Senate Floor

Good morning, everyone. Senate will come to order. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Members, quorum is present. I want to invite all Members to come to their desks, please. Thank you for your attention. Would the Members and guests beyond the rail and in the gallery please rise.

We will be led in prayer this morning by our chaplain, Sister Michelle, after which, please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to our flag.

We gather in God's presence. O God of gifts, quicken in me a sense of humor bright enough to help me find my way in these tarnished times, fruitful enough to be made the wine of hope, to warm the hearts of those I live and work with, make me glad to be one of a kind, yet one with a kind called not to be more like others, but more of myself.

A gorilla of grace that in daring to be authentic, I may become more of a humankind. O God of gifts, liberate me. To share without apology or arrogance, not only the gifts I have, but the gift I am. Amen.

Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag. Thank you so much, sister Michelle. Members, if I could have your attention. Let me try to give you a little bit of a rundown on the day today. We have an exciting day ahead of us before we. All right. All right.

We're going to first move to privilege. I'll give you a rundown in a minute, but first, before we begin, we're going to go to privileges of the floor. Members, can I have all your attention, please? Can I ask Members to return to their desks, please? Thank you. Members, I want to recognize, under privileges of the floor, Senator Padilla. Please give him your attention.

Members, Mister President and colleagues, I rise to respectfully request that this morning the. Senate observe a moment of silence in. Memory of San Diego police officer Austin Matchitar. I take this unusual privilege simply because.

Not only was he a young hero that died needlessly a little more than 24 hours ago, he was someone who was near and dear to me into my community. He was family. Our heart is breaking. He was a hero. He was a brilliant and beautiful person, inside and out. And his life's journey was to help and to serve others. And he was taken too young. And I'm grateful if we observe a moment of silence in his honor.

Thank you, Senator Padilla. We're very sorry for your loss. And our loss. Members, we're going to. Senator Gonzalez, for what purpose? You rise.

Thank you, Mister President. We will be caucusing Dem caucus at the Maddy lounge now for about 30 minutes. Thank you.

All right, Democrats will caucus in the Maddy lounge. We're on recess for caucus Members. Members, the Senate will convene in 60 seconds. Members, the Senate will come back to order. If Members can return to their desks, please. All right. Thank you all for your patience today. It will be a long day.

We're hoping to get through between 150 and 200 bills. We will take a lunch break asking Members to stay here in the building. And the same with dinner. All right, let us begin our session. Messages from the Governor will be deemed read. Messages from the Assembly will be deemed read. Reports of Committee will be deemed read.

Move next to motions, resolutions and notices. Pursuant to Senate rule 29.10, the following bills are referred to the Committee on Rules. File item number eight. Assembly Bill 2243. Like to recognize the majority leader, Senator Gonzalez.

Thank you, Mister President. Members, I move to suspend Senate rule 29.4 for AB 181 please.

A motion to suspend by Senator Gonzalez. Senator Niello, what purpose do you rise?

I'm sorry, I didn't hear what that motion was.

It's a motion to suspend the Senate rules, Sir

I object to that motion.

All right, Senator Gonzalez is asking for a aye vote. Senator Niello is asking for a no vote. Want to read the resolution? Secretary, please call the roll.

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On a vote of 29 to nine, the Senate rules are suspended. Members, we're going to jump around a little bit today, but let me just let you know that for the next few minutes at least, we're going to take up file item 278. That's a compact.

Senator Grove is going to present, we're going to follow that by about eight different budget votes. Their file item 270 through 276. And that's our schedule heading into lunch. So we will begin with file item 278. This is Assembly Bill 2656. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2656 by Assembly Member Ramos, an act relating to tribal gaming and declaring the entity thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Grove, the floor is yours.

Thank you, Mister President. Colleagues, it is my honor to stand before you and present AB 2656 a compact for Table Mountain Rancheria. It's a class three compact. The compact originally entered into in 1999 and has led the tribe into an age of prosperity and self-sufficiency. Gaming compacts can result in historic land.

It was a gaming compact, excuse me, as a result of the hard-fought struggle to recognize tribal sovereignty and forge a path forward for self-sufficiencies for the tribal community and its people. Employees are team members of this tribe. They employ 1200 plus people, and every one of these employees is treated like a team member.

They're given excellent wages, benefits, paid time off, sick leave, life insurance policies, educational opportunities for their families and their children. And much like we do here in the Senate, when one of our Members falls or our staff falls on hard times, we come together and donate sick leave and things like that.

The tribe also has a program similar to what we do here in the Senate, to make sure that their Members or their team Members, their employees, whether from the community or the tribe that fall on hard times, have an opportunity to be able to be helped additionally from their fellow workers and the Tribal Council, the Table Mountain Tribe and the Chukchansi and Mono people is endured, and they have been successful in the wake of all of this. They're committed to improving the general welfare of all their tribal Members, and it's important to partner with the surrounding community.

They're a good partner with our local communities. They're an asset. It's a wonderful destination in the Fresno community area. I can tell you, colleagues, that the Chairwoman has walked the halls with her council Members the last couple of weeks, and I just thank all of you for your support on this compact and ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Grove. Any further discussion on this measure? Any further discussion? Senator Seyarto.

Thank you, Mister President. I rise in favor and support of this tribal compact and totally support the effort in the compact as written. What I was disappointed with was the process that this particular tribe had to go through in order to get here, and I will leave it at that. But I ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Seyarto. Any further comments? Seeing none. Senator Grove, you may close.

Thank you, Mister Chair. I would like to if, with the chair's permission, ask the honorable Chairwoman Michelle Herodia Cordova to stand. She's in the gallery up here.

So recognized.

Thank you. I would like to close by simply reading. She's not allowed to read this statement on the floor. Obviously, we don't allow that. But I would like to read the honorable Chairwoman's statement if permission is granted.

Without objection.

Thank you. Halishma Hilihili. Greetings. I am Michelle Herodia Cordova and I have the privilege of being the tribal Chairwoman for Table Mountain Rancheriva Rancheria, a sovereign band of Chukchansi and Mono people. The words I hear I share today, I share in a good way.

Over the past two weeks, my fellow council members and I have walked the halls asking for your support in having our compact heard. During that time, someone remarked that we have this. We can do this because we stand on the shoulders of those who have come before us.

I can tell you that the sentiment is not lost on us, for we don't just stand on the shoulders. We carry their blood, their sweat, and their tears from genocide, slavery to displacement and forced assimilation. There is no compensation great enough to make reparations for what California's first people endured.

This compact is not just an agreement or a contract, for we are not a business, or a corporation focused on improving the bottom line. For us, gaming is a revenue. This gaming revenue has been a lifeline helping us piece together what was once broken.

With this revenue, we've been able to provide the best medical care for our tribal citizens as well as for 1300-plus employees and their families. We are currently working on building a new medical facility to expand our services to the public.

Along with our own medical operation, we have made major contributions and are lifetime partners with the community medical center, St. Agnes and Valley Children's Hospital. In terms of housing, we can now afford the infrastructure, such as power, water, and roads needed to build homes to bring our tribal citizens back to their ancestral lands.

For education, we cover the full tuition for our tribal citizens so they can pursue higher education and return with that knowledge to help strengthen our tribe. We also have a preschool that serves both our tribal community and the families of our employees.

We contribute to our local schools through donations and sponsorships and have a longstanding partnership with Fresno State. In cultural preservation, over the last 25 years, we've brought back numerous baskets and artifacts and we're currently working on building a cultural center to showcase our collection. A place where we can share our history and tell our story.

This center will also house a dedicated space to preserve our language, ceremonies, songs, native food, and traditions. Through gaming revenue, we support the operation of our tribal police department, which serves to protect our tribal citizens, employees, and patrons.

The new compact will allow our tribe to continue important partnerships with law enforcement, fire protection agencies, and others in our community. The revenue generated through gaming has allowed us to buy back and reclaim our original lands and increase our base, including our tribal cemetery.

My aunt, the late Chairwoman Beverly J. Hunter, who now rests there, was instrumental in fighting to bring back the tribe's cemetery and the resting place of our ancestors, and it's now back under our possession. She began these compact negotiations with us, and I know she, along with our ancestors, are here with us today.

In closing, we thank you for all your time and respectfully ask for your support for Table Mountain Rancheria gaming compact. We thank the Governor and the compact negotiations team for their collaborative efforts in reaching this agreement with our tribe. A new class three gaming compact. We look forward to future continued collaboration and mutual success. Thank you.

And I say this in honor. Thank you, colleagues. And I respectfully asked for an aye vote.

All right, I'll debate having ceased. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent Members.

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On a vote of 39 to zero on the urgency, 39 to zero on the measure. The measure passes. Senate extends its congratulations and welcome to the leaders of the tribe that are here in the chambers today. All right, Members, we're going to move next to file item 270.

This is Assembly Bill 157 presented by our budget chair, Senator Wiener. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 157 by Assembly Member Gabriel, an act relating to the state budget and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately. Budget bill.

Senator Wiener, the floor is yours.

Thank you, Mister Chair. Colleagues, AB 157 is a budget bill junior, amending the Budget Act. Specifically, it makes a variety of amendments and technical corrections to the 2024 Budget Act.

Specific highlights include appropriation of $71 million for the Aliso Canyon recovery account for a variety of local air quality and public health improvements, and ratepayer support for the Aliso Canyon delivery area. Providing funding for a variety of priority investments, including the California Earned Income Tax Credit, outreach activities, in-prison programming, and the California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program, among others.

It authorizes Department of Finance to increase expenditure authority for increased costs related to the reimbursement of stolen food and cash benefits, and it makes a variety of other types of technical changes and adjustments necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2024. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Wiener. Discussion and debate. Senator Niello.

Thank you, Mister President. I'm going to, I'd like to speak to this bill and really applies to the rest of the budget bills also.

So, Proposition 25 was proposed by the majority party as a promise to pass a budget on time if they just didn't have to deal with the priorities of the millions of Californians who we pesky Republicans represent.

What we've seen repeatedly and has been written by Dan Walters and others, has been a mere placeholder budget developed largely without transparency to be, and always is completed later like today. But for the PAGA-related allocations and the MOUs, these bills deal with issues that largely existed in June.

So, this hearing gives proof to the fib that was that on-time budget passed over two months ago. This is nothing new for me, of course, I have been redundantly redundant in my criticism of our budget process, and by right could just oppose everything.

But to explain ahead of time and avoid the admonition of Ralph Waldo Emerson that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, I will support some of the proposals that I find nonetheless compelling and important. But as for AB 157, I urge a no vote.

Thank you, Senator Niello. Senator Stern.

Thank you, Mister President. I rise in favor of this measure, and I just want to deliver my gratitude both to the budget chair and the staff for helping work through penalty funding that has been bottlenecked for quite a while now.

The disaster in Aliso Canyon was several years ago, but people still have not been made whole. The mechanics, I think, are sound, and we're going to cut people's bills, $70 million in Los Angeles instead of sending that back to the gas company.

So, I think it's going to be good for all rate payers, and especially those who are aggrieved most in the largest methane disaster in western history. So would respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Senator Stern, any further discussion or debate? Seeing none. Senator Wiener, you may close.

Respectfully, ask for an aye vote.

All debate having ceased, Secretary, please call the roll.

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On a vote of 31 to nine, the measure passes. We're going to move next to file item 271. This is Assembly Bill 158 presented by Senator Wiener. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 158 by Assembly Member Gabriel, an act relating to the state budget and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately. Budget bill.

Senator Wiener.

Thank you, Mister President and colleagues. AB 158 is a budget bill junior, amending the Budget Act. Specifically, it makes a variety of amendments and technical corrections to the 2022 and 2023 budget acts.

Some highlights include authorizing the Department of Finance to provide up to $3 million in greenhouse gas reduction funds to the California Energy Commission to administer programs related to zero-emission school bus charging or refueling infrastructure, adjusting the funding needed to cover debt service costs for California community college student housing projects, and making a variety of other technical changes.

I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Any discussion or debate on the on the measure? Any discussion or debate? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

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On a vote of 31 to nine, the measure passes. Members, we're gonna ask folks to please stay here in the chambers. We have a long, long day ahead of us and a lot of measures to discuss and vote on. And we need everyone's cooperation for us to kind of get through it efficiently.

So please, everyone, if you can, please stay in the chamber. Next up is file item 271. This is Assembly Bill 176. Excuse me, 272. Assembly Bill 176. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 176 by the Assembly Committee on Budget, an act relating to education finance and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately, be related to the budget.

Members, please give Senator Wiener your attention. Senator Wiener?

Thank you, Mister President. Colleagues, AB 176 is the childcare, preschool, K-12 education, and higher education omnibus trailer bill. It includes a requirement for the state fire marshal to work with the Department of Social Services on new building regulations for daycare centers.

It also includes mostly technical and clarifying amendments to proposals that were enacted earlier this year, including preschool enrollment for two-year-olds, TK-12 attendance recovery, the Golden State Teachers Grant Program, and streamlining reports for the community college system. Respectfully asked for an aye vote.

Senator Skinner.

Thank you, Mister President and Members. I rise in support of this bill. This has been a number of the provisions here for our early care and education have been hard fought and are very important.

And to allow us to realize the gains that we have been funding to make sure that our children, zero to four, have adequate early care. And with that, I ask for your aye votes.

Any further discussion or debate on the measure? Any further discussion or debate? Seeing none, Senator Wiener, you may close.

I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent Members.

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On a vote of 39 to zero, the measure passes. We'll move next to file item 273. This is Assembly Bill 177. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 177 by the Assembly Committee on Budget, an act relating to health and making an appropriation therefore, to take effect immediately. Bill related to the budget.

Senator Wiener.

Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. AB 177 is the health omnibus trailer bill. It implements a near real time data system to provide electronic information to health care providers, first responders, and others on the availability of beds in hospitals and behavioral health facilities to aid in placement and timely access to treatment. It implements a Medi-Cal Managed Care directed payment reimbursement methodology to improve reimbursement for the Martin Luther King Junior Community Hospital.

It extends the existing moratorium of licensure of hospice agencies for an additional year to allow for the promulgation of regulations to address quality issues raised by the State Auditor, and it authorizes the Department of State Hospitals to adopt emergency regulations through June 30, 2026 regarding treatment of contraband in state hospitals. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Any discussion or debate on this measure? Any discussion or debate? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent Members, and then we're closing the roll.

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On a vote of 40 to zero, the measure passes. I'd like to ask all the Members to please stay here in the chamber so we can complete our business. We're going to move next to file item 274. Is that what we just did? 274. We're going to file item 275.

This is Assembly Bill 179. Secretary, please read. 274 is next up. 274, thank you. Correction. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 178 by the Assembly Committee on Budget, an act relating to public resources and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately. Bill, related to the budget.

Senator Wiener.

Thank you, Mister President. Colleagues, AB 178 is the resources trailer bill that includes a variety of actions to implement the budget. Among other things, it provides customers who are experiencing undue hardship the ability to request greater payment plan flexibility beyond 12 months. It reduces the required minimum contribution amount for the Whale Tail Fund from 250,000 to 200,000.

It restores statutory language recently repealed, authorizing Cal Recycle to solicit and use expertise available in other state agencies for purposes of the Tire Recycling Act. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Wiener. Any discussion or debate on this measure? Any discussion or debate. Seeing no microphones up, secretary, please call the roll.

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On a vote of 34 to zero, the measure passes. We'll move next to file item 275. Assembly Bill 179. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 179 by the Assembly Committee on Budget, an act relating to state government and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately. Bill related to the budget.

Senator Wiener

I thank you, Mister President and colleagues. AB 179 is the general government trailer bill. It includes a variety of actions to implement the budget. Among other things, it makes various technical changes and conforming changes to continue enabling various departments to conduct background checks and fingerprinting.

It establishes through December 31st, 2030, the projected surplus temporary holding account to temporarily hold for up to a year, a portion of General Fund surplus money for use in future fiscal years.

And it extends the appeals deadline to January 1st 2025, for applications to the forced or involuntary sterilization compensation program as well as extending the program through January 1st 26. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Wiener. Any discussion or debate on this measure. Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

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On a vote of 35 to one, the measure carries. We'll move next to file item 276. Assembly Bill 181. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 181 by the Assembly Committee on Budget, an act relating to public employment and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately. Bill related to the budget.

Senator Wiener.

Thank you, Mister President. Colleagues AB 181 is this year's MOU bill. The measure ratifies three employee contracts between the state and the Highway Patrol officers, the state firefighters, and the professional scientists.

The new contract with the CHP officers is a three-year contract that includes new levels of seniority pay and increases pay for officers with specific professional skills or training. The measure also ratifies a two-year contract with California's firefighters, implementing provisions that reduce the current 72-hour workweek to a 66-hour workweek.

Also in this bill is a three-year contract with the California Association of Professional Scientists that includes salary increases ranging from three to 12%, depending on the classification and the employee's salary range. To retain senior employees, the contract contains longevity pay increases for employees who have over 17 years of state service.

Finally, the bill includes a 2.6% general salary increase for state judges. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Wiener. Any further discussion or debate on this measure? Any discussion or debate. Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

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On a vote of 40 to zero, the measure carries. That completes our budget bills that I understand. Senator Weiner, your microphone is still up, but I think you're set. Okay, we're going to move next to the second reading file. The second reading file. Secretary, please read the second reading file.

Assembly Bill A 63, 1113, 2250, 2263, 2460, 2629, 2851, 2243.

We're going to move next to motions, resolutions, and notices. Without objection. Pursuant to Joint Rule 33.1, Joint Rule 61 will be suspended to allow Assembly bills 1205, 1831, 1843, and 2095 to be amended after the deadline. This request has been approved by the Rules Committee. Senator Gonzalez, for what purpose do you rise?

Thank you, Mister President and Members. There is a resolution at the desk requesting permission to suspend Joint Rule 61 for the purpose of allowing Assembly bills 98, 1252, and 2930 to be amended after the deadline. The requests have been approved by the Rules Committee.

Senator Seyarto, for what purpose do you rise?

I rise because we oppose this action. We have rules for a reason that we established before we started our legislative session.

And continuing to break those rules so that we can fit these things in is unfair to the people that are in this room, that have other things that they were planning on getting to later on this week.

Thank you, Senator Seyarto. It's an undebatable motion, but we have a request from the majority leader to suspend the rules. That's a yes vote. Senator Seyarto's suggesting a no vote. Secretary, can you read the resolution, please?

Resolve that Joint Rule 61 be dispensed with.

All right, secretary, please call the roll.

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On a vote of 31 to nine, the joint rules are suspended. We're going to move back to the majority leader, Senator Gonzalez.

Thank you, Mister President. Members, there is a resolution at the desk requesting permission to suspend Joint Rule 61 and 62A for the purpose of allowing Assembly bills 98 and 1205 to be heard in Policy and Fiscal Committee after the deadline. These requests have. Have been approved by the Rules Committee.

Senator Seyarto.

Same objection. We can substitute the roll.

Thank you, sir. Let's have the resolution be read.

Resolve that Joint Rule 61 and 62 be dispensed with.

Any objection to using the previous roll call on this resolution? Seeing no objection. Ayes 31. Noes nine. Joint rules are suspended.

Senator Niello, I'm told that you are asking for recognition. Is that mistaken? I was told that you wanted recognition under motions and resolutions.

Oh, yes, I did. Thank you very much for responding to that. We're here to help. On behalf of the author, I'd like. To remove AB 2471 by Assemblyman Jim Patterson from special consent calendar.

The desk will note. Thank you, sir. All right. Anything further on motions and resolutions? All right. See no microphones up at the moment. We're going to. Senator Padilla. For what purpose do you rise?

Thank you, Mister President. I want to pull file item 300, AB 2381 by Banta from special consent.

The desk will note we're going to move next to unfinished business. Members, we have three items on unfinished business. I know. There'll be more later in the day. Those are file items 21, 29 and 37. If you want to follow along at home. First one up is file item 21. This is SB 782.

Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 782 by Senator Limon, an act relating to state government.

Senator Limone.

Thank you, President and colleagues. SB 72, 782 requires an annual report with aggregate Democrat demographic information of individuals appointed to the state's boards and Commission. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Any further discussion or debate on this measure? All right, seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent Members one more time.

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On a vote of 36 to zero, then the Assembly amendments are concurred in. We're going to move next to file item 29, SB 1061. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 1061 by Senator Limón, an act to consumer debt.

Senator Limón.

Thank you, Members. I present SB 1061, which seeks to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports. Assembly amendments reduce the scope of the bill exempting medical credit cards and specialty loans. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Limón, any discussion on this measure? Any discussion? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

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On a vote of 31 to eight, the Assembly amendments are concurred in. And for those keeping track at home, that's two for the Ms. Popularity, Senator Limón. We're going to move next to file item 37. This is Senate Bill 1318.

Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 1318 by Senator Wahab an act relating to people health.

Senator Wahab.

Thank you, colleagues and Members of the public. SB 1318, child suicide prevention, is back for concurrence. The bill ensures that students experiencing a mental health crisis on school campus receive care from a qualified behavioral health professional. SB 1318 enjoys bipartisan support and has no registered opposition. Respectfully, ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Any discussion on this measure? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

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On a vote of 32 to 6, the Assembly amendments are concurred in. Members, we're going to move next to Assembly third reading. Assembly third reading. First up is file item 48, followed by file item 62, 63 and 68. We'll begin with file item 48, AB 2865.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2865 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, an act relating to pupil instruction.

We will turn to our early leader for Ms. Popularity, Senator Limón.

Thank you. I rise to present AB 2865, which aims to change, ensuring that... Which aims to change that by ensuring that the students learn and understand the effects of alcohol, we can have... Excuse me. Which aims to change the understanding for students in terms of the impacts that alcohol can have on their body long term. This bill has bipartisan support and no registered opposition. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Any discussion on this measure? This is eligible for unanimous roll call. Without objection, ayes 40, noes zero. The measure passes. We're going to move next to file item 62. This is Assembly Bill 2293. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2293 by Assembly Member Mathis, an act relating to joint powers.

Senator Durazo is presenting. Please give her your attention, Members.

Thank you, Mr. President. On behalf of Assembly Member Mathis, this bill will allow a 501(c)(3) organization to join a joint powers agreement to provide healthcare services. It replicates an existing improving mechanism that currently allows a 501(c)(3) to partner with the JPA when providing services to zero emission transportation systems. The bill has received no opposition and received unanimous support in the Assembly. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Durazo. Any discussion on this measure? Seeing none. This is eligible for unanimous roll call, Members. Without objection, ayes 40, noes zero. The measure passes. Senators, in the gallery today, we are joined by the tribal leaders of the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe, the Pit River Tribe, and the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians. Let's please give a warm Senate welcome to the guests that we have here in the gallery. Welcome to the Senate. This is one of our quieter days. All right, we're going to move next to Assembly third reading. This is file item 63, Assembly Bill 2375.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2375 by Assemblymember Lowenthal, an act relating to alcoholic beverages.

Senator Rubio is presenting. Senator Rubio.

Thank you, Mr. President. Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, I rise to present AB 2375 on behalf of Assemblymember Lowenthal. This Bill is intended to address drinking and spiking of drinks, commonly known as roofing.

AB 2375 simply requires type 48-licensed establishments to provide a lid to a patron's drink upon their request to post a sign alerting guest that it is available. And this will help perpetrators intending to commit crimes and from spiking drinks and committing the ultimate crime of assaulting and raping victims while incapacitated.

With unanimous bipartisans support, I ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Senator Rubio. Any discussion on this measure? This is... Senator Alvarado-Gil.

Thank you. I rise with neutral support on this Bill, although I do support the premise of this. I believe that we are entrusted with making laws that do not use slang terms, but actual factual terms. This Bill, unfortunately, has a connotation of "roofing" that applies to a rohypnol drug.

We know now that there are various drugs that cause intoxication, and I do not believe a plastic lid with a sign saying, don't get roofied, drink lids are available, will help to educate the public around what intoxication through drugs is.

So although I don't oppose this Bill, I do oppose using language that are slang terms in official legislation.

Any further discussion on this measure? Any further discussion? Seeing none, Senator Rubio, you may close.

Well, the intent of the Bill is just to make sure that we give options to those that need it. So with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

All right, this was eligible for unanimous roll call. I just want to clarify. All right, no objection to that. Okay. Is there any objection to a unanimous roll call? Seeing nine ayes, 40. Noes, zero. The measure passes. We're going to move next to file item 68. This is Assembly Bill 3227.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 3227 by Assembly Member Alvarez and equaling to environmental quality and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Atkins. Please give Senator Atkins your attention, Members.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present Assembly Bill 3227 on behalf of Assembly Member Alvarez, on this support support bill. It creates a new five year exemption in the California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA, for routine maintenance of stormwater channels that are fully concrete or have conveyance capacity of less than 100 year storm event. It cuts the red tape to ensure timely upkeep of essential infrastructure. I ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Atkins. Any discussion on this measure? This is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objections. That's 40-0 on the urgency, 40-0 on the measure. The measure passes. All right, Members, next up are file items 77, 82, 86, and 96. We'll begin next with file item 77. This is Assembly Bill 1819.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1819 by Assembly Member Waldron, an act relating to local government.

I'd like to recognize our favorite Senator, Senator Limón.

Well, thank you. On behalf of Assembly Member Waldron to present AB 1819, which allows for the creation of special infrastructure financing districts in areas categorized as high or very high fire hazard severity zones. This bill has no opposition and received unanimous support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

As expected. Is there any further discussion or debate on this measure? Seeing none. This is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection. Ayes 40, noes zero. The measure passes. Next up is file item 82, AB 1801.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1801 by Assemblymember Jackson, an act relating to housing.

Senator Blakespear.

Thank you, Mr. President and Members. I rise to present AB 1801, which will provide clarity to existing law by allowing nonprofits the ability to build. Their administrative buildings and office space on the same sites as their supportive housing complex. Current law is unclear on whether or not California nonprofits can construct their administrative office space on the same property.

To combat the growing housing crisis. Nonprofit organizations in California have been actively involved in constructing and offering supportive housing, including permanent and temporary options to facilitate. Stability, safety, and access to services. This Bill seeks to simply clarify and support these vital efforts.

I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Blakespear. Any further discussion on this measure? It is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objections, ayes 40, noes zero. The measure passes. Next up is file item 86. This is Assembly Bill 2229.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2229 by Assembly Member Wilson an act relating to pupil instruction.

Senator Rubio.

Thank you, Mister President. Today I rise on behalf of Assemblymember Wilson to present AB 2229, also known as your period act, which will ensure that all students receive menstrual health education, which the World Health Organization has framed as a human right.

Issue AB 2229 is a Bill that will help dismantle harmful stigmas about menstruation, improve health outcomes, and support the personal development and confidence of our young individuals. This bill was brought to us by a 16 year old young lady, Surya.

I'm going to try to say the names, Sirni Vasan, which is to me an example of California's bright future. We have our young individuals getting engaged in legislation, and with that, I ask for your support. Thank you.

Thank you, Senator Rubio, any discussion on this measure? Seeing no microphones up, secretary, please call the roll.

Allen Alvarado, guillaume aye Archuleta. Aye Ashby I Atkins I Becker I Blake spearhead I Bradford I Caballero I Cortese I dali I Dodd I Durazo I Eggman. I Glazer. I Gonzalez I Grove. I Hurtado. I Jones I Laird I Limon I Mcguire I manjawar. I Min. Aye Newman I Gwen I Niello I ochoapok I Padilla. I Portantino I Roth I Rubio. I sierto I Skinner I smallward cuebas I Stern I Umberg I Wahab I. Wiener I Wilk. Aye.

Please call absent Member Allen. Aye. On a vote of 40 to zero, the measure passes. Next up is file item 96. This is Assembly Bill 3089.

Secretary, please read

Assembly Bill 3089 by assemblymember Jones-Sawyer, an act relating to state government and making an appropriation therefore.

Senator Bradford

Thank you, Mister President. On behalf of assemblymember Jones-Sawyer, I'm here to present AB 3089, the California Apology Act for the perpetration of gross human rights violations and crimes against humanity, with special consideration for African American slaves and their descendants.

I, along with Mister Jones-Sawyer, had the privilege of serving on the reparations task force for two years, and I'm very proud of the report that was produced by the body as required by statute.

The task force was required to include in its findings how the State of California will offer a formal apology on behalf of the people of California for perpetration of gross human rights violations and crimes against humanity on African American slaves and their descendants. This bill is the completion of that charge by offering a formal apology for the past wrongs.

California will join nine other states that have enacted some form of apology for their role in the slave trade.

It's long past time for the State of California to acknowledge its role in promoting and facilitating slave-era policies and to affirm its responsibility to protect and uplift the descendants of enslaved people who have been harmed by the enduring legacy of state-sanctioned horror and terror.

Even though California entered the union as a free state, every branch of government, from top down, held his hand in perpetrating the oppressions of black Californians. This builds the opportunity to confront those tropes in a meaningful way. I thank you. My colleagues and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Bradford, any discussion or debate on this measure? Any discussion or debate? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Please call the absent members.

[Roll Call]

On a vote of 32-0, the measure passes. Members, we're planning to go till 12:30 for our lunch and committee break. So the next items that we are planning to advance for discussion are file item 99, 100, 102, and 106. We'll begin next with file item 99. This is Assembly Bill 2120.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2120 by Assemblymember Chen, an act relating to trespass.

Senator Seyarto.

Thank you, Mr. President. Members, today I rise to present AB 2120 on behalf of Assemblymember Chen. When a debtor has failed to repay their debt, the legal owner who owned who holds the note collateral may issue a repossession order.

AB 2120 clarifies that while repossessors are exempt from trespass laws, they are only for the ability to be on the property upon completion. The repossessor must leave the property immediately. This Bill is enjoyed bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Seyarto. Any discussion on this measure? This is eligible for unanimous roll call, seeing no objections. Ayes 40, noes zero. The measure passes. Next up is file item 100. This is Assembly Bill 2134. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2134 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi, an act relating to school employees.

Senator Cortese.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present AB 2134 which strengthens existing statute to protect educator's sick leave after a job change. Unfortunately, there have been many instances where new employees, new employers have misinterpreted the law, resulting in new employees losing their accrued sick time when they change jobs.

No teacher or classified school employees should have to worry that they will lose their earned sick time just because they moved to a different school district. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Cortese, any discussion on this measure? Seeing no microphones up. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call] I Rubio. I siorto. I Skinner. I small work. Cuebas. I Stern. I umbergous. Aye Wahab. Aye. Wiener. I Wilk. Please call the absent Members. Aye. Allen. Aye. Jones. Aye. Manjawar.

Vote of 40 to zero, the measure passes. Next up is file item 102. This is Assembly Bill 99. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 99 by Assembly Member Connolly, an act relating to pesticides.

Senator Stern is presenting.

Yeah. Thank you, Mr. President. Members, this bill will require Caltrans to use less invasive and harmful methods of controlling pests by our roadsides if necessary. It doesn't require them to stop spraying, but when there are more effective uses like brush clearing and other tools that don't take away as much habitat or create as much wildfire risk, as well as have impacts on good pests and good wildlife, they'll be using those tools going forward. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

All right, discussion or debate? I see a microphone up from Senator Cortese. No? Okay, any discussion or debate on this measure? Any further discussion or debate? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Please call the absent Members.

[Roll Call]

On a vote of 27 to nine, the measure passes. We're going to move next to File Item 106. This is Assembly Bill 1899. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1899 by Assembly Member Cervantes, an act relating to courts.

Senator Eggman.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. AB 1899 has to do with gender expression represented on juries. I ask for your aye vote.

No further discussion or debate on this measure. Any further discussion or debate?Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call].

Please call the absent members.

[Roll Call].

On a vote of 34 to zero, the measure passes. Members, we're going to do one more bill before our committee and lunch break. The next one up is File Item 112: AB 2462.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2462 by Assemblymember Calderon, an act relating to energy.

Thank you very much. AB 2462 asked CPUC in their annual 696 report to include current trends and their impact on cost. I ask for your aye vote.

Senator Eggman.

Members, any further discussion or debate on this. Seeing no microphones up. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Please call the absent Member.

Skinner, aye.

It's a vote of 40 to zero. The measure passes. Okay, Members, we're going to break now for Committee hearings and for lunch. It's a 1 hour break. I know we have some Committee announcements to make. We'll begin with Senator Wahab.

Thank you. Senate Public Safety will immediately begin at the break in room 113 to hear one bill, SB 285, by Senator Allen. So, Members, please make your way there.

We'll next recognize Senator Umberg.

Thank you, Mister President. Senate Judiciary Committee will meet in room 112 immediately following banking Committee. So I recommend that Members of Senate Judiciary Committee immediately eat lunch and then proceed to room 112. I'm told banking Committee shouldn't last that long. We'll see.

We'll check with Senator Limon for reports. Senator Limon.

On that note, the banking Committee is going to be meeting immediately after the call of recess. And we are asking that if you are on the banking Committee, you actually come vote before you eat. In order to allow the Judiciary Committee, we will meet in room 112.

All right. And finally, we have Senator Allen.

So, Senate Environmental Quality Committee will be meeting immediately after judiciary. We're going to be hearing one. Sorry, excuse me. Public safety. Public safety. That's going to be in room 113. Right after public safety, we'll be hearing Senator Portentino's SB 551. Senator, Eq.

All right, just a quick review for the folks that are paying attention. Public safety will be meeting immediately upon our recess in 113, followed by EQ in 113. Banking will begin immediately after our recess in room 112, followed by judiciary in room 112, Members have an enjoyable Committee hearing and lunch. We'll see you in an hour.

Okay, Members, can I ask all the Senators to return to the Senate chambers, please, so we can begin to. Right, okay. The Senate will come out of recess in 60 seconds. How about that? I counted. The Senate will come back from recess. Thank you, all Members, for being prompt and back here in the chamber. So let me.

We're going to go ahead and take up a Bill, then we're going to go to motions and resolutions. So I have. Senator Atkins. Oh, is Senator Skinner here? Senator Skinner is here. Okay, Members, we're going to begin at file item 113. This is Assembly Bill 2483.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2483 by Assembly Member Ting, an act relating to post-conviction proceedings.

Senator Skinner, the floor is yours. Please give Senator Skinner your attention, Members.

Thank you, Mr. President and Members. AB 2483 makes the--provides for our courts standardized guidelines and consistency with the implementation of resentencing laws that are already on the books. So this does not change any sentencing law. It purely sets the guidelines on resentencing procedures.

This is backed by Judicial Council and others and was--came out of the Committee on the Revision of the Penal Code's recommendations. And with that, I ask for your aye vote.

Members, any discussion or debate on this measure? Any discussion or debates? See none, secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call].

Senator Skinner.

Senator Skinner moves the call. Members, we're going to move back to motions and resolutions. Pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10, the following bills are referred to the Committee on Rules: file item 410, SB 1456. Senator Skinner, do you mean to have your microphone up? Okay. All right. Nothing else on motions and resolutions?

All right, so here's where we're going to go next. Members, we are going to jump around a little bit with purpose, which is that we do have Members off the floor. So we are going to be putting bills on call. So we're going to collect up what we think are bills that are eligible for unanimous consent and put them aside until we can get a full house, which will allow for much more efficiency. So we're going to go to bills that we're going to have roll call votes on.

And so we're going to jump around the file a little bit, but I'll give you a preview of the order in which we're going to take them up. So the order is file item 117, followed by 137, 146, 150, and 157. So that's the next five bills up. Going to begin with file item 117.

This is Assembly Bill 2783. Secretary, please read

Assembly Bill 2783 by Assembly Member Alvarez an relating to the San Diego Unified Port district.

Senator Atkins, the floor is yours.

Thank you, Mister President. Colleagues, I rise to present AB 2783. This Bill implements key reforms that will improve transparency, accountability, and oversight at the port of San Diego. Since introducing the bill, the author has taken has worked diligently with all stakeholders and opposition to amend the measure.

The amendments taken in the Senate Appropriations Committee have removed all opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on this support support Bill.

Thank you, Senator Atkins, any discussion or debate? Discussion or debate scene none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Aye Senator Atkins moves a call. Next up is file item 137. This is Assembly Bill 1799. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1799 by Assembly Member Jackson, an act relating to child abuse.

Senator Wiener.

Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, I rise to present AB 1799 on behalf of Assembly Member Jackson. This bill allows mandated reporters to report cases of general neglect to one or more community based agencies or service providers that will provide the parent, guardian, or Indian custodian of the child with services and supports that the reporter believes will improve the conditions impacting the welfare of the child.

The bill authorizes the mandated reporter to make this report in addition to or in lieu of reporting to law enforcement or the welfare department in instances of general neglect. To be clear, under this bill, mandated reporters can still report cases of neglect to law enforcement or the Child Welfare Department.

The current definition of general neglect is overly broad and captures situations that Child Protection Agency hotline workers typically screen out. With the current standard of reporting, mandated reporters overreport instances of suspected neglect due to their fear of prosecution. As a result, the majority of the calls that the child protection hotline receives are for the catch all category of neglect, including cases of poverty or lack of resources.

In California, the LAO finds that of children born in 1999, approximately 50% of black and indigenous children will have some level of child welfare involvement by the age of 18 due to bias, a lack of standard education, and the pressure of liability. Many of these referrals are due to race, ethnicity, or income status. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Wiener. I see microphones up from Senator Rubio and Senator Smallwood-Cuevas. Senator Rubio.

Thank you, Mr. President. Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, as an avid advocate for victims and children, I unfortunately rise today with concerns on AB 1799. I've heard from proponents, and I do understand the intent of the bill, and I understand that 80% of cases sometimes are not substantiated.

But I will submit that for the 20% that are substantiated, that may mean a life saved. However, as we're speaking right now, I just can't help but think of all the children that are currently being harmed, abused, starved, and many innocent lives are lost. And I wanted to share with you that sometimes, you know, when we talk about general neglect, that means different things to different people.

And when we're asked to not report and send it over to other agencies that are not necessarily trained or don't have the resources to take care of this issue, I believe we're putting children in harm's way. If mandated reporters are going to report abuse or neglect, sometimes, like I said, even as professionals, they miss the signs that have led to death. I'm going to bring up the case of Gabriel Fernandez, for example, that at least four adults that were meant to be professionals saw some of the abuse that was happening, and they thought it was just general neglect.

And at the end of the day, that little boy suffered the consequence of starvation, torture, and so many other things that could have been prevented. But it's that definition of general neglect that could be very harmful to children when you don't understand what that means. Again, my point here is that even professionals miss the signs of general neglect when it actually was abuse. So I say that why create a system where we don't have the resources? Why not fix the system we have?

This week on the floor, we voted for AB 1913 that intends to do just that. Figure out how to increase the professionalism and for professionals that are already mandatory reporters to understand what that means, how to report. I am a teacher and I'm a mandated reporter, and I cannot remember a time that they sat us down to explain to us what to look for and what to do. Again, this bill, AB 1913 that we voted on this week, will attempt to do that.

I have a lot of service providers that are coming to me during this time begging for funding services because they're struggling financially. And now we're going to punt up all these cases to other people that may not have the resources, the capacity, or the expertise to save these children.

And again, to be clear, my issue is when we talk about general neglect, we're really being subjective because that means different things to different people. When we're talking about children, we cannot take that chance of someone missing the signs. Child after child has been harmed and even killed because people thought it was general neglect.

So I'm really adamantly opposed to putting it off to someone right now that may not have the resources, the expertise, and I just, you know, cry inside for those children right now that need our help. And when we do refer it to the proper agencies, at least there might be a visit.

Some of the kids that are being harmed today require that one home visit that may save them. We all remember that family that had about 13 children. From the outside, they looked like a perfect family in pictures, in their outings, and yet they were being tortured inside the home.

They were starved, they were not fed, they were abused, they were harmed. And no one saw that because it looked really nice from the outside. We have to leave it in the hands of the professionals. My suggestion is that we fix the system that we have and we don't create another one where our children end up dead. I respectfully ask for a no vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Senator Rubio. Senator Smallwood-Cuevas.

Thank you, Mr. President. And I want to thank my good colleague for her words and her advocacy in this space. And we know, even with the system that we have, far too many of our children fall through the cracks. And all we are saying in this bill, and I appreciate the Member from Moreno Valley pulling this issue to the top of the surface so we can all look at it. But all we're saying is that we want to provide options. We want to provide options.

Many of us work with community based organizations who are vigilant, who do what the system cannot, who are there for families when the system has broken down. And all we are saying is to give an option for mandatory reporters to be able to go to our trusted nonprofit advocates, to those community based agencies so they too can step in. Over 50%, 50% of children who are involved with our welfare system are black and indigenous. Over 50%. And we know far too long...

And as a black woman whose family has experienced this, the system is involved, particularly when there's poverty. Sometimes the only thing the parents have is that they're poor. And yes, that oftentimes gets translated as neglect, but they just need help. And so we are not saying to stop the ways in which our mandatory reporters engage.

What we're saying is, let's put some more boots on the ground. Let's bring these communities, these trusted, community based nonprofit organizations to the table to also support this system. That is all we're saying. So I think we can hold up, and we need to do more to support our public welfare agencies.

They're overburdened because we have a safety net that has been destroyed over the last 40 years, and they are having to do too much. And all this bill is saying is, let's give options. Let's engage these nonprofit organizations that have the trust of our communities, and let's let them stand next to these welfare agencies to do what our families need, and that is service to help. And sometimes we know when we call in police, that isn't often a help in far too many cases.

So let's be able to call in folks in our communities who are trusted, and let's give folks options to be able to provide the care and the service that our communities need. And that with that, I respectfully ask for the aye vote. And I respectfully thank, again, the Members who have spoken on this issue. But I think the State of California, we can always do better. And when we have more on boots on the ground, we are able to help more of our community. Again, respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Senator Min.

Thank you, Mr. President. I wasn't planning to speak on this, but as many of you know, my wife is a leading domestic violence expert, and I know this is something that she has discussed with my colleague from Baldwin Park. They disagree on the value of some slight waivers or exemptions from mandatory reporting. But what my wife and other DV experts have always told me is that sometimes you want to have escape valves, because mandatory reporting can, in certain instances, lead to adverse consequences. And I will just note that this bill is discretionary.

It's something that specifically does not apply to situations where a mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects a child has been a victim of abuse or involving near fatalities. So I think that some of the descriptions of situations described by my colleague from Baldwin Park have already been addressed by some of the provisions of this bill. So I'm going to be voting aye on this bill. I would urge my colleagues to vote aye as well.

All right. Any further discussion or debate on this measure? Any further discussion or debate? Seeing no microphones up, Senator Wiener, you may close.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. And thank you for the debate today. I think it's very important to be clear this bill applies to cases of quote unquote general neglect, not severe neglect. Physical abuse is still mandated reporting. This is general neglect.

For right now, there are cases that are getting funneled into law enforcement where they do not need to be funneled into law enforcement. And this is about respecting the professional judgment of these who are now mandated reporters about whether to call law enforcement or child welfare or whether to work with social services. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

All debate having ceased, Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Wiener moves the call. We're gonna move next to file item 46, 146. That's... File item 146. We're going to pass temporarily.

We're going to move next to file item 150. This is Assembly Bill 2105. Senator Rubio is the floor manager. Secretary, please read

Assembly Bill 2105 by Senate Member Lowenthal an relating to healthcare coverage.

Senator. Senator Rubio, this is your Bill.

Thank you, madam. I'm sorry. Mister President, today I rise to present. AB 2105 on behalf of Assemblymember Lowenthal. Which requires a healthcare service plan, contract or health insurance policy issued, amended or renewed to provide coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome prescribed or ordered by a physician or surgeon. Also known as pandas, they are inflammatory diseases of the brain that result in sudden onset devastating behavioral and neurological dysfunctional.

That dysfunction that usually occurs after triggering an infection. Early and expeditious access to treatment is critical for these patients and effective treatments of pandas and pants in order to avoid potentially permanent neurological damage and sometimes fatal outcomes associated with these disorders is important. Unfortunately, too often, treatment is routinely denied. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Senator Rubio, any discussion or debate on this measure? Any discussion or debate? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

[Roll Call].

Senator Rubio moves a call. Next up--floor managers. Next up: Senator Limon, Senator Dodd. We're going to go next to File Item 157. This is Assembly Bill 2316. Senator Limon, are you prepared? All right. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2316 by Assembly Member Gabriel, an act relating to pupil nutrition.

Senator Limon, the floor is yours, followed by Senator Dodd.

Thank you, Members. Thank you, President and colleagues. I rise to present AB 2316, on behalf of Assembly Member Gabriel. This bipartisan bill would prohibit schools from serving foods containing dangerous additives that can harm our children and interfere with their ability to learn.

Given the longstanding concerns, in 2019, the Legislature directed the California EPA to conduct an independent and thorough scientific examination into the impact of synthetic food dyes on children.

In 2021, after an exhaustive review, California EPA issued a report which concluded that, I quote, 'consumption of synthetic food dyes can result in hyperactivity and other neurobehavioral problems in some children.' To be clear, this bill will not result in a ban on foods in California, nor will it result in any products coming off the shelf.

More than 95% of the products served in schools are already free from these chemicals, and that--and school districts around the state, including LAUSD and rural school districts, have already stopped serving foods that includes these harmful additives.

The author has taken amendments to delay implementation and limit the scope of the bill, which has removed opposition from the Ag Council, American Chemistry Council, and the Dairy Association, among others.

It is sponsored by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Thurmond, and supported by the LA County Office of Education, CTA, CFT, California Environmental Voters, SEIU, and more than 70 additional organizations. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Limon. Is there discussion and debate on this measure? Any discussion or debate? Seeing none, secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call].

Senator Limon moves a call. Members, I want to just repeat that in an announcement earlier that some may have missed, we're trying to deal with--Members off the floor, we're trying to deal with measures that are going to require a roll call vote, okay? So we're going to jump around a little bit.

I'll let you know over the next six or seven bills in order so you can be prepared and the floor managers can be prepared. So the order is as follows: File Item 168: Floor Manager Dodd, File Item 172: Floor Manager Allen, File Item 185: Floor Manager Wahab, File Item 193: Floor Manager Senator Wiener, File Item 204: Floor Manager Senator Roth.

Floor Manager Senator Roth, File Item 207: Floor Manager Senator Grove. All right, so we'll begin at the top of the list. This is File Item 168: AB 3259. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 3259 by Assembly Member Wilson, an act relating to taxation and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Dodd.

Mr. President and Members, I rise today to present AB 3259, on behalf of Assembly Member Wilson. This is a district bill that would provide needed flexibility for residents in Solano County, the City of Pinole, and the City of Campbell to vote on pending local revenue measures to protect essential services and improve critical transportation infrastructure.

This bill does not raise any new taxes. It simply empowers voters within Solano County, the City of Pinole, and the City of Campbell by allowing them to decide whether to approve local revenue measures. I respectfully ask your aye vote.

Remind me at the end. Thank you, Senator Dodd, is there further discussion on this measure? Further discussion on this measure? Seeing none, this is a two-thirds vote bill. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call].

Senator Dodd moves the call. We're going to move next to file item 172. This is Assembly Bill 2454. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2454 by Assembly Member Lee, an act relating to drinking water.

Senator Allen.

Thank you, members. I'm here to present AB 2454. This bill would require well owners to take advantage of free well water testing programs, ensuring that those living in areas serviced by domestic wells have access to safe and clean tap water.

Because state and federal law do not currently require domestic wells to be tested for drinking water contaminants, those who are drinking from those wells may not know whether contaminants are present in their drinking water, this bill requires the testing of these wells for contaminants.

It will help to achieve the right of every Californian to have access to safe drinking water. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Allen. Any discussion on this measure? Seeing no microphones up, secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Allen moves a call. Next up, file item 185. This is Assembly Bill 884. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 884 by sending Member Low and according to elections.

Senator Wahab.

Thank you, colleagues and Members of the public. I rise as a proud co author to present AB 884, which requires the Secretary of State to identify language needs by December 15, 2025 and by 2028 requires counties to translate materials into languages to meet those identified identified needs, including providing translated votable ballots rather than reference ballots.

California leads the nation in language diversity, with 43.9% of households speaking a language other than English at home and nearly 3 million eligible voters who identify as being limited English proficient on the census. AB 884 will ensure limited English proficient voters have meaningful access to the ballot. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Senator Wahab. Any discussion on this measure? See no microphone steps. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Wahab moves a call. We'll move next to file item 193. This is Assembly Bill 3190. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 3190 by Assemblymember Haney, an act relating to public works.

Senator Wiener, the floor is yours.

Thank you, Mister President. I rise to present AB 3190 on behalf of Assemblymember Haney. This bill ensures that construction workers on certain affordable housing projects are being paid a fair wage while also advancing our state's housing goals by recruiting the workforce we need to build housing.

Prevailing wage exemptions as well as lack of benefits and wage theft can prevent the state from recruiting the construction workers we need to build housing and reach our housing goals. California needs 100,000 more residential construction workers to meet our goals. It also needs an additional 200,000 construction workers to meet our overall housing goals.

AB 3190 provides a clear solution to these challenges and will help recruit the workforce we need by extending prevailing wage requirements to construction workers on affordable housing projects with estate low-income housing tax credits. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Wiener, any discussion or debate on this measure? Seeing no microphones, secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Wiener moves the call. Next up, file item 204. This is Assembly Bill 1577. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1577 by Assembly Member Low, an act relating to health facilities.

Senator Roth.

Thank you, Mr. President. This bill requires health facilities and clinics to meet with a community college or California State University nursing program upon the college's request, and to work in good faith to meet the needs of the college's nursing program clinical placement needs.

Additionally, the bill requires the health facility, if it is unable, to provide additional clinical placement slots to inform HCAI, or Department of Health Care Access and Information, of its lack of capacity or capability using a form developed by that department. The health facilities would be subjected to a $1,000 fine for failure to provide the information requested.

While this bill does not establish the nursing clinical placement inventory that the Senator from Stockton and I have been pursuing for several years--that bill, Senate Bill 1042, was held in the Assembly--this is a good start, and the rest of you can finish the job next year. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

That's that special Roth charm right there. Members, any further discussion or debate? Seeing none, secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call].

Senator Roth moves a call. All right, Members, let me give you the order of things to come. We're going to do File Item 207 next. That's a floor manager Senator Grove. It's going to be followed by File Item 258, 260, 261, 268, and 281 with floor managers Senators Gonzalez, Cortese, Skinner, Portantino, and Cortese.

We'll move now to file item 207. This is Assembly Bill 2119. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 119 by Assemblymember Weber, an act relating to mental health.

Senator Grove.

Thank you, Mister President and colleagues. I rise today. Present AB 2119 on behalf of Assembly Member Doctor Weber. AB 2119 would remove stigmatizing language related to mental health conditions from current law and substituting it with personal first language where suitable.

Nearly 50% of Americans are likely to experience a mental health challenge at some point in their lives. And mental health conditions are the world's leading cause for a disability, yet the significant amount of stigma persists around mental health conditions and treatment. Utilizing first-person language should be found as a positive impact for destigmatizing mental health conditions.

I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Does any Senator want to be heard on this measure? Any discussion? Seeing none, secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Grove moves the call.

Next up is file item 258. This is Assembly Bill 2286. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2286 by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry, an act relating to vehicles.

Senator Gonzalez.

Thank you, Mr. President and Members. I rise today to present AB 2286 on behalf of Assembly Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry. It will ensure an intentional and safe transition to autonomous technology as it is integrated into large vehicles like heavy duty trucks. It does not ban autonomous trucks. It does, however, ask that a human safety operator be present to monitor the technology and respond to emergencies as tested and deployed. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Members, discussion and debate on this measure? Discussion or debate? Seeing none, Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Gonzalez moves the call. We're going to move next to file item 260. This is file item AB 2245. Secretary, please read

Assembly Bill 2245 by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo an act relating to school employees.

Senator Cortese, the floor is yours.

All right. Thank you, Mister President. I rise to represent Assembly to present Assembly Bill 2245 on behalf of Assemblymember Juan Carrillo.

This is a straightforward parity Bill, and it would allow career technical education teachers employed by regional occupation centers or their programs, which are operated by a single school district, meaning no JPAs single school districts to attain permanent status after a probationary period of two years. Like other CTE teachers in California.

As we all know, when employees are able to be classified as permanent, they're no longer employed at will and can receive due process and basically, labor rights, such as notice of discipline or layoff, and procedures for appeal.

In order to fully invest in CTE programs, you must start by retaining and protecting our workforce, which is the sole foundation and driving force of keeping these programs available for students. Thank you. And I urge an aye vote.

Any discussion or debate on this measure. Discussion or debate? Seeing none, secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Cortese moves the call. Next up is file item 261. It's Assembly Bill 2022. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2022 by Assembly Member Addis, an act relating to mobile home parks.

Senator Skinner presenting.

Thank you, Mister President and members. AB 2022 allows for making it safer for our mobile home park residents by requiring more comprehensive emergency preparedness plans and making sure that those plans are easily accessible for the residents. Ensuring, for example, that residents have access to entry and exit points, utility shutoff capabilities, and working fire hydrants.

This has support from many of our mobile home park residents and with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Skinner, any Senator want to be heard on this measure? Seeing none, secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Skinner moves the call. Next up is file item 268. This is Assembly Bill 1038.

Secretary, please read

Assembly Bill 1038 by Assembly Member Mike Fong en act relating to surplus residential property and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Portantino.

Thank you, Mister President and Members. And may I never see another Bill related to the 710 corridor again in my life. This is an important, exciting measure because it brings closure to a section of South Pasadena where there is a desire to create more affordable housing.

This bill brings South Pasadena in parity with the language used for Pasadena, which would allow the city to sell surplus property and use the proceeds to build affordable housing.

Under the current system, there is a $7 million liability on the table that would be required in order to bring these properties up to speed in order to sell them. That isn't a significant financial burden on Caltrans in the City of South Pasadena.

If the city in Caltrans could not meet that burden, these homes would be sold at auction and not be used as affordable housing. What this bill does is allow the city to purchase the homes at the original purchase price and then sell them and use the proceeds to build affordable housing.

There's currently a 51 unit project on the table that if this bill doesn't pass, would be jeopardized, because in the financing, we're using the proceeds from the sale of these other houses in a three to one multiplier. So for every house we sell, we will get three more additional units.

So Assembly Member Fong and myself, in working with Caltrans, HCD, and the Administration over the past year have crafted SB 268 and respectfully ask for an aye vote from you all. Thank you.

Thank you, Senator Portantino, any Member want to be heard on this measure? Any Member? Senator Jones, is there some issue with you? Senator Jones, is there a concern? I heard a disturbance over there. I just wanted to make sure you're okay. All right, all right. We won't call for medical. All right.

If there's no further discussion, secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Portantino moves to call. All right, next up is file item 281. This is Assembly Bill 892. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 892 by Assembly Member Bains, an act relating to healthcare facilities.

Senator Cortese.

Okay, thank you again, Mr. President. I rise on behalf of Assembly Member Bains present AB 892, which ensures that the Kern County Hospital Authority and the Kern Medical Center Foundation follow best practices established by the Accounting Standards Board, publish an annual audit, and comply with the California Public Records Act.

Ensuring the long term health of Kern Medical is of particular importance to Dr. Bains, as it is the hospital where she completed her residency. The hospital has a Medi-Cal caseload north of 70%, and it's the region's only level two trauma center. Losing Kern Medical would mean losing lives. And as the closure of Madera Community Hospital has shown us, the San Joaquin Valley cannot afford to lose a single hospital, clinic, or doctor. The bill has no registered opposition. I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Cortese, for carrying a bill for Kern. Any further discussion on this measure? Any discussion on this measure? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Cortese moves the call. Okay, Members, good news. Good news is that we have Senate bills that have come back over under unfinished business. So we're going to go and do six Senate bills. Authors are Umberg, Wiener, Bradford, and Blakespear.

That got everybody pretty excited. We're going to pause for a moment. Okay, so here are the file numbers for those unfinished business Senate concurrence and Assembly amendments. It's going to be filed item 192428-3233 and 39. So, authors, be prepared for your speeches. We're going to begin first with file item 19. We have it. All right.

All right, so we're ready to get the computer up to speed. We're moving faster than technology, ladies and gentlemen, so we're going to let it catch up for just a moment. All right, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, we're back in session here.

The technology has caught up with us, and so we're going to begin on unfinished business. And I'll tell you the order again. The file items are 19 and 24 by Senator Umberg, 28 by Senator Wiener, 32 and 33 by Senator Bradford, and 39 by Senator Blakespear. All right, next up, file item 19, SB 758.

Secretary, please read

Senate Bill 758 by Senator Umberg, an act relating to firearms.

Senator Umberg.

Thank you, Mister President and colleagues. The amendments to SB 758 remove provisions of the bill creating crimes for specified firearms transfers. So I would expect those who were opposed originally the Bill would embrace these amendments and support them along with me. I urge an aye vote.

Members, anyone wishes to speak on the Assembly amendments, any further discussion? Seeing none, secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

No. Senator Umberg moves a call. Next up is file item 24, SB 919. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 919 by Senator Umberg an act relating to franchises.

Senator Umberg.

Thank you, Mister President and colleagues. The amendments taking the Assembly clarified definitions change, required application fee, and authorized DFPI to define by rule material changes that require the amended disclosure to be filed. I understood, and I assume everybody else understood that, urge an aye vote.

Does a Member have a question about this measure? Discussion, debate. All right, seeing none, Senator Umberg. Looks like you explained it very well. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Umberg moves a call. Next up is file item 28. This is Senate Bill 988. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 988 by Senator Wiener an act relating to independent contractors.

Senator Wiener.

Thank you, Mister President. Colleagues, SB 988 is back on concurrence. This is the Freelance Worker Protection act. And the amendments in the Assembly simply remove the labor Commissioner's office from the Bill. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Wiener. Any discussion or debate on this measure? Senator Grove.

Thank you, Mister chair. Rise in support of this Bill. I know we're chipping away at AB 5 and the disaster that that caused in this state. We still have to address manicurists. You guys, the manicurists are freaking out because on January 1, they're not allowed to work at a salon.

And we just appreciate us addressing that issue, which is consistent with this Bill that's excluding freelance newspaper writers. Thank you, and respectfully ask for an aye vote.

It should go underground like all the other labor. Any further discussion or debate seeing none Senator Wiener, you may close.

Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Wiener moves a call. Next up is file item 32. This is Senate Bill 1130 by Senator Bradford. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 1130 by Senator Bradford, an act relating to electricity.

Senator Bradford.

Thank you, Mister President. 1130 is back on concurrence. The amendment to reduce the threshold on electrical IOUs to enroll customers by changing this is sufficiently enrolled to made reasonable efforts to enroll and make clarifying in language and I huh?

And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Bradford and company. Members, any discussion on these on this measure? Any further discussion on this measure? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Bradford moves the call. Next up, file item 33. This is Senate Bill 1177, also by Senator Bradford.

Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 1177 by Senator Bradford, an act relating to public utilities.

Senator Bradford.

Thank you, Mister President. 1177 updates California utility supplier diversity law to better understand spin concentration, foster more diverse workforce. The amendments at reporting requirements clarify that the information is reported as aggregate, and allows entities required to file a report to use data collected by the PUC supplier's clearinghouse. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Bradford. Any discussion on the measure? Seeing no microphones. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll call]

Senator Bradford moves the call. Next up is file item 39. This is Senate Bill seven. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 7 by Senator Blakespear, an act relating to land use.

Senator Blakespear.

Thank you, Mr. President and Members. I rise today to present SB 7, which is back from the Assembly on concurrence. This bill will make minor changes to the RHNA development process based on HCD's evaluation. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Members, discussion or debate on this measure? Discussion or debate? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Blakespear moves the call. All right, we're going to move next, members, to motions and resolutions. Motions and resolutions. Pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10C, following bills are referred to the Committee on Rules. Assembly Bill 1205. Assembly Bill 98. Anything else on motions and resolutions, members? All right. All right.

The game plan now, folks, is to go back to Assembly Third Reading. I want to give you a heads-up on measures and bills so you can all be prepared over there on the north side of the chamber. And we're going to continue to put bills on call.

We do have missing members, so we're only going to go through the roll once the order for the next six bills are file item 61. Excuse me. All right, here are the next four bills we're going to go through. File item 89, followed by file item 108, 111, and 115.

Those are floor managers Caballero, Smallwood-Cuevas, and Allen. All right, so next up is file item 89. This is Assembly Bill 26770.

Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 2670 by Assemblymember Schiavo, an act relating to health.

Senator Caballero.

Thank you, Mister President. Members, we're all aware of the battle over abortion rights in our country, as well as the role California plays to ensure access. However, many Californians still don't know where they can see comprehensive and accurate reproductive health care services.

AB 2670 will prompt the launch of a public awareness campaign by the Department of Health Care Services to communicate the facts about pregnancy care abortion services through a website, abortion.ca.gov. Timely reproductive healthcare is essential. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Caballero. Any discussion or debate. Seeing none, secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Caballero moves the call. Next up is file item 108. This is Assembly Bill 1975. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1975 by Assembly Member Bonta an act relating to Medi Cal.

Senator Smallwood-Cuevas.

Thank you Mister President and colleagues. On behalf of assemblymember Banta, I am pleased to present AB 1975. Upon appropriations of funds, AB 1975 would make medically supportive food and nutrition interventions a covered benefit to all medi Cal recipients when deemed medically necessary by their healthcare provider.

AB 1975 would direct the Department of Health Care Services to form a Committee to issue guidance for implementing these intervention services. Food is medicine is a legislative reparations priority for the California Legislative Black Caucus. And I respectfully ask for your I.

Vote thank you, Senator. Any discussion or debate on the measure? Any discussion or debate seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Smallwood- Cuevas moves a call. Next up is file item 111. Assembly Bill 2319.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2319 by Assembly Member Wilson, an act relating to maternal health.

Senator Smallwood-Cuevas.

Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. I want to say on behalf of Assembly Member Wilson, I'm pleased to co-author and present AB 2319. This bill aims to reduce the alarming and disproportionate maternal mortality rate of black women and other pregnant persons of color.

The Department of Justice conducted an investigation that revealed a need for the enforcement mechanism, public transparency of compliance data, firm compliance deadlines, and additional specificity. Adopting these recommendations would allow facilities to know which providers need to be trained. We need to protect all pregnant people of color across the state. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Any discussion or debate? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Smallwood-Cuevas moves the call. All right, the next three floor managers for measures we're going to take up are Senators Allen, Newman, and Cortese. We'll begin first with file item 115, Assembly Bill 2552.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2552 by Assembly Member Friedman, an act relating to pesticides.

Senator Allen, the floor is yours.

Members, this is an important environmental bill building upon previous legislation that's restricted some of the most dangerous rodenticides, anticoagulant rodenticides, which have been linked to the poisonings of non-targeted wildlife, pets, and children. It's been considerably scaled back. A number of ag opponents have dropped their opposition, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Is there any discussion or debate on this measure? Discussion or debate? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll call]

Senator Allen moves a call. Next up is file item 165, AB 2642.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2642 by Assembly Member Berman, an act relating to elections and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Newman.

Thank you, Mister President. I rise on behalf of Assembly Member Berman to present Assembly Bill 2642. AB 2642 will strengthen and supplement California's existing anti intimidation laws by providing explicit civil protections for both election workers and voters.

This bill also establishes a presumption that a person who openly carries a firearm or an, or an imitation firearm while interacting with or observing election activities, such as voting or counting votes, is doing so for the purpose of intimidation. This bill has had no registry opposition.

It is an urgency measure so as to be an effective applied to the upcoming election cycle. On behalf of Assembly Member Berman, I am respectfully asking for your aye vote today.

Thank you, Senator Newman. Any discussion on the measure? Seeing none, secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll call]

Senator Newman moves the call. Next up, file I have 184. This is Assembly Bill 1963. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1963 by Assembly Member Friedman, an act relating to pesticides.

Senator Cortese.

Thank you, Mister President. I rise to present AB 1963, Assembly Member Friedman's Bill.

It requires the Department of Pesticide regulations otherwise known as DPR to complete a reevaluation of the pesticide paraquat by January 1, 2029 and to make the determination at that time, January 1, 2029 to either retain, cancel or suspend its registration or to place new restrictions on the use of pesticides. Products containing paraquat.

Paraquat is a highly toxic herbicide or weed killer. It's banned in more than 60 countries including those with large agricultural economies. California should follow their lead. Although this bill does not amount to a ban it amounts to this five-year evaluation that I just described and I think I respectfully ask you for your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you. Senator Cortese, any discussion on the measure? Seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Cortese moves the call. All right, here's the order for the next three. We're going to go next to file item 214. Floor manager Stern. Next we're going to do file item 231. Floor manager, Senator Durazo, followed by item 234. Floor manager, Senator Limon. So, next up, file item 214. This is AB 347.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 347 by Assembly Member Ting, an act relating to consumer protection.

Senator Stern.

Thank you, Mister President. I rise on behalf of Assembly Member Ting carrying AB 347. This bill would not add new regulations, but instead require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to come up with a testing enforcement framework for existing regulations around PFAS. These chemicals are currently regulated in food packaging, juvenile products, and textiles.

Recent amendments have clarified the funding mechanism by which DTSC will implement the bill. They strike out the application of both cosmetics as well as cookware, and they delay the timeline for implementation for DTSC to get this testing framework up and running. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Stern. Senator Dahle.

Thank you, Mister President. Members, I rise in opposition. And I stated many times on the floor about PFAS. And we have many bills on PFAs. And this is another example of why we need to have a hearing, and we should talk about PFAS. PFAS is everywhere.

It's in our water, it's in a bag of microwave popcorn. And we need to get a handle on how we're going to move forward with PFAS.

So, for those reasons, I oppose these bills with PFAS until we have a hearing, and we talk about what the future looks like, not only for the manufacturers, but for our folks that do water purification or community service districts. For those reasons, I oppose the bill.

Thank you, Senator Dahle. Any further discussion or debate on this measure? Any further discussion or debate? Seeing none. Senator Stern, you may close.

Thank you, Mister President. I appreciate my colleague from Bieber's ask about a hearing. I think that's a reasonable suggestion. And I appreciate also his concerns about the lack of enforcement around PFAS. It is everywhere. It is getting into us and our children. We need to do something about it.

So, we hope that this bill moves the ball forward and that we have that kind of oversight and hearing going forward. So, with that, respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Stern. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll call]

Senator Stern moves a call. All right, Members, I thank you for all your attention today, and we're really making progress. That's a little slow, so I'm hoping we can pick up the pace. All right, Members, we have the next two items that we're going to take up. File item 231 with the floor manager, Durazo.

And file item 234 with the floor manager this popularity. Senator Limon. So next up, 231. This is Assembly Bill 2447. Secretary, please read

Assembly Bill 2447 by Assemblymember Valencia an act relating to the California State University.

Senator Durazo.

Thank you, Mister President. On behalf of assemblymember Valencia, AB 2447 will require the California State University system to publish supplemental data on their expenditures above $25,000. Reporting this data will provide a better understanding of how the CSU spending compares to the Reserve surpluses and operating budget.

The author has actively collaborated with the CSU to address and alleviate any concerns regarding the Bill. We respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Senator Durazzo, any discussion on this measure? Does any Senator want to be heard on this measure? All right, seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Durazo moves the call. Want to remind Members that we're only going through the roll once. Pay attention. Okay. All right, next up is file item 234. This is Assembly Bill 2537, and we'll go to... Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2537 by Assembly Member Addis, an act relating to offshore wind energy development and making an appropriation therefore.

Senator Limón, the floor is yours.

Thank you. I rise to present AB 2537, the Community Engagement and Offshore Wind Energy Act, on behalf of Assembly Member Addis. This bill establishes a grant program to build capacity for local and tribal communities to engage in the process of offshore wind development. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Any discussion on this measure? Senator Dahle.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. It's probably no surprise that I rise in opposition. Here we are again, talking about we're just going to go to offshore wind without doing good science.

I'm not the Speaker. Okay. It's the President. You addressed me...

Excuse me, Mr. President. Sorry, sir.

Let's start again. All right. We'll start again, Senator Dahle.

Thank you, Mr. President. Members, it's probably no surprise that I'm rising on this bill because here we are going out and going to just go for offshore wind when we have really not address the environmental concerns that we have here in our state. We just had a bill up in committee this morning talking about fishing offshore and doing a resolution. Look, we need to do this right. We need to plan, we need to make sure that we mitigate the environmental damage that's going to happen if we just move to offshore wind. For those reasons, I will be opposing AB 2537, Mr. President.

Thank you, Assembly Member Dahle. Any further discussion or debate on this, Members? I don't see any microphones up, certainly from any Assembly Members. Secretary, please call the roll. Oh, excuse me. I want to give the proponent the opportunity to...

I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Limón. This is bill five for you. Is that right, Senator Limón? Bill five? Yeah. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Limón moves the call.

We have a lot of Members off the floor. We're going to try to bring them back so that we can make more progress on our. On our calendar today. When we do come back, we're going to lift calls. Okay? So use these 10 minutes to get ready for those bills that you missed so you can be prepared to vote on those. When we go through that, and we do it fairly quickly, we're asking you to not leave the building. No runs around the park.

It's going to be a 10 minute break, and then we'll be back at our work. We are now going to move, before we break, to motions and resolutions without objection. Pursuant to joint rule 33.1, joint rule 61 will be suspended to allow Assembly bills 2471 and 2795 to be amended after the deadline. The request has been approved by the Rules Committee. Senator Gonzalez, what purpose do you rise?

Thank you, Mister President. Members, I move the Senate rules be suspended to allow the Energy, Utilities and Communication Committee to amend Assembly Bill 3264.

All right. Senator Gonzalez has made a request. Senator Seyarto?

We would rather not. So we oppose that.

Senator Gonzalez is asking for a yes vote, an aye vote. Senator Seyarto is asking for a we would, we would appreciate not. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

On a vote of 30 to eight, the rules are suspended. Senator Gonzalez.

Thank you, Mister President. Members, there is a resolution at the desk requesting permission to suspend joint rule 61 for the purpose of allowing Assembly Bill 3024 to be amended after the deadline requests have been approved by the Rules Committee.

I see a microphone up from Senator Seyarto.

Thank you, Mister President. Again, our preference would be that we did not do that and ask for a no vote. Thank you, sir. Would the secretary read the resolution?

Resolve that joint rule 61 be dispensed with.

Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

A vote of 29 to eight, this joint rules are suspended. Senator Gonzalez.

Thank you, Mister President. And Members, there is a resolution at the desk requesting permission to suspend joint rules 61 and 62 a for the purpose of allowing Assembly Bill 3264 to be heard in policy and Fiscal Committee after the deadline. These requests have also been approved by the Rules Committee.

Thank you, Senator Gonzalez. Senator Seyarto,

Once again, we would prefer that we did not suspend the rules anymore ever again and would request a. No vote. But we are amenable to a substitute roll.

All right, is there any objection to using the last roll call on this previous roll call on this resolution? Seeing no objection. Oh, wait. All right, let's read the resolution, then we'll deal with the vote. Please read the resolution, secretary.

Resolve that joint rule 61 and 62 be dispensed with.

All right, that objection. We'll use the previous roll call. Eyes, 29, noes, eight joint rules are suspended. Okay, Members, we're going to take a 10 minute break, come back to do all the votes on call. Excuse me, Senator Niello.

Thank you, Mister President. I move to adjourn.

Senator Niello, your motion is out of order because we have bills on call according to Senate rules, so we have bills on call according to Senate rules, meaning that your motion at this moment in time is out of order. Thank you, sir.

Please accept my deepest apologies.

Thank you, sir. All right, we're going to take a 10 minute break and we're going to bill's on call when we come back, Members, thank you for your patience.

Members, we're going to ask you to return to the floor. We'll begin in about 60 seconds. We will get to show back on the road. Members, we're going to ask you again to return to the floor. We have a number of items that are eligible for unanimous roll call.

So it would be helpful if we have everybody on the floor. All right, Members, we have number of items that are eligible for unanimous roll call. We need all Members back on the floor as soon as possible. We're ready to go.

All right, Members, we're ready to get going. We're going to start off with a series of bills by Senator Glazer. We're going to first start out with file item 125 AB 2057. Secretary, you may read

Assembly Bill 2057 by Assemblymember Berman, an act relating to post-secondary education.

Senator Glazer, the floor is yours.

Thank you, Mister President. This Bill would build upon Assemblymember Berman's transfer legislation, which established the associate degree for transfer intersegmental implementation Committee to facilitate greater coordination between our higher education segments. This past December, the Committee, which includes students and faculty, released a report with numerous recommendations.

This Bill would enact four low cost and high-impact recommendations from that Committee to improve transfer for high-unit STEM majors. With that, respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Any further discussion or debate on this item hearing and seeing none. This is eligible, but we don't have everybody on this floor right now. All right, we're going to call the roll on file item 125. Secretary, please call the Members.

[Roll Call]

All right, we're going to put this item on call. Now next up is file item 131 AB 298. Senator Glazer is prepared. Secretary, you may read.

Assembly Bill 2198 by Assembly Member Flora, an act relating to healthcare.

Senator Glazier.

Thank you, Mister President. This bill, on behalf of Assembly Member Flora, is a cleanup bill that aligns California law with federal law by exempting commercial dental and vision plans with application programming interface requirements. The bill has received no no votes and respectfully asked for an aye vote.

Any further discussion or debate on this item? Hearing and seeing none, Members this is eligible for a unanimous roll call. Any objection to applying a unanimous roll call? Ayes 39. Noes zero. The measure passes. Now, Members, we're moving on to file item 146 AB 27 2711. Senator Glazer? He's prepared.

Secretary, you may read.

Assembly Bill 2711 by Assembly Member Ramos, an act relating to pupil discipline.