Assembly Floor

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

[Roll Call]

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful, Almighty God, assembled in your presence, we come seeking your wisdom and direction. Grant us the clarity to navigate complexities, the compassion to embrace diverse perspectives, and the determination to uphold integrity.

May our conversations be characterized by mutual understanding, our decisions by genuine compassion, and our actions by fairness. Help us acknowledge the interconnectedness of all, guiding us to govern with humility and foresight. In your infinite wisdom, lead us along paths of unity, progress and and prosperity for all those we serve. Amen.

Thank you. Assemblymember Sanchez will lead us in the pledge.

I pledge of allegiance to the flag, United States of America.

The Pledge of Allegiance

Reading of the previous day's journal.

Assembly Chamber of Sacramento Wednesday, May 15,2024

The Assembly moves Mister Flores 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 shall be deemed read and printed in the journal. Moving to procedural motions. Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

Good morning, Mister speaker. At the request of Assemblymember Rubio, please remove item A-8, SB 6-32. Caballero from the inactive file.

Clerk will note.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and invoke the California Constitution to withdraw Assembly Bill 2641 which will end sanctuary state protections for convicted illegal immigrant pedophiles.

Mister Essayli, you are recognized.

Stop. You went beyond making a motion. You started to go into debate. You can make the motion, but you cannot talk about the motion will be non debatable. So you made your motion. You made a motion, correct? Thank you. That requires a second, seconded by Assembly Member Dixon.

Okay, so Members, Mister Essayli is requesting to bypass the joint rules and the Committee deadlines. This is a suspension of the joint rules and takes 54 votes. It is not debatable. The Clerk will open the rolls. Asking for an aye vote. The majority leader asking for a no vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

It's a procedural motion. Mister Essayli asking for an aye vote vote. Majority leader asking for a no vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, you have to put your keys in and turn them on. Clerk will close the roll, aye's 14 no's, 36. The rules are not suspended. Motion fails.

Moving to business on the daily file. Moving to second reading.

Clerk will read.

Assuming Bill 1832, 1863, 1888, 1976, 2038, 2050, 2068, 2135, 2167, 2231, 2322, 2323, 2364, 2374, 2375, 2402, 2494, 2499, 2631, 2655, 2660, 2738, 2754, 2776, 2873, 2943, 2983, 3023, 3043, 3160, 3186 and Assembly Bill 3190.

All bills will be deemed read and all amendments will be deemed adopted under reconsideration. All items shall be continued. We are now moving to Assembly. Third reading.

Moving to file item 3283, a Bill on the Committee on Judiciary, presented by Assembly Member Kara. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 3283 by the Committee on the Judiciary and others, an aquiline to civil actions.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Member Kalra, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. Assembly Bill 3283 is the Judiciary Committee Bill on claims of exemption. This Bill proposes a minor procedural fix to a critical issue in debt collection cases.

Under existing law, when a debtor appears in court to file a claim of exemption, essentially seeking protection for certain assets from being collected to pay a judgment is considered a general appearance. This seemingly small act, however, has significant consequences.

By merely showing up to protect their exempt property, debtors unintentionally surrender their ability to challenge the court's jurisdiction in the underlying debt collection case, even if they were improperly served or are not the correct party. This Bill offers a simple yet crucial solution to this unfair situation.

It ensures that appearing for a claim of exemption hearing does not equate to consenting to the court's jurisdiction for the entire case. Instead, this Bill would limit the court's authority solely to determining the claim of exemption. This means that debtors can still seek exemption from collection without forfeiting their rights to challenge the validity of the underlying judgment.

Based on jurisdictional issues, this Bill does not eliminate lawful debts. Rather, it protects the fundamental principle due process by allowing debtors to challenge the court's jurisdiction if they were improperly served or mistakenly identified. By safeguarding this right, we aim to prevent unjust judgments and ensure fairness in our legal system. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Spoken like a true attorney. 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. This is a Committee Bill. All those vote who desire to vote. This is a Committee Bill.

Members Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 43, no's 11 measure passes. We will pass temporarily on item 49, moving to item 52. AB 2745 Mister Mathis by Mister Alanis.

Assembly Bill 2747 by Samara Mathis and others, an aquiline to pests.

The Clerk will read.

Mister Alanis, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker. Good afternoon. Actually still morning, I guess I'm happy to present AB 2745 on behalf of the Honorable Member from Porterville. Pests can disrupt ecosystems, affect water systems, and pose a grave threat to agriculture.

To highlight the severity of the problem, the Center for Invasive Species Research at UC Riverside found that California agriculture losses to exotic pests exceeds $3 billion annually. AB 2745 will give agriculture commissioners a much needed enforcement tool to combat negligence negligent properties that harbor these pests.

We must hold those negligence that possess this threat in the surrounding agriculture as well. For the California ecosystem, we need to hold them accountable. The author is pleased to share that a resolution has been reached with the opposition to this measure and he is committed to amending the Bill in the Senate to address those concerns.

AB 2745 is a common sense Bill that will allow county agriculture commissioners to carry out their duty more effectively while protecting agriculture and ecosystems that California depends on. I respectfully ask for your 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. Aye's 48 no's 0, measure passes. We're going to pass temporarily on item 54. Moving to item 57.

Assembly Bill 2347 with amendments by Assembly Member Kalra.

Assembly Member Kalra, you are recognized.

AB 2347 by Assembly Member Kalra for the purpose of amendments, the Clerk will read.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Amendments to AB 2347 align the timeline for Demur's and motions to strike with motions to quash with this change. The California Apartment Association will be neutral on the Bill. Respectfully ask for an aye vote on the amendments.

Without objection will take a voice vote on the amendments. All in favor say aye. Opposed say no. The ayes have it. The Bill is back to print. Out to print and back on file. Moving to item number 62, AB 2146 by Assembly Member Rodriguez.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2146 by Assembly Rodriguez an accolade to product safety.

Assembly Member Rodriguez, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker and Members, thank you for the opportunity to present AB 2146 which would ban the sale of wearable personal flotation devices designed to be worn or attached to the body of an infant and not approved by the United States Coast Guard.

According to the Centers of Disease and Control and Prevention, drowning is the leading cause of death for children between the ages of 1 and 4 and the second leading cause of death for children between five and 14.

While the state has taken several steps to promote water safety to prevent drowning incidents, there are consumer products such as water rings and floaties on the market that fail to keep our children safe while in the water.

Many experts, including the CDC and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and the American Academy of Pediatrics, have expressed the dangers of these products. Therefore, this Bill proposes to ban wearable personal flotation devices designed to be worn or attached to the body of children that are not US Coast Guard approved.

By removing these products like water rings and arm floaties from the market, we can save lives and prevent the life challenges that come from non fatal drownings. 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 48, Nos zero. Measure passes. We will pass temporarily on item number 63.

Assignment Bill 1978 by Senator Vince Fong an aquiline into vehicles.

Moving to item number 65. AB 1978 by Assembly Member Vince Fong the Clerk will read.

Assemblymember Fong, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, Members street racing and street takeovers are an epidemic that has led to preventable deaths of countless people across California. California has seen a sharp rise in illegal street racing as street racers take advantage of highways, parking lots, and roads through forcibly blocking cars from using these roadways.

On January 1, 2024 a 23 year old woman was killed by a driver who lost control of their vehicle while participating in a sideshow in Stockton. This is just one of the countless cases of senseless and preventable deaths from street racing accidents.

Law enforcement struggles to effectively curb sideshows in exhibitions of speed, as oftentimes, these sideshows just continue in a different intersection with the same participants after law enforcement has broken up the original event, AB 1978, enjoys unanimous support out of transportation and appropriations committees and will provide law enforcement with a practical tool for deterring side shows across the state.

Through allowing peace officers to impound vehicles without taking a person into custody, they will be able to hamstring additional street exhibitions and save countless lives. This Bill is supported by many groups aiming to protect innocent bystanders such as Street Racing Kills, The Connor Lynch Foundation, and The SoCal Families for Safe Streets.

Members, 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 45, No's 0. Measure passes.

Moving to file item 3066 AB 2094, by Assembly Member Flora, the Clerk will read, yes, we're going to pass temporarily on that. We're also going to pass temporarily on item number 71. Moving to file item 72, AB 2543.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2543 by Assembly Member Arambula an accolade to small businesses.

Doctor Arambula, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker and Members. All small businesses should have the same access to opportunity in our great state. When small businesses thrive in California, California thrives. AB 2543 ensures that eligible business owners, including DACA entrepreneurs, are able to register their business as a certified small business, regardless of immigration status.

Federal and state law already authorized these business owners to be in business. It is time for us to ensure that these business owners, if eligible, can be certified and continue to thrive in business. Thank you and I respectfully ask for an Aye vote.

Seeing 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. 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 41. Nos 7. Measure passes. Moving to file item 75, AB 3143 by Assembly Member Lowenthal. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 3143 by Assembly Lowenthal an aquiline to employment.

The Clerk will read.

Assemblymember Lowenthal, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, I'm pleased to present AB 3143, which prevents an employer from prohibiting or implementing a policy to prohibit an employee of a restaurant from receiving any gratuity that is paid, given to, or left for an employee by patron.

By allowing for tipping in all restaurants, AB 3143 allows food service employees to earn supplemental income and takes an important step towards closing the wage gap experienced by underserved and marginalized communities who are disproportionately represented in these low wage jobs in the food service industry. This is a common sense measure. It's long overdue.

In order to create parity for all food service workers in the restaurant industry, this Bill has no opposition, has received bipartisan support, and received no, no votes. Respectfully ask for your 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 47, no's zero, measure passes. Moving to file item 79 AB 1820 by Assembly Member Schiavo.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1820 by Assembly Member Schiavo and others an act relating to housing.

Assembly Member Schiavo, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker and Members. AB 1820 is a simple good government transparency measure that will allow housing developers to know the development fees prior to committing shovels to ground.

Knowledge of these fees are critical because many of the fees add up to 20% of the cost of a home, which is the tipping point for many people from having a home that's affordable. AB 1820 provides guardrails, especially for affordable housing developers, to have the predictability and the cost of building affordable housing that we need so desperately.

This measure has had bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 52, no's 0, measure passes.

Moving to file item 81 AB 2433 by Assembly Member Quirk Silva. We are going to pass and retain. Moving to file item 84. Assembly Bill 3093 by Assembly Member Ward. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 3093 by Assembly Member Ward and others actually in land use. Assembly Member Ward, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 3093 responds to California's escalating homelessness crisis at it refines and enhances our primary housing planning process, the regional housing needs allocation to include the most vulnerable Californians, those experiencing and at risk of homelessness. The Bill comes directly from HCD's recent report on recommended RHNA reforms.

Homelessness is a housing problem and the state cannot fix what it does not track. The Bill introduces two new income categories to the rna process for the next housing element cycle, the acutely Low income and the extremely Low income categories.

AB 3093 will provide the state with some tools to hold local governments accountable for their homelessness housing element commitments, and I respectfully ask for your 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 48, Nos 3. Measure passes. Moving to file item 86, AB 3177. By Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 3177 by Assembly Wendy Carrillo an accolade to housing.

Assemblymember Carrillo, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members, I'm proud to present AB 3177, which establishes guidelines on spot widening, a practice in which housing developers seed a portion of their land for roadway widening without compensation. Spot widening requirements significantly increase housing costs, adding somewhere between 10 to 50 thousand dollars per housing unit, amounting to hundreds of thousands per project.

Additionally, AB 3177 replaces the reference to transit station with transportation Transit priority area within the Mitigation Fee Act, providing reduced mitigation fees for housing near bus stops and planned transit stops that are not covered under the definition of transit station. The Bill is sponsored by streets for all and supported by a coalition of housing, environmental and street safety organizations. It enjoys bipartisan support and has no opposition. Respectfully request and aye vote and hearing.

No further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 42. Noes 4. Measure passes. Moving to file item 87.

Assembly Bill 3217 by Assembly Member Bryan aquiline to juveniles.

AB 3217 by Assembly Member Bryan the Clerk will read.

Assembly Member Bryan, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. I'm not sure if this is an act related to juveniles, but I stand to represent AB 3217, a straightforward Bill that puts forth two different requirements to ensure that counties are meeting family placement expectations.

First, it will require counties that fall below the statewide average to consult with the directors of the top three counties on best practices. And second, it would require those same counties to agendize the topic at a county Board of Supervisor hearing. This Bill has had bipartisan report support and I respectfully asked for 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. Aye's 56, no's 0, measure passes. Moving to file item 89. AB 1777 by Mister Ting.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1777 by Assemblymember Ting and others an act relating to autonomous vehicles.

Assemblymember Ting, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 1777 is my autonomous vehicles Bill. As many folks in the chamber know, autonomous vehicles first started in San Francisco with human drivers, and about over a year ago they started offering autonomous vehicle rides, rideshare rides that led to a variety of issues. So this Bill really closes a number or clarifies a number of issues. One, how first responders like fire departments, police departments can respond and interact with autonomous vehicles, because obviously you don't have a driver to interact with. Two, it allows officers to cite an autonomous vehicle.

Right now, the vehicle code cites drivers without a driver in the car. We needed to figure out how to cite a company, and that's what this does. And also, lastly, many local agencies as well as state agencies don't get the same amount of data that the national NHTSA does. And so this really adds a number of data requirements so that autonomous vehicle companies get that data to our state DMV as well as to our local agencies. With that respect for aye vote on AB 1777.

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 54. Noes zero. Measure passes. Moving on to file item 94.

AB 1864 by Assemblymember Connolly, the Clerk will or the Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1864 by Assemblymember Connolly and others in accolade to pesticides.

Mister Assembly Member Connolly, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members. Good morning. AB 1864 would require county agricultural commissioners to require a notice of intent or NOI for applications of pesticides within a quarter mile of school sites that are classified by the Department of Pesticide Regulation as carcinogenic reproductive toxicants or toxic air contaminants as defined.

NOIs would also be required for application methods restricted by school regulations. The bill also requires permits, NOIs and pesticide use reports to include the exact method of application and extends a regulation to include private schools as currently, only public schools and daycares are protected.

Finally, the bill would change permitting and reporting requirements to require growers to demarcate and report separately any portion of a field inside the quarter-mile buffer zone. We must protect our most vulnerable populations from the dangers of pesticide exposure. AB 1864 accomplishes this with common sense fix-it

changes to reporting requirements to enable confirmation of compliance with the school's regulation and extends a protection to private school students. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Mister Gallagher, you are recognized.

Yeah. Thank you Mister Speaker and Members. In thinking about this bill, I think many of you should ask yourselves, you know, the school that you grew up in, what was it like? For those of you in more urban districts? You probably didn't have a field or a ranch right next to your school.

Many of you probably didn't have that. You're in an urban area you have, you know, other buildings, residences, communities right around you. By the way, many of those residences or are probably buying chemicals at the store, and they are spraying them completely unregulated onto their lawns or onto, you know, that go into gutters that go into sewer systems.

Nothing in this bill regulates that at all. It's completely focused on agriculture. And so for me, I went to an elementary school that had a rice field right next to it. You know, I went to a high school, you know, that had other crops and farms all around it.

And when they go and spray, they already go through a very regulated process. First of all, they can't spray anything that hasn't received a label from the Department of Pesticide Regulation in this state. Secondly, they already do have to go through the county AG Commissioner before they do any applications in this state.

So all these things are already done before any of these folks go spray a thing. But now what we're doing is we're adding additional requirements, additionally regulations on farmers. And, look, I grew up in this, and it has been safe. Pesticides and herbicides in agriculture have been safely applied for decades, for generations in these rural areas.

It is not an issue. And to me, a lot of this is really scare tactics to say, oh, in a quarter mile, you should have to have this and that. Why are the AG commissioners, by the way, why are the AG commissioners opposed to this Bill?

The AG commissioners are the ones who actually do the work of ensuring that there's safely applied pesticides up and down this state. That's their job. They're the ones that regulate and enforce. If somebody does apply in the wrong way or if there is drift from a chemical application, they're the ones doing that work every day.

Why are they saying they're opposed to this bill? They don't think it's necessary, and they're the primary enforcers of agricultural pesticides and herbicides in this state. You might want to ask yourself that question. Why is all of agriculture opposed to this bill? Right.

Because you're adding all kinds of requirements on us, and it's already really difficult for us to continue to go in this state. So I'm just, please think about that. Do you have experience with this? Is this a problem in your schools? I venture to say it's not.

You might be want to be more worried about what people are applying, completely unregulated in your urban districts, next to schools. That might be something you should be more concerned about rather than worrying about a lot of the schools in my district and maybe rural communities throughout this district.

I know there's other members in here that feel the same. Both parties like stop telling us what we need to do right when actually we do a whole lot and our communities are safe and our schools are safe and we don't need this additional regulation. It's unnecessary.

And so I urge you to oppose it or lay off this bill today. Thank you.

Thank you. Assemblymember Gallagher, Mister Connolly, would you like to close?

Yes. Thank you Mister Chair. And appreciate my colleague, just a couple of quick responses. As noted, this is an existing system. We are not seeking to plow new ground, so to speak.

What we're doing is improving on the system and in many ways AG is supporting aspects of this bill, including providing more specificity around reporting and notice, which is key to these schools. Adding private schools with appropriate identification. Something else ag is not opposing.

And finally, we're continuing to work with Ag on the scope of chemicals that would be subject to this. Namely currently restricted pesticides are within the Bill. This would include non restricted that are carcinogenic. I think it's a reasonable step, notwithstanding the overstatement that we just heard. And I would respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the door. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Mister Connolly.

Mister Connolly moves the call. Assembly moving back to motions and resolutions. Assembly Member Aguiar Curry, you are recognized.

I request unanimous consent to waive the one day waiting period to allow authors to to take up their bills that were amended yesterday. The bills were pre published for more than 72 hours. The bills are item 48. AB 2300. Wilson. Item 56. AB 2107. Chen. Item 63. AB 2980 Low, item 66. AB 2094. Flora. Item 71.

AB 2238. Low, item 81. AB 2433. Quirk Silva. Item 88. AB 20115. Haney. Item 289. AB 2113. Garcia.

Without objection, we'll take a voice vote on this. All in favor say aye. Opposed, say no. Motion is adopted. Somebody. Member Reyes, you are recognized.

I'm next. I'm next.

Actually you're not, but that's okay because I'm going to bounce around a little bit. So I'm going to go back and file order to file item 54 by Assemblymember Valencia. AB 2991. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2991 by Assemblymember Valencia and others. An act relating to alcoholic beverages.

Assembly Member Valencia, you are recognized.

Buenos dias. Mister Speaker, thank you for the opportunity. AB 2991 requires the use of electronic fund transfers for all transactions between alcohol retailers and distributors. Recent amendments ensure that retailers have the ability to select their EFT provider and clarify the Bill only applies to store deliveries. Moving to an EFT system directly addresses the issues of safety, inefficiency and financial security. I respectfully ask for a yes vote. Gracias.

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 54. Noes zero. Measure passes. We're going to go to file item 66. AB 2094 by Assemblymember Flora.

Assembly Bill 2094 by Assemblymember Flora. An act relating to alcoholic beverages.

The Clerk will read.

Assemblymember Flora, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2094 provides an exemption to the general prohibition against the consumption sale of alcoholic beverages on school property for sporting events and concert events at the community college in Bakersfield. 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 50. Noes zero. Measure passes. We're going to go to file item 81 now.

AB 2433 by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2433 by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva and others. An act relating to building standards.

Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. We're back where we started.

Good morning, Mister Speaker and Members. I rise to present AB 2433. AB 2433 addresses the lengthy delays in the building permit process by introducing flexibility and inspection timelines and the conditional utilization of private professional services. I'd like to thank all of the different stakeholders, including the fire chiefs and opposition, for working with my office to address concerns and develop amendments to this Bill. AB 2433 streamlines the inspection process, clarifies the use of private professional providers by local agencies, and updates the definition of high rise structures.

It also authorizes local agencies to charge reasonable fees for plan checking services, and ensures providers meet continuing education requirements and have no financial interest in projects. By making the process more efficient, we can both save money and support our communities and businesses, creating an opportunity to make tangible improvements in the lives of countless Californians. AB 2433 has enjoyed bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. Assemblymember Ward, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I just wanted to rise as a proud joint author of Assembly Bill 2433 I want to thank our colleague from Fullerton for introducing this measure. Working on permitting, streamlining, and particularly some of the challenges that we have at local government to be able to process things in a timely fashion. I think it's going to be one of the most impactful things that we can do to be able to accelerate the approval of new housing and be able to get construction moving forward to provide more units for Californians in need. I would respectfully ask your aye vote.

Thank you. Assembly Member Ward. 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 vote. Ayes 54. Noes 0. Measure passes.

Moving to file item 95, Assembly Bill 1895 by Doctor Weber. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1895 by Assemblymember Weber. An act relating to health facilities.

Doctor Weber, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister Speaker. Good morning Members. I rise today to address a crisis in this state, whether you are in a rural area or any inner city, and this is the closure of maternity wards or labor and delivery units up and down our state. AB 1895 will provide the state more advanced notification when a hospital has assessed that their maternity unit is at risk of closure. Current law requires a hospital to notify the California Department of Public Health and the public 90 days prior to the proposed closure of a maternity unit. Unfortunately, this is not enough time for the state to intervene.

For these reasons, AB 1895 will require hospitals with maternity units that are at risk of of closure in the next six months to report several data points to the state. Additionally, the Bill will require the completion of a community impact that outlines the three closest hospitals offering maternity services in the geographic area and their distance from that at risk facility. Finally, once the hospital will provide public notice of potential closure, they will also need to have a comment period, which includes at least one public hearing. This Bill is sponsored by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Black Women for Wellness, Reproductive Freedom for All, and the California Nurse Midwives Association. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 1895. Thank you.

Thank you Doctor Weber. Mister Alvarez, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister Speaker. I want to stand and speak in support of our colleague, Doctor Weber, for doing this great work. This is, as she said, happening today, and it's happening in urban and rural settings. I know we've had conversations about rural settings, but in urban San Diego, in Chula Vista, a large city in San Diego, this is happening. And I want to just urge all of you to support this Bill because it could happen to you next.

And the information that Doctor Weber has outlined that would be required as this Bill is outlined would be really extremely important for communities across the state that really depend on facilities, particularly maternity wards as we've seen unfortunately happen in San Diego. So I wanted to stand in support but also to thank Doctor Weber for her foresight in working on this before. Unfortunately this happened in San Diego and in Chula Vista but hopefully for other communities some of these impacts may be preventable. Thank you very much. I urge your aye vote on AB 1895.

Thank you Mister Alvarez. Seeing in hearing no further debate the Clerk will open the door. 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 0. Measure passes.

Members, we're moving on to item number 96, AB 1911. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1911 by Reyes. An act relating to care facility.

Assembly Member Reyes, you may open.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, this is a support-support Bill that will improve residential care facility for the elderly complaint investigations performed by CDSS. Currently, the experience for individuals who file complaints is inadequate and discourages them from filing. AB 1911 will improve the complaint process by improving CDSS's communication with complainants and by imposing clear deadlines on complaint investigations. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 55. Noes 0. Measure passes.

Assembly Bill 3206 by Assemblymember McKinnor and act relating to alcoholic beverages.

Members, we're going to going back to item number 76, AB 3206, the Clerk will read

Seeing no others wishing to speak Assembly Member McKinnor, would you like to close?

Assembly Member McKinnor, you may open.

Hello, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 3206 will authorize a specific entertainment venue to offer after hour alcohol sales under limited circumstances. Much like cities around the world, many California cities are seeking to navigate a growing demand for after 02:00 a.m. retail alcohol sales balance with the need to maintain public health and safety.

AB 3206 takes a new approach to addressing the the demand for after hour alcohol sales by authorizing a specific entertainment venue, not an entire city, to offer after hour alcohol sales under limited circumstances.

This Bill includes a number of safeguards, including limiting the size of the venue, limiting the number of customers allowed in the venue, and limiting the days that the venue can offer, after all, after alcohol sales. And it also requires local approval in order to mitigate potential public health and safety concerns. The Bill also includes a 2030 sunset.

I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Assembly Member Lackey, you are recognized.

Yeah, unfortunately, I know there's a lot of limitations here, and I know that this is a very controlled set of circumstances, but I will tell you, everybody, I'm too connected to this issue, and I've dealt with so many tragedies associated with impaired driving, and I'm haunted by the circumstances associated with this very serious problem.

It continues today, and all we're doing is opening the door and inviting more tragedy. Again, it's a very small measure, but it's opening the door to potential death and very, very serious outcomes that are permanent.

And so I don't see the benefit here counteracting the tragedies associated by extending these hours, because I'm telling you, not only do you deal with the aspect of impairment from the alcohol, but fatigue. Fatigue is equally dangerous and toxic to traffic.

And I'm sad to say that this is really a step in the wrong direction and will result in some death. And if you're good with that, you think differently than me. So I would say no or lay off.

I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

The Clerk will open the door. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll aye's 42, no's 6, measure passes. We're going to go back to item number 55, AB 26. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2799 by Assembly Member Vince Fong and others an act relating to water.

Assemblymember Vince Fong, you may open.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and members/ The 2023 water year saw massive amounts of rain and snowfall pushing California's water infrastructure to its limits. In some regions, the state received upwards of 322% of normal annual precipitation. The southern Central Valley was especially hit hard with massive flooding overwhelming the dams, rivers, and canals that manage flows throughout this agricultural region.

To help offset stress on our water infrastructure and aid groundwater recharge, many farmers intentionally flooded their fields. While this was done as a service for the good of the whole industry and the greater Central Valley community, these farmers received no credits toward their water use bills for this voluntary groundwater recharge and flood management. AB 2799 directs groundwater sustainability agencies to consider efforts by small farms to recharge their groundwater basins through voluntarily allowing percolation and flooding of their land during high water events. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak, seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll. Ayes 52, noes zero, measure passes.

We are back on file to number item number 99 AB 1921. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1921 by Assemblymember Papan in accolade to energy.

Assemblymember Papan, you may open.

Thank you. Madam Speaker, I rise to represent AB 1921, which updates and clarifies the definition of a renewable electrical generation facility to include linear generation generators using RP's eligible funds. Fuels. Linear generators are a cutting edge technology that offers a tremendous opportunity to have renewable power at the flip of a switch.

They can run on a number of different fuels, including many that are eligible for RPs, not unlike fuel cells that are already included in the definition. If linear generators remain excluded from RP's, the state will have a sorely lacking portfolio of on demand power as we approach our 2045 deadline.

AB 1921 will establish technological parity and help meet the state's renewable energy goals. The amendments and appropriates were clarifying in nature, and the bill has enjoyed unanimous support.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll.

Ayes 52. Noes Zero. Measure passes. Moving on to item number 100, AB 1935. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1935 by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio an act relating to the tribal gaming and declaring urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, you may open.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Recently signed and ratified tribal state gaming compacts and secretarial procedures have changed the dynamics of future payments into the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund. AB 1935 would codify a recent agreement between the Administration and California's federally recognized gaming tribes on how to deal with the excessive surplus in the fund.

Currently exceeding 160 million in non General Fund monies. Non General Fund monies. This Bill takes into account the interest of the respective parties as well as the future solvency of the fund, while allowing for over $80 million in surplus to be suspended and refunded back to those tribes that paid into the fund. There is no opposition to this Bill. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 57. Noes 0. On the urgency. Ayes 57. Noes 0. On the Bill. Measure passes.

Members, we're going to pass temporarily on item number 103 and item number 105. Taking us to item number 108, AB 2005. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2005 by Assemblymember Ward and others. An act related to housing.

Assemblymember Ward, you may open.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. This Bill allows our California State Universities to utilize the low income housing tax credit to create more affordable housing for our amazing CSU staff and faculty. The lack of access to affordable housing in California has increased the difficulty for CSUs to recruit and retain diverse and qualified staff. Prior legislation has provided access to the LIHTC for our California Community Colleges as well to our K-12 faculty, making AB 2005 an easy next step to provide housing. For these reasons, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 45. Noes 2. Measure passes. Moving on to item number 112. AB 2033. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2033 by Assemblymember Reyes. An act related to public post secondary education.

Assemblymember Reyes, you may open.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 2033 will do two things. First of all, allow our students to use their EBT cards on campus. Ensure there's at least one vendor on campus that will accept it, and second, to make it more accessible. So they'll have a list of all the EBT accepting vendors off campus. We know that one third of all post secondary students in California do experience food insecurity and this Bill will help us to allow our students to focus on their education while having their basic needs met. This Bill has received bipartisan support in Committee. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 55. Noes 0. Measure passes.

We will pass temporarily on item number 117, taking us to item number 118, AB 2060.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2060 by Assembly Member Soria and others an act relating to Fish and Wildlife.

Assembly Member Soria, you may open.

Speaker and Members AB 2060 seeks to streamline the permitting process in support of the flood managed aquifer recharge, or known as FloodMAR, activities, when diverting local floodwater into regional groundwater basins.

In response to the excessive rains and flooding that took took place in the last couple years, the Legislature passed SB 122, which contained provision streamlining permitting for emergency projects to divert floodwaters for groundwater recharge.

However, while this process is useful for one off emergency flood events, the shorter length of the allowable permits means it's less suited for long term flood planning. AB 2060 builds on SB 122 by creating a parallel, streamlined permit process that allows for a diversion permit up to 180 days.

This longer term permit would enjoy some of the same streamlining as SB 122, but would be subject to review by the State Water Resources Control Board to ensure the longer term diversion did not adversely affect water rights. This additional tool will help our water agencies manage flood waters and simultaneously recharge our aquifers.

I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll aye's 54, no's 0, measure passes.

Moving on to item number 119, AB 2064, the Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2064 by Senator Jones-Sawyer in accolade to Youth

Assembly Member Jones Sawyer, you may open.

Thank you, Madam Speaker, I present AB 2064, which will establish a community violence interdiction grant program. This bill is among the 14 priority bills identified by the California Legislative Black Caucus as part of the reparations bill package.

This bill will ensure funding for community driven solutions to increase violence in our schools and neighborhoods as opposed to the continuation of incarceration. These funds would be secured through an appropriation of the savings from any future prison closure within the state.

By using funds for these preventative programs, we reduce incarceration even further and focus on finding solutions or crime beyond the incarceration of most vulnerable and underserved populations. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Assembly Member Wilson, you are recognized.

Good morning, Madam Speaker. Members, just to rise on behalf of the California Legislative Black Caucus as chair, noting that AB 2064 brought by our colleague is a reparations is a part of our reparations priority package and we strongly support the entire package as a multi year effort and ask for your strong aye vote today.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, Assemblymember John Sawyer, would you like to close?

I want to thank Madam Speaker for her comments. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no others, the Clerk will open the all those who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 55 Noes 7. Measure passes.

Moving on to item number 120, AB 2071, the Clerk will read.

Assemblymember Juan Carrillo, you may open.

Assembly Bill 2071 by Assembly Member Juan Carrillo and others an act relating to pupil Instruction.

Good morning, Madam Speaker and Members. I rush to present Assembly Bill 2071. As many of us know, the education system in California has not always served English learners fairly and equitably. As an immigrant myself, bilingual speaker and English learner, I know the struggle of learning a new language while trying to seek higher education.

Starting September 1, 2025 AB 2071 will provide 25 separate one time grants to schools to implement the English Learner Roadmap Program over three years. AB 2071 will additionally require the State Board of Education to create and adopt a California English Learner Roadmap parent toolkit I respectfully ask for aye vote. Thank you.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Aye's 55, no 0, measure passes.

We are going to pass temporarily on item number 122, taking us to item number 124, AB 2095. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2095 by Assemblymember Maienschein, an act relating to public notice.

Assemblymember Maienschein, you may open.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 2095 seeks to modernize publication protocols across print and online platforms, eliminating any additional charges to access public notices online. This ensures that every citizen can stay informed about important events, whether they rely on newspapers or digital sources. Thank you and I respectfully request an aye vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those vote desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll. Ayes 57, noes zero, measure passes. Moving on to item number 125, AB 2096.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2096 by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris and others. An act relating to civil actions.

Assemblymember Petrie-Norris, you may open.

Good morning and thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present AB 2096, which will expand school violence, restraining orders to all public secondary institutions. This is a simple common sense Bill that will help keep our schools, students and communities safe. The measure has received unanimous bipartisan support. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 57. Noes 0. Measure passes.

We are going to pass temporarily on item number 126 and item number 131, taking us to item number 132, AB 2131. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2131 by Assemblymember Valencia and others. An act relating to health facilities.

Assembly Member Valencia, you may open.

Madam Speaker. Thank you. Y buenos dias. AB 2131 is a Latino Caucus priority Bill. It offers a portion of the competency exam in Spanish for certified nursing assistance. It also comes at a time when the state is facing a health care provider shortage that urgently needs to be addressed. I respectfully ask for a yes vote. Gracias.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 61. Noes 0. Measure passes. Members without objection we are going to move to the majority leader for her motions.

I move to suspend Assembly Rule 69B1 to allow Assemblymember Gipson to take up his late amendments on item 38, AB 2419.

Without objection such shall be the order.

Assemblymember Gipson, we will go to your floor amendments now. Item 38. The Clerk will read with amendments.

Assembly Bill 2419 with amendments by Assemblymember Gipson.

Mister Gipson you may open on your amendments.

Thank you very much Madam Speaker. I rise to amend Assembly Bill 2419 dealing with search warrants. The amendments put the Bill in a better place exonerating minors from potential charges and we will continue to have conversations to alleviate all concerns. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on the amendments.

The amendments are adopted. All those in favor indicate by saying aye, oppose say no. The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. The Bill is out to print and back on file.

Members, we are back on file to item number 133, AB 2134. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2134 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi and Act related to school employees.

Assembly Member Muratsuchi, you may open.

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I'm presenting Assembly Bill 2134 which would require school districts to accept the transfer of sick leave that teachers or classified employees have earned. This Bill has received bipartisan support and is supported by our teachers, essential school staff, and the California Labor Federation. Respectfully ask for aye vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll ayes. 57 no zero measure passes.

We will pass temporarily on item number 134, taking us to item number 136.

AB 2223 the clerk will read. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2298 by Senator Hart and others with athlete and coastal resources. Assembly Bill 2223 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry [Unintelligible].

Thank you Mr. Speaker and members, I started working on hemp issues because the 2018 farm bill unleashed a largely unregulated industry. My first successful legislation, AB 45, was the strictest hemp law in the country when it was enacted in 2021. But today I'm here to make sure that the law can be properly enforced and interpreted.

This bill is another huge undertaking that takes on three issues, expanding enforcement to crack down on illegal hemp products, closing loopholes that allow intoxicating hemp products, and making sure all intoxicants are in the cannabis supply chain, meaning full registration, regulation and taxation.

I will continue to work with stakeholders, state agencies and committees as we address concerns about the best way to implement these changes.

Seeing no others seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the clerk will close the roll eyes.

Ayes 57, noes zero, measure passes. Members, we are going to go back to item number 134, AB 2149. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2149 by Assemblymember Connolly, an act relating to civil law.

Assemblymember Connolly, you may open.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. Today I'm proud to present AB 2149 which will be known as Alex's law. In 2019, we suffered a tragedy in Marin County. Seven-year-old Alex Quanbeck was at his school playing with his friends and went to close a 300-pound gate to stop their football from rolling into the nearby alley. As he started to roll, the gate closed. The gate came off its rails and fell and crushed Alex, killing him.

This, unfortunately, is not an uncommon occurrence in California and throughout the country. Without any protections, when a gate is poorly designed, damaged, or just overused, it has a risk of disconnecting from its supports and falling. AB 2149 calls for these gates to be installed with a positive stop, literally a $50 piece of metal that stops a gate from toppling over if it becomes separated from its track.

It will be the responsibility of the gate owner to make sure their gate is inspected every five years, and local building officials will only have to become involved in egregious cases. We have worked to apply this bill only to those gates that are likely to impact the public at large, and I am committed to continuing to work with the opposition to mitigate their concerns. With this measure, we can make sure that no other family will have to face this kind of tragedy. Thank you and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak, the clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll. Ayes 42, noes nine, measure passes.

We are back on file to item number 138, AB 2226. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2226 by Assembly Member Muratsuchi and others, an act relating to to kindergarten.

Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you may open.

Thank you very much, Members. I'm continuing my role of education bills here with a Bill that would make kindergarten mandatory. Research is clear that the best return on investment in terms of closing the achievement gap is early quality, early childhood education.

While we have committed toward achieving universal transitional kindergarten, we many people are surprised that kindergarten actually is not already part of our state's compulsory education, as it is in 17 other states as well as the District of Columbia. This Bill will make kindergarten mandatory.

It's trying to close the gap for the last remaining 5-6% of California kindergarten eligible kids who are not attending kindergarten. In terms of the budget impact, we're talking about an average of two kids per school.

So this is not going to result in any, you know, costs in terms of increased staffing requirements, in terms of increased facility requirements.

The Bill is sponsored by the California Teachers Association and Los Angeles Unified School District, supported by early education advocates, the PTA, bilingual education advocates, as well as charter schools with no opposition, respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll aye's 45, no's 10 measure passes. Moving on to item number 139. AB 2236.

The Clerk will read

Assembly Bill 2236 by Assembly Bauer-Kahan and others, in accolade to solid waste.

Assemblymember Bauer Kahan, you may open.

Thank you. Madam Speaker and Members, I rise to present AB 2236. This is a simple bill that makes sure that when you, next time you go to the grocery after this bill comes enacted, you will only have access to paper bags.

It gets rid of those thick plastic bags, because when we pass the bill then moved from the thin plastic bags to the thick ones, the idea was for them to be reusable.

But as every single one of us knows, so many of those bags are ending up in our waterways, in our landfills, and it just continues to be an additional source of waste. And so we are going to move to high recycled content paper bags, and we are going to have a cleaner future for all of our children.

This bill is supported by an incredibly broad coalition of people that I'm not sure I've ever seen come together in this Legislature. From the grocers to the environmentalists to the paper bag folks, they are all standing on arm in arm to move to a future without plastic bag bags in our grocery stores.

With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Assembly Member Quirk Silva, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I also rise in support of AB 2236 Members, If you stay around long enough, you start to see legislation twist and turn. And I had the opportunity back in 2012-2013 when this legislation first came, and I was very skeptical of what would this plastic bag ban actually do?

And what it actually did was we got thicker bags that are harder to recycle. And the fee that was supposed to go to environmental causes actually went to the grocers themselves. This bill will help rectify that.

And as someone who actually has international paper in my district of Buena Park, I know that this is important not only related to jobs, but also related to our environment. I request your aye vote on AB 2236.

Seeing no others wishing to speak, Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan would you like to close?

Thank you. I want to thank my seat maid for her comments. This Bill now has bipartisan authorship, so I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

The Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll Ayes 41 Noes 4 measure passes, taking us to item number 140. AB 2240.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2240 by Assemblymember Arambula and others. An act related to housing housing

Doctor Arambula, you may open.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and Member. Assembly Bill 2240 ensures that farmworkers and their families are not separated because of outdated policies and that their children's education is not interrupted. Continuous migration and separation of housing closures negatively impacts a child's ability to receive a quality and fulfilling education, especially when these school years do not align.

This Bill will require and authorize us to allow these residents to live in their homes year round and not to have to move 50 miles outside of the radius of the center in the off season. Thank you and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the rule. Ayes 44 noes five measure passes. Members, we're going to jump to item number 470 AB 3129.

The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 3129 by Assemblymember Wood, an act relating to healthcare facilities.

Dr. Wood, you may open.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Private equity investments and acquisitions in healthcare are growing exponentially. This bill is about oversight. Why do we need it? Because there currently is none. These transactions are flying under the radar without review or oversight.

I've served in the Legislature proudly for nearly 10 years and served as the chair of the Assembly Health Committee for eight of those years with a focused goal of ensuring Californians have access to quality, affordable health care. My bill, 3129, sponsored by Attorney General Rob Bonta, is an important part of doing just that.

Private equity investment in healthcare in 2021 totaled $83 billion nationally and 20 billion in California. Compare that with the 83 billion and 20 billion in 2021 to 12 billion and 1 billion, respectively, in 2005. Opponents will tell you that AB 3129 will risk closures in community hospitals or other facilities.

What they don't tell you is that their acquisitions often use large amounts of debt, 60% to 80%, to finance purchases. On May 7, just two weeks ago, Stewart Healthcare, the struggling healthcare provider that relied on backing from private equity investors to quickly acquire dozens of community hospitals, including facilities in Massachusetts, Texas, and Florida, announced that it is filing for bankruptcy. Now the hospitals in these communities are at risk for closure.

Private equity has inserted itself into every phase of our lives, from cradle to grave, beginning with reproductive healthcare, labor and delivery services, childcare, every aspect of healthcare, including nursing homes to hospice, and even funeral homes. As with all my legislation, I listen to all stakeholders and solicit their concerns and request for amendments, and we'll continue to do that through the process. But today, I'm asking for your aye vote.

Assemblymember Vince Fong, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, I rise in opposition to AB 3129. I have great respect for the author and the work he does in the healthcare space, but my fear is that this bill would hinder access to much-needed capital for healthcare entities in California. The message of this bill has a chilling effect, discouraging investment in California's healthcare infrastructure. Almost half of California's hospitals are losing money every single day while treating patients in our state. This bill gives the Attorney General new power to unilaterally and arbitrarily reject private funding and investment that can serve as a lifeline for struggling healthcare providers.

In many cases, these resources are needed to expand access to healthcare. In my district, I have hospitals that need a lifeline, and private funding would help reverse course to keep these hospitals open. Access to healthcare in rural California is approaching a daunting cliff. There is already a shortage of physicians, and this Bbll, I'm afraid, would create a shortage of funding that could help guarantee access to emergency labor and delivery and General services for vulnerable Californians. Members, I ask for your no vote.

Seeing no others wishing to speak, Dr. Wood, you may close.

To my colleague from Bakersfield, the effort is not to restrict capital. The effort is to have oversight and review of transactions for acquisitions. This isn't about ongoing capital to help with facilities. So, with all due respect, I think you're looking at the wrong capital here.

My concern is we are seeing in other states right now, private equity gobbling up small entities to then get to a point where they actually can control 50 plus percent of the market. What that does is that allows them to leverage insurance companies and leverage payers for higher rates. Private equity is about profit.

They're there for the short term. My concern is what happens when they leave. What does that hospital look like? What does that doctor's clinic look like? Does it still provide the same services that it once did? In many cases, it does not. And that's what we're trying to protect. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

The clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll. Ayes 42, noes 14, measure passes. Members, we're going to lift the call on item number 94, AB 1864, Connolly. The clerk will post. The clerk will close the roll. Ayes 43, noes 13, measure passes.

Moving to file item 141, AB 2244 by Assembly Member Ting. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2244 by Assembly Member Ting and act relating to product safety.

Mister Ting, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2244 will prohibit the use of BPA in paper receipts by January 2025 and all intentionally added bisphenol chemicals and paper receipts by January 2026. By adding this chemical makes it impossible for the receipts to be composted. Respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 2244.

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 43.

Noes 16. Measure passes and you will have an opportunity to add on. Are you okay, Mister Lowenthal? Moving to file item 105, AB 1992 by Assemblymember Boerner. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1992 by Assemblymember Boerner. An act relating to coastal Resources.

Assemblymember Boerner, you are recognized.

Good morning Mister Speaker and Members. I may not be as funny as the Member from Long Beach, but today I'm presenting a Bill that you've all seen before. AB 1992 would authorize the California Coastal Commission to add blue carbon demonstration projects to the suite of factors it considers for potential mitigation when improving coastal development permits where feasible. This Bill was amended to apply to non residential projects, which moved all opposition to a neutral position and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, and Mister Lowenthal close to his button, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who 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 42. Noes 2. Measure passes. Moving to file item 142, AB 2259 by Assemblymember Boerner. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2259 by Assemblymember Boerner. An act relating to transportation.

Assemblymember Boerner, you are recognized.

Yes, Mister Speaker and Members, AB 2259 would require the California State Transportation Agency to develop an electronic bike safety handbook on or before September 1, 2025 that incorporates evidence based practices and emerging trends for bicycle and e-bike safety. We do not currently have one repository for all bikes in the state and this would create it. The electronic handbook would be available on the DMV, CHP, and state library websites. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. It's another day, another bike Bill.

Seeing and hearing no further debate. Clerk will open the roll on another bike Bill. 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 57. Noes 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 143.

AB 2262 by Assemblymember Reyes. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2262 by Assemblymember Reyes and others. An act relating to small business.

Assemblymember Reyes, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Members AB 2262 will encourage cities and counties to adopt small business utilization plans to leverage local contracting activities to support small businesses. It would include a 25% minimum goal for small businesses and to help our local government succeed, the Bill will also provide General authority to the California Office of Small Business Advocate to support local government small business procurement activities.

We know small businesses are the foundation of the California economy and we've got to do whatever we can to make sure they get to participate and thrive in our economy. I respectfully ask for your 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 57, no zero. Measure passes. Just a note for those of you who are hungry.

We will be adjourning for recessing at 12:15. So 10 more minutes. Let's continue working diligently for 10 more minutes. Moving to Assembly to item number 144. AB 2271 by Assembly Member Ortega, Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2271 by Assembly Member Ortega and others and act relating to the St. Rose Hospital.

Assembly Member Ortega, you are recognized.

Thank you speaker and Members for the opportunity to present AB 2271 today. AB 2271 is an urgent Bill that will keep that will help to avoid the closure of a distressed hospital in my district. St. Rose Hospital is a safety net hospital in Hayward that treats mostly low income MediCal and Medicare patients.

This Bill will provide the aid it needs to avoid another disastrous distress hospital from closing. I respectfully ask for your 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. Aye's 59. No, 0. Measure passes. We're going to pass temporarily on item 145.

Moving to item 147 by Assembly. AB 2310 by Assembly Member Hart. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2310 by Assembly Member Hart an act relating to parole.

Assemblymember Hart, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2310 will ensure individuals undergoing parole hearings can fully comprehend and participate in the proceedings. The Bill requires the board of parole hearings to translate vital documents, establish regulations for the use of certified interpreters, and expand language access, resources, and protections.

This measure will enable meaningful participation in parole hearings and ensure candidates with limited English proficiency have equal access to justice. This Bill enjoys no opposition and I respectfully request 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. Aye's 56, no's 0, measure passes.

Moving to file item 149, AB 2320 by Assemblymember Irwin, the Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2320 by Assemblymember Irwin and others in accolade to wildlife corridors.

Assembly Member Irwin, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. In 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive an Executive Order to create the 30 by 30 initiative to conserve 30% of our lands and coastal waters by 2030. AB 2320 would require the California Natural Resources Agency to identify wildlife corridors and fish passage restoration projects and include them in an annual report to the Legislature.

The bill would further require that the Wildlife Conservation Board prioritize projects that protect and create new wildlife corridors. Wildlife connectivity is a critical step in protecting California's rich biodiversity. 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 50 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 151, AB 2335 by Assemblymember McKinnor.

Assembly Bill 2335 by Assembly Member McKinnor and others, an act relating to public employment.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Member McKinnor, you are recognized.

Mister Speaker and Members, I am here to present AB 2335 which is sponsored by the California Association of Professional Scientists, United Auto Workers, State Scientists Salaries LAG their local government and federal counterparts, and other state employees that do substantially similar work by upwards of 40%. This is inconsistent with this administration's declared priority of establishing equity.

As the state's largest employer, it is critical for the State of California to lead by example and work to create a California where all employees are valued, respected and paid equitably. Providing equitable pay is essential for promoting gender equality, attracting and retaining state employees, and enhancing the state ability to employ to be the employer of choice.

There's no opposition and I ask for your 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. Aye's 51, no's two, measure passes. Moving to file item 153, AB 2365 by Assembly Member Haney.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2365 by Assemblymember Haney. An act relating to public health.

Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker. Members AB 2365 will protect California consumers by establishing health and safety regulations for kratom products sold in the state. Kratom is a tree in the coffee family native to Southeast Asia. In low doses, it can produce a beneficial stimulate effect.

In high doses, kratom causes a sedative effect in other negative symptoms like nausea, increased heart rate, insomnia, and some psychotic symptoms like hallucinations and confusion. Additionally, consistent kratom use can lead to dependency. In the absence of federal action, many states have decided to regulate kratom so that only safe and unadulterated products are being sold to consumers.

However, nearly 25% of kratom sales of the United States are in California and with this increasing demand and the lack of regulation, we are seeing products that are stronger and more potent and even dangerous. To prevent adulterated high potency products from hurting California consumers, this Bill will enact robust regulations and ensure manufacturers are only producing safe products.

It also bans kratom from being sold to individuals under the age of 21. It received strong bipartisan support, is supported by law enforcement and the Attorney General, and respectfully ask for your 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 66 Nos zero measure passes. Moving to file item 155, AB 2395 by assemblymember Quirk-Silva.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2395 by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva in accolade into California State University making the appropriation therefor.

Assemblymember Quirk Silva, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I rise to present Assembly Bill 2395 a bill that provides the California State University system increased flexibility for how it can use continuing education funds. In 1971, the Legislature established the Continuing Education Reserve Fund to help adult learners meet workforce needs not met by traditional state-operated offerings.

Over the years, the self support programs funded by revenues deposited in the continuing education refund have expanded. They now include degree and non degree programs, certificates, credentials, and other innovative workforce related professional development development opportunities. Unlike the University of California system, revenues deposited in the CSU's continuing education fund are constrained by dated requirements to narrow purposes.

Technological advancements and higher education strategies have changed since the early 1970s. AB 2396 provides increased fiscal flexibility responsibility for the CSU to use the continuing education Reserve Fund more effectively so it can better serve the students and deliver on its educational and institutional mission.

This bill has enjoyed bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your 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 48 or 51. Noes 3. Measure passes. Moving to file item 157 AB 2407 by Assemblymember Hart.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2407 by Assembly Member Hart and others an act relating to public post secondary education.

Thank you Mister Speaker and Members. AB 2407 requires the California State Auditor to perform triennial audits of sexual harassment policies across California's Community Colleges, CSU, and UC systems.

Assembly Member Hart.

These audits will evaluate our public higher education institutions ability to address and prevent sexual harassment on campus and ensure that system wide Title IX policies are aligned with state and federal laws. This measure will foster transparency, accountability, and safer learning environments within California's colleges and universities. I respectfully request 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. Aye's 65 no's 0, measure passes. Moving back to file item 158 AB 2408 by Assembly Member Haney.

Assembly Bill 2408 by Assemblymember Haney an Act related to occupational safety.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker and Members. AB 2408 will protect our firefighters from cancer by ensuring their gear will be free of cancer causing materials. Firefighter gear has been found to contain significant levels of PFAS. This is partly due to the fact that PFAS is the only chemical currently being used to make the gear water resistant.

20 years ago, heart disease was the biggest threat to firefighter health. Today, cancer has replaced heart disease as the biggest killer of firefighters, with the Association of Firefighters attributing 66% of deaths between 2002 and 2019 to cancer.

Firefighters put their lives at risk every day on the front lines, saving lives, responding to emergencies, and taking care of the vulnerable. We have an obligation to make sure they are not exposed to cancer causing chemicals from the very equipment designed to keep them safe.

AB 2048 will ensure that the moment a safe alternative is made available for firefighter gear, PFAS will be banned from being used. The Bill has received unanimous bipartisan support in the policy committees, and I respectfully ask for your 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, 63. No, zero. Measure passes. Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, you are recognized.

Thank you. Members, we have been in session for 2 hours and have dispensed with 50 bills. To avoid lengthy session on Friday, we have set a goal to take up 200 bills today. So when we return from our caucus lunches, we need to pick up the pace so we can get out of here at a decent time this evening. Thanks.

So, Members. Members, we will now be recessing for caucus lunches under call. Hang on a second before you go, please. Members may not leave their caucus locations. We will resume promptly at 1:17 pm. House stands in recess under call until 1:17. Enjoy your lunch.

I'd like to change my vote on AB 3177. Change to no. From aye to no. AB 1890. oh, I.

Vote change. Assemblymember Dixon. Assembly Bill 3177. Aye to no.

189 - AB 1895. Change from aye to not voting.

Vote change. Assemblymember Dixon. Assembly Bill 1895. Aye to not voting.

And then AB 2320, change to from no to yes.

Vote change. Assemblymember Dixon. Assembly Bill 2320.

And. Oh, file number 151. What is the Bill number?

No to aye.

And file number 151. I don't have the Bill number. 20. Was it 21? From Mckinnor? AB 2235. 2335 from no to yes.

Vote change. Assemblymember Dixon. Assembly Bill 2335. No to aye.

I'd like to change my vote, please, on file item 141. AB 2244 from no to aye.

Vote change. Assemblymember Lowenthal. Assembly Bill 2244. No to aye.

Davies. Vote change on AB 2335 from no to aye.

Vote change. Assemblymember Davies. Assembly Bill 2335. No to aye.

Members, we'd like you to make your way to the floor. We would like to resume session. It's now 117 pm. Members, please make your way to the floor. We have a lot of work ahead of us. Thank you to the back from recess on time caucus.

As the Members return to the floor. Recess is now over. We'd like to begin our work. Moving to file item 159, AB 2410 by Assembly Member Wallis. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2410 by Assembly Member Wallis an act relating to nutrition.

Assembly Member Wallis, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Colleagues, I have before you today Assembly Bill 2410. This Bill will allow our local senior food service programs to have continued flexibility to provide to go meals that many seniors have come to rely on. During the pandemic

we granted flexibility to the congregate meal programs by allowing meals to be picked up on a to go basis. Cities in my district and around the state saw positive results. It is a chance to take a valuable lesson learned during the pandemic and improve service to our seniors.

With rising food costs, it's vital that we provide flexible solutions for our seniors who are vulnerable to food insecurity. 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. So far the vote is unanimous. We need some more Members. Mister Wallis was next in file order. Members please return to the floor. All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Members, please return to the voir for business. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 44 no's 0. Thank you for your patience, Mister Wallis. Members, please return to the floor.

May have other bills that are a little closer than that one. Moving to file item 160 AB 2428 by Assemblymember Calderon. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2428 by Assemblymember Calderon and others in accolade to MediCal

Asesmblymember Calderon, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister Speaker. Assembly Bill 2428 establishes the MediCal fee for service rate as the floor and MediCal managed care planned contracts with community-based adult day service providers. Community-based adult day services offer an alternative to nursing home care for thousands of low-income seniors living with chronic medical disabilities and mental health conditions.

Despite the MediCal rate restoration of 2019, adult day service providers have struggled to keep centers open as some managed care plans have failed to fully restore rates. This bill will ensure that a vulnerable and growing population of elderly Californians can still access these services for years to come. Thank you and 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 51 Noes 0. Measure passes. Moving on to file item 162 AB 2446 by Assembly Member Ortega.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2446 by assemblymember Ortega and others, an act relating to Medi Cal.

Thank you speaker and Members. I rise to present AB 2446 a women's caucus priority. This Bill will provide medically necessary diapers through MediCal to children 21 years and younger, as mandated by the federal early and periodic screening, diagnostic and treatment program. I respectfully ask for your 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, 53. No, zero. Measure passes. Passing temporarily on file item 164.

Moving to file item 166 AB 2843 by Assemblymember Ting, the clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2483 by Assemblymember Ting. An act relating to post conviction proceedings.

Assemblymember Ting. You are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. AB 2483 follows the commission on the revision of the penal codes recommendations to set statewide guidelines ensuring efficient and equitable resensing procedures. We passed a number of laws updating resensing procedures. This would just ensure that there are statewide guidelines which our courts as well as everyone in public safety are following.

So respect for ask for aye vote on AB 2483.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 49, noes zero, measure passes. Passing temporarily on file item 167. Moving to file item 168.

AB 2500 by Assembly Member Mike Fong. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2500 by Assemblymember Mike Fong in accolade to student financial aid.

Assembly Member Fong, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister Speaker and Members. Assembly Bill 2500 streamlines the process for extending the financial aid application deadline. Under current law, the California Student Aid Commission can postpone application deadlines if a local educational agency or higher education institution files a formal request following an emergency situation.

This extension is being underutilized with thousands of students missing the financial aid application deadline and losing out on thousands of dollars in aid.

This bill will help students apply for financial aid by giving the Executive Director of the California Student Aid Commission the authority to approve requests granting authority application extensions to states of emergency declared by the Governor President without the need for formal requests and increases by five days the period that agencies can request extensions after a qualifying event.

This Bill has received no no votes. I respect they 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. There are 60 Aye votes. Noes 0. Measure passes. Passing temporarily on AB 25.

Excuse me, item number 170 also passing temporarily on file item 171. Moving to file. We're going to pass temporarily on 173. Moving to file item 174, AB 2557 by assemblymember Ortega. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2557 by Assembly Member Ortega and accolades local agencies.

Assembly Member Ortega, you may proceed.

Thank you speaker and Members. AB 2557 would establish reporting requirements for local government contractors who provide services, functions or duties that otherwise would be customarily done by civil service employees. This Bill is a transparency, accountability and results Bill. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Mister Ward. You are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker. I rise in strong support of AB 2557. Contracting out of government jobs has been steadily rising for decades. Typically, this is done to address budgetary problems but what we've observed is that when these jobs exit the government employment roles, they never return.

Unfortunately for taxpayers, not only has outsourcing these services failed to keep its promise of efficiency, but it too often undermines transparency and accountability. Public works is the expectation of taxpayers and constituents.

This Bill would safeguard taxpayer funds and ensure that quality public services by requiring private contractors who perform outsourced work customarily perform by a local government's workforce to submit semiannual reports detailing their performance and expenditures, pure and simple. Respectfully asked for your Aye vote on AB 2557.

Seeing and hearing no other testimony, 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 42, Noes 13. Measure passes. Passing temporarily on file item 177. Moving to file item 185.

AB 2701 by Mister Villapudua. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2701 by Assembly Member Villapudua an act relating to MediCal.

Assembly Member Villapudua, you may proceed.

Thank you, Chair Members. AB 2701 will expand California MediCal dental benefits to include a second cleaning and exam for adults age 21 plus, several reports suggest that poor dental health is linked to diabetes, dementia and cardiovascular disease.

With a second cleaning an exam, dentist can detect any other any oral health complications, prevent tooth loss, and even detect any early health problems. AB 2701 receives strong bipartisan support in the Assembly Health Committee. 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 53. Noes 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 186. AB 2707 by Assemblymember Mike Fong. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2707 by Assemblymember Mike Fong. An act relating to community colleges.

Assemblymember Fong, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister Speaker and Members. Assembly Bill 2707 requires the Legislative Analyst Office to conduct a study on the housing needs of our community college students over 25 years of age and students with dependents. Our community colleges enroll over 2 million students each year and over half are over 25 years of age and 60% experience housing and security.

Students over 25 are often independent and face greater financial obstacles, and students with dependents experience significant disparities when it comes to degree completion. Without better information on these students and their specific housing needs, we cannot craft the best policies. Assembly Bill 2707 will provide the necessary data to ensure that we serve these students appropriately. I respect the 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 56. Noes 0. Measure passes. Assembly Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry, you are recognized for your motions.

Without objection such shall be the order.

I move to suspend Assembly Rule 96 to withdraw AB 2656 Jim Patterson from the Rules Committee and order the Bill to the third reading file.

Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. I request unanimous consent to re refer SB 1521, Banking and financial Institutions Committee from the Judiciary Committee to the Banking and Finance Committee

Without objection, such shall be the order. Moving to file item 188, AB 2734 by Assemblymember Connolly. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2734 by Assembly Member Connolly and others, An act relating to agriculture.

Speaker and Members. AB 20, AB 2734 proposes several amendments to the healthy Soils program to ensure all farmers can access it promoting climate smart practices across California.

Assembly Member Connolly, you may proceed.

Specifically, the Bill directs CDFA to offer grants for on farm demonstration projects lasting up to five years, requires consultation with any relevant advisory bodies to address barriers organic producers face when applying to the HSBC, and requires CDFA to authorize HSP grant recipients to request advance payments of their remaining awards for incentive payments made pursuant to the program.

Additionally, the Bill would require CDFA to provide funds to technical assistance providers to support farmers and ranchers in the application process for grants and the implementation of funded projects provided General planning and training for climate smart sustainable agriculture and lease, purchase or repair farming, ranching and food processing equipment that can be centrally housed with the technical assistance provider and shared regionally with producers.

This Bill has bipartisan support and no opposition on file.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. Aye's 56 no 0, measure passes.

Moving to file item 190. AB 2766 by Assemblymember Low. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2766 by Assemblymember Low and others. An act relating to prisons.

Assemblymember Low, you are recognized.

Thank you very much Mister Speaker and colleagues. AB 2766 requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to compile an annual report for each department facilities that awards sentencing credits. I respectfully ask for your 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 53. Noes 0. Measure passes. Passing temporarily on file item 192, AB 2786. Now moving to file item 193. AB 20815 by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2815 by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris in accolade to transportation electrification

Assembly Member, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister Speaker. Members, I rise to present AB 2815. This bill will help modernize California's electric vehicle charging network and improve the EV consumer experience by expanding eligible funding and incentives to upgrade older and inoperable EV charging stations in order to meet today's standards.

This is a support bill and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you Assembly Member Petrie-Norris.

Seen and hear 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 vote's Ayes 56 Noes 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 199, AB 2883 by Assembly Member Lowe.

Assembly Bill 2883 by assemblymember Low. An Act related to public post secondary education.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Member Low, whenever you're ready.

Thank you very much Mister speaker and colleagues. It's always a wonderful time to celebrate the lunar new year. Assembly Bill 2883 establishes Lunar New Year in our CSU and UC campuses across California. I respectfully asked 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. Eyes 57 nos. Zero measure passes.

Moving to file item 200, AB 2887 by Mister Maienschein.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 2887 by Assembly Member Maienschein and act relating to school safety.

Thank you Mister speaker and Members. AB 2887 requires comprehensive school safety plans include procedures addressing scenarios involving sudden cardiac arrest and similar life threatening medical emergencies on school grounds. The Bill has no registered opposition and I respectfully request and Aye vote.

Mister Maienschein, you are recognized.

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 vote. Ayes is 54, No's zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 201, AB 2900 by Assembly Member Soria.

Assembly Bill 2900 by Assembly Member Soria, an act relating to air pollution.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Member Soria, speaker and Members, AB 2900 directs the Air Resources Board to provide dedicated technical assistance to owner operators or owners of small agricultural fleets to support their transition to cleaner emission compliant trucks.

Freight related emissions comprise the majority of criteria pollutants and toxic air emissions contributing to air quality related public health issues that disproportionately impact lower income households and people of color. Reducing emissions from this sector is critical to assisting many areas of the state to attain public health based air quality standards.

Many seasonally used trucks used in agriculture owned by owner operators and owners of small fleet face significant challenges in complying with the truck and bus regulation.

Particularly since the longstanding exemption enjoyed by agricultural trucking expired in 2023, AB 2900 will make sure that the state's transition away from polluting vehicles does not leave behind the small farmers who have helped make California the largest agricultural exporter in the US. 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 61. Noes zero measure passes. Moving to file item 202, AB 2901 by assemblymember Aguiar Curry.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2901 by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry and others an act relating to employees.

Madam Majority leader, it's your pleasure.

Under current state law, K-12 educators and community college faculty cannot earn any paid pregnancy leave. Only after they have used up to 12 weeks of accrued sick leave can they be eligible to receive differential pay when they cannot work due to pregnancy related disabilities.

Members, the definition of deferential pay is that educators have to pay for their own substitute. Data from CalSTR shows women receive almost $100,000 less in retirement benefits than their male counterparts as a result of such discriminatory policies.

Help me fix this injustice with up to 14 weeks of leave with pay so that people who care for our kids can spend more time with their own. This is also a Women's Caucus priority Bill. I ask for your Aye vote.

Seeing and hearing no further debate. Excuse me, I was quick on the draw. Assembly Member Quirk-Silva, you are recognized. Apparently you're not. Okay, there you are.

There we go. Thank you. Mister Speaker, I rise to speak in support of Assembly Bill 3150 and would like to thank my colleague from winters for all of her hard work on this Bill. As a teacher for over 30 years, I know firsthand the challenges educators face, especially when it comes to balancing their careers with family responsibilities.

Our educators, who are predominantly women, deserve to have the peace of mind that they can take the necessary time off for pregnancy and recovery without the fear of financial instability or the pressure to return to work preparation prematurely.

Currently, the lack of guaranteed paid leave forces many educators to deplete their sick leave or rely on differential pay, which is often insufficient to cover their expenses. Members, I have a personal story here. As I was a teacher for almost 30 years and had indeed four pregnancies during that time.

When I compare that to my colleagues who did not have to take sick days, I ended up with very few days left out of my sick leave. As I came up here to the state to then work, I wanted to look at buying back some of that pregnancy leave to add to my retirement.

It was $20,000 for those four pregnancies that I had to use all of my sick leaves. At a time when we are having national conversations about women staying home and possibly not working, we know that the teaching profession, which again, is mostly women, that even in that field there are disparities.

The benefits of this Bill extend beyond individual educators, to the entire school system, and I urge you to support AB 2901..

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. Aye's 55, aye's 56, no, 0. Measure passes.

Assembly Bill 2906 by Assembly Member Bryan and others an act relating to foster care.

Moving to file item 203 by AB 2906 by Assemblymember Bryan the Clerk will read.

Thank you Mister speaker, and colleagues at rise present AB 2906. If your parents pass away, you are due survivor benefits. That is, they paid into Social Security. They're not here to retrieve those benefits, they're passed on to their living children.

Assembly Member Bryan.

If you are in foster care in California, there are a number of counties who are applying for those benefits on your behalf and then not giving it to you, just incorporating it into their General Fund. There are other states who do this different. They set that money aside in a trust for the young people.

They use it only and exclusively for their uses. California should do the same. Stealing money from foster children isn't something we should do in a good budget year, or a bad budget year, or ever. And we have been doing it for way too long.

This Bill has received bipartisan support thus far and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you Mister Bryan. Assembly Member Joe Patterson, you are recognized.

Great. Thank you Mister speaker. Members, I rise in support of my colleague from Los Angeles. This measure, actually one of my constituents, James, came to testify on this Bill. As you know, many of you know that foster care has been a very important issue that I've been working on for a long time.

I supported a similar measure last year and he's been working on it very hard in my own family. One of my brothers was a recipient of survivor benefits, he wasn't in foster care. And so that money was able to go directly to our family to help support my brother.

And in this case, just because of, you know, well intended people, but just government bureaucracy. You know, oftentimes the money isn't going directly to benefit the child as they grow and become a human being. As you know, the deck is stacked against these children.

And so I rise in support of this measure and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you Mister Patterson. Seen in hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those in favor. All those vote who desire to vote? All those vote who desire to vote. You didn't want to close, you want to close. Too late. Sorry, my apologies Mister Bryan. All those vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote aye's 63, no's 0, measure passes.

All right, Mitch, moving to item 204. AB 2925. Assembly Member Friedman presented today by Assembly Member Lowenthal. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2925 by Assembly Member Friedman and others, an act relating to post secondary education.

Assemblymember Lowenthal, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker and Members. I am remiss that my colleague from Glendale is unavailable to present this Bill that she has worked so hard on in the aftermath of the Hamas terror attack on October 7, Jewish and pro Israel students are feeling pressured to hide their identities on campus because they feel so unsafe.

According to the Anti Defamation League, there has been a 2000% increase in antisemitic incidents on California college campuses following October 7 compared to a year ago. Yes, I said a 2000% increase. Our communities are asking us what is being done to assure that Jewish students can attend classes and exist in the academic setting free from discrimination.

We are answering this difficult question through AB 2925 which requires college campuses to include training to combat and address discrimination against the five most targeted groups in the state as part of any anti discrimination training or diversity equity and inclusion training that is already offered by the institution.

Current law says that all students have the right to participate fully in the educational process, free from discrimination and harassment. No one can focus on their education if they don't feel safe enough to even sit down and study out in the open.

Our higher education institutions must do more to protect our students, and unfortunately, there's no standard for diversity, equity, and inclusion training throughout our college campuses.

But if current law says that California's colleges have an affirmative obligation to combat racism, sexism, and other forms of bias, then let's ensure that hateful acts of discrimination against the Jewish community is not left out in that educational training process if it is being done on campus. College campuses already.

This Bill is received bipartisan support and has no opposition as a priority Bill for the Jewish Caucus. I appreciate your thoughtful consideration of this Bill. Respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 2925.

Thank you, Mister Lowenthal. 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 vote. Aye's 65, no 0, measure passes.

Assembly Bill 2980 by assemblymember Low, an Act relating the local government.

We are going to pass temporarily on item 205. Pass temporarily on item 206. We're going to go back in the file to item 63, AB 2980 by Assembly Member Low and the Clerk will read.

Thank you very much Mister speaker and colleagues. AB 2980 helps assist local control with counties utilizing blockchain when they also deem appropriate. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Assembly Member Low, whenever you're ready.

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 45, Noes. Zero. Moving now to item 145. AB 2289 by Assembly Member Low.

Assembly Bill 2289 by Assembly Member Low an act relating to vehicles.

Assembly Member Low, you are recognized.

The Clerk will read.

Thank you very much Mister speaker, colleagues AB 2289 helps to assist that physical therapists are also added to the list of those certified for parking placards for individuals in need. I respectfully ask for 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. Aye's 59, no's 0, measure passes. And while you're there, Mister Low, let's move to file item 211. AB 3034.

Assembly Bill 3034 by Assembly Member Low and act relating the public postsecondary education.

Clerk will read.

Assemblymember Low, whenever you are ready.

Thank you very much Mister speaker and colleagues. AB 3034 helps to assist in promotion of service learning and civic engagement. I respectfully ask for 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 55, Noes. Zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 167.

We are bouncing around a little bit, folks.

Assembly Bill 2498 by Assembly Members Zbur and others an act relating to housing.

So by Assembly Members Zbur AB 2498 the Clerk will read

Members of thank you Mister speaker. Members, I rise today to present AB 2948 alongside with my colleague, joint author of the Bill, Assemblymember Quirk Silva. One of the most cost effective and compassionate ways of reducing the number of Californians experiencing homelessness is prevention, empowering people who are currently housed to stay in their homes.

Thank you Assembly Members of Burr Assembly Member Quirk-Silva, you are recognized.

The state's 2023 to 24 master plan for aging identifies rent subsidy programs as a key strategy for increasing housing stability for older adults and people with disabilities. Between 2022 and 23, approximately 10,000 people became newly unhoused in California, and our response has resulted in fewer individuals than that number moving from the streets and into housing.

So we're losing the battle because we're not doing enough to prevent homelessness.

AB 2498 the California Housing Security act, which is the product of Assemblymember Quirk-Silva and I merging similar bills, will increase housing security by providing housing subsidies to Low income former foster youth, older adults, veterans, adults with disabilities, people experiencing unemployment or homelessness, and recently incarcerated individuals without regard to an individual's immigration status.

To prevent an eligible individual from falling into homelessness, The program will allow will provide an amount necessary to cover the portion of the person's housing not to exceed $2,000 as a one time subsidy or 2000 per month for the duration of up to two years. Various housing subsidy programs exist at the local and state level, but they're isolated and underfunded to have a meaningful impact.

AB 2498 requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a two year pilot program in eight counties across the state, spanning northern, southern and central region, while taking into account urban, rural, and suburban representation.

Despite California being a housing first state, there are at least 170,000 people experiencing homelessness, a staggering and disproportionate figure that amounts to 30% of the nation's homeless population. The philosophy behind AB 2498 is that it is more compassionate and more cost effective to prevent homelessness than to intervene after an individual or a family becomes unhoused.

AB 2498 will reduce homelessness by helping the most housing insecure Californians remain in their home when they are facing challenges in economic times. I want to thank joint author Quirk Silva for her hard work on this Bill working together.

I also want to thank co sponsor Assemblymember Alanis, who had a similar Bill that was folded into this. This is both a progressive and an LGBTQ caucus priority Bill. I respectfully ask for your Iaye vote.

Thank you, Mister speaker. I rise as a proud joint author of AB 2498 which will establish the California Housing Security program. This Bill will provide counties with funding to administer a housing subsidy to eligible persons to support keeping them housed.

We know that even after the pandemic, millions of Californians continue to live in a State of emergency, struggling to keep up with housing and rent payments and at the risk of losing their place to live. Over the last several years, we have worked tirelessly to bring housing units to California for permanent support of housing.

However, we have not focused on prevention. We have not focused on using some of those billions of dollars, a very, very small percentage of our housing dollars, to keep people housed, as has been noted with many audits and reports, we can do better.

We know that building permanent supportive housing is imperative, and yet keeping people housed in the homes that they currently live in to not add to our additional housing or homeless roles is equally as important. With that, I ask for your support on AB 2498.

Thank you, Miss Quirk-Silva. 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 47, Noes 7.Measure passes.

Assembly Member Gallagher, you are recognized.

Moving to file item 173, AB 2549 by Assembly Member Gallagher, the Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2549 by Assembly Member Gallagher and others, an act relating to patient visitation

Thank you Mister Speaker and Members, I rise in support of AB 2549. During the pandemic, many families faced a heartache of being separated from loved ones in hospitals and care facilities, often unable to say final goodbyes.

Yeah, in my own experience, I had an aunt, an Aunt Diane who passed away and her family was not able to see her and be in person many times in both the hospital and in a skilled nursing facility.

So this is very personal to me, but I know that's the story of many people that experienced this during COVID and so what we want to do with this Bill is to make it very clear that going forward, people do have a right to have that in person visit with a family member when we're talking about family members.

Studies show that flexible visitation policies reduce patient stress, improve experiences, and contribute to better outcomes. Family members often serve as critical care partners, helping with communication and patient recovery. This is especially important for underserved and marginalized populations, the elderly, and patients with disabilities.

So AB 2549 builds on existing law by ensuring visitation rights for specific immediate family members. Facilities must develop alternative visitation protocols if restrictions are needed for health or safety, and accommodate in person visits during end of life situations.