Assembly Floor
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, the Assembly is now in session. Assemblymember Hart notices the absence of a quorum. The sergeant of arms will prepare the chamber and bring in the absent members. The Clerk will call the role.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Addis. Aguiar-Curry. Alanis. Alvarez. Arambula. Baines. Bauer-Kahan. Bennett. Berman. Boerner. Bonta. Bryan. Calderon. Juan Carrillo. Wendy 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.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Kalra. Lackey. Lee. Low. Lowenthal. Maienschein. Mathis. McCarty. McKinnor. Muratsuchi. Nguyen. Ortega. Pacheco. Papan. Jim Patterson. Joe Patterson. Pellerin. Petrie-Norris. Quirk-Silva. Ramos. Rendon. Reyes. Luz Rivas. Rodriguez. Rubio. Sanchez. Santiago. Schiavo. Soria. Ta. Ting. Valencia. Villapudua. Waldron. Wallis. Ward. Weber. Wicks. Wilson. Wood. Zbur. Mr. Speaker.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, the Assembly is now in session. Please make your way to the floor. Please make your way to the floor. Members, a quorum is present. We ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and the gallery to please stand for the prayer and 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, as we gather for this final session of the California State Assembly in 2023, we come before you with hearts filled with gratitude for the opportunities and challenges we have faced together this year. As our assembly members prepare to spend more time in their districts, we seek your guidance and blessings. We thank you for the dedication and service of those who have tirelessly worked for the welfare of our great state.
- Imam Khan
Person
We pray for the wisdom to continue this important work in our districts, connecting with our constituents and addressing their needs and concerns. Guide us in our efforts to build stronger communities, promote unity, and create a better future for all Californians. May the time spent in our districts be a source of inspiration.
- Imam Khan
Person
And may the use and may we use it to foster understanding and cooperation among our constituents. Grant us the strength and patience to overcome the challenges that may arise and the compassion to uplift those who are most in need. May our actions reflect the values of justice and empathy. As we adjourn this session, we ask for your protection and blessings upon our state and its residents. May the coming year be filled with progress, peace, and prosperity for all. And may our work continue to be guided by Your divine wisdom. In your name, the most gracious, the most merciful, we offer this prayer. Amen.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Thank you, Imam Yasir Khan. Please remain standing as Dr. Bains leads us in the flag salute.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
Colleagues, salute pledge. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
You may be seated. Reading of the previous day's journal.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Chamber, Sacramento, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. The Assembly met at 7:00 a.m. The Honorable Freddie Rodriguez, Assembly Member 50.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Mr. Bryan moves and Mr. Gallagher seconds that the reading of the previous day's journal be dispensed with presentations and petitions, there are none. Introduction and 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, there are none. Majority Leader Bryan, you are recognized for your procedural motion.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 45.5 to allow Speaker Rivas, Assemblymembers Petrie-Norris, Sanchez, and Gabriel to speak on an adjournment in memory today.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Without objection, such shall be the order.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 118A to allow Assemblymembers Schiavo and Ramos to have guest seats at their desk today and to allow Assemblymembers Alvarez and Bennett to have guests on the floor.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Without objection, such shall be the order.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Madam Speaker, please move the following bills to the inactive file. Item 10, AB 280, Holden, at the request of the author. Item 65, AB 1770, by the Committee on Emergency Management, at the request of Assemblymember Rodriguez. Item 94, SB 427, Portantino, at the request of Assemblymember Zbur. Item 98, SB 572, Stern, at the request of Assemblymember Schiavo.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will note.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request unanimous consent to re refer the following bills to Committee. AB 530, Burner, from the Rules Committee to the Transportation Committee. AB 637, Jackson, from the Housing Community Development Committee to the Transportation Committee. AB 1086, McCarty, from the Public Safety Committee to the local Government Committee and the Housing Community Development Committee. And SB 516, Skinner, from the Rules Committee to the Appropriations Committee.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Without objection, such shall be the order. Members pursuant to Assembly Rule 17.2, I am referring, 77, pardon me. 77.2. I am re referring the following measures to Committee. AB 1074 to the Governmental Organization Committee and AB 1433 to the Education Committee. Majority Leader Bryan, you are recognized for another motion.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I request unanimous consent to suspend Joint Rule 628, the file notice requirement to allow the following committees to meet today upon the call of the Chair in a location to be determined. Governmental Organization Committee to hear AB 1074, Alanis, and Education Committee to hear AB 1433, Rendon.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Without objection, such shall be the order.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, we're going to move right into business on the Daily File, starting with file item number 86, SB 741. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 741 by Senator Min and others. An act relating to domestic violence.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Papan, you may open.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Thank you. Good morning. Good afternoon, Madam Speaker. SB 741 by Senator Min, will amend the Domestic Violence Prevention Act to allow discovery only if specifically authorized by the Court upon a finding of good cause. This is a great bill because abusive parties are using lengthy discovery processes as a means of intimidating or harassing victims, forcing contact, and causing them to incur legal fees and other expenses.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Most domestic violence restraining order petitioners are unrepresented, and litigants are currently required to separately petition for a protective order from abuse of discovery, alongside their efforts to seek protection from abuse which can be overly burdensome, and delay proceedings. While the State of Washington and the District of Columbia have restrictions on discovery tailored for domestic violent restraining order cases, California does not. So this is our chance.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
SB 741 will reduce the risk of harassment and intimidation of domestic violence survivors and prevent unnecessary delay in adjudicating a domestic violence restraining order request. 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 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 44, noes zero. Measure passes.
- Lisa Calderon
Legislator
We are jumping to item 87, SB 725. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 725 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas and act relating to private employment.
- Lisa Calderon
Legislator
Assembly Member Holden you may open.
- Chris Holden
Person
Thank you. Madam Speaker, today I'm presenting SB 725 on behalf of Senator Smallwood-Cuevas. This Bill requires a grocery establishment that conducts a layoff as a result of a merger to provide workers at least one week of severance pay for every year of service. SB 725 protects grocery workers by providing them with the financial support they need to transition after mass layoff. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Lisa Calderon
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 41, noes 15. Measure passes. We're going to jump next to item number we're going to pass temporarily on item number 92. Moving to item number 93, SB 353, the Clerk will read Senate.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Bill 353 by Senator Dodd and others an act relating to the beverage containers and making an appropriation therefore, declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
- Lisa Calderon
Legislator
Assembly Member Kalra, you may open.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Presenting SB 353, also known as the Bottle Bill 2023. This Bill adds large 100% fruit juice containers over 46oz, and vegetable juice containers larger than 16oz to the CRV program. Additionally, the Bill allows Cal recycle to utilize the three month or 12 month average scrap value when determining the processing payment, whichever is more advantageous to the small businesses that make up much of our recycling center infrastructure in California. The Bill provides temporary help for rural recyclers.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
And lastly, the Bill addresses numerous reporting and administrative issues. The Bill has support from bottlers and recyclers across the state. I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Lisa Calderon
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Members, this is a 54 vote, 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 it just say this one's. The Clerk will close the roll ayes 55 knows six on the urgency, ayes 55 noes six on the Bill measure passes. We're going to pass temporarily on item number 99. Moving on to item number 100, SB 77.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 777 by Senator Allen an act relating to solid waste.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Friedman, you may open.
- Laura Friedman
Person
Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I'm pleased to present SB 777 on behalf of Senator Allen. This measure provides much needed transparency related to how stores are spending the money they charge customers for the thick plastic bags that they are giving them at the checkout. Current law only allows the revenue collected from selling these bags to be used to cover the cost of the bag, the cost of compliance with the law, or to Fund educational efforts to encourage customers to reuse the bags.
- Laura Friedman
Person
After our single use bag took ban took effect, we saw a decrease in the pounds of plastic per person generated from plastic carryout bags. However, unfortunately, as of 2021, that number has moved up higher than before the plastic bag ban. And we've seen an unfortunate proliferation of these thick plastic bags that are supposed to be reusable, but nobody actually reuses them. That tells us something is not working.
- Laura Friedman
Person
This Bill seeks to shine a light on one aspect of the problem by requiring the big chain retailers, not the little guys, but the big chain retailers, to report on how they're spending all that money that they're collecting. If the bags are a money maker for them, we need to understand what they're doing with the revenue, because they're supposed to be using that money to educate their employees and the customers to help reduce the use of these bags.
- Laura Friedman
Person
This is a simple Bill that's received bipartisan support, 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 vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 48 noes 16 measure passes. We are going to pass temporarily on item number one. Taking us to item number one. Two. SB 822.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 822 by Senator Durazo and others an act relating to employment.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Schiavo, you may open.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise on behalf of Senator Durazo. SB 822 strengthens California's commitment to a worker centered economy by setting up the administrative architecture to develop standards throughout California's contracts, grants, and incentive programs. This Bill will establish agreements between state agencies to advance equitable access to high paid jobs in infrastructure, manufacturing and sustainability sectors. SBA 22 will assist state agencies with applying workforce standards consistently across programs to maximize equity outcomes, while also customizing approaches to fit specific program needs. 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 who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. ayes 52, noes eight, ayes 53, noes eight measure passes. We're going to jump to item number 103, SB 831.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 831 by Senator Caballero an act relating to Agricultural Workers.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Garcia, you may open.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker AB. SB 831 authorizes the Governor, on behalf of the state, to enter into an agreement with the United States Attorney General or the United States Attorney General's designee to establish a program for the United States AG or designee to grant an agriculture employee living in the United States permission, legal permission, to be here.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
This program would be in partnership with the State of California and the federal government in consideration on granting this status based on the needs and circumstances of California's immigrant farm worker and its farm worker agricultural economy. This Bill has received bipartisan support and respectfully asked for your 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 nine measure passes. Next item number 104. SB 889.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 889 by the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance an act relating to taxation.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Irwin, you may open.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker SV. 889 is the Senate Governance and Finance Committee's annual technical tax omnibus Bill, which contains changes suggested by CDTFA and BoE. The measure has no opposition and no recorded votes against. 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 65. No zero measure passes. Moving on to item number 10. Five SB 428.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 428 by Senator Blakespear an act relating to civil actions.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Boerner, you may open.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
Thank you. Madam Speaker and Members, I rise to present SB 428 on behalf of Senator Blake Spear. SB 428 would allow an employer to seek a restraining order on behalf of an employee who is being continually harassed as a result of their employment. This Bill provides a common sense protection that allows employers legal tools to further protect their employees from unlawful harassment. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Reading Clerk
Person
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. No zero measure passes. Next item, number 10. Six SB. 410.
- Reading Clerk
Person
The Clerk will read Senate Bill 410 by Senator Becker, an act relating to electricity.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Connolly, you may open.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Good afternoon, Members. I rise to present SB 410, the Powering Up Californians Act, on behalf of Senator Becker. Energization projects, or interconnection projects help to connect new buildings and EV chargers to the electricity grid. Because of PG and E's irresponsible forecasting and the PUC's refusal to hold these monopoly utilities accountable, customers have suffered from extremely long interconnection delays of up to 12 months and resulting in millions of dollars lost. In my district, we've experienced never ending delays.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
In Santa Rosa, we're waiting for over $5 million worth of projects that are necessary for new housing developments. Sonoma county is waiting for chargers for their fleet electrification. Local commercial and agricultural businesses can operate fully equipped. And in Marin County, there are four large customer projects of fleet EV chargers in Nevada and Santa Fe, with a total capacity of $8.5 million. As more homes and businesses are built, and as companies install EV chargers, the demand for interconnection upgrades continues to grow.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
In order to hold PG and E and our public utilities accountable, SB 10 will require the PUC to set a time frame in which utilities must connect customers to get the grid to fix and prevent future interconnection delays. After setting these targets, the utilities are required to create a strategy to meet the targets workforce planning and a temporary financing mechanism to catch up on the backlog until their next General rate case. And on the temporary financing mechanism, we put many guardrails in place through this Bill.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
The PUC's current planning status quo makes grid upgrades more expensive for ratepayers. And let's be clear, this Bill does not increase rates or the scope of projects utilities must do. Therefore, I respectfully ask that we join those supporting this legislation, including climate groups, the NRDC, EDF and Sierra Club, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and SCIU, and the Cal Chamber and Bay Area Council. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Jim Patterson, you are recognized.
- Jim Patterson
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker, Members, I, too rise in support as the Vice Chair of the Utilities and Energy Committee. When this came before us, aye voted in favor of SB 410. And for those of my colleagues who have served with me on utility and energy, you know that for a good long period of time, I have been deeply concerned with PG E over their failure to electrify important projects in Fresno, the fifth largest city in the State of California.
- Jim Patterson
Person
We cannot allow the CPUC's lack of action and PG E's financial distress to keep our communities in the dark. Project delays in my area range from building new homes. We literally had hundreds of homes fall out of escrow because they could not be energized. We attracting new business into the area. There are waiting lists a mile long. PG E's inability to energize in our area has really created, really, an impediment to the City of Fresno in doing so many things that we are trying to do.
- Jim Patterson
Person
I'll give you a few examples. We have two community colleges that are being modernized and built. They have been delayed. The airport, which has been internationalized and quite successful, is building a new international terminal. And yet we are very concerned that it's going to be difficult to energize these projects. What I like about the Bill is that it holds PG and E accountable, but it does provide them the short term flexibility to do their job.
- Jim Patterson
Person
And their job is to energize important products in their service area. Members, please join me in supporting SB 410 and let's start electrifying California like the 21st century we are.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Berner, you are recognized.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise in support of this measure and thank the author and the floor jockey for bringing it forward. This Bill helps set meaningful targets for utilities to provide electrical service to customers, but also injects more scrutiny into how utilities calculate their cost to meet those needs.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
One thing made very clear by the recent state audit report I requested concerning CGE, the PUC, and Cal advocates, is that we need to be more transparent and more diligent about how utilities are justifying rate increases, especially when it comes to balancing accounts. This Bill not only tasks the PUC with ensuring utilities have sufficient staff resources to meet energization goals, but also requires them to have an independent third party Auditor on hand to review their practices.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
When it comes to how to justify proposed rate increases as fair and reasonable. We have more work to do to ensure ratepayers are better protected, but with this legislation is a good first step, which is why I will be supporting it today and respectfully request your aye vote
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Soria you are recognized.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. Today I also rise in support of SB 410. I want to thank the floor jockey and also Senator Becker for bringing this measure forward, which will help districts like mine. I represent a district that is full of rural cities and unincorporated communities. And in my district, we too are experiencing significant delays in connecting new development and customers due to the capacity constraints.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
Several communities in my district have reached out and shared their frustration with losing economic development opportunities, both for building new housing, commercial facilities, and other potential businesses that would bring jobs to these very poor communities. This Bill, the Powering Up California Act, will accelerate electrical upgrades and service connections for all communities, and in particular, benefit rural communities by supporting economic growth.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
So today, I join my colleagues for all the reasons that they mentioned, in terms of accountability, and making sure that we're moving in an expeditious way, because we owe it to our residents to ensure that they are electrified. And with that, I urge an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, Assembly Member Connolly closing remarks.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
Yeah, just really to thank the author for his tremendous work on this, including taking four amendments which move Public Advocates off of their opposition, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
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. Nose two measure passes. We are now on to item number 108, SB 605.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 605 by Senator Padilla and others, an act relating to energy.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Muratsuchi, you may open.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. I am rising to present SB 605 on behalf of Senator Padilla to require the California Energy Commission to study the potential benefits of wave and tidal energy for the State of California Members, those big, juicy waves should be more than just for surfers. We should capture that energy, clean, renewable energy to meet our climate goals. This Bill has received bipartisan support with no no votes 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 66. No zero measure passes. Next item, number 10. Nine, SB 43.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 43 by Senator Eggman and others, an act relating to mental health.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Maienschein. You may open.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise to present SB 43, which updates the definition of gravely disabled. Gravely disabled was defined by the LPs Act in 1967 and continues to be defined to this day as someone who, due to a mental disorder or chronic alcoholism, is unable to meet their basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter. Unfortunately, much of this well intentioned law is not working as intended today. Many of those who are experiencing homelessness or incarcerated are also dealing with severe mental illness.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
SB 43 would update the definition of gravely disabled for the first time since 1967 to include someone with a severe substance use disorder and include their inability to meet their needs for necessary medical care and personal safety. Current law already dictates that the historical course of a person's mental disorder should be considered when it has a direct bearing on their determination as gravely disabled.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
This Bill would allow for a hearsay exception when an expert witness is offering an opinion during a conservatorship proceeding, only when the statement is made in the medical record by a healthcare practitioner and it pertains to a person's symptoms or behaviors. The status quo is incarceration, homelessness, and death. It is unconscionable for us to continue to fail to update an outdated law with this record of outcomes. I hope today we can come together on a solution to better serve California's most vulnerable. Thank you. And I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Gallagher, you are recognized.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Yes. Thank you, Madam Speaker. And Members, I rise in support of this know, for a long time, people have been saying, Houston, we have a problem on our streets. We have people who are in a State of complete delusion, and they are a danger to both themselves and others. And it is not compassionate to leave them in that state and to be continually in and out of emergency rooms, continually in and out of jails places that are not ultimately the best place for them.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
And for a long time, people have recognized that we need to change this law. And I am heartened that today we're finally going to do that. And the Senator, who has worked on this for many years and has been very diligent in trying to make this case, talking about her own experience with her family Members. But so many people have the same story of family Members that they love who cannot get into care, who they cannot get off the streets.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
And by finally changing this definition and making it a more reasonable threshold so that we can get people into the care they need, is going to make a big difference. There's obviously a lot of other things that we need to do as well. This is not the silver bullet, but it is a change that needs to happen and for a long time has needed to happen. So I fully support and ask for your aye vote today. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no other is wishing to speak on this item. Assembly Member Maienschein, closing remarks.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
Thank you, Madam Chair. This important measure, I know before I came to the State Assembly and I was working with the chronically homeless, we didn't have this tool available. And it would have made a tremendous difference for those who are suffering on our streets, those who are dying on our streets. This is a huge step forward.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
We've done a lot in this Assembly, and we should recognize that we have set aside hundreds of millions of dollars now during the course of the last several years to work on this issue.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
But this is something that's going to allow us at the street level, those individuals who are on our street corners in all of our downtowns, who have been there for years and years and years, who end up cycling through our ers who end up cycling through our jails and who live broken and really, ultimately, tragic lives. Today, we get to do something about it. And with that, I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
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. No zero measure passes. Members, we're going to jump back to item number 92, SB 302.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 302 by Senator Stern and others. Stack Lane healthcare facilities.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Waldron, you may open.
- Marie Waldron
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise to present SB 302 on behalf of Senator Stern. This bill will allow patients 65 or older with a chronic disease, or those who are terminally ill to use medical cannabis in a health facility. Outside of healthcare facilities, those who utilize medical marijuana to treat a range of chronic conditions have unrestricted access.
- Marie Waldron
Person
However, older individuals living in medically-assisted institutions do not have that same luxury and have no choice but to continue the use of opioids for treatment despite limited long term efficacy and a myriad of side effects, and an astronomical cost of approximately 635,000,000,000 a year. This bill has enjoyed broad bipartisan support and received no opposing votes. I urge an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the 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. Measure passes. We're now going to jump to Item Number 101, SB 800. The Clerk will read.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 800 by Senator Caballero and others, an act relating to aviation.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Valencia. You may open.
- Avelino Valencia
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. SB 800 requires Caltrans to establish the Advanced Air Mobility and Aviation Electrification Advisory Panel. Advanced air mobility is a new, innovative mode of transportation which passengers and cargo can use to access underutilized aerial transit routes in an effort to reduce the burden of infrastructure, traffic congestion and lower harmful emissions. SB 800 would require the Advisory Panel to assess the feasibility and readiness of existing infrastructure in the state to support the development of advanced air mobility services. This new industry will leverage innovative vehicle designs and system technologies and embrace the sharing economy to enable a novel transportation service network. Respectufully ask for your yes 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: 63, noes: 0. measure passes. We're going to jump to item 111, SB 241.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 241 by Senator Min and others, an act relating to firearms.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Gipson, you may open.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I rise, today, to present Senate Bill 241 on behalf of our colleague, Senator Dave Min. SB 241 will require firearm dealers and their employees to complete a regular training that covers one: laws governing the sale and transfer of firearms and ammunitions; how to identify if an individual tends to use a firearm for unlawful activity; theft, burglary prevention; how to safely handle and store a firearm; and other reasonable business practices that deter gun trafficking and unlawful use. This bill, again, it's a firearm bill. Legalize guns and making sure that one, people go through a training that is important before handling guns and selling guns. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on 241.
- 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: 44, noes: 15. Measure passes. We're going to now go to item number 99, SB 757 by Assembly Member Santiago. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 757 by Senator Archuleta, an act relating to transportation.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
We're going to pass temporarily on item number 99, SB 757.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, we're going to jump to item number 113, SB 684. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
The Senate Bill 684 by Senator Caballero and others: land use.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Boerner, you may open.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise to present SB 684 on behalf of Senator Caballero. SB 684 would would create a streamlined process to build small-scale homeownership projects. Since 2010, California's population growth has far exceeded the number of new homes built. The lack of new housing construction has been a key factor for the state's affordability crisis because supply simply has not kept pace with demand.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
As a result, the American Dream of homeownership is now out of reach for many California families, especially families of color. Just like housing affordability has driven homeownership rates down for communities of color, local planning rules have also created barriers to homeownership. Under existing law, the framework for subdividing land for sale, lease or financing is set forth under the Subdivision Map Act, or SMA, which has been on the book since the mid 1970s.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
The SMA creates an extensive permitting and approval process that often delays the permitting and construction phase of new homes. While SMA is an important tool for both local agencies and developers, there are opportunities for streamlining processes to help allow construction to begin at an earlier stage. SB 684 expands the tools available to local government and developers to streamline small lot subdivisions for the construction of homeownership projects to create more lower cost homes for sale.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
Specifically, this bill shortens the time frame for development by authorizing local agencies to issue building permits once a tentative map has been recorded, and provides ministerial approval for the subdivision of sites and construction of projects with less than 10 units on parcel zone for multifamily development. SB 684 also includes important guardrails that have been negotiated extensively with local government stakeholders.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
These include, but are not limited to, prohibiting the development in environmentally-sensitive areas, ensuring units constructed are reflective of local objective standards, requiring projects to be served by municipal water and sewage, as well as limiting the geographic scope of the bill. Together, these changes will make smaller homes easier, faster, and less expensive to build and put homeownership within reach for more Californians. I respectfully ask for an aye vote and request immediate transmission to the Senate.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the wall. 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. Measure passes.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, please direct your attention to the rear of the chamber. We have a very special announcement regarding a staffer that we all know and appreciate. Ms. Myra Turner in the Speaker's office. For 36 years, Myra Turner has worked for the California Assembly in various offices and capacities. After dedicating decades of her life to this institution, she is finally embarking on her much earned retirement this December. So today, it marks her final floor session.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
For those that don't know, Myra has worked in the Speaker's office for 27 years, the longest serving Speaker staffer, starting under Speaker Cruz Bustamante in 1997. But don't worry, this is not her official floor ceremony today. We will be putting on a nice ceremony for her proper sendoff in January. We will alert all of you Members and staff as we approach her floor ceremony date. Myra, on behalf of the entire Assembly and the entire Legislature, thank you for your service. And please enjoy what you have earned: some rest.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, we are going to concurrence and Senate amendments, starting with, obviously, file number five, AB 33 Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1704 by Assembly Member Santiago an act relating to alcoholic beverages, declaring the urgency to take affect immediately.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
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- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
File number one. Let me be clear, because I wasn't. Okay. File number one AB 33 Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 33 by Assembly Member Bains and others, an act relating the controlled substances, declaring the agency the act take affect immediately.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Bains, you are recognized.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
Thank you, speaker and Members, AB 33 is back from the Senate for concurrence. The Senate amendments make the Bill even better by adding Xylazine as an area of study for the task force, also known as trank. Mark my words, if you have not heard of Xylazine or trank yet, you will definitely by the time we return to this floor in January.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
Xylazine is only authorized for use in Veterinarian medicine, but it is increasingly being found as an adulterant in illicit drug cocktails, including being mixed with fentanyl, cocaine and heroin. If you thought you were not prepared for the rise of fentanyl, you haven't seen anything yet. Most jurisdictions don't even test for Xylazine in overdose cases, especially right here in California. It is probably already being circulated in most of our districts, and we don't even know it's here.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
Xylazine has the potential to be the next fentanyl, so getting ahead of this dangerous drug is critical to prevent yet another crisis. AB 33 gives us the opportunity to be proactive instead of reactive. If we do this right, we will save thousands of lives. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote in concurrence with Senate amendments.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Waldron, you are recognized. Thank you.
- Marie Waldron
Person
Madam Speaker and Members, I rise as a proud co author of AB 33. The Bill requires the task force to convene at least once every two months to address the overdose crisis and to help us stay on top of it. This regularity ensures we keep our community safe and well informed. And I urge an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no further discussion nor debate, would you like to close Assembly Member?
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
AB 33 was my very first Bill I introduced as a Legislator. It represents years and years of fighting a fentanyl epidemic. And I thankfully and respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
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 Clerk will close the roll. Aye 60 no zero on the urgency. Aye 60 no zero on the amendments are concurred. In moving to file number three, AB 39 Clerk will read Assembly Bill 39.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Member Grayson and others an act relating to financial regulation.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Grayson, you are recognized.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, AB 39 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments delay licensure date until July 1 2025 provide DFPI more flexibility in improving certain kinds of stablecoins and establish necessary processes for program Administration, such as annual reporting and fingerprinting. This Bill is received bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those voted desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. ayes 55 no zero. Senate amends are concurred. In moving to file number five.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1704 by Assembly Member Santiago an act relating to alcoholic beverages, declaring urgency to take affect immediately.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Santiago. You are recognized.
- Miguel Santiago
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 174 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments clarify provision. The ABC Act. There's no opposition to this Bill. Respectfully, ask an aye vote,
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion or debate, this is a 54 Bill vote as well. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote. Clerk will close the roll. 63 ayes no zero on the urgency 63-0 Senate amends are concurred. In moving to file number nine, AB 352.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 352 by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan and others an act relating to health information.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 352 is my reproductive privacy Bill. It prevents information on abortion from being automatically shared via medical charts outside of California. The amendments taken in the Senate were technical in nature, and the Bill has received bipartisan support. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those voted desire to vote. All those voted desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. ayes 53. Nose 12 Senate amends are concurred. In moving to file number 11. AB 1720. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1720 by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan and others, that relating to clinics.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan. You are recognized. Hello?
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 1720 is back on concurrence. After amendments in the Senate, the bill ensures that all ultrasounds in California are done by licensed professionals or in licensed facilities. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Assembly Member Joe Patterson, you are recognized.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Question: could I have six minutes like the minority leader got last week?
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Pardon me?
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
I'm joking. I rise in opposition to this measure. On its face, the language of the bill isn't so bad, but if you read the analysis, and I believe, the intent of the bill, it's really to penalize pregnancy centers in California. And it's very clear in the analysis, and it talks about pregnancy centers. In California, pregnancy centers, and especially the ones that I know of in my district, are licensed medical facilities, licensed doctors with nurses, and I think what's going on in other states.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
Again, we're talking about what happens in other states and applying things that happen in other states to the State of California. These facilities provide such important free health care to women in all of our districts. And ultrasounds--when abortion providers were closed during the pandemic--they provided ultrasounds because they stayed open the whole time. And yes, they do promote and they try to help women who talk to them about that; they are resources if they would like to keep their baby, but they definitely don't judge.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
And I think it's a myth based on what's happening in other states about what pregnancy centers do here in California. And I really think we need to dispel that myth because it's going to get dangerous. Of a service that's very important that they provide for women right here in California, free of charge, no government money at all, and they provide free medical health care services for women who are pregnant. And with that, I ask for a no vote.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Let's see. Who else? Oh, excuse me. Assembly Member Schiavo, you are recognized.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Thank you. I just want to rise as a co-author on this bill. I know that there was a lot of work that went into it, and I really appreciate the author's work and strongly asking for an aye vote today.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Seeing no further discussion or debate. Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, would you like to close?
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Yes. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I want to clarify a couple of things. One is that the bill applies to all facilities and all ultrasounds in the State of California. They will have to be done by licensed professionals or in licensed facilities. It does not discriminate, and as our colleague mentioned, there are facilities under the banner of Crisis Pregnancy Centers that are licensed. This bill will not stop them from continuing to provide ultrasounds.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
But I can say that as a woman who has given birth to three children and been pregnant three times, all three pregnancies being complicated, having had an ultrasound myself that was detected an abnormality and having to go through the process of figuring that out under the supervised care of a licensed physician was critical to ensuring that the prenatal care I received was good and was the best thing for both me as a pregnant woman and for my now 13-year-old child.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
And so, it is critical that we ensure that these ultrasounds, which as the testimony and the hearings--for those of you that sit on Health heard, although not Health in this, but in the Senate by the OBGYNs, who are the sponsors of this bill--is, these are complicated procedures that, although being done, aren't complicated. They are to detect abnormalities and the like and it is critical that we have that done by licensed professionals.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
I will also note that four other states already do this, including North Dakota, who I imagine was not doing so to deal with Crisis Pregnancy Centers since I don't believe that their Legislature was out to give access to abortion the way we are. This bill is merely about ensuring that women get access to care. And with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
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. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 46, noes: 14. Senate amends are concurred in. File Number 12, AB 633.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 633 by Assembly Member Jim Patterson an act relating to Healing Arts.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Jim Patterson. You are recognized.
- Jim Patterson
Person
Thank you. Madam Speaker, I rise to ask for your support of AB 63. We all know that we have a nursing shortage in California. One of the ways that we think we can approach it with some success is that AB 633 offers retiring nurses a substantially reduced fee to keep their licenses active so that they can volunteer or otherwise use their professionalism and their experience. Clarifying amendments were taken. We were in coordination with the Board of Registered Nursing. This Bill has enjoyed. Unanimous bipartisan support, has no opposition, and I ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- 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 55. No zero. Senate amends are concurred. In moving to file number 13, AB 663. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 663 by Assembly Member Haney and act relating to healing arts.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members AB 663 will allow mobile pharmacies to dispense medications for opioid addiction treatment. It's back on concurrence. Senate amendments allow local governments to open more than one mobile pharmacy and clarifies other procedures local governments need to take when opening a mobile pharmacy. It has received no votes and has broad bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote on concurrence.
- 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. Aye 61. No, zero. Senate amends are concurred. In moving to file number 14, AB 782.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 782 by Assemblymember McKinnor and others. An act relating to healing arts.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember McKinnor, you are recognized.
- Tina McKinnor
Legislator
Madam Speaker and members. AB 782 would clarify that a pharmacy adding a flavoring to a prescription drug does not constitute prescription compounding. Any parent on this floor can tell you the challenges that we have, as all of us experience with giving our children, our sick children medicine, especially our very young children, to take prescription medicines. Flavorings, most commonly fruit flavorings, do not affect the efficiency of the prescription medicine being consumed. Rather, just like Mary Poppins' song, it simply helps the medicine go down. This measure received unanimous support in the State Senate. 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, noes zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Pass temporarily on file 15. File item 16, AB 92.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 92 by Assembly Member Connolly and others an act relating to crimes.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Connolly. You are recognized.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. And Members AB 92 is back for concurrence from the Senate. Senate amendments were technical and clarifying in nature. This Bill is enjoyed bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those voted desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote, all those voter desire to vote, Clerk close the roll ayes 42 noes 9 Senate ammendments are concurred in file number 19. File number excuse me. Assembly Bill 620 Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 620 by Assembly Member Connolly and others an act relating to Healthcare coverage.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Connolly. You are recognized.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. And Members AB. 620 is also back for concurrence from the Senate. Senate amendments were technical and clarifying in nature. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those voter desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote, all those voter desire to vote Clerk will close the roll ayes 49, 1 no Senate amends are concurred in pass temporarily on file number 20. We're moving to file number 21 AB.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
AB 760. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 760 by Assemblymember Wilson and others. An act relating to the public post-secondary education.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Wilson, you are recognized.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, members. AB 760 is back on concurrence. This Bill would allow students and faculty attending a California State University or University of California to designate their affirm name while at the institution per the individual's request. With that, 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 voter desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes, 46 noes zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 23, AB 934.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 934 by Assembly Member Muratsuchi an act relating to teacher credentialing.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Muratsuchi, you are recognized.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. AB 934 is back for concurrence. This is a Bill to address the teacher shortage crisis, receive bipartisan support no no votes, no opposition. Respectfully ask 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 Clerk will close the roll ayes 54 no zero Senate amends are concurred in pass temporarily on file number 24.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
We'll do. File number 24, AB 1032. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1032 by Assembly Member Pacheco and others an act relating the courts.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Pacheco, you are recognized.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, today I rise to present AB 1032, which is back for concurrence. This is my court interpreters Bill and may amendments. Were taking an assignment in the Senate where we made extensive amendments and we worked with Judicial Council and the independent contractors. I respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those voter desire to vote, all those voter desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 42, noes 15. Senate demands are concurred. In moving to file number 26, AB 1068.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1068 by Assembly Member Valencia an act relating to the Public Utilities Commission.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Valencia, you are recognized.
- Avelino Valencia
Legislator
Madam Speaker and Buenos Diaz. Members, AB 1068 is back on concurrence. Amendments taken in the Senate narrow the Bill and will allow written ex parte communications during the Commission's quiet period only if material modifications are made. Recent amendments that were taken have removed turn and media alliances. Oppositions this measure enjoys bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for a yes vote. Gracias.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote, all those voter desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes s 55, noes zero. Senate amends are concurred. In moving to file number 27, AB 1150.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1150 by the Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife. An act relating to the parks and recreation.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. This is the Water, Parks, and Wildlife Omnibus Bill. It is back on concurrence. 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. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 60, noes zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Members, we're going to go back to file item number 20, AB 695.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 695 by Assemblymember Pacheco and accolading juveniles.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Pacheco, you are recognized.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. Today I present Assembly Bill 695, which is back for concurrence. Assembly Bill 695 would create the Juvenile Detention Facilities Improvement Grant Program. Amendments were taken which were technical in nature, and this Bill has bipartisan support. 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 62, noes zero. Pass temporarily on file number 28. Moving to file number 29, AB 1340.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Clerk will read summary Bill 1340 by Assembly Member Garcia and others an act relating to school accountability.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Garcia, you are recognized.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Madam Speaker and colleagues, the Bill is back for concurrence. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those voted desire to vote. All those voted desire to vote. All those voted desire to vote. Clerk will close roll I 64, noes zero. Senate amends are concurred. In file number 31, AB three.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Clerk will read Assembly Bill three by Assembly Members Zbur and others an act relating to energy.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Members Zbur, you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Chair, Members, I rise to present AB three, which is back on concurrence. Amendments reflected additional discussions with stakeholders, as well as modified the in state Assembly and manufacturing feasibility percentages to align with federal guidance. This is a support support Bill, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those voter desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote, all those voter desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 65, noes zero. Senate amends are concurred in pass temporarily on file number 32. Moving on to file number 33, AB 44.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 44 by Assemblymember Ramos. An act relating to tribal police.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Ramos, you are recognized.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 44 is back on concurrence. AB 44 is a continuation of our work dealing with a critical issue amongst California tribes and the nation on missing and murdered indigenous people. AB 44 would grant tribal governments the ability to access the California Law Enforcement Transmittal Services better known as CLETS. I 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 63, noes, zero. Senate amends are concurred in. We're going to move back to file number 28, AB 1167.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1167 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo and others, an act relating to oil and gas.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo. You are recognized.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, AB 1167 is back on. Concurrent Senate amendments narrow this Bill to only apply to idle wells and wells producing less than 15 barrels a day, allowing other types of external bonding, and make other technical and clarifying changes. I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Fong, you are recognized.
- Vince Fong
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, normally I rise to encourage the increase of domestic production of oil and gas. But today, I'm asking you to help close orphaned and abandoned wells by opposing this Bill. When a well goes dry, it should absolutely be properly plugged and closed. Wells that haven't been properly plugged are getting in the way of developments and are becoming even more expensive to close. Funding for abandonment comes from a few sources.
- Vince Fong
Person
The Oil, Gas, and geothermal administrative Fund and the Hazardous and Idle Deserted well abatement Fund, both of which are funded by oil and gas companies. But over the last couple of years, as the state refuses to issue new production permits, those funds that are used to plug wells in California are drying up quicker than the wells they mean to close. So the state has started to foot the Bill to plug abandoned wells. The main cause of abandoned wells is the financial burden on well operators.
- Vince Fong
Person
But this Bill would barricade operators with even more financial constraints. With more constraints comes more abandoned wells. The exact problem this Bill is trying to solve don't take my word for it. The governor's own Administration agrees. His Department of Finance stated that this Bill, quote, may not address the problem it intends to solve and could actually have unintended consequences of increasing the number of orphan wells in California, which will also result in increased financial liability to the state.
- Vince Fong
Person
When Governor Newsom's Department of Finance and I agree, I ask that you give credence to one or hopefully both of us. I urge you no vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no further, Assembly Member Muratsuchi, you are recognized.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. With all due respect to our colleague from the Bakersfield, those are oil industry talking points. I mean, this Bill is all about holding polluters accountable. Otherwise, the cleanup for abandoned wells falls on taxpayers. If you don't want California taxpayers to pay for abandoned wells, hold the oil companies accountable. Have them responsible to put up the bond to make sure that they are financially responsible enough to operate the oil well. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no further discussion, debate Sublime Member Wendy Carrillo, would you like to close?
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. A recent report from the Carbon Tracker found that a cost of cleanup for California's onshore oil and gas operators could potentially top as high as 21 and a half $1.0 billion. The report further found a serious financial risk to the state from orphan wells. Production continues to decline, and most remaining profit from existing wells is sharply declining as well.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
So while future profits will be nowhere near sufficient to cover plugging and abandonment costs, backup bond funding held by the state is simply and completely insufficient. The state currently requires well operators to only put up a very small amount of financial security when obtaining a permit to drill. As a result, an average there is only $1,000 per well, even though it costs nearly $70,000 to clean up an oil well.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Because of this, it's estimated that less than 1% of the cleanup price tag is currently held by the state in bonds. There is an incoming tide of idle wells on the way in every part of our state, accompanied by a flood of risky transfers of those wells to smaller operators. This legislation is about taking action.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Now, to interrupt that trend, it is essential we take action to limit the enormous financial risk to the state represented by the growing pool of orphan wells that someone is going to need to clean up to pay, to clean up. And guess what the reality of that is that it's on black communities. It's on Latino communities. It's on Low income communities. In my district alone, there are over close to 200 orphaned oil wells.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Since Los Angeles used to be known as the oil city, the oil City of Los Angeles, this is not how we move forward when we're talking about climate change, climate justice, environmental justice. The fact is, if you want to make profit off an oil well, you should also be responsible in its cleanup and in ensuring that it's closed off and capped to ensure the health and well being of the communities in which you're drilling, plain and simple.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
We know and we have data that the majority of those impacted are Low income communities of color. This is an environmentally just Bill. And ensuring that while we continue production in the State of California, we are also ensuring that those oil producers are also responsible for the cleanup and capping of those oil wells. Thank you. And with that, I respectfully request and 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. All those vote who desire to vote, move the call. Let's move to file number 22, AB 812.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 812 by Assemblymember Boerner and others, and accolating to housing.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Boerner. You're recognized.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I rise to present AB 812, which is back on concurrence. Senate amendments extend the geographic applicability of the bill and ensure that any available units, sorry, and ensures that any available units do not sit vacant. If there's an insufficient number of artist applicants for those units, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, clerk will open the roll. 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 41, nine no. Senate amends are concurred in. We're going to move to file number 25. File number 1048.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1048 by Assembly Member Wicks an act relating to healthcare coverage.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Wicks, you are recognized.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1048 is back on concurrence. This Bill will add important protections for dental coverage, eliminating loopholes that deny patients coverage, and increase the out of pocket costs, as well as adding accountability and transparency measures. Amendments taken the Senate were technical, including correcting a drafting error and establishing January 1, 2025 date for rate review. 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 will close the roll. Ayes 54 noes Zero. Senate amends concurred. In moving to file number 36. Clerk will read excuse me. AB 226.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 226 by Assembly Member Ramos and others an act relating to the University of California.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Ramos. You are recognized.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Speaker AB 226 is back on concurrence and yes, it's the right one on the board. Amendments in the Senate address chaptering issues and added additional audits. I ask and 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 53, noes zero. Senator amendments concurred in, Mr. Ramos. Let's do file number 38, AB 273.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 273 by Assemblymember Ramos and others accolating to foster care.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Ramos. You are recognized.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 273. The Luke Madrigal Act is back on concurrence. Amendments in the senate clarified language and address certain concerns raised by stakeholders. I ask and 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 open the roll. I mean, excuse me. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 54, nos zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file numbers 39, AB 302.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 302 by Assemblymember Ward and others. Accolating to automated decision systems.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Ward. You are recognized.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. Senate amendments to AB 302 clarify which state agencies and boards are required to report their automated decision systems to the California Department of Technology. I respectfully request concurrence on senate amendments.
- 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, nos zero. We... senate amends are concurred in. Going to move back to file number 32. File number 32, AB 10.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 10 by Assemblymember Lowenthal and others. Accolating to pupils.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Lowenthal, you are recognized.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. AB 10 is back on concurrence. Amendments taken in the senate extend the deadline for CDE to produce and post the model policy and resources on body shaming until June 30, 2025. Requires CDE to consult with Cal HHS and MHS OAC on the development of model, policy and resources. Authorizes CDE to draw from existing resources to inform the creation of the model, policy and resources outlined in the bill. The bill has received broad bipartisan support and 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 57, nos zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Pass temporarily on file number 41. File number 42, AB 461. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 461 by Assemblymember Ramos and others. Accolating to public post-secondary education.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Ramos. You are recognized.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 461 is back on concurrence. Amendments in the senate added co-authors, 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. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 52, nos zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 43, AB 519, clerk will read Assembly.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 519 by Assemblymember Schiavo and others. Accolating to housing.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Schiavo, you are recognized.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I rise for AB 519, which is back on concurrence. AB 519 aims to reduce the cost of affordable housing and homeless housing while streamlining the state's affordable housing finance system. So this is a bill that I heard from a developer in my district who builds only homeless housing, and they've run into multiple different accounts or applications that they have to go through at the statewide level to be able to get funding for homeless housing. We shouldn't be making roadblocks when we're trying to speed up getting housing for unhoused folks as quickly as possible. So this really removes red tape and ensures that we are moving housing to the folks who need it the most as quickly as possible. There were senate amendments which expand the required considerations of the working group to figure out how we bring these applications together and streamline this process. It establishes clear timelines for agencies and clarifies the funding mechanisms included and make additional technical changes. This bill is received bipartisan support and no no votes. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- 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. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 57, nos zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 44, AB 553. Clerk will read Assembly.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 553 by Assemblymember Baramos and others, accolating to the Department of Justice.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Ramos. You are recognized.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 553 is back on concurrence. Amendments were clarifying it and delay implementation by one year. AB 553 is back and I ask for your aye support.
- 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 54, nos zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Pass temporarily on file number 45. Pass temporarily on file number 46. Moving to file number 47, Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 634 by Assemblymember Ward and accolating to post-secondary education.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Ward, swallow your food and then you can talk.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
I'm all good. Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. Amendments taken in the senate, we're clarifying in nature. Respectfully ask for concurrence and senate amendments.
- 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 51, nos zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 49, file number 49, AB 744.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 744 by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo and others. Accolating in the data analytics.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Juan Carrillo, you are recognized.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. Assembly Bill 744 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments are clarifying in nature and reduced cost. This bill has enjoyed bipartisan support. I respectfully ask 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 56, nos zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 50, AB 789.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 789 by Assemblymember Berman and others, accolating to student financial aid.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Berman, you are recognized.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 789 is a great bill that would ensure that more California students are able to keep their financial aid and achieve their higher education dreams. What is it? Rock and roll ready to go? Senate amendments added a co-author, create more flexibility for the inclusion of satisfactory academic process policies in core syllabi and make other clarifying changes. Honestly, though, especially for the sponsors that might be watching, this is a fantastic bill that will make it easier for students to stay in school even when they have certain personal hardships. 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 will close the roll. Ayes 60, nos zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 51, AB 809.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 809 by Assemblymember Bennett and accolating to salmon.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Bennett, you are recognized.
- Steve Bennett
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. This is a better bill. AB 809 is back for concurrence amendments in the senate. Remove the special fund. There's no opposition to this fish bill. It has bipartisan support. Thank you. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Little comedy doesn't hurt us, right? 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. It's a little fishy. We have 59 ayes, and we have 60 ayes and no zero. Senate ammendments are concurred in. Pass temporarily. Oh, no. File number 53.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1112 by Assemblymember Mckinnor, accolating to the Public Social Services.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Mckinnor, you are recognized.
- Tina McKinnor
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1112, AB 1112 is back today on concurrence. Amendments taken in the senate are clarifying in nature. I respectfully ask for 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 58, no zero Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 54, AB 1121.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1121 by Assemblymember Haney and accolating in public works.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. AB 1121 is back for concurrence. It would require awarding agencies of public contracts to annually provide a list of debarred contractors to the state in order to increase transparency and protect tax dollars. Senate amendments are minor and address implementation questions. 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. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 56, no zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving down to file number 56, AB 1170. Hold.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Be back up a minute here. File number 55, AB 1127. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1127 by Assemblymember Reyes and others, accolating to teachers and making an appropriation therefore.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Reyes, you are recognized.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1127 is a simple bill to help deal with California's teacher shortage. Amendments taken in the senate, clarify eligibility for the funding for the Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program. 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 55, no zero. Senator amends are concurred in. File number 56, AB 1172.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1172 by Assemblymember Calderon and accolating to energy.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Calderon, you are recognized.
- Lisa Calderon
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1172 is back for concurrence. Senate amendments delay implementation and narrow the scope of the Bill to address fiscal concerns. Thank you, and 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 will close the roll. Ayes 52, no zero. Senate amends are concurred. In file number 58, AB 1257.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1257 by Assemblymember Berman and others, and accolating to Healing Arts.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Berman. You are recognized.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1257 has to do with some of the most popular sort of medical professionals that exist. Dental hygienists. The sunset bill for the Dental Hygiene Board of California is back on concurrence. Senate amendments were technical in nature, and this bill has no opposition because who could possibly oppose their dental hygienists? 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 will close the roll. Ayes 57, no zero. Senate amends concurred in. Moving to file number 59, AB 1262. Assemblymember Berman, you're up again.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1262 by Assemblymember Berman and others, and accolating to professional fiduciaries.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Berman, you are recognized.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1262 is the sunset bill for the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau and is back on concurrence. Senate amendments remove the bill's changes to the probate code and clarify the current license exemption for enrolled agents. Respectfully ask for an aye vote on concurrence and senate amendments on the sunset bill.
- 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. Ayes 58, no zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 60, AB 1403.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 143 by Assemblymember Garcia and accolating to fireworks.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Garcia, you are recognized.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
This bill is back for concurrence. Respectfully ask for your vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Short and sweet. Appreciate that. 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 will close the roll. Ayes 57, no zero. That was short and sweet. Moving on to file number 63, AB 1517.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1517 by Assemblymember Gallagher and others, and accolating to special education.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Gallagher, you are recognized.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Yes, AB 1517 is back for concurrence. Members, this is an important special education bill that codifies that technical assistance and support will be provided to the local education agencies by the SELPAs. SELPAs provide a vital role in special education, and I will continue to be working in this space. And be rest assured we will be back with more bills in this space. Thank you and ask for your aye vote today.
- 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 58, no zero. Senate amends are concurred in. We're going to back to file number 61, AB 1417.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1417 by Assemblymember Wood, and accolating to elder and dependent adult abuse.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Wood, you are recognized.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. AB. 1417 is back on concurrence. It got a little skinnier in the senate. 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. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 60, no zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Move to file number 64, AB 1519.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1519 by Assemblymember Bains and others, accolating to new vehicles.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Bains, you are recognized.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
Yes. AB 1519 is back for concurrence amendments for technical clarifying, appreciate 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 desire to vote. Clerk, close the roll. Ayes 59, no zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 66, AB 85.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 85 by Assembly Member Weber, an act relating to health.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Weber, you are recognized.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present AB 85, which is back on concurrence. AB 85 advances health equity and makes real impact in reducing healthcare cost. Senate amendments were minor and technical. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 85. Thank you.
- 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. 44: ayes, 1 no. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 67, AB 258. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 258 by Assembly Member Reyes and others, an act relating to economic development.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Reyes, you are recognized.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, AB 258 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments incorporate technical feedback from Go-Biz, DGS and add a co-author. The bill has no opposition and is being sponsored by the Hispanic, Asian Pacific Islander and African American Chambers of Commerce. 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 54, noes: 1. Senate amends are concurred in. We'll pass temporarily on file number 68. We'll move to file number 69, AB 483. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 483 by Assembly Member Muratsuchi and others, an act related to MediCal.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Muratsuchi. You are recognized.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. This is an even better bill than the bills from Ventura or Menlo Park, because this is a bill that's going to streamline the MediCal billing process that will allow schools to be able to draw down millions of dollars in federal funding for more mental health and other health care treatment through our schools, for our kids, through the MediCal billing process. This bill has received no no votes, no opposition, 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. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 51 and noes: 0. Senate amends are concurred in. Pass temporarily on file number 70. Moving to file number 71, AB 847. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 847 by Assembly Member Luz Rivas, an act relating to MediCal.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Luz Rivas, you're recognized.
- Luz Rivas
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 847 is back on concurrence. Amendments taken in the Senate are technical and clarifying in nature. 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: 54, noes: 0. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 72, AB 945. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 945 by Assembly Member Reyes, an act relating to criminal procedure.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Reyes. You are recognized.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Coming back on a concurrence, AB 945 will require judicial counsel to submit a report to the Legislature detailing the rate of expungements to individuals under AB 2147. Senate amendments make technical changes and delays implementation. 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: 55, noes: 0. Senate amends concurred in. File number 73, AB 1015. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1015 by Assembly Member Calderon and others, an act relating to children's health.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Calderon, you are recognized.
- Lisa Calderon
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1015 is back for concurrence. Senate amendments were technical. Thank you, and 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 will close the roll. Ayes: 58, noes: 0. Moving to file number 75, AB 1286. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1286 by Assembly Member Haney and others, an act relating to pharmacy.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 1286 is a consumer protection bill that will require mandatory reporting of medication errors for a robust evaluation of the causes and prevention of errors. We worked a lot on this bill in the Senate and addressed the overwhelming majority of opposition concerns, including the pharmacy closures, which you may remember, which were taken out of the bill. Senate amendments also address a number of oppositions' other concerns, which includes providing more flexibility in the medication error reporting process. Thank you, 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. 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 43, noes: 8. Senate amends are concurred in. File number 77, AB 1650. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1650 by Assembly Member Jim Patterson, an act relating to family law.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Patterson. Jim Patterson. You are recognized.
- Jim Patterson
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, I rise to ask for you to concur in the Senate, minor, clarifying amendments, including double joining amendments. As you know, I regularly author and present to this body fixes in some of the adoption law and this bill seeks to do that as well. This corrects inequities and gaps in the family code related to adoption proceedings and parental rights. These changes appropriately modernize adoption and assisted reproduction related laws in order to establish more fairness and to better reflect current practice and realities.
- Jim Patterson
Person
And when we rationalize the law with current practice and realities, the formation and the adoption is much more solid and the family formation is not open to third party litigation and those kinds of things. We have no opposition to the bill. It's received unanimous support so far, and I do ask for your support. Thank you.
- 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: 0. Senate amends are concurred in. Going to move to file number 78, file -- AB 1653. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1653 by Assembly Member Sanchez, an act relating to interscholastic athletics.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Sanchez. You are recognized.
- Kate Sanchez
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1653 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments address chaptering out issues with another bill. The bill would establish best practices and guidelines for student athletics in extreme heat conditions. 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 will close the roll. Ayes 59, noes: 0. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 79, AB 1764. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1764 by the Committee on Housing and Community Development and others, an act relating to land use.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Wicks, you are recognized.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. This is the Housing Committee's annual omnibus bill. Senate amendments were technical and added chaptering language. 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. Ayes: 59, noes: 0. Clerk will close the roll. Senate amends are concurred in.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
We're going to go back to file number 6, AB 243. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 243 by Senator Alanis and others, an act relating to address confidentiality.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Alanis. You are recognized.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Colleagues, AB 243 is back on concurrence. Amendments in the Senate were technical in nature. I respectfully ask for an aye, and may the force be with you.
- 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 57, noes: 0. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 7. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 606 by Assembly Member Mathis and others, an act relating to endangered species.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Mathis, you are recognized.
- Devon Mathis
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, look at what you made me do. Today, I am presenting AB 606 on concurrence from the Senate. AB 606 will extend the sunset on California's accidental take provisions of the state endangered species, so you can shake it off when you accidentally catch or take a known species. We took Committee amendments in the Senate to make this the best bill on the floor tonight to add outreach requirements. This bill has received unanimous bipartisan support, and 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. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 54, noes: 0. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 8, AB 1722. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1722 by Assembly Member Megan Dahle, an act relating to pupil health.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Dahle, you are recognized.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1722 is back on concurrence and will help students get the medical care they need while on campus by addressing our nurses shortages and in our schools. In the Senate, we added clarifying amendments and a sunset date, which removed CTA's opposition. This bill has received strong bipartisan support and no no votes. 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 will close the roll. Ayes 58, noes: 0. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 35, AB 225. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 225 by Assembly Member Grayson, an act relating to property.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Grayson. You are recognized.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Thank you, Speaker. Members, AB 225 back on concurrence, and amendments were technical and clarifying. Bill has no opposition. Received unanimous bipartisan support. 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 will close the roll. Ayes: 56, noes: 0. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 37, AB 255.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 255 by Assembly Member Alanis and others, an act relating to public postsecondary education.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Alanis. You are recognized.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
Thank you again, Madam Speaker. Colleagues, AB 225 is back on concurrence. Amendments from the Senate were technical in nature and significantly reduced the costs. 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. All those vote, who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 58, noes: 0. Senate amends are concurred in. Jumping to file number 46. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 624 by Assembly Member Grayson, an act related to public postsecondary education.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Grayson. You are recognized.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Thank you, Speaker. Members, AB 624 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments were technical. This bill has no opposition. Received unanimous bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate. Clerk will close the roll -- open the roll. Open that. Just open it. Open the roll. All those vote, who desire to vote. Ayes: 56, noes: 1. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 48, AB 700. Assembly Member -- excuse me. Clerk will open the roll. You know what? Clerk can read it and they can just close it and open it and whatever at this point. Okay.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 700 by Assembly Member Grayson and others, an act related to public health.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Grayson. You are recognized.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, AB 700 is back on concurrence and amendments technical. Bill has no opposition. Received unanimous bipartisan support. 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: 58, noes: 0. Moving to file number 76, AB 1404.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 144 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, an act relating to disability access.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo. You are recognized.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 144 is back on concurrence and Senate amendments are technical in nature. The bill has no opposition and received no no votes. I respectfully request 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 will close the roll. Clerk close the roll. Ayes: 57, noes: 0. Senate amends are concurred in.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Moving to file number 34, AB 63. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 63 by Assembly Cervantes, an act relating to elections.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Cervantes, you are recognized.
- Sabrina Cervantes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, for allowing me to present Senate amendments to AB 63. These amendments are technical clarifications. They reduce the number of required election result updates to just once a week and make the bill better reflect the Secretary of State's actual communication of election results to both Houses of the Legislature. AB 63 will ensure that our House and the Senate are adequately notified of winning legislative candidates who are not actually registered to vote in the district that they ran to represent. This will further empower each House to exercise its constitutional duties to judge the eligibility to their prospective members. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 63.
- 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: 52, noes: 0. Senate amends are concurred in.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Moving to file number 41, AB 425. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 425 by Assemblymember Alvarez and others. An act relating to MediCal.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present AB 425 concurrence with Senate amendments. AB 425 is an important bill that allows MediCal beneficiaries to receive coverage for pharmacogenomics testing, which may reduce adverse drug events, improve clinical outcomes, reduce healthcare spending, and create more equitable access to better medication management. The amendments we took in the Senate were technical in nature. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on this bipartisan bill.
- 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 55, noes zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 70, AB 671. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 671 by Assemblymember Ward and others. An act relating to housing.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Ward, you are recognized.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 671 is back on concurrence. Amendments taken in the Senate were further clarifying the code section relating to CalHome funding for ADUs, as well as other minor technical changes. I respectfully ask for concurrence and Senate amendments.
- 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 52, noes zero. Senate amends, open the roll. I forgot, I don't think aye voted for the. 52 no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
We're going to move to file item number 17, AB 480. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 480 by Assemblymember Ting and others. An act relating to local government.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Ting.
- Philip Ting
Person
Pass for a second.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
We're going to pass temporarily on item number 17. Moving on to item number 68, AB 350. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 350 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry and others. An act relating to transportation.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, you may open.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
AB 350 is back for concurrence and amendments are taken over in the Senate, and I hope you vote for it. I'm really tired, I'm really sorry.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Hoover, you are recognized.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support of this bill. This is very important to the Sacramento region. I know that there were some amendments taken in the Senate that I do not love about this bill. I do not think it's a perfect bill, but I do think that this is a step in the right direction for our region, and I urge 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 vote who desire to. My apologies, I did not see you over there. We're going to strike the role. We strike the role. We're ready for you, Mr. Patterson.
- Jim Patterson
Person
Well, thank you, Madam Speaker. I'm not going to talk about Twitter. I too, support this legislation. There were amendments taken in the Senate that I think caused some concern with some folks. But this is a really important bill. I know that my cities in my district are really advocating for it. And while it's not perfect, this is something we really need. And so I hope my colleagues join me in supporting this bill to help the Sacramento region flourish. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Thank you, Assemblymember Patterson. And Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, your closing remarks.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
And thank you so much for my colleagues who spoke on this. This is a really important bill for our region, and we did have to take some amendments. So we added some reporting requirements and guardrails requested by the Air Resources Board. And with that, there's no opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
And now, 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 54 noes, zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're now going to move to item number 52, AB 867. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 867 by Assemblymember Friedman. An act relating to public social services.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Friedman, you may open.
- Laura Friedman
Person
Thank you.
- Laura Friedman
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I'm very pleased that AB 867 is back from the Senate in concurrence. This was a unanimously passed bipartisan bill that helps foster youth access the services that they need. And I would request an aye vote. Thank you.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1175 by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva and others. An act relating to outdoor advertising.
- 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 55, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to jump to item number 57, AB 1175. The Clerk will read.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, you may open.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 1175 is back from Senate and on concurrence. Amendments taken in the Senate reduce the extension from five years to two years for on-premises signs and redevelopment areas and added a co-author. This bill has received unanimous bipartisan 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 who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 55, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to now jump to item number 18, AB 529. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 529 by Assemblymember Gabriel and others. An act relating to adaptive reuse.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Gabriel, you may open.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'm pleased to present AB 529, which is back on concurrence. This bill would incentivize local jurisdictions to develop underutilized commercial land into affordable housing. Senate amendments were technical in nature and incorporated feedback from the Department of Housing Community Development. I want to thank my joint author from San Francisco, Assembly Member Haney, who is happy to support the bill despite the fact that the Dodgers are doing better than the Giants. Thank you and respectfully request and aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Assemblymember Gallagher, you are recognized.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Doesn't this guy have enough bills? I mean, does he really need another one? I'm insulted by that, by the way, because the Giants will come storming back. All right.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Gabriel, your closing remarks. Are you sure? Okay. 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 61, noes, zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Members, we're going to jump to item number four, AB 524.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 524 by Assembly Member Wicks and acting to employment.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Wicks, you may open.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 524 is back on. Concurrent Senate amendments require direct care of a family Member of designated sorry, let me try that one more time. Senate amendments require direct care of a family Member of designated person and state that scheduling absenteeism benefits leave and work performance accommodations are not required. This is supported by dozens of women's organizations, children's advocacy organizations, senior organizations, and others. 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 41, noes 13. Senate amendments are concurred in. Members, we are going to jump to item 30, AB 164. The Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 164 by submember Bonta and after lane to charter schools.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Bonta, you may open.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
And Members, AB 164 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments respond to the opposition concerns that the length of the first writer refusal process lead to the charter management organizations failing to make timely payments on outstanding debt. I submitted a letter to the journal to further clarify legislative intent. I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Wallace, you are recognized.
- Greg Wallis
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, I rise in opposition of AB 164. This wasn't a good Bill to begin with, and the Senate amendments have made it far worse. The deck is already stacked against charter schools ability to access facilities, and this just makes it worse. The state treasurer says AB 164 is unnecessary. Robust regulations already exist. AB 164 creates a huge new administrative cost and process for a nonexistent problem. And the new regulatory provisions are costly and redundant. The State Auditor found that these programs are running well and help kids in underserved communities.
- Greg Wallis
Legislator
We don't need this Bill. It's an attack on charter schools. This is why we can't have nice things. I urge you no vote on AB 16 Four.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Hoover, you are recognized.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise as the third youngest Member of the Republican Caucus in opposition to this Bill. Now, when you are young, they assume you know nothing. And that is why we need high performing school choice in our state.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
I am strongly opposed to AB 16 Four because I fear it will continue to create more barriers for parents and families trying to get their kids into a school that best fits their child's needs. That is not what we need to improve academic performance in our state. I urge you, no vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Muratsuchi. You are recognized.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. I rise in support of AB 16 Four. And let me start off by saying that I support good charter schools.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
I believe there is a role for good charter schools. But what this Bill is trying to accomplish is protecting public tax dollars that Fund charter school facilities by implementing the same requirements that currently apply to traditional public schools. This Bill will help ensure that public dollars stay with public facilities and that no private parties should be able to enrich themselves from a facility purchased with public funds. There's a lot of misinformation about the Senate amendments. As Chair of the Education Committee, let me make it clear.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
This Bill is virtually the same as the Bill we heard when it got out of the Assembly. The Senate amendments are clarifying and provide further protections to the bond market, and that claims that this Bill dramatically changed in the Senate are false. This is a good government Bill to help protect public tax dollars. And I respectfully ask for you aye vote
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Bonta, your closing remarks.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Thank you so much. We need to be proactive right now when it comes to hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars invested in capital infrastructure. This Bill offers a thoughtful and nuanced solution to that. It includes provisions to promote accountability and transparency and establishes an order of operations to what happens to the public's capital investments when charters close and cease to exist, which was lacking before. AB 16 Four ensures that our investments in educational infrastructure benefits students today and future generations of students to come.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
I want to thank and appreciate our Chair of the Education Committee, our colleague from Torrance, as well as the Senate Education Committee Chair for rolling up their sleeves and digging into very technical, land use and real estate issues when it comes to the charter school facilities grant. With that, I respectfully note that this Bill is sponsored by the California School Employees Association, supported by the California School Boards Association, the Labor Federation, CTA and CFT. I respectfully request your aye vote
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
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 43 No's 17 Senate amendments are concurred in Members. Without objection, we will briefly move to motions and resolutions and have Mr. Hart motion for his motion.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, I request unanimous consent to withdraw AB 1239 Calderon from enrollment and return the Bill to the Senate for further action.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will note Members, I'm now ready to entertain vote changes from your death.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
If you'd like to do a vote change, please raise your mic. And we're going to start with Assembly Member Ramos.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Item file 16 AB 92 vote change from Aye to not voting vote change.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly. Member Ramos. Assembly Bill 92. Aye. To not voting.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Gallagher.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
AB 1032 Pacheco no to aye.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Gallagher. Assembly Bill 1032 no to aye.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
AB 85. Aye. To not voting vote change.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Member Gallagher. Assembly Bill 85. Aye. To not voting.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Sanchez for your vote change, file.
- Kate Sanchez
Legislator
Item 106 SB 410 no to not voting.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Sanchez Senate Bill 410 no to not voting.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member. Rodriguez, your vote change.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Yeah, vote change AB 92 from Aye to not voting.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Rodriguez. Assembly Bill 92 aye to not voting.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Davies. Vote change.
- Laurie Davies
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Chair. Vote change from sorry vote change for AB 258 from opposed to aye.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Davies. Assembly Bill 240. Correction 258, no to aye.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, we are now going to take up item 40 AB 391. The Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 391 by semester. Joan Sawyer and accelerated crimes.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Joan Sawyer, you may open.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 391 is back in the Assembly for concurrence. It seeks to address the harassment in the child abuse reporting system. Senate amendments create a standardized process for vetting calls. This Bill has received unanimous bipartisan consent and has no registered opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the law. All those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 44 noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Assembly Member Dali, your vote change.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
Dahle vote change. AB 620. No to not voting.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Vote change. Assembly. Member Dahle Assembly Bill 620. No to not voting.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Alanis, your vote change.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
Assembly Member Alanis file number 75 AB 1286 from no to not voting.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Alanis, Assembly Bill 1286. No to not voting.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Alanis, your vote change.
- Reading Clerk
Person
File numbers are 24 AB 1032 Pacheco is from a no to a yes.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Alanice. Assembly Bill 1032 no to aye.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Dixon, your vote change.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'm going to change AB 1032 from no to yes, no to aye. Thank you.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Dixon. Assembly Bill 1032 no to aye.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, without objection, we are going to return to motions and resolution so that Mr. Hart can make his motion. Mr. Hart.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
Madam Speaker, I request unanimous consent to withdraw AB 1272 (Wood) from enrollment and return the bill to the Senate for further action.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Without objection, such shall be the order. Members, we're going to jump to item 110, SB. 15, the Clerk will read. I'm sorry, SB. 815. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 815 by Senator Roth and others an act related to healing arts.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Berman, you may open.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. SB 815 is the sunset bill for the Medical Board of California. Without this Bill, the Medical Board will no longer exist. The contents of this bill are the result of a multiyear sunset review process undertaken jointly by the Assembly and Senate Committees on Business and Professions. The bill has been amended numerous times throughout the year to respond to concerns raised by physicians licensed by the board. 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.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 43, noes 13. Measure passes.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member, Dixon, your vote change.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Yes. Assembly Bill 620 change from an aye to a not voting, please.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Dixon. Assembly Bill 620. Aye to not voting.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer, your vote change.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
Yes. File item number 100, SB 777 (Allen) vote change from no to aye
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer. Senate Bill 777, no to aye.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, we are going to take up file item number 99, SB 757. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 757, by Senator Archuleta and act relating to transportation.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Santiago, you may open.
- Miguel Santiago
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present Senate Bill 757 to ensure that all rail workers who are transported between work sites are transported with the proper permitting and insurance. This bill will help keep workers safe and ensure that California's vital rail workers are taken care of in the case of transportation accidents. This bill has no opposition. 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 vote who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 47, noes 12, measure passes. Members, we're going to take up item number 15, AB 1070.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1070 by Assembly Member Low, an act relating to healing arts.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Low, you may open.
- Evan Low
Person
Thank you very much Madam Speaker and colleagues. This bill is back on concurrence and should receive a green push of a button like the carpet is colored, as mentioned by the Member from Palmdale. I 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 57, noes, 0. Senate amendments are concurred any. We're going to take up item 17, AB 480.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 480 by Assembly Member Ting and others. An act relating to local government.
- Philip Ting
Person
Assembly Member Ting, you may open.
- Philip Ting
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 480 strengthens the Surplus Lands Act by closing enforcement loopholes for lands that are leased and lands that are sold for less than market value. Recent amends harmonize my bill, AB 480 and SB 747 by Senator Caballero. The two bills were worked on in good faith over the last year to make sure that they really strike a balance between affordable housing and economic development for jurisdictions in coastal and urban areas.
- Philip Ting
Person
And jurisdictions in rural areas. These amendments move local government, these amendments move most local government groups to neutral. Respectfully ask for aye vote on AB 480.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Joe Patterson. You are recognized.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
Well, thank you, Madam Speaker. Thank you for this lovely sitting space over here. But I'm going to shake it off. I rise in support of this measure, and I understand, as I understand it, the League of Cities and the counties have removed their opposition.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
And while some cities, being on a City Council myself, a lot of cities had concerns with the Surplus Land Act in general, and I understand those concerns, but this improves it, especially when it comes to leases and the flexibility that cities and counties will be able to lease property that they own and create some economic development.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
But it also helps cities understand, because if anybody's been on a city council or a county, oftentimes the city attorneys or the county councils are a little bit on the conservative side and they like to say no to a lot of things. This actually makes it clear on what is and isn't allowed and is helpful for the city attorneys and county council to guide their elected officials in how they're going to dispose of surplus property. So with that, I'm happy to support this, and I ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item. Assembly Member Ting, any closing remarks?
- Philip Ting
Person
Yes, just to clarify, I really appreciate the comments from my colleague from Rockland. And just to add that California transit agencies are now in support and CSAC, the urban counties, the rural counties, and special districts have all moved their opposition to neutral now. Thank you.
- 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 49, Noes 10. Senate amendments are concurred in. Without objection, we will move to motions and resolution for the purpose of Assembly Member Bryan's motion.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. There's a letter at the desk relative to AB 480 by Assembly Member Ting and AB 747 by Assembly Member Caballero. Pursuant to Assembly Rule 42(C) I request unanimous consent to print the letter in the journal.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Without objection, such will be the order. Members, we're now going to take up item 112, SB 555.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read Senate Bill 555.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 555 by Senator Wahob and atrilane to housing.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Haney, you may open.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you. Madam Speaker and Members, I rise to present on behalf of Senator Wahab SB 55. The Stable Affordable Housing Act. Before we can begin to invest in and build housing, we must conduct a thorough account of the opportunities, resources, and barriers to achieve the state's housing goals. SB 55 is a study Bill that will help us conduct this research.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
We know that the Department of Housing and Community Development's most recent assessment of housing needs found that we need 1.4 million units of housing, affordable housing, by 2030. We are far from meeting this goal because the development of deed restricted, Low income affordable housing for the past few years hovers just around 20,000 units. SB 55 directs HCD to create a practical, data driven study that will help identify pathways to acquire, preserve and produce stable, affordable housing at the scale of the crisis we are in. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote on behalf of Senator Wahab.
- 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 to desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 42, Nos 15 measure passes.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members. We will now take a break. To allow two committees to meet and to allow Members to go to dinner.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Democrats dinner will be set up in the Willie Brown conference room.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Republicans dinner will be set up in Capitol room 125.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members are not released. The quorum call will remain in place. During the Committee and dinner break.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The following committees will meet during the break education in Capitol room 444 governmental organization in capitol room 437. We will reconvene at. 07:00 p.m. Members, what time will we reconvene? 07:00 p.m. We are recessed under call until 07:00 p.m..
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Welcome back, everyone. Thank you. We're going to start going over the supplemental file, so it'll be a couple of minutes, but we are gaveled in, meaning we need to have you back here on the floor. We'll start shortly. Thank you, Mayor. Members, I would like to welcome our rules. Committee's chair Johnny's Ramos has a special guest at his desk today. No, don't shake your head. Please welcome his wife, Teresa. Might as well go on to the next fun thing.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, we have a birthday coming up on September 17, and it is Mr Grayson. I don't know where he went to. I think he's hiding from us. But it's not Juan Carillo's birthday. It's Mr Grayson's birthday.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
You Members file item 114, SB 525.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 525 by Senator De Rosso and others snack late to employment.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise today to present SB 525 on behalf of Senator Durazo. This historic piece of legislation will set the highest minimum wage in the country for healthcare workers. It will set a minimum wage of $25 an hour for healthcare workers in our state. It comes as a result of an incredible historic investment that labor and employment groups have come together to negotiate and agree to. I want to thank Senator Durazo.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
I know that many of us have been discussing this piece of legislation for months, and to thank our speaker as well and the Speaker's staff for the incredible negotiations that they've undertaken alongside labor and employer groups. This Bill has realistic timelines so we make sure that our healthcare system can fully implement these changes and also continue to serve the residents of our state.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
This Bill will make our healthcare system more resilient and stable, and help to attract workers to an industry that we know has struggled to recruit and retain staff since the pandemic. This Bill will raise the wages for over 500,000 workers in our state. It is an extraordinary investment in our health care system, but it is also a reflection of our appreciation, our gratitude for people who do some of the hardest work and take care of the constituents that all of us represent.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
The final version of this Bill that you are going to be voting on today represents agreements that have been worked out with a range of stakeholders to address concerns that have been raised with implementation, all while still investing in our workforce. Larger employers would begin investing in the workforce right away to ensure that we are able to stabilize the workforce by going to $23 an hour for their healthcare workers immediately.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Health facilities with a mix of medical and Medicare patients and rural and small county facilities would have more time to get to $25 an hour, starting at $18 right away and giving workers an immediate increase in language worked out with the clinics. They would reach $25 by 2027, and all other health employers covered in this Bill would reach $25 by 2028.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
This Bill creates a statewide solution addressing the healthcare workforce crisis, and therefore would preempt local ordinances on healthcare specific wages that are not already in effect for 10 years and preempt compensation caps for six years. Importantly, this wage increase that applies to all workers would still apply to healthcare workers, and this measure would not impact local public sector bargaining Members. This Bill represents a historic investment in the healthcare workforce.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
It is something that is demonstrating our commitment not only to our workers, but to the residents and patients that they serve. It is a much needed, urgent statewide solution that will also account for the regional and local differences, and is a critical step to ensuring that we address our healthcare workforce shortage.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Again, I want to thank Senator Durazo, and I know all of us have seen the extraordinary work that has been done in this house by so many of our Members, by the speaker, by the Speaker's staff, and also by the representatives of labor and the healthcare industry themselves. They have sat down at the table to get this right. We've heard from everyone as this has moved forward.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
And I think the agreement in front of us is one that we can all get behind, that we can all be proud of, that will strengthen our healthcare system, that will uplift our workers, and that will ensure that our system is stable and accessible and strong for the patients who rely on it. With that, I respectfully ask your aye vote on behalf of Senator Durazo, and request an immediate transmittal to the Senate.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Dahle you recognize.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise this evening in strong opposition to SB 525, a one size fits all Bill that threatens to restrict healthcare access for our underserved populations and the rural and frontier regions of California. Even with the delayed implementation, this Bill will have disastrous impacts on independent medical facilities, rural healthcare centers, and hospitals. The recent amendments clearly indicate that a deal has been made leaving our rural clinics high and dry.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
The first Assembly District is made up of 11 rural counties from frontier counties, covering approximately 16% of California's geographic area. Let me say that again, I represent 11 counties. 11 in a region where medical facilities are scarce and attracting medical professionals is an incredible challenge. SB 525 would put undue strain on an already struggling rural healthcare sector. SB 525 will decrease access in essential services for underserved and offered lower income populations of my district.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
It will have a detrimental impact on the capacity of our rural and frontier health centers to provide care due to the cascading effect these wage increases would trigger without sustainable funding. One rural healthcare network of clinics within my districts serves residents in some of the state's most remote counties, including Lassen, Modoc, Sisku, and Shasta. They accept all forms of insurance because often their clinics are the sole healthcare providers in these communities.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
Medicare like Medi Cal reimburses at a flat rate, while private insurance offer even lower payments, leaving the clinics unable to leverage that large patient volumes for negotiations. This equates to $2.5 million increase to the budget of seven clinics, which currently operate in the total annual budget of $16 million. Rural areas have fewer residents, often due to limited employment opportunities. But those working in those medical fields do so out of the desire to give back to their communities.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
I'd like to read a quote from the Mountain Valley's Healthcare Center CEO and a close personal friend of mine. Permission to read. Without objection, these provisions would lead to an extreme financial hardship, leading to a significant reductions of patient services or closure altogether. We worked hard in 1998 to revitalize clinics in the northeastern sisku County because patients were going to the emergency room across the border in Oregon for primary care services.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
This legislation, as written, will close Mountain Valley's healthcare clinics, and this scenario that we once lived will happen again. But in more communities. The constituents of the First Assembly District should not lose access to vital medical services to a one size fits all legislation. This will, without a doubt, break rural healthcare systems. This year, we've experienced hospital closures across the state, forcing more Californians to struggle with access to health care.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
If you support this Bill, you're supporting the Bill that will inevitably shutter medical clinic doors, particularly in poor rural communities. Members, right now in my district, currently where I live, you drive 2 hours to have a baby. This is incredibly detrimental to my district. And, you'd know, I don't rise very often, but I am very passionate about this as you I think you can hear me this evening. So I know a deal has been made and I had to stand today to stand for my communities.
- Megan Dahle
Legislator
But I will be a strong no. And hopefully when something does detrimentally happen, the rest of you will stand with me when we need to fix it. So thank you. And I encourage a no.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Alvarez, you are recognized.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise today and don't often do on bills, but I wanted to stand and to thank the author, Senator Duraso. Too often and days like today, we have bills that come and go and bills that often authors don't invest the time and the commitment that it takes to make a very difficult issue become easier for all of us to vote on. And that was the work that Senator Duraso did on this Bill.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
She had a vision that I think a lot of us agreed with, which was raising wages for working people, particularly those in the healthcare industry. But she also understood that some of us had clinics who served our Low income populations, who otherwise would have no access to health care if it weren't for those clinics. And they needed to be part of the conversation. And she said yes to them. She brought in hospitals who have been distressed.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
I also happen to represent a couple of those and made sure that the way that this Bill was structured addressed their concerns. So I rise today, obviously very much in support of raising wages for workers. And I want to thank the workers who pushed on this. But in specific, I want to thank.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
And I've told her privately, but I think it's important to recognize that when an author, when a Senator, when a Legislator knows that it's a hard Bill, that they do the hard work to make sure that when it comes to us, it's with taking the input of all the stakeholders in mind and you can have a result like the one we have today.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
And I would be remiss not to thank the speaker because on his day, where he gave his first speech as speaker, he talked about this type of work, working with others to make sure we brought forward progress for Californians, but not leaving anybody behind. And that's significant. And I just rise to recognize the work of our speaker and of Senator Rosso. Thank you very much.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Rayes, you're recognized.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. When this Bill first came up, I thought, what a wonderful idea. We're taking care of our workers, essential workers, frontline workers. These are the very people that we counted on when we went through COVID. We lost so many of them, but they weren't organized. They weren't getting the help from the rest of us. They were not getting the wages they deserved. And so when this Bill came up, I thought, this is going to be a tough one.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
I don't see how this is going to happen. Like the rest of you, I had visits from so many who were for, but so many who were against, including the hospitals. They said, this is the worst thing that can happen to us. We're not going to be able to make it.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
And just like my colleague has indicated, my colleague from San Diego, so much work went into making this the best Bill possible, making sure that not only the workers were taken care of, but the issues that were presented by the clinics, by the hospitals, by the others were also addressed. Senator Durazo, my colleague from Los Angeles, spent a whole lot of time with a whole lot of people to make sure she got it right.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
And I think that although it looked like a dream, an unattainable dream initially, the fact that she was able to get to the point where the hospital Association not only went neutral, but sent their notification that they were in favor of this Bill, that took a lot takes a lot of work.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
It's hard work to get to a point where you're able to convince those who are absolutely opposed to legislation that you're introducing to get them to the point where they will say, not only will I go neutral, I am going to ask people to vote for it. That is where this Bill is now.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
And I sincerely appreciate the work of labor in helping the workers get to this point, to helping the workers talk to us about what it has meant for them not to be paid what they were worth, not to be paid what they were worth.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
And finally, it's going to be put in place in such a way that the wages will be increased, that we will show our healthcare workers how much we appreciate their sacrifice during COVID but even outside of COVID and with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote on SB 525.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Sony Muratsuchi. You are recognized.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. I also rise in support of SB 525. But I do want to acknowledge the concerns raised by our colleague from Beaver. I said this before when we were discussing this Bill, that we have competing priorities here. We want to make sure that our healthcare workers have livable wages, but we also want to ensure that every Californian has access to good health care.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
And I'm concerned that while we are achieving this agreement, that all major stakeholders appear to have reached an agreement to either support the Bill or to remove their opposition. I do want to acknowledge that I am continuing to hear concerns from healthcare providers about the impact on access to healthcare. So I wanted to join and support our colleagues call for any follow up work to do to make sure that this doesn't impact access to health care.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember wood, you are recognized.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. It's interesting the different perspectives here. When I first heard about the Bill, I said, there's no way that that can work for my communities. And I have to say, I am really impressed with the work that has gone into this. With all due respect to our colleague from Bieber, this is not a one size fits all. There is no way I could stand up here and say, I'm supporting this Bill tonight. If it was there are different levels.
- Jim Wood
Person
There's a lower tier for smaller, more rural hospitals that are going to have a harder time initially. There are other hospitals in large urban areas that are going to be able to achieve this much more quickly. That is not a one size fits all approach. And I think that's really, really important because so many times in this house, we do that one size fits all doesn't work for our communities. And so I, like my colleague from Bieber, represent a rural area. We have critical access hospitals.
- Jim Wood
Person
There are 35 in the state. I have six of them in my district. I am really, really acutely aware of the challenges that healthcare faces. 50% of the care that people get in healthcare in my district comes from rural clinics or federally qualified health centers or community health centers. 50%, like, and probably more for our colleague from Bieber.
- Jim Wood
Person
But I will be watching closely because I think a lot of people assume that because we live and represent rural areas, that the cost of living is lower there, and it's often not. When gasoline was high, it was higher in our communities. Food can be higher in our communities. So there are challenges that we face that we're not aware of. We still have real significant challenges with potential for hospitals becoming distressed hospitals.
- Jim Wood
Person
So we need to be as a body, we need to continue to monitor that I believe that this is the right piece of legislation. This is crafted well. And I see the author here, and we had a very uncomfortable conversation across the table because of the need to protect our communities. We have serious workforce issues now in our districts. We have really hard time getting primary care providers.
- Jim Wood
Person
That's why I was so passionate about trying to get nurse practitioners with specific training to be able to be there to provide primary care. We have a lot of challenges that a lot of you don't have in large urban areas. And we also have earthquake retrofit challenges. I'm desperately hoping that we can continue that. This is not just the only piece of this conversation. When a community loses a hospital, it loses more than just a hospital. It loses a major employer.
- Jim Wood
Person
And it forces people to have to go further and further and further away from health care. So this is absolutely important to recognize healthcare workers and support them financially, but it is part of a larger ecosystem. And so I want to commend everybody who's worked so hard on this. And with that, I respectfully ask for your Ivote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Mathis. You are recognized.
- Devon Mathis
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members I would say question to the author, but we're floor jockeying tonight. But it's more rhetorical. Anyway, where's the money going to come from? I think we all agree that our healthcare workers absolutely should get paid more. They're fantastic. They're amazing people. They do amazing work. I spent this last week, our final week, in session. My son, Jefferson Spina bifida, eight years old, surgery number eight. He's been in the hospital all week.
- Devon Mathis
Person
Got released to go home today, and I've slept on a little pull out hospital bed, holding his little hand these last several nights. The workers there at our hospitals are amazing, and they deserve everything that we can do for them. But we also have to look at the other side of this, and that's the cost and where the money comes from and how it gets handed down.
- Devon Mathis
Person
While I'm tremendously thankful that my son had an amazing surgery, I'm not looking forward to the Bill from his hospital stay. And part of that Bill is going to be that increased cost for the staff. It's going to be an increased cost on our insurance premiums. The money has to come from somewhere. I also represent a rural district of a handful of community hospitals and clinics that are barely hanging on to.
- Devon Mathis
Person
We have to deal with the seismic issue, multibillion dollar issue, or our areas are going to close down. I've already had a hospital in my district before close down in the Valley. We've trying to figure out Madeira, and we've done a lot of stuff this year to keep them going. But ask yourselves, as you cast this, how many of you all know somebody who has medical debt or has struggled with medical debt, who has those bills to pay.
- Devon Mathis
Person
And as you go to cast this, yeah, we want to make sure our nurses do better, but we all have this overhead. A lot of people in California have a lot of debt because we keep increasing the cost of living. So we have this mindset that we'll increase the minimum, and we'll just keep pushing it up and up and up and up. But somebody has to pay for that increase.
- Devon Mathis
Person
And at the end of the day, that increases the bills of all those who are already in medical debt that already have to pay to keep their families healthy, to pay for the surgeries that are needed. It's coming out of their pockets ultimately. And when we already have the highest taxes in the country, we already have the highest cost of living.
- Devon Mathis
Person
Yeah, we want to make sure our healthcare workers can get more, but we have to do what we can to lower that cost of living and stop pushing it up from the bottom. And for that, I ask you for a no vote. Support the families that are already in debt paying for medical bills.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Gibson, you are recognized.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. Members. Just want to first of all, we hope that my colleague from Porterville, that his son has a speedy recovery. And so I want to also thank the author for bringing this Bill before us. I certainly had my strong reservations and my reservations because I represent Martin Luther King Hospital, located in Watts, where I was born and raised. You see, Martin Luther King Hospital closed down, and very few hospitals in California rise from the ashes and reopen again.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And so my concern was, can Martha King Hospital, which is a distressed hospital, close down? There was a 13 year old boy when the hospital closed down, he had asthma attacked on the way to USC. He died from having an asthma attack. And that's the indication that the closest hospital to the Watts community, where I was born and raised, is further away. And so my reservations was one that making sure that Martin Luther King Hospital was already distressed.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Hospital who received money from that Fund, like a number of other hospitals, don't close his doors, because if it closes doors, it will certainly affect the population that serves African Americans and Latinos in that surrounding community. And so I want to also lend my voice with others. I'm thanking the author for one striking a deal, because I know that a lot of hard work was done in this space.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
But I'm also encouraged to know that, one, we're going to be working towards one, to try to address other distressed hospitals moving forward so that these hospitals can continue to provide the kind of services that our community depends on.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And so I'm happy that we're here at this point, but I do think that there's a lot of work that we need to do based on some conversation that people have already indicated, to making sure that, one, that we not only have a superior health service delivering, but we also take care of our frontline workers. My sister is 32 years in the medical field as a head nurse, charge nurse, and then a couple of doctors in the family.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And so we want to make sure that they're still in a position to be able to provide the kind of services that those communities need. But we also need to make sure that, one, that the hospitals who are distressed continue to thrive and also be able to provide the kind of services that these communities desperately need. So I respectfully ask for a strong aye vote. Again, thank the author and also the floor jockey for bringing this piece of legislation before us.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Bennett, you're recognized.
- Steve Bennett
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. The corrosive effect of growing income inequality in the United States is one of the biggest challenges we have. We need well thought out, well compromised bills like this to increase the wages of those people at the bottom. And whatever we have to do to try to decrease the corrosive effects of income inequality are appropriate here on this floor. Thank you very much.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Lee, you are recognized.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
I just want to rise in strong support of SV 525. As the son of a healthcare worker, I intimately understand how long and hard this job can be, how grueling it can be on the body and the mind to be exposed to so much suffering and of course, during the pandemic to go through so much of that.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
I just want to highlight one important thing, is that it is true we need desperately much more healthcare service and access to make sure that it is a universal right across California. But we cannot allow it to be erased to the bottom where we are allowing our workers to be underpaid and overworked just so that a couple more people get services. It is not a sustainable or morally righteous system. And that's why this is such an important first step.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Yes, we'll get to a distressed hospitals, yes, we'll get to all the other issues, but this takes care of the people we called essential workers and heroes. And $25 as a floor is a great start. As your ivote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Weber, you are recognized.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to thank the author. This was a very simple, noble concept to make sure that those people working in the healthcare space get paid what they should. But I know it has been a challenge to get to where you are today. So I really want to commend you and everyone who worked with you on the Bill that we will be voting on shortly.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
I want to let my colleague from the rural areas know that I hear you and I understand your concern and I want to make sure that all of us, whether we vote on this Bill or not, commit to really watching what's happening within our own clinics and hospitals, in our own areas. It's not a one size fits all.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
And that's one of my concerns, because I don't want us to create a system where we are once again having inequity within our health care that if you're working in the inner city or in a rural area, you get paid less than someone who works in a more wealthier area, because that's going to be difficult to recruit and retain workers and the best in the field.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
And so as we try to break down a lot of the inequities a lot of the disparities that has happened over the course of California's history, we need to make sure that we're not setting up another one inadvertently with this particular Bill. So I urge that you support it today. It's got some great things in it.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
And I thank you for the local ordinance, but I just ask for you to keep in touch with the hospitals and the clinics in your areas to make sure that those who do oftentimes see the sickest and take care of those with the most chronic illnesses are not being depleted of resources in their workers and in their staff. And if that does happen, we as a legislative body must commit to fixing that immediately.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
And with that, I ask for your aye vote on SB 525.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no excuse me, Dr. Baines, you are recognized.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
I just wanted to echo Dr. Weber's comments as well. Thank the author for her work on this. I remember when COVID first hit and for my family having three frontline physicians. I remember my mother being really concerned. My brother was working in New Jersey at the time where COVID-19 was hitting really hard. I remember him coming down with COVID-19 as an ER physician.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
I remember seeing the fear on my mother's face. I remember my life being flipped upside down during COVID-19. We worked more than we've ever worked in our residency career during COVID-19. Our healthcare workers are still undergoing trauma from what we saw during COVID-19. For me as well, a lot of the lives that I saw that were lost working at the front lines. This is a very difficult concept.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
And as a person that works in Rural Clinics, as a healthcare provider in Rural Clinics, it is very concerning to make sure that our Rural Clinics stay open and that they have all the resources. So what I'm trying to say is our work is not done. This is just starting. And we need to make sure that we continue this hard work and we continue making sure we do everything we can to increase healthcare access and to support our rural infrastructures.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
We all go to break after tonight. I go back to the clinic. This is real and our work is not over. And we will continue to work. I will support this today. But that's where my commitment is, that we're going to continue working to make sure our rural infrastructure and healthcare is strengthened,
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no further discussion or debate. Senator Haney, would you like to close?
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you Members, for your comments and for the reminder that this is not the end of this conversation. There is so much as we've heard that we still need to do that we need to continue to do to make sure that this is done right and that we continue to invest and improve our health care system. With that said, we absolutely can do this and we must do this today. There's nothing more noble or essential than taking care of people who are sick.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
And we have to take care of the people who do that work. We have a responsibility to, we have a moral responsibility to, but we also have a responsibility to invest in them to stabilize the system. What we know is that a third of people who work in healthcare right now are considering leaving the profession. And the number one reason that they give for leaving the profession is Low wages.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
And so if we don't invest in these folks, we're going to have vacancies and there's going to be nobody to provide that care. So we do this because it's the right thing to do. We do this because we need to do it.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
And thanks to the incredible work of Senator Derazzo, of our speaker of the workers themselves, SEIU California and the employers who came together, California Hospital Association in support of this, as you heard, California Children's Hospital Association in support, we heard about the rural counties and the urban counties. Both of them submitted a letter saying that they think that the timelines in this Bill are realistic opposition removed from the clinics. This is done the right way.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
It's done in a thoughtful, nuanced way that protects our healthcare system while uplifting our workers. We have so many people to thank for their hard work in getting this right. But with this vote, we do the right thing for our healthcare workers. We do the right thing for the residents that we serve.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
And today California will make history by voting to send forward a piece of legislation that will raise the minimum wage for healthcare workers one of the most essential and important professions in our state to the highest in the nation. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote on concurrence. And thank you, Senator Durazo.
- 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 voter desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. ayes 59. No's, 11. Without objection. Immediate transmittal to the Senate.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
We are now going to lift the call on file item 28, AB 1167. Clerk will post. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 42, noes 17. Senate amends are concurred in. File number 89, SB 749. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Senate Bill 749 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas. An act relating to the criminal procedure, declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Ting, you are recognized.
- Philip Ting
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present SB 49 on behalf of Senator Smallwood-Cuevas. This is a very simple bill. This bill extends the deadline indefinitely for qualified individuals to file petitions for records, reclassification, or resentencing. This process had lapsed as of last November, which was a previous bill done by my former colleague, Assemblymember Shirley Weber, passed in 2016.
- Philip Ting
Person
In the past few years, we've seen over a million people who were low-level nonviolent offenders go through this petition process to reduce their sentences. This creates a streamlined approach, which we've been using for a number of years, which has since lapsed. Now, if people want to exercise their legal rights, they have to jump through hoops and provide a sense of good cause in order to get their rights and to be able to reduce their sentences. This definition is inconsistent. It goes county by county. And again, we should be making it easier for people to exercise their rights, not harder.
- Philip Ting
Person
And just to be clear, individuals with violent or sex offenses are not eligible for their relief. And of course, courts can still exercise judicial discretion and deny a petition, which is what the process has been. This bill does not expand or change any eligibility. So nobody who wasn't eligible before is eligible when this bill gets signed. So again, this bill does not change any eligibility. This is merely a streamlined approach to make sure individuals can exercise their legal rights. I ask for an aye vote on SB 749.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Nguyen, you are recognized.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, members. As some of you may know, I am the wife of a police officer, and he goes out every day to protect our community. But let me be clear. I have major qualms with Prop 47 and disagree with the many crimes that it reclassified, such as increasing the threshold of petty theft to $950, which has led to rampant retail theft, or how perpetrators of these lower-level crimes are no longer swabbed for DNA, resulting in a huge hit to our national DNA database. You've all read about it. You've all seen it. DNA has solved many murder and rape cases up and down our state.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
That being said, I do, however, believe that individuals that were previously convicted of crimes, such as writing a fraudulent check or possession of small amounts of a controlled substance, should remain eligible to petition the court for reduction of their prior felony sentence. Members, if an individual got caught today with possessing less than 1 oz of marijuana, today, with less than 1 oz of marijuana, they would receive a misdemeanor.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
However, if they were caught prior to Prop 47, they could still be serving significant time in prison. Right now, today, for something that is considered a misdemeanor today. This doesn't make sense to me and it shouldn't make sense to you. By supporting this measure today, I am in no way endorsing the major flaws of Prop 47.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Prop 47 needs to be fixed, and our Assembly Public Safety Committee needs to address these flaws. I am simply stating that persons that have committed low-level offenses like the one I previously mentioned, should have the opportunity to petition the court for a reduced sentence and that the court should make that determination. Madam Speaker, permission to read a list.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Without objection.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
I'm going to go through this list real quick here, and you're going to hear many of these associations, organizations, and groups that are from all of your districts.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Peace Officers Research Association of California, also known as PORAC, California Association of Highway Patrolmen, California Police Chiefs Association, Fraternal Order of Police, California District Attorneys Association, California Reserve Peace Officers' Association, Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, Law Enforcement Managers Association, Sacramento County Deputies Sheriffs' Association, Sacramento Police Officers Association, Elk Grove Police Officers Association, Arcadia Police Officers Association, Burbank Police Officers Association, Claremont Police Officers Association, Corona Police Officers Association, Crime Victims Alliance, Crime Victims United of California, Culver City Police Officers Association, Deputy Sheriff's Association of Monterey County, Fullerton Police Officers Association, Monterey County District Attorney's Office, Newport Beach Police Association, Novado Police Officers Association, Orange County Sheriff's Department, Palos Verdes Police Officers' Association, Placer County Deputy Sheriff's Association, Pomona Police Officers' Association, Riverside Police Officers' Association, Riverside Sheriff's Association, San Diego County District Attorney's Office, San Diego Deputy District Attorneys Association, Santa Ana Police Officers' Association, Upland Police Officers' Association, Ventura County Police Officers' Association, Ventura County Office of the District Attorney, all of these associations in group do not oppose this bill.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
I'll say it again, all of these groups, associations are not in opposition of this bill. Members, in 2016, the Assembly extended this provision under AB 2765 for additional 5...
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
15 seconds.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The bill passed 58 to 19 in the Assembly. I will be supporting this. I urge an aye vote and I hope you'll join me as well.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you very much. Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you are recognized.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much. As a former prosecutor, I never supported Proposition 47, but I will be supporting this measure. I struggled with this vote similar to our colleague from Sacramento. But the best argument that I heard from our Senator from Los Angeles, the author of this bill, is that the best anti-crime strategy is a good job and housing. And I know as a former prosecutor, how difficult it is to get a job and housing with a felony conviction.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
And so, while I never supported Proposition 47 and I joined my colleague from Sacramento and calling for restoring some balance in our public safety laws, almost 60% of California voters did pass Proposition 47 to lower these identified crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. And as long as that is what California voters passed, I feel that this is a prudent anti-crime strategy for those who are eligible to reduce their convictions from felonies to misdemeanors to be able to get on with their lives. And so I ask for aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Majority Leader Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and colleagues. I didn't plan on speaking, but I could not miss the opportunity to join my colleague from Manhattan Beach. This is an important measure. This is about implementation. It's about policy implementation. It's about following through on the right thing. It is a crime reduction strategy. It is an extension of something we had already done that lapsed in November of 2022. It's an important measure from my Senator from Los Angeles. And I strongly also ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Dixon, you are recognized.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm confused because I know the City of Newport Beach Police Officers Association remains opposed to this bill. And just looking on the file these letters that have come in, most recently September 13, Newport Beach, Palos Verdes, Pomona, California State Sheriff's Association, Burbank Police Officers, Arcadia, California Police Officers.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
I mean, I don't know where my colleague from Sacramento got her information. I'm just looking at these dates. All of them are dated 9/13/2023. Riverside, Riverside Sheriff, Santa Ana, Upland, Corona, Culver City, Deputy Sheriff's Association Monterey, Los Angeles Police Officers Association, Newport Beach, Novado. So I just want to correct the record, if nothing else, that I believe law enforcement is perhaps divided on this, but their opinions need to be correctly reflected in the record, and I think that's important information. Thank you very much.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you very much. Seeing no other discussion or debate, Assemblymember Ting, would you like to close?
- Philip Ting
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Again, really appreciate the very robust debate on this very important subject. I'll go back to my good friend from Torrance who really said it very well, is that if we want to see a drop in crime, we need to make sure that people get an economic opportunity, they can get housing, they can get jobs.
- Philip Ting
Person
I was really proud to author a records relief bill that was passed and signed into law a number of years ago, really changing the lives of thousands of Californians up and down this state. And again, this is all about making sure that people can exercise their legal rights and that it's easy and simple to exercise their legal rights. We want to make sure that these people have that second chance, and the people deserve a second chance. So, again, respectfully ask for an aye vote on SB 749.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote. This is a 54 vote bill. 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 will close the roll. Ayes 54, noes 15. Measure pass. On the urgency 5415 on the bill, bill passes. Moving to, moving to file number 203, AB 88. Assembly Members, Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 88 by Assembly Member Sanchez and others. An act relating to crime victims.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Sanchez, you are recognized.
- Kate Sanchez
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 88 is back on concurrence. This is a reasonable bill that will help crime victims, their next of kin and family members meaningfully exercise their rights to attend parole and resentencing hearings. Senate amendments address chaptering out issues. This has received widespread, bipartisan support 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 close the roll. Ayes 64, Noes zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 204, AB 988.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 988 by Assembly Member Mathis and others. An act relating to mental health.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Mathis, you are recognized.
- Devon Mathis
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 988 is in reference to our national suicide hotline. What this bill does is this ensures that when veterans call into this number, we are allowed to get that data. I put my blood, sweat and tears into this bill, making sure that we take care of our veterans, that we get as much information on them, that we're tracking this.
- Devon Mathis
Person
The fact that the number for veteran suicide, as I've talked about before, it was 22 a day after COVID, that number shot up to over 40 a day, of our veterans that we're losing. So, members, I ask for your support on this measure. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan. You are recognized.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I just want to thank our colleague for bringing this measure. He was a huge supporter when we brought the 988 measure before this body, but in part because it is the lives every day that we are trying to save. And I know his first hand experience with the veterans who are facing suicidal ideation and suicide. And so I want to thank him for his continued effort on their behalf and all of you for making this possible.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no other further discussion nor debate, Assembly Member Mathis, would you like to close?
- Devon Mathis
Person
I'll take that as my close. Thank you.
- 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 70, noes 0. Senate amends are concurred in. Members pursuant to Assembly rule 77.2 I am rereferring the following measures to Committee. We're going back to motions and resolutions. AB 389, (Ramos) to higher education. AB 531, (Irwin) to Housing and Community Development. AB 1228, (Holden) to labor employment. Majority Leader Bryan, you are recognized.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Without objection, we will return to motions and resolutions for majority, Brian to
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Make two motions.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
To bring his motions up, two motions up.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, I request unanimous consent to suspend Joint Rule 62 (A), the file notice requirement to allow the following committees to meet today upon call of the chair. Higher Education Committee to hear AB 389 (Ramos) in Capitol Room 437, Housing Community Development Committee to hear AB 531 (Irwin) in Capitol Room 444, and Labor and Employment Committee to hear AB 1228 (Holden) in Capitol Room 447.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Without objection, such will be the order. Members, we're moving to file number 85, AJR 8. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Joint Resolution 8 by Assembly Member Essayli and others relative to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Essayli, you are recognized.
- Bill Essayli
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, and appreciate my colleagues listening to me on this bill. Just passed public safety yesterday unanimously, and I rise to proudly present AJR 8, which calls on the federal government to refrain from reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Section 702 allows the government to gather and use information without a warrant, which is then used to prosecute and incarcerate individuals. Section 702 is sold to the public as a tool to combat terrorism and targets foreign intelligence information.
- Bill Essayli
Legislator
This term is so vague, it has been interpreted broadly, resulting in the mass surveillance of American citizens. Since 911, Muslims have been disproportionately targeted by Section 702 and multiple courts have concluded these warrantless searches were, in fact, unconstitutional. In fact, the United States government has a terrible track record of misusing surveillance capabilities to target marginalized groups, political dissidents, political candidates and activists.
- Bill Essayli
Legislator
The information collected by Section 702 is stored in a database for years and in some cases indefinitely, where the FBI, CIA and NSA routinely search through and gain information about American citizens and about, frankly, all of us here today. In a recently unclassified court ruling, it was found that between, just one year, from 2020 to 2021, the FBI misused their surveillance capabilities by over 278,000 times.
- Bill Essayli
Legislator
AJR 8 urges Congress to refrain from reauthorizing Section 702. Let's put an end to warrantless searches and the mass collection of American citizens information this has no opposition. And I ask for an aye support. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Majority Leader Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Colleagues, I want to recognize our colleague from Corona, the only Muslim American in this body who has been championing this resolution all year, who has done the work to secure the necessary support on this Floor. I will be supporting this resolution and respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no other discussion nor debate. Would you like to close Assembly Member?
- Bill Essayli
Legislator
Yes. I just want to thank my colleagues comments and appreciate the bipartisan support. Thank you.
- 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. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll. Ayes 51. Ayes 52. Noes, 0. Resolution is adopted.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, file number 215, AB 1373. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1373 by Assembly Member Garcia and others. An act relating to energy and making an appropriation therefore, declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Member Garcia, you are recognized.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Thank you, Madam Chair and colleagues. I've been brief with all of my other bills to save my time for this particular bill to explain what it does or what it doesn't. AB 1373 is back from Senate concurrence, and I want to begin by clearing up your misconception. I've heard from some of my colleagues here as well that this bill has changed dramatically or was a gut and amend in the Senate, which is far from accurate. This bill contains three parts.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
They're the same three parts that you all have seen several months ago, contained three parts when it left here in May and here we are again today. The creation of a central procurement entity at the Department of Water Resources, establishing utility payments for the Statewide Reliability Reserve, and changes to the CPUC's enforcement of resource procurement. The main version was the Assembly counter proposal to the representative budget proposal that we've seen in budget hearings.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Amendments taken in the Senate help refine these pieces of the bill based on conversations with many of you, the Administration, and stakeholders. Thanks to the feedback of many of you, especially a number of joint co-authors, this bill has improved significantly. The amendments from when you last seen this bill have made modest but important changes to how this will be implemented. I'm just going to conclude by saying thank you all for your collaboration on this particular piece of policy and respectfully ask for your vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Ting. You are recognized.
- Philip Ting
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I just want to thank our author from Coachella for shepherding this bill through. As he mentioned, this was a budget proposal. We were here last year. We were very worried about blackouts and fires and how we would be able to keep the lights on. The Governor proposed a central procurement structure which was very open ended. I'd say it's somewhat of a blank check where he could procure any kind of energy from anywhere.
- Philip Ting
Person
One of our major concerns is, would he be competing with all of our load serving entities? Because if you're the state trying to buy the same energy that PG&E or SMUD or Edison or SDG&E or any of our public power like LA DWP, the prices go up when you're buying the same energy. This has been much more narrowed. It's focused on clean energy. It's focused on long term clean energy. It's going to help us reach our 100% clean energy goals.
- Philip Ting
Person
And more importantly, it's going to have a long term view to make sure the state plays a very positive role in keeping the lights on but keeping the lights on in the long term, not just in the short term emergencies. Really want to just thank our author, but also all of our Committee staff, my Committee staff, as well as all the Legislative staff who really worked very hard for this last year to get this proposal into excellent shape. It's a great proposal. Respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 1373.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Wood, you are recognized.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I rise today in strong support and also as a principal co author of this bill. We must meet our renewable energy goals and ensure grid reliability. Offshore wind is a part of how we'll get there. Offshore wind and geothermal projects require years before they become operational, and renewable energy developers deserve an assurance that once these energy projects are built, there will be a buyer for that energy.
- Jim Wood
Person
We need to make sure the process is not a minute longer than it has to be. Otherwise, why would we expect developers to commit such a significant investment and long term commitment if there's no one to buy the clean energy that they produce? That's why procurement is so essential. AB 1373, which is the result of months of hard work done by this Legislature, and Governor Newsom will address that concern.
- Jim Wood
Person
It will ensure that there will be a buyer of these energy types by authorizing the CPUC to step in and procure clean energy resources when our utilities are unable to do so. Specifically, there are three provisions in the bill before us that were not in this bill when we voted on it earlier this year, and I'd like to shine a light on those.
- Jim Wood
Person
It ensures that a skilled and trained workforce will ensure it would be used to perform all construction work for projects related to energy development, covered by the bill. And for our coastal communities, it requires DWR to evaluate offshore wind, developers, economic and local community impact. And it includes $6 million investment for environmental monitoring and research regarding the impact from offshore wind.
- Jim Wood
Person
I thank the author, the chair of the Utilities Energy and Utilities Committee, as well as our budget chair and the speaker for their work on this important issue. Members we have to get it right. We have to get it done today. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no further discussion or debate. Assembly Member, okay. Members, this is a 54 vote bill. 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. This is 54 votes, members. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 54, Noes 14. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving on to file number 205, AB 1065.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1065 by Assembly Member Jim Patterson and act relating to Communications.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Patterson, you are recognized.
- Jim Patterson
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, AB 1065 makes wireless broadband projects eligible for state grants that fund broadband deployment to connect to unserved households. They need to meet the technical upload and downloads and also the kinds of connections necessary so that these can be very helpful in rural areas, particularly where the long mileage and the difficult high costs of getting the broadband. The bill was amended to address the conflict and add clarifying language. This bill has enjoyed bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, 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 will close the roll. Ayes 61, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving down to file number 206, AB 1317. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1317 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo and others. An act relating to tenancy.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo. You are recognized.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, AB 1317 is back for concurrence.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Amendments taken in the Senate remove the opposition of the apartment Association and provide that property owners cannot evict tenants for failure to pay for parking and exempt affordable housing. I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you.
- 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, Clerk will close the roll. ayes 41, noes 15.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Senate amends are concurred in. File number 207, AB 1420, Clerk will read.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Berman, you are recognized.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1420 by Assembly Member Berman and act relating to firearms
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1420 would ensure that the Department of Justice has the authority to inspect and write citations for any violations related to the sale, transfer and storage of firearms. Amendments taken in the Senate addressed chaptering issues. 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 will close the roll. Ayes 59. Noes, 0. Senator Mentzer concurred in. File number 208, AB 309. Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 309 by Assembly Member Lee and others. An act relating to housing.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Lee, are you recognized.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I am proud to bring back AB 309, the Social Housing Act, back for concurrence. I am grateful for this body's robust support. The Senate amendments hone the program down to authorize the Department of General Services to authorize up to three social housing developments on state owned parcels by building off the work our State is already doing to address the housing crisis.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Social housing will complement the work by serving as another tool in the State can use with a tangible and real impact on State's housing crisis. I respectfully ask for your aye votes.
- 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 48, noes 13. Senate amends are concurred in. File number 209, AB 1074. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1074 by Assembly Member Alanis and others an act relating to horse racing.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Alanis, you're recognized.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Colleagues, I rise to present AB 1074. Since 1858, horse racing has been a part of California's history and heritage, especially for those of us who represent AG and rural parts of the state. This bill codifies an agreement about the distribution of funds generated by horse races to each thoroughbred racing association and racing venue across the state. This will help support California's racing industry for years to come.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
I'm proud to have partnered with my colleague from Los Angeles, also the chair of Assembly GO and the chair of the State Senate GO. Thank you, guys. This bill has no opposition on record and passed unanimously out of the Senate. Thank you.
- 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 70, noes 0. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 210, AB 50. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 50 by Assembly Member Wood and others. An act relating to public utilities.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Wood, you are recognized.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members, AB 50 is back on concurrence. Amendments made in the Senate create an improvement metric for underperforming utilities. Require utilities meet annually with counties, and make other conforming and technical changes. 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. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 60, noes 0. Senate amends are concurred in. File number 211, AB 297. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 297 by Assembly Member Vince Fong. An act relating to fire prevention.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Vince Fong, you are recognized.
- Vince Fong
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 297 is back on concurrence. Amendments in the Senate permanently extend the CAL FIRE director's authority to send advance payments to prevent wildfires. This bill has enjoyed unanimous support and has no opposition. 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. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 67, noes, 0. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 212, AB 436. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 436 by Assembly Member Alvarez and others. An act relating to vehicles.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Alvarez, you are recognized.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise proudly to present AB 436. It's a bipartisan bill on concurrence with Senate amendments. The recent amendment simply resolved chaptering out issues and added coauthors. I want to thank our Padrino and Madrina on this bill.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Member from Los Angeles, Ms. Rivas, Member from Modesto, Mr. Alanis for working throughout this session on this bill where we are declaring cruising is not a crime, making it so that individuals who engage in this culturally significant activity with their talent and their skills for their love of cars is something that is respected and not criminalized. So again, I rise in thanking the bipartisan group of support on this bill. Very happy to be able to present this bill and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Alanis, you are recognized.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Colleagues, I rise in support of AB 436 as a proud co-author of this bill. And I want to thank my author, my author, the author, my friend from San Diego for working on this important issue. Modesto, California, my hometown, is the place where American Graffiti, the movie, was filmed. It is the hometown of the filmmaker George Lucas, who brought to the big screen that American classic. Cruising is in Modesto's blood. It is California's blood and a rooted part of our culture.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
It is far past time we removed the stigma and criminality of the cruising lifestyle. The fact is, members, a vote against this bill is just a vote against chill vibes and good times. And as we have seen all week on this floor, clearly we are all about chill vibes and good times. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Luz Rivas, you are recognized.
- Luz Rivas
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Member, as I stand in strong support of AB 436 because I believe cruising is not a crime. A couple of years ago, here on this floor, probably around this time, I read an article about National City in the San Diego area and how the lowrider clubs there were fighting for their city to ban or stop the ban on cruising.
- Luz Rivas
Person
And it really inspired me because I grew up in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, where I saw car clubs, lowriders, and how it's a very expensive hobby, right? It's cultural for a lot of the members of these groups. We have solo riders and I'm a big fan of the cars and have worked very closely with the car clubs in my district.
- Luz Rivas
Person
And I see the pride that they have in cruising their cars and also the things that they do for our communities and how also they take pride in the community work. Last year, I introduced a resolution ACR 176, that encouraged local governments to work with their lowrider clubs. And at first, people thought it was a joke. And I even had staff reach out to my staff and ask, why is your member doing this? This is not necessary. What is this?
- Luz Rivas
Person
But it also created coalitions statewide of lowrider clubs that finally saw themselves being represented here in the Legislature. Because in the Assembly about 30 years ago, or more than 30 years ago, this is where the bill was passed that would allow local governments to ban cruising. So I'm very proud to stand here today in support. I want to thank the member from San Diego for bringing this bill and it's one of the first conversations I ever had with him as a new member.
- Luz Rivas
Person
And he told me, I want to run the bill on cruising. And I joined him, and we're at the finish line now. Now it will be up to the Governor if you all support this today. So thank you very much. And I urge an aye vote on this.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Ramos, you are recognized.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support of AB 436, which repels a prohibition on cruising. It also removes the authorization for local authorities to regulate cruising. San Bernardino County has a rich history of enjoying cruising and using the fabled highway Route 66 as part of this lowriding culture. The car clubs and lowrider culture are particularly popular in Southern California, with many Latino car clubs, but also Latina car clubs in not only Southern California, but the State of California.
- James Ramos
Legislator
It's time that we embrace one another and share in this great, rich culture of cruising because all my friends drive a lowrider, and it's time to support this bill and move forward. [foreign language]. I ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Kalra, you are recognized.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Woke me up. I like that. All right. I rise in strong support of AB 436. I want to thank the author for his work on this. In fact, just a few days back, on June 1 sorry. September 1, San Jose celebrated its first ever lowrider day.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
And I certainly want to give a shout out to the United Lowrider Council of San Jose and all the other councils from around the state who have lobbied vigorously on the decriminalization, acceptance and celebration of lowrider culture. At the event, our colleague from San Diego on this legislation was specifically referred to as such a groundbreaking piece of legislation, which it is. If you look at our state's history, San Jose has a long history of lowrider culture.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
In fact, I just saw a news clip the year from the year that I moved to San Jose in 1978 a story in King, where in the daytime it's a calm, quiet intersection. At nighttime, it would become the self proclaimed lowrider capital of the world. And in fact, the year before that, in 1977, lowrider magazine was started by three San Jose state students in San Jose, California.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
And so this is a very proud moment for all of us as Californians to celebrate, and I would respectfully ask all of our colleagues to ride low and slow and vote aye on AB 436.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Cervantes, you are recognized.
- Sabrina Cervantes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. Today I rise as a proud co-author of Assembly Bill 436 and thank my colleague from San Diego for bringing this important measure forward. Since the 1970s, these ongoing bans on cruising across various cities in California have been targeting our black and brown communities from self expression that bring unity to many across our state.
- Sabrina Cervantes
Legislator
During the Chicano art movement, many Chicanos express their cultural values, their beliefs, their stories through the art embellished on their vehicles and through this passage for AB 436, not only will we allow multicultural communities to preserve a vital history, legacy, but more importantly, unity. And so, colleagues, I respectfully ask that you join us in supporting this measure today and by voting aye.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, you're recognized.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, I rise as a strong supporter and co-author of AB 436 and as the Member that represents Big Bad East LA and Whittier Boulevard, I had to get up and say something to all of our car clubs and all of the folks that have supported this policy, because cruising is not a crime.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
And when we talk about cruising, we also can't help but talk about the music, the music, those oldies but goodies, Art Laboe, the connection that we have with community, that we have with culture, that we have with music, that we have with cars, and really a love of who we are as a community.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
So this is an incredibly important policy, not only related to clearly the discrimination related to the conversion of vehicles, but really also a celebration of who we are in the Chicano community, in the African American community, and in all communities that celebrate and love cruising across California. And with that, I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Assembly Member Alvarez, would you like to close?
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Thank you again, Madam Speaker. I am really happy to be presenting this Bill. It is my final authored bill, but it really has been a joy to work on this. This is truly a grassroots bill. It came from the people in the community, the community of National City. And since then, since we introduced this bill, this has really gained a lot of traction. We've seen places like Salinas undo the ban that they had.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
We've seen other cities recognize that the bans that were put into place as a result of this law that was implemented by our state unjustifiably targeted individuals in our communities. And with our votes today, we will be making sure that no one in California is criminalized for the activity that they so much love, enjoy, and give so much of their time and talents to. And for that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote because cruising is not a crime.
- 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 71, noes, zero. Senate amends are concurred in. Moving to file number 45, AB 585. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 585 by Assembly Member Robert Revas and others. An act relating to greenhouse gases and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Speaker Revas, you are recognized.
- Robert Rivas
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. So this legislation seeks to require the state to regularly assess the scale of clean infrastructure needed to meet our ambitious climate goals and identify barriers to faster deployment of that infrastructure. This legislation has enjoyed bipartisan support, has no known opposition. Respectfully asked for an aye vote. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no discussion nor debate, members, this is a 54 vote bill. Let's see. Clerk, open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll. Ayes 71, noes 0. Amendments are concurred in. Moving on to file number 201, AB 876. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 876 by Assembly Member Robert Revas and others. An act relating to the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project and declare the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Speaker Rebus, you are recognized.
- Robert Rivas
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Senate amendments changed this bill. It's a time sensitive urgency legislation that is important to the region I represent as it intends to speed up a critical $400 million flood risk management project. It's a project that will provide 100 year flood protection to the Pajaro Valley, where devastating flooding occurred earlier this year. This bill again has received bipartisan support. There's no known opposition. Respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no [unintelligible], Assembly Member Rodriguez, you are recognized.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Madam Speaker, Members, I also rise in support of AB 876. This important measure will responsibly expedite flood management on the Pajaro River. As we saw this winter, the existing levee system is inadequate in the high risk flood areas. This bill aims to just do that. AB 876 will streamline the Army Corps project to provide 100 years of flood protection in the region. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Waldron, you are recognized.
- Marie Waldron
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. And Members, I too rise in support of AB 876. I was happy and honored to be able to go on a tour in the Speaker's district and see some of the damage of this flooding and the problems that happen there to the people that live there. Very extensive. So it's really important that we move ahead with this. I urge an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no further discussion nor debate, members, this is a 54 vote bill as well. Clerk, open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll. Ayes 70, noes 0 on the urgency, 70-0 on the amendments which are concurred in.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Moving to file number 202, ACA 13. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 13 by Assembly Member Ward and others. An act relating to voting.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Ward, you are recognized.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Madam Speaker and Members, Senate Amendments to ACA 13 do exactly what we talked about. We want additional clarity that there does not reverse or invalidate provisions of the Constitution, including Proposition 13 currently in effect, and reinforces that if approved by the voters. This would apply only to future elections in 2024 and beyond. With that, I respectfully ask for concurrence in Senate amendments.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assembly Member Hoover, you are recognized.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
Thank you. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill. This session, we are being asked to simultaneously pass constitutional amendments that reduce the vote threshold for local taxes under ACA 1, and increase the vote threshold for taxpayer protections under ACA 13. No matter how high our taxes get in California, it never seems to be enough. We continue to pass policies that increase the cost of living in our state and make it more expensive for California families.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
I also want to mention an additional concern that has been raised by a verbal opinion from legislative counsel that this legislation will only apply to charter cities. If this is the case, under California Supreme Court precedent, this would trigger a need for state equalization payments, which could create major problems for the state treasury. For these reasons, I urge your no vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing no further discussion or debate, this is a 54 vote. 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. Members, this is a 54 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. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll. Ayes 54, Noes 19. Senate amendments are concurred in. Members file number 2, AB 1043.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1043 by Assemblymember Essayli and accolading to real property.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Assemblymember Essayli, you are recognized.
- Bill Essayli
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support of AB 1043, which strengthens consumer protection laws for homeowners going through foreclosure. You may not know this, but there are individuals out there who prey on vulnerable homeowners by offering to collect surplus funds when they're going through a foreclosure. These surplus chasers can often charge up to 40% of a person's home equity. A lot of times, the equity in a home is often a person's entire life savings.
- Bill Essayli
Legislator
And the people they target are vulnerable and may not understand their rights or the process that they're going through. Colleagues, this Bill left the Assembly in consent. It's back on concurrence with technical amendments. It has bipartisan support, no opposition. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Excuse me. Assemblymember Low, you are recognized.
- Evan Low
Person
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker and colleagues. I urge my Democratic colleagues to lay off and I respectfully ask for an abstention or no vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Mr. Essayli, did you want to close?
- Bill Essayli
Legislator
Would urge my colleagues to consider the merits of the Bill and the Californians this will protect from predators seeking to rob their equity. So I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
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. Moves to call. Without objection, we will return to motions or resolutions for the purpose of Majority Leader Bryan motion.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I move to hold ACA 13 Ward at the Assembly desk until November 1, 2023.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Without objection, such will be the order.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, we will now take a 20-minute recess to allow the following committees to meet. This is 20 minutes. Be prompt. Housing and Community Development in Capitol room 444. Higher Education in Capitol room 437. Labor and Employment in Capitol room 447. I'll repeat that. Housing and Development in Capitol room 444. Higher Education in Capitol room 437. Labor and Employment in capital room 447. We are recessing under the call. We will reconvene in 20 minutes.
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