Assembly Standing Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs

This hearing of the Military and Veterans Committee is called to order. We'll start as a Subcommitee. Good afternoon. There are five bills on the file today, four on consent, and, and we have a quorum. So, Madam Secretary, will you call the roll?

Schiavo? Aye. Davies? Aye. Addis? Alanis? Here. Alvarez? Boerner? Here. Carillo? Here. Valencia and Villapudua? Got it.

Okay, so we have a quorum. We will go ahead and get started with our guest, Senator Umberg, on SB 901, military eligibility. Please proceed.

Thank you very much. Thank you, Madam Chair and special thank you to you as well as Christian Birkin, for your help in approving this Bill. Here's the purpose of the Bill.

Purpose of the Bill is to make sure that those who are enlisted or Members of the California National Guard, if they advocate extremist views, whether it be with respect to, for example, nazism or white supremacy or the overthrow of the government, that we should not train them. We should not train them to be soldiers.

We should not allow them to lead our national guards people and so that's what this Bill does. It's simply just to be sure that we're not confused, it simply allows them, in essence, to be fired. It doesn't put them in prison. It doesn't put them in the stockade.

It simply says that you would be administratively discharged if you are a member and you advocate for the overthrow of the government, for example, whether it's federal or state, or you wish to enlist or be commissioned, and you advocate these views. That's all it does. I urge an aye vote. Thank you. I am my main witness.

Okay, wonderful. Any witnesses in support? And anyone in opposition? Okay. Any questions or comments from the Committee? Yes.

After six years, I'm not sure I've seen a Senator do a Tasha B special. But now I guess it's a Tommy U special. So with that, I'll move the Bill.

Second.

Thank you.

Okay, anyone else? We have a motion and a second. We call the roll.

Oh, I'm sorry. Did you want to close?

I would respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Okay, Thank you.

Okay. Motion for Senate Bill 901 by Senator Umberg is do pass as amended and we refer to the Committee on Judiciary. Schiavo? Aye. Davies? Aye. Addis? Alanis? Aye. Alvarez? Boerner? Aye. Carrillo? Valencia? and Villapudua? Aye.

Wonderful. That is 60. We will also leave it on call for absent Members. Thank you very much, madam Chairman. Thank you so much. Thank you for your work with us. And now we have the consent calendar, which includes SB 1097, layered the motion is do pass to Appropriations Committee, SB 1335. Archuleta.

The motion is do pass and rereferred to Higher Education Committee, SB 1529. Senate Military and Veteran Affairs Committee. Due pass to Appropriations Committee, SB 1530. Also Senate Military and Veteran Affairs Committee motion is do pass to Appropriations Committee and secretary, can you please call the roll? zero, sorry. Thank you.

A motion and a second, and we will call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Thank you. And we will leave the call. Oh, we'll go back to SB 901. Absent Members.

Senate Bill 901. Motion is do pass as amended and referred to Judiciary Committee. Alvarez, aye. Alvarez, Aye.

And we will leave the both consent and SB 901 on call for absent Members. For how long? 15 minutes.

Okay. 10 minutes. 3:17 and counting.

Hello. So we will go ahead and lift the call and on SB 901.

SB 901 is due fast. Here we go. SB 901 by Senator Umberg, do pass as amended, and we refer to the Committee on Judiciary. Addis, aye. Addis, aye. And the consent calendar, too. Consent calendar is SB 1097 by Senator Laird, do pass to Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 1335 by Senator Archuleta is do pass.

We refer to Higher Education Committee. SB 1529 by Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee is do passed to the Appropriations Committee and Senate 1530 is also by Senate military and Veterans affairs is a do pass to Appropriations Committee. Addis. Addis, Aye.

So we'll call the lift the call and secretary can call the roll for SB 901.

Senate Bill 901 do pass, as amended and re referred to Committee on Judiciary. Valencia. Valencia , Aye. Yes. And on consent.

So that's out 10 to zero. And for the consent calendar. Okay.

And on consent, we have Senate Bill 1097, which is do pass, do pass to Appropriations Committee, Senate Bill 1335, do pass, and we refer to Higher Ed Committee. Senate Bill 1529 do pass to Appropriations Committee and Senate Bill 1530, do pass to Appropriations Committee. Valencia. Valencia, aye. And that's, and that's out 10, 0.

Okay. And this concludes our Committee for military and Veteran affairs is adjourned.