Senate Floor

Secretary will call the roll.

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A quorum is President. Would the Members and the guests behind the railing please rise? We will be led in prayer this morning by Sister Michelle Gorman, after which, please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance. Sister

We gather in God's presence, loving God, on this Labor Day weekend. We pray for all who shoulder the tasks of human labor. We thank you for the gift and opportunity of work. May our efforts result in blessings for the lives of others. We pray for all those seeking employment.

May they be successful in their search for fulfilling work. We pray in gratitude for the valuable contributions of those who are now retired. May they enjoy the fruits of their labors in all we do. May our working and our resting give praise to you, our generous God. Amen.

Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance. Good morning to everyone. Everyone except niner fans. Good morning. There will be no privileges of the floor today. Messages from the Governor will be deemed read. Messages from the Assembly will be deemed read. Reports of a Committee will be deemed read.

We are now under motions, resolutions and notices. Would any Member like to be recognized under motions and resolutions? I am. See no Members under motions and resolutions. Disregard. Senator Ashby, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam President. At the request of the author, please move file item number 28 AB 2688 by Assemblymember Berman. And file item number 29 AB 3054 from Assemblymember Berman to the inactive file.

The desk has noted. Senator Glazer, you're recognized.

If appropriate, I'd like to move Senate Bill 1382, of which I am the author, to the inactive file.

Appropriate, and the desk is noted. Senator Caballero, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam President. Please move AB 2849 by Assemblymember Rubio to the inactive file. At the request of the author.

The desk has noted. Thank you, Senator. Any other Member wish to be recognized? Senator Eggman?

Great. Thank you very much. Please move AB 2060 Soria to the inactive file.

The desk is noted. Last call. I'm seeing no other Member wishing to be recognized. Colleagues, let's dive into the consideration of the daily file. Secretary, please read the second reading file for items 1 and 2.

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Second reading file will be deemed read. We're now jumping into unfinished business, colleagues. We, as yesterday, in a couple of days, are going to be perhaps jumping around when Members are off the floor. We're going to be sometimes skipping those that have unanimous roll call so we don't have to go through it twice.

Respectfully asking if a floor team is telling you you're next and perhaps you're not next, to be kind, because we're just going to have to adapt and be flexible today, starting with the three under unfinished booth. Business is filed, item 910 and 11. Senator Ashby is prepared.

Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 1454 by Senator Ashby, an act relating to professions and vocations.

Senator Ashby.

Madam President, SB 1454 is back for concurrence. The Assembly amendments include authorizing the bureau to issue administrative citations to repossessors in violation of the Collateral Recovery Act and requiring private investigators to enter into written agreements with their clients and provide a copy to their clients as retain those records for two years. I respectfully ask that the Assembly amendments be concurred upon.

We're looking to establish 40 on this roll call so we could do unanimous roll call moving forward. Need all Members on the floor. Any discussion on file item nine? I'm seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent members. Please call the absent Members.

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Ayes 39, noes 0. The measure passes. The next two file items are by Senator Limon. She is prepared. Secretary, please read file item 10.

Senate Bill 1266 by Senator Limon an act relating to product safety.

Senator Limon.

Thank you, colleagues. SB 1266 is back on concurrence. It prohibits the use of bisphenols in any juvenile feeding, sucking or teething projects. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Any discussion, secretary, please call the roll.

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Colleagues, we lasted for one file item. We're going to be putting things on call. Senator Limon, you have file item 11. Senator Limon moves the cost. Secretary, please read file item 11.

Senate Bill 299 by Senator Limon an act relating to voting.

Thank you. SB 299 is back on concurrence. Assembly amendments will grant the Secretary of State authority to create and adopt regulations to generate a list of people pre approved for registration, filters noncitizens from the motor voter registration process upon the DMV transaction and tailors the motor voter process to whether the person is unregistered or already registered to vote in California. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Any mics up? No discussion. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Limon moves a call. The next three up are file item 12, 13 and 14. Senator Newman, are you prepared for your file? Item 12?

Senate Bill 707 by Senator Newman an act relating to solid waste.

Senator Newman.

Thank you, Madam President. Members, SB 707 is back on concurrence and it will establish a first in the nation Extended Producer responsibility program in California for clothing and household textile recycling.

Multiple rounds of amendments were taken in the Assembly as a result of an intensive, deliberate and consultative two year long stakeholder engagement process, as well as accepting technical feedback from Cal recycle. Throughout, recent amendments addressed the responsibilities of online marketplaces while making various technical and clarifying changes.

On the basis of these amendments, the California Chamber of Commerce and the American Apparel and Footwear Association have removed their opposition. SB 707 now has more than 150 organizations in support, including well known brands like H&M and IKEA. And no registered opposition. Special credit goes to Jessica Matlock on my staff. For excellent work on this Bill over the course of two long years. I am respectfully asking for your aye vote today.

Thank you, Senator. Colleagues, any discussion on the item? Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Newman moves the call. Senator Allen, you have file item 13. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 1143 by Senator Allen an act relating to paint products.

Senator Allen.

Members, Assembly amendments to 1143 reduced this Bill from covering a wide range of household hazardous waste. To an expansion of the state's paint stewardship program to all paint and paint related products. We're going to be working in the fall on the broader Bill, but this was an area that everybody could agree on.

The state already has a successful producer responsibility program for paint. It's called paint care. That manages leftover architectural paint through education. And convenient locations for collection and then reuse and recycle. So this Bill. So aerosols were added to the program last year. Certain paint products are still not included. This Bill adds those products to the painkare program. There is now no opposition to the Bill, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

I see no mics up. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Allen moves the call. Senator Becker has file item 14 with support. Support. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 537 by Senator Becker an accolade to memorials.

Senator Becker.

Thank you. Colleagues, rise to pridefully present this Bill 537 with my colleague, our majority leader, just for a moment, because the whole point is to raise awareness.

The point of this bill was to recognize a massive injustice in this country and in this state, where we forcibly deported by presidential order, over 1 million Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the thirties to make way for jobs for, quote, unquote, real Americans. There was no due process. There were massive raids, violence.

And what this bill will do is create a spot for a memorial, and we will create a nonprofit that will raise money to create a really proper memorial to this effort.

And at this time in this country, where there's rhetoric about mass deportations, and I think a lot of people kind of wash over that with other rhetoric coming from certain political figures, it's imperative that we recognize that this did happen and certainly could happen again, and we need to make sure it does not happen again.

Colleagues, a reminder. On concurrence only. Speak to the amendments of the bill. Majority leader, you're recognized.

I, too, just would like to thank Senator Becker for this bill and for these amendments that lift up the voices of many Mexicans and Mexican Americans who, like myself, have family Members who were deported during the Great Depression. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Becker. You may close.

Respectfully asked for an aye vote.

Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Becker moves the call. We have one final item on this list for unfinished business. Fired on 15. Senator Umberg.

Senate Bill 918 by Senator Umberg and act relating to social media platforms.

Senator Umberg.

Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. The amendments in the Assembly simply add. 72 hours, a 72 hours window to comply with the law and extend the implementation date by six months. Urge an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Any discussion on this item? Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Umberg moves the call. We're gonna take a quick pause. We are now moving into Assembly third reading. The first three are file item 27, 31 and 35. Senator Becker has file item 27.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2453 by Assemblymember Villapudua inaccurate to waste and measures.

Senator Becker

Thank you, I rise to present AB 2453 on behalf of assemblymember Villpudua. This will streamline the maintenance and repair process for charging stations. It has received zero no votes, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote today.

I am seeing no mics up. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Becker moves the call. Senator Newman has filed item 31. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1930 by Senate Member Reyes an accolade to teaching credentials.

Senator Newman.

Thank you, Madam President. I rise on behalf of Assembly Member Eloise Reyes to present Assembly Bill 1930, which addresses critical staffing shortages in early learning and care programs.

By removing restrictions on associate teacher permit renewals, AB 1930 will help keep talented, caring and experienced associate teachers in our classrooms by providing a pathway to permit renewals beyond the current allowance of 10 years. I respectfully ask for your aye vote today.

I see no mics up. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Newman moves the call. We're adapting. We're moving. We're gonna skip through file item 35. The next three up are file item 3744. Quick pause. All right, the correct three next files on deck are fire item 3742 and 44, center. Hurtado is nothing. Senator Hurtado passes on file file item 42 is up.

Senator Wiener, file item 42. He is prepared. Secretary, please read file item 42.

Assembly Bill 1961 by Assemblymember Wicks an act relating to food access.

Senator Wiener.

Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, I rise to present AB 1961 on behalf of Assemblymember Wicks. This Bill establishes a task force that, for the first time in state history, will develop a strategic master plan to end hunger in California. California produces nearly half of the nation's fruits and vegetables.

However, more than one in five residents, about 8.8 million people, continue to struggle with food security. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Wiener. I see no discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll.

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We have a full house. Secretary, please call the absent members.

Mcguire.

Ayes, 39. No, 0. Measure passes. Moving back to file item 37. Senator Hurtado is prepared. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2104 by Assembly Member Soria and aquiline to post secondary education.

Senator Hurtado, support. Support, please proceed.

Thank you, madam President. Good morning. AB 2104 has support. Support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Wonderful. Senator Hurtado, any discussion on this item? Senator, there is no discussion on this item. Secretary, please call a row.

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Let's call those absent Members, please.

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Ayes, 31. Nos, 1. Aye, Portantino. Secretary. Please call the absent Members one more time. On file item 37, Ayes, 31. Nos, 1. The measure passes, the next four on deck is file.

We're being flexible today, colleagues. We're being flexible. The next three on deck are filed item 44, 47 and 48. Senator Limon is prepared. Secretary, please read file item 44.

Assembly Bill 2490 by Assembly Member Petrie Norris an act relating to healthcare.

Senator Limon.

Thank you. Madam President and colleagues, I rise to present AB 2490 on behalf of Assembly Petrie Norris, which will expand, expand and improve access to reproductive care in emergency departments across our state. AB 2490 establishes the Reproductive Health Emergency Preparedness program in the Department of Healthcare.

Access to expand and improve reproductive healthcare in emergency rooms across our state. I respectfully ask for an aye vote

I see no mics up. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Ayes 30, Noes nine. The measure passes. Senator Laird has file item 47. Support. Support.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1828 by Assemblymember Waldron an act relating taxation and making an appropriation. Therefore.

Senator Laird.

Thank you, Madam President, and thank you for the very unsubtle jog. This Bill would extend the sunset dates on the native California Wildlife Rehabilitation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund and the Rare and Endangered Species Preservation voluntary tax contribution program until January 1, 2032. There's support on both sides. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Any discussion item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Any objection? Ayes 39. No zero. Measure passes. Senator Limon has filed item 48.

Assembly Bill 2837 by Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, an act relating to civil actions.

Secretary, please read.

Senator Limon.

Thank you. Madam President and colleagues, I rise to present AB 2837 on behalf of Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan.

AB 2837 protects low-income consumers who are subject to a debt collection judgment by preserving their retirement savings, ensuring due process and accuracy in wage garnishments and bank levies, and providing that amount wrongfully seized or returned to the consumer. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

I see no mics up. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the Aabsent members.

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Ayes 30, noes nine. The measure passes. Colleagues, for the next couple of about 10 bills, they're eligible for unanimous roll call, asking you stand on the floor so we can do unanimous roll call for all 10. First three up, file item 53, 54 and 57. Senator Seyarto is prepared.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1874 by Senator Sanchez and equaling to crimes.

Senator Seyarto.

Thank you, Madam President. Members, today I rise to present AB. 1874 on behalf of Assembly Member Sanchez. This bill will provide judges more discretion in issuing penalties for convicted criminals who repeatedly record minors in intimate settings with sexual content. AB 1874 will provide our judges more. Flexibility in determining punishments for heinous crime cases like this.

This bill has enjoyed bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. No discussion item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Any objection? Aye is 39. No, 0. Measure passes. Senator Niello, you have file item 54. Senator Niello, you have file item 54. He is ready.

Assembly Bill 2337 by Assembly Member Dixon an accolade to workers compensation.

Secretary, please read.

Senator.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Today I rise on behalf of Assemblymember Diane Dixon to present Assembly Bill 2337. AB 2337 will authorize the use. Of electronics signatures in proceedings before the. Workers Compensation Appeals Board on a permanent basis.

One of the few things that we learned that were good during the horrible pandemic was that authorizing electronic signatures. Authorizing these things worked pretty well, and. So this is a permanent authorization of that method. Bill has not received any. No votes and has no opposition. I respectfully, respectfully request, and aye vote.

Any discussion. Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? Aye is 39. No, 0. Measure passes. Senator Wilk, you have file item 57. These are all support. Support.

Assembly Bill 1858 by Assembly Member Ward an accolade to school safety.

Secretary, please read.

Senator Wilk.

Thank you, Madam President. And I'm going to apologize to everybody. I should have pared this down, but I didn't have time, so I'm going to read.

You still have time, Senator.

Okay. AB 1858 provides standards and guidance for how TK-12 schools can conduct school shooting drills. And for that reason, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Any discussion objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? Aye, 39. No, 0. The measure passes. The curveball here. File item. We're jumping back to file item 35. Center. Glazier is prepared.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 544 by Senate Member Bryant an accolade to elections.

Senator Glazer.

Thank you, Madam President, on behalf of Assemblymember Brian. This bill will create a pilot program. To improve voter participation in jails for incarcerated people who currently have the right to vote. California allows for incarcerated people in county jails to vote. However, many counties do not have the. Technical assistance to ensure that all eligible.

Voters can exercise their civic duty and participate in our democracy. This bill will create a pilot program. That will provide grants to three counties to improve in person voting access for people in jail. And with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote today.

Any discussion? I am seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll. Oh, I just in time. Senator Alvarado-Gil, you're. Thank you. Just. You're recognized. For what purpose?

All right, I'll make it wonderful here. All right. Thank you so much. Thank you. Madam President. I am here to offer helpful amendments by simply adding the language from my Senate Bill 226.

Senator. Yes. For what purpose do you rise before you read?

I rise for the purpose of offering friendly amendments.

Secretary, please read the amendments that are at the desk.

Amendments by Senator Alvarado-Gil, set one.

Senator Alvarado-Gil, please present the amendments. Thank you so much for waking me up this morning, Madam President. I do offer these helpful amendments simply adding the language from my Senate Bill 226, which has previously passed this House. 36-O. This happened while I was a Democrat.

So the question is, will this vote be different now that I sit with the Republican caucus? These amendments add illegal Fentanyl to the existing list of controlled substances that are illegal to possess while simultaneously possessing a loaded, operable firearm. Current law outlaws the possession of certain drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, as a misdemeanor.

It also makes a simple possession of these drugs while also possessing a firearm of felony. These amendments are pro gun safety, a position that the supermajority has embedded in its platform over and over again. As we are all aware, a grave threat to public safety exists today in the form of this drug called Fentanyl.

It is an undisputed fact these amendments address the rise of Fentanyl use while it has caused the number of illicit drug related overdoses poisonings and deaths to skyrocket among every sector of our communities.

Despite the fact that many drugs currently on the list are often laced with Fentanyl, this deadly drug has not been explicitly included in the list of controlled substances that are illegal to carry with a firearm, which would provide clarity to the courts, both in prosecution, but also in defense.

For those of us who are concerned about putting more black and brown people in jail, this friendly amendment also protects the defense. Why would we not want to do that? Treating Fentanyl with a gun differently than heroin with a gun does not serve justice for anyone.

Nor does it make practical sense, given the potency and the danger of Fentanyl compared to the other drugs on this list. These amendments craft a simple, nonpartisan solution to a serious problem in California. I want to thank the Senator representing San Ysidro in the San Diego County for hosting a border visit over the summer break.

During that summer break border visit, I, along with some of my colleagues, were able to see Fentanyl. Fentanyl being delivered crossing the border. We have wonderful technology at the border. But what we do have is we have an excess of traffickers crossing the border.

And no matter how much money we put towards it, we have a real issue with Fentanyl. So these amendments would help us to fight this crisis that we are seeing over the border. I also want to acknowledge the leader of the Latino caucus who joined us on this border visit to see the true problem with Fentanyl.

And although she stripped me of my latinoism by taking me off the Latino caucus because I'm now a Republican, please stick to the merit of your amendments. I still offer these friendly amendments for Fentanyl. So I remind you that this is a nonpartisan issue. And although I'm a Latina that is no longer welcome in the Latino caucus.

I respectfully request and I support of these amendments. Thank you,

Senator please stick to the merits of the amendments.

Majority leader you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam President. I move that these amendments be laid on the table and ask for your aye vote.

Majority leader is asking for an. I vote to lay the amendments on the table. Senator Alvarado-Gil is looking for a no vote. Secretary, please call the roll on motion to lay the amendments on the table.

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Please call the absent Members.

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Aye, ayes, 30. Nos, 9.. The amendments have been laid on the table. We are now returning to the Bill in chief. Any discussion on the bill in chief. Secretary, please call the roll.

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We're gonna call the. Hold on, Members. We're gonna call the roll one more time. We're just fixing one vote right now.

Her title? I don't know.

Secretary, please call the absent Members colleagues. It's getting really loud in here. It's hard to hear. If you have any conversations, please take them off the floor. Please call the absent Members.

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Ayes 29. No's, 10. measure passes. We have file item 30. Up next, Senator Stern is going to be presenting from the majority leader's desk. Secretary, please read file item 30.

Assembly Bill 20513 Boston Member Pelon and aquinate to gas stoves. Senator Stern.

Thank you, Members. You've already heard this Bill, so I'm going to take another shot at it by just making an admission.

So when I make eggs in the morning for Ava and Lenny, it's annoying to have the vent on, and it's loud in the kitchen, and I worry I'm going to wake everybody up, and so I usually don't turn it on. Turns out you're 24% more likely to give your kids asthma if you don't turn on the vent.

Just turn on the vent. That's all this Bill says is a warning label for dads like me, who maybe don't know better, to put that warning label on your gas stove so you're less likely to give your kids asthma. It doesn't do anything else.

So for confounded dads like me and everyone else out there respectfully ask for your aye vote thank you.

Senator Stern, any discussion on this item? Any discussion on this item? Any discussion on this item? I'm seeing none. Secretary, please call the Rona.

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Ayes 21, noes 11. The measure passes. The next three on deck are fire item 616268. All eligible for unanimous roll call. Please stay on the floor. Senator Archuleta, you have file item 61? It is support. Support.

Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 1821 by assigning Member Ramos and Acrylin to pupil instruction.

Senator Archuleta.

Thank you, Madam President.

I arrives today and in reference to AB 1821 by Assemblymember Ramos. For far too long, California first people and their history has been ignored and misrepresented by the state. Classroom instructions of the Spanish colonization and the gold rush period failed to include the loss of life liberty in the land of Native Americans.

AB 1821 would build upon previous efforts by the author, assemblymember Ramos, towards an accurate history and to make it a requirement that schools teach on the treatment and perspectives of Native Americans during the Spanish colonization and the gold rush eras. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

We're going to look to establish our 40 for unanimous roll call. Secretary, is there any discussion on this item? Secretary, please call the roll.

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Ayes 40, noes zero. The measure passes. Senator Trobogue, you have fire item 62. Support. Support. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1938 by Assemblymember Gallagher, an act relating to special education. Senator Ochoa Bogh.

Thank you, Madam President. And Members, as co author, I rise to present AB 1938, which directs Leas to consider the unique communication needs of students who are deaf or hard of hearing. The Bill specifies that inclusive practices involve placement in environments that provide access to the communication tools and services students need to thrive.

I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Any discussion on the item objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? Ayes 38 no, zero. The measure passes. Senator Limone, you have filed item 68. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 3223 by Assemblymember Wilson, an act relating to foster youth. Senator Limon?

Thank you. Madam President and Members, I rise to present AB 3223 on behalf of Assemblymember Wilson. The Bill clarifies youth who are subject to a juvenile court petition and who have been identified as at risk of placement are eligible for the foster youth services coordinating program. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Any discussion on file item 68, any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? Ayes 38 noes zero. Measure passes. The next three on deck are file items 6970 and 71. Senator Baker is prepared.

Secretary, please read Senator Bill 2842 by Senator Member Papen and equity to firearms.

Senator Blakespear. Thank you, Madam President and Members. I'm here to present AB 2842 which is a crucial step toward protecting Californians from the dangers of ghost guns. When law enforcement retrieves firearms through either gun buyback programs or other means, communities are afforded a sense of security. The expectation is that surrendered weapons are permanently removed from circulation.

However, a 2023 investigation done by the New York Times found that this was not the case. The reason is that third party contractors tasked with the destruction of the firearm were only required by contract to destroy a small piece of the weapon. Other pieces of the weapon would then be resold online and could become ghost guns.

AB 2842 will close this loophole and prohibit contracts from containing a provision allowing the resale of firearm parts. This Bill is supported by cities, gun safety organizations, and law enforcement, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Do we have any discussion on this item? Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? Ayes 38 noes zero. Measure passes. Senator Archuleta is up and ready. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 366 by assigning Member Petrie-Norris, act relating to Human Services.

Senator, support. Support.

Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 366 by Assemblymember Petrie Norris, which will help understand or, I'm sorry, will help the understaffed Counties Human Services Department to grow their workforce.

County Human Services Department do some of the most important work in our communities for our most vulnerable citizens, children and elderly, and the poor, disabled and disadvantaged across the State of California. And for these reasons, I ask for your support and an aye vote.

Any mics up for discussion? Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? Ayes 38, noes zero. The measure passes. Senator Grove is prepared for the next item. File item 71.

Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 3156. Boston Member Joe Patterson, an act relating to MediCal Senator Grove.

Support. Support. Thank you, Madam President. Today I rise to present AB 3156 that's jointly authored by assemblymember Joe Patterson and assemblymember Nguyen. AB 3156 will ensure that providers and insurance can accept all Medi Cal fee for service clients once they move into a managed health care system.

Under the Ladderman Developmental Disabilities act, individuals receiving services from the Regional Centers are eligible for Medi Cal. But under the new Cal Aim initiative, it was passed in the budget trailer Bill, forcing Regional Centers, youth and adults to enroll in Medi Cal and primary insurance, which means they were losing their doctors.

This fixes that Joe Patterson and Assemblymember Nguyen would be gratefully appreciative of an aye vote.

I think that I appreciate unanimous roll call as well. Any objection? Any debate? Any debate on the item? No objection. Ayes 38, noes zero. The measure passes. Next up are file items 7779 and 84. Senator Hurtato is prepared. Secretary, please read file item 77.

Assembly Bill 2661 by assigning Member Soria, an act related to electricity, Senator Hurtado.\.

Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, AB 2661 will help achieve California's renewable goals by leveraging the existing capabilities of Westland's water district to deliver new solar generation and transmission lines. As groundwater basins adopt sustainable groundwater management plans, many regions of the state are expected to experience as much as a 20% decline in available water supply by 2030.

Due to this massive change, it's estimated between 500,900 thousand acres of farmland may need to be fallowed in the San Joaquin Valley alone. This fallowed farmland can be the key to expanding our solar generation.

Westlands Water District, who is in the best position to identify suitable fallowed farmland in their service territory for conversion to solar generation, can help contribute to the state's renewable portfolio while making up for lost water supply revenues needed to continue serving the remaining water customers.

Unfortunately, there's not enough transmission currently planned for the Central Valley to capitalize on this opportunity. AB 2661 will give Westlands Water district the authority to build, own and operate transmission lines and other facilities to connect this new generation to the grid.

This will help us achieve our climate goals while simultaneously providing an incredible opportunity for disadvantaged communities where the need for skilled and well paying jobs is critical.

The projects that could be undertaken through the provisions of this Bill will help these workers upskill and enter into trades which will uplift these communities that are so often left out of the conversation when it comes to these investments. I respectfully ask for an aye vote any discussion on the Senate.

Thank you, Madam President. I stand up in support of this Bill. I've had some concerns because quite frankly, the valley has been. The Central Valley has been viewed as the absolute best place to put solar energy.

Caballero, you are recognized.

And the problem with overdoing it is that we're taking away jobs in agriculture and we're not replacing them with high wage jobs. This Bill provides an opportunity to do energy generation, which is different from the water issues that they normally deal with.

Not only that, so those are the high road jobs that are going to make a difference in our community. If we have to replace farming because we no longer have water, we have to have something that replaces it, that creates economic wealth for the families that live there.

But in addition to that, there is a commitment to community benefits that will improve the lives of individuals that are currently living in the district. And so with that, I would sincerely ask for your support of AB 2664.

Thank you for your remarks, Senator. Senator Eggman, you're recognized.

Thank you very much. I also rise in support of this, and a few years ago I did a Bill that allow use for solar land to still then be eligible for Williamson benefits. That I think is a good idea. So when times change, perhaps people can go back and we continue to keep that land more pristine.

I also ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Eggman. Senator, seeing no other mics up, you may close. I respect class for, and I vote. Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? Ayes 38, noes zero. The measure passes.

Senator Wilk, you have file item 79. Secretary, please read

Assembly Bill 1978 by assigning Member Sanchez an act relating to vehicles.

Support. Support. Senator, please proceed.

Thank you, Madam President. On behalf of Assemblywoman Sanchez and Annie, I present AB 1978, which will give. Law enforcement officers another tool to crack. Down on dangerous sideshows. The Bill will allow law enforcement to. Seize a vehicle that blocks a road for the purpose of facilitating street races or side shows without needing to take the owner of the vehicle into custody. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Do we have any mics up? Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? I is 38. Secretary, please call the roll. We have an objection. Please call the roll. On file item 79.

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Ayes 37, noes 2 measure passes. Senator Eggman, you have file item 84? Secretary, please read, file item 84.

Assembly Bill 2935. By assigning Member Maienschein, ac act related to foster care, Senator Eggman.

Thank you very much, Madam President. AB 2935 provides a process that foster kids aren't taken advantage of by getting credit cards and getting bad credit reports. I ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Any object? Any discussion? Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? Ayes 40, noes Measure passes. The next three up on deck, file item 85. The next three up on deck are file item 8586 and 87. Senator Wiener is prepared. Secretary, please read file item 85.

Assembly Bill 2115 by Assembly Member Haney, an act relating to controlled substances and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Wiener.

I thank you. Madam President and colleagues, I rise to present AB 2115 on behalf of Assemblymember Haney, which will transform California from a state with the most restrictive methadone laws into a state that leads in accessibility for methadone treatment. Methadone is proven to be the most effective treatment for people with opioid addiction.

It works by easing the debilitating symptoms of opioid withdrawal for people who have quit drugs like heroin and fentanyl. It also reduces the likelihood of dying from an opioid overdose by more than 50%. In April 2024. The Biden Administration, recognizing that reducing treatment barriers saves lives, relaxed many of the methadone treatment restrictions.

However, California continues to have outdated policies that are more restrictive than federal regulations, which leads to ambiguity for providers and patients, and ultimately results in fewer patients having access to methadone. AB 2115 will save lives by aligning California's outdated methadone laws with the Biden administration's ruling on methadone treatment. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Any Member wish to be heard on this item? This has an urgency clause requires 27 votes. Secretary, please call the roll.

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On the urgency Ayes 38, no zero measure passes. Senator Cortese, you have filed item 86, the support. Support item.

Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 3035 by Assemblymember Pelerin and Aquilina Housing.

Senator Cortese.

Thank you, Madam President and Senators, AB 3035 is a district Bill. It expands an existing streamlined approval process for Ag employee housing in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz County. Recent amendments allow farmworker housing tax credits to be returned to the overall allocation for farmworker housing before final funding rounds rather than after final funding rounds.

With that, I would respectfully ask for your. I vote.

Thank you, Senator. Any Member wish to be heard on this item? Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? Ayes 40. No. Zero measure passes. Senator Blakesbury, you have filed item 87.

Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 3068 by ascending Member Haney and acronym to Housing Senator Blakespear.

Thank you. President and Members, I rise today to present AB 3068 on behalf of Assemblymember Haney. AB 3068, the Office to Housing Conversion act will accelerate adaptive reuse projects of office buildings.

This Bill is a response to the crisis of California's empty downtown business districts and the need to convert underutilized office buildings within prime locations into new housing. As our work culture shifted toward remote and hybrid work policies.

With fewer employees working full time in the office, commercial buildings in downtowns across the state are experiencing the effects of high vacancy rates and Low foot traffic and need legislative support to turn into housing.

AB 3068 creates a pathway for by right approval of office conversion projects, ensuring more predictability and fewer barriers to an already difficult building process. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Blakespear. Senator Wiener, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam President. A lot going on here. Thank you, Madam President. I will. I'll be supporting this Bill today. I do want to note, however, that the labor language that's in the Bill, there was a lot of conversation that happened around this and some compromises that were made. Understand the difficulties.

I personally understand the difficulties of those conversations. This is a very unique Bill about office to housing conversion. It applies in limited circumstances. The labor language in the Bill does not set a precedent in any way. There's been a lot of work by Assemblymember Wicks, by myself, on these issues.

The labor language in this Bill is unique to this Bill and to the office to housing conversion context. With that, I will be supporting the Bill. Thank you.

Thank you, Senator. I see no further Members looking to speak on this item. Senator Blakesbury, you may close.

Thank you. And I respectfully ask for your. I vote.

Secretary, please call the roll.

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Okay, ayes 27, noses 11. The measure passes. The next three on deck are file item 8889 and 67. Senator Padilla, you have file item 88.

Assembly Bill 1878 by Assembly Member Garcia an act relating to housing.

Senator Padilla.

Thank you, Madam President. And colleagues, appreciate the opportunity to present 1878 on behalf of Senator Mayor Garcia. Tribal nations across California face serious structural and equitable obstacles to accessing and competing for state housing programs. This Bill will remove key barriers and require that comprehensive technical assistance and outreach be provided to tribes. Received bipartisan support has zero, no votes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Any Member wishing to be heard on this item. Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? Ayes 40 no zero measure passes. Senator Limon, you have filed item 89. Secretary, please read.

Assuming Bill 2496 by Assembly Member Pellerin an act relating to foster family agencies and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. AB 2496 helps protect foster families that play a critical role in the care of over 9000 of the most vulnerable children in California.

Folks, earlier this year, the reinsurer of NIAC, Guy Carpenter and Company, LLC, said it could no longer reinsure NIAC if it continued to insure FFAs due to the increased liability. AB 2496 is a temporary solution to keep our most vulnerable foster kids in their current homes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote

Any Member wishing to be heard. This has an urgency clause and requires a 27 vote, but is also eligible for unanimous roll call. Any objection? Ayes 40 no on the urgency. Ayes 40 no. Zero measure passes. Senator Becker, you have filed item 67. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1777 by Assembly Member Ting an act relating to autonomous vehicles.

Senator Becker, you're recognized.

Thank you. I rise to present AB 1777 on behalf of assemblymember Ting. This Bill is aimed at addressing the serious public safety concerns experienced in San Francisco around autonomous vehicles and also across the state to aid first responders and get unsafe autonomous vehicles off the roads.

The Bill provides first responders with tools that currently do not exist to manage emergency situations and communications, and formalizes a citation process to get those unsafe vehicles and companies who run those unsafe vehicles off the road. This Bill does formalize a process. Right now, currently, these are only self reported violations.

And the problem with self reporting is bye. In and of itself, it is a self report. So what happened with cruise? The DMV did do its job and take crews off the road, but that was only because it was a very public situation and they chose to act. This will formalize that process.

So again, we can get these companies and bad actors and bad vehicles off the road. By the way, this Bill does not do anything either way on criminal lawsuits. That is still a case in point. I was just given a data point that the crew settled a lawsuit when it dragged a woman about 20ft.

The settlement was over $8 million. We do know that. But again, they didn't report to DMV. Let's see this Bill. The most recent amendments changed one piece of the Bill, which is, again, violating the rules of the load.

The language shifted from a regular citation to a new citation process that the author says was requested by the Judicial Council, who requested this process. Let's see, however, technology isn't making a mistake because of bad decisions or honest mistakes programmed in certain ways. So how would a fine correct that issue?

We believe that this going to the DMV is ultimately a powerful process because these are multimillion dollar companies and really the key is get them off the road. And that's really what this Bill is entitled to do. What's really important is that the Bill does provide this mechanism to communicate with officers.

It creates a process around two way communication so that there's, the officers don't have to enter the vehicle, they communicate with the companies and they can take action and get them out of these emergency situations. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Senator Wiener, you're recognized.

Thank you very much, Madam President. I rise in support of AB 177 and I want to thank the author for navigating this very complicated and at times difficult Bill through the Legislature. San Francisco is one of the first cities in the world to test and operate fully autonomous vehicles on our roads.

And they are there right now out history in San Francisco of AB innovation. AB's have the promise and I continue to believe that I should say AB's have a lot of promise and I continue to believe that they are a value add with respect to safety.

However, as the technology matures, there are absolutely growing pains in San Francisco. We've experienced AB's blocking roads, driving in the crime scenes, driving onto firefighter hoses during emergencies, driving in restricted areas, causing traffic jams, and breaking traffic laws. Unlike the rest of us right now, there are no explicit consequences for these instances.

And this Bill will allow us to set basic safety precautions to ensure that we have fewer of these disruptions and that there is accountability for the AB companies if the vehicles break traffic laws. I know that this is a new frontier in terms of how you ticket or cite autonomous vehicles.

The author navigated it the best he could, working with the Judicial Council and DMV to make sure that we pass a law that meets legal standards and that is implementable. I believe that this will be an improvement, and I ask for an aye vote.

Senator Cortese, you're recognized.

Thank you. Madam President and Senators, I rise in strong opposition to AB 1777 by Assemblymember Ting. That's no disrespect to the Assembly Member, but this has to do with the provisions on enforcing the vehicle code.

When the Bill first came through transportation Committee, I had significant concerns, as did transportation staff, but worked with the assemblymember to address them. Regrettably, the amendments taken on Friday, August 23, less than seven days ago, significantly depart from discussions and policy Committee in both houses and reframe the entire premise of the Bill.

New amendments that were taken, the ones I just referred to, are not technical in nature. I think, with all due respect to my good friend from Silicon Valley, the presenter, they may sound like technical amendments, but they're not.

And in any ordinary course of business, to avoid the kind of chaos we all strive to avoid as chairs and as vice chairs of our respective committees. Those amendments, significant amendments, should have come back to Committee.

Remember, this is an AB, this is an Assembly Bill that started last January and took its time making its way through a very significant vetting process to get to Senate transportation, where we worked very closely with the author to make actual technical and policy based amendments in addition to just that breach of process.

And it is a breach of process that I think any chair, any Vice Chair in here would object to. And I'm doing the same. I'm taking a stand for something that has been a part of not just the tradition, but the movement of this Legislature for decades and decades and decades.

Sometimes paraphrased as when you tell folks where you're going to be, be there. And if you can't be there, make sure you return and let them know. None of that happened with regard to this Bill.

The Bill provides now, instead of a fine that the manufacturer would pay a non compliance notice, that, quote shall not create a presumption that the autonomous vehicle is unsafe. That's going to, first of all, without fines, as we all know, there's no cost recovery for local law enforcement to even get involved with this concept of noncompliance orders.

Secondly, if you go so far as to say when they do write a non compliance order, it's not going to lead to any liability by virtue of the actual language in the Bill.

Bill, you're not only going to get underreporting, but you're going to get an inability for people who have been harmed to bring those cases through the civil liability system, the tort system, and be made whole, which again, is, as we all know, a lengthy and historical part of our judicial process.

Just as an example, the unfairness of the language that we have now in terms of enforcement, where a human driver can be cited or even charged for traffic violations. And it happens by the minute. It's happening now as we speak. AB companies are only noticed through the DMV under this Bill.

I and seven other opposition, Members of the opposition strongly disagree with that. If a human driver drives down the wrong side of the road, they can be charged with a misdemeanor or a felony under vehicle code 21651 etcet. I don't think this is just me. Again, some of you received opposition letter.

There are seven entities, California Professional Firefighters, consumer attorneys of California Smart, ATU, Consumer Federation of California Teamsters, the California Federation of Labor in understanding Calcites has now issued a letter just this week of opposition. None of them were in opposition when this Bill came through transportation Committee.

So again, I'm just trying, trying to remind that this is a personal opinion of mine, but this is something that has taken a Bill where we, everybody worked to neutralize opposition and brought massive opposition back, which is actually more extensive than when the Bill first came through Committee in the first place.

Again, I appreciate the time, Madam President, and I would strongly urge a no vote.

Senator Glazer, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam President. To quote the. I know one Senator, many Senators, I didn't intend to speak on this Bill, but a couple things. First, I don't want to speak to the process issue that the Senator from San Jose has brought up. That's not the point of my remarks today.

It would be just to acknowledge the tussle that we have on many bills that this one relates to where we're dealing with new technology that we're not trying to suppress, we're trying to encourage, because it's so much part of the California innovation and enterprise that we're proud of.

At the same time, try to maintain public safety, which we also is a deep, important value that we have. And this Bill attempts to work in that space. Is it perfect? Does it do everything that we all want? No, it doesn't.

But I do see it as incremental progress forward, and that's why I'm rising, is to encourage a yes vote on it. It does engage with the DMV, which is a licensing responsibility in this space. So there's a direct reporting relationship back that's important.

And I think it engages our public safety officials in terms of how they need to engage in a way that's a progress point, may not do everything that we want but we are trying to balance these enterprises that our community enjoys and likes with our determination to keep things as safe as they can be.

I think that the Bill strikes the balance, doesn't go as far as some would like, but I think that's why it's deserving of support today.

Any other Member wish to be heard on this item? Senator Becker, you may close.

Thank you again. Similarly, I can't speak to all the process concerns. I will say, you know, personally I've supported various bills to regulate AV's, and that is certainly what this one is attempting to do.

The Judicial Council did say that the previous version of the Bill was not operationally viable and did oppose the vehicle code penalties because those are created change incentives of humans, not of multimillion dollar companies. In previous versions, companies could pay a fine, wait and go through the court lengthy court process.

This does push it back to the DMV, and I know not everyone has absolute faith in the DMV, but does push it back to the DMV, which does have control and permitting, and in the case of Cruz, did act to remove that.

Just to clarify, also a little bit just on the process, it does require a designated phone line for first responders. Creates a process and timelines for what must happen when a first responder calls. Requires a two way communication method, creates an opt in geofencing process.

Geofencing is a process that would require AB's to avoid accessing certain emergency areas once notified by local governments. And then for vehicles with a manual override in the vehicle, police and fire must have access and training on its use. I do believe those are certainly important provisions of this Bill.

If there's other pieces I think we could revisit later, and I respectfully ask for my vote.

Thank you so much, Senator, for your close secretary. Please call the roll.

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Please call the absent members.

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Senator Becker moves a call. The next three up are file item 9091 and 92. Senator Ashby has filed item 90.

Assembly Bill 2381 by Assemblymember Bonta an act relating to childcare.

Thank you very much. Madam President. I rise to present AB 2381 on behalf of Assembly Member Mia Bonta, which allows our state preschool programs to continue being funded based on enrollment rather than attendance. This will provide programs with a stable funding source, allowing them to focus on sustainability and the quality of their programs. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Ashby. Any Member wish to be heard in this item? Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? There is an urgency clause. Requires 27 votes.

Assembly Bill 551 by Assemblymember Bennett an act relating to the Public Utilities Commission.

Thank you, Madam President, I rise to present this Bill on behalf of Assemblymember Bennett. When the CPC first adopted their transmission guidelines, they made the decision to incorporate them into their rules and procedures. This would explicitly exempt those guidelines from the Administrative Procedures act to allow the CBC to update them without delay. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Becker. I see no mic. Subdivide. Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? I see no objection. Ayes 39. No, zero. Measure passes. Senator Portantino? We're passing on file. We are holding the next. The next three up. We're just going to do one at a time for right now.

The next one is fire item 101. Senator Umberg, we got AB 518.

No, that's on 518.

We got a hot mic. Secretary, please read file item 101.

Assembly Bill 518 by assigned Member Wicks and accurately into Calfresh.

Senator Umberg?

Thank you, Madam President. And colleagues. AB 518 requires the Department of Social Services to develop a methodology for determining the state's calfresh participation rate and identifying characteristics of residents who are eligible but not receiving benefits.

I am informed by the author that there is cleanup legislation that will be introduced with an urgency clause in January to address some of the outstanding issues. And with that, I urge an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Umberg. Any Member wish to be heard? I see no mics up. Secretary, please call the row.

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Please call the absent members.

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Ayes 38. Ayes 38. Noes zero. The measure passes. Senator Archuleta, you have file item 102 up? This is a support. Support file item.

Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 535. By sending Member Schiavo enact relating to veterans and declare the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Archuleta.

Thank you, Madam President. This year, this Bill, AB 535, is a Federal Government mandate requiring changes to exclude veterans disability benefits from income calculations and determine eligibility for veterans. And this is to support the veterans. And I urge an aye vote.

Any member wish to be heard on file item 102. This has an urgency clause requires 27 votes. Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call?

We're going to take a quick pause here, Members. It any objection to utilizing unanimous roll call for fire item 102? I see none. Ayes 39. Noes zero. The measure passes. Senator Cortese, you have file item 103? Senator Cortese is prepared for file item 103.

Secretary, please read assigning Bill 1034 by assigning Member Grayson, an act related to employment.

Senator Cortese.

All right, thank you, Madam President. Senators AB 1034 would extend the exemption sunset date for lawsuits originated under PAGA private Attorney general's act for contractors in the building and construction trades that are party to a valid collective bargaining agreement which meets specified criteria and who have negotiated with their local union to include the waiver in their CBA.

The statute does not alter a local union's ability to decide to include or not include the POGA waiver in their CBA as local control on that including the waiver would continue to be a subject of bargaining at the local level by each union.

When a labor union and an employer in the building and construction trades enter in a valid collective bargaining agreement, existing law provides that those employers shall be from Paga, provided that CBA includes the premium wage rates for overtime, an hourly wage of not less than 30% more than the minimum wage, a grievance and binding arbitration procedure to redress violations, a clear waiver of the requirements of PAGA in unambiguous terms, and an authorization for the arbiter to award any and all remedies available under PAGA.

Section 203 of the Labor Management Relations act affirms that resolving labor suits to the collective bargaining agreements is the desirable method for settling grievance disputes related to the application or interpretation of an existing collective bargaining agreement. This Bill aligns with congressional intent by using the well established collective bargaining process to resolve poggit disputes.

AB 1034 will allow workers to continue to benefit from this important exemption by extending the current sunset in the law from 2028 to 2038. The measures supported by California Conference of Carpenters, associated General contractors, and the State Council of Laborers, among others. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Cortese. Any discussion on this measure, any discussion. Scene nine. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Full house now, Members, so we're gonna go through the role one more time. Secretary, please call the absent Members.

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Auto vote of 32 in favor, seven against. The measure passes. The next two items up, Members are file item 59 and 81. We begin with file item 59. This is Assembly Bill 1147.

Assembly Bill 1147 by Assemblymember Addis an act related to Developmental Services.

Thank you, Mister President. AB 1142 adds a Public Records Act requirement to Regional Centers which are currently not subject to public records disclosures. Despite serving a public purpose and being funded with government dollars, it was going to bring a much needed transparency for individuals that work with those who have a developmental disability. Respectfully asking for an aye vote.

Members, any discussion on this measure? Any discussion said of Bradford? No. Okay, see no microphones up. This is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing No objections. Ayes 40. No, zero. The measure passes. Next up is file item 81. This is Assembly Bill 2317. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2317 by Assembly Member Stephanie Nguyen an act relaating to child day care facilities.

This is support, and support on both sides. Ma'am.

Senator, phenomenal. Thank you, sir. 20317 will require private child care providers who opt in to implement anaphylaxis policy. Requesting for an I vote.

Respectfully, Members, any discussion on this measure? Any Senator want to be heard? It is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection. Ayes 40. No, zero. The measure passes.

Members, we're going to be lifting the call on one item. File item 67. Secretary, please open the roll.

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Ayes 23 knows nine. The measure passes. We are now moving into motions and resolutions. Any Member wish to be recognized under motions and resolutions. Majority leader, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam President. Members, I move all measures reported from Committee be given their second reading upon being reported in order to third reading, please.

Senator Seyarto, you are recognized.

Thank you. A tangled web we weave again. We must object to this. It just compounds the previous ones that we are already objecting to. So we ask for a no vote.

Senator Gonzalez is asking for an I vote. Senator Ciarto is asking for a no vote. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Ayes 31. noes nine. The motion carries. Senator Glazer, you are recognized under motions and resolutions.

Thank you, Madam President. I was going to request. I am requesting unanimous consent to withdraw my request to move Senate Bill 1382 to the inactive file to withdraw. So I want. I'm asking for unanimous consent to withdraw my motion there. My request.

Any objection to to that request? Measure order to the unfinished business without objection. Senator Jones, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam President. I'm still processing the last motion. But I do have a motion that I would like to remove file item 152, SB 892 from the consent calendar, please.

The desk has noted. Majority leader, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam President. Please move file items 25, AB 2886. And file item 50, AB 365, at the request of the author to the inactive file.

The desk has noted. Senator Smallwood Cuevas, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam President. And I need to. Oh, where is it? Move. Here we go. ACR. Okay, I gotta come back. I don't have the number. I'll come back.

Any other Member wishes to be heard under motions and resolutions. Under motions and resolutions. Senator Allen?

Yes. I would like to have AB 233 by Wilson moved to the inactive file. At the request of the author.

The desk is noted, Senator Becker.

Thank you. I'd like to move file item 19, ACR 132, at the request of the author to the inactive file.

The desk is noted. Senator Smallwood Cuevas is coming back to you.

Thank you so much, Madam President. I would like to move on behalf of Assembly Member Wilson. ACR 226 to the inactive file.

The desk has noted. Seeing no mics up, we're now moving to Committee. Committee announcements. Any Committee announcements. Senator Caballero, you're recognized.

Thank you very much, Madam President. The Senate Appropriations Committee will be meeting. In room 112, 5 minutes after we recessed. Let's get a quorum. Let's get it done.

We heard you loud and clear, Madam Chair. Any other Committee chair wishes to be heard. Members, this is an important announcement. What you've been waiting for. We will break for 1 hour for lunch. Please stay in the building so we can resume our supplemental file and continue our work and get out of here on time. See you in an hour.

Asking all Members return to the floor. We have a couple of items coming up that are eligible for unanimous roll call. We need all Members on the floor. The next four on file are file item 92, 52, 100, and 38 Members, we need you all back on the floor. Members. Senator Portantino is kicking us off.

File item 92.

Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 2892 by Assemblymember Lowe and accurate lane to vehicles.

Senator Portantino.

Thank you. Madam President and Senators, I rise to present AB 2892 on behalf of the incomparable Assembly Member Low this Bill would allow transportation companies with 25 or more vehicles to deposit cash or surety bond in lieu of the net worth requirement under current law.

Bill aims to assist paratransit public transit and other transportation companies in stabilizing increasing insurance costs. Department of Motor Vehicles permits drivers to use cash in lieu of insurance and many drivers already utilize the option. This seeks to expand the program and I respectfully ask for an aye vote thank you, Senator.

Any mic sub for discussion? This item is eligible for unanimous support. Any objection? Ayes 39, noes zero. The measure passes. Senator Umberg has filed item 52.

Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 2885 by Assembly Member Bauer- Kahan and act relaiting to artificial intelligence.

Senator Umberg.

Thank you madam President and colleagues. AB 2885 simply establishes a definition for artificial intelligence. This was previously on the consent calendar and pulled to address chaptering issues. i urge an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Umberg. Any Member wish to be heard on this item? Does anyone have any objections to utilizing the unanimous roll call on file item 52? I'm seeing none. Ayes 39 no zero measure passes. Senator Umberg has the next one. File item 100, AB 224. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 224 by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio. And act relating to private employment.

Senator Umberg.

Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. This Bill simply extends the news carrier exemption from AB 5 until 2030. Urge an aye vote.

Any Member wish to be heard? I am seeing none. Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call for this item? Ayes 39. Noes, zero. The measure passes.

All right, Members, next up is file item 38 AB 2693 by Assembly Member Wicks. Senator Menjivar is prepared. Secretary you may read.

Assembly Bill 2693 by Assemblymember Wicks. An act relating to childhood sexual assault.

Senator Menjivar.

Secretary, you may read.

Thank you, Mister President. Colleagues, AB 2693 authored by Assemblymember Wix, will give sexual assault survivors who were victimized in county juvenile facilities a chance to seek justice. In the tough on crime era, California sent more than 130,000 children to jails and county juvenile detention centers.

Too many of these individuals have come forward as adults now to share their negative experiences on sexual assault perpetrated by employees of these juvenile camps.

In the past five years, California has extended the civil statute of limitations for childhood sexual assault, created a three year window for revived claims of childhood sexual assaults, and eliminated the statute of limitations for childhood sexual assault for actions arising on or after January 1, 2024.

Unfortunately, however, many victims who endured abuse in county juvenile facilities have been turned away from seeking legal representation because the statute of limitations for individual cases has expired.

AB 2693 is narrowly tailored that will give these survivors of childhood sexual assault the ability to come forward, report their abuse, and seek justice in court by the end of 2025. The Bill has received bipartisan support, respectfully asking for an aye vote.

Thank you. Any further discussion or debate? Senator Grove?

Thank you, Mister President. I rise in favor of this. You know, doing research on human trafficking, you find out that girls don't even know they're being trafficked until they turn a later age. And there's a lot of women that have taken that, not taken that position, but they just didn't realize what was happening to them.

And I know that sounds so crazy when you think about it, but it's the same thing about having that trauma to come forward. Like you talk about those children in a juvenile facility.

I wish the Bill was expansive on, you know, all children being affected in this particular situation, but I do know that we have to take stuff one step at a time and just respectfully ask for an aye vote, because this is a very important piece of legislation. It needs to be addressed.

And kids that are abused in these facilities when they're younger, I just like the Bill we did. 1043. When you're abused when they're younger, they have to have an opportunity to digest that, recognize what happened to them, and know that they have a safe place to come forward at. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Any further discussion/ debate on this item. Enter Minjavar. Would you like to close?

Thank you, Mister President. I'd like to thank my colleague, the Senator from Bakersfield, for rising and sharing her support for this Bill. Respectfully asking for an aye vote.

Right. Secretary, please call the roll on file item 38.

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Want to close it? Senator Menjivar moves the call.

Senators, we are now moving to the supplemental file for under unfinished business. The next three up are file item 180, 181 and 182. Senator Umberg has file item 180.

Senate Bill 336 by Senator Umberg an act relating to state grants.

Senator Umberg.

Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. SB 336 and its companion measure by Senator Limon bring California on par with the Federal Government by ensuring that our nonprofit agencies are fairly and adequately compensated for the important work they do for us as a state.

The amendments in the Assembly clarify some definitions, remove requirements on DGS, and allow for some flexibility in the De minimis rate for negotiations. Urge an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Umberg. Any Member wish to be heard on this item? Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? Ayes 39 no zero measure passes. Senator Padilla is prepared. Secretary, please read file item 181.

Senate Bill 583 by Senator Padilla. An act relating to conservancies.

Senator Padilla.

Thank you. Madam President. And colleagues arise to present SB 583, which would establish the Salton Sea Conservancy. The amendments reflect an agreement with the Governor to narrow the scope of the conservancy and make it contingent on the passage of the bond. It has had broad bipartisan support. Zero no votes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Padilla. Any Member wish to be heard? Secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent Members.

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Ayes 39 Noes 0. Assembly amendments are concurred in. Senator Cortese, you have filed item 182. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 636 by Senator Cortese and act relating to workers compensation.

Senator.

Okay, thank you, Madam President. Senator, SB 636 requires a physician to be licensed in California if they make a modification or denial to a private worker's comp claim. Assembly amendments removed a provision requiring utilization reviewers to have the same duty of care to patients as they do as would treating physicians. This is back on concurrency amendments

Also removed two code sections from the Bill to state its goal as clearly and as simply as possible. Iit was amended to delay the effective date to July 12026. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Any Member wish to be heard on this item. Secretary, please call the roll on file item 182.

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Ayes 30, Noes 9. Assembly amendments are concurred in. Senator Eggman has filed item 183, your SB 1025, back on concurrence.

Senate Bill 1025 by Senator Eggman an act relating to veteran diversion.

Secretary, please read.

SB 1025 is back on concurrence having to do with veteran diversion.

Senator Eggman.

Any discussion on this item. Secretary, please call the roll.

I ask for your aye vote.

Please call the absent members

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Ayes 34 Noes zero. Assembly amendments are concurred in. Next up are file item 184185 and 187. Senator Bakespear is prepared.

Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 1053 by Senator Blakespear an act relating to solid waste.

Senator Blakespear.

Thank you, President and colleagues. SB 1053 is back on concurrence. At the grocery store, consumers can either purchase a recycled paper bag or bring their own reusable bag. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Phenomenal, Senator. Any discussion? Secretary, please call the row.

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Ayes 31. 8 Noes. Assembly amendments are concurred in. Senator Padilla has file item 185.

Senate Bill 1105 by Senator Padilla. An act relating to pay sick leave.

Secretary, please read.

Senator Padilla.

Thank you, Madam President. SB 1105 is back on concurrence, which expands existing pay leave to allow agricultural employers who work out employees, excuse me, who work outside, to use their currently entitled paid sick days to avoid smoke, heat, or flooding conditions.

The amendments from the Assembly clarify that this does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of existing law. And to the extent that sick leave sick days are necessary for preventive care is provided for in the labor code. The Bill has received bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for your.aye vote.

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Ayes 36, Noes 2 Assembly amendments are concurred in. Senator Limon, file item 8187.

Senate Bill 1220 by Senator Limon an act relating to public contracts.

Secretary, please read

Senator. Thank you. Members. SB 11220 is back on concurrence. This Bill will protect the quality of public services by requiring human workers to remain in call centers for government benefit programs instead of being outsourced to artificial intelligence. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Any member wish to be heard? Secretary, please call the roll.

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Ayes 30, Noes 8. Assembly amendments are concurred in. The next three on deck are file item 188,189 and 190. Senator Wilk is prepared.

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Senate Bill 1233 by Senator Wilk an act relating to post secondary education.

Secretary, please read.

Senator Wilk.

Thank you, madam President. SB 1233 is back for concurrence. Happy to report the Assembly didn't screw it up too bad. This measure establishes a curriculum framework for a more efficient, spay neuter process to be adopted by California's veterinary schools. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

I'm very happy for you, Senator. Some of us weren't as lucky as you. Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call? Seeing none. Ayes 39, Noes, zero. Assembly Members are concurred in. Senator Stern. Is coming. You have filed item 189.

Senate Bill 1277 by Senator Stern an act relating to pupil instruction.

Secretary, please read.

Senator Stern.

Thank you, Members. This Bill is about training teachers to close some very wide divides in our society and find some common ground. This teachers collaborative on Holocaust and genocide education has been up and running in the state for the last three years, and it's an inspiring cross section of voices that often don't get heard.

Not just survivors of the Holocaust, but voices from the Armenian genocide to the rwandan genocide to the Cambodian genocide. And it also makes clear that should in the future, the UN deem other atrocities, actual genocides, that those will also be at least eligible for consideration in the material is brought to these teachers.

This is not about curriculum, though, to be clear, and this is the first time that the state is actually just going to provide these kinds of opportunities for teachers. This ranges from your ethnic studies teachers who are looking for these kinds of voices to a social studies or a math teacher.

I've been to these collaboratives, and I will tell you, the Internet makes us feel like we have nothing in common some days and that we should all bring our politics right into that classroom, and they just find a way through their experiences and through these voices that we're bringing to the table to make a different kind of education for our classroom and bring to life things that are at risk of dying.

67% of millennials in this country don't know what Auschwitz was. Never even. 50% of Gen. Z has never even heard of certain aspects of the Holocaust. And this is personal, I know, for everybody.

So we all come from somewhere, and hopefully this Bill brings that to the fore and makes it a little different future for our classrooms and for our teachers, because I really do think they are the solution. So with that, respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Senator Grove, you're recognized.

Madam President, I, too, rise in support of SB 1277. And like my colleague from San Francisco says on Fox News, Jesse Watters does a man on the street thing. And right before October 7, he was out there on the street going, hey, do you know what the Holocaust is? Do you know what this.

Do you know what this. And like my colleague just said, 66% of the people that answered that question did not know. And I don't know if it was that number, but probably one out of, you know, one out of two did not know what the Holocaust was.

And that's a pretty scary thought when you think about just random people on the street that don't understand the significance of what happened in our history. Respectfully, ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Any Member wish to speak, any other member wish to speak on this item? Senator Stern, you get to close now.

Thank you, colleagues. One last thing I did want to clarify for those with some questions. You know, there have been questions raised by the very limited number of folks in opposition that somehow this will be a Jewish controlled collaborative, that Jewish organizations or Jewish aligned organizations would somehow control this.

I'd say at first it's a dangerous kind of language to use because it feeds into some tropes and stereotypes that I think we really need to get away from. But secondly, if you read the language and the legislation, this puts this program into the state.

So there is no one organization called out into the Bill to run this operation. In fact, the cross section runs from Indigenous American groups to Armenian groups. It's a collaborative. That's literally the design of the Bill. So I just want to express the author's intent as well as the text of the Bill has that in there.

With that, respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Any objection to utilizing the unanimous roll call on this item? Ayes 39. Noes 0. Disregard. Disregard. We have an objection. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Ayes 39 Noes, 0. Assembly amendments are concurred in. Senator Allen, you have file item 190. You are ready to go.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 1297 by Senator Allen an act relating to vehicles.

Senator Allen?

Thank you, Madam President. This Bill is back on concurrence. It creates a speed camera pilot program for a particular stretch of road in the City of Malibu, the PCH, where dozens have been killed in the past few years. Assembly amendments were clarifying, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Any Member wish to be heard on file item 190? Secretary, let's go ahead and call the roll.

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Ayes 35. Noes four. Assembly amendments are concurred in. Senators, this week we've had a wonderful guest come and join us on the floor. Today I'd like to acknowledge our amazing parking attendants from the Department of General Services who are here in the back of the chambers. Thank you so much for what you all do.

Senators, we're going to take a group photo with these hardworking individuals in the back. If you wish to participate in the group photo.

This is what we have next. The three next items are file item 191192 and 193. Senator Limon has file item 191. Colleagues, we are back. We are back. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 1304 by Senator Limon an act relating to oil and gas.

Thank you. SB 1304 is back on concurrence. The Bill ensures that the public has. Access to information gathered by CalGEM and. The State Water Resource Control Board related. To exempting an underground water aquifer for. Oil and gas production. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Any Member wish to be heard on this item. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Ayes 28, noes 10 Assembly amendments are concurred in the the next couple items we're going to be putting on call, we're going to go through the roll only once. Senator Archuleta, you have filed item 192.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 1315 by Senator Archuleta Enact relating to school accountability.

Senator Archuleta.

Thank you, madam President. Senate Bill 1315 is on concurrence school accountability annual reporting. I ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. I see no mics up. Secretary, please call the roll.

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