Assembly Floor

The Assembly is now in session. Assembly Member Fong notices the absence of a chamber. Of a chamber. The chamber is here, but we lack a quorum. Wow. Yeah. The Sergeant at Arms will prepare the chamber and bring in the absent Members. The Clerk will call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Members, I will note that the Public Safety Committee is meeting currently, so that accounts for a few Members. But there's still a whole bunch of other Members out there who aren't on public safety, so if they can find their way to the floor, that would be really good. We'd appreciate that. It's now 10:14. We're past our start time. Please make your way to the floor.

It's now 10:30. We are still well short of a quorum. Unless you are a Member of the Public Safety Committee that is meeting now, we would expect that you would be here to help us get on with our work. So, Members, please come to the chamber. Appreciate, those of you who are here on time, some very familiar faces. Thank you.

Members, a quorum is present. We ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand for the prayer and the flag salute. The day's prayer will be offered by Assembly Member Nguyen.

We thank you for another day to work for and with our fellow men and women.

We pray that you may be with us today to defend us within us, that you may sustain us before us, that you may lead us behind us, that you may protect us above us, that you may bless us in everything that we do. Amen.

Thank you. Assemblymember Nguyen please join Assemblymember Luz Rivas as she leads us in the pledge.

Members, please join me for the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of.

The United States of America and to. The republic which it stands, one nation under his. Thank you. You may be seated. Reading of the previous day's journal Assembly Chamber Sacramento.

Monday, August 122024 the.

Assemblyman at one curry moves and Mister Flores seconds that the reading of the previous day's journal be dispensed with. Presentations and petitions there are none. Introduction and reference of bills will be deferred. Reports of committees will be deemed read in amendments deemed adopted. Messages from the Governor there are none.

Messages from the Senate there are none moving to motions and resolutions. The absences for the day for illness assemblymember Ortega for illness. Also assemblymember Cervantes moving to the majority leader for her procedural motions. Not a majority leader.

Good morning Mister speaker and colleagues. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 45.5 to allow Assembly Member Gabriel to speak on an adjournment in memory today without objection.

Such shall be the order.

I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 118 to allow Speaker Rivas to have guests in the rear of the chamber and to allow Members Gabriel and Santiago to have guests seated at their. Desk today without objection.

Such shall be the order.

There are letters of legislative intent at the desk relative to AB 2561 McKinner and AB 3161 Banta. I move to print the letters in the journal pursuant to Assembly rule 42. C.

With that objection, such shall be the order.

Please move the following items to the enacted file item 31, SB 827 Glazier at the request of the author and item 39, SB 1301 at the request of Assemblymember Conley, Clerk will note.

Members pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2, I am re referring the following items on the supplemental file item 102, AB 598, wics to the Housing Committee item 104 AB 846 Bonta to the Housing Committee AB 100617 item 106 AB 1755 Cholera to the Judiciary Committee.

I request unanimous consent to suspend joint rule 62 A, the file notice requirement to allow the following Committee to meet to allow the Judiciary Committee to hear AB 1755 Cholera today, August 30. Upon call of the chair in room.

126, without objection, such will be the order.

At the request of the author, please move item 25, SB 251 Newman to the inactive file.

Clerk will know. Okay, Members, a couple of announcements on my end here. We will break for lunch from 1230 to one, but we will be asking that you not leave the area. So everyone will be expected to be on the Greek carpet, so to speak. There will be a dinner break at 04:30 p.m. today.

During that break, upon adjournment for that break, or upon recess for that break, there will be Committee hearings that will happen at that point, and we'll give you more details about that later.

And during that time, just to note, the black caucus is hosting soul food in the Eureka room around the dinner hour, so please keep that in mind. And just on a lighter note, maybe, maybe fluffier note, today is national toasted Marshmallow day.

You know, there's no chocolate or Graham Crackers noted in this, unfortunately, so it's just the marshmallows. So glass half full. We will have guest introductions at some point later today. For now, we're going to move to business on the daily file concurrence in of Senate amendments. We're going to pass temporarily on item number two.

We're going to pass temporarily on a file item number three. We are going to move to file item number four. AB 899. Assemblymember Cervantes. By Assemblymember Ward, the Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1899 by Assembly Member Cervantes and others and accolades.

Mister Ward, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I rise on behalf of Assemblymember Cervantes to present AB 1899, which is back on concurrence. Senate amendments require judicial counsel to adopt standard guidelines for the implementation of the Bill. This LGBTQ caucus priority Bill is received by partisan support, has no registered opposition. Respectfully asked for your I vote on concurrence.

Thank you, Mister Ward. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the poll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Members, please come back to the floor. I don't know where you all went.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote it. All those vote who desire to vote. Move the call. Mister Ward requests we move the call. Ask the Members, please come to the chamber. We no, you're here, but you're not here.

I'd now like to move to a guest introduction. Members, please join me in welcoming Taralyn Appina of the Yurok tribe. Taralyn was a Native American caucus honoree this year and has dedicated her life to activism and combating the missing, murdered, and indigenous persons epidemic. Taralyn serves as the tribes chief operations officer. Welcome to the California Assembly.

Thank you for being here. Looks like we will pass temporarily on file item five. We are passing temporarily on file item six. We are passing temporarily on file item seven. Looks like we are passing temporarily on file item eight, for lack of an author. Moving to file item nine. AB 457 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 457 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry and acclaiming the beverage containers and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, AB 457 is back on concurrence after being gutted and amended in the Senate. I'd like to thank my colleague from Rockland for helping me address this issue this year. This is a simple Bill.

Starting January 1 this year, all wine boxes, regardless of size, were assigned a 25 cent bottle deposit on small boxes that retail for a few dollars and that are sometimes sold in multi packs. The 25 cent deposit adds up quickly.

These products compete with canned products that only have a five cent deposit, so the larger deposit is noticeable to consumers and hurts the industry. This Bill creates more parity across industry and helps consumers and the wine industry by lowering the deposit for small boxes of wine spirits from 25 cents to 10 cents.

This Bill also helps small wineries by streamlining the number of reports they have to submit to Cal recycle. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Aguirre Curry. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. This is a 54 vote Bill. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

Members, please come to the chamber. Come out, come out wherever you are. Segway. Our curry moves the call. Moving to file item number 10, AB 1359 by Assembly Member Papenous.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1359 by Assembly Member Papen and others enact relating to environmental quality and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Thank you, Assemblymember Papan. You are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker, good morning. AB 1359 is back on concurrence from the Senate where it enjoyed unanimous support. Respect the request and I vote on geothermal testing wells. Thanks.

Thank you. Assemblymember Papin, seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The 54 vote Bill Members. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. What's your pleasure? Family Member papinous. Move the call. Tell me. Member Papin moves the call moves like we're passing temporarily on Mister Kara as the author is not here. Moving temporarily. Item number 12. Author is not here. Moving to item number 13.

AB 1296 by Mister Grayson.

Assembly Bill 1296 by Assembly Member Grayson and others and accolades bar pilots. Mister Grayson, you are recognized.

Clerk will read.

Thank you Mister Speaker. Members, I am pleased to present AB 1296 which is back on concurrence. AB 1296 revises current state regulations mandating the replacement of three specified pilot station boats, allowing for the replacement of a boat only if it has reached the end of its useful service life.

San Francisco bar pilots, or SFBP, provide an essential service by safely navigating commercial vessels to and from nine California Northern California ports. SFPBP is the only pilot group in the state that is mandated by law to maintain a minimum of two pilot boats in service, with one boat on station in the open ocean at all times.

To meet these requirements, SFBP maintains a fleet of five pilot boats. However, the California Air Resources Board's commercial harbor craft regulations threaten to make these essential services nearly impossible. Three of the bar pilots vessels are immediately subject to these regulations, and taking any of them out of service could severely disrupt the state supply chain and commercial traffic.

AB 1296 offers a viable pathway to achieve CARB compliance by extending the deadlines to match the service life of the station boats. This approach allows sufficient time to secure the necessary funds to build new CARB compliant boats one at a time without the need for financing the construction cost, ultimately saving tens of millions of dollars.

So let me emphasize that AB 1296 is a crucial element of the SF bar pilot strategy to comply with the commercial harbor craft rule. It is not a carve out nor an exemption. Rather, it is a viable pathway to compliance.

The SF barg pilots have been working diligently to find an appropriate path towards compliance, but cannot realistically build new station boats under carb's aggressive timeline. That's why we're here today. This Bill received bipartisan support. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote on concurrence.

Thank you, Mister Berman. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll tally the votes. Ayes 46, noes one. Senate amendments are concurred in.

We're going to move back and lift the call on file item number four. AB 1899 purple post all those vote. Who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 47, noes zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 14.

AB 3179 by assemblymember Juan Carrillo. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 3179 by Assembly Member Juan Carrillo. And athletes air pollution.

Mister Carrillo, you are recognized.

Good morning, Mister speaker and Members. I rise to present Assembly Bill 3179, which is back on concurrence. AB 3179 is a necessary measure that would allow for a very narrow delay to the CARB advanced clean fleet regulation specifically for bucket trucks and sell on wheels until 2030.

These vehicles are important in ensuring that our first responders are adequately equipped for emergency across our state. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Carrillo. Seen and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 49, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in.

We're going to back up to file item number seven. AB 2951 Assembly Member Cervantes by Mister Berman. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2951 by Assemblymember Cervantes and others and accolades elections. Mister Berman, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I want to start by saying it was an honor to be mistaken for the future Senator from Concord. I wish I had that head of hair. I rise to present AB 2951 on behalf of Assemblymember Cervantes.

Senate amendments will provide the Secretary of State a brief extension of time to comply with new procedures for cancellation of certain voter registrations while upgrades are made to vote Cal our statewide voter registration database, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

I was trying to think of something, but I just can't come up with anything. Mister Berman, seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll tally of the votes..

Ayes 53, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in moving to file item number eight. AB 3184. Vice Member Berman I got it right again.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 3184 by Assemblyman Berman, an act related to elections and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately. Mister Berman, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 3184 is back from the Senate. Senate amendments provide a uniform deadline for a voter to correct a missing or mismatching signature on a vote by mail ballot envelope for our upcoming General election, as well as make several largely technical changes to improve the ballot cure process.

I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you Mister Berman. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll until both sides 57 no zero on the urgency. 57 no zero on concurrence in Senate amendments.

Moving to file item 11, AB 1581 by Assemblymember Kalra. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1581 by Assembly and others, an act related to the Fish and Wildlife. Mister Kalra, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 1581 is back on concurrence. These amendments will codify and expand the Department of Fish and Wildlife Restoration Management permit and were negotiated in tandem with the Department, the Senate Natural Resources Committee and other environmental stakeholders.

These amendments will ensure that the Department is able to make consistency determinations for the new federal conservation benefit agreements and it gives you all the rare opportunity to vote on a Karlra Mathis Bill. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you Mister Kara. Seen in hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Will close the roll tally the votes. Ayes 54, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in.

We are now moving to Senate third reading file item 32, SB 1283 by Senator Stern presented by Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan. The Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 1283 by Senator Stern and others, an act relating to the peoples.

Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker and Members. I rise to present SB 1283 by Senator Stern. This Bill is critically important as it ensures that our kids spend their day focused on both their education and their social emotional growth by spending their school day off social media, in the classroom and on the playground.

Amendments have been taken that ensure that it does not expand the surveillance of our children, but instead just ensures they don't have access to social media, which we know is absolutely in the well being of our young people. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote on SB 1283.

Thank you Senator Bauer-Kahan. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote just who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close roll tally the votes. Ayes 51, noes zero measure passes.

Ready to lift the call on item number nine. Clerk will post all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 61, noes zero on the urgency. Ayes 61, noes zero on concurrency and Senate amendments.

Moving back to Senate third reading file item 34, SB 1181 Senator Glazier by.

Mister Berman Clerk will read Senate Bill 1181 by Senator Glazer, an act relating to the Political Reform act of 1974. Mister Berman, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister Speaker. SB 1181 eases unintended compliance issues that local jurisdictions and the FPPC faced in implementing the author's previous legislation. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Berman. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 55, noes zero. Measure passes.

Moving to file item 55, SB 1108, Senator Ochoa Bogue by Assemblymember Wallace.

The Clerk will read Senate Bill 1108 by Senator Ochoa Bogh and operating the mobile home parks.

Mister Wallis, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker. I have before you today Senate Bill 1108 by Senator Rosalicia Ochoa Bogh. SB 1108 will extend the time from 60 to 90 days to cure a violation under the Mobile Home Parks Act.

This will allow vulnerable mobile home park residents additional time to receive assistance and cure violations under SB 1108 fewer Californians will face the threat of eviction. I ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Wallace. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 55, noes zero. Measure passes.

Moving to file item 56, SB 1170, Senator Menjivar by Assemblymember Pellerin.

The Clerk will read Senate Bill 1170 by Senator Menjivar and others, an act relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

Assemblymember Pellerin. You are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker and Members. I rise to present SB 1170 on behalf of Senator Menjivar. SB 1170 would allow candidates running for political office to use campaign funds for campaign related mental health care services.

More than 40% of state legislators experience threats or attacks within the past three years, and more than 18% of local office holders experience threats. The coverage provided by this Bill would be solely for mental health services that were derived from experiences that impacted a candidate during the campaign.

In order for the candidate to allocate funds for mental health care expenses, the candidate must note the underlying campaign related circumstances that had given rise to this need. This Bill has no opposition. I'm a proud co author of this pro mental health care Bill, and I respectfully ask for your I vote.

Thank you, assemblymember peloran. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The 54 vote Bill Members. All those vote who desire to vote.

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All those vote who desire to vote. Assemblymember Pellerin moves the call. Members, we're going to go to a guest introduction. Please, Members, please join me on behalf of Assemblymember Petrie-Norris in welcoming her summer intern, Kayla Hussey, wishing her the best of luck and safe travels as she returns to Oregon for her sophomore year of college.

Thank you for your service to the Assembly. Moving to file item 57, SB 1281, Senator Menjivar. By Assemblymember Addis. The Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 1281 by Senator Menjivar and others, an act relating to Developmental Services.

You are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I rise to present SB 1281 on behalf of Senator Menjivar. This Bill eliminates concerns and barriers with the self determination program. It's back on third reading, and I respectfully request your aye vote.

Thank you. So may Member Addis. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote all this vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll tally the votes. Ayes 44, noes zero. Measure passes.

Assembly Member Pellerin asks for notices lifting the call on file item 56. Clerk will post all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll tally the votes. Ayes 55, noes seven. Measure passes. Moving to file item 61. SB 1419, Senator Rubio by Assemblymember Wilson.

Then Clerk will read Senate Bill 1419 by Senator Rubio and others an act related to food and making an appropriation. Therefore, Senator Wilson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Good morning, Members. Today, I rise to present SB 1419, the Food Desert Elimination act, by Senator Susan Rubio. This critical Bill will help address food insecurity and poverty issues for our most vulnerable communities across the state.

State by establishing this statewide Fund, we will be able to draw down federal funding opportunities for grocery store operators to establish grocery stores in food deserts at a time where our constituents are struggling to pay for their food, gas and utility bills.

Now more than ever, it is imperative to ensure our underserved communities receive access to healthy food options. That is why it is important to help families who live in food deserts and establish grocery stores where they are none.

I remember being a young girl on the west side of Fresno and growing up my entire life without a major food chain in my community. And so this will help ensure that we address those type of issues in communities across our state.

We have to continue to work to ensure all Californians have access to healthy and fresh foods. With that, I thank you all and respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Wilson. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll tally the votes. Ayes 56, noes zero. Measure passes.

Member Papan is lifting the call on file item number 10. The Clerk will post all those vote. Who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 62, noes zero on the urgency.

Ayes 62, noes zero on concurrence in of Senate amendments. Moving to file item 62. Seeing one, Senator Newman by Mister Bryan.

The Clerk will read the Senate constitutional amendment won by Senator Newman and others in apparatus. Assemblymember Bryan, you are recognized.

Thank you, colleagues and Members. Sea won by Senator Newman is a Bill that places something on the 2026 ballot. A question for voters on how we should handle our recalls, our Gubernatorial recalls, specifically raising the question of whether the lieutenant Governor should step into the governor's position. It's a common sense measure.

It's a question the voters have the right to answer, deserve to answer. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Bryan. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. This is a 54 vote Bill, Members. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

Mister Bryan moves the call now to file item 64. SB 1155. Senator Hurtado, by Assembly Member Pellerin. The Clerk will read.

The Senate Bill 1155 by Senator Hurtado, an act relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

Member Pellerin, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker and Members, I rise today on behalf of Senator Hurtado to present SB 1155. SB 1155 aims to broaden the scope of lobbying restrictions by including Executive Members of state agencies and appointed officials who receive a salary.

SB 1155 addresses this issue by instituting a one year cooling off period for these officials before they can engage in lobbying activities. By creating a longer buffer period, the Bill aims to reduce conflicts of interest, promote transparency, and restore trust in the integrity of state agencies and the policymaking process. This is a political reform act. Bill.

I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Assembly Member Pellerin. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. This is a 54 vote Bill. Members. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 55, noes zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 68. Senator Ashby by Assemblymember Berman.

Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 1451 by Senator Ashby, an act relating to professions and vocations.

Mister Berman, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. SB 1451 is the annual business and professions code omnibus bill. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Berman. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 49. Noes zero. Measure passes.

Members, we are moving to file item 49, SB 399. Senator Wahab by Miss. We're not doing that. Apparently, we're now going to the supplemental file, Members. Just a moment. Okay, we are moving to concurrence in of Senate amendments on our supplemental file. But before we do that, we are going to lift the call on file item 62.

The Clerk will post. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

Okay, we're going to move the call again at the request of Mister Bryan. Okay, now we will go to the supplemental file for concurrence in of Senate amendments and I'm just going through the entire file here. If you're here, you're happy to. If not, we'll pass and we'll come back to you later.

Okay, everybody on notice for that? Eeverybody understands? I'm not bouncing around. If you're not here, you're not here. And we'll come back to you later. All right, moving to file item AB 460. Item 101, AB 460 by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 460 by Assembly Bauer-Kahan and others, an act relating to water.

Miss Bauer-Kahan.

Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members. AB 460 is back from the Senate which where it has been narrowed significantly, but is still, still important as it raises fines to ensure people do not steal water. It now has no opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 48. Noes three. Senate amendments are concurred in.

We're going to pass temporarily on file item 598. Moving to Assembly Bill 598. Item number 102. Excuse me, moving to file item 103. AB 718 by Assembly Member Ta. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 718 by Assembly Member Ta and others, an act relating to veterans.

Assembly Member Ta, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. This bill is go back for concurrent. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Ta. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the door. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 56. Noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. So, we are going to pass temporarily on file item 104. Moving to file item 105 by Assembly Member Alvarez, AB 1472.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1472 by Assembly Member Alvarez and others, an act relating to recreational vehicle parts.

Mister Alvarez, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I rise to present AB 1472. It is a district bill that would prohibit the unfair business practice known as the RV shuffle within the City of Imperial Beach City, the city I represent.

The RV shuffle involves evicting and relocating tenants from a residential RV park, usually for about 48 hours every six months. This is to prevent those tenants from gaining certain status that would provide them with substantive tenant protections.

It is a practice that's been affecting my constituents and potentially others throughout the state for the last two years. And most of these people who I had a chance to see sit with at their park are elderly or on fixed income.

We should not be evicting residents who have found a suitable shelter and are able to abide by all the other rules, including paying their monthly rent on time. The amendments taken in the Senate have limited this bill just to the City of Imperial Beach.

And this bill has been requested by the City of Imperial Beach and enjoys support from ACE San Diego and the Public Interest Law Project. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 1472.

Thank you, Mister Alvarez. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 54. Noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to lift the call once more on file item 62.

The Clerk will post. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 55. Noes 15. Measure passes. Moving back to our supplemental file. File item 107, AB 1859 by Mister Alanis.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1859 by Assembly Member Alanis, an act relating to coroners.

Mr. Alanis.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1859 is back with clarifying amendments. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Alanis. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 60, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 108 by Assembly Member Chen.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1862 by Assembly Member Chen, an act relating to limited liability partnerships.

Mister Chen, you are recognized.

I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Chen. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 58. Noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 109, AB 1871 by Mister Alanis.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1871 by Assembly Member Alanis and others, an act relating to pupil instruction.

Mr. Alanis, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Apparently I didn't talk enough on the last one. So AB 1871 is a financial literacy bill that previously passed out of both houses with zero opposition, but was since amended to avoid a chaptering out conflict. Respectfully, I ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Alanis. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote to desire to vote. All those vote to desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 55, noes zero.

Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 110, AB 1886, by Assembly Member Alvarez. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1886 by Assembly Member Alvarez and others, an act relating to land use.

Mister Alvarez, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I rise to present AB 1886. The bill has Senate amendments that dealt with chaptering out issues. And so, I thank you and respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Alvarez. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 43. Noes one. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 111, AB 1895, by Doctor Weber.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1895 by Assembly Member Weber and others, an act relating to health facilities.

Dr. Weber, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise to present the concurrence on AB 1895, which addresses the issue of maternity ward closures. Senate amendments remove the requirement that the Legislature receive hospital data and the community impact report before it goes to the public.

It also requires that the state departments to develop recommendations on how to assist the maternity board experiencing challenges and whether or not it is feasible. This bill is a Legislative Women Caucus priority. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote on concurrence for AB 1895. Thank you.

Thank you, Dr. Weber. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 55, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 112.

AB 1901, by Assembly Member Chen. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1901 by Assembly Member Chen, an act relating to vehicles.

You gotta say something.

Incredible bill. Please vote aye.

Thank you. Thank you, Mister Chen. For the record, that was a head nod, so that just doesn't. We got to have something on the record. But I do appreciate the brevity that is. That was a first. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 64. Noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 113 by Assembly Member Wendy Carillo. AB 1950 the Clerk will read.

Assembly.

Assembly Bill 1950 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, an act relating to state government.

Assembly Member Carrillo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. AB 1950 is back for concurrence. This bill acknowledges the historical housing injustice of the Palo Verde, La Loma, and Bishop communities, known today as Chavez Ravine, and takes the necessary steps needed towards truth and reconciliation.

AB 1950 passed the Senate with bipartisan support. And on a personal note, Members, this is the last bill that I will be presenting on the Assembly floor, and I'm proud that it is district focused and rooted in the fight for justice.

Thank you to my wonderful team and thank you to all of you and our Capitol community for your kindness, your friendship, and your support. I respectfully request an aye vote on AB 1950, the Chavez Ravine Accountability Act. Thank you.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 52, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 114.

AB 1954 by Assembly Member Alanis. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1954 by Assembly Member Alanis and others, an act relating to sexually violent predators.

Mr. Alanis, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1954 is back on concurrence with amendments that are technical in nature. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 64, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 115 by Assembly Member Boerner.

AB 1992. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1992 by Assembly Member Boerner, an act relating to carbon sequestration.

Good morning, Mister Speaker and Members. AB 1992 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments added inland wetlands with a three-year delayed implementation for stakeholder engagement. The bill has no opposition and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Boerner. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote to desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 44. Noes six.

Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 116, AB 2068, Assembly Member Ortega by Assembly Member Lee. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2068 by Assembly Member Ortega, an act relating to employment.

Assembly Member Lee, you are recognized.

On behalf of Assembly Member Ortega, I rise to present AB 2068. This bill would require California State agencies and departments that contract their public and customer call centers out of state to provide a full list of these contracts. Amendments made in the Senate were technical nature and result of working with the governor's office. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Lee. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 56. Noes zero. We're going to pass temporarily on file item 117.

Members, please give your respectful attention to Mr. Gabriel, who was granted prior permission to speak on an adjournment in memory.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to request that we adjourn today in the memory of my beloved uncle, William Jacob, who passed away earlier this year after a brief battle with cancer. My uncle Bill was many things. A brilliant mathematician, inspirational teacher, devoted public servant, beloved family member, and profound mensch who radiated humility and compassion.

It was obvious to all who knew him that Bill was exceptionally brilliant. Like Good Will Hunting smart. In high school, he somehow converted his VW Bug into a working electric vehicle. He earned a PhD in mathematics from Princeton, and he was an internationally recognized teacher and researcher at UCSB for more than 30 years. But Bill's brilliance was only a small part of what made him special. His real gift was his quiet inner drive to use his talent to help others. He had a strong social consciousness that he exhibited throughout his life.

Whether it was protesting the Vietnam War, fighting to strengthen public education, or working to make college more accessible to students from disadvantaged communities, Bill was firmly committed to repairing the world, what we refer to in Hebrew as tikkun olam. At UCSB, Bill made improving k-12 math education a major focus of his career.

He worked with experts from around the world, advised the California Department of Education, developed innovative new curriculum, and helped thousands of students improve their math skills. Bill's other true passion was the University of California, and he worked tirelessly throughout his career to strengthen UC.

Over the course of several decades, he served on numerous committees and as an Advisor to the Office of the President. Among other contributions, he served as Chair of the Systemwide Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools, as Chair of the Systemwide Academic Senate, and as the official faculty representative to the UC Regents.

He was deeply involved in efforts to ensure that UC would admit a diverse student body and developed a friendly working relationship with Governor Brown as he lobbied the Governor and the Legislature to invest in public higher education. Fittingly, during my last in person conversation with him, which took place at UC Davis Medical Center not far from here, he seized the opportunity to lobby me to protect funding for higher education in the state budget. Even from his hospital bed, Bill was fighting for the university he so loved.

Beyond his professional passions, Bill was an exceptionally loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. He was funny, kind, and full of positive energy. He loved discussing politics and current events, enjoyed spending time in the Sierras, and absolutely adored his wife Debbie, his sons Michael and Adam, his daughters-in-law Lauren and Judy, and his beloved grandchildren Asher, Alara, Magnolia, and Finley.

A Jew by choice, I have cherished memories of celebrating with Bill at family Shabbat dinners, Passover, Seders, Hanukkah, and Thanksgiving. He was the kind of uncle who would show up to watch a JV soccer game at 2:00 PM on a random Wednesday afternoon just to show you that he loved you and just because he wanted you to feel special.

Our entire extended family was deeply attached to Bill, and there are no words to adequately describe how profoundly we feel his absence. In short, Bill was an exceedingly rare combination. Brilliant, humble, and kind. He used his gifts to help others, and he leaves behind an incredible legacy of service to the UC system and the people of California. His memory will forever be a blessing to our family and our state, and I respectfully request that we adjourn today in his memory.

Thank you, Mr. Gabriel. Our condolences for your loss. Members, please bring the names to the desk to be printed in the journal. All requests to adjourn in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal.

Assembly Bill 2136 by Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer, an act relating to controlled substances.

Sir Jones-Sawyer, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2136 is back in the Assembly for concurrence. This bill clarifies the legality of accessing and providing drug-checking services in California. Senate amendments update the bill's immunity provision to apply a negligent standard instead of grossly negligent to control substance checking service acting in bad faith and making other technical changes.

These amendments remove law enforcement opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Jones-Sawyer. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes.

Ayes 44. Noes three. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 119, AB 2159 by Mister Maienschein.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2159 by Assembly Member Maienschein, an act relating to common interest of elements.

Mister Maienschein, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2159 is back on concurrence. Thank you, and I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Maienschein. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 59. Noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 120, AB 2182 by Mister Haney.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2182 by Assembly Member Haney, an act relating to public works.

Mister Haney, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members. AB 2182 is back for concurrence. Will help provide equitable pay for construction workers across California. Senate amendments were technical and clarifying in nature and this bill has received bipartisan support. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Haney. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 54. Noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 121, AB 2186 by Assembly Member Wallace.

The Clerk will read

Assembly Bill 2186 by Assembly Member Wallis, an act relating to vehicles.

Mister Wallis, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members. AB 2186 is back for concurrence and Senate amendments. These aren't just technical amendments, these are critically important amendments that drastically improve the bill by making me the author after the original author moved to Washington D.C. Respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Wallis. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote for Mister Fong's former bill. Ayes 59. Noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 122, AB 2240 by Doctor Arambula.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2240 by Assembly Member Arambula and others, an act relating to housing.

Dr. Arambula, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. Assembly Bill 2240 is back for concurrence. California farm workers should be treated with the dignity and respect reflective of the essential contribution they make to California's agriculture economy and to our local communities.

The amendments codify protections for farmworkers and establishes stakeholder working groups to design and implement reforms to the migratory farmworker housing program to better reflect modern farmworker populations. Assembly Bill 2240 is a collaborative agreement with stakeholders and recent amendments have removed opposition. I'd like to thank our Speaker for his allyship, as principal co-author, and for his ganas and desire to get a bill done this year. Thank you for the opportunity to present, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Dr. Arambula. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 56, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 123, AB 2308. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2308 by Assembly Member Davies and others, an act relating to protective orders.

Assembly Member Davies, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2308 is back on concurrence. I ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Davies. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 61. Noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 124, AB 2313 by Assembly Member Bennett.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2313 by Assembly Member Bennett and others, an act relating to agriculture.

Mr. Bennett, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, AB 2313, the farmworker tool sharing bill, is back for concurrence. There's no opposition to this bill. I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Bennett. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 52, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in.

Moving to file item 130, AB 2672 by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris. Clerk will read .

Assembly Bill 2672 by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris and others, an act relating to energy.

Assembly Member Petrie-Norris, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2672 is back from the Senate on concurrence. Amendments are technical and clarifying. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Petrie-Norris. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 56. Noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 131.

AB 2739 by Mister Maienschein. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2739 by Assembly Member Maienschein, an act relating to firearms.

Mister Maienschein, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2739 is back for concurrence. Senate amendments address chaptering issues. Thank you, and I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Maienschein. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally of the votes. Ayes 45. Noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to item number 132.

AB 2750 by Mister Gallagher. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2750 by Assembly Member Gallagher and others, an act relating to electricity.

Mister Gallagher, you are recognized.

Yeah. Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2750 is back on concurrence. This bill clarifies, it's a district bill, that biomass facilities located in air districts that voluntarily reclassify their ozone, or PM federal EPA classifications can still receive bioram power purchase agreement extensions.

Senate amendments clarified that this is a narrow district bill applying only to one facility, and requires the plant operator to obtain a letter from the air district with jurisdiction verifying that the area was voluntarily reclassified. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Gallagher. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 51. Noes zero. Measure. Senate amendments are concurred in.

I'm going to move back up. We're going to pass temporarily on item 2465. Moving to item... I mean item 125. Moving to item 126, AB 2467. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2467 by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan and others, an act relating to healthcare coverage.

Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized.

Members, this is a historic moment. I believe this is the first bill in the country focused on menopause care. We're going to send it to the Governor and ensure that women have access to menopause treatment as necessary. One of our colleagues might be having hot flash right now, so it seems incredibly appropriate to be adding on concurrence.

And this is important for all of us women who will go through menopause if we live long enough. But as someone who has been told by our male colleagues that they've seen the benefits in my mood of me having this treatment, I know it benefits all of us. With that, I respectfully ask for your... Whoa. Our men are taking issue with this bill. With that... Thank you, Mr. Mathis. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote on concurrence and Senate amendments.

Thank you, Ms. Bauer-Kahan. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 56, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in.

We're now moving to file item 49, SB 99, Senator Wahab by Mister Haney. The Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 399 by Senator Wahab and others, an act relating to employment.

Members, your respectful attention to Mister Haney, please.

Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members. I'm presenting SB 399 on behalf of Senator Wahab, which would implement labor protections that I think are among the most basic and common sense. SB 399 would simply prohibit employers from forcing workers to attend meetings about their own political or religious beliefs.

It does nothing to limit the free speech of employers. It simply prevents workers from being disciplined or fired if they choose not to participate in those meetings or communications. As we all know, in many workplaces, employees are at will, which means they can be fired at any time for almost any reason.

This gives employers tremendous power to pressure workers to do as they say. This measure is needed to address that power when it comes to the personal matters, such as political and religious perspectives of an employer.

These meetings are often referred to as captive audience meetings because although they are not job-related, having nothing to do with an employee's job duties. Workers are not permitted to leave or attend without facing discipline or other adverse action.

Again, we've heard a lot about this bill, but I want to underscore this, because when I first heard about what this bill would do, I was actually shocked that this is not the law already.

This bill does not limit at all what an employer can say on any topic, including their own views on religious or religion, or politics. They can hold meetings, they can hold fundraisers. They can have individual conversations if they want to with their employees.

It only says that employers cannot threaten, retaliate, or discipline workers who choose to leave those meetings that are about an employer's views on religious or political matters. The bill does not apply in the following situations. If the meeting is about information necessary to a worker's job duties.

If the employer is a public entity communicating to its employees any information related to a policy of the public entity or any law regulation that the public entity is responsible for administering.

If it is a training to comply with the employer's legal obligations, including under civil rights laws and occupational safety and health laws. If the employer is in an organization or party requiring meetings to communicate the employer's political tenants or purposes. This bill does not prevent political or religious communication from employers.

It simply protects employees, which is something I think we would all want to be forced to listen to these perspectives or participate in meetings. Employees should have the freedom at work and the protections at work to not be disciplined or fired simply because they don't want to be in a meeting that has to do with a political religious issue that has nothing to do with their job duties.

SB 399 is a national AFL CIO model bill drafted by the top labor lawyers in the country. It's been enacted by many states across the country.

The nominee for Vice President, the current Minnesota Governor, did a similar law and has been championing this law all over the country. It's important that California's workers have these same protections.

I want to also say that there is some further clarifying language, some cleanup language, and I want to thank my colleagues who have brought forward this concern to make sure that if it is a political or religious organization and the meetings have to do with their job responsibilities, that those would also be something that would be communication that is allowed and not covered by the bill.

Of course, that makes sense if you work for a political organization that is a part of your job duties, or for a public entity if it's a part of your job duties. So, this is a basic common sense labor protection. It's important that California's workers have it, just like so many states around the country. And with that, colleagues respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Haney. Assembly Member Kalra, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I rise in support of SB 399. Employers should not be able to bully, intimidate, threaten, coerce, or force employees to listen to their opinions on politics, religion, or unions. This is what this bill is about. Whether its employers busting a union drive or forcing workers to vote their way on ballot measures.

This bill is about coercion, not speech, not the form of speech. As the former labor chair, I understand the power imbalance in the workplace. It is terrifying to face employer threats and retaliations, still file a complaint, and then have to go through the process to prove your case.

As the Chair of the Judiciary Committee and author of the PAGA Reform, I want to speak to the opposition argument about litigation. Labor and business negotiated landmark reforms. Now, every employer has the right to cure almost any allegation before a lawsuit can commence. That means they would get notice of a violation and simply fix it.

There is a process in place to get that done for both small and large employers, so there's no risk of litigation under this bill for any employer willing to come into compliance. That means if they break their law. They simply have to fix the violation and they will note based litigation. With that, I respectfully ask your aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Kalra. Assembly Member McKinnor, you are recognized.

Mister Speaker, I rise in support of SB 399. Last Friday, a group of Hyatt Regency workers right across the street from the state Capitol told management that they filed for a union election. This morning, I went into the Hyatt to order coffee and show my support for these workers. Why do these workers need community support?

Because doing anything, that's not what the boss wants. It's terrifying. SB 399 is about making sure workers have the freedom to leave non-work-related political meetings without retaliation. It's about the freedom to not listen to your boss's opinions on current events or on how they want you to vote in the upcoming election without retaliation.

It's about the freedom to leave those meetings if you have the courage to do so without retaliation. For those reasons, I urge an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Assembly Member McKinnor. Assembly Member Luz Rivas, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker and colleagues. I rise in support of SB 399. A lot of the discussion of this bill has focused on unions, but this bill is broader than the issue of unionization. The issue that this bill is trying to address is the unfair power dynamics between employers and employees.

In 2019, the Royal Dutch Shell Company invited a presidential candidate to give a speech at their facility. The employers sent a memo to workers that if they did not clock in to attend the rally, would lose pay and become ineligible to receive the 16 hours of overtime pay.

We have heard stories where Amazon workers in Moreno Valley endured multiple captive audience meetings where they were told they would lose their benefits if they unionized. Google, REI, Apple stores, and many other employers have held captive audience meetings after workers began advocating for their rights on the job.

These are the most egregious examples of political captive audience meetings, but employers are getting more sophisticated with advisors to help them convince workers to vote in their interest. And more and more employers have interest in what is on the ballot as we have seen.

Captive audience meetings are designed to intimidate and bully workers, which can be terrifying for anybody, especially vulnerable workers, such as undocumented or formerly incarcerated workers who fear for their jobs, income, and their families. Under this bill, employers can still talk about politics and elections.

This bill states that employers cannot coerce or intimidate workers to participate in meetings or listen to their political interests or religious views. This bill is good for workers and it's good for our democracy. This is why it's been signed into law in eight states, Connecticut, Maine, Minnesota, New York, Washington, Illinois, Hawaii, and Oregon.

California needs to continue to protect workers' and employers' right to free speech. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Assembly Member Rivas. Assembly Member Reyes, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members. I too rise in support of SB 399. Workers go to work to do a job. They should not be subjected to mandatory meetings about their boss's political or religious views. Everyone has a right to their own belief system.

If the employer wants to share those beliefs at the work site, that's fine, but no one should be coerced to listen. This bill protects the right of a worker to choose not to participate in a meeting about the employer's religion or politics.

There are numerous exemptions to cover all the times where a worker should not be permitted to leave, such as where the information is related to their job or mandated by law or for safety reasons. There are exemptions for mission-based organizations and political parties.

Outside of those circumstances, a worker should be free to simply return to their work. I don't view this as a controversial idea. Workers have come to the Capitol to share stories about what it's like to endure captive audience meetings. They said that they fear that if they speak up, they will be fired.

This bill does not prevent those meetings, but it protects a worker who chooses not to participate. Members, I urge you to stand with California workers and vote yes on SB 399.

Thank you, Assembly Member Reyes. Member Bennett, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, I urge an aye vote on SB 399. I have spent considerable time in the last couple of weeks trying to address issues raised by people concerned about some of the language in the bill.

I think it is, from my investigation of this, I think it's very clear that the power dynamics that are out there in the marketplace suggest a need for this bill strongly and the issues that have been raised, it's to me very clear that the authors have made a good faith effort to try to address those and put those modifications into the language.

I strongly urge an aye vote to give workers this fundamental protection. Thank you.

Thank you, Mister Bennett. Mister Santiago, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. And I wanted to rise and talk about this bill, and it's for a lot of personal reasons too. The core value of this bill basically says that you can't force an employee to sit down and listen to dogma. And let's talk about that for a second, because it does have a huge impact.

And by the way, this cuts both ways. Whether you're on one side of the aisle or the other side of the aisle, you wouldn't want it happen. You wouldn't want it to happen either. So be careful about how you vote on this. But let's be real about this.

If we're talking about workers, and in some cases, immigrant workers, to bring everybody in and to tell them where you stand and to force your belief system is by definition intimidation. There's no other way to sugarcoat it. And I've had family who's been through this.

If you bring in workers and you tell them just how bad a union is, just what would happen if a union happened to come on the premises and to instill your belief system, well, what do you think is going to happen?

You are bullying, you are intimidating, and there is no way to sugarcoat that, because by default you are basically saying if you don't get with the program, we're going to fire you. But let's talk about religious beliefs. Do you want an employer to bring in a worker and instill on people a religious belief? Of course not.

Or a political party? No way. Shouldn't happen. And this bill is pretty simple. The bill doesn't even say that you can't do it. You can do it; you just can't take retaliation and force a worker to be there if that conversation is happening.

Now before I graduated from college, I took a job at a local lumberyard, and periodically they would bring in workers and go through what you do and you don't do in policies and forklifts, etcetera. That would still be legit by the way.

The bill still makes it permissible to have those kind of policy meetings, those kinds of actions, those kind of things that you talk about. If you're running a business doesn't exempt that by the way, folks. That still happens.

And I'm going to repeat it one more time for everybody who's kind of had misinformation about this. It also doesn't stop an employer, from what I read, read it, that continue to do the kind of meetings that I wish wouldn't happen, which is on political beliefs or their belief systems about whatever. All it says is very simple.

Now remember, this cuts both ways. It's very simple. You can't retaliate, you can't take it out on a worker if they decide not to go. So, I know there's a lot of conversation about this, but think about it. For those who are not going to vote on this, you feel very strongly about your belief system.

Do you want, you're an employer, to bring workers in and force them to listen to the opposite of what you believe in? How would you feel? This is why we have the best country on earth, because we're free. You can make a decision that is best for you.

I believe in God, but I wouldn't want an employer to bring everybody in and instill it on him. This is very simple and it's about the fairness of being a human being and being able to choose for yourself. It's not a, it's not the kind of fight that some have been making this out to be. Very simple.

Freedom to choose to be there, freedom to have dignity and not instill doctrine on anyone. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Santiago. Mister Haney, would you like to close?

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I want to thank all of my colleagues who spoke in support of this. As they said, this should not be controversial. This is a basic labor protection that all employees in California deserve, and on behalf of Senator Wahab, respectfully ask for your aye vote.

And with that, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Yep. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 42. Noes 16. Measure passes.

Members, we're moving back to Senate third reading. File item 65, SB 59, Senator Skinner by Assembly Member Irwin. The Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 59 by Senator Skinner and others, an act relating to transportation electrification.

Assembly Member Irwin, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Electric vehicles have powerful batteries, which are important assets that can power more than just the vehicle. The energy in these batteries also can power homes and buildings if they are equipped with bidirectional capability, which allows energy to flow to and from the battery.

Equipping EVs with the capability for bidirectional charging allows EVs to power homes and other facilities when the electricity demand is at its peak and prices are high. With bidirectional charging, EVs have the potential to help support the grid and help slash energy bills for EV owners.

SB 59 is not a mandate and does not require EV manufacturers to act, nor does it require our state agencies to act. What SB 59 does is give our agencies a green light to analyze the potential benefits of EVs with bidirectional charging capability and, only if warranted, require EVs to be equipped with that capability. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Irwin. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote. Members, come back to the floor, please. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 45, noes 13. Measure passes. Members, we will recess for committee hearings and lunch now. Please listen up.

Members will be allowed to leave, but do not go far. We plan to reconvene promptly at 1:44 PM. Committees will meet that will meet during the break are Insurance in Room 444, Judiciary in Room 126. Members, please be back on the floor to commence business on the file. We will pick up Senate concurrence at that time. If you're not here, we will pass by you and put you at the back of the line. So you want your bill out on concurrence? Be on the floor at 1:44. House sounds and... House stands in recess. The committee hearings are happening immediately upon recess.

Members, our recess is over. Please make your way back to the chamber so we can begin our concurrence in of Senate amendments. Thank you to the five Members that made it here on time.

Members, please come back to the floor. Our session reconvened four minutes ago. Attendance is pretty sparse.

Moving to concurrence in of Senate amendments.

File item 128, AB 2580 by Assembly Member Wicks. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2580 by Assembly Wicks and others, an act related historical resources.

Assembly Member Wicks, you are recognized.

We don't have.

There we go. Thank you, Mister speaker, and Members of this illustrious body who are finishing their lunch and returning to the floor. I rise today to present AB 2580 which requires local governments to list all new historic designations in their annual progress report to the Department of Housing and Community Development.

Senate amendments address chaptering issues, including moving some elements of the bill into AB 3093, which passed yesterday. This bill, AB 2580 passed the Senate yesterday with 38 votes, so received a lot of bipartisan support. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Wicks. Assembly Member Wilson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I'd like to thank my colleague for this important bill. I rise in support of AB 2580 and I encourage all of the Members of the Assembly to come to the floor and vote on this important and historic bill. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Wilson. Assembly Member Davies.

Mister Speaker, I too stand in aye with this bill and I ask that we have all Members come to the floor and be respectful to all of the others. Thank you.

Thank you Assembly Member Davies. Mister Reggie Jones-Sawyer.

I'm here.

God bless you for that, Mister Jones-Sawyer. Part of the on-time caucus. Mister Flora, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I'm proud to stand in support of AB 2580 and just wish all of our colleagues would come back to the floor so we could get to work.

Thank you, Mister Flora. Mister Santiago, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I stand in support of the bill. I would ask all our colleagues to come to the floor to do the people's business.

Thank you, Mister Santiago. Miss Pellerin.

Hello? Where is everybody? And I'm ready to take up my bill next. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Miss Pellerin. Mister McCarty, you are recognized.

Thank you. This is, I think, the most consequential measure that our esteemed Assembly Member from Oakland Hills Piedmont the flats has authored. I have no idea what the bill does, but I trust her, trust her leadership on the behalf of the people of California, her 500,000 residents.

Som I'm going to keep stretching it out, so you get your votes here. I could read the bill if you would like. Pretty short. Okay. Yes.

Thank you, Mister McCarty. Mister Valencia, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. Appreciate the opportunity to say a few words on behalf of this bill.

Happy to stand in support and I think at least as far as I can tell, this is the bill where most Members have gotten up and spoken about it on the floor since I've been a Member, as a new Member, so new experience. Happy to see the tenacious appointment support for this bill.

Thank you. Mister Lackey, you are recognized.

Yeah, it's always a great pleasure to stand and support a worthy bill, but more importantly, to encourage people to do what they're elected to do, and that's come and vote. It's amazing that we're running late, and we have so few people here, but I hope that you'll have your conscience impacted and you'll come here. Thank you.

Thank you, Mister, Mister Lackey. Mister Ta, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I think that this bill really important for everyone who live in California and we here to wait for other Members to be on the floor so we can vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Mister Ta. Mister Grayson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I'm delighted to be able to stand up and support of AB 2580 and would love to do so with all my colleagues if they would show up to vote.

Thank you, Mister Grayson. Assembly Member Rubio, you are recognized.

Yes, thank you. For those of the folks that were on the on-time caucus, we are desperately waiting for new Members to join the caucus. So, please get over here so we can vote.

Mister Rodriguez, you are. Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, did, you weren't done. I'm sorry.

I was not done. I have chocolate to offer to folks if they come quickly. We have Halloween candy. Thank you.

Halloween candy in August. Gotta love that. Mister Rodriguez.

Yes. I also rise in support of AB 2580 thanks to the Member who brought this bill forward and also want to align my comments with my colleagues as well. So, hopefully, we can get everybody out here onto the floor to support AB 2580. Thank you very much.

Mister Haney, you are recognized.

Well, I couldn't let AB 2580 go by without saying something about this important, important Bill. I'm sure it has something to do with housing, considering who the author is. But I most importantly want to speak to the sushi lovers out there if you're watching.

This is a bill that if you can please wrap up that sushi and get in here. Sometimes people ask what the whip does. And don't make me come back there. That's all I got to say. Get out here. We want to get business done. And there's nothing more important than passing this important bill, AB 2580. Come vote.

Mister Patterson, you are recognized.

Yeah, I stand with my colleagues here as well in support of AB 2580. And for those of you who will come to the floor very quickly, I have a couple of shots of Jameson for you.

Rewind, rewind, rewind. Assembly Member Nguyen, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I too rise in support of AB 2580. Also to show that I'm here on time and was wondering if maybe we could just start calling out Members that are not here.

I appreciate the comments, but I think we'll pass on that. But thank you. Assembly Member Carrillo, you are recognized.

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Thank you, Miss Carrillo. Mister Wallis.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. Members, I just want to make an announcement that over the lunch break, the wa caucus met and we've added AB 2580 to the wa caucus priority list. So, respectfully request an aye vote on this measure.

Well, well done. Well done. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assembly Member Wicks, would you like to close?

I just want to thank everyone for this riveting debate on AB 2580. The widespread support and also proving to the world that we have mics. We are not afraid to use them, including calling our own colleagues out and getting them to come back to the floor. With that, respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Assembly Member Wicks. And with that, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Oh my. Are we going to have to put this on call after all of this? Really? All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who. Oh my goodness. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. By the bare minimum, the bill Senate amendments are concurred in. Miss Pellerin has the next item. 134, AB 2839. It's a two-thirds majority vote.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2839 by Assembly Member Pellerin and others, an act relating to elections and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

Assembly Member Pellerin, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. AB 2839 is back for concurrence, just like I'd like our Assembly Member colleagues to be back on the floor to cast a vote for this measure. We've worked with the governor's office on Senate amendments that require deepfake parity material to be labeled as being digitally manipulated for those purposes, and limit liability for damages for tech and media companies. Additionally, recent amendments add an urgency clause - that was a great idea - so the bill can take effect before the November 5, 2024 general election. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Pellerin. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. This is a 54 vote bill, Members. Yes. Thank you. 54 votes, Members. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Assembly Member Pellerin moves the call. Going back and file order to AB 2807, which is item 133 by Assembly Member Villapudua.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2807 by Assembly Villapudua, an act relating to vehicles.

Mr. Villapudua, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 2807 is back on concurrence. This bill will improve public safety by further defining sideshows related activities. This is a bipartisan bill. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Villapudua. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 44, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 135, AB 3064, excuse me, by Mr. Maienschein.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 3064 by Assembly Member Maienschein, an act relating to firearms.

Mister Maienschein, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Chair. AB 3064 is back on concurrence. I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Maienschein. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote to desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 42. Noes 12. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 136, AB 3123 by Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 3123 by Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer. an act relating to transportation.

Mister Jones-Sawyer, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker. AB 3123 is back in the Assembly for concurrence. This Bill aligns the LA Metro Board with most recent ethics standards California has set in place in the Levine Act. Senate amendments strengthen conflict of interest protections by prohibiting MTA board Members or employees from accepting compensation from an MTA contractor within 12 months after being involved in a relevant MTA procurement decision and make other clarifying changes. Members, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you Mister Jones-Sawyer. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes, 42. Noes, 11. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 137, AB 3160 by Assemblymember Gabriel.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 3160 by Assemblymember Gabriel and others. An act relating to taxation, take effect immediately, tax levy.

Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized.

Thank you very much Mister Speaker. AB 3160 is back on concurrence. This Bill would preserve our low income housing tax credits. Amendments taken in the Senate are technical in nature and deal with chaptering out issues. This Bill has received bipartisan support and has no known opposition. Respectfully request your concurrence vote on AB 3160.

Thank you Mister Gabriel. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes.

Ayes, 50. Noes, zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Moving to file item 117, AB 2088 by Mister McCarty. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2088 by Assemblymember McCarty. An act relating to classified employees.

Mister McCarty, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. This is our measure back on concurrence. Ensuring that classified part time employees have better than even shot of applying for and receiving employment the local school district for additional employment. Respectfully ask your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Mister McCarty. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Mister McCarty moves the call.

I'm going to entertain a vote change and then we will go to another item.

Arambula SB 1451. Aye to no. Not voting.

Vote change. Assemblymember Arambula. AB 1451, aye. Correction, SB 1451. Aye not voting.

We're going to move back to concurrence and Senate amendments. Item 129. AB 2666 by Assemblymember Boerner. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2666 by Assemblymember Boerner. An act relating to public utilities.

Assemblymember Boerner, you are recognized.

Good afternoon, Mister Speaker and Members. AB 2666 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments align the Bill more closely with the general rate case process, which moved the IOUS to a neutral position. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Assemblymember. Thank you, Assembly Member Boerner. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will -wait. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes, 43. Noes, two. Senate amendments are concurred in. We can entertain additional vote changes if you wish, but you'll need to come up here to do it.

Yeah. Patterson. AB 2839. From aye to no.

Vote change. Assemblymember Jim Patterson. Assembly Bill 2839. Aye to no.

Davies. Vote change. AB 460. No to aye.

Vote change. Assemblymember Davies. Assembly Bill 460. No to aye.

Rodriguez. Vote change. AB 2136. From aye to not voting.

Vote change. Assemblymember Rodriguez. Assembly Bill 2136. Aye to not voting.

Members, we will now recognize Assemblymember Santiago as a continuation of our departing Member ceremony. Assemblymember Wicks, you are recognized for delivering marks in tribute to Assemblymember Santiago.

Ooh. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. So, Mister Santiago, I think we know him as many things, public servant, skilled Legislator. And I'll talk more about what I think is his defining legacy in that regard. In a second, devoted dad. Anyone who has spent time with Miguel and his family knows how much his children are his everything.

Like so many of us. Wonderful husband and a former staffer, which I think many other people in the building I think can appreciate. When you have a former staffer working in the building, things are easier. Members are kinder, they understand the long game, the relationship dynamics, all of those things that I think are really important.

But one thing Miguel Santiago is not is a good seat mate. Now, I know this is a tribute, but it might also be a little bit of a roast. So. So Miguel and I shared a seat over where Mister Ward and Miss Reyes are sitting now for two years, and for the general public and those of you that don't know, we are allowed to have our colleagues vote for us.

If we have to step outside in the portico and take a phone call, we have to run to the restroom. We're going to go grab some water and we say, oh, I'm up on this. Please vote for me. Miguel Santiago is so concerned about even an impropriety of any amount of miss voting that he will not do this. And it can be something as simple as, it's a women's history month resolution. Miguel, I have to run to the restroom. Can you vote for me?

The most non controversial thing that of course, I am going to be voting for, and I'm on my own. But having said that, there are many great things that we know and love Mister Santiago for. And I will say, I think one of the most important contributions that he has given, not just to this body, but to the State of California and really to working class people. And Miguel is all about the outcome.

Many of us do lots of bills, lots of press release, lots of tweets, but Mister Santiago is about the outcome. And one of the most important things that I think he has achieved is his steadfast mission and desire to make sure that every family, regardless of income, has access to quality higher education and particularly the work that he has done in our community college system.

And his vision for a broader system where CSU and UC and community colleges across the board shall be free to everyone who wants that opportunity. And I think this is particularly important. For me, you know, I think many of you know, I grew up in a trailer. I don't come from a lot. I had very working class roots. You know, my mom, when I was little, she was a stay at home mom, and she decided to go to community college when I was in school. And I watched her go to community college and go to Sac State and get a degree.

The first person in her family, my brother and I, also went to community college. And for us, that was a really important rung on the ladder up to a middle class life. And I think of the work of what Miguel has done and the impact that will have for the eight year old Buffy Wicks of the world out there, right, who don't come from a lot, who don't have access to resources, and the fact that directly, because of the work that he has done in this Legislature, those young people will have the ability to go to community college for free.

And so when we think about the work that we do here, in this body, you know, now I'm sort of legislatively middle aged, right. I've been here six years. I'm starting to understand a lot of this. And I'm starting to think about what are the things that we want to be known for? How are we going to have spent our time here? And particularly for someone like Mister Santiago, who in the time he has been here, has been raising young children, and as a mom who makes the same sacrifice all the time to be up here, he is here literally away from his family.

He is away from his children during the week, seven months out of the year in those situations. And for someone like him, he's got to ask himself, is it worth it? Is it worth it? Because the sacrifice is so great. And I think we can honestly say when we look at what he has achieved in this state and what that means for so many working class families around this state for generations to come, my hope, and I believe, is that he knows that his work has been worth it, that his work will have a demonstrated positive impact and that he was able to notch another rung on that ladder and put another rung on that ladder so that so many working class families can achieve for a better life.

And that is a direct result because of the work of what Mister Santiago has done. So thank you, Miguel, for everything you have done. Thank you to your family for the great sacrifice of allowing him to be here. Because the parents here know how hard that is and that is real. But I will say it has been worth it. So thank you.

Mister Zbur. You are recognized for remarks in tribute to Assemblymember Santiago.

So I had the great honor and privilege of meeting Miguel when I was at Equality California. And I didn't know him very well. I knew Mark Gonzalez, who was his District Director, and had heard all these wonderful things about Miguel. And, you know, you can always tell a little bit about an elected official by really how their staff talks about them.

And of course, Mark and, you know, Miguel's entire staff just idolized him, understood, sort of just how committed he is to public service, how committed he is to lifting up working families, how committed he is to social justice, all of those things. So I'd heard a lot about Miguel, but I didn't know him very well.

And my, and it was really a great privilege occurred when Dolores Huerta asked me while I was at Equality California, to really engage with the Latino Caucus and work hard on whipping votes for ACA 5, which later became Prop 16, and Miguel was sort of the floor whip and during a period of time of almost, I think, two or three weeks, Miguel and I talked on the phone almost every day about where the votes were, and he was giving me assignments for legislators that we had strong relationships at Equality California that were sort of on the fence on this.

And so it was something that. It was a great honor for me, really, I think, to demonstrate that Equality California had a mission that was as broad as it was, but it was also a great honor to sort of see the commitment that Miguel had in getting that over the line. And he was a big part of what happened with ACA 5 that year, which would have, had it passed, legalized affirmative action in California. And, you know, and it was just a really a heavy lift that cycle. After that also had the privilege of, and just shows you that Miguel's.

When you talk about social justice, his. His vision is wide and broad. And even though I think, you know, there's LGBTQ people in every district, as we know, we're everywhere. But Miguel decided to take up the very, very hard challenge of creating the first in the nation Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund .

And it's the first time we actually had someone who took on working with the diverse views in the transgender community across the entire State of California. And I got to tell you, those are that folks in that, the leadership of that, are committed advocates with very different views, a lot of different needs. And the work of doing that, I can tell you, was like having 10 Bills that cycle. And Miguel did that and really accomplished a lot in, you know. And what did that mean?

It meant that transgender people who are at the low end of every single measure of health and well being, high rates of violence in their communities, high rates of homelessness, low rates of health insurance coverage, high rates of smoking, high rates of all. Every single measure, transgender people are at the bottom of those lists.

And for the first time, California put together a fund that really focused on the needs of the transgender community. And it was Miguel who led that effort. And I think it took several years, and he was responsible for not only leading the nation, but improving the lives of people in our community that have been neglected for years and years and years.

On top of that, we all know about, you know, about what he's done to secure free community college, opening the doors of college education to millions of Californians. He led on the environmental front, led the heroic effort to clean up the toxic contamination in immigrant and working class communities from the Exide Technologies cleanup.

And, of course, I think he's just known in the community as one of the strongest Members of our body in standing up for the rights and the working conditions of working Californians in the State of California. And I have looked to Miguel as a mentor here, as someone who's helped me really navigate this process in a way that I think that I really, really, really valued. And so anyone that knows Miguel, he is just a wonderful, warm friend.

I mean, the kind you can sort of see the heart that he has in his kids and his. And his wife and the way he is so devoted to his beautiful family. But he extends that, and he's made all of us part of his family as well. Just a decent, kind, good man. I can't wait to see what the next chapter is going to be in your life. And on behalf of all of us, I just want to thank you for your sacrifice to the State of California, contributions here in this body, and for being a friend to so many of us. Thank you.

Thank you. Mister Zbur. Mister Santiago, you are recognized.

Thank you. You kind of think you're prepared, but then you realize when you lift up this mic that you're really not prepared. I first want to thank Miss Wicks. I'm taking a point of personal privilege to say names. It means a lot to me that you said that. It does. And I know the many stories that we've shared, and even though I wasn't the best seat mate, you're right.

Or that I was never at my desk, or my dirty little secret that I actually like flavored soda, that I can't tell my wife because I told her that that was nonsense to drink, and now I drink it here. So I'm confessing. But I couldn't tell her that at home because I missed a big deal about that's not being real water. And I drink it here. So, yeah, there it goes. And mister Zbur, who I've known for a long time.

Actually, it was just a little bit before I got elected and I was green and some might still call me greenhouse. But I remember all our conversations about the challenges in the LGBTQ+ community and environmental justice issues. And I'll never forget the kind of heart and compassion you drive everything towards and for everybody else I've served with here, current and past. I love you guys and gals. I mean, that's the bottom line. I do.

I mean, when I walk in here and I see everybody, it's like my heart fills up with joy and, you know, there's this feeling of love that, wow, I can't believe I'm here. I really can't. I was listening to my colleague from Sacramento's story the other day. I thought to myself, wow, to think that a guy that was a couple of blocks away from the capital never visited the capitol and made me kind of reflect on my life. I mean, I kind of pinch myself sometimes when you walk in the building because kids from neighborhoods that I grew up in couldn't be here. Statistically.

We didn't talk about college, not because we didn't want to, but because it just wasn't something that happened. You know, my parents came here from Mexico, not a very emotional guy, but today I am. And when I look at my kid, he's 11 years old, and my dad came here just a few years after that to send money home so people can eat. That's why they came here, so his family can eat. Years later, he came and they had me.

So I take great offense when people take shot at anchor babies and, hey, how's this one for you? So it's personal for me, it is. And then later on came back, you know, and had my brother. And so for me to be here when, yeah, my parents weren't documented, so I take great offense to the language that is used here sometimes, but at the same time, great joy and proud that there are people here who are willing to stand up for people like my family who came here and didn't have anything but a backpack.

And I watched my mom get up every morning and when she can find a job, she cleaned homes. And my dad was a janitor. Should be no surprise why I vote on the things that I vote on and why I fight for the things that I fight here. And when there wasn't work, you'd go to the corner and find work, see some of you guys nodding because you had the same experiences. But those struggles are real. And so for me, sometimes when I thought, shoot, the ability to - God, I'm in a building like this. And then I wasn't too.

Wasn't the best student in high school, that's for sure. But then made it to community college, and I'll tell you, it saved my life or turned it around. That's why I feel so passionate about it. I mean, the opportunity gave me an opportunity. I ended up at UCLA, had not been for a community college. And quite frankly, I always tell everybody, if I'd not been for a community college, I don't know where I'd be today. I really don't. And I hate to think about where I might have been.

And a teacher took a shot at me as a community college instructor, took a shot at me and brought me in to get tutoring, brought me in to get counseling, brought me in to take the right sort of classes as a community college teacher. For anybody who's a teacher, bless your soul, the impact you have on students is far beyond what you'll ever understand or know or even hear back from. And that got me into UCLA, and I take a little bit of time on my story, but it's like sometimes you share with people, sometimes you don't.

And I never thought I'd be in the Legislature, to be honest with you. But when 187 came up and Prop 209, I knew that the people who were making those laws didn't understand, couldn't understand or didn't care. I took that very personal, and I decided that one day I would change those laws and I'd come up here and fight with everything that I got. I didn't know it would be the Legislature. I thought it would be, you know, I thought it'd be something else. And then I ended up here.

So, for me, it's a blessing to just walk into here every single day and think about what my life could have been like had it not been for a community college and a teacher. Every single day. I say my blessings. Thank God. I can't believe that, you know, I got lucky. I got lucky. I did. And. But I do want to thank everybody here. I didn't think I'd get emotional, but I did, because I know the struggles that everybody here goes through.

I know the different challenges that everybody has, and people who fly up here, work here. I know that it's not easy when you're getting pushed on every single advocacy side. I just want to say I love you all, because I understand and just keep going for it. Keep fighting like hell for the things you believe in. I can always respect that, whether you agree with me or not, or whether you agree with your colleagues or not. It's what this business is all about.

And I want to thank my team. There's a little bit list. I was looking for it, but we've had a couple people come in and out of the capitol, a couple of people in a district office. I first want to thank my Chief of Staff, Jaspreet Joel, who's been with me for 10 years. Been an incredible partner up here. Brad, Clarissa, Priyanka, Aaron, Calla, Sabrina, Marilyn, Stephanie, Tom, Jackie, Deborah, Katie, Luis, Edmond, Emilio, Brandon, Eric, and Carla.

Yeah, two different committees. That's a lot of Committee staff, too. Everybody's thinking, zero, no. My district staff, my District Director, Mark Gonzalez, who's worked for me one way or another since 2006 or 2007, there's a debate on that. But I think he's wrong. Susanna, Alec, Eric, Crystal, Wendy, Nina and Vicki on my district team. And I also just want to thank my family, really, the most importantly, my beautiful wife.

I love you and thank you for supporting me. Thank you. Even when I got hard, Brielle, my daughter, who you guys would remember in my second term, was this small and would go everywhere with me. She didn't have a choice of. She just came with me no matter what. And my big boy, Ethan, I call him Ethan mania at home. He's kind of a force. And I just want to tell you guys I love you. And thank you, everybody, for giving me the opportunity to say a few words.

Because, you know, not too long from now, I won't be speaking in the chamber anymore. To just my family. I love you guys in a way that you couldn't imagine, in a way that you couldn't understand. And I'll be forever indebted and grateful that you gave me the opportunity to serve. I love you.

My parents were listening somewhere. Hi, mom. Hi, Pa. ¿Cómo están?. And my in law, who's in the back, who I really could never done this without. Yeah, that's exactly who I was saying right now. My mother, he's like, what about Coco? My mother in law, who. Her name's Coco. Who I tell everybody I couldn't do without her. She picks up the kids, drives the kids, do this. All, my God, I could not do what I'm doing. All right, I'm going long with it, but here's what I want to say. Thank you.

Thank you very much for allowing me to do this. And Madam majority leader, Mister Wood, for allowing me to do this today. And Mister Speaker's not here. And everybody else. Who's Mister Speaker, I didn't know if I started that or not. Who's not here today? And I love you guys. I'm gonna miss this place, but I'll still be involved. What the heck, you know? It's not a goodbye. It's more of a, I'll see you later.

Right, te wacho. You know, you guys know, like, you could take the. You could take the boy out of the hood, but you can't take the hood out of the boy. That's not gonna go. And look, I mean, keep fighting for the things that you believe in with everything you've got. There's some good stuff we can do. And I'll just leave you. Hey, when we fight, we win.

Thank you, Mister Santiago. We love you too.

Madam Majority leader, you are recognized for your motion.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I request unanimous consent to suspend joint rule 62 a. Yeah, the file notice requirement to allow the following Committee to meet to allow the local government Committee to hear AB 892 Bains AB 2922 Garcia and AB 3259, Wilson. Today, August 30, upon call of the chair in room 444, without objection, such.

Shall be the order. We are now going to lift the call on file item 134. Clerk will post all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. This is a 54 vote bill. Members. All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 54, on the noes, 8 on the urgency. Ayes, 54. Nos, 8 On concurrency and of Senate amendments. Members, we're going to be moving back in file to file item number 12.

AB 1122 by Doctor Bains. The clerk will read.

Assignment Bill 1122 Assembly Member Bains and others, and after lane to vessels.

Doctor Bains, you are recognized.

Thank you, speaker and Members. AB 1122 ensures that safety concerns raised by the US Coast Guard as well as economic concerns raised by our labor unions do not continue to be ignored by the California Air Resources Board.

This bill is narrowly tailored to both attain air quality improvements as well as protect the health and welfare of our maritime workforce. I respectfully ask for aye vote.

Thank you, Doctor Baines. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the door. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes, 55. No's, 0. Senate amendments are concurred in the moving to file item 63.

Senate third reading SB 552, Senator Newman by Doctor Bains the Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 552 by Senator Newman and others an accolade to public safety.

Doctor Bains, you are recognized.

Thank you, speaker. Members. SB 552 by Senator Newman provides technical cleanup to the 2017 revision of the California Swimming Pool Safety act, which Senator Newman also carried. The act expanded and enhanced pool safety by increasing the number of required safety features and requiring disclosure of those features to new homebuyers.

Unfortunately, the original bill has frequently been misinterpreted and inadvertently allows safety devices to be installed or combined in ways that do not create the overlapping fail safe provisions. The measures sought to ensure SB 552 addresses these issues by clarifying legislative intent and closing the two step safety device loophole.

Thank you and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Doctor Bains. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Aye's 56. No, 0. Measure passes.

Moving to file item 74, SB 819, Senator Eggman by Mister Flora. The Clerk will.

Read Senate Bill 819 by Senator Eggman an accolade to Medi Cal.

Mister Flora, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Proud to present SB 819 for Senator Eggman and respectfully ask for aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Flora. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes, 51. Nos, 0. Measure passes.

Going to move back to file item number 40, SB 11. No, we're not going to do that yet. We're going to. Let's hold off on that.

Moving to file item 27, SB 1103, Senator Menjivar by Assembly Member Lee. The Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 1103 by Senator Menjivar an accolade to tenancy.

Assembly Member Lee, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker and colleagues. I rise present SB 1103 on behalf of my colleague, Senator Caroline Menjivar. Across California, small community serving businesses and nonprofits are being displaced and going out of business at an alarming rate. Inaccessible commercial leasing is a major culprit in this wave of small business displacement.

Unclear and unfair lease terms, as well as exorbitant added fees make it extremely difficult to finance in a commercial space. This bill is intended to remove some of those obstacles. The author has worked extensively with stakeholders, taking many amendments so that the bill now focuses on only the smallest and most vulnerable commercial tenants.

By defining qualified commercial tenant as a tenant of commercial real property that is a micro enterprise, five or less employees and lacks sufficient access to loans, equity, or other financial capital. A restaurant with fewer than 10 employees, or nonprofit organization with fewer than 20 employees.

It requires a tenant to annually notify the landlord that they are a qualified commercial tenant under the law. Throughout self through self attestation requires landlords to translate a qualified commercial tenant's lease contract if negotiated. Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese or Korean puts common sense parameters on how building operating costs are to be charged.

Prohibits the landlord from collecting any building operating costs from a qualified commercial tenant until supporting documentation or reasonable estimate is provided. This bill does not limit commercial rents or impose any form of commercial rent control. Nor does it impose any change of requirements other than contracts or financial documents.

It only affects a very small subset of commercial leases. This bill will protect small community serving businesses and nonprofits by establishing reasonable and common sense commercial leasing protections. And I respectfully ask your aye vote. Thank you, Mister Lee.

Seen in hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Mister Lee moves the call. Moving to file item 40, SB 1120, Senator Becker by Assembly Member Reyes.

The Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 1120 by Senator Becker and others and act relating to healthcare coverage.

So may Member Reyes, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, I rise today to present SB 1120, the Physicians make decisions act. This bill mandates physician oversight when automated decision tools are used to determine healthcare providers requests for medical services. In recent years, health insurance plans have increasingly relied on these automated tools to process claims and prior authorization requests.

Given the multiple class action lawsuits recently filed against major health plans for failing to approve necessary care, we have significant reason to be concerned about the accuracy and fairness of these tools. SB.

Members.

SB 1120 addresses these concerns by requiring greater physician oversight, ensuring that patients rights are protected and their healthcare needs are met fairly and accurately. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Assembly Member Reyes. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote to desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes, 16. No, 0. Send an amendment. I'm sorry. Measure passes.

Mister McCarty moves to lift the call on file item 117. The Clerk will post all those vote. Who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 46 Nos. 13. Senate amendments are concurred in moving to file item 127. AB 2484 by Assembly Member Bryan.

Clerk will read.

Assigned Bill 2484 by Assembly Bryan an accolade to courts.

Mister Bryan, you are recognized.

Thank you colleagues. AB 2484 is back on concurrence. This is an incredible bill for foster youth. I respectfully ask your aye vote.

Thank you, Mister Bryan. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye, 66. No, 0. Senate amendments are concurred in Members. We are moving to file item 72, SB 572. Senator Smallwood-Cuevas by what we never mind. We can entertain vote changes up here. Anybody?

Reyes vote change on AB 96 change from aye to not voting vote change.

Assembly Member Reyes Assembly Bill 96 aye to not voting.

Irwin vote change AB 1886 aye to not voting.

Vote change Assembly Member Irwin Assembly Bill 1886 aye to not voting.

AB 1122 aye to not voting

Vote change Assemblymember Hart Assembly Bill 1122 aye to not voting

Reyes vote change AB 1296 from aye to not voting

Vote change Assemblymember Reyes Assembly Bill 1296 aye to not voting

Brief recess on call. We are back in session from our short recess.

We're going to lift the call on item 27. The Clerk will post all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote vote all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

Close the roll tally the votes ayes 42, noes 16 measure passes Members we will take a brief recess under call for the local government Committee to meet. Members will not be able to leave the floor area except to attend the Local Government Committee hearing, which will be held now in room 444. The house stands in brief recess under call for the local government Committee hearing in room 444.

Members, if you can make your way back to the floor, we're going to reconvene in just a couple of minutes. So Members, please make your way back to the floor. Members, we are moving to supplemental file two concurrence in of Senate amendments. We're going to need some authors to be at their desk.

We're going to pass temporarily on file item 201. Move to file item 202, AB 1038 by Assembly Member Mike Fong. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1038. By Assembly Member Mike Fong and others an accolade to surplus residential property and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Mister Fong, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker and Members. Assembly Bill 1038 is a district bill. In 2018, a decision was made to abandon the completion of the 710 freeway in the LA area. As a result, all the homes purchased by Caltrans to make way for the freeway became surplus property.

Under current law, separate processes are established for the disposal of the properties. Assembly Bill 138 revises the process for the City of South Pasadena by consolidating how they dispose of historic and non historic homes into one process.

With the proceeds from the sale of the properties, the city will develop or acquire affordable housing for very Low, Low and moderate income households at a ratio of three units for every unit acquired from Caltrans. Without this bill, the properties will go to auction and we'll lose the opportunity to increase our affordable housing stock.

The language in this Bbill has been vetted by Caltrans, the Department of Housing and Community Development and the governor's office. I certainly asked for an aye vote on concurrence.

Thank you assailant Member Fong. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. This is a 54 vote bill. Members, all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes, 57. No, 0. On the urgency. Ayes, 57. No, 0. On concurrency and of Senate amendments.

Members, pursuant to Assembly rule 77.2, I am referring item 207, AB 2496 to the Human Services Committee. We are now moving to item 203, AB 1239 by Assembly Member Calderon. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1239. By Assembly Member Calderone an accolade to workers compensation.

Senate Member Calderon, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker. AB 1239 is back for concurrence. Senate amendments extend the sunset date on. An existing program that allows injured workers to collect workers compensation payments via a prepaid debit card. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Assembly Member Calderon, seeing and hearing no further debate will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 59. Nos, 0.

As I would note, we have a couple former Assembly Members here today. I saw Assembly Member Christina Garcia. There she is over here. Welcome, Assembly Member and former Assembly Member Kent Cooley is here as well. Mister Cooley, my former seat mate. Members. Going to go back to our concurrence file here in just a second.

Yes. Madam Majority leader.

Good afternoon, Members. I stand before all of you to recognize my good friend Brian Ebert, an individual who I have had the pleasure of working with and very closely for the past two years. Brian's expertise, your knowledge and wisdom, has been invaluable and will be a part of the DNA of this place forever. He is shaped.

He's molded and refined this institution for the last three decades and maybe a little bit longer. And while I know Brian likes to joke that he possesses a wealth of useless information, I truly object.

His deep knowledge and understanding of this legislative body has made it better, and it has made it stronger, and it will not be the same without him. Since 2017, Brian has provided expert parliamentary advice to the speaker and the majority leadership, and in collaboration with our Republican colleagues and staff as well.

And while also regularly providing briefings, on floor actions, pending legislation, and the legislative process. Literally everything that happens on this floor, including floor actions, floor ceremonies, and joint conventions, they're all spearheaded by our good friend Brian.

Always personable and friendly, and maybe sometimes a little snarky, Brian is eager to answer questions and provide direction to curious staffers and Members about legislative procedures. For this reason, he is one of the most valued leaders and mentors in the Assembly.

You know, many of you may not realize this, but during Covid-19 the Capitol building was often empty except for Brian, who remained at the office and continued work in person. He developed protocols and procedures for the Assembly to function during that extraordinary time.

Brian's leadership and commitment to this body goes far, far beyond these chambers and far beyond the City of Sacramento. He has traveled across the United States as a guest lecturer for numerous organizations. He has been the keynote speaker at several prestigious gatherings. He sat on countless panel discussions and participated in dozens of professional development seminars nationwide.

When Brian isn't busy giving lectures around the country or mentoring younger generations of staffers and elected officials. He is a committed husband to his wife Irene Villerouz, also a long serving Assembly staffer and the father of his two beautiful daughters, Ava and Melania.

You know recently I had the opportunity to go over to League of Cities and Brian spoke before I did at the conference tables and everybody came up to me. They said who is Brian? Why don't we know who he is?

We didn't know the job and I was so proud to know he was part of us, he was part of our family here and he's done such a great job that you're training so many people outside of this building. Members, please join me in congratulating Brian for his service to our state.

We are better for it and California is a better place as well. Thank you.

Thank you Madam majority leader. I know there are others who want to speak here. We might be here a little while. So Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker. I'd like to make a motion to re refer this retirement to the Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. I have a second Mister speaker.

Brian, what do I do? Point of order. That is well taken. I think I agree with you. Thank you Mister speaker.

So I wanted to rise because I first met Brian on the campaign trail. He came out with his beautiful family to knock doors for me and in the madness I didn't get to know him that well. And then in the shock of all shocks I won.

And in an even bigger shock speaker Rendon called me and he said I'm going to appoint you to be the assistant speaker pratem. And I said Mister speaker, I've never seen an Assembly session before. I'm not sure I'm your girl. And he's like no, you got this, you got this, you're an attorney, you can do this.

But I had never seen the proceedings happen. And so I got here. I was expected to preside over this incredible body and there were three people who taught me how to do it. For those of us that have had this privilege. You know, they lock you in this room, they lock everyone out, nobody's allowed in.

The majority leader, Dodson Wilson at the time and Brian sat here and harassed me as I stood up there and taught me everything I know about procedure.

I can't thank you enough Brian because it is scary when you start up there and I did it for three years and you are the secret behind what happens on this floor and most people don't realize how the fact that this floor runs the way it does and as smoothly as it does is because of you and the work you have done.

And I don't know what we're going to do without you. And I know you're laughing because I don't know how many times I just didn't listen to Brian. There's a bat phone up there where they text you.

And then I wouldn't do what he said in the text, and then he would start doing this in the back of the chamber, and I'd be like, because there's not actually much that they can do back there when you've got the mic and the gavel.

But his dedication to make sure this body runs smoothly is so real, and most people don't understand the magic at that desk and how much is happening to move our bills, to do the people's work, to make sure that we conduct this body and our business in a way that makes the people of California proud.

And I came into this body in 2018, when our country could not have been more divided. And I presided from 2018 to 2021.

And we believed as a team that it was our job to show the American people that democracy still worked, that we could still have debate in a respectful manner, that bills would move, that we would, you know, show the world that Republicans could disagree with us, and we could do that in a respectful manner.

And Brian was a key part of that, making sure things continued to move, that we followed the rules, always in partnership with the team.

And so I just want to thank you, because I think that in my six years here, I have been proud of us as a body and the example we have set and the bills we have moved. And I actually believe none of those laws would have come to pass if it weren't for you, Brian.

So thank you, because you truly make this place function. And I know we have so much staff that's ready to take over, but I also know what an incredible job you have done. So I want to thank you for the gift you gave me of knowing the rules. You should all learn them.

They're actually very powerful and of just making this place something that California can look to as a model of how democracy should work. We will miss you very much.

Thank you. Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, Assembly Member Waldron, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker and Members, I had to get up and say a few words just from the heart. It's been such an honor and privilege to work with you through the years. As was said before, I have a great love for the rules of the house.

And there's no better role model than Brian Ebert when it comes to knowing the rules, following the rules, and being able to get things done on the floor. I was four years as floor leader for the Republican caucus, and then about a little over three years as leader.

And through those years, Brian has always been a steadfast fixture, basically, in this institution. And a lot of people may not know he has a great love for this institution. He has knowledge of the history of it.

I used to sit with Dotson Wilson a lot, and we would go through some of the history that happened on this floor, which is amazing. And Brian, he knows all about that as well. You know, back when I was elected in 2012, things didn't operate quite as smoothly as they do now.

We, through the years, Ryan Spencer was a great role model as well. And then Brian took over when he left. I was so fortunate to be able to have worked with a man of this caliber. What people don't realize who haven't been in the leadership roles that we are when we're running the floor.

There's an enormous amount of work that goes on behind the scenes. We don't see, you know, here. But it's long nights. There were many times when I could message Brian and it'd be one in the morning, and I'd apologize, and he'd say, no worries, we're working.

We're not going to be sleeping tonight, and especially at this time of year. So back then, the consent calendar was very contentious. We don't have those problems anymore. What we see now is such an improvement on what the floor operations were years ago, when there were lots of fights and debates on the floor.

Now we're able to still say what we need to say. We work together. There's a lot of trust that's built between our floor teams that has made it run so smoothly. And it wouldn't have happened without Brian and the work that he's done here. So you will be greatly missed.

I know you're going on to bigger and better, and I wish you all the best, and thank you so much for the honor.

Thank you, Assembly Member Waldron, Assembly Member Flora, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker, I rise and just want to say thanks. Brian. When our former leader put me into this position, it is a, there's a lot that goes on, and there's a lot that you and your staff do for us on the Republican side that a lot of people don't know.

There's a lot of information that you don't always have to give us, but you do. It's because your heart for the institution, your heart for democracy, it's your heart for the state. And I really have always truly appreciated that about you.