Senate Floor

The Senate will be called to order. The secretary, please call the roll.

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Members, a quorum is present. Good morning, everyone, with the Members and our guests beyond the rail and in the gallery, please rise. We will be led in prayer this morning by Senator Umberg, after which, please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to the flag.

Senator Amberg. Thank you, Mister President and colleagues. Today's prayer is from guerrillas of grace. Merciful God, thank you for each moment, for the charged moment, the confrontation, the accurate demand for the hard decision, the breathless gamble, the unexpected growing for my intense heart and the truth expanding in me. Focus me to be open to whatever.

Comes as a gift and to praise you in ithood. Amen.

Members, please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag. We will begin with our Senate agenda. Privileges of the floor. There are none. Messages from the Governor will be deemed read. Messages from the Assembly will be deemed read. Reports of Committee will be deemed read and amendments adopted.

We'll move next to motions, resolutions and notices. Members, there are floor amendments at the desk. They will be deemed adopted pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. The following bills are referred to the Committee on Rules. File item 19, AB 1034. File item 34, AB 224.

Members, with that objection, we will adopt floor amendments submitted by the author of the measure to be amended and accompanied by a policy Committee amend analysis. These amendments will be published and the measures ordered to second reading. Next. Want to recognize Senator Gonzalez?

Thank you, Mister President. Members, I move to suspend the Senate rules.

Senator Gonzalez, we're going to defer your motions for just a few minutes.

Senator Umberg, you're recognized. Thank you, Mister President. I request unanimous consent to return SB 336 to the Assembly for further action.

The desk will note anything else under motions and resolutions and notices. All right. Seeing none, we'll go to consideration of the daily file. We'll begin with the second reading file. Secretary, please read.

Assuming Bill 20866015112368-2606-2830-3123-3063-3284-2773-27 file.

Will be deemed read. We're going to move next to governor's appointments with two of them presented by Senator Grove. Senator Grove, this is file item 52.

Thank you, Mister President. Colleagues, file item 52 is the confirmation of Darius Anderson for the appointment to the California Fishing Game Commission. Mister Anderson is the founder of Sonoma Media Investments, Platinum Advisors, Kenwood Investments, and wing and a barrel ranch. He previously served as the governor's appointment to the California Community Colleges Board of Governor governors.

He was approved by the Rules Committee on August 7 on a 500 vote. And, yes, this is the original Mister Darius Anderson.

All right. Thank you, Senator Grove. Any discussion on this nomination? On this appointment, any discussion seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

Allen. Aye. A. Rodegil. I Archuleta. I Ashby. I Atkins. Becker. Blakespear. I Bradford, Caballero. I Cortese. I. Dahle. Dodd. I darazo. I Eggman. I Glazer. I Gonzalez. I Grove. I odato. I Jones. I Laird. I Lamoam. I Mcguire. I minjivar. Min. I Newman. I windenhouse. Aye. Niello ochobo Padilla. Aye. Bordentino. Aye. Rock. Aye. Rubio. Seharto. Aye.

Skinner, small, cuevas Stern. I am Berg. I Wahab. Wiener. Hi. Wilk. Hi.

Members, I'd like to ask everyone to keep it a little bit lower volume so the Clerk can hear the votes. Secretary, please call the absen Members.

Atkins, Becker, Bradford. Dali. Manjivar. Niello choa. Bog. Rubio, Skinner, small, quavis, Wahab, Dali.

On a vote of 30 to zero, the nominee is confirmed. We're gonna move next to file item 53. Senator Grove, the floor is yours.

Thank you, Mister President. Colleagues, the file item number 53 is the confirmation of the following regional Water Control Board appointment. Doctor Jean Pierre Wolf for the Central Coast Board, Nicholas Avidis and Mark Bradford for the Central Valley Board. No relation to Senator Bradford.

Ed Musick to the Colorado River Basin Board, Ryan Sundberg to the North Coast Board, and Sixto Lopez and William Rue to the Santa Ana board. They were all approved by the Rules Committee on August 7 in a 50 vote. Respectfully asked for your I vote.

Members, any discussion on the nominee? Any discussion seat none. Secretary, please call the roll.

Allen. Aye. Al Rodergill. Aye. Archuleta. I Ashby. I Atkins. Becker, Blakespear. I Bradford, Caballero. I Cortese. Aye. Dali, Dodd. Hi. Terrazzo. I Eggman. I Glazer. I Gonzalez. I Grove. Bertado. I Jones. Laird. I lamon. I Mcguire. I minjivar. Min. I Newman. I Wayne. Niello. Patrol. Bodilla. Aye. Portantino. Aye. Rod. Aye. Rubio. Aye. S arto. Aye.

Skinner, small, cuevas Stern. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Wahab, Wiener aye. Wilk. Aye.

Please call the absent Members.

Atkins, Becker, Bradford, Daly. I Grove. I. Jones. I. Minjivar, Wayne. I Niello, Chobo, Skinner, small, Cuevas, Wahab.

Secretary, please call the absent Members one last time.

Atkins, Becker, Bradford, Minjivar, Niello. Aye. Acho, Bogue, Skinner, small, Wood, cuevas, Wahab.

On a vote of 32 to zero, the nominees are confirmed. Members, we're going to move next to unfinished business. There are two items we're going to take up under unfinished business. File item 61 and 68. We'll begin with file item 61 by Senator Blakespear.

Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 689 by Senator Blakespear and act relating to coastal resources.

Senator Blakespear.

Thank you, President and colleagues. My bill, SB 689, is back on concurrence after amendments in the Assembly. The bill originally clarified and simplified the process for cities in the coastal zone to convert a vehicle lane to a bike lane.

The amendments expand the bill to apply a consistent process when a city is seeking conversion of vehicle lanes to pedestrian walkways and dedicated bike lanes - dedicated bus lanes in addition to bike lanes. We work closely with the Coastal Commission on these changes, and they're in support. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Members, any discussion on this measure? Any further discussion on this measure? Seeing none, secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent members.

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On a vote of 25 to six, the Assembly amendments are concurred in. We're going to move next to file item 68. This is Senate Bill 1458 by Senator Allen. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 1458 by Senator Allen, an act relating to estates.

Senator Allen.

Members, SB 1458 is back on concurrence. It updates the trust and estates section of code relating to digital assets. There was some clarifying amendments taken in the Assembly. It's received no, no votes, and I respect for ask an aye vote.

Members, any discussion on this measure? Any further discussion? Scene none, secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent Members.

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Secretary, please call the absent Members one last time.

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On a vote of 32 to zero, the Assembly amendments are concurred in. Members, the plan for this morning is to take up seven Assembly third reading bills. Seven. Followed by two different consent calendars. So, we're going to begin with, and the order is to give you a heads-up.

We're going to begin with file item 106, followed by 132136 and 144. The first one up is file item 106. This is Assembly Bill 3130 by Assemblymember Quirk Silva, secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 3130 by assemblymember Court Silva and accurately into local government.

Floor manager is Senator Archuleta. Senator Archuleta, the floor is yours. Thank you. Mister Scheer, Mister mull, please. Please give the Senator your attention.

Please, Members. There you go. Thank you. Mister President. I rise to present Senate Bill 3130 on behalf of Assemblywoman Quirk-Silva. Assembly Bill 3130 promotes transparency and accountability by requiring boards of supervisors to disclose certain relationships before allocating public funds to nonprofits and organizations.

Conflict of interest laws are founded on the principle that government officials must place public interest above all and other concerns. Existing law prohibits a public official from taking part in governmental decisions that will impact their personal finances. AB 3130 is a good government Bill that values trust, integrity, and fairness in the allocation of public funds.

I respectfully ask your I vote Members, any further discussion on this measure? Any discussion? Secretary, please call the roll.

Allen Alvaro De Gil I archiletto I Ashby I Atkins Becker Blakespear. Aye Bradford Caballero I Cortese I Dahle, Dodd I Durazo I Eggman. I Glazer I I Gonzalez I Grove I otaro I Jones I Laird. I limome. I Mcguire I minjabar Min. I Newman I win I Niello I achobo. I badeo I borntino. I rod I Rubio.

I say arto I Skinner. Small. Cuevas. Stern. I Umberg. Wahab. Wiener. I Wilk.

Hi. Please call the absent Members.

Allen. Aye. Atkins. Becker. Bradford. Daly. Aye. Minjivar. Skinner. Small. Cuevas. Umberg. I Wahab.

On a vote of 33 to zero, the measure passes. And we may have established a unanimous roll call that we may use for another measure down the road. All right, next up, Members, we're going to go to file item 132. This is Assembly Bill 1978 by Assemblymember Sanchez.

Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 1978 by Assemblymember Sanchez. And acrillating of vehicles.

Senator Wilk is presenting. Senator Wilk. Thank you, Mister President. And Members. AB 1978 will give law enforcement officers another tool to crack down on dangerous sideshows.

Specifically, the Bill will allow law enforcement to seize a vehicle that blocks a road for the purpose of facilitating street races or slideshows without needing to take the owner of the vehicle into custody. Passing this Bill will help reduce the number of drivers needlessly endangering others and themselves on the roadways.

The measure has received bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Wilkenny. Discussion on this measure. Any discussion, it is eligible for unanimous roll call. See no objections. Ayes, 33 no, zero. The measure passes. Next up, file item 136. This is Assembly Bill 2164 by Assemblymember Berman.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2164 by Assemblymember Berman, an act relating to healing arts.

Senator Eggman is presenting. Senator Eggman.

Thank you very much, Mister President. I'm pleased to present AB 2164 on behalf of Assemblymember Berman. This will just say simply that physicians who are undergoing treatment for some kind of issue that does not affect their practice does not have to report that to the medical board.

We encourage everyone to get treatment, and I ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Eggman. Is there any discussion on this measure? Any further discussion? All right, seeing none, this is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objections, ayes 33 noes zero. The measure passes. We're going to move next to file item 136. Excuse me, file item 144. It's Assembly Bill 2436. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2436 by Assembly Member Alanis, an act relating to the cattle and making an appropriation therefore.

Senator Grove is presenting. Senator Grove.

Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, AB 2436 is an industry supported measure that aims to ensure the Bureau of Livestock Identification can continue its important livestock inspections. The bill will adjust fees and match to match rising costs, keep the bureau's operations financially stable.

The Bureau of Livestock identification under CDFA is fully funded by brand registration fees and livestock inspection fees. Recent costs have surged due to inflation, higher wages, the board for brand inspectors, and the switch to electric fleet, which will support the state's climate objectives and other economic challenges. AB 2436 will enable a bureau to continue protecting California cattle producers. Let us continue to eat beef and have beef for dinner. And respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Grove. Any discussion on this measure? Any further discussion on this measure? Seeing none. It is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objections. Ayes 33, noes zero. The measure passes. We're going to move next to file item 292, Assembly Bill 2004. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2004 by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris, an act relating to records.

Senator Portantino, presenting. Senator Portantino.

Thank you, Mister President and Members. I rise to present AB 2004 on behalf of Assembly Member Petrie-Norris, which is a cleanup to SB 6696, which I authored last year. SB 696 established a legal framework for remote online notarization that would be safe and convenient. Unfortunately, not all of California's counties can accept online notarized documents.

AB 2004 clarifies that all 58 counties may accept documents that have been electronically notarized. The bill also includes language for providing a cure period where minor technical defects may be fixed. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Portantino. Any further discussion on this measure? This is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objections. Ayes 33. Noes zero. The measure passes. We're going to move next to file item 346, Assembly Bill 3179. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 3179 by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo, an act relating to air pollution.

Senator Hurtado, please give her your attention, members.

Thank you, Mister President. I rise to present AB 3179 on behalf of Assemblymember Juan Carrillo. AB 3179 is a necessary measure that would allow for a narrow exemption specifically for bucket trucks and sell on wheels to the CARB advanced clean fleet regulations. This bill has no no votes. It's a support-support and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Hurtado. Any further discussion on this measure? Seeing none, this is eligible for a unanimous roll call without objection. Excuse me. All right, we are going to call the roll on this measure. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent members.

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On a vote of 32 to zero, the measure passes. We're going to move next to file item 497, followed by file item 84. 497 is AB 3184. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 3184 by Assembly Member Berman. An act relating to elections and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Blakespear is floor manager for this measure. Senator Blakespear.

Thank you, President and colleagues. I rise today to present AB 3184 on behalf of Assembly Member Berman. In our last general election in November of 2022, nearly 50% of rejected vote-by-mail ballots were for either a missing or non-matching signature. It was not an insignificant number of ballots. Nearly 60,000 ballots were missing or non-matching signatures.

AB 3184 would provide greater opportunity for voters to cure vote by mail ballot signature issues this November in order to have their voice heard and their vote counted.

Right now, if there is a mismatching or missing signature on the vote-by-mail ballot envelope, our elections officials notify the voter of the problem how to correct it, and that the voter has until 5:00 p.m. two days prior to the certification of the election.

The problem is that voters may not know when a county is going to certify the election and they may do the work to correct the deficiency only to find that they were too late.

AB 3184 would specify that counties cannot certify the election results until the 28th day after the election and that voters and campaigns have until the 26th day to fix signature issues. This maximizes the time to correct a signature issue and ensures that the vote is counted.

It also provides a date certain so that everyone is operating under the same rules. The bill retains its previous content on ballot rejection reports and also includes several largely technical changes to improve the ballot cure process. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Any discussion on this measure? Members, any further discussion on the measure? All right, this is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection. Ayes 30. Excuse me, there is an objection. All right, this is a 27-vote bill. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent Members.

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That's a vote of 31 to zero on the urgency. 31-0 on the measure. The measure passes. We're going to move next to file item 84. This is Assembly Bill 2620. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2620 by Assemblymember Baines, an act relating to aging.

Senator Roth is presenting. Senator Roth.

Thank you, Mister President. This bill reduces the number of members of the California Commission on Aging from 25 to 18 and requires commissioners to have professional, lived, or academic experience related to aging. This is a practical bill. The Commission has had a statutory composition of 25 members since its inception.

During its existence, however, it has never had all Commission seats appointed, and quorum is dictated by the number of those comprised to serve, including vacancies, making it very difficult to conduct any business. By reducing the number of serving commissioners, this allows the Commission to more effectively establish a quorum and to actually conduct its business. Respectfully ask for an aye vote..

Thank you, Senator Roth. Any discussion on this measure?

It is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection, ayes 33, noes, zero. The measure passes. That completes our third reading business for this morning. We're going to move next to the consent consent calendar and the special consent calendar. Does any member would like to have a measure removed from either of those two consent calendars?

All right, seeing no microphones up, secretary, please read both consent calendars.

Assembly Joint Resolution 19, 16. Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, 169. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 203, 215. Senate Bill 357, 56, 939, 1111, 1117, 1156, 1195, 1240, 1468, 1518. Senate Resolution 93. Senate Concurrent Resolution 80. Senate Resolution 118, 119, 120, 125.

Assembly Bill 3198. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 151, 128, 213, 220, 221, 222, 223, 225, 228, 229.

Secretary, please call the roll on the consent calendars.

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Please call the absent Members.

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Alright, that's a vote of 33 to zero on file item 555, and we'll apply that same vote to the remainder of both consent calendars. Members, we're going to move back to motions and resolutions and notices, and we will recognize the majority leader, Senator Gonzalez.

Thank you, Mister President. Members, I move to suspend the Senate Rules for the purpose of allowing the BNF Committee to offer authors amendments to the Budget Bill and budget trailer bills listed in the Senate Daily File for August 26, 2024.

Senator Gonzalez has made a motion to suspend the Senate rules. It's a non-debatable motion, but I'm going to recognize Senator Niello. For what purposes do you rise?

Niello. Thank you very much, Mister President, and for the admonition. On behalf of the voters of California who voted overwhelmingly for us to pass the budget as of the 15th of June, I object to this motion.

All right, Senator Gonzalez's motion is on the floor to suspend the Senate Rules. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent Members.

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On a vote of 30 24 to nine, the Senate rules are suspended. We'll continue with the majority leader's recognition, Senator Gonzalez.

Thank you, Mister President. I move the adoption of authors amendments for budget bills and budget trailer bills across the desk on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 23rd through the 25th, 2024. These amendments will be adopted, published, and the bills returned to Committee.

All right, any discussion on this? All right, is there an objection to using the previous roll call? Miss Jones, is there any objection to using the previous roll call? Okay, so on a vote of 24 to nine, the motion to amend is adopted. Motion carries. All right, we're going to move next to Senator Ashby. Your microphone is up.

Thank you, Mister President. At the request of the author, please pull file item A18, which is AB 274 by Assemblymember Bryan,. from the inactive file.

The desk will note. Senator Hurtado.

Under motions and resolutions, can you please move at the request of the author AB 2348 for to third reading for purposes of amendments?

The desk will note. Any further recognitions here? Not seeing any. All right, we're going to move next to Committee announcements. Looking for Senator Dodd.

Mister President and Members, GO Committee upon adjournment, Room 1200.

Thank you, Senator Dodd. All right with that Members, the desk is clear. Senator Mcguire.

Thank you so much, Mister President. Members, we're going to encourage folks to be able to hydrate this weekend, get some rest, maybe a massage or two. Because next week is going to be a long week. I want to remind folks Monday we're going, we'll get out before midnight, but we're going late.

Tuesday Wednesday, Folks should anticipate that we're going to be here between 11 and midnight on Tuesday Wednesday. So, we look forward to spending some quality time with each other next week. I know that everybody will be turning their frowns upside down and into a smile. The next floor session is scheduled for Monday, August 26 at 2:00 p.m.

Look forward, Mister President, to next week.

Thank you, Senator Mcguire, for that great news. The Senate will be in recess until 3:30 p.m. at which time the adjournment motion will be made. We will reconvene Monday, August 26th at 2:00 p.m.