Assembly Floor

The Assembly is now in session. Assemblymember Grayson notices the absence of a quorum. The sergeant at arms will prepare the chamber, bring in the absent members. The Clerk will call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Assembly Chamber of Sacramento Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the Assembly met at 7:00 a.m.

Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry moves, Mr. Flora seconds that the reading of the previous day's journal be dispensed with. Presentations and petitions there are none. Introduction and reference of bills will be deferred.

Reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments deemed adopted. Messages from the Governor, there are none. Messages from the Senate, there are none. Moving to motions and resolutions, the absences for the day will be deemed read and printed in the journal. Just a note today. Happy Earth Day. It's kind of an important day, right? Happy Earth Day, everybody. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

Good morning, Mr. Speaker. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 45.5 to allow Assembly Member Irwin to speak on adjournment and memory today.

Without objection. Such shall be the order.

I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly rule 118 A to allow Assembly Member Friedman to have guests on the floor and Assembly Member Arambula to have guests in the rear of the chamber today.

Without objections. Such shall be the order.

I am giving a one day notice to remove file item A 17, SB 301 Portantino, from the enacted file at the request of Assembly Member Wilson.

Clerk will note.

At the request of the authors, please remove the following items from the consent calendar: item 68 AB 1805, Ta, item 97 AB 2860, Garcia.

Clerk will note.

Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request unanimous consent to re-refer the following bills to a Committee. AB 1999 Irwin from the Utilities and Energy Committee to the Rules Committee, AB 2654 Vince Fong from the Governmental Organization Committee to the Election Committee, AB 2841 Waldron from the Appropriations Committee to the Health Committee, AB 3074 Schiavo from the Higher Education Committee to the Appropriations Committee, and AB 3233 Addis from the Energy and Utilities Committee to the Appropriations Committee.

Without objection. Such. Mr. Flora, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, we object to referring AB 3233 Addis.

Okay, so without objection, AB 1999, AB 2654, AB 2841 and AB 3074 will be re-referred. Madam, there is an objection. So we will ask for a roll call vote. Majority Leader is a roll call vote and a second by Assembly Member Soria. The Majority Leader is asking for an aye vote. Mr. Flora is asking for a no vote. It's early you know. So this is a procedural motion. All those. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote.

A procedural motion. Miss Aguiar Curry is asking for an aye vote. Mister Flora asking for a no vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 44 noes 77, rules are suspended. The bill is re referred. Moving on.

I request one more. I request unanimous consent to withdraw AB 3277 Local Government Committee from the Appropriations Committee and order the bill to the second reading file.

Without objection, such shall be the order.

Moving to our guest introductions and announcements. Members, let's wish a happy birthday to Assembly Members Chen and Soria, who both celebrate today. Congratulations on your natal day. Assembly Member Soria, you are recognized for an announcement. After that, hug. Assembly Member Soria, you are recognized for an announcement. You are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and members. I want to share my birthday by sharing some cupcakes in the lounge. So after a session, there are some wonderful cupcakes. If they don't go, if they're still there, please take some to your staff. I know that they would appreciate a little sweetness. So happy birthday to me and to Assembly Member Chen.

Thank you very much, assemblymember Soria. Doctor Arambula, you are recognized for your guest introductions.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and members. April is Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month and we have a few special guests who are bringing attention to this issue today. Parkinson's is the fastest-growing neurological disease in the United States and second in number only to Alzheimer's. Currently, this disease affects over 120,000 Californians and costs our state $5 billion annually. There is no cure or drug for this disease that would slow or halt its progression.

But our research institutions here in the State of California are helping us, through public-private partnerships, in performing research with which is so desperately needed. For example, our state's Parkinson's disease registry, which is funded by the legislature and the governor, is helping those researchers improve patient care. The Michael J. Fox Foundation has invested $310 million into California's research institutions over the last 20 years.

And in that time this past year, we have had a recent breakthrough where we have identified for the first time a biomarker for Parkinson's disease. This is the most prominent breakthrough that we've had with this disease for the past decade and want to thank those organizations who have invested into our higher education institutions.

So, members, if you could help me to please welcome Mark Damesyn, as well as Catrina Taylor, who are from the California Neurodegenerative Disease Registry, and Julia Pitcher, who is the director of state government relations for the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

Thank you Doctor Arambula and welcome to your guests. We ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand for the prayer and flag salute in honor of the Assembly's Armenian Genocide Remembrance Ceremony. Today's prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, Reverend Father Ashad Kojorian of the Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church in Fresno. Father.

Thank you very much. Let us pray. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Heavenly Father, with a heart full of gratitude and a spirit full of praise, we thank you for the gift of life that you have granted us today. We pray and ask you to grant us wisdom, vision, strength and will to do all we can to restore peace around the world and spread love among people. Our benevolent father, extend your bountiful right hand and bestow your divine blessings over the great nation of the United States of America.

Grant courage to the leadership of the State of California in order that it may fully dedicate their efforts to govern this state and its people peacefully and successfully. On this blessed day, while we are gathered in the California State Capitol to commemorate the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, we beseech and implore you to bless the nation of Armenia and protect its people. Deliver them from all kinds of tribulations and unfortunate incidents. Amen.

Before the flag salute, the homeintment scouts are here with us today for today's ceremony. Scouts, please present the colors. Assemblymember Friedman will lead us in the pledge.

Please stand if you are able and join me in pledging allegiance to our flag. Ready begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag.

The color guard is dismissed. You may be seated. Moving to business on the daily file. Second reading file items one through 19. Clerk will read

Assembly bills 2995, 2284, 2474, 2449, 2807, 3085,1775, 2597, 2748, 2632 with amendments, 2904 with amendments, 3259 with amendments, 2229 with amendments, 2109 with amendments, 2672 with amendments, 2221 with amendments, 2930 with amendments, 2416 with amendments, and Assembly Bill 3051 with amendments

All bills will be deemed read and all amendments will be deemed adopted. Under reconsideration, file items 20 through 22, all items shall be continued. Moving to Assembly third reading file items 23 through 61 without objection. We will now move to item 49 HR 82 for the Assembly's commemoration of the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The Clerk will read.

House Resolution 82 by Assemblymember Friedman and others, relative to the Armenian genocide.

Assemblymember Friedman, you may open on the measure.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. As many of you know, I have been honored for many years to represent the largest population of Armenians outside of the nation of Armenia. I like to consider myself as an honorary Armenian because so many of my constituents, my friends, and my neighbors are Armenian American or of Armenian descent. But on this day and on this week, I hope that all of you will consider yourselves to be honorary Armenians.

Because this Wednesday, in my district and around the world, we mark a very solemn day. It began on April 24, 1915. For eight long, horrific years, the Armenian nation and the Armenian people were subject to a systematic and premeditated genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Republic of Turkey. These were fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters. They were the elderly, they were children. They were ordinary citizens. They were also renowned doctors, religious figures, composers, authors, philosophers, activists, and poets.

1.5 million Armenians were lost. Hundreds of thousands of Assyrians, Greeks, and other Christians perished in what is known as one of the most atrocious violations of human rights in history. 109 years later, we are here on the Assembly floor to remember the lives, the hopes, the dreams, the loves lost, the lives lost, the accomplishments lost during this dark chapter of our shared history.

As we pay our solemn tribute to the victims of these unspeakable crimes against humanity, we also remember that we are as we are always when we come commemorate these kinds of events here to renew our vow to never let it happen again. However, unfortunately in this case, that genocide that began 109 years ago never truly ended, and it is still happening today. Our modern history is full of examples of the perils of silence.

In fact, less than a decade after the Armenian genocide, as Hitler developed his plans for the holocaust, he reassured his commanders that they would not face retribution. He declared, who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians. Now, we've come a long way in terms of fighting for recognition and education here in California, and I want to thank each and every one of you who have supported this resolution year after year. But there is still so much work to do.

And that comes back to what I said a minute ago about this genocide still continuing today. And, in fact, right now, we are at a crucial turning point and a crucial moment for the people of Armenia and of Artsakh. Turkey and its ally Azerbaijan continue to not only deny the Armenian genocide, but they continue and more and more hint at erasing Armenians off the face of the Earth. While the genocide began over a century ago, those wounds have never healed. Justice has not been served.

Reparations have never been made, and still genocidal acts against the Armenians are now happening in that region. Decades of violence and blockades at the hands of Azerbaijan, with backing from Turkey, forced 120,000 indigenous Armenians living in the Republic of Artsakh, which I have visited. This land, this is an ancient land, being one of the main Armenian homelands, with churches that are thousands of years old, with Armenian artifacts throughout the living history of that region. It is clearly an Armenian homeland.

And yet, and yet, Azerbaijan has killed tens of thousands of Armenians over the years, defending that their right to live on their native soil, has evicted basically the Armenian people, cleaning them out of the region that is their homeland, and enacted a cruel blockade just in September of last year that caused people to literally have to walk from Artsakh into Armenia, costing human lives and the abandonment of people's entire the work of their lives in terms of their farms and their homes.

And what has remained is now being cleansed by Azerbaijan of the footprint of the Armenians that have occupied that land for thousands of years. Churches being converted, ancient Armenian writings being literally scraped off the walls of world heritage sites, homes being burned and ransacked. This is an ethnic cleansing happening in our midst, and we cannot remain silenced. We must stand today to acknowledge the pain that is echoing throughout that region and throughout California.

We have to recognize that whenever a group is being marginalized and discriminated against, we have a duty to speak up and to push back, to fight for justice and equality so that no one will know the pain of our ancestors. We must demand that the United Nations and America protect the Armenian people, protect further aggression against Armenia, and to try to find a path for the Armenians to return back to their homeland in Artsakh. We should demand no less.

With that, please help us stand on the shoulders of the Armenian people to help them build a better life here and at home in Armenia and at Artsakh. With that, I respectfully request your aye vote on HR 82 and that the first roll be open to our co-authors.

Thank you, Assemblymember Friedman. Assemblymember Zbur, you are recognized.

Mr. Speaker, members, as the member representing historic Little Armenia near Hollywood, I'm proud to stand in support of this resolution and want to thank my colleague from Glendale for bringing HR 82. It is shameful that 109 years later, the historic facts of the Armenian genocide are still denied by Turkey and Azerbaijan. That intentional refusal to admit the truth and learn from this painful history helped pave the way for Azerbaijan's ethnic cleansing of Artsakh just last year. This resolution is not merely symbolic.

It is a vital step towards justice and ensuring that the ethnic cleansing stops and it doesn't happen anymore. It is not passive. It is an action against over a century of denial, generational trauma, and continued re-trauma. The Armenian people have proven time and time again their resilience and strength, but they should never stand alone. This resolution tells the people of Armenia and Armenians in the diaspora, including in our state and in my district, that California recognizes this painful history and stands firmly with them. This resolution assures that Armenian American constituents that in the face of over a century of denial, California stands on the right side of history. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Zbur. Assemblymember Ramos, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As chair of the California Legislative Native American Caucus, I rise in support of HR 82, which commemorates the genocide of the Armenian people. Genocide is not a term to be used lightly. It specifically refers to the state-sanctioned attempt to exterminate a group of people and cause serious bodily or mental harm to the members of that group, including separation of families and preventing birth. These are crimes against humanity.

And it is right that the victims of racial hatred be remembered and that we all pray and work towards a time when no human being practiced such hatred or feels the anguish and consequences of genocide. Like other groups, we have experienced an attempt to eliminate us as native people here in the State of California, that that hatred and violence are never forgotten, but we can overcome with resiliency of our people.

We overcome with resiliency and inhumanity by standing together against these wrongs that the world has brought upon our people, united and in solidarity with one another as we are today, standing side by side with the Armenian people. I ask for your aye vote on HR 82.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ramos. Assemblymember Luz Rivas, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I stand today in support of HR 82. I represent a very vibrant Armenian community in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Today marks a somber day as we remember the lives of the Armenian victims who died during the Armenian genocide. Words can't express the pain that these violent acts caused. From 1915 to 1923, 1.5 million individuals marched to their deaths. Azerbaijan's current blockade of Artsakh is unraveling yet another humanitarian crisis within the Armenian community.

We cannot stand by and watch this. Today, I stand in solidarity with our Armenian community in California and across the globe as we commemorate the Armenian genocide and acknowledge the current crisis in Artsakh. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on HR 82. Thank you.

Thank you, Assembly Member Reavas. Assemblymember Alanis, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, I rise in strong support of HR 82. I want to thank my colleague from Glendale for carrying this important resolution. I, too, have a large number of Armenian constituents, and just as my colleagues have said, as we speak, there is a group conducting an ethnic cleansing against Armenians. 109 years ago, a genocide took place, and we owe it to the entire free world and the memories of those who were murdered to never let the world forget what had happened. Regardless of where you're from, we must stand with Armenia against this unprovoked and illegal aggression. I stand with Armenia, and I hope you will as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Jim Patterson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Speaker. Members, I, too, rise in strong support of all that is in this resolution for the obvious reasons, personal, historical, and humanitarian. But I also want to say something about the robust Armenian community in Fresno, California. I've had the distinct pleasure of representing them, not only as their mayor for eight years but now, going on 12 years here in Sacramento. They were a diaspora that came when Turkey did its genocide. But we in Fresno have had many other diasporas. We had a Chinese migration.

We had a Japanese migration. We now have a Hmong migration. Who do you think were some of the strongest voices in Fresno, California, and in our valley to welcome the newcomers with open arms? The Armenian diaspora. Because they knew in their heart what these individuals were going through.

And so what has impressed me over the years has been, yes, our Armenian brothers and sisters have had a history of hurt and hatred and of genocide, but because of their faith, because of their resilience, because of their family ties, and because they were not going to remain victims, they were going to become victors. We can celebrate in Central California an Armenian community that is in every single important niche in our economy, in public service, in our community. They are generous, they are caring.

Yes, they hurt with a memory, but they don't let that memory define them forever. And that's why I rise in support of this. To say it cannot happen anymore, but also to say to a group of people, you have demonstrated what it means to be good, what it means to be godly, what it means to be resilient, and what it means to conquer in the face of horror.

And as I said before, there was a time when Armenians were excluded from buying property on the deeds in the State of California and in Fresno County. Over the years, our Armenian community was able to break through that to become farmers, landowners.

And as I've said before, if you chart the history of what is now Fresno, you will find that the fifth largest city in the State of California, soon to be 600,000 strong, was built on property that Armenians eventually owned and sold over time to create our city. That's taking being a victim, turning it into being a victor and being a part of the creation of a city that loves and appreciates, and cares for our Armenian neighbors.

They become family, they become people that are admired, but they are also people who stretch out a hand of love and understanding to others who are coming to our region, who struggle because they are new. And that's why Fresno, being as large as it is and as ethnic as it is, for all intents and purposes, 99% of the time, we're living in harmony.

We're caring about each other, and we are creating a city that I think is one that should be recognized for its diversity, but also for the fact of its assimilation. And it's shoulder to shoulder stand with all kinds of people from all across the globe. If they want to call Fresno home, we're going to be their neighbors. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Patterson. Assemblymember Carrillo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members, I stand in proud support of HR 82 and thank my colleague from Glendale for authoring this resolution. I'm very honored to share the City of Glendale and the beautiful Armenian community in our both Assembly districts. And I want to just really recognize our constituents that are here today in the people's house as we commemorate the Armenian genocide of 1915.

It is the work of educators and advocates who teach the students at all levels about the experiences of the Armenian people and what happened in 1915 and may it never be repeated again. We see what is happening and what has happened in the last few years with the internationally condemned blockage of Artsakh. It is important that we continue to advocate for the Armenians that continue to remain front and center in this geopolitical, very real situation.

California owes its greatness to the contributions of all of its diverse communities, and Armenian Americans have enriched our state through their leadership contributions in business, agriculture, academia, government, and the arts. Today and always, we stand in solidarity with the Armenian people and we call out genocide when we see it. And may we never repeat it in our lifetime. Thank you. And I respectfully request an aye vote on HR 82.

Thank you, Assemblymember Carrillo. Assemblymember Fong, you are Vince Fong. You are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise in support of HR 82. After more than four generations, as descendants of Armenian genocide survivors, Armenian Americans remain committed to their faith and the cause of freedom, a community that continues to contribute so much to the Central Valley and to California and across the country. And so I stand with the Armenians and the Americans of Armenian heritage from across the Central Valley, across California in supporting their security in the wake of the ethnic cleansing that's happening in Artsakh. And I urge members to support HR 82.

Thank you, Assemblymember Fong. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Friedman, you may close.

Thank you very much. I want to really thank all of my colleagues for their very heartfelt and very passionate words. Those words mean a lot to me. I know they mean a lot to my community. And I just hope that we now will lift our collective voices to turn those words into action items for our government and for the world. With that, I would request and aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Friedman. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll for co-authors. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote for co-authors. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. There are 69 co-authors added without objection, will now take a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor say aye. Opposed say no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Adopted. So Assemblymember Friedman, you are recognized for your guest introductions.

Thank you. So we certainly have people in our community who have been active advocates for the Armenian cause for many, many years, and I'm very proud to be able to welcome a few of them here today to the floor to join us. Please give me a very warm welcome to former Glendale mayor and Council Member of Reg Aghanian to Doctor Armond Aghakhanian from the Burbank Unified Board of Education and from Members of the Southern California Armenian Democrats, Manuel Magpapian and Victoria -. Thank you so much for being here.

Members and guests, I'd like to ask you all to please stand. Members and guests, please stand. We will now observe a moment of silence and in remembrance of all those who lost their lives during the Armenian genocide. Thank you. This concludes our ceremony. You may be seated. We are moving back to business on the daily file. Moving to assembly third reading, file item 32, AB 3024 by Assemblymember Ward. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 3024 with amendments by Assemblymember Ward.

Assembly Member Ward, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker and member, I rise to present amendments to Assembly Bill 3024, and these amendments would add a urgency clause. And co-authors respectfully request your aye vote.

Without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the amendments. All in favor say aye, opposed say no. The amendments are adopted out to print and back on the daily file. Moving on to item number 43, AB 2435 by assemblymember Maienschein. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2435 by assemblymember Maienschein and act relating to healthcare coverage.

Assembly Member Maienschein, you are recognized.

Thank you very much Mr. Speaker and members. Since 2012, Covered California has engaged in a public process with robust stakeholder engagement when proposing and adopting regulatory changes. AB 2435 would extend Covered California's authority to promulgate emergency rulemaking packages until January 1, 2030 in order to adequately and promptly react to both annual and ongoing changes in federal and state rules. By passing AB 2435 this ensures Covered California is able to serve consumers while adhering to new state and federal policies. Thank you and I respectfully request and aye vote.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those who vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 52, noes 12, measure is passed. Moving to file item 59, AB 3162 by Mr. Bennett. Clerk will read

Assembly Bill 3162 by Assemblymember Bennett and others, an act relating to Fish and Wildlife.

Mr. Bennett, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and members. AB 3162 is a bill to protect an intelligent sea-dwelling animal from unnecessary cruelty. There's no opposition to this bill and AB 3162 opposes cruelty to octopuses where the Octo Act preemptively bans octopus farming and the sale of farmed octopus across the state. If there's no opposition, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 50, noes 10. Motion measure passes. Moving back to file item 39 AB 1855 by Doctor Arambula. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1855 by Assembly Member Arambula an act relating to open meetings.

Doctor Arambula, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and members. Students should be able to participate in their student body associations without threat to safety, privacy, or accessibility. Assembly Bill 1855 protects public access and allows an eligible legislative body of student organizations to use alternate teleconferencing provisions if approved by the board of trustees and adopted by the eligible body. It is time for us to modernize the act to reflect modern times and new challenges faced by our students. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 52, noes 12, measure passes. Moving to Senate third reading file items 62 through 63 pass and retain. Moving to a vote on the consent calendar. File items 102 and 103. Does any member wish to remove an item from the consent calendar?

Seen and hearing none, the Clerk will read the second day consent calendar

Assembly Rule 3100. By Assemblymember Low an ant relating to mortgage loans.

Clerk will open the roll on the consent calendar. All those vote who desire to vote on the consent calendar, all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote on the consent calendar, Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 65 noes zero, the consent calendar is adopted.

Clerk will read the remaining item on the consent calendar.

And Assembly Bill 3196.

Ayes 65 noes zero. Members, the quorum call is still in place, so I would ask you to give your respectful attention to the member who was given prior permission to speak on an adjournment memory. Members, take your conversations off the floor or please have a seat. I ask that you give your respectful attention to assemblymember Irwin who was to for her adjournment and memory.

It is with a profound sadness and deep sense of loss that the community of thousand Oaks and beyond learned of the sudden passing of Brett Owen Taylor, brother Brett, as he was affectionately known, leaving behind a grieving community of which he was a part. Brett was born in December 1957 in Burbank, California, and his family moved 2000 oath when Brett was eight years old, Brett was in elementary school when his disability was identified.

Despite these early challenges, Brett had a huge heart and a special knack for making friends. Early on, Brett developed a fondness for the Fire Department, and as a teen he could be found hanging out by the fire station close to his family home. He was adopted by the firefighters at the station, who treated him as if he was one of them. He soon began making friends with police officers that he would meet throughout his travels.

Over the years, Brett became a fixture within the Ventura County Sheriff's Department and the Ventura County Police Department Fire Department. He was known by the newest of the deputies and firefighters, as well as those at the highest ranks of each organization. He cherished these friendships and could often be seen riding in either a police car or a fire truck as they transported him to one of his many other meetings or obligations. The entire family knew and loved Brett. It didn't stop there.

Brett worked his way into helping coaches of each sport at both Thousand Oaks and Westlake high schools. He was an honorary member of the Rotary, the Kiwanis Club, and the Elks Lodge. He served with the Oaks Mall security, the Conejo Recreation and Park District in the City of Thousand Oaks staff. There was no group in the community that he was not a welcome part of. Brett never met anyone he didn't like, and everybody he knew felt it.

He had a knack for remembering everyone's name, and if you ever told him you would do something, he wouldn't forget. At one point Brett was sent to live in an independent living residence in Oxnard. He didn't particularly like the arrangement, so he took it upon himself to self-graduate and purchased a bus ticket back to Thousand Oaks, where he lived the remainder of his days.

He had been recently selected to be the grand marshal of the Conejo Valley days parade that is being resurrected after having been sidelined for many years. This was an honor that Brett was very excited about, and he looked forward to the May 5 parade. No replacement has been selected, and brother Brett will serve posthumously in this role. Brett brought joy to the lives of everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him, and he will be sorely missed. I ask that we adjourn in his memory.

Thank you, assemblymember Irwin. Members, please bring the names to the desk to be printed in the journal. All requests to adjourn in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal. Moving to announcements. Committee hearings budget Subcommittee one will meet upon adjournment in Capitol, room 127. Emergency Management Committee meets upon adjournment in Capitol Room 444. Natural resources will meet upon adjournment in Capital, room 447. Revenue and Taxation meets upon adjournment in Capital Room 127. Six transportation meets upon adjournment in the swing space, room 1100.

Session schedule is as follows. Tuesday, April 23, check-in session. Wednesday, April 24, check-in session. Thursday, April 25 floor session at 09:00 a.m. All other items remaining will be passed and retained. All motions shall be continued. Seeing and hearing no further business. I'm ready to entertain a motion to adjourn. Miss Aguiar Curry moves Mister Gallagher seconds that the house stands adjourned until Thursday, April 25, at 09:00 a.m. The quorum call is lifted and the house is adjourned.