Assembly Floor

The Assembly is now in session. Assembly Member Ta 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]

Here we go then.

Members, a quorum is present. We ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the Chamber and in the Gallery to please stand for the prayer and the flag salute. Today's prayer will be offered by our Assembly Chaplain, Imam Yasir Khan. Imam Yasir.

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful. Almighty God, in this Assembly, we stand before you seeking your divine wisdom. Grant us insight to discern truth, compassion to embrace diversity, and courage to enact positive change. As we gather, may your presence fill this space, inspiring cooperation and mutual respect among us. Guide our deliberations that they may be marked by understanding and goodwill. May the decisions made here reflect your love and justice, leading to the flourishing of all. In your holy name, we pray. Amin.

Thank you. Assembly Member McKinnor will lead us in the pledge.

Please join me in the flag salute. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. Reading of the previous day's journal.

Assembly Chamber Sacramento, Thursday, May 2, 2024. The Assembly met at 9:00 AM. The Honorable Jim Wood...

Aguiar-Curry moves and Mr. Flora seconds that the reading the previous day's journal be dispensed with. Presentations and petitions, there are none. Introduction and references of bills will be deferred. Reports of committees will be deemed read, and amendments deemed adopted. Messages from the Governor, there are none. Messages from the Senate, there are none. Moving to motions and resolutions. The absences for the day will be deemed read and printed in the journal. Moving to our procedural motions. Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 45.5 to allow Assembly Members Dixon and Davies to speak on an adjournment in memory today.

Without objection, such shall be the order.

I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 118A to allow Assembly Member Boerner to have guests seated at her desk and to allow Assembly Members Haney and Papan to have guests in the rear of the Chamber today.

Without objection, such shall be the order.

At the request of the author, please remove item 33, ACR 202, McCarty, from the consent calendar.

Clerk will note.

Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request unanimous consent to re-refer the following bills to committee: SB 299, Limón, from the Health Committee to the Elections Committee and the Transportation Committee. SB 359, Umberg, from the Rules Committee to the Transportation Committee. SB 697, Hurtado, from the Insurance Committee to the Judiciary Committee, SB 1220, Limón, from the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee to the Public Employment and Retirement Committee, and then back to the Privacy and Consumer Consumer Protection Committee. And SB 1524, Dodd, from the Government Organization Committee to the Judiciary Committee and the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee.

Without objection, such shall be the order.

I move to suspend Assembly Rule 96 to withdraw the following budget related bills from the Budget Committee and order them to the second reading file, SB 107, SB 154, and SB 167.

Mr. Flora.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Withhold consent and ask for a roll call vote.

Majority Leader... Mr. Flora. Excuse me, Minority Leader, Minority Floor Person, whatever. Excuse me. I know where you're from though. Okay, just for the record. So Mr. Flora withholds unanimous consent and asks for a roll call vote. Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry moves. Assembly Member Ortega seconds to suspend the rules.

Members, this is a procedural vote on the suspensions of the rules and is not debatable. The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. This takes 40 votes now, not 41. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 49, noes 11. The rules are suspended.

There is a Rules Committee resolution at the desk to waiver Joint Rule 61 on my Assembly Bill 2813. I ask that we go to that resolution now.

The Clerk will read.

Resolve that Joint Rule 61 B 11 be suspended to permit Assembly Bill 2813 to be considered for passage.

Members, the Joint Rule suspension is not debatable and takes 54 votes. The Majority Leader is asking for an aye vote. All those vote who desire to vote. This takes... Minority Leader is asking for a no vote. So this is a procedural vote, Members, taking 54 votes. All the... Clerk will open the roll.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. 54 votes, Members. Procedural motion. It's a procedural motion. Procedural motion, Members. Procedural motion. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 54, noes zero. Motion carries. And the Joint Rule 61 is suspended.

Members, pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2, I am referring item 18, SB 803, back to the Health Committee and Public Safety Committee. Today, Members, is National Ballpoint Pen Day. This is a rollerball, by the way. It's a little different than a ballpoint pen, only in that it is a different kind of ink. So happy National Ballpoint Pen Day. Now, moving on to our guest introductions and announcements. Assembly Member Boerner, you are recognized for your guest introductions.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I'd like to introduce my kids, Máté and Maya. They haven't been up here together since 2019, so you'll see if you remember if you were back here, they were this big. Now they're both taller than me. I have to wear heels to keep up with them. So thank you and have a warm welcome for my kids.

Thank you, Assembly Member Boerner. Welcome to your children. They are much taller. Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized for your guest introductions.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I am so excited to welcome one of the most iconic and trailblazing voices in our state, Renel Brooks-Moon, to the Assembly floor. You may recognize or know Renel from her over 35 years as a radio and television broadcaster, including stints at 106 KMEL, 98.1 KISS FM, and CBS 5. But many of you also, I'm sure, know her from the 24 years that she spent as the public address announcer for the San Francisco Giants, breaking barriers for women of color in Major League Baseball.

During her tenure, Brooks-Moon broke barriers as the second African American woman, after Leslie Sterling with the Red Sox, to serve as a public address announcer in Major League Baseball history, the first woman to perform the role as an announcer for a World Series, and the first woman to serve the role in a championship game for any professional sport.

She's not just the iconic voice of the Giants, but an inspirational voice to the San Francisco Bay Area, the State of California, women, and especially women of color everywhere. She has received numerous awards, including honors from the American Woman in Radio and Television, Multiethnic Sports Hall of Fame, 100 Black Women, Bay Area Black Journalists Association, and she is also an Emmy Award winner as the host of the Television City's Forever Giants and was featured on a limited edition baseball card. Renel, we love you.

We are so grateful for all you have done, not only for us Giants fans who I know are especially excited to see you, but for our community, as an inspiration, as a leader. I want to welcome her and her whole family who are here as well and to thank you and to celebrate you here.

California is a better place because of your work and your leadership. Thank you, Renel. I also want to introduce another incredible, trailblazing, inspirational leader, a friend of Renel's and a friend of all of ours. Our California State Controller, Malia Cohen, is here as well for this occasion. So even Dodgers fans are allowed to come and take a photo with Renel.

He really wanted a picture of him.

He doesn't get those opportunities.

I'm good. You know, it's going to be a crazy couple weeks.

Members, moving to business on the Daily File. Second Reading. Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 739.

All bills will be deemed read and all amendments will be deemed adopted. Moving to Assembly Third Reading: File Item 14: ACR 182 by Assembly Member Dixon. Clerk will read.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 182 by Assembly Member Dixon and others, relative to ocean pollution.

Assembly Member Dixon, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I rise today to present Assembly Concurrent Resolution 182. On Saturday, this past Saturday, we celebrated World Oceans Day, which seeks to mobilize taking action for a healthy ocean.

ACR 182 helps achieve this goal by committing to keeping our coastlines clean and trash-free, in addition to finding solutions to help eliminate the Great Garbage Patch. For those of you who are not familiar, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a floating island of trash twice the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii.

The Ocean Cleanup is an international nonprofit organization committed to removing plastic caught in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Their innovative technology, the Interceptor, focuses on pulling plastic and trash out of rivers before reaching the ocean. According to the Ocean Cleanup, rivers are the primary origin of plastic pollution that enters our ocean.

It is noteworthy to share that it is far more cost-effective to intercept plastic pollution, human pollution, from rivers before it reaches the ocean. We need to use every opportunity possible to invest our support in solutions that accomplish this. I am proud to represent about 34 miles of Southern California's beautiful coastline.

People visit from all around the country and the world to enjoy our beautiful beaches and their visitor impact is substantial to our local economies. It is imperative we find solutions to clean the ocean for future generations, including cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. We need to show Californians we are taking action to protect our valuable natural resources. This is a bipartisan resolution, and I thank you, and I request your aye vote. Thank you.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, without objection, we will take a voice vote on this resolution. All those in favor say, 'aye.' Opposed, say, 'no.' The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Concurrence in the Senate amendments: pass and retain. Notice of intention: there is a notice at the desk. File Items Six and Seven are notices. Under reconsideration, all items shall be continued.

All items shall be continued. Moving back in file order to file item 19. SB 537. Senator Becker by Assemblymember Hart the Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 537 with amendments by Assemblymember Hart.

Assemblymember Hart, you are recognized for your amendments.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Amendments to SB 537 would authorize a nonprofit entity and consult consultation with the Department of General Services to construct and maintain a memorial in Los Angeles to commemorate the Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants who were forcibly deported during the Great Depression. I respectfully ask for an aye vote for SB 537 amendments.

Without objection. We'll take a voice vote on those amendments. All in favor say aye. Opposed say no. Ayes have it. Bill is out is out to file. Out to amendments are adopted. Bill is out to print and back on file. I'm going to pass temporarily on item 26.

Members, pursuant to Assembly rule 77.2, I'm re referring item 19, SB 537 to the governmental organization Committee. We're going to move on Members, though. Please bear in mind we do have additional business, but I am going to be moving through the agenda a little bit here. We do have another. Another Bill that needs to be presented, so.

But for now, we are going to move to a vote on the consent calendar. We have moved removed file item 33 from the consent calendar. Does any Member wish to remove an additional item from the consent calendar? Seeing and hearing none, the Clerk will read the second day consent calendar.

Senate Bill 1096 by Senator Seyarto and others enact relating to unfair business practices.

The Clerk will open the roll on the consent calendar. 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 59, No's zero. The consent calendar is adopted. The Clerk will read the remaining items on the consent calendar.

Senate Bill 1127 Ayes 59, no zero. Senate Bill 1366 Ayes 59, no zero. Senate Bill 1525 Ayes 59, no zero. Senate Bill 1122 Ayes 59, no zero. And Senate Bill 1381 Ayes 59 noes zero.

Mister Haney, you are recognized for an additional guest introduction.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mister speaker and Members, I am very excited to welcome a good friend of mine, someone who is an extraordinary Californian who is representing us right now. Unfortunately, not on the 49ers, but as the quarterback of the Houston Texans. CJ Stroud. CJ Stroud is a native Californian.

He grew up in Rancho Cucamonga. My colleague from Colton is going to speak to that and has excelled in everything that he has done this past year. He was named the offensive rookie of the year for the NFL and was also the youngest quarterback to win a playoff game in NFL history.

On top of all that he is an extraordinary leader. He is here today in the Capitol, speaking with Members, speaking with the Governor about criminal justice reform, about the need for us to have policies that can keep families together and that can make sure people can re-enter into society.

He's here with a set of folks, many of whom you know in the back, including an incredible leader for Justice, Scott Buttnik, who is here. And CJ, we are so proud of you. I cheer for the 49 ers every time, but I cheer for you whenever I see you.

You're doing such an incredible job representing for our state, and we hope that we can see you continue to lead not only on the field, but here with us, teaching us from your life experience, with your incredible commitment to your community. This is your Legislature.

And everyone here is somebody who you can call on for the work that you're doing, to stand beside you as part of your team, and to champion with you the work that you're doing here in the state. I want to acknowledge and recognize your home Legislator who represents your area. My colleague from Colton who's going to say a few words as well.

Assemblymember Reyes. You are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker. Members, I'm also rising to welcome CJ Stroud. This is your Assembly for this is your capitol, just as my colleague has said.

Now, many of you probably recognize CJ as an Ohio State Buckeye who was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, or as the most recent NFL rookie of the year as a Member of the Houston Texans. That's all well and good. However, you are missing perhaps his most important team.

He was a member of the rancher Cucamonga Cougars, where he was also lettered, and he also lettered in basketball. And there with the ranch of Cucamonga Cougars, he threw over 3800 yards. It's 47 touchdowns. His senior year as the Assembly Member representing Rancho Cucamonga. I'm thrilled to have you on the Assembly floor, not only representing California, but more specifically representing the Inland Empire. Welcome.

Thank you Mister Haney. Welcome, Mister Stroud. Welcome to the Assembly floor. Once again, thank you to Mister Haney and for his guest introduction today. Welcome again, Mister Stroud. Thank you everyone. Members, our quorum call is still in place. We will now be moving to our adjournments in memory.

Members, we'd like to ask you to please give your respectful attention to those who were granted prior permission to speak on an adjournment in memory. Members would like to have you give your respectful attention to Assemblymember Dixon who has been given prior permission to speak on an adjournment in memory. Assemblymember Dixon, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister Speaker and Members, I rise today to adjourn in the memory of Richard or "Dick" Pickup. A dedicated philanthropist, investor, and avid golfer, Richard passed at age 90. Richard moved to Newport Beach in 1960, then established himself as a successful stockbroker, private investor, and forever a loyal Trojan.

He was an active philanthropist, most notably making a $50 million donation to Hoag Hospital to create the Richard H. Pickup Center for Brain Health alongside the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute, very important institutions in Orange County. His philanthropy has revolutionized brain healthcare and treatment in Orange County. He fueled life changing programs and care for countless patients.

Richard is survived by his wife Donna, his children Devon and Todd, their mother Carol and his grandchildren, and many, many, many friends. He will be dearly missed by all. Please join me to adjourn in memory of Richard Pickup. Thank you.

Thank you Assemblymember Dixon. Assemblymember Davies, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory.

Thank you Mister speaker. David Hardin Covey was born October 12, 1945 in Fullerton, California. He attended Ford Elementary, Wilshire Junior High, and Fullerton Union High School. In high school, he played football as a guard and enjoyed singing in the choir. While in high school, he worked at the happiest place on earth, Disneyland, selling popcorn.

After graduating from high school, he attended Fullerton Junior College where he received his associate degree in business. David met the love of his life, Judy, while he was in college and she was a senior in high school. They met at a party and hit it off right away and started dating.

David transferred to California State University of Fullerton and then when Judy got accepted to California State University of Los Angeles, David transferred there to be closer to Judy and earn his bachelor's in business. After three years of dating, David and Judy married on March 161968. David loved to travel. Before he married Judy, he never left California.

That all changed once they were married, as David and Judy enjoyed the 18 plus cruises they took to Europe, the Caribbean, Alaska, Hawaiian islands, Russia, and Holland. His hobbies were golfing, visiting concerts and live theater, the stock market, gambling, and watching sporting events. He loved to talk to people and would carry on a conversation with anyone.

When Katie and Kevin were born, he started up his own business recruiting for the insurance industry and later a second company in North California. He was invested in his children's lives and whether it was a soccer game or a school play, David would never miss a moment.

David retired in 2001 and was enjoying the ability to travel more and spend quality time with his family. He was a loving husband, father, and a caring and involved grandfather, never missing those special life moments which were so important to him.

David will be greatly missed and is survived by his wife, Judy Covey, his daughter Kate Stroll and husband, Jason and their daughters, Emily and Megan, and his son, Kevin Covey and husband Joseph, along with their children, Austin and Dakota. And lastly, David's sister, Gloria Amorde and her son, Mike McCloskey. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Davies. I'd just also like to welcome Assembly former Assemblymember Tony Thurmond, our Superintendent of public instruction, who's in the back of the chamber. Mister Superintendent. Welcome, Members. We still do have one additional item. While we're waiting on that item, I just want to move to announcements. We do have Committee hearings today.

Military and Veterans affairs meet upon adjournment in Capitol room 437. Emergency management meets at 02:30 p.m. in Capitol room 444. Natural Resources meets at 02:30 p.m. in Capitol room 447. And Revenue and Taxation meets at 02:30 p.m. in Capitol room 126. Hang with me another minute here, folks. Session schedule is as follows.

Tuesday, June 11, check in session. Wednesday, June 12, check in session. Thursday, June 13 floor session at 09:00 a.m. moving now to back end file. Excuse me. We are going to pass and retain on file item 26. All other items remaining will be passed and retained. All motions shall be continued. Seeing and hearing no further business.

I'm ready to entertain a motion to adjourn. Miss Aguiar-Curry moves. Mister Flores seconds that this session be adjourned until Thursday, June 13, at 09:00 a.m. the quorum call is lifted and the house is adjourned.