Senate Floor

Secretary, please call the roll.

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A quorum is present with the Members and guests beyond the rail and in the gallery. Please rise. We will be led in prayer this morning by Senator Durazo, after which, please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Senator Durazo.

Thank you, Mr. President. Good morning, colleagues. Today we pray a prayer of Rabbi Harold Kushner, loving creator. Let the rain come and wash away the ancient grudges. Let the rain wash away the memory of the hurt, the neglect. Let the sun come out and fill the sky with rainbows.

Let the warmth of the sun heal us wherever we are broken. Let it burn away the fog so that we can see each other clearly, so that we can see beyond labels, beyond accents, gender or skin color. Let the light of the sun be so strong that we will see all people as our neighbors.

Let the earth nourished by rain, bring forth flowers to surround us with beauty. And let the mountains teach our hearts to reach upward to heaven. Amen.

Members, please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance. Members, if you will. Today marks 24 years since the 911 terror attacks. Let us take a moment of silence to remember the lives lost and forever changed on this day 24 years ago. Thank you, Members and pro tem. Senator McGuire, you are recognized.

Thank you so much, Mr. President. Good morning. Thursday, the 911. And what we would like to be able to do is our daily check in and run a show as we have been doing. We do one in the beginning, one at the end of each evening.

We have a sandwich day today, bills in the morning, we're going to take a lunch, bills in the afternoon. So with the afternoon, we have an afternoon supplemental file that will be advanced with additional measures. In addition, this afternoon we're going to start working the file.

That means we're going to need all Members on the floor because we're going to be working those bills that are on the file and making sure that folks are here ready to take them up. As we've made some really incredible progress over the past several days.

We're down to less than 100 Assembly bills that are in front of us today for the evening over dinner. We have three committees that will be moving forward, the Environmental Quality Committee, the Appropriations Committee and the Energy Committee. As far as session this evening. Let's talk a little bit about that.

We're going to see how long these committees last night they lasted for about 10 hours being a little joke here, but pretty much. So it's going to be upon call we'll recess for dinner break. We're going to check to see where we are about 60 to 90 minutes in and then we may come back. We may not.

It will be upon call. We really appreciate all of the flexibility that Members are advancing. Last thing I'll just say is just a reminder, we will be here on Saturday. We will be here on Saturday with a 9:30am start. We're going to work to be as efficient as possible.

As we know folks have a lot of commitments, personal as well as associated with your office. We're going to work to get you out of here as quickly as possible here on Saturday. But we'll have a 9:30am start and we'll be moving the last good thing we have double dessert today.

So there will be a double dessert day here in the Senate. Mr. President, want to leave you with some good news. Thank you so much and look forward to the good work ahead.

Way to wrap it up with some double good news. Thank you. Privileges of the floor. There are none. Messages from the Governor will be deemed read. Messages from the Assembly will be deemed read. Reports of committees will be deemed read and A.

Amendments adopted under Motions, resolutions and notices pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 D. File Item 65, SB5. The following bills are referred to Committee on rules. File item 65, SB 500. File item 68, SB 630. File item 72, SB 777 Motion to withdrawal without objection.

AB 715 was withdrawn from the Committee on Judiciary and re referred to committees on Appropriations. Members under motions, resolutions and notices. Senator Durazzo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to request that AB 667 Solace, Assemblymember Salacha be moved to the inactive file at the request of the author.

The desk will note. Senator Padilla, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. Please remove file items 84 AB 1389 Rubio. File item 85 8B 1393 Rubio and file item 86 AB 1526 Rubio from. Third reading to the inactive file. Regardless, request the offer.

Thank you, Senator. Desk will note any other Members under motions. Any other Members seeing None. We will move to consideration of daily file. Secretary, please read second reading.

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Second reading File will be deemed read. Moving to Assembly, third reading. Members, we are moving to Assembly, third reading. Beginning with. Beginning with item 87. AB 484. Secretary, please read.

By assigning Member Dixon and according to attorneys.

Senator Umberg. You are recognized when you are ready.

Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. AB 484 would require the Committee of. Bar Examiners provide a report Court to. The Board of Trustees and to the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, to the Assembly and Senate committees on. Judiciary, on whether adopting a uniform bar. Examination would be more efficient and lower the cost of Administration for the state bar. I urge an aye vote.

Thank you. Seeing no microphones up for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

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Senator Umberg moves the call. We are Moving to item 88, AB 741. Secretary, please read assigned Bill 741 by Assemblymember Ransom an act relating to Department of Justice, Senator. Ashby, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present AB741 by Assemblymember Ransom. This is legislation that strengthens protections for some of the most vulnerable children in our care.

Court appointed special Advocates, or Casa, volunteers play a vital role in the lives of foster youth, and they undergo a thorough screening process, including a search of the Child Abuse Central Index, or caci. However, there is a serious gap in oversight.

Casa organizations are not automatically notified if one of their volunteers is later added to the CACI after their initial screening. Due to a substantiated report. AB 741 closes this loophole by requiring the Department of Justice to notify Casa programs immediately if any active volunteer appears in the CACI program. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

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Senator Ashby moves to call. We will move to item 95. AB 915. Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 915 by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris and others. Senator Grove, you are recognized for item 95. AB 915, when you are ready.

Yes, I. I do apologize. The floor leader said I was next, but I thought I was doing governor's appointments, so I do apologize. Thank you. On file, item 95. Thank you, Mr. President. I'm presenting AB 915 on behalf of Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris.

AB 915 is a district Bill focused on energy storage, a project in Kern. County. It clarifies that small retention ponds tied to this project is not a dam. Instead, it's held the same kinds of safety standards that apply to wastewater ponds because it is in fact a pond.

Right now, there's confusion over jurisdiction and clarity needs to be established, which AB 915 does. And it provides clarity to the confirming the CEC's role to the lead permitting agency. This project is important to energy reliability for Kern County and jobs and meeting the state's clean energy goals.

Nothing in the Bill stops Energy Commission from consulting with the Division of Safety and dams. AB915 passed out of Senate Natural Resources and Water with no opposition. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote and thank the author for thinking of Kern County for this new technology and a way to move California forward.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll.

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Senator Grove moves the call. We are Moving to Item 101 AB 1056. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 1056 by Assemblymember Bennett an act relating to commercial fishing.

Senator Laird, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. President. I'm presenting Assembly Bill 1056 for Assemblymember Bennett. This involves the transfer of gillnet fishing permits. Gillnet fishing involves waiting mile long nets on the ocean floor. Unfortunately, there's large amounts of bycatch when it happens. Gillnet fishing is not a widespread practice.

Currently they're only allowed off the coast of Santa Barbara and Ventura. And commercial gillnet fishing requires a permit from the Department of Fish and Wildlife. This Bill allows any current gillnet fishermen. To continue to fish for as long. As they want, but restricts the transfer of their permits to another party after 2027. The Bill makes one exception.

A one time transfer to a family Member after 2027. Allowing for the importance of family run fishing. This is a gradual reform. It catches up to other places in the state. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senators. Seeing no discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

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Senator Laird moves the call. We are Moving to item 105. AB 394. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 394 by Assemblymember Wilson an act relating to public transportation. Senator Ashby, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present AB394 on behalf of Assembly Woman Wilson. AB394 enhances safety on public transit by expanding penalties for assaults against transit employees, not just operators, and by allowing courts to issue temporary restraining orders to keep offenders off transit property. This Bill has received bipartisan support. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no further discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

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Senator Ashby moves the call. Item 115, AB1. Secretary, please read

Assembly Bill 1 by Assemblymember Connolly an act relating to Insurance

Senator Allen, you are recognized for item 115 AB 1 when you are ready.

Thank you so much Mr. President and Members. I rise on behalf of Assembly Member Connolly as a proud co author of AB1. This is a broadly supported Bill that would simply require the California Department of Insurance to review the Safer from Wildfire regulations every five years.

The Safer from Wildfires program is the only opportunity for residents to receive direct discounts for hardening their homes and neighborhoods, which is an effort that relies on up to date standards to ensure hardening is effective. So this Bill has received unanimous support.

It will keep Californians informed about how to best protect their homes and families and I respectfully asked for an aye vote. Senator Choi, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. President and I rise today in support of AB1. This Bill would require the Department of Insurance to review its Safer from Wildfire regulations every five years to determine whether the regulations should be revised and further discounts should be offered to consumers.

Currently there is no requirement for the Department to review its regulations at any set intervals. This is an important first step toward enduring Homeowners are given proper ensuring homeowners are given proper relief for home hardening. I had a couple bills for home hardening credit but unfortunately it didn't make it.

California has the highest wildfire risk in the US and then has promoted taking steps to reduce the severity of the efforts of the wildfires. This effort would go further by encouraging homeowners to take part in these efforts.

By participating in the home hardening efforts by homeowners should be supported with the incentives and this Bill takes a step toward the homeowners realizing these benefits. I thank you author and the presenter and urge you an aye vote.

Thank you Senator Choi. Seeing no further discussion or debate.

Senator Allen, would you like to close? No, just really appreciate the comments from my colleague. In the end of the day, this is about trying to highlight what is going to be at the center of our efforts to address our massive insurance challenges.

We've got to get people using more fire safe for fire resilient means both for their homes for Community resilience, et cetera. That's what's going to be at the heart of ensuring that we're able to have a more affordable system, both on the insurance side, the utility side, et cetera. With that, I respectfully asked for an aye vote.

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

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Senator Allen moves to call. We are Moving to item 129, AB 985. Secretary, please call the roll or please read my apologies.

Assembly Bill 985 by Assemblymember Schiavo an act to the Chiquita Canyon Landfill and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Blakespear, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today to present AB985 on behalf of Assemblymember Schiavo. For the last three years, a chemical fire has been burning the waste underneath the Chiquita Canyon landfill.

This fire continues to release toxic gases and carcinogens such as benzene and methane into the air, which has created a public health crisis in the surrounding areas. The landfill has created a disaster at no fault of the nearby residents, yet they are bearing the consequences.

This Bill will grant relief to affected residents by allowing them to request a reassessment of their property value for a lower property tax rate or a temporary postponement of their property taxes. The financial relief granted to residents will help them harden their homes or if they choose to move away from this public health crisis altogether. Please join me in assisting the residents of these committees in voting aye on AB985.

Thank you, Senator. Senator Valladares, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I too rise in support of this very important Bill that is important to my community. We have real families that are suffering through a disaster and it impacts them, their health, their well being.

And this is a very small token of something that we need to do to give them some financial relief and strongly urge an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you. Members. Any further discussion or debate seeing none. Would you like to close, Senator Blakespear?

Yes. Thank you. I thank my colleagues for her words And I urge an aye vote. Thank you.

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Senator Blakespear moves the call. We will move to item 131, AB943.

Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 943 by Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez an act relating to insurance. Senator Hurtado, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. SAB943 is back again. The legislation is back with technical non-substantive amendments. This measure remains bipartisan, has received no no votes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. And seeing no mics up for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Hurtado moves the call. We are Moving to item 142, AB 290. Secretary, please read.

Assembly Bill 290 by Senate Member Bauer Kahan. An act relating to Insurance .

Members Another modest but important insurance related Bill that seeks to improve customer protection by requiring that the California Fair Plan create and accept automatic payments. My district and so many of yours have been impacted by wildfire recently. And we know that the importance of a reliable California Fair Plan has never been clear. Massive challenges on that front.

Just to give you a sense, the Palisades fire in my district added an estimated $4 billion in exposure to the Fair Plan. So we know the Fair Plan was designed as the carrier of last resort for fire insurance.

But we have this ongoing crisis of insurance affordability and access and availability, which has now led to a sharp rise in the number of families that are relying on the program to protect their homes. Their role as a safety net makes the consequences of missed payments and lapsed coverage critical.

But policymakers right now are not given the basic option of setting up an automatic payment to ensure they never miss a premium, which is something that's so common for so many regular expenditures that we all have.

So this Bill applies a simple, modern standard of consumer protection and accessibility to a vital component to the state's disaster recovery and resilience system. And I respect for my vote. Thank you, Senator.

Seeing no mics up for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Allen moves the call. We are Moving to item 153 AB 531.

Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 531 by Assemblymember Rogers an act relating to energy.

Senator Becker, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. A lot of my legislation has been around getting to 247 clean energy. And that's why I'm really excited to present this Bill today by Assemblymember Rogers. Geothermal is derived from releasing the naturally occurring and endlessly generated heat under our Earth's crust to power turbines that produce electricity.

And this clean power can be sourced and operated on 247 basis. And so what this Bill would do Expand the type of facilities eligible to be certified as environmental leadership development projects and thus be part of the one stop shop opt in process for permitting and siting by the Energy Commission.

This will increase geothermal production, lead to many good paying green jobs. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Senator.

Seeing no mics up for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Becker moves to call. We are Moving to Item 155. AB 1390. AB 1390. Secretary please read.

Assembly Bill 1390 by Assemblymember Solache an act relating to public school governance.

Senator Allen, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. This Bill will make some updates to the monthly compensation limits for those serving on school district and county boards of education so that public service can remain accessible to individuals of all financial backgrounds.

For the last 40 years, that compensation has been held between 60 and 1 and 1500 dollars per month, depending on daily average daily attendance. But the effect of inflation, increasing responsibility and public scrutiny for local public servants have substantially eroded the relevance of that $1,500 at the maximum, which had the equivalent of $4,500 of buying power when it was put in place. So today's equivalent of 4,500.

So this allows boards to modestly and responsibly increase Member compensation to keep pace with inflation and restore and help to effectuate greater viability for local public service jobs. And with that, I respectfully ask for you aye vote.

Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Allen moves The call Moving to item 157. AB 720. Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 720 by Assemblymember Rogers an act related beverages. Senator Cabaldon, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. AB 720 is a support support Bill that would do three things. Number one, delay and further, further specify exactly how the QR codes for recycling on wine bottles is to occur. Number two, to allow for tastings, but not events in Vineyards when permitted by the local entity and by the Abc.

And third, to allow topping off of wine barrels with small amounts of additional wine to make sure that the wine doesn't go bad without having that being declared as a warehouse facility. I ask for an aye vote

And to my surprise, no further discussion or debate with that. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Cabaldon moves the call. We are moving to unfinished business. Members, we are going to unfinished business. Item number 22, SB. 92.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 92 by Senator Blakespear an act relating to housing.

Senator Blakespear, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues, I rise to present SB92, which is back on concurrence from the Assembly. SB92 will close a loophole in state density bonus law that was brought to light by a hotel development proposal in my district last fall.

This proposal took advantage of the density bonus law to propose a 270 foot tower in a neighborhood with a 30 foot height limit for a project that would include only 10 affordable housing units and be primarily used as a luxury hotel.

Amendments in the Assembly removed the provision that required projects to be two thirds residential in order to qualify for density bonuses and added a provision limiting commercial floor area incentives to allow no more than a 250% increase in commercial floor area from what the applicable base zone allows.

These amendments ensure the law remains an incentive for private developers to add housing to their projects while preventing abuse like the Turquoise street project in my district from happening in the future. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones up for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

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Senator Blakespeare moves the call. We are moving to item 27. SB317. Secretary, please read Senate Bill 317 by Senator Hurtado an act related to wastewater. Senator Hurtado, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. SB317, Wastewater Surveillance Bill is back on concurrence. It has support. Support and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

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Senator Hurtado moves to call. We are stay right there. We are moving right to item 36 SP224. Secretary, please read Senate Bill 224 by Senator Hurtado. And according to water Senator Hurtado, you. Are recognized once again.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. SB224 is back on concurrence. This measure has support. Support and I respect class for an aye vote.

Thank you. Seeing no discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

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Senator Hurtado moves to call. We are Moving to item 41, SB533.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 533 by Senator Richardson an act related to Transportation Electrification.

Senator Richardson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. SB533 is back on concurrence. Assembly amendments narrowed the bill's scope by specifying that the Internet based application requirement applies only to electric vehicle charging stations that are located in arenas with a seating capacity of at least 15,000 seats. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

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Senator Richardson moves the call. We are Moving to item 46. SB710. Secretary, please read.

Senator, Senate Bill 710 by Senator Blakespear an act related to taxation. Senator Blakespear, you are recognized.

Thank you. Mr. President and colleagues, I rise to present SB710, which will preserve the grandfather clause for current beneficiaries of the solar property tax exclusion.

What this means is that if you have already installed solar panels and battery storage or do so by the end of 2026, your property tax will continue to exclude the added value of that system to your property for years to come. Come. This property tax exclusion has been a huge incentive for homeowners to add solar.

But it will end on January 12027 meaning anyone adding solar and battery storage in future years would have their property taxes go up. But we owe it to those who added solar because of the exclusion and could only afford it with the tax benefit to continue to receive it. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Blakespear moves the call. We are going to item 48, SB 717. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 717 by Senator Richardson an act relating to cancer.

Senator Richardson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I'm ready to ram through SB717, which is back on concurrence from the Assembly. SB717 seeks to protect our regional cancer registries and the California Cancer Registry by codifying their relationship. Amendments taken in the Assembly address concerns by the Department of Public Health to maintain flexibility in the structure. This Bill has received unanimous support on the Assembly floor. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator Richardson. Seeing no discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Richardson moves to call. We are Moving to item 61, SB361.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 361 by Senator Becker an act relating to privacy.

Senator Becker, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. This Bill back on concurrence. The Assembly amendments add additional information to be shared by data brokers and provides technical amendments. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no discussion or debate to be had. Secretary, please call roll.

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Senator Becker moves to call. We are Moving to item 63, SB418. Secretary, please read

Senate Bill 418 by Senator Menjivar, an act relating to health care coverage and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately. Senator Menjivar, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, SB418 is back on concurrence. It was amended in the Assembly as a response to some regulations coming from the Federal Government to now allow, if it's medically approved by a physician to be prescribed 12 months of hormonal prescriptive hormonal therapy. Respectfully asking for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no mics up for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Menjivar moves the call. We are moving to item 64. SB450. Secretary, please read Senate Bill 450 by Senator Menjivar in equity into adoption. Senator Menjivar, you are recognized once again.

Thank you so much, Mr. President. SB450 is back on concurrence. The amendments in the Assembly were clarifying and and technical in nature to ickin from the Department of Social Services as well as clarify that an out of state home study conducted in relation to an adoption must meet our standards here in California. Respectfully asking for an aye vote.

Thank you. Thank you, Senator. Seeing no discussion or debate to be had. Secretary, please call roll.

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Senator Menjivar moves the call. We are Moving to item 68, SB3 6:30. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 630 by Senator Allen an act relating to State parks.

Senator Allen, you are recognized.

This Bill would streamline state parks, real property transactions by removing duplicative reviews for simple acquisitions, allowing parks to become more responsive and working with local partners to address pressing needs for access and infrastructure and operations. Stanley Amendments put in place a seven year sunset with the requirement for reporting back.

The Bill also raises the threshold at which DGS is authorized to waive its review and approval of state real estate transactions by and in so doing will reduce the backlog and staff costs over there and allow DGs to focus on larger and more complex acquisitions that require additional review. The Bill has no opposition. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Not seeing further discussion or debate to be had. Secretary, please call roll.

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Members, we will not continue roll call. This Bill was 2910 and so we will not continue roll call. It's been 2910 to Committee, two committees. So. A gift from us to you, Senator Allen. We will move on to the next item. Item number 70. SB709. SB709. Secretary, please read .

Senate Bill 709 by Senator Menjivar an act relating to business.

Thank you, Mr. President. SB709 back on concurrence amendments taking the Assembly address that the self storage rental disclosures be a larger type font and. Then the surrounding text on the first. Page and added a co author. It is a common sense consumer protection Bill. But great news.

Recent opposition such as the California Self Storage Association, the Self Storage the California Self Storage Association, the Self Storage Association, the California Business Roundtable and the Business Properties Association have all dropped their opposition and are now neutral. Respectfully asking for your aye vote.

Thank you Senator. Seeing no mics up for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

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Senator Menjivar removes the call. We are going to move to item 71 SB 766. Secretary please read.

enate Bill 766 by Senator Allen an act relating to civil law.

Senator Allen, let's try it on this one.

Members, this Bill codifies key protections in the Federal Trade Commission's cars rule and establishes a three day cooling off period for used cars. Earlier this year, the U.S. court of Appeals and 5th Circuit overturned the cars rule, but only on administrative grounds. And so we sought to address that decision by taking steps to protect consumers.

So this Bill prohibits car dealers from misrepresenting the price of the car. It requires transparency on the total full price and total payments. It requires dealers to be transparent about add on services or features that are optional and prohibits them from charging for add ons that will not benefit the consumer.

It provides additional protections for Members of the military and veterans by prohibiting dealers from misrepresenting affiliation with the US Government, state government law, local government, or any agency or Department, including the Department of Defense. And additionally, opportunities for consumers to return a car exist, but they're limited.

So existing law grants use car purchasers the ability to return their car only if they pre purchase the right to return it. This requirement ends up being a strong deterrent and many are unable to make the additional purchase when they're buying a car.

So as to give consumers time to review the purchase agreement carefully and fully inspect the car. This Bill gives a three day cooling off period for consumers to return the car and get their money back. We worked really hard and I want to give special thanks to my staffer Shoshana Levy, who worked so hard on this Bill.

We worked with all the prior opposition. They are now all neutral. The Bill has received bipartisan support. This is going to be a very important step forward for consumers who are just trying to buy a car. And with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Senator. Senator Jones, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. You know, automobiles have been sold in the State of California for over 100 years. And it's amazing to me that we come back to the to session every year and find a new way to regulate car dealers and car sales process in California.

While I appreciate the author working with the opposition to remove their opposition, reading through the analysis and the Bill, you know, it looks like to me that they were kind of forced into this position of removing their opposition because this was the best result that they could get.

Consumers in California are very well protected by lots of different regulations, lots of different attorneys, lots of different ways that consumers can come back at car dealers and get their money back because they made a decision that they didn't like or specific to this Bill, bought products as part of the purchase option that after a while they decided they didn't want or didn't need.

We've all bought cars. I believe we've all been through the process. You have to be an adult to buy a car and sign a contract in California. This is one more example. In deference to the assistant majority Leader, I will not say Sacramento, I will say the Legislature. Overregulating business in California.

Folks, there's got to be a time when we say enough is enough on these regulations. It's already difficult enough to do business in California. Why do we come back every single year and continuously try to make it more difficult? Consumers in California are not struggling by buying and purchasing automobiles in this state. I urge a no vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no other microphones raised for discussion or debate. Senator Allen, would you like to close?

Yeah, I would. You know, my. I gotta say, we have lots of bills that come to this floor with strong industry opposition. And, you know, this was a Bill that was hours and hours of work. Anybody who knows our good friends from the New Car Dealers Association knows that they're not easily forced into anything.

We worked really hard to get them to a comfortable place on this. In the end of the day, what this is about is ensuring that when you see a price online for a car, you know, you think you're walking in there buying the car for $30,000.

You're not walking out of there paying $40,000 for the car just because you were basically lied to with the online price that you saw when you. When you first went to the dealership. That's what this is ultimately about. And we worked very closely with the Association. They understood the significant consumer concerns that we were trying to address.

We made many, many amendments. It was. It took a whole year to get to this point. And in the end of the day, this is about protecting our constituents, our consumers who should be paramount in our. In our approach to this work.

And I want to thank the folks from the New Car Dealers Association for working with us and our staff and everybody else. And with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

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Senator Allen moves the call. We are moving back to Assembly. Third reading, item 79. A.B. 709. Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 709 by Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez an act related to water.

Senator Seyarto, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. I am here to present AB709 on behalf of Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez. AB709 permits amendments to coordination agreements for groundwater sustainability agencies that currently have multiple groundwater sustainability plans for a basin after the Department of Water Resources issues an assessment of the plans.

This will simply allow water management agencies to make quick changes when they get new information or face new challenges. Without waiting for scheduled reviews, the Bill has enjoyed unanimous support with no opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator Seyarto moves the call. We are Moving to item 126 AB. 630.

Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 630 by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez an act related to vehicles. Senator Arreguin, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present Assembly Bill 630 on behalf of Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, which seeks to aid local governments in only Los Angeles and. And Alameda County. And I'm presenting this on behalf of my colleague from LA County. Mr. President. Thank you.

But I'm also a representative of Alameda County, so this Bill is important to my constituents as well. But this Bill would address the complicated issue of inoperable recreational vehicles that often present significant public health and safety risks. Specifically, Assembly Bill 630 will raise the value cap for dismantling RVs, but only.

Only for those that are inoperable or declared a public safety or environmental hazard, and as meaningful safeguards to ensure that property is not being unduly seized in compliance with federal requirements. This Bill does not expand, let me repeat, does not expand the already broad towing authority of local governments. This deals with the dismantling piece.

Under current law, local governments can impound and dismantle vehicles after notifying registered owners and providing a 10 year reclaim period, but only if it's valued at $500 or less. Any RV valued over $500 must be auctioned, often allowing predatory buyers, often known as Van Lords, to purchase them for as little as $50. These vanlords.

And I'll speak to this directly as a representative of Oakland in the State Senate, because this is a growing problem in my district. If you go to streets in East Oakland, you'll see these vehicles, which often are bought at auction on the streets being used for criminal activity. Prostitution, drug dealing, other types of criminal activity.

And so these vanlords frequently return the RVs to the streets without properly registering the vehicles, ensuring that they are operable, or only making them safe and habitable. They then rent these RVs at significant markups to of vulnerable individuals, either perpetuating stifles of unsafe housing or allowing a platform for criminal activity rather than allowing the cycle to continue.

AB630 allows the dismantlement of these public health risks. Assembly Bill 630 will require local jurisdictions to give registered owners 30 days to recover towed RVs and expands the notification requirements to include contact information and additional on site notifications near the location where an RV has been removed so individuals know where their vehicles and belongings are being held.

This Bill guarantees a minimum 30 day reclaim period in towing and storage fee relief for RVs that are wrongly impounded, abandoned. Inoperable RVs present serious health and safety challenges in cities and counties throughout California, but has acute significance in my district and the district of the authority.

Recent amendments narrow the Bill to Los Angeles and Alameda County, providing a pilot that can be implemented so we can measure the efficacy of this policy if it were to be applied statewide. I respectfully asked for an aye vote. Thank you, Senator.

Senator Jones, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. I wasn't paying attention to this Bill earlier, but this looks like a really good Bill to me. I do have a couple of questions for the author if he's willing to answer a couple questions. Questions to the author? Yes, and I hope they're simple and straightforward.

Number one, Will the author take a question? Yes. Thank you, Senator Johnson. I heard the affirmative. Thank you, sinner. Number one. Does this apply to boats? To boats. Boats. If they're on the trailer in the same situation as the RVs.

This only. This applies to the vehicle. Okay. Yeah. Second question is why can't we do this statewide? That was the original proposal and then as this moved through the legislative process, it got narrowed to two counties. Thank you.

Thank you.

Support it being statewide? I'm sorry? I would support it being statewide. Thank you, Mr. President. I would also support it being statewide. I think this is a step in the right direction on these. Some often vandalized and left to ruin RVs. This is a good first step.

I asked for an aye vote and look forward to working on some additional steps next year. Thank you.

Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Atteghin, would you like to close?

Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. Well, I think I want to thank the leader for his comments. And I also support this being a statewide policy. I note that there have been several efforts this legislative cycle to adopt similar policies. The Senator from San Pedro had a policy. I had a policy.

I think we're trying to address I think a growing issue which is the prevalence of these vehicles on our streets either being abandoned or these vehicles being used in a manner that is providing a platform for criminal activity or creating significant health and safety risks. I just want to just clarify. This has nothing to do with.

With people that are living in vehicles. I know that issues come up in the debate. We're not trying to criminalize homelessness. This is dealing with abandoned RVs and dealing with vehicles that are being used on our streets that are creating a health and safety risk. This is a pilot program. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Arreguin moves to call. We are moving to item. Before we do that, just one reminder, Senators, we're doing so good this morning. If you have conversations that need to happen, which most certainly happens, please take them off the floor and keep the. Keep the noise level down on the floor. Thank you so much.

We're getting through this really well this morning. So with that, Moving to item 136 AB 1071. Secretary, please read

Assembly Bill 1071 by Assemblymember Kalra an act relating to criminal procedure

Senator Arreguin you are once again recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. Senators, I rise to present Assembly Bill 1071, which makes several clarifying changes to the procedures for claims under the California Racial justice act to ensure more uniform implementation. In 2020, the Legislature passed the RJA to address racial discrimination and bias in criminal proceedings across the state.

However, despite cleanup legislation, there continue to be examples of procedural barriers that have impeded incarcerated individuals attempts to raise legitimate RJA claims in instances where the original intent of the law is not being followed.

For instance, incarcerated individuals have been denied access to counsel despite the low threshold and the discovery materials needed to establish a claim leading to blanket denials and few substantive claims being heard. Assembly Bill 1071 directly responds to feedback and resolves confusion from the courts to ensure that RJA claims are processed consistently across the state.

Specifically, this Bill makes 100% clear that if racial bias has been found, there must be a remedy, reinforces and clarifies the current standard for appointment of counsel by citing the court decision that correctly interprets current law, clarifies that an individual can request information from the state before filing a post conviction challenge and other minor technical and clarifying changes.

This Bill came through the Senate Public Safety Committee, which I chair. We worked with the author to make, I think, critical amendments as well to further clarify the law. To be clear, this Bill does not expand what can be raised under the RJA or who can raise a claim.

Ultimately, Assembly Bill 1071 will help ensure that RJA cases are heard based on merit rather than inadvertently stalled by procedure to help effectuate the purpose and spirit of the act at the appropriate time, respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Arreguin moves the call. We are Moving to item 138 AB699, Secretary, please read Assembly Bill 699 by Assemblymember Stefanian act relating to elections. Senator Wiener, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. Colleagues, I rise today on behalf of Assemblymember Stephanie to approve present AB 699. This Bill expands transparency for local tax measures by providing the option to include key financial details in the county Voter Information Guide while amending ballot label requirements that have proven problematic for tiered tax rates and bond authorizations.

Existing law requires all ballot labels, regardless of how complex the measure must be compressed into 75 words. The result is that voters encounter ballot labels that are oversimplified, confused, confusing or even misleading.

AB 699 authorizes jurisdictions to keep ballot labels concise while directing voters to the Voter Information Guide, where there is room for a clear, plain language explanation for tier taxes or bonds measures. AB699 allows jurisdictions to either follow current elections code ballot label requirements or choose a new option.

By providing key financial details in plain language within the Voter Information Guide, this Bill strengthens transparency, improves voter confidence, and helps make sure important local investments aren't undermined by unclear or incomplete ballot labels. I ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Senator Seyarto, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. I rise in opposition to AB699. The reason I do that is because this actually reduces transparency. Transparency.

Referring somebody to look up the issues that they may have in a thick booklet with a bunch of other issues instead of just giving them the meat and potatoes right there in front of them to consider, which is as far as many voters are going to get.

So this is really a Bill that is trying to bury that information, make it a little more difficult for people to see how much something is actually going to cost, cost them from a taxpayer perspective, and as a taxpayer, I don't appreciate that.

I want to know when I'm going through the ballot and I'm at the ballot, if I'm doing the ballot box or I'm doing my write in ballot, I want to know how much this is going to cost right up front. That's not hard. 75 words or less, that's not hard to do.

It hasn't been hard to do this past. But what it has done is given information to people who, when they look at it, they say, yeah, you know what, we're not doing that. And that's why they want to bury this. They want to refer it to someplace else.

If we were going the opposite way on this, people would be screaming and hollering that we're trying to not we're trying to be less transparent. This does already exist in the books. What it's doing is taking it from the most conspicuous place that people will see on their ballot the information that is relevant to their decision. So I ask for a no vote.

See no further discussion and debate, no microphones raised. Senator Wiener, would you like to close?

I thank you very much, Mr. President. So until about six or seven years ago, there was no requirement to refer on the ballot label to say can get more information in the voter information guide. That's what this would require right now, given the 75 word limit.

When you start having to put more and more information into 75 words, it makes these ballot labels more and more incomprehensible to voters. It does not inform voters. It confuses people. And so referring people to ballot handbook where they can get detailed information makes all the sense in the world. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Wiener moves the call. We are Moving to item 146, AB 1417. Secretary, please call roll or please read. We'll get to roll in a minute.

Assembly Bill 1417, by Assemblymember Stefani an act related to offshore wind energy development and making an appropriation.

Therefore, Senator Rubio, you are recognized for AB 146 or AB 1417.

Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. President. Today I rise as a proud co Author to present AB 1417 by Assemblymember Stefani. This is an important measure. It relates to energy affordability Bill that will help Californians to keep energy bills low. We must rely on many forms of energy, including wind energy.

AB 1417 supports responsible offshore wind energy development by requiring offshore wind developers to report about how they operate as gas neighbors and work together with local and tribal communities to ensure that their developments are both thoughtful and fair.

That is why this Bill is supported by a diverse coalition of many organizations, including the Sierra Club, California Environmental Voters and several tribes. This Bill has no registered opposition and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Thank you, Senator. Seeing no further discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the role.

[Roll Call]

Senator Rubio moves the call. We are moving back to unfinished business. Unfinished business? Starting with item 25, SB233. Secretary, please read

Senate Bill 233 Senator Seyarto an act relating to housing.

Senator Seyarto, you are recognized. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I rise to present our. Mr. President. My bad. I rise to present SB233. On behalf of me.

SB233 would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to meet with the Councils of government regarding regional housing needs methodology at least 38 months prior to the scheduled revision of the housing element instead of the current 26 months. The Bill makes these provisions effective in the seventh housing cycle wherever feasible.

Recent floor amendments were taken to address chaptering issues. This Bill has enjoyed unanimous support with no opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Seyarto moves the call. We are Moving to item 32, SB512. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 512 by Senator Perez an act related to elections.

Senator Perez, you are recognized for item 32, SB512, when you are ready.

Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. This is a Bill that is before this House for the first time as it was amended in the Assembly to its current version. SB512 clarifies voters in a transportation district can exercise their right to propose and pass a transactions and use tax measure by means of a citizens ballot initiative.

Over the past 40 years, Prop 218 has granted voters across 25 counties the ability to approve local sales taxes to Fund public and active transportation interchanges, roadway improvements and other infrastructure. Although Prop 218 acknowledges the power of the people to affect local taxes, California Elections Code conflicts with that authority.

This is because the Election Code lacks explicit clarity that residents of a local transportation district can can propose transportation transaction measures by ballot initiative. As a result, there is inconsistency on this authority. Leaving projects vulnerable to unnecessary litigation delays and increased cost.

SB512 addresses this discrepancy by aligning the state selection code with the provisions of Prop 218 and other authorizing statutes. Bringing much needed consistency and clarity in California law.

This Bill clarifies that the voters within a transportation district can qualify a transportation sales tax measure by citizens ballot initiative and reaffirms the ability of Californians to Fund transportation projects that benefit their communities. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Perez moves the call. We are Moving to item 33, SB 19. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 19 by Senator Rubio an act relating to crimes.

Senator Rubio, you are recognized at your desk.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present SB19, an important public safety Bill that will help keep people safe and save lives by making it easier for law enforcement to hold people accountable if they threaten to attack schools, universities, workplace and daycare centers, house of worship or medical facilities.

This Bill is back on concurrence after the Assembly amendments combined this Bill with a similar Bill, AB237 by the great Assemblymember Patel. I wanted just to share that this is even more important today than ever. We just saw a shooting on a school campus. We also heard this morning that there was a shooting near Columbine, which we know was almost ground zero for school shootings.

And so when we have people making threats to our schools, to our sacred institutions, we need to know that it's a serious offense and that if anyone makes threats to go in and harm a crowd of people, that it must be taken seriously and there must be consequences. So I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Senator. Seeing no. Senator Alvarado-Gill, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank the author for bringing this forward. I rise in strong support of Senate Bill 19 and want to thank my colleague from the Los Angeles area for working diligently on this Bill for years and years, working with all sides to ensure that it truly does help solve the problem of school shootings and places of worship here in the state. So I rise in support and ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no further discussion or debate. Senator Rubio, would you like to close with that?

I respectfully ask for an aye Thank you for the comments.

Thank you so very much. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

enator Rubio moves the call. Senator Rubio, for what purpose do you raise?

The vote has been taken and I know it's still open, but I moved to print a letter to the journal regarding SB19 and the letter has been approved by both states sides.

Thank you very much. Desk will note. Moving to item 40. S.B. 485.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 485 by Senator Reyes an act relating to local government.

Senator Reyes, you are recognized at your desk when you are ready.

Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President. SB485 seeks to ensure that appointed chief public defenders remain free from political pressure and retaliation by better defining the conditions under which they can be removed from their position.

This reform would allow chief public defenders the ability to carry out their duties and uphold their clients constitutionally guaranteed rights without fear of retaliation. Assembly amendments affirm the board's authority to conduct performance evaluations of the chief public defenders via county's established performance evaluation process. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Reyes moves the call. We are moving to item 45, S.B. 669. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 669 by Senator McGuire an act related to Prenatal Health Care

Pro Tem Senator Mcguire, you are recognized.

Thank you so much, Mr. President. S.B. 669 is back on concurrence. It expands the number of birthing centers in rural parts of California. There are amendments that are in front. Of us as a result of technical assistance from the California Department of Public Health. The pilot program will work in conjunction. With the birthing center as well as a standby perinatal unit within a hospital. Would respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Pro Tem McGuire. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator McGuire moves the call. We are moving to item 53, SB 792.

Senator Arreguin moves the call. We are Moving to item 73, SB 820. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 820 by Senator Stern an act related to County Jail inmates.

Senator Stern, you are recognized from your desk.

Thank you, Mr. President. 820 is back on concurrency Assembly amendments to this critical piece of mental health care legislation strengthen due process protections, resulting in ACLU's neutrality on the measure. They also clarify necessary court procedures, including a sunset date of January 2030.

And most importantly, these amendments make clear that this is about treating people who are severely mentally ill and who need help. But we're going to ensure that these folks, if there is a community based alternative, that it's provided and that if they're not available, that medication can only be administered by non custody health care staff.

So I wanted to put that point of clarification on the record. I know I. I got that question from a Senator who's not sitting here, so I hope they hear me somewhere. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Aye. Senator Stern moves the call. Members, we have done well this morning. We are going to break for lunch for 20 minutes. Stay in the building. We are going to break for lunch for 20 minutes. Stay in the building. When we come back, we will lift calls. We will have a supplemental file.

We will continue to work the file. So with that, have a wonderful 20 minute lunch. We will recess 20 minutes.

Members, we will begin with unfinished business. Waiting for all Members to get to the floor. All Members to the floor so we can begin to hear and vote. We will begin with item number 23. Item number 23. S.B. 39. Secretary, please read

Senate Bill 39 by Senator Weber Pierson and act relating to public health and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Weber Pierson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today to present SB 39. This Bill will allow boric acid to continue to be used in vaginal products in the State of California. Assembly Amendments address chaptering out amendments and ban the sell of boric assets depositories in 2035 unless the products become regulated by a drug by the Fda.

This Bill has been on consent throughout the process and has had zero no votes. Respectfully ask for an aye on SB39.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no mics up for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Weber Pierson moves the call. We will move to item 26, SB236. Secretary, please read Senate Bill 236 by Senator Weber Pearson. An act relating to cosmetics. Senator Weber Pierson, you are recognized once again.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today to request concurrence and Senate amendments for SB236. The amendment strengthen enforcement capabilities and reduce fiscal impact. Respectfully ask for an aye vote on SB236. Thank you.

Thank you. Seeing no discussion or debate to be had. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Weber Pierson moves the call. We will move to item 28. SB373. SB373.

Senate Bill 373 by Senator Grove an act related Special education.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, SB373 is back on concurrence. This Bill adds protections for California children that are sent out of state to non public schools it's aimed at. It was amended in the Assembly to ensure that it only affects out of. State placements and revolve in. It also resolves some chaptering conflicts. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no discussion or debate had. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Senator Grove moves the call. We will move to item 29. SB517.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 517 by Senator Niello an act relating to professions and vocations.

Senator Niello, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present SB517 which aims to create a simple disclosure on home improvement contracts regarding the use of subcontractors. Chaptering amendments were taken in the Assembly and this Bill has received bipartisan support. In both houses where it has not received any no votes. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Secretary, please call absent Members. Oh, that is it. McGuire Aye 39. No 0. The measure or amendments are concurred in moving to item 31 SB 39. or SB595.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 595 by Senator Choi an act relating to local government.

Senator Choi, you are recognized. Thank you. President and Members Senate Bill 595. My only Bill that has made to this far is back on concurrence the recent amendments Committee request of the Senate controller's office in order to help with the implementation of the Bill and also address all technical chaptering out the issues. This Bill has received unanimous bipartisan support throughout the entire legislative process. For these reasons I respect ask for your aye vote.

Members. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate and Senator Choi being disturbed by his own phone call. The good news is this is eligible for unanimous roll call. So with that seeing is there any objection? Any objection? Seeing no objection. Ayes 39. No zero. This measure passes. We will move to thank you. So does Choi.

All right, Senator. Or item 30.

Mr. President.

Senator Grove, for what reason do you rise.

There's no clapping allowed on the floor.

Thank you for keeping us in order, Senator Grove. Let's give her a hand. Senator Umberg, for what purpose do you rise?

Well, for two purposes. One is to take up the next Bill but also to thank the school mom who's in of charge charge of the protocol of the Senate our colleague from Bakersfield..

All right, Senator Umberg, stay poised just right there. Item 34, S.B. 36. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 36 by Senator Umberg an act relating to Price.

Senator Umberg, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, SB36 is a follow on to the price gouging anti price gouging measures that were passed and enacted during the COVID crisis. This is now a follow on as a consequence of the fires in Los Angeles.

The modifications in the Assembly they limit the area to which this Bill applies and provides additional remedies for those who have been impacted. I uge an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Ayes 29. noes 8. The measure or Assembly amendments are concurred in item 35. S.B. 88.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 88 by Senator Caballero an act relating to Air Resources. Senator Caballero, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present SB88, which is back on concurrence. The Assembly amendments reduce administrative responsibilities from the next scoping plan update and instead publish information on its web website, all to reduce costs. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Senators, seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Any objection to unanimous roll call? Seeing no objection. Aye 39. No. 0. The measure passes. Moving to item 37. SB 298. Secretary, please read Senate Bill 298 by Senator Caballero and accurately to Air Resources.

Senator Caballero, once again you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President and Members, I rise to present SB298 which is back on concurrence. Amendments taken in the Assembly clarify the intent of the Bill and remove all opposition. I respectfully asked for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Members, be ready to vote when they call on your name. We're going to go through. Absent Members. Secretary, please call absent Members.

[Roll Call]

Ayes. 37. No zero. The measure passes. Moving to item 38. SB 307. Secretary, please read Senate Bill 307 by Senator Cervantes. She's going to pass on this, so let us move to item 39. SB402.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 402 by Senator Valladares an act related to health care coverage.

Senator Valladares, you are recognized for item 39 SB402.

Thank you, Mr. President. Today I rise to present Senate Bill 402 which is back for concurrence vote. This Bill has received no no votes and amendments were taken in the Assembly were non substantive and for the purpose of chaptering out respectfully. As for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate. This item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Without objection. Seeing no objection. Ayes 39 no 0. The measure passes. Moving to item 42, SB571. Secretary, please read Senate Bill 571 by Senator Archuleta and act relevant to cross. Senator Archuleta, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. President. And good afternoon everyone. I rise to present Senate Bill 571. Assembly amendments split provisions seeking to protect wildfire and other natural disaster victims between this Bill and AB468 authored by Assemblymember Gabriel.

I would like to thank my colleagues in the other House for my and my colleagues here and the colleagues from Berkeley and Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Safety for their work on this measure. I thank you. Senate Bill 571 is a clear sign.

California has zero tolerance for criminals who take advantage of wildfire and other natural disaster and the victims thereof. It is a reminder that California are protected. The state has they're back. We will continue to protecting our communities. I respectfully asked your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Senator Arreguin, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise as a joint author of Assembly Bill 5. Senate want to thank my colleague, the good Senate from Pico Rivera and our colleague in the other House Assembly Member Gabriel for their collaboration on this important issue.

Colleagues, this is part of our wildfire package and the amendments in the Assembly split the provisions of the Bill that the this focuses on false impersonation. The other provisions focus on looting that are in the Bill by Assembly Gabriel which hopefully we'll take up before the end of session.

It really is about making sure that people that have been impacted by these natural disasters are not being victimized again. We must be clear that those who take advantage of our communities when they're most vulnerable should be held accountable. Respectfully, as for an aye vote on this bipartisan Bill.

Senator Valladares, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I too want to thank the author from Pico Rivera and from Oakland for working in collaboration on this bipartisan Bill. What we saw happen in LA earlier this year was just horrific. You know, when you are going through an emergency, something like a fire, you're evacuated from your house.

You shouldn't have additional worries that you're going to be taken advantage of. So this is a common sense, bipartisan piece of legislation and I appreciate your work. Respectfully. Urgent aye vote.

Seeing all discussion and debate ceased, this item is eligible.

Oh, would you like to close, Senator Archuleta? Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to thank everyone. It is truly a bipartisan Bill. Public safety, and I appreciate your aye vote. Thank you so much.

Senator Archuleta, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Any objections? Seeing no objection. Ayes. 39. No. 0. The measure passes. Moving to item 43, SB586. Secretary please read.

Senate Bill 586 by Senator Jones an act related to vehicles.

Senator Jones, you are recognized. Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. President and Members. This is a really good Bill. I hope you will like it. It's SB586. The Assembly amendments didn't mess it up too bad. They added co authors and were technical. And clarifying in nature.

It establishes a clear legal framework for registering emotos as off highway vehicles in California, allowing them to access designated recreation areas. Please vote. Aye.

Well, at least that was polite. The good news is all debate and discussion has ceased and this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. So with that any objection? Seeing no objection. Ayes 39. No. 0. The measure passes. Moving to item 44. Item 44, SB 655.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 655 by Senator Stern an act related to Housing.

Senator Stern, you are recognized for item 44, SB655. When you are ready.

All right, thank you, Mr. President. Speaking. Bill is back on concurrence. Establishes a policy in the State of California to ensure that dwelling units be. Able to maintain and attain a safe maximum indoor temperature. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Ayes. 33. noes five. Before we call the vote, Senator Choi, for what reason do you rise a vote?

Change aye to no. I don't know. Grove. I don't know. Say I don't know.

There you go. Anyone else? All right. Ayes 31 knows 8. The measure passes, moving to item 47. SB 711.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 711 by Senator McNerney an act relating to taxation and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Thank you, Mr. President. Members, Senate Bill 711 is back in this house on concurrence. It makes it easier for people in business to file taxes by updating California's Revenue and Taxation code to conform with changes in the Internal revenue code between 2015 and January 1st of 2025.

The Senate approved this measure unanimously earlier this year. And Assembly Members for technical and clarifying. There's no record of opposition supported by and it is supported by a coalition of tax practitioners. I with some dignity ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Secretary, please call absent members Aye. Ayes. 40. No zero on the urgency. Ayes 40 noes zero on amendments on Assembly amendments concurred in moving. Moving to item 49. S.B. 779.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 779 by Senator Archuleta an act relatingto contractors.

Senator Archuleta, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise and present Senate Bill 779. Contractors civil penalties. It's a simple common sense measure, ensuring bad actors are properly held accountable. Assembly amendments are technical in nature. I respectfully ask your aye vote.

Seeing no discussion or debate. This item is eligible for unanimous roll call without objection. Seeing no objection. Ayes 40 noes zero. The Assembly amendments are concurred in moving to item 50. SB793.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 793 by Senator Archuleta an act related to Public Safety.

Senator Archuleta, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present Senate Bill 793. 793 back on concurrence which prohibits a person from selling, offering for sale or distributing an unsafe counterfeit lighter that does not comply with ASTM International Safety Standards to Protection of Children. Assembly amendments incorporated technical feedback from the Department of Justice and everything is is well taken care of. I respectfully ask your aye vote.

Thank you. Thank you. Seeing no discussion or debate, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Without objection. Seeing no objection. Ayes 40 no 0. Amendments are concurred in item 51, SB864.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 864 by Senator Padill an act relating tribal gaming and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Padilla, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. SBX864 ratifies tribal state gaming compact between the state and Shari Heights Indian Community of Trinidad Rancheria. It also ratifies amendments to the 2011 Penolaville Compact and the 2015 Sick One Compact. These amendments bring these two compacts in alignment with the Chicken Ranch decision. Ratification of these and amendments are vital for economic development and security of these tribes are. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no discussion or debate, this item is also eligible for unanimous roll call. Without objection. Seeing no objection. Ayes 40 noes zero on the urgency. Eyes 40 knows zero on the amendments. To be concurred in moving to the next item. Item 52, SB852. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 852 by the Assembly Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments. Enact by the Senate Committee on Elections Constitutional amendments and act relating to state and local government.

Senator Cervantes, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President and Members, I rise to present Senate Bill 852 for concurrence and Assembly amendments. This is a Senate Election Committee omnibus Bill dealing with the Political Reform act of 1974. Assembly amendments add provisions prohibiting accepting political donations at legislated district offices and local government offices. Are respectfully asked for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no discussion or debate, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Without objection. Seeing no objection. Ayes 40 no 0 on the urgency. Ayes 40 no 0. Assembly amendments are concurred in the moving to item 55. SB 47.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 47 by Senator Umberg, an act relating it to the State Bar and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Unberg, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. The February bar exam was an unmitigated disaster. This is an audit to figure out what went wrong and how we make sure that doesn't happen again. Again, I urge an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no discussion or debate to be had, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Without objection. Seeing no objection. Ayes 40 noes zero on the urgency. Ayes 40 noes zero. Amendments are concurred in item 56, SB 83.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 83 by Senator Umberg an act relating to the State Department of Health Care Services.

Senator Unberg, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. SB 83 brings transparency to the issue of accountability with respect to substance abuse disorder. What this does is it requires that violations of certain facilities be posted online. I urge an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no discussion or debate to be had, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Without objection. Any objections? Seeing no objection. Ayes 40. No. 0. Amendments are concurred in item 57, S.B. 243.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 243 by Senator Padilla. An act relating to artificial intelligence. Senator Padilla, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. And with brief indulgence, I rise to present SB243, which is back to the Senate on concurrence Assembly amendments clarify scope, simplify compliance requirements for operators and require operators of companion chat bots to prevent their bots from exposing minors to sexually explicit content. Briefly, we're facing an epidemic of isolation and loneliness.

Young people are suffering and far too often they gravitate towards digital support systems to replace human relationships, which is proving incredibly dangerous.

We need to look no further than Orange County teenager Adam Rain, who took his his life after a bot told him not to seek help and even attempt his attempts at self harm and hide them from his parents.

The same with Sewell Setzer, a Florida teen who took his life after developing a similarly toxic relationship with the bot. Our technologies can be powerful educational and research tools, but left to their own devices, they can incentivize and support disastrous outcomes.

It's abundantly clear that we missed an opportunity that was crucial with the advent of social media to Institute meaningful protections around this technology. And so today, with the rise of this incredibly powerful new technology, we cannot make the same mistake. Spill is not a cure all.

It merely takes first steps toward creating meaningful safeguards to protect the most vulnerable among us, including our children. We have the ability to lead the world in innovation. But it's our responsibility to ensure it doesn't come at the expense of children's health.

Before I close, I want to thank Megan Garcia, Sewell's mother, who flew from Florida to Sacramento more than once to testify on behalf of this measure to help protect other children from her son's fate.

I want to also take a moment to remember Adam Rain and to keep his family in our prayers as they grapple with their enormous loss. And to my principal co author, my co author, Senator Archuleta and Senator Becker, I thank you for your leadership and your support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Senator Becker you are recognized.

Thank you. Just want to rise quickly. Thank my great colleague from San Diego. Both my colleagues from San Diego, our other joint authority there from San Diego as well. You know, a lot of times we. Work on this legislation because of what's. Happened and we meet people along the.

Way, as we do with Megan Garcia. This happened to someone I went to college with, is now kind of caught up in this. I saw very personally the effect that this can have. These companion chatbots can have on individuals sought way, way, way too personally just this weekend. So very proud to be a principal, a co author. Appreciate all the work of my colleagues from San Diego. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Senator Padilla, would you like to close?

Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you so much. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Ayes 33. Noes 3 Assembly amendments are concurred in moving to item 58. SB 292. Secretary, please call the roll.

Senate Bill 292 by Senator Cervantes an act relating to electricity.

Senator Cervantes, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. SB292 requires a California Public Utilities Commission to consider additions to to the annual reliability Report submitted by Investor Owned Utilities. Assembly amendments make explicit the CPUC proceedings where determinations regarding changes to reporting requirements must be considered as well as additional substantive and clarifying amendments. Respectfully asked for your aye vote.

Seeing no mics raised for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Ayes. 40. No 0. Assembly amendments are concurred in item 59, SB 302.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 302 by Senator Padilla an act related to taxation to take effect immediately. Tax levy.

Senator Padilla, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. SB302 is back on concurrence amendments in the Assembly. Delay the implementation instead of signing sunset date. This Bill has received no no votes and is enjoyed bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call without with roll call, then we will do roll call. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Ayes. 40. No. 0. Assembly amendments are concurred in item 60. SB 313.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 313 by Senator Cervantes an act related Vital Records. Senator Cervantes, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President and Members. This legislation aims to protect parents personal information and address concerns about data misuse, enhancing privacy while preserving essential birth records.

SB313 was recently amended to allow for implementation date of July 1st of 2027, providing a delayed implementation that will enable the California Department of Public Health Health to update relevant forms and registration systems. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Seeing no discussion or debate to be had. Secretary, please call roll.

[Roll Call]

Secretary, please call absent Members.

[Roll Call]

Ayes 28. Noes 10 Assembly amendments are concurred in moving to item 62, SB 376. Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 376 by Senator Valladares an act related to taxation.

Senator Valladares, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. Members, I rise today to present SB 376, which is back on concurrence with technical amendments. It's had no no votes and it's a straightforward measure which will clarify how certain types of trust are defined within California's tax law. It promotes efficiency throughout California and I respectfully urge your aye vote.

Thank you. Seeing no debate or discussion to be had, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Without objection. Seeing no objection. Ayes 40 noes zero. Assembly amendments are concurred in item 66, SB509.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 509 by Senator Caballero an act related to state government.

Senator Caballero, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. And Senators, I rise to present SB509 which is back on concurrence. Assembly amendments taken. Delay implementation to 2027 and clarify the intent of the training. Respect. We ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Seeing no discussion or debate to be had, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Without objection. Seeing no objection. Ayes. 40. No, zero. The semi amendments are concurred in moving to item 67. SB 578.

Secretary, please read Senate Bill 578 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas an act related to employment.

Senator Smallwood-Cuevas you are recognized for SB578.

Thank you, Mr. President. Appreciate that. Didn't hear the warning. But, Members, SB578 is back on concurrence and this Bill will codify the California Workplace Outreach Program CWOP, as it's called, into state law until 2031. This Bill has bipartisan support and I respectfully asked for your aye vote.