject to these culture wars. And I'll tell you this.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Even as a child, we never raised objections between seeing a prince and a princess kiss one another in movies, did we? But suddenly, when we talked about penguins and foster parents or two princesses, suddenly it became a problem and that therein lies the one worldview that one movement wants to impose on our kids. Respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Muratsuchi. You are recognized.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. I also rise in strong support of this important Bill. And I want to thank the author for Moreno Valley for working with all stakeholders, including my Education Committee staff, to make this work. I rise not only as chair of the Education Committee, but also as a former school board member and also as a parent.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
As a former school board Member, I appreciate the comments from the minority leader and others about the importance of local control, but it's a balancing act, and we can never allow school boards to violate the law. Here we had actual examples. Temecula Unified School District refusing to adopt a textbook because it talks about Harvey Milk. You know, in my own district, there was an issue about a teacher reading a book entitled "Too Bright to See" where issues of age appropriateness were brought up.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
And as a parent, of course, all parents, we all care about making sure that books that are being used at our schools are age appropriate for our kids. And so I immediately got a copy of the book. I read the whole book, and it seemed perfectly fine. It was talking about a child that was exploring issues of gender identity. The main character was a 6th grader.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
But the more important point is, and the reason why this Bill is necessary to push back against the local control of school board, of school boards throughout the state is that we're talking about a fundamental issue of book banning. We should have a fundamental freedom to books and leave it up to parents to decide what books are appropriate for our kids or not. We should not have governing boards like school district boards, deciding as a matter of policy that they're going to be banning books.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
That is the fundamental principle that is at the core of this Bill. And that is the reason why I feel very comfortable in telling school boards that, yes, you make a lot of local decisions, but when it comes to the fundamental right to have the freedom to have access to books that you or I may disagree with, that should not be the business of government to be banning books.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Gipson, you are recognized.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker, Members. Certainly I was not going to speak on this issue, but feel compelled to speak on this issue. First of all, Assembly Bill 1078, we support and in strong solidarity with this Bill. We believe it's the right thing to do. And let's confront the elephant in the room. It's about Florida. It's about what transpired in Florida is what is taking place all across this country when it comes down to banning and censoring and censoring academic freedom.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Many of you know I work for UTLA, and teachers have the ability to exercise academic freedom. But to silence a generation so that generation will not know what has happened in this country is wrong. It's part of our history. Whether we want to acknowledge that or not, good, bad or indifferent is part of America's history.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And our responsibility is making sure that we do not roll back and go back to a place where African Americans, where we couldn't go and drink from water fountains, we couldn't fall in love with the people we want to fall in love with. That's what it's all about.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And for us to take this kind of approach and this author take this kind of action, and the superintendent being bold to put his name on it and other individuals, we want to make sure that California continues to lead the way in this space. And so to censor, to silence the history of what America or California or whatever other country is all about is wrong. It is wrong. We need to make sure that we have the academic freedom in the state of California.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And so you are going in the right direction, and we appreciate your bold leadership in this space, and we stand in solidarity, and we ask for people to be bold today on this green carpet and support this Bill.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo. You are recognized.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise in strong support of AB 1078 and want to commend the author and my seatmate from Moreno Valley for bringing this very important measure to the Legislature. In 10th grade at Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights, I was in history class, and one of the football players got into an argument that got very lively in our class. And Mr. Gibbs, our history teacher, told him he needed to leave the room and go to the principal's office.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
He then immediately told a classroom of 30 young students, I need you to immediately write what you just saw and put it on a piece of paper and send it to the front of the class. We were all very shocked that this had happened in our classroom. We wrote down what we saw, sent it up to the front of the room. He collected it, and slowly he began to tear all of our accounts, and he was left with one.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
And he said, history is written by those in power. And right now, this one account is going to be what is told and what happened in this classroom. The whole thing was a setup. The student came back into the classroom, and we learned a very valuable and important lesson. History is written by those in power. History often doesn't really tell the story of everybody that experienced something.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Right now, across California and across the country, school boards are taking it upon themselves to decide the type of history and the type of knowledge that young people get to attain, the erasure of people simply based on their own particular beliefs. That story from 10th grade at my high school is being repeated across California now. History will be shared by those in power.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Banning books about our LGBT community, about the civil rights movement, about the Chicano history of this country and of our state, is being erased across school boards. We cannot allow for that to happen. This is an incredibly important measure to ensure that students have an ability to learn, to grow, and to really be inclusive about who we are in 2023 in this state and across this country.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
We cannot go back to a time in which the erasure of people was not included, in which the voices of people, a diverse group of Californians, is not included in the history and in the knowledge of our school system. I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you.
- Sabrina Cervantes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. Today I rise as a proud co-author to AB 1078 and thank my colleague from Paris for authoring this Bill. This Bill is so timely. Unfortunately, we are seeing waves of bigotry and intolerance breaking on the shoals of the shores of many states. Hundreds upon hundreds of states, and local laws targeting our LGBTQ plus community, especially our transgender siblings, have been introduced or enacted across our country.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Cervantes, you are recognized.
- Sabrina Cervantes
Legislator
What is worse is that many of these new edicts are targeting the most vulnerable Members of our community, our transgender siblings, our youth. Even here in our own state, we are seeing bigots and opportunists attack transgender youth, either to score cheap political points or acting out an impulse to discriminate against yet another historically disenfranchised community. Let us be clear. We are not just talking about an assault on dignity. People are being violently attacked. Some are being killed.
- Sabrina Cervantes
Legislator
Indeed, it is so ironic that a political party that exposes a belief in small government is fighting so hard to push the government into the most private parts of human existence. These attacks are not our California values. They are not compassionate. This is not tolerance. To my LGBTQ community. Those who are watching, especially our transgender youth, I want you to know that you are not alone. The individuals who are attacking you hold a distinctly minority opinion, a vocal minority, but a minority nonetheless.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer, you are recognized.
- Sabrina Cervantes
Legislator
Rest assured that here in the halls of Sacramento and your state capitol, you have people in this body who are fighting for you every day. You are entitled to the same rights as everyone else. You are deserving of love and respect, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 1078
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
Thank you. As I looked at this, I was just trying to understand what the deal is and what this whole discussion about books. And we keep talking about books, and I was trying to figure out what books are we talking about? Even in my own committee, we had people reading some very salacious things in our committee, claiming that they were read in school district, pretty pornographic, was appalling to me. So I decided to look at what books are being banned.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
And I found in some school districts, they want to ban "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. They want to ban it because it showed what slavery really was, what racism really was, and it glorified the antebellum south, which is an embarrassment to some people in this room. They banned "Charlotte's Web." It was banned to the themes about death and the fact that the main characters are talking animals. They banned "the Grapes of Wrath."
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
It was banned as being viewed as Communist propaganda, and many farmers and agricultural groups were irate because it formatted anger about labor practices in the agricultural community. And then finally, the one that just didn't make any sense to me, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" banned for containing witchcraft, the occult, and what people believe as anti-family themes. Can you see what happens when we go start going down that road? And I don't mean down that road.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
We're going to a place that we never want to go to again. Because we all know what book banning was back in the day. We don't want to go back to that. This is not what America is. It's about learning about everything that you know, about everybody, that you read for yourself and make decisions for yourself, that you ultimately--this is what makes America strong--we ultimately can read anything and make decisions that are best for you, your family, and everyone else.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
But you got to let young people learn. They're not going to learn unless they see everything. They understand everything. They know what's right and wrong. These books that I read, I think I can get an agreement from everyone on this floor. They don't rise to that level, but they're being banned anyway. Let's make sure AB 1078 gets off this floor. It is so important that we do this. It's so important.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
Not only that we take a stand, but we show the rest of the country what America truly is.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, you are recognized.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise also in support of AB 1078, not only as a parent of four young adults actually, they're not that young anymore, but 26 to 34. As a classroom teacher for 30 years and as an Assembly Member. We've heard from some of our colleagues on the floor, let's keep local control as local control. Some of us really have been local leaders. I was a Council member.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
And yet when we're here at the state, sometimes not just on this issue, but other issues, we've had to step in, because local control is not necessarily acting on behalf of the people. So when we talk about what is appropriate in our schools, we know that there are curriculum committees that are set up not only by school districts, that not only are required by the state, but they encompass having parents on them, having school board members, and having teachers, our PTA.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
These are the types of groups that are involved in making decisions for curriculum. But now we're talking about books. What particular books should be banned? As was noted, some on those lists are "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, a beautiful children's book that has a boy who falls asleep and becomes the king of the jungle. "Charlotte's Web," which is known for Charlotte the Spider, who's all about being a good friend to Wilbur. These are the lessons that are learned in beautiful children's classic novels.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
You learn about families, you learn about death. You learn about friendship. And what do we want for our society? We want a literate society. We want kids reading by third grade. We want kids to love books. We want them to grow up to want to read books. So what is a good way to get students not to read? We can ban books all we want, but there is that little lesson.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
And when you try to take something away, the natural course is some people will say, then I'm going to go ahead and read that. But certainly when we look at who is banning books and why, we know that sometimes in some school district, it has been one parent that has gone to the board and said, I don't want this book read at my school or school district. And the board has moved forward with that. What about the hundreds of parents who don't mind that book?
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
If you go to a library, there are thousands of books. If you don't like one book, you don't have to read that book. You simply don't choose it or check it out. So why do we need to have parents who don't like a book actually leading the cause to ban books for many, many other parents? Throughout Orange County, we are seeing attacks on not only book banning from school boards, but City Council.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
The Huntington Beach Council just said that they would not be part of the National Library Association. We are attacking librarians. This used to be the place we would take our children for story time for our beloved librarians, and now they are being attacked. This is nonsense. And we have to get a grip. We have to get a grip. This is just escalating at every school board, and it is attack on people we don't agree with. Many of us respect education. We've been involved in education.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
We've raised children, and we need to allow for diverse experiences, stories and narratives. With that, I support AB 1078.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Mathis, you are recognized.
- Devon Mathis
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, you're right. This is an attack. This is an attack on books. This is an attack on education. Specifically, this Bill is government blackmail to our locals. Section Five: "This Bill would reduce a school district's local control funding formula allocated by a specific amount if the superintendent determines the school district has not provided sufficient textbooks or material pursuant to the provisions in this Bill." Do what we say or else. That's what that means in plain language.
- Devon Mathis
Person
You will follow our woke agenda or else we'll cut your funding. How dare you and your local community, how dare you think other than us. That's what this Bill does. It's what it says. So if you think it's okay to cut off somebody else's funding for our kids because they don't agree with you, because they're from a different part of the state, then vote yes.
- Devon Mathis
Person
That's what the yes vote is it's you're going to do what we say or we're going to go into your community and we're going to cut the funding. Members, we have the worst reading rates, the worst reading in the country. What happened to reading, writing and arithmetic? I want my kids to learn math. I want them to learn how to read. I want them to learn the basic sciences. I want them to go and be productive.
- Devon Mathis
Person
I want them to learn to work as groups and work with other people. Instead, we're threatening. This is threatening language. This isn't cool. This isn't what we're supposed to be about. You guys want to talk about freedom? You want to talk about everything else. This is an attack on anybody that doesn't agree with the majority. This is wrong. Vote no.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Dr. Bains, you're recognized.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
I stand in strong support of this Bill. We're talking about access to educational material. But let me take it back a step and give you an example of what happens when government starts to say, don't allow certain things. Look at the country of India. They have rewritten the history of Sikh Americans, the Sikh Genocide. This resolution that this body passed was not recognized. Any educational material that was created to go over that event was destroyed.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
That is what happens when you don't allow educational material to be allowed access. Education is education. And you know what? Let's get to the nitty and gritty. How many kids even read a book nowadays? Everything's on social media. Open up your phone. Every kid has an iPad and a phone. That material is there.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Bennett, you're recognized.
- Steve Bennett
Legislator
The Constitution of the United States grants the authority and the responsibility for education to the states. The states then grant the ability for school boards to operate within the parameters of the state authority. School boards, that is their simple function, is to operate within the parameters of the state. This Bill is an attempt by the state of California to make sure that a school board does not inappropriately disadvantage a minority.
- Steve Bennett
Legislator
That if a school board, as they have done in the state of California, decides to ban "The Grapes of Wrath" because the powerful people in that community did not want the workers in that community to read that book, it is the responsibility of the state of California to say that school board is wrong. That's all this Bill does is make it clear.
- Steve Bennett
Legislator
And if this Bill had been passed during the Great Depression, school boards would have been able to be called out when they tried to ban "The Grapes of Wrath." But the responsibility is not with the local school board. The responsibility is with the representatives of the people of the state of California to make sure the local school boards are not disadvantaged, taking advantage, limiting the diversity that the values of the state of California have determined every kid should be exposed to. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Majority Leader Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in strong support of AB 1078, and I want to thank my colleague from that place with the M on the mountain for bringing this Bill before us. I look around this room and it's obvious why inclusive education matters. I see the legacy of Japanese internment camps. I see descendants of Holocaust survivors. I see our colleague from San Bernardino who is a living and only representation of this body, of the genocide that happened with Indigenous people here in California.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Our children deserve to learn about these heroes in history. They deserve to learn about Harvey Milk. They deserve to learn about Bayard Rustin, Simon Wiesenthal, Marsha P. Johnson, Cesar Chavez, Philip Vera Cruz. They deserve to learn all of that. And they deserve to learn the truth. In case you didn't know, slavery was not migration. It also wasn't professional development.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
And even though that man from the other coast suggested that it was, even in suggesting that it was, he talked about trades like blacksmithing and working with your hands. He didn't talk about reading and writing. My colleague from Los Angeles mentioned that those in power get to tell the stories. See Black folks, we used to say that a different way. Until the slave learns to read and write, the story will always glorify the master.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Here in California, we are not going to limit the kind of education, the quality of education, the inclusivity of our education. Now that the slaves have learned to read and write and hold positions of power and influence. I respectfully ask for your vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak. Dr. Jackson, your closing remarks.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
Members, I want to thank each and every one of you who has spoken and each and every one of you who will be supporting this Bill. AB 1078 ensures that our children get the education that they deserve, free from political interference, that parents are able to advocate for their children's future, and that California continues to be a place where we strive for diversity, equity, and inclusivity and provide a safe place for our students to learn.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
More importantly, it will ensure that California pushes back against the disgusting practice of engaging in culture wars as stepping on the backs of vulnerable populations for political gains. What the minority leader will not tell you is that this issue has been supported by his very own party. It's been reported almost a year ago that the parent revolt program of his party actively recruited and trained people to run for school boards to engage in culture wars, many of which have been here in Sacramento.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
We didn't ask for this. They did. Because guess what? It's almost time for a presidential election. This has nothing to do with local control. We didn't touch local control. The process remains exactly the same. The only thing that was added was that when school districts engage in a culture war and decides to ban books or curriculum that is based upon a protected class, based upon the Fair Act, then, yes, the state can come in to make sure there's a check and balance.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
We shouldn't need to do this, but here we are. So I'll tell you what a yes vote means. A yes vote means that we are declaring that we are going to hold the line. A yes vote means that not on our watch will these political class wars be declared and use our students and our children as pawns. That's what a yes vote means. And yes, we will be on the right side of history. So be proud of this yes vote.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
Because anytime they continue to try to find ways to anger people and create boogeymen, we will be back here again to deal with that too. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, this is a 54 vote. A 54 vote. The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote to desire to vote. All those vote to desire to vote. All those vote to desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 55, noes 16 on the urgency. Ayes 55, noes 16 on the Bill. Senate amendments are concurred in.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, without objection, we will return to motions and resolution to allow Majority Leader to take two motions. Mr. Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I move to rescind the action whereby on August 31, 2023, SB 789, Allen, was read a third time, passed and ordered to the Senate. Please order the bill back to the third reading file.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Without objection, such shall be the order.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you. I move to suspend the rules to allow Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry to take up SB 789 for the purpose of amendments.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Second by Mr. Gibson. Majority Leader Brian is asking for an aye vote. The Clerk will open the roll. Mr. Flora is asking for a no vote. Majority Leader is asking for an aye vote. Mr. Flora is asking for a no vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 49, noes: 17. Motion carries. We will now take up the floor amendments on SB 789. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 789 with amendments by Aguiar-Curry.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. You may open.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Madam Speaker, Members, this is a technical amendment that simply adds ACA 1 to the measures to be considered by voters on the November 2024 ballot, only if it passes the Legislature. This bill passed the Assembly 73-0 on July 31. I ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Without objection, seeing no others wishing to speak, without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Amendments are adopted. We are out to print and back on file.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, we are going to go through a list of amends. I'm going to really need to hear those ayes if you want this to go through quick. Starting with item number 132, SB 448. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 448 with amendments by Assembly Member Santiago.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Santiago, you may open.
- Miguel Santiago
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. These are amendments that address clarification. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we'll take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. We are back to print and back on file. Item Number 134, SB 545 will temporarily pass. Moving on to Item Number 147, SB 667. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 667 with amendments by Assembly Member Shiavo.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
We will pass temporarily on Assembly Member or SB 667. Moving on to Item Number 156, SB 386. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 386 with amendments by Assembly Member Pellerin.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Pellerin, you may open.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Colleagues. I rise to present amendments to SB 386 on behalf of Senator Newman. The bill makes three minor changes to California Elections Codes. Proposed amendments are clarifying and technical. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Amends are adopted and we are back on file. We are going to go back to Item Number 147, SB 667. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 667 with amendments by Assembly Member Shiavo.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Schiavo, you may open.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise to present amendments to SB 667 by Senator Dodd. The amendments address chaptering conflicts. This is a bipartisan bill with no no votes and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Amendments are adopted. We are back on file. Moving on to item 134, SB 545. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 545 with amendments by Assembly Member Bryan.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Bryan, you may open.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Colleagues. I rise to present SB 545 on behalf of my second favorite Rubio sister. The amendments are technical in nature and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Amendments are adopted. We are back on file. Moving on to File Item Number 184, SB 67. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 67 with amendments by Assembly Member Waldron.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Waldron, you may open.
- Marie Waldron
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise to present amendments for SB 67 by Senator Seyarto. These amendments add co-authors and extend reporting time. I respectfully ask for your support on these amendments and that the bill go out to print and back on file.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
We're going to fix that up there real quick. That was item number 184, SB 67. Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Amendments are adopted. We are back on file. Item number 208, SB 368. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 368 with amendments by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, you may open.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. The amendments to SB 368 include chapter amendments, extend storage to individuals in other crises, in addition to mental health, add liability language, and add a storage fee that the firearm dealers charge individuals for storing a firearm. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on the amendments.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Amendments are adopted and we are back on file. Item Number 212, SB 391. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 391 with amendments by Assembly Member Grayson.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Grayson, you may open.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, I rise on behalf of Senator Blakespear to present amendments, SB 391, they are minor and address chaptering conflicts. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed? The ayes have it, amendments are adopted. We are back on file. Item number 222, SB 476. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 476 with amendments by Assembly Member Friedman.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Friedman, you may open.
- Laura Friedman
Person
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker -- excuse me -- we didn't know these were being sent over today. I rise on behalf of Senator Limon to present amendments to SB 476. This amendment removes the requirement for the Department of Public Health to keep their own list of accredited trainings, adds co-authors, and makes other clarifying amendments. We respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed? The ayes have it, amendments are adopted. We are back on file. Moving on to item number 254, SB 671. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 671 with amendments by Assembly Member Rubio.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Rubio, you may open.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. All those in favor say aye. Opposed, say no. The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted, and we are back on file. Moving on to File Item 257, SB 683. The Clerk will read. Senate Bill 683.
- Blanca Rubio
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. The amendments for SB 671 address chaptering out issues related to the budget trailer bill. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 683 with amendments by Assembly Member Berman.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Berman, you may open.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Amendments to SB 683 by Senator Glazer remove taxes and fees from the bill, which is frankly something that a lot of y'all asked us to do. So respectfully ask for your aye vote on the amendments. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed? The ayes have it, amendments are adopted. We are back on file. Item number 28 -- my apologies -- 258, SB 702. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 702 with amendments by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, you may open. We will pass temporarily on that one. Moving on to Item Number 261, SB 723. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 723 with amendments by Assembly Member Kalra.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Kalra, you may open.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Today I rise to present amendments to SB 723 on behalf of Senator Durazo. The amendments delete the permanent extension and adds a 2025 sunset date.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
It also re-establishes that the bill only applies when the worker was laid off for a reason due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including a public health directed government shutdown order, lack of business, a reduction in force or other economic nondisciplinary reason, and adds presumption that layoffs for economic nondisciplinary reasons are due to the COVID-19 pandemic unless the employer establishes otherwise by preponderance of the evidence. Members, I respectfully ask for your aye vote on these amendments.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed, say no. The ayes have it. Amendments are adopted. We are back on file. Moving on to File Item Number 279, SB 10. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 10 with amendments by Assembly Member Low.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Low, you are recognized.
- Evan Low
Person
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker and colleagues for allowing me to present SB 10 for purposes of amendments I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, and without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed, say no. The ayes have it. Amendments are adopted. Moving on to item number 289, SB 81. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 81 with amendments by Assembly Member Wicks.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Wicks, you may open.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present amendments for SB 81 by Senator Skinner. These amendments are technical and clarifying in nature and reflect discussions with the Judicial Council to clarify the standard a court should apply in reviewing a parole denial and clarify the relief that a court can order in these proceedings. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Flora, you're recognized.
- Heath Flora
Legislator
We oppose these amendments. Ask for a roll call vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 45, noes: 16. Amendments are adopted and we are back on file. Moving on to file number 300, SB 306. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 306 with amendments by Assembly Member Pellerin.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Pellerin, you may open.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, I rise today to present amendments to SB 306 on behalf of Senator Caballero. The bill would address extreme heat climate impacts through strategic planning measures by codifying the Extreme Heat Action Plan of 2022. The amendments ease implementation for the California Natural Resource Agency and simplify section one of the bill to require reporting to the Legislature on the progress of the direct install program. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on these amendments.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed?
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Say no. The ayes have it. Amendments are adopted and we are back on file. Moving on to file item number 325, SB 496. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 496 with amendments by Assembly Member Waldron.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Waldron, you may open.
- Marie Waldron
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. These amendments to SB 496 make technical and clarifying changes to address concerns raised by Department of Healthcare Services. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on the amendments, the bill go out to print and back on file. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed?
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Say no. The amendments are adopted and we are back on file. Moving on to file item number 330, SB 553. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 553 with amendments by Assembly Member Ortega.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ortega, you may open.
- Liz Ortega
Legislator
I rise on behalf of Senator Cortese for SB 553. These are amendments technical in nature. I ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Opposed, say no. The ayes have it, amendments are adopted and we are back on file. We are going to pass temporarily on item number 334. Moving on to item number 349, SB 695. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 695 with amendments by Assembly Member Friedman.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Friedman, you may open.
- Laura Friedman
Person
Thank you very much. These amendments just delay implementation of the program at the request of the implementing agency. I request an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed?
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Say no. The ayes have it, amendments are adopted and we are back on file. Pass temporarily on file item number 355. Moving on to file item number 359 -- pass temporarily on file item number 359, SB 800. We are now back on item number 359, SB 800. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 800 with amendments by Assembly Member Valencia.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member of Valencia. You may open.
- Avelino Valencia
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, I rise to present amendments to SB 800 on behalf of Senator Caballero. The amendments make a small change to the name of the panel established under the bill and add co-authors. Gracias and I respectfully ask for a yes vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Without objection, we will take voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed, say no. The ayes have it. Amendments are adopted and we are back on file.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, we're going to take up item number 355, SB 757. The Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 757 with amendments by Assembly Santiago.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Santiago, you may open.
- Miguel Santiago
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker, today I rise to present SB 757 on behalf of Senator Archuleta. For the purpose of amendments, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wish Member Flora, you are recognized.
- Heath Flora
Legislator
We oppose these amendments we ask for roll call vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll ayes 47 no 16. Amendments are adopted and back on file. Members, we're going to go to item number 313, SB 423 the Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 423 by Senator Weiner and others an act relating to Land use.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Wicks, you may open.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I'm here today to present SB 423 on behalf of Senator Weiner. SB 423 will extend the sunset to 2036 of one of California's most successful housing laws, SB 35, which ministerial approves new homes in jurisdictions that are lagging behind in their regional housing needs allocation determination. For decades, California has failed to create enough housing at all income levels for our growth of our population. Because of this, California currently ranks 49th out of 50th per capita in homeownership.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
To help address this crisis, the Legislature passed SB 35 in 2017, one of Senator Weiner's first bills when he got here, providing a streamlined path for new units in jurisdictions that were not meeting their fair share of the housing we desperately need. The Turner Center has reported that through 2021, almost 20,000 units have been proposed under SB 35. And of those, 13,000, or nearly three-fourth, are affordable for very low-income or low-income folks.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
SB 35 undoubtedly helped shorten project timelines, decrease costs, and provide certainty for developers across thousands of affordable units. SB 423 will continue this track record and, having made some tweaks to the law, will have an even bigger impact. Our amendments to the bill have resolved labor strife surrounding the law, have brought the Coastal Commission to neutral, and have updated our fire protection language to the satisfaction of multiple members in this chamber and their constituents.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
SB 423, with these changes, will help bolster SB 35 and will continue to chip away at the housing crisis dominating California. And I know we have a lot of housing conversations in this body and in Housing Committee, which I chair, and if you are looking for an opportunity to support housing in your community, I can assure you this is the most consequential vote you will have this year, period, full stop. This is the most important housing bill that we are going to put on the Governor's desk. So I'd respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Muratsuchi, you are recognized.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. I respect Senator Weiner and Assembly Wicks very much for their commitment to this cause, but I rise to strongly oppose this measure. As I indicated earlier, I support affordable housing. I recognize just as much as anyone else that we have an affordable housing crisis, but not at the expense of California's iconic coastline, and not at the expense of protecting Californians from wildfires. First, on the issue of coastlines, this bill would do absolutely nothing to build affordable housing in the coastal zone.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
For over 50 years, California has had a landmark law, the California Coastal Act, which protected California's coast from overdevelopment. The fundamental principle of the Coastal Act has been that the California coast belongs to the people and that we are all to have access to the coast. This bill is only going to lead to luxury condos being built on the coastline, on the beaches. This will not change the market that is going to continue to drive luxury condos being built in the coastal zone.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Developers have been chomping on the bit for the last 50 years to be building more luxury condos on the coast, and this is their opportunity. The bill talks about having a set aside of 10 percent affordable housing, but that's only if there are more than ten units. So developers will build nine units, and they will all be luxury beachfront condos. This bill does not change the market forces that will dictate that it will only be luxury beachfront condos.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Second of all, this bill is fast-tracking higher density housing and very high fire risk hazard zones without ensuring adequate ingress and egress for residents that live in these very high fire risk zones. I had to do some digging, but I found that in my district, in the Palos Verdes Peninsula, we actually have more residents per evacuation routes than the community of Paradise. We all know about Paradise, the highest number of wildfire deaths, and all those cars that were burnt to a crisp as they were lined up in those limited ingress-egress routes. This is what happens when the state tries to get in the business of dictating -- of overriding local control and imposing these one-size-fits-all mandates on our communities.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
All of you that got up last week to talk about -- or a couple of days ago, I'm losing track of time -- all of you that talked about how you want to get your local cities that know best, to give them more tools. If you believe what you said, you should be voting against this bill. This is what happens when we try to impose a one-size-fits-all on all communities, where we're not able to responsibly plan for things like wildfire evacuation routes. Why are we --
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
We just talked about how insurance companies are canceling policies or not issuing new policies because of all the wildfire expenses, and yet we're fast-tracking, more building in very high wildfire risk zones. It just doesn't make sense. Don't support this bill that's going to change California's coastline. The only reason why we don't have Miami Beach or Waikiki on California's coastline is because of the iconic California Coastal Act. Let's not put more high density housing in very high fire risk zones. I ask you to oppose this bill.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Quirk-Silva. You are recognized.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise, today, in support of SB 23. Members, California has struggled for decades to create enough housing for our community at every economic level. Yet we know on our coast there are many, many resort areas. There are many, many workers that need to travel well over an hour to get into these resort areas to do the hospitality work that these resort areas need -- from restaurant work to hotel work.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
The crisis has impacted every corner of California and requires that we answer in a similar way -- with all of us, all of our communities, working together from every corner of our diverse community. This means: coast to mountains, everybody doing something. In order to truly address the housing crisis in California, we need to ensure we address the need for housing in California's coastal zones, where housing affordability and access have historically had significant issues.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
By streamlining the permitting process, SB 423 will help expedite housing construction, addressing the state's housing shortage more efficiently. This bill provides a well thought out balance between environmental concerns and the need for coastal housing. The author has taken amendments to the bill to resolve labor concerns, to bring the Coastal Commission to neutral, and to ensure the standards Cal Fire and others have set forth are followed on every project within a fire hazard zone. By passing SB 423, California can expedite housing construction, addressing the state's housing shortage more efficiently. Members, I respectfully urge an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Zbur. You are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Madam Speaker, Members, today, I rise in strong support of SB 423. I was one of the people that actually had a lot of concerns about this bill initially, because of some of the impacts potentially in the coastal zone and in very high fire hazard severity zones. But I'm really grateful to the author that he worked and really dug in to really address those concerns and address a lot of the concerns of my constituents in this district.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
First of all, in terms of very high fire hazard severity zones, there's an exemption in the bill that exempts those areas out unless the property is one that meets three sets of standards. It has to be a property that meets stringent brush clearance standards. It's got to be a building that meets building standards in very high risk severity zones, so building hardening, like low fire roofs and sprinkler systems and those kinds of things.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
And the most important thing: is it needs to be on fire-safe roads that are determined and meet a whole group of stringent standards, including that the road width be 20ft wide, that there be turnarounds, and that there be secondary access, a whole host of these things. The prior versions of the bill did not require that all those things be met. But the bill was strengthened so that you didn't have to meet just one of them. You have to meet all of them.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
You've got to have the brush clearance, you've got to have the building hardening, and you've got to have the fire-safe roads. I'm really grateful Senator Weiner and his staff met with my constituents on multiple times and reached agreement with them on these standards, which really significantly improved the bill. On the Coastal Act, Senator Weiner took a number of very significant amendments there.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
First of all, exempting out the entire appeal jurisdiction of the Coastal Act, which is the area right along the coast and the area that actually has the most sensitive habitat and coastal resources, and one that's necessary for you to make sure that we have access to the coast. So that whole area is exempted out, but he also took other procedures that protect sensitive habitat, wetlands, coastal bluffs, and a whole host of other factors.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
And as my colleague mentioned, the Coastal Commission staff and the Coastal Commission was brought to neutral on this bill. Overall, I think this bill strikes a really good balance in protecting our environment, protecting people who live in high risk fire zones. And when you think about it, why shouldn't all parts of the state, if we can address these environmental protection issues, be subject to contributing to the housing that we need for the state?
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
You know, one of the things that I focus on when I think about these housing bills is that California has the highest functional poverty rate of any state in the entire nation. It's higher than Mississippi, it's higher than West Virginia, it's higher than Louisiana. The reason why it's so high is primarily -- it's a little bit because of energy costs -- but it's mostly because of the high cost of housing. And the way we bring the high cost of housing down is by building more affordable housing and by building more housing generally. And so this is an important bill. It's one that I strongly support. I want to thank the author for working with my constituents on this bill to address their concerns, and ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Ward, you're recognized.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise, also, in strong support of SB 423. And just for everybody's education, SB 35, originally introduced by Senator Weiner, was a pilot study for five years. It's going to expire. Now, we do a lot of experimentation here to try to see what more we can do to help expedite and produce affordable housing. And that's clearly the number one thing that we need to be working on on behalf of our constituents. And some of those don't pan out as well in practice, but this one is working, and it's working well.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Over the last five years, it's been credited for approximately 18,000 units of housing that otherwise would not be in California today. And so, when something is working well, we should extend that pilot program forward, which is exactly what SB 423 does. But in the last five years, and in conversations around housing, we've had a lot of other really important intersecting issues.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
And I want to commend and thank the author for working on maybe a framework that's getting some labor peace and agreement on when certain projects of certain scales and certain sizes demand skilled and trade opportunities, which I think are very important to integrate, and when we should be looking at the coastal zone that was actually omitted -- it was not present in SB 35 -- is an important question, and how we do that in working with the Coastal Commission to make sure that elements within the Coastal Act are reflected within, are mirrored within SB 423, was incredible and important progress through this bill.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
And I would invite you to think about how this actually plays out in practice, that if we can have more housing opportunities in areas that are in the coastal zone, because not all parts of the coastal zone are literally right up there on Coast Boulevard, right against the beach. There's areas in my city that extend miles inland that are highly urbanized, established, residential, multifamily residential neighborhoods. And this bill, SB 423, part of the amendments, actually only apply to multifamily zones. The other beautiful metric that we have from the past five years is that this is not about building luxury condos. 75 percent of the housing that has been built under SB 35 has been affordable housing. And so this is working. What does that mean?
- Chris Ward
Legislator
More working families are having more housing opportunities in neighborhoods that they work in, that they want to be in. And so, when you think about this bill playing out in practice, and if you are in one of these coastal communities, would you rather have a kid living in that community to be able to walk to the beach? Or do you want that kid having to live 50 miles away and driving in and taking up your parking? Let's make sure that we are extending our housing opportunities to all areas of California. And I think this bill has worked on the details very well to be able to address some of the concerns that are so special and important to coastal communities.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
And I'm grateful again, for the framework that the author has worked on to be able to help us address wildfire concerns, because, of course, we do not want to put people and families and new housing opportunities in harm's way. So to our colleague from Berkeley, who is leading this effort as well, she's absolutely right. This is not just one of the most important bills that we could pass on housing this year because it's an effective program that's producing and it deserves to be extended, but because all the work that's gone on all these intersecting issues is creating template and framework that will help us be successful in so many other housing conversations that we will have in this body. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Juan Carrillo. You are recognized.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in strong support of SB 423. I practiced planning for about 20 years for three different jurisdictions. As a planner, I know the intricacies of going through land use entitlements for multifamily projects. I know how lengthy it can be. But unfortunately, a lot of those entitlements don't get built. I look forward to working in the near future with Assembly Member Wicks, with Senator Weiner and everybody else here to actually find solutions to build those units.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
I believe I heard that about 20,000 units were entitled through SB 35. However, unfortunately, a lot of those units don't get built because there is no funding mechanisms to build the housing that we need. I do believe that we need to start seriously talking about SEQUA reform. I do believe that we need to start seriously talking about some sort of redevelopment for housing building.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
We need to find those funding mechanisms to provide those incentives for multifamily developers, so that they can actually build the housing units that we need. I believe that that's what we need to be working on in the near future. I look forward to working with everybody here to make sure that we actually meet the housing numbers that we need to build in the state of California. I ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Alvarez. You're recognized.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support of SB 423. Certainly grateful for the work that's been done to date by Senator Weiner and our colleague, Assembly Member Wicks. I would just say that this bill is really about accountability. There are cities, and if you look at your list of opposition, I can tell you that the cities that are listed in San Diego County are the wealthier cities who refuse to do their part when it comes to building housing.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
This bill is about accountability for them to do their part. And when it comes to the issue of the coastal zone, got a lot to say about that. What I will say, though, just today, is that there are opportunities. I myself have two bills that talk about increasing exclusively affordable housing in the coastal area that has received opposition from folks who talk about protecting the coast, which we should.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
But this bill has reached consensus on that issue, and we must recognize that that was work that was very diligently done. So, as this body, I've heard many of you colleagues talk about accountability when it comes to the work that we do and the bills that we pass. This is what this is about, making sure that cities are doing what they must do to be part of the housing solution. And that is why I rise in support and ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Dr. Wood. You are recognized.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I rise in support of this bill. I represent more coastline than anybody in this Assembly, over 300 miles. I am not concerned about luxury condos on the beach. We don't have a lot of beaches to build condos on. Pretty rugged in most of my district. But what I am concerned about: is the lack of housing throughout my district.
- Jim Wood
Person
The coastal zone in some areas extends pretty far inland -- miles at times -- and those are areas that I think are appropriate for housing. It's still in the, quote unquote, coastal zone, but it's not right on the water. I appreciate the work on the wildfire requirements, and I know that we will go through a regulatory process and there may be some fine tuning as this bill is passed. And I do have some mild concerns there. But I think overall, this meets the moment. And I just think we absolutely have to have more housing here. And I don't think there are any boogeymen, but there is a huge lack of housing. So I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Assembly Member Wicks, your closing remarks.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Thank you, Members, for speaking. The author has spent tremendous time literally going to people's districts, meeting with constituents about the fire issue, and I think has come up with some good solutions. On the coastal zone issue, 90 percent of our coasts are protected. That's great. I support that. Guess how much percent will be protected if this bill passes? 90%. This doesn't change any of that. This bill applies to land that's zoned multifamily. It doesn't impact the height requirements. This isn't scary.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
This is expediting affordable housing that we need in our communities. And in our coastal zones, those are higher income communities. We need affordable housing there because we have folks that are working class, that live in those communities, that want to be able to raise their children there. We need that housing there. And I've had many conversations with all kinds of stakeholders on housing over the past two years as chair. And I've talked to some developers who say, "Oh, that project took 15 years." 15 years to build housing. Is that okay, given that we have 174,000 homeless people on the street in California? This is a crisis.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
So if you believe that we should have more affordable housing in the state of California, if you believe your constituents should have housing security and a roof over their head, so that their kids don't have to worry about if they have to move again, if they're going to live in their cars or live in someone's garage or have many families living in one place, then you will vote for this bill. SB 35 is current law. This is current law. We're extending current law. So it's not scary, it's important. It's the right thing to do. We know this program works. It's produced more housing than any other law that we've passed here in California. So I'd respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. All those vote, who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 52, noes: 8. The bill is passed. We're going to take up item 258, SB 702. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 702 with amendments by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, you may open.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Thank you. Madam speaker and Members, I rise to present SB 702 for the purpose of amendments. The amendments add, coauthors, delay the implementation of the Bill by one year and make changes to the definition of demographic data. I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item and without objection, we will take a voice vote. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Opposed? Say no. The ayes have it amended. We are back on file. Item number 34, SB 582 the Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 582 with amendments by Assembly Member Boerner.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
Good afternoon, Madam Speaker. Members, I rise. Today present amendments to SB 582 by Senator Becker.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member. Boerner. You are recognized.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
The amendments simply resolve a chapter in conflict with AB 352. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Sanchez.
- Kate Sanchez
Legislator
We oppose these amendments and ask for a role call vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others looking to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote all those votes who desire to vote all those votes who desire to vote the Clerk will close the roll. ayes 44 no. 16 amendments are adopted and we are back on file. Members, we're now going to go to item number 335, SB 583. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 583 by Senator Padilla and others oan act relating to concerted.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Garcia, you may open.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Thank you. Madam speaker and colleagues, this Bill establishes the saltancy conservancy to oversee the operations, maintenance and management of projects that are planned and built under the authority of the Salton Sea Management Program. Members, many of you have had the opportunity to visit the Salton Sea and hear firsthand from its residents the public health impacts of a receding large body of water that was man created in the early 19 hundreds.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
The public health implications of that body of water, shrinking the issues that it creates as it relates to the habitat that is dependent on that body of water. This conservancy will allow for better coordination and collaboration amongst a multitude of agencies that have a role and responsibility and a legal liability to address this issue respectfully. Ask for aye vote on behalf of Senator Padilla.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. The Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. It all those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Rayes 54. No. Zero. The Bill is passed.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, we're at file number 191, SB 241. Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 241 by Senator Min and others an act relating to firearms.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Senate Member Gipson. You are recognized.
- Dave Min
Person
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker and Members, on behalf of Senator Min, I present to you a Senate Bill. Senate Bill 241 requires the licensee an employee that handles firearms to annually complete a specified training. Additionally, this bills require the Department of Justice to develop and implement a training course, including a testing certified component. Amendments for Senate Bill 241 has a delayed implementations and added training requirement. I respectfully ask when aye vote on SB 241.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll. ayes 42, noes 13 measure passes. Moving on to file number 353. Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 722 by Senator Ochoa Bogh an act related to daycare facilities.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you. Madam speaker and Members, I rise to present SB 722 on behalf of Senator Ochoa Bogh. Senate Bill Seven two Two will eliminate barriers to childcare for children with disabilities by requiring the Department of Social Services to create templates for Incidental Medical Service Plans, also known as imsps. An IMSP is required for all children with disabilities, even if those who have minor medical needs such as asthma or allergies.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
It generally takes months of back and forth conversations between an ELC provider and the Department of Social Services to obtain approval of an IMSP because the Department does not currently have a template for creating an IMSP. SB 722 will eliminate this barrier to children and eliminate more barriers for children with all disabilities by making it easier to enroll these children in the type of ELC programs that they need. This bill has no opposition and has received no no votes. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll Ayes 61. No zero. Moving on to file number 342, SB 659. Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 659 by Senator Ashby and others an act related to groundwater.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Bauer Kahan. You are recognized.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you. Madam speaker and Members, I rise to present SB 659 on behalf of Senator Ashby. SB 659 requires the Department of Water Resources beginning in 2028, to include recommendations for developing additional groundwater recharge opportunities in updates to the California Water Plan. The recommendations shall lead to recharging the state's groundwater basins without reducing the amount of water available for environmental purposes or any other purpose allowed under state law.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
To meaningfully address the future of water supply in a shifting climate, we must be proactive a substantially increased groundwater supply is essential to create a reliable supply of water for the environment, for our communities, and for all of California's industries. SB 659 builds on the success of this legislature's work to address the impacts of climate change on our water supply in a way that is consistent with California's existing policy goals. SB 659 has bipartisan support and no opposition. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate or discussion, Clerk will open the roll all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll ayes 66. No zero measure passes. Members, file 115, AB 1369. Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1369 by Assembly, Bauer Kahan an act relating to healing arts.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. And Members, AB 1369 is back for concurrence in Senate amendments are based on recommendations from the Department of Justice to shore up patient protections. Amendments also renamed the Bill the David Hall Act in honor of my dear friend who passed away but inspired this Bill when he had to travel across the country to get care in his final months in his memory.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Today we will pass this to the Governor's desk and allow for all future terminally ill patients to receive care and dignity in their own homes. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate or discussion, Clerk will open the roll all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll ayes 58 no zero measure passes. We're moving on to file number 37, AB 1021 Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1021 by Assembly Member Wicks and others an act relating to controled substances.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Wicks, you are recognized.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you, madam speaker and Members, this Bill is back on concurrence. Senate amendments are technical in nature. The Bill enjoys bipartisan support and has no opposition. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate, Clerk will open the roll all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk close the roll ayes 58—nose zero. Senate amendments are concurred. Thank you. File number 101, AB 632 Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 632 by Assembly Member Gipson an act related to healthcare coverage.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Gipson, you are recognized.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I rise to present Assembly Bill 632, which is back on concurrence. The amendments taken in the Senate are minor. This Bill has received zero no votes and has received and enjoyed bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
See no discussion nor debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk, close the roll. Ayes 59, noes zero. Amendments are concurred in. Senate amendments are concurred in.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
File number 118, AB 1716. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1716 by the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. An act relating to hazardous materials.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Lee you're recognized.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Thank you speaker. Members koopa. AB 1716 is a committee Bill that makes various technical changes to six statewide programs managed by the coupa the certified unified programs agencies. The Senate amendments make further clarifications or improve the clarity of the law for both regulators and the regulated. There is no opposition. Respectfully after aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate or discussion, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll. Ayes 62 noes, zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. File number 75 AB 767. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 767 by Assembly Member gibson an act relating to community paramedicine.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member gibson you are recognized.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much. Madam speaker, I rise to present Assembly Bill 767 which is back on concurrence. The amendments taken in the Senate are technical in nature. This Bill has received no no votes and has enjoyed bipartisan support. I respectfully ask when aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate or discussion, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll. Aye 63, no, 0. Senate amends are concurred. In moving on to file number 91. File number AB 1638. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1638 by Assembly Member Mike Fong ana ct relating to local government.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Fong, you are recognized.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. Assembly Bill 1638 will require local public agencies to translate emergency information and to know the language of at least 5% of the people in their jurisdiction who primarily speak that language. Senate amendments clarify when local agencies must provide translation. This bill has received unanimous bipartisan support on the Senate floor. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate or discussion. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 60, noes zero. Senator amends occurred in. Moving on to file number 102.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 811 by Assembly Member Mike Fong and accolading to community colleges.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member fong, you are recognized.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Thank you. Madam speaker and Members. Assembly Bill 811 allows students to retake a course for which they have received a passing grade, one additional time for enrichment or for skill building purposes. Senate amendments reduced authorization to retake a course for enrichment purposes from three times to two times and deleted the authorization for students to retake a course they did not complete two more times. This Bill has received strong bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for invite vote on concurrence.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
See no debate or discussion. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Aye 62, No 0. Senate amends are concurred. In moving on to file number 104, AB 844. Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 844 by Assembly Member Gibson and accolading to insurance.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Gipson, you are recognized.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I rise to present Assembly Bill 844, which is back on concurrence and requires the Department of Insurance to implement specified data collection for the availability and affordability of insurance for heavy-duty trucks and truck fleets. This bill has been amended in the Senate which the amendments are minor and technical in nature. This bill has received unanimous and bipartisan support in both Houses. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate or discussion. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 60, noes zero. Senate amends are concurred. Moving on to file number 109. Clerk will read, excuse me, file number 109, AB 1089. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1089 by Assemblymember Gipson and others. An act relating to firearms.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Gibson. You are recognized.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker, Members, I rise to present Assembly Bill 1089 which is back on concurrence and seek to ban the sale and purchase of possession of receiving of ghost guns technology by limiting the use of 3D printers and the CNC milling machine to State licensed manufacturer. I respectfully ask, but aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate or discussion. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. ayes 52, No 9. Senate amends are concurred. In moving back to file number 67, AB 355. The Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 355 by Assembly Member Alanice and accolades firearms.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Alanis. You are recognized.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 355 is back for concurrence. When I left the Assembly previously, I made a promise to you guys that I would make sure the amendments would be done in good faith. I want to thank my colleague from West Hollywood for helping in this. Took a lot of time from his office and his staff. So thank you guys very much for helping with this today. The Bill is back finally and I ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate. Excuse me, Assemblymember Zbur, you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
I just want to rise in strong support of AB 355. I want to thank my colleague from Odesto for actually working so hard with my office and the Brady Campaign to tighten up this Bill. It's a good Bill and one that's necessary. And I urge an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you very much. Assembly Member. Bryan, you're recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I, too, want to rise in strong support of the vice chair of the Public Safety Committee. He brought this Bill forward. We told him he needed to make some changes to it to make it better. He did the work all year to make it better. I strongly request an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Alanis, would you like to close with that?
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
Thank you, everybody. aye vote, please.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you. Assembly Member Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll. Aye 65. No. Zero. Senate amends are concurred in.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Majority Leader Bryan. You're recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Procedural motion.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, pursuant to Assembly Members, pursuant to Assembly rule 772, I'm rescinding my earlier referral of item 327 SB. 5116 Skinner to the Judiciary Committee without objection, we will return to motions and resolution to allow the majority leader to make a motion. Mr. Majority leader, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I request unanimous consent to rescind the action whereby earlier today, SB. 516 Skinner was read a third time and amended. Please order the Bill back to the third reading file.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Without objection. Such shall be the order. The Bill is ordered for third reading. Moving to file item 77. Assembly Member Maienschein. Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 853 by Assembly Member Maienschein an act related to retail grocery stores and retail drugstores.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Maienschein, you are recognized.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
Thank you, madam speaker. Members AB 853 is back for concurrence. Amendments in the Senate were technical and clarifying. Thank you. And I respectfully request for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate or discussion, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll. ayes 48 noes eleven. Senate amends are concurred in file number 98 AB 357.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Clerk will read Assembly Bill 357 by Assembly Member Maienschein an act related to animal testing.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Maienschein, you are recognized.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
Thank you, madam speaker and Members AB 357 is back for concurrence. Amendments from the Senate were technical and clarifying in nature. Thank you. I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate or discussion, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. ayes 55 noes two Senate amends concurred in moving to file number 95, AB 1765. Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1765 by the Committee on Revenue and Taxation an act related to taxation.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Irwin, you are recognized.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
Thank you very much. AB 1765. The revenue and taxation committee Bill is back for concurrence. Senate amendments address chaptering issues. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate or discussion. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. ayes 62 no zero.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
Members, we're going to go back to item number 14. AB 473, the Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 473 by Assembly Member Agria. Curry and others an act related to motor vehicles.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
Assembly Member Aguiar Curry, you may open.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, madam speaker and Members. AB 473 passed the Assembly floor with 74 votes and is back today on concurrence. Senate amendments remove some of the most controversial pieces of the Bill related to warranty and repair work, incentive programs and litigation costs. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. ayes 63, no, zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to item number 41, AB 1227, the Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1227 by Assembly Member Low an act relating to elections.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
Assembly Member Low. You may open.
- Evan Low
Person
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker and colleagues. AB 1227 is a district Bill, and I respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 61, no, zero. Senate amendments are concurred.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
File number 33, AB 954 Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 954 by Assembly Member Bryan, an act related to juveniles.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member. Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and colleagues. It's actually an act related to foster youth in their families. What this Bill does is ensure that a parent who is completing all elements of their reunification plan do not lose custody simply because they are poor. Senate amendments ensure that social workers find alternative free programs for parents to complete. I respectfully ask for aye vote it has received bipartisan support thus far.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no debate or discussion, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk close the roll. ayes 54. No, zero. Senate amends are concurred in.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, you Members, without objection, we will return to motions and resolutions to allow the majority leader to make two motions. Mr. Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. There are a number of floor amendments at the desk that are not eligible.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
The cheerleaders in the back of the room told me not to do this. Members, if you could have a little more patience. We are going to do a magic trick. And that would be we are going to be batching some bills so that we can get out of here tomorrow earlier. And the amendments. So can everybody just be patient for a little bit longer and we will hopefully get us out of here soon.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, without objection, we will return to motions and resolutions to allow the majority leader to make two motions. Mr. Bryan, you are recognized. And I see no jumping jacks from the back of the room.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, there are a number of floor amendments at the desk that are not eligible to be taken up until tomorrow. I move to suspend Assembly Rule 69 to allow the floor managers to take up those amendments today to ensure the bills are expeditiously, printed and publicly posted, the amendments and their floor managers will be read by the Clerk.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Item 131 Assembly Bill 713, Alvarez. Item 133 Assembly Bill 297, Pellerin. Item 139, Senate Bill 593 Ting item 151 Senate Bill 478 Bauer-Kahan item 174 Senate Bill 420 Mersuchi item 195 Senate Bill. 272. Bennett. Item 198 Senate Bill 302. Waldron item 199 Senate Bill 303, Boerner. Item 205 three. Senate Bill 353 Kalra item 214 Senate Bill. 419. Mersuchi. Item 217 Senate Bill 429, Boerner. Item 219, Senate Bill. 434 Low item 226 Senate Bill 509. Mersucci item 228 Senate Bill 519. Weber. Item 238. Senate Bill 558 Addis item 240 Senate Bill 596. Zbur item 242 Senate Bill 606.
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Baines item 244 Senate Bill 623. Wood. Item 262 Senate Bill. 745 Wendy Carrillo item 268 Senate Bill 85. Bains item 275 Senate Bill. 857. Zbur. Item 276. Senate Bill 872. McCarty item 281 Senate Bill 19 Bains item 285 Senate Bill 50. Bonta. Item 294, Senate Bill253. Ward item 298 Senate Bill 286. Wood. Item 302. Senate Bill 323. Pacheco. Item 307. Senate Bill 362. Gabriel item 312 Senate Bill 407. Ward item 321 Senate Bill 474. Brian item 339 Senate Bill 627. Ortega item 344 Senate Bill 665 Connolly item 346 Cinnabill. 684 Boerner item 357, Senate Bill 777 Friedman and item 368 Senate Bill 344. Weber.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Bryan, you're recognized for your motion without objection, circle note.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. There's a list of bills with floor amendments at the desk where both caucuses have agreed to take up as a single voice vote. I ask the Clerk, read those bills with amendments.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Senate Bill 713 with amendments. Alvarez Senate Bill 297 with amendments by Pellerin Senate Bill 593 with amendments by Ting Senate Bill 478 with amendments Bauer-Kahan, Senate Bill 420 with amendments Muratuschi,Senate Bill 272 with amendments. Bennett Senate Bill 302 with amendments Waldron Senate Bill 303 with amendments Boerner, Senate Bill 353 with amendments Karla, Senate Bill 419 with amendments Muratuschi, Senate Bill 429 with amendments Boerner, Senate Bill 434 with amendments Low, Senate Bill 509 with amendments. MuratuschiSenate Bill 519 with amendments.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Weber Senate Bill 558 with amendments addis Senate Bill 596 with amendments. Zbur Senate Bill 606 with amendments. Baines Senate Bill 623 with amendments. Wood Senate Bill 745 with amendments. Wendy Carrio Senate Bill 805, with amendments. Baines Senate Bill 857 with amendments. Zbur Senate Bill 872 with amendments. McCarty Senate Bill 19 with amendments. Baines Senate Bill 50 with amendments. Bonta Senate Bill 253 with amendments. Ward Senate Bill 286 with amendments. Wood Senate Bill 323 with amendments. Pacheco Senate Bill 362 with amendments.
- Committee Secretary
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Gabriel Senate Bill 407 with amendments. Ward Senate Bill 474 with amendments. Brian Senate Bill 627 with amendments. Ortega Senate Bill 665 with amendments. Connolly Senate Bill 684 with amendments. Berner Senate Bill 777, with amendments Friedman and Senate Bill 344, with amendments. Weber.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, without objection, we will take a voice vote on the amendments. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Say no. The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. They are out to print and back on file. Members pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Two I am referring item 341 SB 684 cabiero to Housing Committee. Mr. Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, colleagues, we did 192 bills. Today, we did 116 Senate bills, and we sent 76 Assembly bills to the Governor. Good job.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, without objection, the quorum call is lifted. Please take your conversations off the floor. We will now be moving to adjournments in memory. Please give your respectfully attention to those who are granted permission to speak on adjournment of memory. Assembly Member. Assemblymember. Dixon, you are recognized.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Chair. It is with great sorrow that I rise today to adjourn in memory of Emily Sanford. Emily passed away on the evening of Tuesday, August 22, at the age of 88. She was born during the one of the most worst years of the Great Depression in the Appalachian foothills. As a child, Emily enjoyed helping others and decided to work towards a degree in nursing. After graduating from Philadelphia General Hospital of Nursing, Emily joined the US. Navy as an officer in 1957.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
At the time, there were few women and even fewer women of color in the armed forces. She was stationed in the US. Naval Hospital in San Diego. In 1961, she received her first orders and was transferred to Yokosuka, Japan, where she served as a nurse for two years before transferring to the Illinois Great Lakes Naval Training Center. She was transferred as a charged nurse to the Naval hospital ship USS Haven in the port of Long Beach, where she was promoted to Lieutenant Commander.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
She worked at the US. Navy Hospital in Long Beach until 1968. She was promoted to captain in 1978. A few months later, the Nurse Corps Director Admiral reassigned her to Naval Regional Medical Center, Okinawa, Japan, as Director of Nursing Service. In 1985, after 27 years of service in the US. Navy. Emily and her husband Stephen moved to Huntington Beach. After retiring from the Navy at 49, she spent the next 33 years actively involved in her community.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
The Orange County Republican Party named the Volunteer of the Year award after Emily. The Emily Sanford Volunteer of the Year Award is given every year to the person who demonstrates a commitment to their community through civic engagement. In her private life, Emily found joy in serving the underprivileged and veterans in her community. She lived her life to serve her county, her family, her friends, and her country and those in need. Emily is survived by her husband, Stephen Sanford. Please join me in adjourning in the memory of Emily Sanford, who is greatly missed. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you. Assembly Member Dixon Members, please bring the names to the desk to be printed in the journal. All requests to adjourn in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal. Members, as a reminder, please identify senators to manage your bills on the Senate floor. The session schedule is as follows Friday, September 8th floor session at 09:00 A.m.. All other items remaining will be passed and retained. All motions will be continued.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing and hearing no further business, I am ready to entertain a motion to adjourn. Let's see. Who do I got here? Assembly Member Pacheco moves and Assembly Member Sanchez Seconds that this house stands adjourned until tomorrow, Friday, September eigth, at 09:00 a.m.. The house is adjourned. If anybody has vote changes, Come on up.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
I am changing my vote on AB 361 from aye to no.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Vote change. Assemblymember Dixon. Assembly Bill 361 aye to no.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Assembly Member Rodriguez vote change. SB 81 from aye to not voting.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member. Rodriguez. Senate Bill 81 aye to not voting.
- Kate Sanchez
Legislator
Assembly Member Sanchez AB 881. Vote change aye to not voting.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Sanchez. Assembly Bill 881, aye to not voting.
- Kate Sanchez
Legislator
AB 1244. I to not voting.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Sanchez. Assembly Bill 1244. aye to not voting.
- Kate Sanchez
Legislator
AB 292. Not voting to no. Not voting to no. Thank you.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Vote change. Gallagher. AB 1227 aye to not voting.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Gallagher. Assembly Bill 1227 aye to not voting.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
Joe Patterson. AB 1227 aye to not voting.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Joe Patterson. Assemblyville 1227 aye to not voting.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
Vote change. Irwin. AB 994. Aye to no.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Irwin. Assembly Bill 990 aye to no.
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