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Assembly is now in session. Assemblymember Sharp Collins notices the absence of a quorum. Sergeant in arms will prepare the chamber and bring in the absent Members. Clerk will call the roll.

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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. Reverend Oshita will offer today's prayer. Reverend Oshita.

Please join me in a moment of reflection. I feel that every true spiritual tradition of humanity has shared the message of love and caring and forgiveness. Many years ago, when I lived in San Francisco, I would lunch with Father Chuck Royal. He was open minded and devout and we enjoyed sharing and learning from each other.

Although there were certainly differences, we found that in essence we had so much in common. We enjoyed our lunches together. I recall him saying to me, there is not much more we can add to the Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon on the Mount demands that we practice what we preach and walk our talk.

Very simply, he said, we should always try to do the right thing just because it's the right thing to do. It is putting into action loving thy neighbor as yourself. Metaphorically, our neighbors are not just the folks next door. Our neighbors are all of humanity, regardless of culture or beliefs.

This message resonates to all of humanity's neighbor true spiritual traditions. Yet it is not possible to genuinely embrace people if we prejudice them by race or religion.

So when entering a new arena of varied traditions, I recall Father Chuck saying, I have found it helpful to practice what we preach by telling myself, a stranger is just a friend that I have not yet met. Then suddenly a room full of strangers becomes a room full of future friends.

His perspective was universal and I continue to feel it would be a beautiful world if we all lived and felt as Father Chuck. Namo Amida. Let us live with kindness and gratitude beyond words.

We ask our guests and visitors to remain standing to join us in the flag salute. Assemblymember Petrie-Norris will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Members, please join me as we salute our nation's flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.

To our guests and visitors today, state law prohibits persons in the gallery from interfering with legislative proceedings or disrupting the orderly conduct of official business. Persons disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest or other appropriate legal remedies. Members, we are going to pass--

We are going to move immediately to business on the daily file and going to pass and retain to get to file item number 149, Assembly Bill 379 by Assemblymember Schultz. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 379 by Assemblymember Schultz and others, an act relating to crimes.

Members before I recognize Mr. Schultz. Excuse me. Members before I recognize Mr. Schultz, I'd like to ask for decorum in this body. Please make sure that all of your comments in floor debate are based on the merits of this policy alone. Thank you. Mr. Schultz. You are recognized.

Good morning, colleagues. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. Today I rise to introduce AB 379. The debate about AB 379 has generated a substantial amount of discussion and quite frankly, misinformation inside this building and outside this building, but if we can set aside the rhetoric--and I'm confident that we all can because we all agree that regardless of political party, every child in California deserves protection--if we can set that aside, we can pass good policy today.

Now, to be clear, California has some of the strongest laws in the nation regarding human trafficking and the protecting against the exploitation of children. Many of those laws, including the law that prohibits contacting or communicating with the minor with intent to commit a sex offense--that's Penal Code Section 288.3--carry felony penalties.

Now, in recent years, this body has voted on a bipartisan basis to strengthen our laws, and that record has continued and we hope it will continue today with AB 379. Sex trafficking and the exploitation of children are serious issues in California and they are deserving of serious, strong, and nuanced legislative solutions.

The bill before us today is a much stronger, more comprehensive bill than the original version. While the focus has been so much on the sentencing piece of this bill, I will note that AB 379 also includes tougher penalties for businesses that are complicit in human trafficking. It includes new tools for prosecutors and enhanced support for survivors.

AB 379 does the following and I'd like to cover the four areas. The first one will be sentencing. AB 379 authorizes felony punishment for solicitation of any minor by an adult more than three years older than the minor. A second or subsequent violation is punishable as a felony.

It also creates a misdemeanor for loitering with intent to purchase commercial sex, and one other addition to AB 379, it would now require that any person convicted of solicitation of a minor who is granted probation, that person must attend a mandatory educational program on human trafficking and child exploitation and how their behavior and their actions are supporting and furthering that industry. The second component is the enhanced fine piece. Now, California law has long required many establishments.

Many of you on this floor have voted on prior legislation. Many establishments are required to post a mandatory human trafficking notice so that if you are a victim of human trafficking, if you see someone who's a victim of human trafficking, there's a number that you can text, there's a number that you can call, but California law has been silent on who is actually responsible for enforcing that requirement or even where the funds that are collected from enforcement are deposited.

This bill authorizes the California Attorney General to enforce the human trafficking notice requirements and to pursue civil remedies against hotels and other establishments that allow sex trafficking in and through their facilities. It also increases the fine on hotels and other establishments that intentionally turned a blind eye to sex trafficking occurring in and through their facilities.

It moves it up from the current range of $1 to $10,000 to a new range of $3 to $25,000 per violation. It also increases fines for failing to post a mandatory human trafficking notice for specified businesses, moving that fine range from the current range of $500 to $1,000 upwards to $1,000 to $2,000.

And of course, it requires a person convicted of the new loitering offense to pay an additional $1,000 fine. Another point I will make deals with victim support. AB 379 requires the California Victim Compensation Board to establish a grant program to support community-based organizations that provide direct services and outreach to victims and survivors of human trafficking, and all of the fines and fees I just went over, all of those are directly deposited into the Survivor Support Fund.

And last but not least, AB 379 also includes a new provision that would, that would create a new Vertical Prosecution Grant program for human trafficking to incentivize local district attorney's offices to assign prosecutors and investigators to specialized human trafficking units.

I'll simply close by saying I appreciate the work that has been done by all of our authors and co-authors and sponsors, staff, and stakeholders to get us to this point, and as the bill moves forward, hopefully from today, I and my many co-authors commit to continuing our work on on this bill as it moves through the Senate. With that, I humbly ask for your aye vote on AB 379.

Thank you, Assembly Member Schultz. Assembly Member Sharp-Collins, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning. I have continued concerns with this bill that I feel that I need to stand up and actually speak about today. I am truly proud of the progress that was made on the 16, 17-year-old enforcement provision.

I know that no one in this room has an interest in allowing for the sex trafficking of minors and the amendments to this bill, just to make that clear. I do, however, remain concerned about the portion of the bill we seem to have forgotten about.

Even in Public Safety, myself and also one of my colleagues, we raised concerns about the loitering provision. Specifically, I express concerns about the vagueness and the criminalizing something like loitering. History has shown that these types of crimes are disproportionately used against people of color and those experiencing poverty.

When laws are vague, they are ripe for profiling, and I am truly worried about Black, brown, and the LGBTQIA plus individuals being overly policed and targeted for their mere presence in the area without them actually doing anything criminal. And I'm not talking hypothetical. In Los Angeles, from January 2010 to March 2025, Black individuals represented 65% of arrests and Latinos made up 21%.

That means 85% of the arrests were targeted to 53% of the population. Even worse, in the case of Black Californians, eight percent of the population reportedly committed 65% of the loitering crimes. Meanwhile, White Californians make up 37% of the population, but were only ten percent of the loitering arrest. Once again, I am not talking hypotheticals.

These numbers are so off-based that this law might be found to be in violation of the California Racial Justice Act that passed off this floor in 2020 with support of a number of members who are currently here today.

The Racial Justice Acts allow for our courts to review and potentially dismiss charges or convictions where race are being treated differently. The numbers that I just provided certainly suggest races are being treated unequally, which brings the question of if this bill would even have its desired effect. I have an imperative to vote for my district.

I promise my constituents that I will vote based on my values, but when discrimination is so apparent, I truly really do struggle to find a way to be supportive. For too long, communities like mine have been sold a naive and under-informed version of public safety so that we feel safe when instead the laws unfairly target people that look just like me.

Loitering does not stop prostitution, it is already a crime to solicit prostitution, it is a crime to actually engage in purchasing sex, and there are a host of other associated crimes that can be charged. But somehow, we think that charging people for being in just the area, potentially without doing anything, will stop purchasers of sex, and without data points to prove it. And we advance this in the face of clear data of its overall abuse.

In this instance, I have spoken to the chair, to the authors, and to leadership. Based solely on those conversations, I look forward to continue to work on this bill and give the law enforcement a targeted tool, not a blunt instrument without protections for vulnerable populations, but I will support today in part only because of the authors clearly demonstrating the willingness to make sure that we get this bill right, but I will not be able to support if this bill returns and this incredible, underdeveloped provision isn't rectified in light of the clear data that I have just presented to you today, the data that it will be abused by law enforcement. Thank you.

Thank you, Assembly Member Sharp-Collins. Assembly Member Ávila Farías, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, I rise today in strong support, and as a co-author of AB 379. As a lawmaker, and most importantly, as a mother, I believe we have no greater duty than protecting our children, especially those who seek to harm them. AB 379 is a vital step forward in a fight against commercial sexual exploitation.

It strengthens our response and ensures that those who prey on our children are held accountable. This bill increases penalties for adults who knowingly solicit minors, especially when there's intimidation or a large age gap involved.

It also targets those who loiter with the intent to buy sex and holds businesses like hotels responsible when they turn a blind eye to trafficking. But AB 379 isn't just about punishment. It's about prevention, it's about healing, and it's about justice.

The Survivor Support Fund created by this bill will direct fines to frontline organizations, often only the refuge for those trying to escape abuse. And let it be clear: this bill does not criminalize victims. It offers them a lifeline while sending a powerful message to traffickers, buyers, and enablers. California will always protect its children. We are here for Californians. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Ávila Farías. Assembly Member Nguyen, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Two weeks ago, we brought this bill up and we took a vote, and that gave us the opportunity to bring this bill back and make amendments and make changes to it to make it better.

I want to thank my colleague from San Diego for her words because as an Asian woman, I would never say and never put myself in a situation as a Black woman because I'm not a Black woman. But I respect everything that she says.

As legislators, our job is to ensure that we vote with our heart, but for our people, as she talked about, and our values, and what we did these last two weeks was that we pulled everybody together, our colleagues, organization, survivors, victims, my local District Attorney, who has been in this human trafficking world for decades, to find a balanced approach, an approach where we can continue to protect anybody that is being sold, but for sex.

I can say confidently that not one single person on this floor, not one single person on this floor would be okay with hearing that a 16, 17-year-old, anybody, was being paid for sex, bought for sex, being trafficked in any way, and that we heard everybody speak, most of you speak two weeks ago, and I heard your heart and I heard how passionately you spoke out for these young children.

And that told me that we as a body need to figure out a way to continue to protect not just these kids, but Californians, and that we present here today a balanced approach.

And what I feel like isn't completely perfect--as you heard from our colleague from San Diego, it's not perfect. Nothing is perfect, but we had to find a way to move this forward so that we can continue to protect these young boys and girls that are being trafficked. And I'm proud of the work that we did.

I'm proud of everybody that texted, called, emailed, and said, how can I help, what can I do because I want to be a part of this as well, too? I'm proud of what our Assembly Member, our colleague from Burbank, was able to pull together in such a short period of time.

And while this is not the perfect bill, and that we may not get eight votes on this board today, I hope, I hope that you'll have confidence in us that we'll continue to work on this because no bill is perfect in its form the first time and that we need an opportunity to be able to see if there are any other changes or adjustments that we need to do to this, that we can't, in just a couple of months, come up with something else right away when we haven't given this a chance.

And that's what I'm asking for today, is that you took a chance on us two weeks ago and gave us the opportunity to bring forward something, and we brought forward something that is stronger and better, and that you give this bill as it moves through the process, a chance, a chance to protect our children, a chance to be able to protect Californians. And with that, Mr. Speaker and members, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Nguyen. Members, before I continue to recognize others to make comments on Assembly Bill 379, a gentle reminder, again, please speak to the merits of the bill. Speak to the policy of the bill, not the motivations of your colleagues. Mr. Gallagher, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I want to begin by just saying to my colleagues, thank you. You know, thank you for restoring this bill essentially back to what it was. And I never came to this, I never came to this debate with political motivation.

I didn't come to this debate two weeks ago or a month ago, but several years of working with people in this building in both houses to protect our young people, to fight back against sex trafficking, against the johns, and ensure that there is justice. I was there when we had to fight to pass SB 14.

You heard me on this floor last year on the fight over SB 14, 14, and here again. So this is not a new thing for me and it has always been for me about good policy and about justice and doing the right thing.

And that is what I saw from the beginning from my colleague from Sacramento when she brought this bill forward, and I wanted to be standing with her as I stand with the Senator from Bakersfield who's been at the forefront of a lot of these issues.

So I'm glad that today I think we can come together and we can push through this bill that was a righteous bill from the very beginning, to protect 16 and 17-year-olds and ensure there's justice and also to write--as has been pointed out--another wrong, that we also need to have law enforcement be able to step in on solicitation. And the reason why--and my colleague said it very well a couple of weeks ago--is that there is no such thing as a child prostitute. That is so true.

When you see and when you've heard from these victims, long before they ended up on the street, they had something stolen from them. They were robbed of the innocence of childhood. There was abuse, there was manipulation, there's a lot of things that broke them long before they ended up on that street.

Nobody, no child chooses to prostitute themselves out on the street. They were put there by abuse, and a lot of this is really focused on, as much as maybe sometimes we don't always like to see it because it's really ugly, there's a very sinister and predatory group of folks out there, and it's evil that have led them to that point. And then we're trying to, when they're at that point on the street or online, they're about to be abused again. And that's where our law has to step in.

It has to give our law enforcement the tools to go after these predatory actors and there are many different fronts, but one of them is the johns, and that's why this is so necessary. So I'm thankful today that we're doing this for those young people and that we're changing our law to make sure that's so. It is the duty of the Legislature to pass just laws. That's what we look up to every day. This is one of them. So I hope we'll all vote in favor of this bill today. Thank you.

Thank you, Leader Gallagher. Assembly Member Soria, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I am proud to stand today with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this bipartisan bill. I'd like to remind everyone that I was proud to add my name as a co-author to AB 379 in its original form because I strongly agree with the need to strengthen our laws to protect victims of human trafficking, and I equally and strongly believe in holding the offenders accountable.

Although this bill we're debating today has changed, it is a stronger bill. Protecting all of our kids, including 16 and 17-year-olds from predators has always been non-negotiable for me. My position has never changed. Under this bill, those predators will be charged with a felony and held accountable.

But more importantly, this bill also ensures that we are fulfilling our promise to the victims of human trafficking by providing desperately needed resources for these individuals who have just gone through hell and back. They need our support. And also for those businesses that turn a blind eye to sex trafficking, hotels, motels, and other businesses, you will be fined and held accountable for your role in aiding and abetting these predators.

AB 379 is the first step of many we will take when it comes to putting an end to human trafficking. I'm proud today to stand in support of AB 379 in its current form, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Soria. Assembly Member Krell, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I remember about ten years ago, sitting in a conference room with a young woman named Julie. She was a victim of sex trafficking and we were actually preparing her to testify against her trafficker in court, and we were going through printouts of photographs that we had, mainly from her phone, and the photographs were depicting various injuries that she had sustained while she was being trafficked.

She had bruises on her arms at different stages of healing. One I remember, with kind of a swollen lip. I passed one picture to her over the table. It showed kind of a knot on the side of her head with a gash on it, and she looked at me and said, 'oh, no, that wasn't him,' referring to her trafficker. And I looked at her again and she said, 'that was from a trick.' That's slang for a buyer.

And knowing in my head what the answer was, I looked at her and I said, 'well, what happened to him?' And she said, very matter of factly, 'nothing. You can't get arrested for raping a girl like me.' That moment haunted me, the way that she felt so disposable, the way that she didn't feel like a victim, the way that we had failed to address the full magnitude of what she had faced, and it's emblematic of every survivor's experience in California.

And so when I originally thought about this bill, wanted to do two things that I feel like California has really failed on, and one is addressing demand because that's what's driving the sex trafficking industry. And two is having real support for victims for all of the services that they need to rebuild their lives.

So I'm here today to proudly support AB 379 because it does just that, and I want to thank all of my colleagues for their cooperation in putting this together. I was given some sage advice from several of my colleagues not to fall in love with your bill. So I have great news for all of you.

Instead, I have fallen in love with my colleague from Burbank's bill. I thank you so much for bringing this bill today, sir, and I respectfully ask for everyone's aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Krell. Assembly Member Ransom, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I rise in strong support of Assembly Bill 379. I want to start by saying that I don't believe that anyone in our Assembly, whether Democrat or Republican, supports the rape or trafficking of children. Unfortunately, we have lived a children's game of two truths and one lie for the last couple of weeks, the lie being that one or the other supports that--

Assembly Member Ransom, please speak to the merits of the bill and not to the motivations of your colleagues.

Yes. Absolutely, sir. The truth of the matter is is that we had an opportunity to address stakeholder concerns and to ensure that in our efforts to protect children from trafficking that we did not inadvertently catch up people, younger people who were just in consensual relationships.

We needed to address the stakeholder concerns, and that's what we were asked to do, and so I want to thank the Public Safety Chair, the Assembly Member for Burbank, and the speaker because when we spoke with them, they asked us to trust the process that we were going to be able to do both things, which is A: protect our children, which is paramount for everyone, and B: ensure that we were not catching others that did not need to be put into our criminal justice system.

At the same time as we move this bill forward--because I am a strong supporter--I think it is very important that we address the concerns brought up by the Assembly Member from San Diego as this bill moves through the process. We see that we have opportunities to make these bills better.

It's not one and done as we do these things. We want to make sure that we are delivering something that does not have unintended consequences for our community. This is a very important bill to me and to my district, which is why I was a proud co-author from the beginning and it--which is why I'm happy to be re-added as a co-author in this new format. The San Joaquin County that I represent, we have seen a 200% increase in human trafficking.

We are called the Triangle because we are surrounded by three major highways that can get you anywhere in the nation. That makes it easier for you to come through our community, pick up our children, and keep going. It's one of the fastest growing crimes in the world, but also in my community.

In my district, just this year, a 17-year-old jumped out of a running car to escape a trafficking operation. These crimes are not just statistics. These are not just stories that we're hearing. These are things that are happening in our own communities. These are our kids. These are our neighbors.

These are our students. And for 20 years, I worked in the nonprofit organization supporting mental health for young people, and some of those young people were either victims of sexual assault and some of them were escaped from human trafficking and their journey is long.

So as AB 379 closes the loophole and it's now updated with stronger protections, it also provides supports for the victims. It also holds businesses that turn a blind eye accountable. So I proudly stand in support of this bill once again, and I trust that this body will do all that we can to make this bill stronger and better as we move this through the process, and with that, I respectfully ask for everyone's aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Assembly Member Ransom. Assembly Member Schiavo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of AB 379. I'm a survivor, mom of a near teen, a Legislator who cares deeply about this issue. So anything that threatens the safety of our children I take seriously, and even personally. As a child, I was a victim of sexual assault.

I faced my--I faced my predator in court to put him behind bars when I was not yet a teen, and when he got out, he lived right next door to me for the rest of my time through high school. This experience continues to shape my views and actions when it comes to protecting children and victims of crime, and it's one of the reasons I will always stand on the side of creating more support for victims and creating accountability for predators, especially those who target children and minors.

To be clear, I was in support of this bill in its original form. I made it clear to the original author when we first spoke about the bill at the beginning of the year. It should never be legal to buy a minor for sex, and that's exactly what we're united around today.

And that's why I have consistently supported making this bill as strong as possible to ensure that we protect 16 and 17-year-olds who are truly still just kids. I'm grateful that's exactly what happened. We have legislation before us with bipartisan support that protects minors by creating a new felony targeting predators.

It's also, importantly, giving law enforcement more tools to tackle our human trafficking crisis by allowing them to intervene and investigate human trafficking cases before it's too late. Demand is fueling the sex trafficking industry by targeting demand with harsher consequences for johns who help victims. We're helping victims and holding predators accountable.

Importantly, the bill also establishes a first-of-its-kind fund to help victims, something I passionately support. My record on this issue is clear. Time and time again, I have voted to support victims and survivors and create stronger consequences for predators. That's why I'm proud to support AB 379, and as a child survivor, a mom, and a representative of a district who deeply cares about protecting our youth, I urge an aye vote on AB 379. Thank you.

We appreciate you so much Assemblymember Schiavo. Assemblymember Bryan, you are recognized.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I want to thank my colleague from San Diego who I think speaks on behalf of the entire Black Caucus with her powerful reflections and insight into this legislative process. I want to thank my colleague from Burbank for his steadfast leadership of the Public Safety Committee.

I want to thank my colleagues from Sacramento, who I think many of us believe comes from the purest of intentions, and my colleague from Santa Clarita for sharing such personal and lived experience. I did not plan on speaking on this at all until I heard something from the minority leader that caught my attention.

And he said that he believes that there is no such thing as a child prostitute. And that reminded me of this entire conversation about when our rhetoric matches our policy, matches our actions.

And the reason it caught my attention is because the minority leader was here in 2016 when a woman by the name of Holly Mitchell served in the Legislature and wrote a law to make it illegal to charge children with prostitution and he voted against it. That's what this process has been about.

Whether our rhetoric matches our policy and matches our actions. Similar with what happened with SB 14, which had to be sent back to Committee to have additional language in it to protect victims of trafficking before we would all vote for it on this floor. That is what happened in this process.

The speaker led a very deliberative process to make. Mr.

Brian, we need to speak to the merits of the Bill and not to the process that's gotten us here. Thank you.

Respectfully, as for an aye vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Bryan. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Senator, Member Schultz would like to close.

Yes. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank every Member of this body who stood up and voiced their support for this bill today. And I want to address just a few brief comments to my colleague from San Diego. Know how much I appreciate you.

I appreciate your words and you have my full commitment that as this bill moves forward today, I and all of the co authors on this bill will continue to fine tune it, continue to improve it. Nobody wants to see the discriminatory application of law.

And we believe that while this bill is a great start, it leaves this chamber better today than when it first entered the chamber. We know the work is not yet done, so we'll continue to improve this bill along its journey.

I would also say to my colleague from Sacramento, I appreciate your passion, I appreciate you bringing the idea forward. And I will disagree with my colleague from Sacramento in only one small way. This never was nor ever will be my Bill. I don't fundamentally believe that any of the bills that a single Member introduces are our bills.

This is. This is our Bill as an institution. This is our solution to one of the most prevalent problems in the State of California, the exploitation and the trafficking of children. Everyone's going to leave this place today and there'll be a variety of spins and perspectives on what happened over the last few weeks.

But I would simply offer this to California voters, to my colleagues, and of course to you, Mr. Speaker. As messy as it was, as long of a road as it was, the process worked. A well intentioned author came forward with an idea and it was debated, it was refined.

And with all due respect to our esteemed minority leader, this isn't simply version 2.0. This is a better Bill. It is a more comprehensive bill. It is a tougher bill and it strengthens California's existing laws. The process worked. And now we take the conversation to the Senate. And the process will work there too.

I fundamentally believe, because I agree with every comment made by every one of my colleagues today. We all want to protect children.

If we can just set aside the political rhetoric and the name calling and focus on what matters and that is centering survivors and that is what this legislation does, we can still do great things in California with that. I humbly ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Schultz. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members 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. 72. No 0. The measure passes. We're going to move immediately to file item 143.

That's AB 1415 by Assemblymember Bonta.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 1415 by Assembly Member Bonta and others and act relating to healthcare.

Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members, I rise to present AB 1415. This bill is centered and focused on what we have been talking about since the start of this session, affordability.

Today, a family living on the median income of $85,000 per year is asked to pay over $10,000 annually for their family share of premiums and median deductibles. And 41% of adults have health care debt, often foregoing food, basic necessities and spending down precious savings to be able to manage that debt.

Yet many feel like the quality of their health care is also decreasing. In 2022, this legislature and the governor stood up the Office of Health Care Affordability with an aim of lowering costs, improving outcomes and improving equity in health care. Currently, OHCA's three primary responsibilities are managing spending targets, monitoring system performance and assessing market consolidation.

To do this, OHCA collects and analyzes and provides public reported data on total health care expenditures and enforces spending targets set by the Health Care Affordability Board.

AB 1415 provides the Office of Health Care Affordability with the additional analysis tools it needs, adding health systems like Dignity, Sutter and Adventist to what OHCA collects information on and sets cost targets for.

It also adds private equity and hedge funds when they take over doctors offices and other health care providers to OHCA's merger review so that we know what is going on with private equity in health care. Now why should we know what's going on with private equity in health care?

Because private equity acquisitions of health care providers in California totaled $4.31 billion, which is a third of all health care deals in the state in five years time.

And like other health care mergers, these transactions drive up prices for consumers and have resulted in negative impacts on quality and access to care for consumers, your constituents with little to no federal or state regulation. Additionally, we are also adding managed service organizations, or MSOs.

MSOs help provide a variety of non-clinical services like billing and collections, information service technology and utilization management.

MSOs, despite their non-clinical focus, can nonetheless have a significant impact on healthcare market functioning, patient care and prices because they help to manage physician organizations and are being bought up right now by private equity whose primary concern is profit, rapid profit which is then limiting how doctors provide care for shorter appointments and increased prices.

I want to highlight one last data point. An estimated 20 to 25% of all healthcare spending in California is excess spending. Administrative complexities, excess pricing and yes, consolidation are driving that where providers have the ability to set the price they want because they're the only game in town.

Members, families across the state are grappling, suffering with increased costs of health care and aren't receiving the quality of care they deserve. AB 1415 ensures that OHCA has the full picture of the cost drivers in our health care and provides needed authority over private equity and healthcare entities impacting costs in our care system.

So the next time you hold the hand of somebody who's saying they're being crushed by medical debt, the next time you look at a worker and say that you'll do everything possible to ensure that their compensation goes in their dollars and not to provide them health care, I want you to know that we can do something about that by providing these additional tools to the Office of Health Care Affordability.

With that, I respectfully request your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Bonta. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Members off the floor, can you please return to your desks and vote. Members off the floor, please return to your desks and vote.

Members off the floor, please return to your desks and vote. Members off the floor, please return to your desks and vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 41, nos 16. The measure passes. Okay, Members, we are going to be moving actually off the daily file for a moment, going back to our opening procedures.

Because this is a state that elects leaders that value diversity, equity and inclusion in the State of California, I think it's only fair for those of Northern California to get your adjournment in memory. For the Golden State Warriors. We're so sad we will miss them. Mr. Reading Clerk the reading of the previous day's journal.

Assembly Chamber Sacramento Thursday, May 1, 2025 the Assembly met at 9am The Honorable Josh Lowenthal, speaker pro temporary the Assembly.

Presiding Leader Aguiar curry move and Mr. Flores seconds that the reading of the previous day's journal be dispensed with presentations and petitions. There are none. Introduction and references of bills will be deferred. Reports of committees that will be deemed read and amendments deemed adopted. Messages from the Governor? There are none. Messages from the Senate? There are none.

Moving on to motions and resolutions. Absences for the day for legislative business, Assembly Member Arambula for personal business, Assembly Member Stephanie for illness. Assembly Members Castillo and Quirk Silva. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

Mr. Speaker, I request unanimous consent to. Suspend Assembly Rule 45.5 to allow Assembly Members Thoria and Bonta to speak on an adjournment in memory today.

Without objection, such shall be the order.

I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly. Rule 118A to allow Assembly Members Harabedian. And Soria to have guests in the. Rear of the chamber today.

That objection. Such shall be the order.

At the request of the Author, please remove AB 525 Lackey from the consent calendar.

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Clerk will note okay, we are going to go back to business on the daily file. Second reading Clerk will read.

Million dollars for anybody that can read that back to me right now. Okay? All bills will be deemed read, all amendments will be deemed adopted. We are going to continue on with the Assembly third reading.

We're going to pass and retain on file items number 84 and 85 which gets us to file item number 86, AB 711 by Assembly Member Chen.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 7:11 by Assembly Member Chen and acclaim to civil actions.

Some Excuse me just one moment. Members, can I have some decorum please? Assembly Member Chen, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker for allowing to present AB 711. I rise today to present AB 711 a small but meaningful update to our civil procedure laws that promotes transparency and reduces unnecessary costs. The rule requires parties to make a good faith effort to meet and confer by the use of certified shorthand reporters for motion hearings.

In many cases, both sides hire their own reporter for the same proceeding, resulting in redundancy, waste of resources and ad expense for clients. AB711 encourages early coordination and disclosure, helping prevent miscommunication and increasing the availability of reporters across the state.

We work closely with the stakeholders and the consumer attorneys to help shape meaningful amendments and that addresses many of their initial concerns and we remain committed to continuing that collaboration in the next House. This measure streamlines court operations, improves access to court reporters and benefits litigants, attorneys and the judicial system as a whole.

Thank you and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Chen. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes. 55, nos 0. The measure passes.

We're going to pass and retain on file items 87 through 96. That brings us to file item 97. AB 1142 by Assemblymember Hoover. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1142 by Assembly Member Hoover and App Letting to horses.

Assembly Member Hoover, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. AB 1142 updates the maximum entry fees allowed for small public horse events that have not been updated since 1971. This will allow smaller shows to charge the fees required to continue supporting themselves and local equipment equestrian events. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Hoover. All debates have been ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes, 52. No's 0. The measure passes.

We are passing and retaining on file item 98 through 104. Brings us to file item number 105. AB 309 by Assembly Member Zbur. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 309 by Assembly Member Zbur and others. An act relating to healing arts.

Assembly Member Zbur you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise today to present AB 309 which will support California's comprehensive strategy to prevent the spread of HIV and viral hepatitis by preserving existing laws which increase access to sterile syringes.

Extensive research and data collection has repeatedly proven that increased access to sterile syringes significantly lowers rates of transmission and saves lives without increasing rates of drug use. AB 309 will reaffirm California's commitment to research driven and effective HIV and Hepatitis prevention by removing the 2026 sunsets in two areas.

One which allows pharmacies to sell sterile syringes to adults without requiring a prescription, and the other which clarifies that it's not a crime to possess sterile syringes and hypodermic needles solely for personal use. This bill is sponsored by the California Pharmacists Association, the Drug Policy Alliance, the Health Officers Association of California, and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Zbur. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All members 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. No's, 13. The measure passes.

We're going to pass and retain on file items number 106 through 112. Brings us to file item number 113 by, AB 358 by Assembly Member Alvarez. The clerk will read.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 358 by Assembly Member Alvarez and others an act relating to criminal procedure.

A moment Assembly Member Alvarez. Members, can I have decorum please? Keep your conversations low. Show respect to the author. Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning Members. I rise to present Assembly Bill 358, also known as a trace amendment. This bill empowers victims of stalking and abuse by ensuring that law enforcement can access digital devices and evidence that is critical, like surveillance footage or GPS data, without unnecessary delays.

Under current state law, officers must abstain judicial warrant to search any electronic device even when that device was secretly placed in someone's home or personal space without that person's knowledge or consent.

The trace amendment creates a narrow victim centered exception to the California's Electronic Communications Privacy act, allowing individuals who discover spy cameras or airtags in their private spaces to consent to law enforcement to search those devices. Any delay in accessing these devices allows perpetrators to hide their tracks and continue violating the privacy of victims.

The trace amendment ensures victims are not left waiting in fear while critical digital evidence is struck in stuck in bureaucracy. The amendments that were taken in the Privacy Committee exclude cell phones, tablets, laptops and similar devices that may contain personal information.

This bill is also consistent with the United States Supreme Court's decision in California versus Greenwood, ensuring that it does not violate any Fourth Amendment protections. Assembly Bill 358 is sponsored by San Diego District Attorney Summer Stefan and supported by the California District Attorneys Association. And with that I respectfully asked for aye vote on AB358.

Thank you Assembly Member Alvarez. Assembly Member Macedo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of this bill. As someone who has been in this situation before, I was leaving an event and my phone sensed an airtag in my vehicle and and I immediately felt like no space was safe. Called my father to come pick me up because I was afraid to go home.

And so I do realize that time is of the essence in situations like this. So I want to thank the author for bringing this forward and bring awareness that this is happening. And as a young woman, I wish that more women felt safe in more spaces in our communities.

So thank you to the author and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Macedo. Seeing and hearing no further debate. Assemblymember Alvarez, would you like to close?

Thank you again and thank you to our colleague for sharing that story. Unfortunately, as this bill has been more public, I've heard more and more stories of individuals who have found devices in their personal belongings. And it's a problem that certainly technology has created.

And for that reason and for the victims and to ensure that unauthorized surveillance and stalking is stopped as soon as possible, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Alvarez. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes ayes 58 noes 1. The measure passes. Moving on to file item number 114.

AB 592 by assemblymember Gabriel. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 592 by Assembly Member Gabriel and others, and act relating to business.

Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and Members. I'm pleased today to present AB 592, a bipartisan measure that will support California's neighborhood restaurants, by ensuring outdoor dining remains a viable option for restaurants across the state. After enduring unprecedented challenge during the Pandemic, these beloved small businesses are now grappling with major challenges from inflation and other cost pressures.

AB 592 will support California's restaurants by reducing red tape and enabling them to leverage our state's exceptional climate through greater outdoor and patio dining option. This bipartisan measure is supported by a robust coalition of local restaurants and hospitality coalitions, business councils, and chambers of commerce. Thank you and respectfully request your "Aye" vote on AB 592.

Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. "Aye" 62, "No" 0. The measure passes.

Going to pass and retain on file Items 115, 116. That brings us to File Item 117, AB 1341 by Assemblymember Hoover. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1341, by Assemblymember Hoover, an accolade in the professions and vocations.

Assemblymember Hoover, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1341 adds necessary clarity to the Contractor State License Law to specify that violations of the building laws of the state include the unlicensed practice of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, geology or geophysics, and land surveying. I respectfully ask for an "Aye" vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Hoover. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally votes. "Aye" 61, "No" 0. The measure passes. Gets us to File Item Number 118, AB 752, by Assemblymember Avila Farias.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 752 by Assemblymember Avila Farias, an act relating to daycare facilities.

Assemblymember Avila Farias, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB 752. AB 752 updates state law to support the development of child care centers across California. This bill reduces regulatory barriers by allowing child care centers by right in residential zones when they are co-located in multifamily housing and established institutional uses. Affordable childcare is essential to family stability and community opportunities.

Providers consistently face barriers like restrictive zoning, site limitations and costly permitting fees. Neighborhood childcare centers support child development, workforce participation and community well being. AB 752 treats it as essential infrastructure. It is a streamlining access where families live and work. Thank you. This bill has a bipartisan support and no opposition. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Avila Farias. I'll debate having-- Oh, excuse me. Very sorry. Assemblymember Wilson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to ask my colleague as I recognize it is her first time presenting on a bill and I noticed that you do include multifamily and I'm wondering, is it important to have multifamily housing, including for residential care? And you can answer on your close.

Thank you, Assemblymember Wilson. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Avila Farias, would you like to close?

Okay. This is what bullying looks like on the green carpet. Yes, and it is critical to have it in multifamily especially when we develop affordable housing with multigenerational of having senior commingle with senior centers on mixed use development. So it is very critical to the infrastructure.

Okay. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 61, nos one. The measure passes. We're going to pass and retain on file items 119, 120, 121.

That brings us to file item number 122, ACR 63 by Assemblymember Tangipa. Just a moment, Mr. Tangipa. Members. Clerk will read.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 63 by Assemblymember Tangipa, relative to California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month.

Assembly Member Tangipa, you are recognized.

Ladies and gentlemen, 'welcome to the fair' were words that I love to hear when I was growing up not too far from here. And ACR 63 designates the month of May as California Fairgrounds and Appreciation Month, recognizing the vital role that our 76 fairgrounds bring to local communities and the state's economy.

These venues are economic drivers, creating jobs, attracting tourism, and providing platforms for small businesses, artists, and agricultural showcases across the state. Fairgrounds are not just venues for entertainment and events, they also serve as safety and emergency response infrastructure in times of crisis.

During wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic, fairgrounds have quickly transformed into emergency shelters and medical facilities for disaster relief. Every October in my home County of Fresno, the Big Fresno Fair attracts over 600,000 people to our fairgrounds for food, rides, concerts, and more.

While the fair only lasts two weeks, it generates over $80 million in economic value and over 500 jobs. Although this will be the first year the Fresno Fair hasn't had horse racing since 1883, we are still grateful for the wide variety of family fun the Big Fresno Fair brings to the Valley.

My district is also proud to host the Mother Lode Fair, Madera District Fair, the Mariposa Fair, the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog and Mule Days at the Tri County Fairgrounds. The continued success of our fairgrounds relies on the dedication of volunteers, staff, and local community members who work tirelessly to make these events safe, welcoming, and impactful.

And ladies and gentlemen, forget your freshman 15 and join us later today as we have brought fair food to you. Please join me as we recognize May as a fairgrounds and I urge for your aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Tangipa. Assemblymember Hadwick, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. I rise today in strong support of ACR 63 and just want to echo my colleague's words. My hometown fair is the Tulelake Butte Valley Fair where I served as Fair Queen in 1996. It is the hub of our community and as a representative of 11 counties, I have the most fairs in the Assembly and proudly represent. So I strongly urge your aye vote on ACR 63.

Thank you, Assemblymember Hadwick. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Tangipa, would you like to close?

Again, I'm letting all of you know we have funnel cake. We have everything else that you have been waiting and preparing for for summer. We're going to break all of that if you join me in the Capitol Room 317 in celebration of the Fairgrounds Appreciation Month. We hope you will enjoy the snacks, but please wait until the adjourn before heading over because I know you're ready to rush out of this room. Thank you. And again, please support this.

Mr. Tangipa, I was going to be recognizing you to invite everybody. I think you've taken care of that at this point. Would you like the first roll to be open for co-authors, sir?

Of course I would.

Members, all debate having ceased, the clerk is going to open the roll for co-authors. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Members, this is for co-authors. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. There are 66 co-authors added.

Without objection, we will now take a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. And as Mr. Tangipa explained, not now, but upon adjournment In Capitol Room 317, he is welcoming us all for food available to celebrate this resolution.

Okay, we're moving on to File Item Number 123, ACR 69, by Assemblymember Berman. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 69, by Assemblymember Berman, relative to California Physical Fitness and Mental Well Being Month.

Assemblymember Berman, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. Colleagues, colleagues, we are surrounded by world class athletes on this floor. We, we have some folks who played Division 1 sports over five decades ago and some folks who played Division 1 sports within the last decade.

But I humbly, I humbly rise, as the only two-time MVP of the California legislative soccer match in California history, to present ACR 69, which declares the month of May 2025 as California Physical Fitness and Mental Well Being Month.

Whether you enjoy going to the gym, or biking, or yoga, or pilates, or even just going for a walk, leading an active lifestyle is proven to have significant benefits for our mental health and our overall wellbeing. In fact, this year I've adopted what I call the "old man walk."

If I get 20 minutes or 30 minutes, I just go for a walk around the neighborhood, especially here in Sacramento, to clear the air, to get some steps in, and get the blood flowing. And it, honestly, it does wonders.

Participating in regular physical activity can lower the risk of developing chronic diseases, such as diabetes or high blood pressure, as well as reduce the risk of anxiety and depression. And as we seek to promote the health and wellness of all Californians, we cannot overlook the public health benefits of developing active habits.

ACR 69 encourages all Californians to participate in physical fitness in a way that's convenient and safe for them, as part of living a long and healthy life. So, after session, after you go have your funnel cake and your deep-fried Twinkies, go for an old man walk to work off some of those calories.

And I respectfully ask for an "Aye" vote and ask that the first roll be open for coauthors.

Thank you, Assemblymember Berman. Clerk will open the roll for coauthors. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Members, this is for coauthors. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. "Aye" 64—excuse me, there are 64 coauthors added. Without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the resolution.

All those in favor say "Aye, all those opposed "No." Mr. Berman, the "Ayes" narrowly have it. The resolution is adopted. Mr. Berman, you are recognized now for your guest introduction.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's my pleasure to welcome Members of the Health and Fitness Association and the California Fitness alliance who are up here on the gallery to my right. They have gotten way more than they bargained for with this morning's session, which is fantastic. To get a snippet of democracy in action.

These trainers and coaches represent a diverse group of professionals in the health and fitness industry and dedicated to promoting health and wellness through physical activity. Members, please join me in welcoming them to the California State Assembly.

Welcome to the California Assembly. Thank you for keeping us healthy. Okay, folks, we're going to pass and retain on file items 124 through 127. Brings us to file item 128, AB 1166 by Assembly Member Valencia.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1166 by Assembly Member Valencia and acclaim to Consumer Debt Cemetery.

Assemblymember Valencia, you are recognized.

Buenos dias, Mr. Speaker, and thank you. Good morning, colleagues. AB 1166 expands the Fair Debt Settlement Practice Act to cover commercial financing, ensuring that debt settlement providers follow the same rules for business customers as they do for individual customers.

This is going to be especially important for our small business community across the State of California. With that, I respectfully ask for a yes vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Valencia. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 61, nos zero. The measure passes.

Brings us to file item 129, AB 806 by Assemblymember Connolly. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 806 by Assemblymember Connolly and others, an act relating to mobile homes.

Assemblymember Connolly, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members, good morning. Proud to present AB 806, which will provide mobile home park residents the right to install cooling systems within their homes and require park owners to maintain reasonable temperature conditions in an indoor common area. California is no stranger to climate change and extreme heat events are on the rise.

In 2023, North America experienced the hottest year on record, and a majority of counties within California face consistent temperatures over 100 degrees. Extreme heat results in more deaths in the United States than all other disasters combined.

Mobile homes are particularly vulnerable to extreme heat due in large part to the fact that many park leases contain limitations on installing cooling systems. While existing law requires that mobile home park residents have access to heating systems, the same is not currently true for cooling systems. AB 806 aims to change that.

AB 806 will protect residents by providing them the right to install cooling systems within their homes without facing the threat of eviction and provide a temperate common area within the park when feasible during extreme heat events. Our mobile home park residents deserve to have access to cooling in their homes and parks without facing the threat of eviction.

This bill has received no no votes to date.

Thank you, Assemblymember Connolly. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 50, nos 0. The measure passes.

Pass and retain on file item number 130. Brings us to file item number 131, AB 972 by Assemblymember Wilson.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 972 by Assemblymember Wilson, an act relating to post-secondary education.

Forgive me, Assembly Bill 972. Assemblymember Wilson, you are recognized.

Thank you. Speaker and Members, I'm pleased to present Assembly Bill 972, a bill that strengthens our commitment to equity for all California students. AB 972 is simple in what it does, but powerful in what it represents.

According to the Assembly Higher Education Committee's Call to Action report last year, Campus Title IX coordinators and civil rights officers report the current language in the Education Code is difficult to interpret creating barriers for effective implementation and enforcement of non-discrimination policies.

AB 972 resolves this oversight by explicitly defining sex as a protected category under California's Equity and Higher Education Act to ensure comprehensive anti discrimination protections, particularly for pregnant and parenting students at post-secondary institutions. Let me be incredibly clear. This bill does not change who is protected. It simply codifies it.

AB 972 ensures that the law is both easily understood and enforceable. We owe it to our students to be precise in the protections we provide. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Wilson. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 46, nos 5. The measure passes.

Pass and retain on file item number 132. Brings us to file item number 133, AB 416 by Assemblymember Krell.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 416, by Assemblymember Krell and others, an accolade relating to behavioral health.

Assemblymember Krell, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. Today I present you with Assembly Bill 416. This is an important bill that would authorize Emergency Room physicians to place patients on 5150 holds when they are experiencing major behavioral health crises.

This will help with the situation that we're facing in many Emergency Rooms and will also ensure that people who are best situated and trained to make these important judgment calls will have the authority to do so. This Bill has broad support, it has bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for your "Aye"vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Krell. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members 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's," 0. The measure passes.

Members, would you mind directing your attention to the left side of the chamber to Mr. Wallis, who's celebrating his 35th birthday today. Can we all wish him a very happy birthday? You don't look a day over 34. Okay. That brings us to file item number 134, AB 632 by Assemblymember Hart. Let's get some decorum.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 632 by Assemblymember Hart and others, and act relating to local government.

Assemblymember Hart, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. AB 632 will provide local governments with the authority to collect penalties through an expedited process for egregious violations. Existing penalty statutes are not well suited to address these types of serious code violations, such as fire hazards, substandard housing conditions and large scale illegal cannabis operations.

The bill allows local governments to obtain an order for a money judgment for unpaid fines after the administrative process is complete, including a judicial review if requested. AB 632 will help local governments go after bad actors committing most serious types of code violations. I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Hart. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 47, nos 6. The measure passes.

Going to pass and retain on file items 135 through 138. That brings us to file item 139, AB 672 by Assemblymember Caloza. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 672 by Assemblymember Caloza, an act relating to public employees.

Assemblymember Caloza, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, I rise to present AB 672. AB 672 is about protecting our public employees and their right to collectively bargain. AB 672 will require public employers to notify the Public Employment Relations Board if they file a court action involving the statute's PERB administers.

It would also give PERB the right to protect public employees and intervene as a party to help maintain the consistent application and enforcement of labor protections and policies. Across the country, especially at the federal level, public employees are vulnerable and need more protections in the workplace.

Many of our public employees are union members, predominantly women of color, immigrants and working class people. These are the jobs that help forge the middle class. Childcare providers who care for young children, teachers who educate the next generation of leaders, park employees who keep public parks available to all.

And all public employees who are the backbone of our state deserves protection in the workplace. But we cannot just accomplish this with words of thanks and recognition alone. It's important that the structures, policies and practices of our state ensure fairness for all.

AB 672 will safeguard California's workers and their rights by promoting fair and consistent application of the laws intended to protect all public employees. And with that I respectfully ask for everyone's aye vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Assemblymember Caloza. Assemblymember Demaio, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong opposition to AB 672. Once again we are empowering a corrupt, out of control state bureaucracy that has done so much damage to the State of California taxpayers, has undermined local control. Why?

Because there's a special interest that has immense power demanding that we weaponize state government against the interests of state taxpayers, against the interests of locally elected officials. We have a problem in this state with a number of out of control state bureaucracies and commissions, like PERB. Now is not the time to be giving these folks more power.

PERB has wantonly violated due process, PERB has lied to California courts repeatedly and the result has been billions of dollars of increased liabilities and costs for local taxpayers. We will be judged on unleashing this monster on California taxpayers. This vote will be one of the votes cited by this body empowering and rewarding an out of control agency.

I urge your no vote. I urge you to do more research on what's going on at PERB. Talk to your local elected officials, look at their judgments and rulings, look at the conflicts of interests on the PERB board and with the PERB system staff that are looking into the issues of unfair labor practices.

Now is not the time to be giving this out of control agency more power. I urge a no vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Demaio. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Caloza, would you like to close?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm disappointed to hear that my colleague from San Diego wants to give less protections to our workers and not more. Respectfully ask for your aye vote and know that we all want a safe workplace where we all can feel heard, including here on this floor. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Assemblymember Caloza. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 52, nos 4. The measure passes.

Brings us to file item number 140, AB 876 by Assemblymember Flora. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 876 by Assemblymember Flora, an act relating to healing arts.

Assemblymember Flora, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Assembly Bill 876 clarifies the scope of practice for certified registered nursing anesthetists, CRNAs, in California. This bill affirms CRNAs are authorized to deliver anesthesia service independently aligned with their long-established role in California's healthcare system. AB 876 supports continued access to anesthesia care in hospitals and in rural underserved areas. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the chair of the Policy Committee that this bill came through, I rise in support of AB 876. I've spent more time on this bill than any bill, I think, in my nine years in the Assembly, and I know the author is very passionate about this issue.

I know that the opposition is very passionate about this issue. I know that the author has already made significant amendments to narrow the scope of the bill. I know that there's still some work that could be done in the language of the bill and I know that the author will continue to work with the opposition to do what he can to address, you know, concerns that they have without necessarily gutting the intent of the bill. And so I thank the author for continuing to work with all stakeholders, but I'm happy to support AB 876 today.

Thank you, Assembly Member Berman. Assembly Member Zbur, you are recognized.

Mr. Speaker, members, I rise in support of AB 876. I just wanted to mention that I read the analysis from the dentist and I thought that they raised some legitimate issues around the fact that they don't themselves hold down anesthesia permits, are not trained in anesthesia, so I'm hoping that some further work will take place and I know that the author committed to continue working with the dentist to resolve some of these issues, so with that, I ask for your support of AB 876.

Thank you, Assembly Member Zbur. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assembly Member Flora, would you like to close?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and just thank you to my colleagues and to the chair of B&P. This bill's been a lot of work. The chair of B&P, the staff of B&P has put an unbelievable amount of time into this and it's absolute to my commitment to my colleagues that are supporting this bill today that we will continue to work with opposition and however that may come to make sure we get this bill to a place that everybody can be proud of and supportive. So I appreciate all the effort from staff and our colleagues, but--and respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Flora. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes: 56; noes: one. The measure passes.

We are passing and retaining on file items number 141 and 142. We have already dispensed with file item number 143. We're going to pass and retain on file items 144, 145, 146, 47, 48. We have already dispensed with file item number 149. That brings us to file item number 150, AB 760 by Assemblymember Ta. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 760 by Assemblymember Ta, an act relating to mobile home parks.

Assemblymember Ta, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 760 will allow mobile home park to offer home owned park management for rent in the city or county declared to be under a state of emergency due to natural disaster within the previous six months.

The bill simply helped people who lost their home in a natural disaster to find place to live if a home is available in the mobile home park. By limiting the land of tenancy to three years, AB 760 ensure that these homes will be temporary housing for victims who lost everything in a fire, flood and other natural disasters.

The amendment taken in the Assembly Housing Committee clarified intent of AB 760 only to extend this opportunity to people impacted by disaster like fire, flood and earthquake, not to emergency like Covid. People who home burn down and and have lost everything need help and that's what AB 760 does. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ta. All debate having ceased. The Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll.

Tally the votes aye 63 no 0 the measure passes going to pass and retain on file items 151 through 153. That brings us to file item 154, ACR 76 by Assemblymember Solache.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 76 by Assembly Member Solache relative to California small business month.

Assembly Member Salache, you are recognized.

Good morning Mr. Speaker and Members. As a Chair of the Assembly Committee on Economic Development Growth Household Impact Someone who has dedicated my career helping local small businesses to thrive, I rise to present ACR 76. This resolution commemorates the month of May as California Small Business Month.

Our state is home to over 4 million small businesses. These businesses employ more than 7 million people, demonstrating their massive economic contribution to our workforce and serving as a foundation of the world's fourth largest economy.

Small businesses in California have demonstrated exceptional resilience and adaptability, successfully navigating one of the most competitive landscapes in the nation while continuing to lead in sectors such as clean energy, bio, biotechnology, agriculture, one of my newest favorite areas, and digital commerce.

These businesses are not only essential to our local economy, also contribute significantly to California's global trade success and job creation. In California, diversity is a driving force of our economy. Of our 4.1 million small businesses, 1.6 million are owned by women and minorities and more than 2 million are veteran owned.

This diversity speaks to volumes of California's commitment to equal opportunity, inclusion and innovation in entrepreneurship. Small businesses are vital to California's economy and cultural vibrancy. As a former Chamber of Commerce President and local mayor, I can attest to the power and resilience of local small businesses in a community where we rely on them for employment and services.

Small businesses play a crucial role in addressing affordability issues in California by creating local jobs, offering community based services, reducing commute times and contributing to more equitable economic development. Recognizing May as California Small Business Month, we reaffirm the Legislature's commitment to supporting small businesses and the jobs they create across California. Please join me in supporting ACR 76.

Together we can ensure that these businesses have the tools and support needed to continue strengthening California's economic viability. I respectfully ask that the first roll open for co Authors. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Solace. Assemblymember Dixon, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, good morning. I rise in support of ACR 76 by my colleague from Linwood, which recognizes May as California Small Business Month. The impact of small businesses in California cannot be overstated. Small businesses are the largest creator of jobs in California. We support jobs. We all support jobs.

We want people to work who become significant contributors to our economy. By being business owners, they bring money into our state and importantly, their employees pay payroll taxes into the state treasury which are sorely needed. Many say they support small businesses, but we overregulate, overtax, and over litigate against all businesses. And small businesses feel this most strongly.

We cannot, we must continue to look to the impact of our new laws, our bills and laws on how it negatively impacts small business.

I think we have all heard people come to our office and speak to us in our district offices about a problem a small business owner has sometimes with unfair lawsuits and those kinds of unnecessary lawsuits that are breaking the backs of small business owners and forcing them actually to leave the state and not do business in California.

We need to keep them here and not drive them to economic ruin. If we're truly committed to encouraging and empowering our small businesses, let's work hard to keep them in California. We can do this right now by cutting burdensome regulations, slashing red tape, and most importantly, opposing exorbitant tax increases that hit them the hardest.

Let's support our small businesses and make them want to stay and be successful and prosperous in California because they are the strongest contributors to our community and their families, and our communities are stronger because of them. So thank you very much. I urge an aye vote on this resolution. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Dixon, seeing and hearing no further debate. Assemblymember Solache, would you like to close?

Thank you. Thank you to the Member for Orange County and to everyone for supporting our small businesses again. As someone that worked there for the last seven years in the Chamber of Commerce, I know these families literally invest everything and start these businesses and we make sure they continue thriving because they make our state thrive.

And there's no secret that why we're the fourth largest economy because of the backbone of our small businesses. With that, I ask for support on ACR 76.

Thank you, small business owner myself, Mr. Solace. We appreciate your attention in this matter. Would you like the first roll to be open for co author service? Please. Thank you. Okay. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll for co authors Members. This vote is for co authors. All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote. All Those vote who desire to vote. All those. Clerk will close the roll. There are 67 co authors added without objection, we'll move to a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted.

Assembly Member Solache, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Thank you. Good morning, members, again. This is an exciting day for small businesses throughout California, not only in May, but throughout the year. Today I have the honor of introducing in the Gallery today, we have friends from the Small Business Development Center up in the Gallery, so I have them--please stand up and acknowledge them.

Again, they're here celebrating the backbone of our state, communities. I see our friends, Yolanda from the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and our good friends that do good work every day. Thank you all for being here and continue thriving in our small business community.

Welcome to the California Assembly. We are honored by your presence. Okay, we are moving on to File Item Number 155, ACR 77 by Assembly Member Davies. The clerk will read.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 77 by Assembly Member Davies, relative to Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month.

Assembly Member Davies, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise today to present Assembly Concurrent Resolution 77, declaring May as Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month, in California. As we head into summer months, Californians are going to start heading for our beaches, lakes, rivers, and pools in search of relief.

At the same time, we're unfortunately going to see an uptick in drowning deaths and injuries. To put into perspective, roughly 4,000 people a year die from unintentional drownings. Additionally, for every person who suffers a fatal drowning, another seven or eight more will experience a non-fatal drowning. Some will need hospital care. Others will suffer lifelong injuries.

This is unacceptable, but by educating the public on the dangers associated with swimming, we can help families take important steps to increase their water safety. Members, I want to take a moment of personal privilege to recognize and celebrate a pioneer of drowning prevention and awareness, community. President and Founder of Drowning Prevention Foundation, Nadina Riggsbee.

In 1985, Nadina founded Drowning Prevention foundation, the longest standing drowning prevention charitable organization in the world. After tragedy struck her family in 1978, Nadina was able to take her grief and turn it into advocacy, working to save the lives of children across the country, by expanding access to drowning awareness and prevention education.

Well, this year she'll be retiring from her position. So, to honor her extraordinary work in the state, Nadina, along with her late children, Samira and JJ, are honored in this year's resolution. Members, drowning is 100% preventable and we can be the ones to end it.

I ask that you stand with me in the fight against drowning and I respectfully ask for your "Aye" vote. I'd like to go ahead and have the first roll open for coauthors. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Davies. Assemblymember Rubio, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of ACR 77. Many of you know that my 20-year-old nephew passed away last November in a drowning accident in Yolo County. And definitely his—this tragedy could have been preventable. And I really appreciate my colleague from Orange County and—for doing this.

And I never thought that I'd be, you know, here talking to you about this, but I really appreciate all of the support that I received, especially from the Member from Yolo County.

But I strongly support the education piece of this because there was three 20-year-olds, two of them passed, that thought that they knew what they were doing because they were 20 and they were strong enough to fight the current, and they were not.

And so, we need the education piece because I know our boys tend to think that they're stronger than they are. But again, I strongly support and ask for an "Aye" vote on ACR 77.

Thank you, Assemblymember Rubio. Assemblymember Macedo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support as a survivor of drowning. At the age of two, I fell into my grandparents' pool and was actually dead for a period of minutes.

And by the grace of God and a very pregnant mother who had taken first aid classes, who started administering CPR, I am still here to tell this story. So, what I will tell you is, in my family, drowning is preventable and 2 or 20, We must bring awareness to this.

So, I'm very grateful to be here today and thank the author for bringing this forward. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Macedo. Seeing and hearing no further debate. Assemblymember Davies, would you like to close?

I just respectfully asked for an "Aye" vote and like myself, I have had three times I almost drowned, when I was very young, and I've been very grateful that I was on swim team and diving team and had the opportunity to learn how to swim. So, again, I just leave you with this. Remember, drowning is 100% preventable.

Name me something else that is. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Davies. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll for coauthors. Members, this is for coauthors. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote for coauthors. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes.

There are 65 coauthors added without objection. We'll move on to a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor say "Aye." Say that again. All those in favor say "Aye." All those opposed, "No." The "Ayes" have it. The resolution is adopted.

We're going to pass and retain on File Item Number 156. That brings us to File Item Number 157: HR 36 by Assembly Member Garcia. The clerk will read.

House Resolution 36 by Assembly Member Garcia, relative to Lung Cancer Action Week.

Assembly Member Garcia, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise today to present HR 36, which recognizes the second week of May as Lung Cancer Action Week. The American Lung Association released their 2025 State of the Air report last month finding that Californians face significant health risks due to particle pollution and California has the worst particle pollution in the country, increasing the risk of lung cancer and lung cancer death.

Lung cancer can be caused by exposure to tobacco smoke, radon, diesel exhaust, and a range of other sources. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths and someone is diagnosed every two minutes in the United States.

My district has the worst air quality in the country and 750 people are diagnosed with lung cancer every year. Yet thanks to advancements in early detection and treatment, the five-year survival rate has improved by 44% over the past decade, and more than 65 new therapies have been approved since 2016.

Lung cancer screening saves lives, and advocacy and increased awareness will result in more high-risk individuals getting screened. Lung cancer treatments and early detection can be improved through heightened awareness and ongoing investments in research funding.

Lung cancer can be defeated, which is why I've worked with the American Lung Association to learn more about lung cancer risk factors and early detection and take actions to raise public awareness through Lung Cancer Action Week. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Garcia. Mr. Garcia, do you wish for the first roll to be open for co-authors, sir?

Yes, please.

All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. Members, this for co-authors. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Members, this is for co-authors. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. There are 67 co-authors added.

Without objection, we'll now move on to a voice vote. All those in favor signify by saying, 'aye.' Opposed, 'no.' The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Okay, that brings us to File Item Number 158: HR 39 by Assembly Member Papan.

Clerk will read.

House Resolution 39 by Assemblymember Papan, relative to National Public Works Week.

Assemblymember Papan, you are recognized.

Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker. And good morning everyone. I just got a few questions. How many people here drove on a street to get here? How many people walked on a sidewalk? How many people flushed a toilet this morning? I would venture to guess it was all of us.

So thank you, Mr. Speaker, we acknowledge that you have taken advantage of all those wonderful public works endeavors.

I was actually waving to people in the gallery.

I don't believe you. So today I rise to celebrate National Public Works Week and recognize all of our hard working public servants. Public work professionals are essential workers and they support infrastructure that keeps our communities safe and functional.

These dedicated engineers, managers and frontline workers, they serve quietly, yet their impact is everywhere, often working around the clock, especially during emergencies. In times of disaster, they're the first to respond and the last to leave.

As we saw recently with our fires in Southern California, they were out there clearing the roads, working hard to restore utilities, and helping communities recover. And with climate change, we're going to see more of that. And these public works workers are going to become even more essential. So this year marks the 65th annual National Public Works Week.

So let us take a moment to honor these professionals and the fact that they are first responders and acknowledge that status. So let's join together in thanking them and encouraging all Californians to learn more about public work systems that protect and support our quality of life.

Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask that the first roll be open for co-authors. And thank you very much.

Thank you, Assemblymember Papan. Assemblymember Caloza, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of my colleague from San Mateo, recognizing HR 30 and recognizing National Public Works Week. Prior to joining the state legislature, I was proud to serve as a Public Works Commissioner for the City of Los Angeles.

In this role, I witnessed firsthand the quiet but essential labor of our public works professionals, the people who literally keep our communities running as we heard.

When disaster strikes, like it did this past year in Southern California, these women and men are among the first on the scene and the last to leave, something many people have been able to witness just recently.

From restoring power to clearing roads to maintaining the systems that provide clean water and safe streets, they are the backbone of community resilience. And so National Public Works Week reminds us that honoring these workers is not just about recognition.

It's about respect, investment in our infrastructure, and more importantly, making sure that we thank them when we see them on the streets. So respectfully ask for your aye vote. And thank you again to my colleague from San Mateo.

Thank you, Assemblymember Caloza. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Papan, do you wish to close?

I do. I respectfully ask that the first roll be open for co-authors. Ladies and gentlemen, let's take great pride in recognizing these unsung heroes that do so much essential work for us. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Papan. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. Members, this is for co-authors. All Members vote who desire to vote. This is for co-authors. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes.

There are 71 co-authors added. That objection will move to a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Our last item on the daily file is file item number 159, HR 41 by Assemblymember Harabedian. Clerk will read.

House Resolution 41 by Assemblymember Harabedian and others, relative to National Hospital Week.

Assembly Member Harabedian, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's been quite a week, and I will say it's arguably the most exciting week because it's National Hospital Week, and that excites me, and I know it excites everyone here, and I'll wait for the applause and the roars to calm down before I proceed.

But I do--I just want to highlight all the hospitals in our districts. There's over 450 hospitals throughout the State of California, and each of us, I think, have a lot of pride in our hospitals. I know many of the members on this floor have worked very hard to keep their hospitals open.

Many have worked to actually get hospitals reopened after they've been closed, but I think that we really take for granted just how important our hospitals are, just how good they are relative to healthcare systems in other places, other states, and other countries, and so taking a moment to appreciate our hospitals is very important in the best of times.

It's really important after we're struck by disasters, and when the fires happened in LA, our hospitals really did a lot of heroic things that were beyond the call of duty, and one hospital that I want to highlight is Huntington Hospital in my district in Pasadena. Now, it came to fame four decades ago when I was born there, and that was a very momentous time for Huntington Hospital.

And since then, I have had a son there, I've seen many members of my family being treated there, and frankly, I think a lot of us have a bittersweet relationship with hospitals because some of us have spent our last moments with some of our loved ones in hospitals.

But I think that we can all agree that the people within the hospitals, whether you're having a child, whether you're with a sick patient who is a family member, or whether it's yourself, those nurses, those doctors, the admin, they make the stay and they make the time spent there really memorable and compassionate and as peaceful as possible.

And during the fires, Huntington Hospital did--obviously they were treating folks that were affected by the fire, but what they did beyond that really has been something that a lot of people don't know. There were many skilled nursing facilities that were burnt down, and Huntington Hospital opened its facilities and its auditorium to house more than 50 of our most elderly, most vulnerable patients and really around the clock took care of them.

Skilled nurses and surgical nurses became full-time caregivers, and at a time when Huntington Hospital had over 50% of its staff actually displaced by the fires, they were working around the clock to actually take care of of these victims of the wildfires, and so this story is just one story, and I know each of us have these stories in our district, but I am so proud to honor our hospitals for National Hospital Week, and I think that all of us have experienced just how critical they are in our healthcare system and just how much we rely on them.

So as we celebrate Hospital Week, I just want to say that we honor the doctors, nurses, allied health, environmental and administrative staff that work at the hospitals every day, that keep us safe, and do what they do without a lot of glory. And with that, Mr. Speaker, I ask for an aye vote on HR 41 and that the first roll be open for co-authors.

Thank you, Assembly Member Harabedian. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. Members, this is for co-authors. 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.

There are 68 co-authors added. Without objection, we'll move to a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor say, aye. Once again, all those in favor say, aye. All those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Assembly Member Harabedian, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, please join me in welcoming the President and CEO of Huntington Hospital, Dr. Lori Morgan, who joined us today on the floor. Dr. Morgan has been recognized in Becker's Hospital Reviews 2024 Women Hospital Presidents and CEOs to Know list. Dr. Morgan was honored for creating programs that best support patient care, fostering relationships with physicians, and improving financial performance. Let's give Dr. Morgan a big round of applause.

Welcome to the Assembly, Dr. Morgan. Okay, we are going to pass and retain on file items 160, 61, 62. That finishes concludes Assembly Third Reading File Third Reading File in the Senate. We're going to pass and retain on file item number 163.

Now move on to the second day consent calendar. Members, before we vote we will first take up resolutions on the consent calendar for the purpose of adding co-authors. Clerk will read the resolutions on the consent calendar.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 5 by Assemblymember Nguyen, relative to Áo Dài Day and House Resolution 38 by Assemblymember Fong, relative to Brain Tumor Awareness Month.

Clerk will now open the roll to allow any member to add on as a co-author to the resolutions. All members vote who desire to vote. Remember this is for co-authors. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll.

There are 65 co-authors added. Moving on to a vote on the consent calendar. Going to pass and retain on item 184. Is there any member that wishes to remove an item from the consent calendar? Seeing and hearing none, the clerk will read the second day consent calendar.

Assembly Bill 438 by Assemblymember Hadwick, an act relating to vehicles.

Clerk will open the roll on the consent calendar. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 66, nos zero. The consent calendar is adopted. Clerk will read the remaining items on the consent calendar.

Assembly Bill 463, Assembly Bill 655, Assembly Bill 786, Assembly Bill 896, Assembly Bill 992, Assembly Bill 1085, Assembly Bill 1177, Assembly Bill 1478, Assembly Bill 1515, Assembly Bill 1516, Assembly Bill 1528, Assembly Bill 1529, Assembly Bill 1301, Assembly Bill 1436, Assembly Bill 391, Assembly BiIl 1334, Assembly Concurrent Resolution 5, Assembly Concurrent Resolution 8, Council Resolution 38, Senate Concurrent Resolution 34, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 55.

Ayes 66, nos zero. Members, we're moving on to adjournments in memory. There are families present for this adjournment in memory. The quorum call is lifted. Can you please take your conversations off the floor? Thank you, members. Thank you, members. Please take your conversations off the floor. There are families present. Mr. Tangipa, please take your conversations off the floor.

Okay. Members, please give your respectful attention to those who are granted prior permission to speak on their adjournment in memory. Assemblymember Soria, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise today to adjourn in memory of Justice Betty Dawson, someone in my community who served as a pioneer for women practicing law. She was also a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and served as an incredible leader in my district.

Justice Dawson was born in Minnesota, but grew up in Santa Rosa when her parents knew there were more economic opportunities in California. It's important to note that Justice Dawson's academic journey wasn't a traditional path, which I learned she attributed her journey to her parents not having attending college.

So it wasn't until years later, after completing high school, that she began attending the City College of San Francisco. Shortly after, she would travel to Mexico, where she would meet her future husband, Robert Hayden, who was working towards a masters in Latin American history at the time.

They would end up traveling throughout South America together after their studies, during a time in her life where she would simply describe as wonderful. Once they both returned to the States, she decided to go back to college and complete her bachelor's degree after her husband Robert playfully dared her to return and finish her degree, and then attend law school.

Betty took that as a challenge and would go to accomplish both, becoming the first woman in her family to get a bachelor's degree. Betty first attended the Universidad De Las Americas in Puebla, Mexico, on a Spanish scholarship.

She then graduated from San Francisco State in 1975 at the age of 27 and then attended Hastings College of Law from 1975 to 1978. She remained a very modest woman for her entire life and would often say she was not a good student and struggled with law school. She graduated second in her class out of over 500 students at Hastings. She was a member of the Law Review and a recipient of the prestigious Order of the Coif, an American honor society for law school graduates.

Immediately following law school, Betty taught legal research and writing at Stanford Law School and then became a research attorney for Joseph Grodin at the First District Court of Appeals. Betty and Robert moved from San Francisco to Merced in 1980, where their daughters Emily and Margaret were born.

Betty specialized in criminal law, including death penalty appeals during her practice and did this while helping raise her children and serving as an important member of the Merced community. In 1990, she decided to become a judge. She was first appointed traffic referee, then court commissioner.

Justice Dawson would soon make history by serving as Merced County's first female Superior Court presiding judge when she was appointed by Governor Gray Davis in the year 2000. She became the court's presiding judge in 2002 and would soon be confirmed to the 5th District Court of Appeals in September of 2003. Betty would serve there until 2010.

It is important to stress that Justice Dawson was revered by justices and attorneys of like throughout her career. She had an incredible strong mind. She was sharp, she worked hard. She was someone who was completely dedicated to her craft, her field, and the love for the rule of law.

Amid receiving praise and recognition throughout her career by her colleagues, she too loved and admired her justice, her justice colleagues, and would go on to thank many mentors and mentees alike, which she collected throughout her illustrious career as an attorney and judge.

Betty broke ceilings in Merced County and paved the way for many women who entered the legal field. She was a trailblazer. She was also an avid traveler and a passionate gardener. In her free time, she could often be found cutting could be found taking cuttings from the gardens of others, only sometimes with permission.

Betty loved the outdoors so much. At one point in her life, she said she could have presided over the courtroom outside if she could. Well, what I learned that in fact she did once when the AC had gone out in the courtroom, it was actually cooler outside than inside. Betty took it upon herself to hold court outside.

Betty also loved to dance. And so we were sad to hear that. Betty died last November, November 17th of 2024. She was survived by her husband of 51 years, Robert, her daughter Emily, Emily's husband Oscar Sandoval, and her daughter or her granddaughter Delilah, as well as her daughter Margaret, Margaret's husband Greg Stalfa, and her granddaughters June and Cecilia. Today we're all joined by all of them who I extend my deepest condolences.

It's never easy to lose a mom or a life partner. I am sad that I never had the personal pleasure of meeting Justice Dawson. But I did have the I had the privilege of building a great friendship with her husband Robert and her daughter Emily. And I through them can see a piece of Betty's legacy and each of them.

So today, while I adjourn in her memory, I know that her light and her joy will continue to shine, not just through Robert and Emily, who I've known much more closely, but through the entire family and even her granddaughters, who I got to meet today. And so what I say to you all, again, my deepest condolences. And today, members, if you could help me adjourn in her memory, but also in the great legacy she has left in my district in Merced County. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Assemblymember Soria. Members, let us observe a moment of silence to honor the life of this historic Californian, Betty Dawson. Thank you. Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory from the majority leader's desk.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. Mr. Speaker, I request to present part of this adjournment in memory in Spanish.

Without objection.

Today I rise to mourn the loss of a young man named Derbing. Derbing Jose Alvarado Gonzalez. Derbing was born April 12, 2009. Tragically, he was killed on March 17, 2025 at the tender age of 15 on his way to soccer practice. He was a student at Cristo Rey Del Sol East Bay High School and a member of a youth soccer program called Oakland Genesis. I met some of his classmates during an advocacy day in the Capitol.

They were wearing his remembrance on their chest. And he was a member of a community who has all felt the weight of their loss as they spoke about them. There is no better way to describe him than in the words of his family. I will say a few lines in Spanish from the letter they wrote to me.

[Spanish]. He was a smart, humble boy with a big heart, full of love and joy. [Spanish]. He had a clear dream and goal in his life to go to college and become either a detective or an attorney. [Spanish]. Derbing had light in his soul and being that touched everyone with love and joy. I want to thank his family, many of whom are here today in the gallery, for giving me the privilege to celebrate him and for giving this Assembly the honor of recognizing him.

Thank you for allowing us here on this floor to share in the light and joy he brought to your lives and to the hope and inspiration that he brought to California. Derbing had a deep bond with his friends and family and a clear desire to pursue a career advancing justice and safety in our community. May we each hold the lights a bit of his legacy as we fight for a California that Derbing would be proud of.

In the gallery today, we have Maria Jose Gonzalez, his mother, Jerving Alvarado, his father, Allison Alvarado Gonzalez, his sister, Elida Valdez, Derbing's aunt, Maria Cruz Valdez, his other aunt, paternal aunt, his uncle Francisco Gonzalez, family friends Maria Isabel Malagon, Maria Houston, Council Member Ken Houston from East Oakland, where Derbing lived, and Gloria Morales, a youth alive homicide crisis responder. Thank you. And I again ask that we adjourn in the memory of Derbing Jose Alvarado Gonzalez.

Thank you, Assemblymember Bonta. Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized for your adjournment and memory.

I rise to join my colleague in adjourning in Derbing's memory. My son came home from soccer practice. He plays on another one of the clubs in East Bay, and he had played Genesis many times. And he came home to tell me that one of the boys that he had played had lost his life.

And the club came together to join in a fundraiser for the family, and it touched the entire East Bay community and every soccer player that had the joy of playing against their club and I'm sure with their club. And so, on behalf of the entire soccer community of the East Bay, I wanted to join and say may his memory be a blessing.

Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan. Members, let's observe a moment of silence as we immortalize this Californian of incredible promise into our state's history, the life of Derbing Jose Alvarado Gonzalez. Thank you. 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.

Moving on to announcements. Members, we have one committee hearing today. Budget Subcommittee 4 meets upon adjournment right now. Capital Room 447. Session schedules as follows. Friday, May 16, no floor session, no check in session. Monday, May 19, floor session at 1:00 pm. Seeing and hearing no further business, I'm ready to entertain a moment motion to adjourn.

Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry moves and Assemblymember Gabriel Seconds that this house stands adjourned until Monday, May 19th. At 1:00 pm. Quorum call is lifted and we are adjourned.