Assembly Floor

The Assembly is now in session. Assembly Member Pellerin notices the absence of a quorum. Sergeant Arms will prepare the chamber and bring in the absent Members. The Clerk will call a roll.

[Roll Call]

Members, a quorum is present. We ask that our guests and our visitors in the gallery in the rear of the chamber to please stand for the prayer and the pledge. Today's prayer will be offered by our Assembly chaplain, Imam Yasir Khan.

In the name of God, the most Gracious, the most merciful, Almighty God, may it be your will that we allow our eyes to see the suffering of others, use our voices to cry out against injustice, allow our hearts to feel the pain of others, and commit our strength to create a more tolerant and compassionate world. Amen, we ask that you remain standing for the nation's pledge.

Please join Assemblymember Calderon as she leads us in the flag salute. Members, please join me for the flag salute.

Members, please join me for the flag salute. I pledge allegiance to the flag. Thank you. You may be seated. Reading of the previous day's Journal

Assembly Chamber of Sacramento, Thursday, April 13, 2023.

Moves Mr. Flora seconds that the reading of the previous day's journal will be dispensed with presentations and petitions. There are none. Introduction, references of bills will be deferred. Reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments deemed adopted. Messages from the Governor, there are none. Messages from the Senate, there are none. Moving to motions and resolutions, the absences for the day for illness, Assembly Member Aguilar Curry and for family illness, Assembly Member Mathis and Mr. Hart. You are recognized for your procedural motions.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. At the request of the authors, please move the following bills to the inactive file. File item nine, AB 554, Gabriel, and file item 16, AB 846, Bonta. Clerk will note pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request unanimous consent to re refer SB 547, Blake Spear. From the Agricultural Committee to the Housing and Community Development Committee and then back to the Agriculture Committee

Without objection. That shall be the order. Members, we have some very special guests with us here today. For our first introduction. I'll recognize Assemblymember. Dr. Weber. You're recognized for your guest introductions.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members, today I am honored to introduce the Naopo, also known as a youth group of AHA Hoi Kivila, Hawaii, O, San Diego or A-K-H-S-D for short. aksd is a Hawaiian civic club that has been serving San Diego since 1993. Their mission is the promotion, perpetuation, and preservation of native Hawaiian culture, as well as the encouragement and advocacy of higher education, access, and community civic engagement. As residents of my district, I welcome them to the California State Assembly.

And if the Assembly will please join me in welcoming our UC Merced Center for analytical political engagement, which is an inaugural legislative buka cohort that is being put on for the first time. And this group includes undergraduate students that have excelled in their studies and are attending a week long program to learn tools and skills that will prepare them for legislative internships, prepare them for a path into politics. And I know that there's probably some future elected officials as part of this group, so I do want to welcome them.

They are sitting up on the gallery. So if you can all join me in welcoming them. Also, a special welcome to former assemblymember Adam Gray, who is here with us in the back, who previously represented the district that I now represent. So welcome to the Legislature, especially to all these UC Mercedes students. This is your house.

Welcome to Sacramento, and we're looking forward to seeing you all take on leadership positions in your community and hopefully one day be on this floor, making sure that you're solving the issues of the future. Thank you for coming. Thank you, everybody. Members, we are moving to business on the daily file. We're going to pass and retain on file items one through eight. We have dispensed with file item nine and pass and retain on file items 10 through 13. Bringing us to file item 14. Ms. Shivo.

Ms. Schiavo. File item 14. This is AGR four. For purpose of amendments, Clerk will read.

Assembly joint resolution four with amendments by Assemblymember Shiavo.

And Assembly Member Schiavo you may open on the amendments.

Mr. Speaker and members, these amendments make technical and non-substantive changes. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Schiavo. Seeing no members wishing to speak on the amendments, without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the amendments. All those in favor say aye. All opposed say nay. The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. The bill is out to print back on file, pass and retain on file items 15.

We have dispensed with file item 16, and we're going to pass and retain on file items 17 and 18. Moving us to Ms. Wicks's file item 19 for purpose of amendments, AB 1394, Clerk will read

Assembly rule 1394 with amendments by Assemblymember Wicks.

Assemblymember Wicks, you may open on the amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1394 holds social media platforms liable for child sex trafficking and requires them to prevent the revictimization of child survivors. I want to thank my joint author, Assemblymember Flora, for working closely with me on amendments I am presenting today, which provide a right to cure and address other concerns from stakeholders to make this legislation easier to implement. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Wicks. Seeing no Members wishing to be recognized on the amendments, without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the amendments. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say nay. The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. The bill is out to print and back on file. Pass and retain on file items 20 and 22. Bringing us to Ms. Quirk-Silva's file item 23. This is AB 1308.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1308 by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva and others, an act relating to land use.

Support, support, Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1308 prohibits new minimum parking requirements for remodeling updating or adding to a single-family residence as long as it stays within the floor area ratio restriction. Current regulations force homeowner owners to add two new covered parking spaces for any remodel, update, or add-on, even if they do not own additional cars. Costing upwards of $25,000 and using valuable land space, this creates an inequity for homeowners seeking to make additions that don't increase parking demand.

AB 1308 provides flexibility for property owners to decide their parking needs and affordability, rather than a mandatory one-size-fits-all approach. AB 1308 has bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Quirk-Silva. And Assemblymember Dixon, you're recognized on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise to speak in respectful opposition to AB 1308. Authored by my colleague from Fullerton. This bill significantly restricts local control by limiting a city's ability to decide whether or not to waive parking space requirements. AB 1308 is particularly burdensome to coastal communities that work in partnership with the Coastal Commission to balance community need and parking capacities for the millions of people visiting our coastal communities and who search far and wide looking for available parking on residential streets.

We want our visitors to come to our coastal cities and not be frustrated by the already prevalent lack of parking. This bill will exacerbate the parking shortage in our beach communities, and for these reasons, I will be opposing AB 1308 today, and I urge my colleagues to do the same. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Dixon. And Assemblywoman Friedman, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. Members, this bill, let's be clear, is not about people building new housing without parking. As much as I have done legislation in that space myself, that is not the bill that's in front of us. This bill simply says that if a homeowner adds a room to their house, the city can't compel them to all of a sudden but build a new garage. Does that happen? Absolutely.

When I was on the Glendale Design Review Board, we had a homeowner who had an old vintage house, like a 1920s house, one family. Now, this house, because it was so old, only had one bathroom. And they wanted to add a bathroom to their house because they were a five-person household, so they wanted to add this bathroom. The bathroom, I believe, was 300 square feet. That homeowner was told by the city that because of our rules, they had to build a new two-car garage on their property. That was the burdensome rule.

The nanny state government overreach rule that this bill tries to remedy. They weren't adding more people to their home. They weren't going over their FAR. They were simply trying to upgrade their home to make it usable for today's way of living. This bill is common sense because for many cities, upgrading their codes is itself burdensome and expensive.

But for a homeowner who is being told that even though they're not adding another family, maybe they're adding a baby, that they have to all of a sudden upgrade their garage or build a new garage when it's been perfectly fine for the past 40 years just doesn't make sense. Now, we allow people to not have to add new parking for an ADU where you are literally adding a new household.

We're talking here about single family residents who's just trying to improve on their own property without the government coming in and telling them to do another repair that either can't be done sometimes because of the size of a lot or that becomes prohibitively expensive. This is common sense. It's a very gentle touch, and I urge an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you. Ms. Friedman and Mr. Hoover, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you. I just want to rise in support of the bill. Commend the do for me. This comes down to a property rights issue. We do not need cities telling property owners what they need to do with their parking in their homes. And I urge an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Hoover, and seeing no other members wishing to be recognized on the bill, Assemblywoman Quirk-Silva, you may close.

Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 54. Noes two. The bill's passed. Next. This is file item 24 AB 440 Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 440 by Assembly Member Wicks, an act relating to land use.

And Assemblymember Wicks, you may open on the bill.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and members. Density Bonus Law is one of our main tools for creating more housing in the state. This bill clarifies the definition of maximum density or base density in Density Bonus Law. The clarification will make it easier for cities and counties to implement Density Bonus Law. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Someone Wicks. Seeing no members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes 50s, noes 10. Bill is passed. Pass and retain on file items 25 through 29. Bringing us to file item 30, AB 42 Clerk will read .

Assembly Bill 42 by Assemblymember Ramos and others an act relating to housing.

Assembly Member Ramos and others, an act related to housing.

Assembly Member Ramos, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 42 aims to help assistance programs across the state when it comes to assisting those experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness with shelter. I ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Ramos. Seeing no members wishing to speak on this 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. Tie the votes.

Aye's 65, no zero. The bill has passed. Next. This is file item 31. For the purpose of amendments, AB 733. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 733 with amendments by Assembly Member Mike Fong.

Assembly Member Mike Fong.

Assembly Member Mike Fong, you may open on the amendments.

Good morning, Mr. Speaker and members. The amendments address opposition concerns by allowing retiring members of law enforcement to purchase their service weapon. I ask the bill be amended, sent back to print, and back on file. Thank you so much.

Very good. Seeing no members wishing to speak on these amendments, without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the amendments. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say nay. The ayes have it.

The amendments are adopted. The bill is out to print and back on file. We'll pass and retain on file items 32 and 33, bringing us to file item 34, AB 825.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 825 by Assembly Member Bryan, an act relating to bicycles.

And Assembly Member Bryan, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB 825. It's a smart street bill. It ensures that in places where there is no safe bicycle infrastructure on the street, cyclists won't be criminalized for riding on the sidewalk. There are over $100 million in settlements that are issued for bicyclists being injured on the streets. We lose three bicyclists a week. Wherever they can ride safely, they should have the right to do so. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Bryan. Assembly Woman Boerner, you're recognized on the bill.

Yes. Question for the author?

Without objection.

One of the things I think we've talked about is what your commitments are as you go to the Senate. One of the things I am concerned about is that, for example, the City of Encinitas does not allow bike riding on sidewalks in our downtown area because it is a very high pedestrian zone.

There might be other cities that, when this goes into effect, also determine that there are downtowns where bike riding on the sidewalk is not safe. I generally believe when there are not safe bike lanes, we should let especially kids ride on sidewalks. I think that shouldn't be criminalized in any way. Could you talk a little bit about the commitments that we've discussed publicly so that they'll be taken in the senate?

I will answer in my close.

Thank you. Ms. Boerner, seeing no other mem- Mr. Muratsuchi, you may recognize on the bill.

I'd just like to ask the author and his clothes to clarify whether this applies to e-bikes.

Thank you, Mr. Muratsuchi. And Mr. Essayli, you're recognized on the bill.

The author as well-

-whether this also applies to e-bikes because I've seen a lot of e-bikes now on sidewalks, and they're basically motorcycles. They're going 30 miles an hour. They're very dangerous, and a lot of people are getting hurt.

Without objection.

So my question would be whether e-bikes would be allowed on the sidewalks as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Essayli. If there are no other members wishing to be recognized on this bill, Mr. Bryan, you may close.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for the questions and the comments. Of course, going 30 miles an hour is still legal. If you go over 10 miles an hour on the sidewalk at all, you can still be sighted with a ticket. We are working with pedestrian groups and disability groups who are all in support of this. As I mentioned to my colleague from San Diego, this is just the first house. We're willing to take more amendments to make sure that we do this safely.

The real impetus for this is to encourage bike infrastructure be built and to save local jurisdictions the over 100 millions of dollars every decade that they are paying out right now and to ensure that we don't lose three bicyclists a week like we currently are. Again, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Bryan. The clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, clerk will close roll. Tally the votes: aye's 55, no's 12. Bill is passed. Next. Mr. Jackson, this is file item 35, AB 994.

AB 994. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 994 by Assembly Member Jackson and others, an act relating to law enforcement.

Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, I rise to present AB 994 about protecting people's privacy, who they are, and how they see themselves. AB 994 require that our sheriffs and police departments do not post booking photos or mug shots of individuals when arrested on suspicion of nonviolent crimes unless the individual is deemed an imminent risk to others.

Assembly Member Jackson, you may open on the bill.

A judge orders release of the individual's image or there is an exigent circumstance that necessates the dissemination of the individual. This is an LGBTQ caucus bill priority, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Jackson. And seeing no members wishing to be recognized on this bill, clerk will open the poll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes: aye's 43, no's 15. The bill is passed. Next by Ms. Quirk-Silva.

This is file item 36, AB 1187. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1187 by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva, an act relating to crime victims and making an appropriation therefore.

Assembly Woman Quirk-Silva, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise to present AB 1187, a crucial bill allowing child victims of crime access to treatment from certified child life specialists under licensed providers. Adverse childhood experiences have lasting effects on individuals, including PTSD, violence patterns, chronic health issues, mental illness, and substance abuse. Survivors of abuse, neglect, family violence, and loss deserve support from highly skilled professionals like certified child life specialists.

These specialists offer trauma-informed care and interventions but are currently not recognized as authorized mental health providers by the California Victim Compensation Board. Passing AB 1187 expands the pool of behavioral health specialists available to provide essential services to these children and families.

Thank you, Ms. Quirk-Silva. And not seeing any members wishing to be recognized on this 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. Tally the votes: aye's 56, no's 0. The bill is passed. Next by Ms. Ortega. This is file item 37, AB 1213.

AB 1213. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1213 by Assembly Member Ortega and an act relating to workers' compensation.

Thank you, speaker and members. Thank you for the opportunity to present AB 1213. This is a narrowly tailored bill that closes a problematic gap in temporary disability coverage for injured workers who experience delays in treatments through no fault of their own. In 2021, there were over 200,000 treatment requests that were appealed to IMR, only 7% of which were overturned, about 19,000 requests.

Of those, only 53 decisions were delivered untimely, meaning this narrowly tailored bill would only apply to a small subset of injured workers experiencing delays in treatment and temporary disability payments through no fault of their own. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Ortega. Seeing no members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes 53, noes eight. The bills passed next. This is file item 38, AB 1218.

AB 1218. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1218 by Assembly Member Lowenthal and an act relating to land use.

And support, support. Assembly Member Lowenthal, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, AB 1218 provides needed clarity to ensure that the replacement housing and relocation assistance of SB 330 are implementable and can achieve their intended impact. The bill addresses confusing and conflicting provisions in the law that require the replacement of certain housing units and, in some cases, relocation assistance and a right to return for displaced low-income households as a condition of developing sites where existing housing is demolished.

In addition, the bill extends the replacement housing obligation under SB 330 to all projects rather than just housing projects. I've agreed to work with the California Apartment Association on amendments and will be taking those amendments in the Senate. Thank you and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Aye's 65, no zero. The bill passed. Next. Mr. Kalra, do you wish to take up or pass temporarily on file item 39? Mr. Kalra? We will take up file item 39, AB 1266.

AB 1266. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1266 by Assembly Member Kalra, an act relating to crime.

Assembly Member Kalra, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, AB 1266 addresses the disparate punishment of low-income people that has done little to further public safety by prohibiting bench warrants from being issued if the underlying charge is an infraction. Each year, 3 million low-level infractions are processed in California courts, many of which include traffic violations that are punishable by a fine and do not require a court appearance.

Despite recent reforms, judges can still issue bench warrants for arrest in cases where a person fails to appear in court or pay a citation. Arresting a person unable to pay a fine not only further drives them into poverty, but can have adverse impacts on their ability to secure housing, employment, and higher education opportunities. Furthermore, there are other tools for holding individuals accountable without resorting to bench warrants, such as referring a case to a court collection program.

And ultimately, unresolved infractions will still show up as open criminal cases on background checks and police records. By eliminating the discriminatory practice, this bill could result in long-term cost savings by reducing the number of people incarcerated for an infraction that was never intended to be punishable by jail time in the first place. AB 1266 is the next step in ending the debtors' prison and will ensure individuals are not punished for what is essentially a crime of poverty. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Kalra. And seeing no members wishing to speak on this bill, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes: aye's 41, no's 15. The bill is passed. Next by Ms. Friedman for amendments, file item 40 AB 1399.

AB 1399. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1399 with amendments by Assembly Member Friedman.

Assembly Man Friedman, you may open on the amendments.

Good morning, everyone. I rise to present a clarifying amendment to AB 1399, which clarifies that medical records may be available to veterinarians when a telehealth client is referred to them, consistent with current law. I respectfully request an aye vote on the amendments.

Thank you, Ms. Friedman. Seeing no members wishing to speak on the amendments, without objection, we'll take a voice vote. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say nay. The ayes have it. Amendments are adopted. The bill is out to print and back on file. We're going to pass and retain on file items 41 through 48. Bring us to Mr. Low. This is file item 49, AB 996.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 996 by Assembly Member Low, an act relating to professions and vocations.

And Assembly Member Low, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. Assembly Bill 996 establishes conflict of interest policies within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Low. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes 69, no zero. The Bill is passed.

We're going to pass and retain on file items 50 and 51 bringing us back to Ms. Wicks. This is file item 52, AB 1319. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1319 by Assembly Member Wicks and others, an act relating to local government.

And Assemblyman Wicks, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. AB 1319 enacts targeted modifications to state law governing the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority, also known as BAHFA. In getting BAHFA up and running, they and partners in the affordable housing community noticed that there were a handful of places where the law lacked clarity, made implementation challenging, or didn't reflect recent evolution in best practices. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Wicks. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes: 54; noes: 14. The bill is passed. Next, for purpose of amendments by Mr. Garcia, this is File Item 53: AB 1533. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1533 with amendments by Assembly Member Garcia.

Assembly Member Garcia, you may open.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Colleagues. I rise to present for amendments AB 1533, the Utilities and Energy Committee Omnibus Code cleanup measure. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Garcia. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on the amendments, without objection, we'll take a voice vote. All those in favor, say 'aye.' All those opposed, say 'nay.' The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. The bill is out to print and back on file. Next, for purpose of amendments, Ms. Waldron.

This is file item 54, AB 1741, Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1741 with amendments by Assembly Member Waldron.

Assemblyman Waldron, you may open on the amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Amendments to AB 1741 address opposition concerns by deleting the authority for unlicensed clinical laboratory personnel to perform preventative maintenance and instead authorizes them to assist in preventative maintenance under the direct and constant supervision of a physician or licensed lab personnel. Thank you. I ask for your support and that the Bill go out to print and back on file.

Thank you, Ms. Waldron and seeing no members wishing to speak on these amendments. Without objection, we'll take a voice vote. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say nay. The eyes have it. The amendments are adopted. The Bill is out to print and back on file. We are going to pass and retain on file items 55 through 58 bringing us to file item 59 AB4. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill four by Assembly Member Arambula and others regarding to healthcare.

And Assembly Member Arambula may open on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. Today I rise to present AB four, a Bill to expand Covered California access to all Californians by removing immigration status as a barrier to eligibility. Thank you, Members, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Arambula, Dr. Arambula. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes 56, no six. The bills pass. Next, for purpose of amendments, we'll take up file item 60. This is AB seven. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill seven with amendments by Assembly Member Friedman.

And Assemblywoman Friedman, you may open on the amendments.

Thank you. Amendment--thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. Amendments to AB 7 codify state and federal principles in transportation related to safety, climate, and equity. Specifically, these amendments require transportation state agencies to incorporate existing state and federal principles into transportation project development, selection, and implementation to the extent feasible, and they require a fiscal constraint and an analysis of how state and federal principles are implemented in the state's long-range transportation planning document.

Members, this language has been crafted in consultation with local governments, labor organizations, contractor groups, and environmental advocates. These amendments work to alleviate opposition concerns related to local funding, removal of local control, and burdensome project selection processes and stopping projects. So we are working very hard to address any concerns on this legislation and these amendments reflect that work, and I'm committed to continuing to work with all stakeholders as the bill evolves and I would request your aye vote on the amendments.

Thank you. Ms. Friedman, and Mr. Flora, you're recognized on the amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We rise in opposition to these amendments. Ask for a roll call vote.

Very well. Seeing no other Members wishing to speak on these amendments, there's a roll call vote requested. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. These are on amendments. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes: 47; noes: 15. Amendments are adopted. The bill is out to print and back on file. We will pass and retain on File Items 61 through 63.

Assembly Bill 43 by Assembly Member Holden, an act relating to greenhouse gas emissions.

And Mr. Holden, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good afternoon, Members. AB 43 is a bill that will require the California Air Resources Board to establish an embodied carbon trading system as defined and would make it applicable to building materials providers, developers and architectural and engineering firms, and construction companies. Last year, this body supported my bill, AB 2446, which requires CARB to develop a framework for measuring and reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with new building construction.

A segment of that bill dealt with CARB establishing a carbon trading system to allow the industry time to ramp up its efforts to meet our climate goals. However, due to insufficient time, I amended that portion out of the bill. AB 2446 was signed by the Governor. Currently, CARB is providing technical assistance on AB 43 to ensure that it aligns with the timeline and goals of AB 2446.

I will continue to work with the Administration, CBIA, and other stakeholders to address any concerns should the bill move forward. AB 43 would include a credit trading system to allow for more efficient compliance with AB 2446. The system, called an embodied carbon trading system, will award credit for entities that go above and beyond the requirements of AB 2446 and require the State Board to adopt rules and regulations for the credit allocations method.

The bill further details how credits may be utilized to achieve the goals of AB 2446 and the state's greenhouse gas emission targets. The bill would also require the State Board to periodically review and update its emission reporting requirements as necessary. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Holden, and seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes: 48; noes: 16. The bill is passed. Next by Ms. Assemblywoman Boerner. This is File Item 67 for purpose of amendments, AB 45. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 45 with amendments by Assembly Member Boerner.

And Assemblywoman Boerner, you may open on the amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. AB 45 would authorize the California Coastal Commission to add carbon sequestration to the suite of factors it considers for potential mitigation when approving coastal development permits where feasible. Amendments of the desk remove Section Four of the bill, which add the minimization of greenhouse gas emissions as one of the requirements for new developments in the coastal zone as a policy of the state. I request the bill be amended, out to print, and back on file. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Boerner, and seeing no Members wishing to speak on the amendments, without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the amendments. All those in favor, say, 'aye.' All those opposed, say, 'nay.' The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. The bill is out to print and back on file. Members, we've got a couple of announcements. First, we're making great time, so thank you. Second, without objection, we will permit the Budget Committee to meet at 12 noon in the Swing Space Room, Floor 1100, but floor session will continue.

Budget Committee Members will be allowed to add their votes to roll call votes taken on this day of present while they attend Budget Committee, and again, the Budget Committee is going to convene at 12 noon in Swing Space 1100 and floor session will continue.

To that end, we encourage you to also reach out to your staff, as we're going to be continuing through the bill file as you're considering your lunch needs that they may need to bring lunch to you today sometime around when you're hungry, and we have additional special guests with us here today. So on behalf of Assemblywoman Aguiar-Curry, we'd like to welcome students and staff from North Davis Elementary. Okay Members, so okay.

For clarification on the announcement regarding Budget Committee, the following Members are permitted to leave at noon to go to Room 1100 in the Swing Space. It's Assembly Members Ting, Vince Fong, Arambula, McCarty, and Lackey, and of course, if anybody else needs to leave, request a floor pass from the Majority Leader. Back on file, we are going to pass and retain on File Items 68 and 69, bringing us to Mr. Rodriguez. This is File Item 70: AB 70. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 70 by Assembly Member Rodriguez, an act relating to emergency response.

Support support. Assembly Member Rodriguez, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. Today I rise to present AB 70 on National STOP THE BLEED Day. With mass casualty events becoming more common, in 2015, President Obama launched a STOP THE BLEED campaign to encourage bystanders to become trained and empowered to take life-saving action while EMS personnel are en route. During these tragic events, a person suffering from severe blood loss can die within five minutes, so every second counts.

That is why it's so important to ensure our immediate responders have the instruction and equipment needed to save and render emergency care at the scene of an emergency. AB 70 would ensure our bystanders are better equipped to respond to life-threatening blood loss. This bill is an expansion of AB 2260 from last year, which required the placement of trauma kits in similar, new construction buildings.

By having trauma kits more readily available for empowered bystanders in public spaces, we can provide EMS personnel more time to arrive to a scene to save a victim's life. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez, and seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes are 64; noes: zero. The bill's passed. Next, File Item 71 for purpose of amendments. This is AB 76. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 76 with amendments by Assembly Member Davies.

And Assemblywoman Davies, you may open on the bill--on the amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Amendments to the bill clarifying definition to remove opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Davies, and seeing no Members wishing to speak on the amendments, without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the amendments. All those in favor, say, 'aye.' All those opposed, say, 'nay.' The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. The bill is out to print and back on file. Members, we'll go back to File Item 64. This is AB 20. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 20 by Assembly Member Gipson, an act relating to child welfare.

And Assembly Member Gipson, you may open on the bill.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and Members. Thank you for allowing me to present Assembly Bill 20 which will allow children and young adults a chance to safely stay connected with their families and their communities as foster children. This bill have received unanimous bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 20.

Thank you, Mr. Gipson. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes: 68; noes: zero. The bill's passed. Back on file, this is File Item 72: AB 80. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 80 by Assembly Member Addis and others, an act relating to coastal resources.

Support-support. Assemblywoman Addis, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker andembers, AB 80, the West Coast Offshore Wind Science Entity Act has received unanimous support with a large coalition of supporters and no opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Addis. Assemblyember Zbur you're recognized on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank the author of this bill. This is an important bill to make sure that we're protecting our ocean ecosystems as we move forward with offshore wind, which is an important part of addressing climate change here in California. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Zbur. Seeing no members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes 71, noes, zero. The bill is passed. Passed from retain on file. Items 73 through 76. Bring us to Ms. Petrie-Norris. This is file item 77, AB 90.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 90 by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris and others, an act relating to healthcare coverage.

And Assemblymember Petrie-Norris, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, members. I rise today to present AB 90, which will expand access to contraceptive care. This is a simple bill which will close the gap in coverage in California's family planning program for low-income women and ensure that if a patient desires to receive a contraceptive device, they're able to do so as an inpatient. This bill has received broad bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Petrie-Norris. Seeing no members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes 69, noes zero. The bill is passed. Members, we have another change for the budget hearing at noon today. Instead of the swing space, it's going to be in Capitol Room 437.

Again, the Budget Committee for those members I announced earlier, who are going to be meeting at noon, is going to be in Capitol Room 437. Back on file, we will pass on file item pass and retain on file item 78 bringing us back to Mr. Rodriguez. This is file item 79, AB 97. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 97 by Assemblymember Rodriguez an act relating to Firearms.

Support, support. Assemblymember Rodriguez, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. Thank you for allowing me to present AB 97. This Bill would require the Department of Justice to include information on arrests for possession of an unserialized firearm or ghost gun in their annual reporting. Additionally, this Bill requires the DOJ to report the disposition of these prosecutions beginning in 2029. Ghost guns are attractive to criminals because they do not require background check for purchase, and they are untraceable to law enforcement.

To begin to address the proliferation of ghost guns in California, we must collect data on the arrest and prosecution for possession to inform future policies. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez. Seeing no Members wishing to be recognized on this 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. Tally the votes. Aye 69, no, zero. The bills pass. Next. This is file item 80, AB two, three, eight. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 238 by Assembly Member Muratsuchi and accolade the teachers.

Assembly Member Muratsuchi, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you very much.

AB 238 will create the California Student Teacher Grant Program to pay teacher credential candidates during the required student teacher service. California is facing a dramatic teacher shortage. We need to remove financial barriers to incentivize more young people to become teachers. This bill has bipartisan support, no no votes in Committee, no opposition. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Muratsuchi, and seeing no Members wishing to speak on the 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. Tally the votes. Ayes: 71; noes: zero. The bill's passed. We are going to pass and retain on File Item 81. Bring us to Mr. Alanis. This is File Item 82: AB 255. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 255 by Assembly Member Alanis, an act relating to public post-secondary education.

And Assembly Member Alanis, you may open on the bill.

Good morning, and thank you, Mr. Speaker. First responders play a vital role in protecting public health and upholding law and order in our state. This industry includes peace officers, firefighters, paramedics, EMTs, and public safety dispatchers. However, less and less people are willing to work as first responders, in part because of increasing education and training requirements. AB 255 would add first responders to the list of students who qualify for Priority Class Registration at California Community Colleges and CSUs, while requesting the same at the University of California.

Priority enrollment will allow first responders to obtain higher education, which improves their overall training and turns what many people consider a short time job into a career. AB 255 affects first responders, who are often full time students and full time employees. This Bill would help address the workforce shortage and retention rates among first responders. After working as a first responder for nearly 30 years, I saw many people come and go.

I was appreciative of the opportunity to return to school later in my life to attain my bachelor's degree while working and while supporting my three kids and wife. Though I did not have the privilege of Priority Class Registration, having a college degree changed my life. AB 255 will help support our first responders with their goals of obtaining better education and improving their careers. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Alanis. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on this Bill, if they're sure. Assemblymember Rodriguez, you're welcome.

Yes, I want to thank the Member from Modesto for bringing this very important legislation forward. As we all know, this is EMS Week, and the more folks we can get involved in our public safety, police, fire, EMS, the better. Obviously, there is a staffing shortage out there, so thank the Member from a desktop to bring this forward on how fitting on EMS Week to make sure that we're aware of the issues facing our first responders in California. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez. And if there's no further Members wishing to speak on the Bill. Any need to close? Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Aye's 73, No's zero. The Bill is passed. Next by Mr. Holden. This is file item 83, AB 262. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 262 by Assemblymember Holden, an act relating to children's camps.

And Assemblymember Holden, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This coming summer, children from all over California will attend thousands of camps. However, important safeguards are lacking in centralized enforcement of current requirements is nonexistent. Unfortunately, we have too many examples of injury, abuse, and even deaths of children while attending camp. There is a wide variety of factors to consider as we step into proactively protect children at camp.

AB 262 will set us on a path towards safer camps by directing the Department of Social Services to convene stakeholders and practitioners to focus on better protections for children and appropriate regulations for the child camping industry. This bill also requires the Department to submit a report with their recommendation to the legislature by June 2025. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Holden. Seeing no members wishing to be recognized on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes 65, no, zero. The bills passed. We're going to pass temporarily on file item 84 and pass and retain on file items 85 and 86 bringing us to Mr. Ramos. This is file item 87, AB 273.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 273 by Assembly Member Ramos and others, an act relating to foster care.

And Assembly Member Ramos, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 273 is a continuation of our efforts to combat an epidemic in Indian Country on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. This bill would accomplish three things, requiring social workers and probation officers to notify that the child is missing from foster care, and an expedited court review of the child's case and updating definitions to maximize the protection of children missing from foster care. I ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Ramos. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes: 71; noes: zero. The bill's passed. We will pass and retain on File Items 80 through 90, bringing us to Mr. Lee, File Item 91: AB 309. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 309 by Assembly Member Lee and others, an act relating to housing.

And Assembly Member Lee, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, members. Today I'm pleased to present the Social Housing Act of California, which will produce and preserve affordable housing across California. This social housing will be publicly backed, sustainable, collectively owned, and affordable to all income levels and financially self-sustaining. Here in California, even though this is the second iteration we're seeing on the floor, we are playing catch up with the rest of the world, but also the rest of the country.

In the US Montgomery County in Maryland is building social housing as we speak, and we have apartments there live. Seattle, Washington just passed in its first in the nation history about measure to do so as well, much so inspired and similar by a previous iteration of the bill. Other states like Hawaii, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island have also been working on their own social housing bills.

All these places are landing on social housing as a solution because it is a demonstrated success and universality in treating housing as a human right. Various other countries have also faced these challenges and have found success through social housing. Today, over 70% of residents in Vienna, the world's most livable city, qualify to live in social housing. And in Singapore, which is the Asian gold standard of social housing which has leaseholder scheme that is put into it. Our Bill too. 87% of residents live in social housing.

Social housing internationally creates competition in the private rental market and forces the market to keep rents low and stay competitive. This model of housing will be an additional tool to address the severe housing crisis we have in California. Respectfully asking for your aye vote.

Thank you Mr. Lee and Leader Gallagher, you're recognized on the Bill?

Yes. Thank you Mr. Speaker, members, I rise in opposition to this bill. We have a serious housing problem in this state and to think that the government getting more involved in the housing crisis is going to make things better and improve competition has never been the case historically. And to create another bureaucracy in the way of building more housing in this state. What we need to do is remove the barriers. We need sequel reform on housing to ensure that we can build more housing.

We can stop NIMBY lawsuits that are stopping good affordable projects from moving forward. We need to ensure that our tax credit system which allows us to work together with private industry to build more affordable housing in the state, is working in a streamlined fashion is getting out to much needed projects. It's not to spend more government money and thinking that government is going to do a better job of providing housing, when that has never been the case and historically has led to worse housing conditions.

So to go down this road that we already know does not work instead of doing what we know needs to be done on housing is the wrong approach and I urge a no vote on this legislation.

Thank you Mr. Gallagher. And seeing no other members wishing to speak on the bill, Mr. Lee, you may close.

I thank all the many co authors and many groups in supporting the AB 309 or Social Housing Act. While I will respectfully disagree with the assertion that government cannot get into the business of providing universal good, I will agree with our colleague across the aisle that of course we have to remove common sense barriers to the market. We need to have all tools available to us. And just as we remind that our water infrastructure is publicly built, our schools, our roads, which are universal to everyone.

Many of our developed peers in the global world have this as well. In Singapore, a highly capitalist country, they also employ social housing because they know this is the right market intervention or the right solution to go for their own housing crisis originated in the 1960s. So we can adopt this as well. Respectfully, after aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Lee Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Aye's 48, No's 14. The Bill is passed. We will pass a retain on file items 92 through 96, bringing us to Ms. Cervantes. This is file item 97, AB 336. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 336 by Assemblymember Cervantes and others, an act relating to contractors

Assemblymember Cervantes, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members, for allowing me to present Assembly Bill 336 today, which requires contractors to provide the contractor state license board with a worker's compensation code based on the workers compensation insurance that they actually purchase. This Bill would also require CSLB to post each contractor's classification code on its website.

This increases transparency, which will allow both the public and the rest of the construction industry to verify that the Workers'Compensation insurance that contractors purchase is appropriate to the kind of construction work that their employees are actually performing. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 336.

Thank you, Ms. Cervantes. And seeing no Members wishing to be recognized on the Bill, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.Clerk will close roll, tally the votes. Aye's 68, No zero. The bill's passed, pass and retain on file item 98, bringing us to Ms. Irwin. This is file item 99, AB 339. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 339 by Assembly Member Irwin, an act relating to the qualifying ABLE program.

And Assemblywoman Irwin, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you.

I'm pleased to present AB 339, which would raise the eligibility age limit to 46 for CalABLE accounts. This will enable thousands of additional Californians with disabilities, particularly those who are hurt on the job or during military service to benefit from a CalABLE account. The Bill has bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Erwin. Seeing no members wishing to speak on this bill, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote, and Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 66, noes zero. The bill is passed. We're going to pass temporarily on file item 100, and pass and retain on file item 101. Members, next, we're going to take up a series of bills for purposes of amendments. So we're going to hop around and file a little bit. We're going to begin with file item 103. This is AB 357 for purpose of amendments.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 357 with amendments by Assembly Member Maienschein.

And Assembly Member Maienschein, you may open on the amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. The amendments to AB 357 remove the opposition. Thank you, and I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Maienschein. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on the amendments, without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the amendments. All those in favor, say, 'aye.' All those opposed, say, 'nay.' The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted.

Assembly Bill 377 with amendments by Assemblymember Muratsuchi.

The bill is out to print and back on file. Next. Mr. Muratsuchi, this was file item 109 for amendments, AB 377. Clerk will read.

And Assemblymember Muratsuchi you may open on the amendments.

Thank you very much. AB 377 is to increase ongoing funding for the CTEIG Career Technical Education Program. Bipartisan support no no votes. Amendments are technical and clarifying in nature.

Thank you, Mr. Muratsuchi. And seeing no members wishing to speak on the amendments, without objection, will take a voice vote. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say nay. The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. The bill is out to print and back on file. We will pass temporarily on file item 114. Moving to Ms. Wicks file item 206. This is AB 762 for amendments. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 762 with amendments by Assemblymember Wicks.

And Assemblymember Wicks, you may open on the amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. The amendments I am presenting on AB 762 today make clarifying changes that address data collection and coordination issues related to tribal governments. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Wicks. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on the amendments. Without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the amendments. All those in favor say 'Aye'. I need one aye. All those opposed say 'Nay'. The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. The Bill is out to print and back on file. Next, we're going forward to file item 337. This is AB 1382, for purpose of amendments. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1382 with amendments by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva.

Assembly Member Quirk-Silva, you may open on the amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1382 requires the California Arts Council to create an interdepartmental advisory group to support state designated cultural districts. Amendments on the floor today make clarifying changes, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Quirk-Silva. And if nobody else wants to speak on the amendments without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the amendments. All those in favor say aye. All opposed say nay. The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. The Bill is out to print and back on file. Next, we will go to Ms. Mckinnor. This is file item 398, AB 1628 for amendments. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1628 with amendments by Assembly Member Mckinnor.

And Assembly Mckinnor, you may open on the amendments.

Yes. Mr. Speaker and Members, I ask for your aye vote on the amendment for AB 1628: microfiber filtration. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. McKinnor. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on the amendments, without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the amendments. All those in favor, say, 'aye.' All those opposed, say, 'nay.' The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. The bill is out to print and back on file. Last: Mr Holden. This is File Item 502: AB 776 for purpose of amendments. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 776 with amendments by Assembly Member Holden.

And Assembly Member Holden, you may open on the amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. Today I rise to present floor amendments for Assembly Bill 776. The amendments are non-substantive in nature, and I ask for your support.

Thank you, Mr. Holden, and seeing no Members wishing to speak on these amendments, if there's no objection, we'll take a voice vote on the amendments. All those in favor, say, 'aye.' All those opposed, say, 'nay.' The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. The bill is out to print and back on file. And Majority Leader Reyes, you're recognized for an announcement.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I just want to give you a bill vote check so you know where we are. When we started, we had just over 570 bills on third reading, Assembly third reading. We have taken up and voted on 25 bills, 16 sets of amendments, and that is in just over an hour. We gaveled down about 1,010.

You all are doing great, so let's keep it up. Remember, if it's support-support, be as brief as possible. We don't have amendments. Those of you who did amendments, you did a wonderful job. It was one sentence. I appreciate that very much. Let's keep it up.

Thank you, Ms. Reyes. All right, Members, we're back on file. We are going to be skipping around to take on a number of bills related to fentanyl, and we're going to begin with File Item 63. This is AB 19.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 19 by Assemblymember Joe Patterson and others, an act relating to pupil health.

And Assemblymember Patterson, you may open on the Bill.

Great. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I've successfully narrowed down my comments to less than 30 minutes. Good afternoon, everybody. This is my legislation to mandate that 10,000 public schools in California will have Narcan on campus. I appreciate my joint authors, Assemblymember Haney, Assemblymember Ortega, for supporting this and all the bipartisan co-authors. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Patterson. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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, tally the votes. Aye's 67, No zero. The Bill is passed. Next, this is file item 129, AB 461. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 461 by Assemblymember Ramos, an act relating to public postsecondary education.

And Assemblymember Ramos, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB 461, which will require our higher education institutions to stock fentanyl test strips at campuses, health centers and provide information about the use and location of the strips as part of orientation. I ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Ramos. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Aye's 65, No zero.

The Bill is passed. Next. This is file item 132, AB 474. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 474 by Assembly Member Rodriguez and others in accolade of State Government.

And Assembly Member Rodriguez, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members, colleagues. I rise. Present AB 474

A Bill requiring the State Threat Assessment Center at the California Office of Emergency Services to support state and local fentanyl task forces. As you know, transnational criminal organizations are supplying the drugs that are addicting and killing our children. As part of the overall strategy to combating the illegal opioid crisis, we must disrupt these networks of criminals and get opioid drugs off our streets. It is critical that we do everything that we can to protect our state from threats to our public health.

This Bill will also complement the Governor's master plan for tackling the fentanyl and opioid crisis, which includes 30 million to expand California's National Guard to work to prevent drug trafficking, and 15 million over the next two years to establish and operate the fentanyl enforcement program within the Department of Justice to combat manufacturing, distribution and trafficking. I respectfully ask for aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez. And seeing no Members wishing to be recognized on this 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. Tally the votes. I 63, no, zero. The Bill is passed. Next. Moving forward, this is file item 194, AB 701. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 701 by Assembly Member Villapudua and others in accolade and controlled substances.

Assembly Villapudua. You may open on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, I rise to present AB 701 as an effort to reign in the fentanyl epidemic and saving lives across California. AB 701 simply addresses discrepancies on our current law between how we penalize possession of high quantity of heroin, cocaine based on methamphetamines, versus how we penalize possession of high quantity of the much more dangerous drug fentanyl. You would think that we will be harsher on fentanyl possession, given it's more than 50 times dangerous than heroin, but its opposite is true.

So this looks like the dispensary says that, well, the very least, we need to be able to penalize fentanyl as harshly as many others, right? This is what AB 701 does for a possession of a kilo or more. To those who think this is just an extension of the war on drugs, let me offer a rebuttal. And it starts with that this is not a drug, this is poison. People are not dying of an overdose, they are dying of poisoning. We need to change the narrative.

We also need to remember there are two sides of the equation. There is a demand side of the drug epidemic. But there is also the supply side. One side of the equation simply cannot exist without the other. Well, it is critical and important to address the demand side through resources from the program and education. It is more important than ever to also address the supply side and that because so many victims won't even have the opportunity to seek resources anymore. It is one and done for them.

They are dead after the first use. Rehabilitation won't come in time to save them. These victims simply don't have the same opportunities to recover as a drug user of the past. So while much of our attention is rightly focused on the demand side, I want to make sure we aren't forgetting about the supply side of the equation. We need this drug off the streets before it's too late.

For as long as we are stiffening the penalized possession on high quantity of fentanyl, it will continue to be a substance of the choice for traffickers to lace into more common drugs, such as Xanax and Oxycodone. Members, I urge you to hear the cries of our families across the state and act. This is only for those with kilograms or more, which only be used in high level dealers and traffickers, not users for low level dealers that we all are more sensitive to.

We need to hold those traffickers accountable and we can start doing that through voting for this today, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Villapudua. And Assemblymember Lackey, you're recognized on the bill?

Yes, I'd like to thank my colleague there from Stockton for bringing attention to the real crisis that exists. There are few issues that we'll be addressing here today that are more important and more impactful than this fentanyl approach. Ladies and gentlemen, it is actually very simple. Simply put, it's a risk versus gain situation here and we have people that are feeling very, very comfortable in distributing this very ugly poison.

This is more than a drug because most of the tragedies associated with this very serious situation, these people don't even know they're getting fentanyl. So it's a completely different poison circumstance. So I'm thankful to see that we're actually going to address it in some form of accountability. It's a step in the right direction. I'm very, very thankful for it and we need to keep addressing this issue from this perspective. So I thank you very much for this approach and I hope it'll deserve your support.

Thank you, Mr. Lackey. And Leader Gallagher, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I do support this Bill and I appreciate the author for bringing this forward and bringing attention to the very big need to go after dealers. Sure, prevention is a big part of this problem. Prevention is a big part of the solution here. Having more Narcan available, test strips, yes, but we have to go after the people who are putting this poison into our communities.

We have to have real penalties, real accountability for those dealers. And that is a big part of what we've been saying as Republicans this year. And I guess one concern I have is that this doesn't go far enough. This provision is good, but what it does is it mirrors what we do with cocaine. And it says if you have a kilo or more, then there's the enhancement, then there's the accountability and the penalty.

And for cocaine, that might make sense, but we're talking about fentanyl where one pill can kill. A kilo means somewhere around 500,000 pills that someone would have to have to get this enhancement. Now we had a proposal from the gentleman from Fresno that would have keyed this in on the deadly nature of fentanyl and had a better standard that, hey, if you have a reasonable amount of these pills that can kill people, that then you would get the enhancement, then we would have accountability.

Saying you have to have 500,000 on you before you'll actually get something that's going to hold you accountable, that's going to ensure that we stop these people from putting this poison out into our communities is not enough. We can do better. And I want to continue to work with the author because I know that's where his heart is as well.

And as we move this Bill forward, that we get that to an amount that is what it should be, that really targets the dealers, the folks who are bringing this into our communities and killing our kids. That's what we need to do going forward. The work is not done yet. Let's not pat ourselves on the back when we pass some bills today.

There's a lot more work that needs to be done on the accountability front and I hope that we will have support in this body for doing so. Thank you.

Thank you, Leader Gallagher and Assemblymember Joe Patterson, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this legislation. I participated in the hearing yesterday, which seems like at least half this body did. And I really appreciate the chairs of that Committee and Assemblymember Haney for leading that charge.

I was quoted in that as saying, my constituent, Zach Didier, he wasn't killed by somebody who was a drug user. He wasn't killed by somebody that needed education. He wasn't killed by somebody who needed treatment. He was killed by a businessman, somebody looking to make a quick buck and cost the life of my constituent. And so, I think I just want to implore all my colleagues as we have this discussion.

I know everybody's taken it very seriously to not only support this Bill, but please consider the individuals who they don't need treatment, they actually need to be punished for peddling this stuff in our communities and killing our young kids. With that, I ask for an aye vote on this measure.

Thank you, Mr. Patterson. And Senator Gipson, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and Members. I want to thank the author from Stockton for bringing this good faith measure before us, Assembly Bill 701. We've had multiple discussions here. And I want to thank the Chair of the Select Committee that joined on yesterday for fentanyl, the Public Safety Chair and their Committee, as well as the Health Committee. And so I think that we're all taking this particular situation very, very seriously. And to suggest- wWe already have laws.

This is already illegal for people to possess, right? We need to look at how do we invest resources. My colleague said something that was very important, representing Los Angeles. He says that we need treatments. Those individuals who are doing and taking this, they are addicted. This fentanyl has been laced with something they didn't expect, that has costed their life. Those is a strong indication that there's an addiction that we need to deal with.

And how many times do we want to put people who have addictions in prison, right? So I'm not advocating that we don't look at this in a very serious way, but I believe that this body, as well as these chairs of these particular committees have come together to have a very robust discussion here in this House where it needs to be. And I want to thank them for standing up. It was a long hearing. I viewed it, I watched it.

I appreciate all the deliberation that went into the conversation. But I want to thank again, the Member from Stockton for bringing this Bill forward. I think it's the right way to go and appreciate and certainly ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Gipson. And Assemblywoman Soria, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also rise in strong support of AB 701. I want to thank my colleague from the Central Valley, from the Stockton area for bringing this forward. I believe that this is a great step forward. I know that we've been working very diligently to try to find a solution to the crisis that we have at hand.

We are seeing that this fentanyl threat to our status represents not only a public health, but also a public safety crisis that has touched not just the Central Valley, but the entire state. Many of us know neighbors and friends that have been impacted. In the Central Valley, in my district, the fentanyl issue has worsened in the past four years. Just recently, the Department of Justice announced the seizure of 40 pounds of fentanyl powder, 58,000 fentanyl pills in Merced County that was worth millions of dollars.

So as we look to solutions to this public safety and also public health issue, we must continue to not only raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl, not only provide the resources to get folks the drug addiction services that they need, but we also must take an aim at those manufacturing and selling this dangerous drug on our streets. We just saw recently the Governor deployed the National Guard to crack down on crime linked to the fentanyl crisis.

And in announcing that deployment of the National Guard, the Governor declared the action was aimed at, and I quote, to hold the poison peddlers accountable. I could not agree more with the Governor about this issue. We need to hold people accountable, especially those that are poisoning our young children. So today, I urge a strong vote, a strong aye vote on this measure.

Thank you, Ms. Soria. And Assemblymember Essayli, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this Bill as well. But I also want to bring to the attention of this body that enhancements are illusory in the State of California. SB 81 was passed in 2021, and it requires judges to dismiss any enhancement that results in a total term of incarceration of 20 years or more.

So we can pass enhancements, but we still have a law in the books that says the judge has to dismiss them. So it's illusory. We need to take that law off the books. I know we have gun victim advocates here as well. If you use a gun to commit a violent crime, you should get 20 years in prison. That's a firearm enhancement. The law currently prevents judges from imposing a firearm enhancement for people who use guns to hurt other people.

So I will bring this issue back, and I think we need to repeal it so judges can do the right thing. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Essayli. And Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer, you're recognized on the Bill.

Is it on? Okay, thank you. Yesterday, we had a very good hearing on this subject. Before that, 701 was brought in for reconsideration after the deliberative process with Public Safety to show a comprehensive view on how to deal with fentanyl. And it passed through our Committee. At one, it shows the misinformation that Public Safety Committee or Members of the Democratic Party do not look at both sides of the equation.

That's a misinformation falsehood sent out by MAGA individuals, Make America Gullible Again, to convince you that we don't care. We all do care. And I'm just a little frustrated with that, because at the end of the day, we all got to come together.

What we saw yesterday from the two women whose sons were lost to fentanyl, the two women whose sons were lost to fentanyl, who had a compelling story about their sons being lost to this tragedy, to this poison, if you want to call it. Their solutions was about public health, not mine. You may look at me, you may look at Public Safety Committee, you may look at the law enforcement individuals, which were all African American and Latino.

You may not believe them, but these two women who lost their kids said that they wanted more treatment. They wanted prevention. So their kids never got to that point where they got to someone that could sell them this poison that is so important and they are the actual victims that wanted it.

And so I think for the first time, I felt like we were starting to move not in the direction of just rhetoric versus rhetoric, that we come to solutions and move forward, because if we don't, we're going to continue to debate and to debate and not get action. I think we're very close to getting some comprehensive actions moving forward on this floor. I plan to move some stuff. I plan to help some other Members here plan to move some stuff.

And I hope when that legislation, budget request and all of those things come to make something happen now, that this body doesn't go into each of their corners and start debating and fighting again and that we unite. And I'll say it again, and I'll say it again, and I'll say it again, that we start to unite the fight against drug abuse and fentanyl because in the end, tranq is coming. Let's get ahead of something for the first time. Xylazine is worse than this.

And if we don't get ahead of it, you'll be looking at what I said now and regret that we didn't do something now so that we eventually get ahead of something that's coming that is even more, that's much worse than what we're dealing with right now. So thank you. I hope everyone has an opportunity to look at your legislation, understand that it may not be all that we want, it may not be perfect, but it's a step in the right direction.

I thank the Assembly Member for bringing this forward. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Jones-Sawyer. And Assemblymember Flora, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this, but I also rise a little bit concerned about the direction that we're heading. We're day one of an end of session and a debate that this particular Bill went I find a little bit disturbing. Friends, we all care about this issue, but to call people out by their party affiliation, to refer to people as a certain type of Republican, I'm not sure is acceptable right now.

And I just want us all to take a moment and understand that each and every one of us are fighting for our constituents, fighting on an issue that is incredibly important and it does not matter what letters behind your name or what party you affiliate yourself with. We're all trying to fight for the same goal, and let's stay focused on that and let's keep some of the personal rhetoric out of it.

We've got a long couple days ahead of us and this is not a great start on this Bill. So I just want to encourage all of us to fight, be respectful, and let's move good legislation forward. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Flora. And if there are no other Members wishing to speak on this Bill, Mr. Villapudua, you may close.

I would. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I first want to start off by thanking the Chair of Public Safety and my colleagues and my colleague from San Francisco. This Bill is not my Bill. This is your Bill. This is the cry of our constituency that they've been calling us, right? We've been hearing it all over TV. And I urge you to look. There's a documentary on Netflix right now. It's called Dope and it's nationwide.

It's talking about how cheap this poison is and how they're lacing it when folks are thinking that they're taking another drug and they're lacing it because that's how addictive this pill is, this poison is. And it does not discriminate rich, poor, youth, older, because it's all over California and it's all over this nation. And we need to figure out something.

We're behind, and I don't want to fall even further behind because this floor, we've been fighting for housing, homeless, and we're going to continue fighting about this. I want to thank all of those folks that also are co-authors of this Bill. Because again, this Bill is not my district Bill. It belongs to all of you. You guys have been the forefront, especially folks that have been in health, seen it has come in day in, day out and they're trying everything they can to stop them. It's a poison.

It's killing them. And we still in the meeting that we had yesterday. I sat in the audience and listened to everyone speak. If it doesn't worry you today, it should. It should scare you and scare our constituency to know that we are fighting for them. So I urge an aye vote today. Thank you everyone.

Thank you, Mr. Villapudua. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Aye's 65, No's zero. The Bill is passed. Next, by Assemblmember Joe Patterson. This is file item 237, AB 889. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 889 by Assembly Member Joe Patterson and others, an act relating to pupil safety.

And Assemblymember Patterson, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Members, AB 889 would provide notification, require districts to notify parents and guardians of 6 million students in California of the dangers of fentanyl. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Patterson. Seeing no members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes 67, noes, zero. The bill is passed. Next. Mr. Patterson. This is file item 238 AB 890. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 890 by Assemblymember Joe Patterson and others, an act relating to controlled substances.

And Mr. Patterson, you may open on this bill.

Thank you again, Mr. Speaker. AB 890 is another fentanyl-related legislation. Under current law, when convicted of a drug crime, you have to take a probation class. This one simply states that if you're convicted of a crime due to fentanyl or opioid-related crime, that you therefore have to take a class on fentanyl or opioids. I ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Patterson. And seeing no members wishing to be recognized on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes 69, noes zero. The bill is passed. Next. This is file item 246, AB 915. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 915 by Assembly Member Arambula and others, an act relating to people health.

And Assemblymember Arambula, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I rise today to present AB 915 which has received bipartisan support. This bill directs CDPH to establish the Opioid Overdose Prevention certification and training program for public high school students in grades nine through 12 on how to identify and respond to an opioid overdose and how to administer naloxone nasal spray. Thank you Members, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Dr. Arambula, and seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes: 66; noes: zero. The bill is passed. Next by Ms. Ortega, this is File Item 271: AB 1060. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1060 by Assembly Member Ortega and others, an act relating to opioids.

Thank you for the opportunity to present AB 1060 today, also a bipartisan bill that addresses the fentanyl crisis. This bill will ensure that all Californians have access to Narcan by requiring that private insurance and Medi-Cal cover this life-saving drug that the FDA has made available over-the-counter and will be available sometime this fall. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death among 18 to 45-year-olds in the United States, but with the LAO announcing a 30 billion dollar deficit, we're in a squeeze.

But the good news is that according to the CDC, AB 1060 will actually save us 17 million dollars by preventing costly overdose deaths and saving thousands of lives. Members, so often we are faced with choices. Sometimes we have to choose between saving lives or saving money. This is a rare occasion where we're in a position to do both. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Ortega, and seeing no other Members wishing to be addressed on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes: 70; noes: zero. The bill is passed. Next with Dr. Bains, we are going to move forward to File Item 429: AB 33. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 33 by Assembly Member Bains and others, an act relating to controlled substances.

And Assemblywoman Bains, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you, speaker. Members. AB 33 is the very first Bill I introduced on my first day in office because I have been living the fentanyl crisis firsthand. As a physician for many years and an addiction specialist in Kern County, I have seen firsthand how our efforts to combat this crisis have fallen short and allowed fentanyl to become the single deadliest drug threat in our nation's history. There was enough fentanyl seized by the DEA last year to kill every man, woman and child in America.

Fentanyl kills twice the number of people that die in car accidents or from gun violence. Over 150 people a day die from fentanyl in the United States, and it's now responsible for one in five youth deaths in California. We must do better, and AB 33 is a step in that direction. AB 33 establishes the Fentanyl Addiction and Overdose Prevention Task Force, Co-Chaired by the Attorney General and the California Surgeon General.

The press coverage around Fentanyl has been focused on creating a false dichotomy between a law enforcement solution versus a public health solution. Anyone still holding on to the belief that we don't need both solutions is living a fantasy. The fentanyl crisis is a multisector problem that needs multisector solutions. We need to bring experts together who can integrate all of the tools we have at our disposal.

And we need to fully fund the task force in the budget this year so they can begin their work as soon as possible. We need to give them the space and the resources to develop a comprehensive crisis response strategy, and then we need to listen to them. Trust that they know things that we, as legislators, do not, and implement their plan. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Dr. Bains. And seeing no Members wishing to be recognized on this Bill, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote, desire to vote. Clerk will close a roll. Tally the votes. Aye, 71, no, zero. The Bill is passed.

Next, we're going to go back on file to file item number two. This is AB 93. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 93 by Assemblymember Bryan, an act relating to criminal law.

Assemblymember Bryan, you may open on the Bill.

Three years ago today, George Floyd was murdered. And after his murder, the entire world organized, marched, protested to think of how we could do things differently, how we could increase trust between police and community, how we could make sure that public safety means building healthy and thriving communities. Here at the state, we have two bodies that we're looking to create recommendations for us all to follow. One is the Governor's Committee on the Revision of the penal code.

Another is the racial and identity profiling board housed in the Department of Justice. Both of these two bodies have come to the same conclusion, on the same recommendation. As the Member from this body who sits on the Governor's Committee on the revision of the penal code, I sat for over a year hearing testimony, hearing evidence that bolstered this finding. And that finding is that we need to end the use of consent searches. Here's why.

If law enforcement has reasonable suspicion to search you, they can pat you down. They can search for weapons. If they have probable cause, they can do a more invasive search, they can search your trunk, they can search more places. If they have a warrant, they can search everywhere. Or, and this isn't a tool, this is a shortcut, they can bypass needing any evidence at all if they ask you if they can search you and you say yes, guess who always says yes.

Guess what happens if you say no. Which is the foundation of the know your rights movement, by the way, is to say no. And to say no every time, because that's your right. But you don't have that right in all of our communities. 98% of the time, people say yes. And when they are invasively searched, over 90% of the time, nothing is found. In fact, if you are a black man, you are 10 times more likely to be asked to be searched than a white man.

If you are Latino, you are five times more likely to be asked to be searched. If you are black and Latino, you are less likely to have something found on you even. That's why they have come to this recommendation. We wouldn't be the first state in the country to do this.

I spent over an hour with the Department of Justice just the other day, talking about how important this measure is and if there are any meaningful amendments that we can take to make this a healthy and stronger Bill. And there are some. Like allowing women to consent to a rape kit. Like allowing victims and survivors to consent to certain types of searches. Absolutely. You have my promise to take those amendments, so has the DOJ. We're moving in solidarity.

But today, on this day, on the anniversary of George Floyd's murder, with the first priority Bill of the legislative black caucus to be heard on this body this year, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Bryan. And Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you. I must respectfully rise in opposition to this Bill and let me explain why. You know, in law school, we spend a lot of time learning the complexities of search and seizure law. We spend a lot of time talking about how complicated and how fact-specific, you know, a reasonable search is under the fourth amendment of the United States constitution. And so when the author talks about things like probable cause or reasonable cause to search, those are complicated concepts that are analyzed on a case by case basis.

And for this Bill to categorically prohibit all searches where someone who consents to a search to prohibit all such categorical searches is going to undermine public safety. It's not just going to undermine public safety. It's going to allow guilty people to escape. It's going to allow innocent people to be accused of crimes. It's going to deny people justice. All victims of crimes, whether you're white, Asian, black, or brown, want justice. They want the perpetrator to be caught and to be held accountable.

And having this categorical prohibition on searches is not the right way to go. I respectfully- Again, I love my seatmate, and I do not take this lightly in rising in opposition, but I have serious concerns about how this is going to undermine the ability of law enforcement to be able to catch those who commit crimes. I have serious concerns about its impact on public safety.

And most significantly, I have concerns that it's going to deny justice to all people, all victims of crimes, regardless of where you come from.

Thank you, Mr. Muratsuchi, and Assemblymember Essayli, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong opposition to this Bill. First of all, the statistics cited by this Commission are absolutely wrong. In order to get to the conclusion they wanted, which is to prove that police are racist, they took out every traffic stop committed by a CHP officer. Why? Why, because the results did not fit their narrative. They rigged the outcome to give a false narrative that our police and law enforcement are somehow racist. I reject that narrative.

Our men and women of law enforcement are not racist. Prosecutors are not racist. They respond to calls, and they respond to cases filed, and they view the cases, and they react on the merits, not on the color of the people's skin. If you want to talk about underlying issues that are plaguing communities, we should talk about that, and we should deal with that. But don't put this on the back of men and women in law enforcement.

What was said is wrong. When you consent to a consensual search, it is reviewed by a judge. A judge makes a determination that it was both knowingly done and voluntary. If there's any coercion, if there's any pressure, undue influence, the search is thrown out. That's how the court system works. And we have judges there that do just that. We have to decide, what kind of society do we want?

Do we want a society where cops are reactive and they're just waiting around to collect bodies and write reports? Or do we want them to police our communities and keep us safe and be proactive? I'm going to give you a concrete example. Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer, was pulled over by a police officer. They thought he was drunk. They did a sobriety test. He's sober. They smelled a bad odor, and they saw trash bags. He said, I'm taking the trash to the dump.

They do not have probable cause to search his car. But if that police officer used his instinct and his guts and said, do you mind if I search? And if he agreed, they would have found those bodies, and we would have saved a lot of lives. This policy will result in lives being lost. It is bad, it is wrong, and we should reject it. And I respectfully and strongly oppose this Bill, and I ask my colleagues to join me in opposition. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Essayli, and Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I rise in support of this Bill. Maybe you can look at it from a different vantage point, especially on the third anniversary of the George Floyd murder by law enforcement. 'I can't breathe'. When the criminal justice system on African American results were we can't breathe. That is a concern. When, unfortunately, there are racist texts in the Antioch Police Department that are discovered. When there are racist texts in the Torrance Police Department.

When LAPD, during the Rodney King Incident, referred to people in my community, little kids, little black kids as niglets, when law enforcement has body counts and coffins showing how many black people they've killed, we know there's some problem officers, not all, to say that, no one, because we're all human beings. There are people who are racist still today. To ignore that means that we have other problems that we need to deal with.

There are good law enforcement officers, but we need to make sure we protect those who need protection from those who do not protect and to serve. There's a movie that I love to death because it talks about what goes on in urban areas and the African American community. The movie called Boyz n the Hood. And at the end of the movie, the writer, John Singleton and Director, USC graduate and a member of my fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi.

At the end of the movie, Doughboy says when he talks about what people outside our community, when they try to explain our community, he says "either they don't know, don't show or don't care about what's going on in the hood". We're trying to tell you what's going on in the hood. You may not see it in your hood, but it's happening in ours.

At some point, we've got to stop the tragedies that are happening in the neighborhoods that may not be representative of yours, but is damn sure happening in mine. And no one, no one on this floor should be talking about justifying that and moving that movement forward because those days are over. And there are people on this floor that I do believe that these injustices have to stop.

So let's support law enforcement that do the right thing, but most important, let's get rid of ones and make sure we don't give them more opportunity to harm disadvantaged communities. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Jones-Sawyer, and Assemblymember Lackey, you're recognized on the Bill.

Yes. Members, I was not going to stand on this, but there's some assertions that have been unfair. And free and voluntary is just that. Free and voluntary. That's an American value. That's one that we need to protect, we need to preserve. And I also reject any assertion that law enforcement is institutionally racist. I have been a member of that institution for 28 years. Are there isolated instances of racism? Of course there are.

And this society definitely saw one in the recent past that shocked us all and was rejected by us all. No one stood in defense of that behavior. Please resist over-stereotyping a profession based on the actions of some irresponsible members. Please reject that. Please stay focused on the merits of what this Bill is addressing and what it's accusing. I reject it, and I hope that you'll reject it. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Lackey, and Assemblymember Joe Patterson, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to know, I openly admit I come from a different walk of life and different experiences than my friend and colleague from Los Angeles. I've learned a lot from him, and I really enjoy our conversations. What concerns me about bills like this is, in my experience, being on a City Council in a community that, by the way, everyone loves law enforcement. Even in a community like that, it's hard to recruit officers to come work and protect us and keep us safe.

And I'm really concerned about the direction of where we're going and what's going to happen with public safety in our communities. I agree there are plenty of officers who have made mistakes, and big mistakes. But the vast majority, way over 99%, are there to serve you. They're not there to collect paychecks. They're there to protect us, including the sergeants here, that selflessly provide safety to us in this building.

And so while I'm opposed to this measure, I think I'm mostly concerned about the bigger picture of what legislation like this is doing to the officers that work hard every single day to protect us in our communities. With that, I ask for a no vote.

Thank you, Mr. Patterson. And Assemblymember Bennett, you're recognized on the Bill.

I believe that the root of most, if not all, of the public safety challenges that we've seen over the decades, but have really come forward much more now that we have cell phones and videos, et cetera. Imagine how different it would be if we did not have the video of George Floyd, for example.

I believe most of that comes from a sense of 'us versus them' that has developed, and I was not planning on rising today, but I'm afraid that the debate here is continuing the sense of 'us versus them'. I'm not supporting this Bill because I think the vast majority of police officers are racist, et cetera. My father's police officer. My brother-in-law is a police officer. My uncle's a police officer. I see the good and the bad in police departments. It's out there.

But what we have to do as the Legislature, the 80 of us, is to try to pass the bills that decrease the sense of 'us versus them', because that is bad for both sides. It is bad for police officers to feel like they are separate from the community that they are policing. It is bad for the community to feel like the police are them coming inappropriately.

And so to characterize this Bill as either accusing the police of being racist, and that's your choice one way or the other, is not good for us. So there are a number of these bills. I have spent a long time talking to the public safety people in my district about this Bill. Many, many conversations, and I've also talked to many of my colleagues here and other people that are supportive of the Bill.

I've come to the conclusion that if you weigh everything, the impacts, the negative impacts on the community of feeling like they are being disproportionately and unfairly targeted for consensual searches outweighs the gains. That's not because I think police are racist or anything else. It's just I believe that when I talk to legislatures who tell me about their spouse being stopped four times and searched four times this year, and I think my wife has never been searched, and what are the odds of that?

And then when I see statistics. In one statistic, the Highway Patrol is excluded because they already have a policy. The Highway Patrol already has a policy that says no consensual searches. So you wouldn't include them in the statistics. If you're trying to do the statistics on this. What you do see is one thing, and that is African Americans in particular- I'm just going to speak about that group, people of color.

But African Americans in particular are asked for consensual search much more often than white people are. And a fair argument could be made that if lots of African American people are in high crime areas, maybe that's what you have to do, because you have more stops.

But then when you find out that the consensual searches on white people find contraband for many times more than they find contraband on African Americans, then that's a statistic that tells you white people aren't stopped very often, and when they are stopped, they find something. So there's something there that with African Americans, the percentage of finding contraband is actually lower than the percentages with white people.

Now, I'm not trying to get into the weeds on that, but I'm just telling you, I've spent a long time on this. That's where I've come. There will be consequences for me, certainly in my district of some people. Ventura County prides itself on being the safest county in California, et cetera. But I've had those conversations. I've said that to our public safety officials.

And I just hope that we can talk about this and all the public safety bills that are going to be coming up from the standpoint of what decreases the sense of us versus them. My father was not a racist. My uncle's not a racist. My brother-in-law is not a racist. They work in a culture, big city police department, right? They work in a culture where it's a challenge to deal with this.

And I appreciate this, and I would not normally try to talk this long, but it's such an important topic. I've respectfully asked for an aye vote on AB 93.

Thank you, Mr. Bennett. And Assemblywoman Bonta you're recognized on the Bill.

Colleagues, I rise in support of AB 93. 98.5% of people consent to search of either their person or property when an officer stops them. That seems to indicate that there's not a choice really happening here. I can tell you as a woman of color, as a black woman, as a black Latina, when an officer comes up to me and asks me to consent to a search, I am going to, with all of my privilege, consent to that.

Because there is an inherent power dynamic in that interaction, in that engagement, because of who I am, because I live in the skin, and because of the authority that is asking me to do that. And then you overlay that. The realities of the fact that black and brown people are dying, I'm sorry, at the hands of law enforcement, at rates that we have to acknowledge.

That's not calling people racist, that is just acknowledging the facts of this moment that we are in, the context in which those searches happen. We must ensure that the balance, the power balance that exists, is actually one that ensures that people feel safe in their own skin, in their own bodies, when they are interacting with police.

Because I want people who look like me and who are like me to feel safe when they interact with the police. I want them to be able to ensure that they have an opportunity to proceed through a process without being targeted. I want those things.

This Bill allows for taking off the table consent searches which are not fair, which are a clear indication of bias just by the number, the sheer number of disproportionate people who are black and brown who submit to these searches and then who are not actually do not have anything on them. I want people to feel safe. I want people who are like me to feel safe.

This is about a power imbalance and recognizing that there is that and making sure that we have an opportunity to create some right in this world. With that, I respectfully request your aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Bonta. And Assemblymember Weber, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I had not planned on rising to speak on this Bill. I do support this Bill. But there is something that the Member from Corona said that made me feel that I needed to speak. If anything, he just solidified for me the need to vote for this Bill. What he did was he demonstrated the problem of the subjectivity in this particular consent to search. He talked about Jeffrey Dahmer, and we all know his history.

He was pulled over by the police, who did have the ability to ask him to search his car, but chose not to. So when he brought that example up, I thought, would the same thing have been afforded if that individual was a black male or a Hispanic male? The answer is no. So actually, the fact that you have so much bias and so much subjectivity about who you ask is a problem.

And it was a horrible problem in the example of Jeffrey Dahmer because he, a white male, was allowed to leave with a body in his car and then go on to kill others subsequently. So I want to thank the Member for Corona for bringing that example to us, because for me, just based on that alone, shows the problem with this system and that it does impact others more than others in our state. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 93. Thank you.

Thank you, Dr. Weber, and Assemblymember Alanis, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I again, also was not going to rise on this. I do respect my colleague across the way. I could probably speak on this as actually being a cop and actually doing this for 25 plus years and actually asking people to ask for consent for search. I've had many people that I've asked for consent searches and tell me no. And what do I do? I just keep walking. And they keep walking. That's what consent is all about.

But by taking away that ability to ask people for consent, you are asking basically cops not to do their jobs, not to do their part to keep you safe in your communities. Consent is a big part of what we do. It not only helps keep us safe, but it also keeps our neighborhoods, our communities, our kids safe as well. As the examples that were given and as one was pointed out, was probably not the best one to give.

But the officers had that opportunity to ask that question. And now what we're doing is taking that opportunity for that person or those police officers to conduct those kind of consent searches. So I want you guys to think about this. This is a difficult Bill, I understand, and I get it. But by taking away that consent, you're basically taking away law enforcement's tools to help keep you guys safe.

And I don't know what other option we can go with on this, but I could see police officers not wanting to get as involved. Basically, it's another tool that's taken away. And I just want to urge you guys to vote no on this, as I am doing and respect to my colleague over there. But consent searches is a very big deal and don't take it lightly. And it's not a racial thing. If it has to be a racial thing, that's why we have internal affairs.

That's why we have professional units that go out and find that. We have officers out there that don't need to be doing the job and we find them. Believe me, being in law enforcement, I also don't like that they're involved also. And eventually the system will find them and get them out. But for the rest of us who are doing our job, doing our part to keep you safe, consent is like 95% of our job. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. Alanis. And if there are no other Members wishing to speak on this Bill, Assemblymember Bryan, you may close.

Thank you to all of my colleagues for this thoughtful and spirited conversation. To my colleague across the aisle who's asked for consent many times and been told no, I guess you are that 1.5% that said no. And it could be because of where you policed, certainly on 54th in Crenshaw, where I live, you cannot say no. It may be the last thing that you ever do. To my colleague from Corona who said, we purposely omitted Highway Patrol from the data.

We being the Racial Identity Profiling Board under the DOJ for which the head of Highway Patrol sits on that very board, sat on that board and made this recommendation with the rest of the board because the Highway Patrol themselves have been doing this since 2006 because they ran into a federal lawsuit issue. It's their own internal policy right now, the largest law enforcement agency in this state. I never said all police were racist. I choose my words on purpose.

My first mentor, Michael Polikowski, political science professor, 20 year law enforcement officer, that was the first mentor I ever had when I was an undergrad. When I was in graduate school at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, my senior fellow was an LAPD Police Commissioner.

What I said was, under consent searches, black men are 10 times more likely to be asked to submit to one, that Latinos are five times more likely to be asked to submit to one, and both are less likely to ever be found with any contraband. In fact, nobody, including white folks, are found with any contraband in over 90% of the cases. That is why this recommendation came to light from both the RIPA Board and the Governor's Committee on the Revision of the Penal Code.

We are not the first state to propose this. This is also not the last step for it to become law. I am working with law enforcement. I am working with the Department of Justice. There is a whole other house for which I'd like to continue working. I believe that there are many communities across California that deserve for this type of legislation to continue working. As I mentioned at the beginning, today is the anniversary of the day George Floyd was murdered.

I was bringing this Bill up anyway today. That just hit me this morning because I was one of those people who marched in the streets. I was one of those people who thought, what can I do to make a difference? I'm one of those people who ran for office to try to make a difference. So did many of you. This is our opportunity to collectively make that difference.

I also mentioned this is the first priority of the legislative black caucus that's been heard before this body this year. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Bryan. 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.

Mr. Brian. Mr. Brian moves the call. Next, this is file item. We'll take a file item 428. This is AB 28. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 28 by Assembly Member Gabriel, an act relating to firearms and paying an appropriation thereof.

Assembly Member Gabriel, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I'm pleased today to present AB 28, a Bill that will fund life saving, school safety measures and gun violence prevention programs through a modest excise tax on firearm manufacturers. Colleagues. gun violence is now the leading cause of death for kids in the United States. According to the CDC, more children were killed by guns in 2021 than any year in the past 20 years.

The parents of a Black son aged 13 to 19 are more likely to lose their child to gun violence than every other cause of death combined. Since this Bill was introduced, we have experienced dozens of mass shootings, including horrific incidents in our state, in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, to name just a few. In addition to its brutal human toll, gun violence also causes enormous economic harm and opposes severe burdens on public services and taxpayers.

Recent reports have found that gun deaths and injuries cost California 22.6 billion annually, of which 1.2 billion is paid directly by taxpayers. At the same time, gun manufacturers have recorded record breaking profits, bragging that the growth they have experienced in recent years has been, quote, nothing short of remarkable. Indeed, a 2022 report documented a 269% increase in the firearm industry's economic impact from 2008 to 2021 and an 11% increase from 2020 to 2021 alone.

In short, firearm manufacturers and dealers are reaping unprecedented windfall profits at the same time that firearm deaths, gun injuries, and mass shootings are devastating communities across our state. AB 28 seeks to address this challenge by creating a long term, sustainable funding source to fund school safety and proven violence prevention measures to protect kids and communities across California. The revenue generated by this Bill, which is estimated to be around 160,000,000 annually, is a long-term investment in the safety and well being of every Californian.

The first 75 million will go towards the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program, known as CalVIP, a vital program that has already helped to reduce the rate of gun violence in California, but that sunsets next year without further funding.

AB 28 will also provide 50 million annually for school mental health and safety measures, and an additional 40 million to bolster law enforcement investigations and clearance rates for firearm homicides, support communities impacted by mass shootings and gun violence, and improve firearm relinquishment programs to remove guns from the hands of domestic abusers and other prohibited persons. To be clear, this Bill is not a penalty. It is not an effort to prevent or discourage lawful firearm sales.

It is an ordinary tax, no different from the 10% axis tax on fishing equipment that supports the restoration of fishing sites and a comparable federal tax that has always been upheld as a model by the NRA. The resources generated by this Bill and the programs it will support will help to reduce gun violence and save lives.

That's why it is strongly supported by a coalition of gun safety organizations, including Moms Demand Action, Giffords, Brady, Every Town for Gun Safety, and March for Our Lives, as well as public health, medical and law enforcement professionals who have been serving on the front lines of our gun violence epidemic. This includes the California Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and police chiefs and departments across the state.

It's also supported by numerous local elected officials who have seen the benefits of CalVIP in their community. Colleagues we know that Californians are counting on us to do everything we can to keep our communities safe from mass shootings and gun violence. They are counting on us to exhaust every effort to ensure that their children do not live in fear at school, at movie theaters, at houses of worship, at the local park, or anywhere else that they will be at risk because of gun violence.

AB 28 and the programs and initiatives it will fund are essential to that effort. On behalf of our kids and communities, I respectfully request your Aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Gabriel. And Assembly McCarty, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise as a proud joint author of this Bill along with my colleague from the San Fernando Valley and other Members of this body. We all know there is way too much gun violence in California. And I would guess about a third of the people on this floor came from local government.

And I know that the worst calls that you got, like the ones that I got from our police chiefs or city managers or mayors on a weekend, middle of night talking about how someone's life was lost. I remember just a year ago when our Police Chief called me and said right down the street here, 100 yards from the state capitol, over 100 bullets were shot in 45 seconds. Six people lost their lives. There's way too much gun violence.

All of you agree if you're a Republican or Democrat. But we know we can stem the flow of illegal guns in our streets. We know we can stop the violence. There's big debate about gun laws in California. We know that our gun laws work. UC Davis Center has proven that our gun laws work. We also know that there are proven violence prevention programs like the Assembly Member outlined, that are bipartisan. We all support them.

We may not support the revenue stream getting there, but they do work. I know it's a boogeyman talking about two things taxes and guns. But let's focus on some things that we all know. There are certain products in society that we know have negative externalities that we pay a fee to because bad stuff happens because of those things. Think about spray paint. Think about mattresses, TVs, batteries. We pay a surcharge on those products to deal with the negative stuff that happens because of those products.

No different than right here with this proposal before us today. It's not unreasonable, and in fact, it is quite reasonable. It has zero law enforcement opposition. More importantly, it has law enforcement support, funding proven programs that we know will make a difference in our communities across the state and right here in the capital City of Sacramento. I ask for your Aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McCarty. And Assemblywoman Wicks you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I rise also as a joint author and staunch supporter of this program. I think many of you know my husband was Gabby Gifford's Legislative Director, and he was five days on the job when she was shot in the head at a constituent event. Six people were killed, 18 people were shot. Of the six people include killed, including one of her staff members, a judge, and a nine year old girl.

And that obviously sent her life on a different trajectory as well as those around her and really helped a jumpstart of movement on how we can end gun violence in our communities. And Giffords, along with Moms Demand Action and the Brady Campaign and so many other great organizations and parents across this country and people who care about their communities have stood up and said, enough is enough. And when I got to this Legislature, one of the first things I did was carry the CalVIP budget ask.

I carry it every year. I fight every year to fund this program. We know that these violence intervention and prevention programs work. We know there's bipartisan support for these programs when we invest in these communities. And the investment in these communities is critical, because here's the reality of shootings in our community. What often makes the news is these abhorrent school shootings or mass violence shootings, and they deserve to make the news.

But you know what else doesn't make the news every day are the Black and brown folks who are getting killed in their communities day after day after day. And what CalVIP does is it invests in those communities that we have under invested in as a society for far too long. And it invests in violence intervention programs that we know stop the violence. I have a couple of these great organizations in my district in Richmond and Oakland, and we've seen the data. It's evidence-based. It works.

It stops violence. It stops gun deaths. And we have to fund these programs. It shouldn't be that these organizations come here every year and fight for scraps. It should be funded at the levels that this Bill argues for. This Bill also funds school safety measures and research, and a lot of other great things. This is a very minimal price to pay to fund the type of violence intervention that we know works. And so with that, I respectfully ask for an Aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Wicks. And Assemblywoman Bauer-Kahan, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I rise as a Member who many know doesn't love taxes. There's many taxes that have been on this floor that I have not voted for. But I also know a good tax when I see it. And I think it's really critical that we think about the many, many discussions we have had on this floor after mass shootings, where we've talked about the victims, the lives taken. We've talked about the children who live day in and day out from fear.

In fact, just after the recent mass shooting in Texas, I had the privilege of being with a young high school student in my district whose best friend was at the mall. She cried and told me, why does my generation have to be scared to go to the mall? In many of our communities, people are scared to walk down the street because of this epidemic of gun violence. This has to end.

And we need to make sure that we have the source of funding to fund the programs that we know work. The data on these programs is phenomenal. The return on investment is real. It saves lives. It makes our communities better and this is the least we can do to make sure, in perpetuity, our communities are safer. With that, I respectfully ask for your Aye vote.

Thank you. Ms. Bauer Khan and Assembly Member Gipon, you're recognized on the Bill.

Thank you very much. First of all, Mr. Speaker and Members, I want to thank my colleague from the San Fernando Valley for bringing AB 28 before us today to fund this worthwhile program. Many of you on this floor knows my narrative. I have said many times before. One of the fears is that someone receiving a knock at the door. A knock at the door that's letting law enforcement, letting a family know that their son or daughter have just been killed in a gun situation.

These programs, this program specifically helps elevate and also make sure that we reduce the gun violence in our community. This measure and the taxes that it creates goes into this worthwhile program that we're receiving great dividends. And let me just simply say this. The Watts Gang Task Force, in which I represent Watts in my community, my family and I belong to Justice for Murdered Childrens, Parents of Murdered Children, and worthwhile organizations, especially the Ambassador Program.

The Ambassador Program is taking those who've got out of prison, those who've been recently involved in gangs, and taking and empowering those individuals and have them deescalate situations in our communities that exist. And so these are the kinds of programs that are making the difference in our community. And so again, you know my narrative. My son was shot. My son was shot walking down the street who he worked at Mattel Toys.

On April 5, 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, Gary was killed in his car. Another man was shot. His girlfriend was shot also in the leg. And so this is a very real situation, and we need to use every tool in the toolbox to do everything that we can to making sure that our communities are safe. But also programs are armed and supporting the kinds of programs to deescalate the kinds of situations taking in place around gun violence.

I respectfully ask for a strong Aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Gipson. And seeing no other Members wishing to speak on this Bill, Mr. Gabriel, you may close.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, colleagues I know it's been an active morning and that we've had a lot of conversations. We've touched on a lot of important issues. But I just want to bring us back to fundamentally what this Bill is about and what we are trying to accomplish here. This Bill is about protecting our communities from gun violence, protecting our kids in schools.

If your community has not yet been impacted by gun violence via mass shooting, the unfortunate reality is that it is likely to do so in the near term. We've had a lot of good conversations on this floor, Members, after all of these mass shootings about things that we might be able to do together, ways that we could work together to save lives. And this is a program that our colleague from Oakland mentioned and so many others who have done incredible work in the space.

These are programs that are proven to save lives. We know that they work. The problem is that we need resources to fund them, and we are entering a difficult budget stretch. This is a modest tax, the same tax that we have on fishing equipment to restore fishing habitats. This is a modest tax that will generate $160,000,000 a year, that will fund these programs, that will fund $50 million annually to protect kids in schools. Protecting kids in schools is not a partisan issue.

That is a bipartisan issue. We are offering everybody in this room an opportunity to do something, to get behind a common sense approach here that is going to save the lives of young people. Colleagues yesterday was the one year anniversary of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children were killed. And I know that a lot of us have become numb to that because there was Sandy Hook, and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, and UCSB, and Virginia Tech and all of these other mass shootings.

In fact, since the time we introduced this Bill, we've had mass shootings in Monterey Park and in Half Moon Bay and in other places across this state. This is a uniquely American phenomenon. We are different than every other nation in the world. In the fact that kids on our schools are targeted and they are killed in ways that they are not killed in any other country. This is an opportunity with a modest step to make a big difference in protecting kids in your communities.

To make a big difference in helping those who are victims of mass shootings to make a big difference in communities that are impacted by cycles of gun violence. This is the leading cause of death of children in the United States of America. Members, on behalf of those children, I respectfully request your Aye vote on AB 28.

The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 54, Noes 13. The bill is passed. Next, we will go back to one item we passed temporarily on. This is file item 100, AB 345. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 345 by Assembly Member Wilson and others, an act relating to water.

And Assembly Member Wilson, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased to present AB 345, which will provide the Department of Water Resources discretionary authority to utilize an advanced payment option when funding local flood protection and or multi benefit habitat restoration projects. This Bill would help alleviate cash flow problems that are created as a result of local agencies having to cover their own share and the State's share before getting reimbursed. With that, I thank you and respectfully ask the Members for an aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Wilson. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Aye's 59. No, zero. The bill's passed. Next, file item 114, for purpose of amendments, AB 408. Clerk will read

Assembly Bill 408 with amendments by Assemblymember Wilson.

Assembly Member Wilson, you may open on the amendments.

Good afternoon, Members. I rise to amend AB 408 the Climate-resilient Farms, Sustainable, Healthy Food Access and Farmworker Protection Bond Act of 2024. These amends make a series of changes based on stakeholder feedback. I respectfully ask for aye vote on these amendments.

Thank you, Ms. Wilson. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on the amendments. Without objection, we'll take a voice vote. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say nay. The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. The Bill is out to print and back on file. And again, Ms. Wilson. We have file item 491, AB 649. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 649 by Assembly Member Wilson, an act relating to Developmental Services.

And Ms. Wilson, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you again, Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to present AB 649, the Restoration of Access to Disability Services Bill. This bill seeks to restore access to critical services without first pursuing administrative appeals. It'd be based on individual needs, the person served, family members, and a regional center service coordinator work together to create an individual program plan. With that, I thank you Members for your consideration and respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Wilson, and seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes: 49; noes: zero. The bill is passed. Members, we are going to go back to File Item Number 290 and get back in order a little bit if you're following. So we're going to begin with Assembly Member Bains. This is File Item 290: AB 1122. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1122 by Assembly Member Bains, an act relating to Medi-Cal.

And Dr. Bains, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Speaker and Members. AB 1122 addresses a critical piece of the Medi-Cal provider shortage by streamlining the administrative burdens of the Medi-Cal enrollment process. The California Health Care Foundation found that one of the main reasons for the lack of participation in the Medi-Cal program is the excessive administrative hurdles imposed on physicians. AB 1122 provides common sense flexibilities that make it easier for doctors to serve Medi-Cal patients. Thank you, and I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Dr. Bains, and seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes: 55; noes: zero. The bill's passed. We'll pass and retain on File Item 291, and Madam Majority Leader, you're recognized for an announcement. Or a motion? Or a bill. This is File Item 292: AB 1127. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1127 by Assembly Member Reyes and others, an act relating to teachers.

And Majority Leader Reyes, you're recognized on your bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1127 revises and continues the Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program for another five years to address the state's critical bilingual teacher shortage in languages including Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog, and Arabic. It allows eligible, local educational agencies to apply for state funds in order to provide professional learning opportunities to increase the number of authorized bilingual teachers working in their schools. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Reyes, and seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes: 52; noes: zero. The bill's passed. Next, we'll pass and retain on File Items 293 and 294, bringing us to File Item 295--1145. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1145 by Assembly Member Maienschein, an act relating to workers' compensation.

And Assembly Member Maienschein, you may open on the bill.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and Members. AB 1145 would establish a rebuttable presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by nursing staff who provide direct care to prison inmates and state hospital patients is a workplace injury. These state nurses and psychiatric technicians provide direct care to inmate and patient populations that have committed serious and violent felonies or have severe mental illnesses that may make them a danger to themselves or others.

This staff is most often the direct recipient of assaultive behavior, likely including repetitive verbal and emotional abuse, physical threats, and witnessing or being the target of horrific violent assaults. These nurses deserve to receive the benefits of workers' compensation without undue burden so they can heal from psychological trauma they may endure during their job. AB 1145 enjoys bipartisan support and has received no no votes. I respectfully request your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Maienschein. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes: 52; noes: zero. The bill is passed. Next, this is File Item 296: AB 1150. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1150 by the Committee on Water Parks and Wildlife, an act relating to state parks.

And Assemblywoman Bauer-Kahan, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As you heard, this is the Water Parks and Wildlife Committee Bill. It merely gives additional tools to state parks to leverage the funds we've given them and make more access agreements. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Bauer-Kahan. Seeing no Members wishing to speak on this bill, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Mr. Rivas? Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes: 51; noes: zero. The bill is passed. Members, at this time there's a request to lift the call on AB 93. Clerk will post. All those vote who desire to vote. Mr. Bryan replaces the call. We will pass and retain on File Items 297 and 298.

And if Ms. Carrillo is ready, we will move to File Item 299. This is AB 1167. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1167 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, an act relating to oil and gas.

And Assemblywoman Carrillo, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I'm proud to present Assembly Bill 1167, the Orphan Well Prevention Act, which would protect our communities from orphaned oil wells and protect taxpayers from being left to pay the bill. Orphaned oil wells are wells without a responsible operator available to complete the plugging and abandonment and site restoration.

These wells pose serious threats to our public health, safety, and the environment. They can leak oil, gas, and other contaminants into the air, water, and soil. I look forward to continuing the conversations with the opposition to this bill in the Senate, and I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Carrillo, and seeing no Members wishing to speak on this bill, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

Ms. Carrillo moves the call. We will pass and retain on File Item 300. This is moving to File Item 301: AB 1172 by Ms. Calderon. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1172 by Assembly Member Calderon, an act relating to energy.

And Assemblywoman Calderon, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Assembly Bill 1172 requires the California Energy Commission to evaluate the use of fusion energy as a reliable source of clean energy in the 2025 edition of the Integrated Energy Policy Report. In 2022, Governor Newsom outlined targets to accelerate the state's climate goals to reach carbon neutrality no later than 2045.

With today's renewable energy sources only meeting 59 percent of the state's energy needs, this legislation would ensure that California continues investing in emerging industries that can accelerate our progress to fully relying on renewables by 2045. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Calderon, and seeing no Members wishing to speak on this 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. Tally the votes. Ayes: 46; noes: zero. The bill's passed. We're going to pass temporarily on File Item 303. Pass and retain on File Item 304.

Okay. We're going to go to File Item 305: AB 1198. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1198 by Assembly Member Grayson and others, an act relating to energy.

Mr. Grayson, you may open on the bill.

Thank you, Madam Chair and Members. AB 1198 requires the Energy Unit with GO-Biz to better ensure minority small businesses and disadvantaged businesses in areas of the state with high poverty and low investment participate in helping the state achieve its climate goals. California has been and continues to be a global leader on climate change policy. However, the state's ambitious plan to achieve 100 percent clean energy and net-zero emissions is unlikely to be met without measures that incentivize small businesses to make clean energy investments.

Despite the significant role that minority small businesses have in the clean energy transition, there remains a huge gap in minority small business enterprise participation in the market transition to a low carbon future. As such, the state needs to support disadvantaged businesses by providing effective pathways and resources to create community wealth-building opportunities. AB 1198 will identify existing gaps in participation and put forward solutions to help small businesses in the market transition. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Grayson. Seeing and hearing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, vote. All those votes who desire to vote, vote. All those votes who desire to vote, vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Aye: 52; no: one. The bill is passed. Moving on, we'll pass and retain Item Number 306. Moving on to Item Number 307: AB 1203.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1203 by Assembly Member Bains and others, an act relating to taxation to take effect immediately. Tax levy.

Dr. Bains, you may open on your bill.

Thank you, Speaker and Members. AB 1203 establishes tax parity for breastfeeding and formula feeding by creating a sales tax exemption for breast pumps. As a family physician, I am acutely aware of the benefits of breast milk. We know that breastfed babies have a lower risk of wide spectrum of illnesses ranging from ear infections, pneumonia, to sudden infant death syndrome and leukemia. Research has even found that the health benefits of breastfeeding can be lifelong for both mother and child.

While breast milk is widely recognized as the best way to provide nutrients to infants, breastfeeding can be difficult and time-consuming for new moms and dads, especially for parents who return to the workforce. Breast pumps are an essential tool to ease a difficult transition by allowing parents to collect and store vital nutrients for future use. However, these pumps and related supplies can be expensive, especially for low income Californians, and our sales tax only increases prices further.

Often, the women who need higher efficiency and costlier pumps are the same working class mothers who have fewer breaks, longer commutes, and shorter maternity leave. Given the overwhelming benefits of breastfeeding and the financial burden of the current tax on new parents, AB 1203 seeks to exempt breast pumps and their related supplies from sales tax. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Dr. Bains. Members, this is a support-support. Seeing and hearing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, vote. All those votes who desire to vote, vote. All those votes who desire to vote, vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes: 50; noes: zero. That bill is passed. We will move on to Item Number 308: AB 1207. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1207 by Assembly Member Irwin and others, an act relating to cannabis.

Ms. Irwin. Ms. Irwin, you may open your bill.

Good afternoon, Madam Speaker. I'm pleased to present AB 1207. When Prop 64 was passed in 2016, there was a distinct promise to California voters that the legalization of recreational cannabis would not come at the expense of our children. But in reality, the very opposite has occurred. Poison control center calls due to pediatric cannabis exposures has skyrocketed since 2016, and they will only continue to increase as time passes. In 2021, California had 793 cannabis exposure calls to poison control centers for children five years of age and under. Every week, it seems like we read another news story with the same story. Children at school are transported to emergency room because they have consumed cannabis products that they have confused with traditional foods due to packaging that is attractive to children. While the illicit cannabis market is no doubt responsible for a number of these exposures, a simple look at California's legal cannabis products show that they are not without blame. We cannot continue to allow California's legal cannabis market to manufacture, package and advertise products with features that are attractive to children. AB 1207 addresses these ever increasing pediatric cannabis exposures by codifying and strengthening regulations on what makes a cannabis product attractive to children. It also seeks to codify existing regulations from the Department of Cannabis Control that prevent cannabis vape products from containing non cannabis flavors. Colleagues, it is possible to be pro cannabis while still protecting our children. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Irwin. Seeing and hearing no others wishing to speak on this item, we'll go ahead and open the roll. All those vote desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, vote. All those vote who desire to vote, vote. All those vote to desire to vote, vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes, 42, noes, zero. That Bill is out. We will pass temporarily on item number 309. Pass temporary on item 310. Moving on to item 311, AB 1244.

The Clerk will read.