Assembly Floor

The Assembly is now in session. Does not appear that we have a quorum. Assembly Member Wallis notices the absence of a quorum. Sergeant. Arms will prepare the chamber and bring in the absent Members. Clerk will call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Mr. Speaker, Members of Quorum is present. We ask that our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand for the day's prayer. Reverend Oshita will offer today's prayer. Reverend Oshita.

Please join me in a moment of reflection. Bob and I took my mom and dad on their first trip back east in August of 2001. The concierge at the hotel, who helped us immensely, encouraged us to visit the World Trade Center. Remembering his recommendation, one day we taxied there.

He said it had a spectacular view of New York City. When we arrived, there was drizzling rain with thick dark clouds. Looking up, we could barely see the fourth floor, so we decided to make it a day of shopping. Later, when the concert saw us, he came running over to ask us about our World Trade center experience.

We explained that it was so cloudy and overcast that we decided not to go to the top. He looked so disappointed. He said, on days like today, the view is Special. From the 110th floor, you can see above the clouds, the sun is shining.

And looking down, you can see the tops of skyscrapers popping up here and there all around you through the clouds. It's amazing, even magical. He encouraged us to go the next day. Sadly, I told him, we are leaving tomorrow, but added, for sure we will go there the next time we are in New York.

This was in August of 2001. Just weeks later, on September 11, we all watched in horror as the twin towers of the World Trade center was struck by hijacked airliners and collapsed in flames. We knew without being told that there were thousands of victims for weeks, I was numb with disbelief, wondering, how could this happen?

Why is there so much hate in the world? As a lifelong advocate for peace, I worried, is there hope for world peace? But the words of a wonderful teacher, Reverend Gilmei Kubosi, grounded me. He would encourage world peace begins with me. The end of anger, hate and violence begins with me.

It begins with my acts of kindness and understanding. We may not be able to change the whole world, but our acts of kindness can impact people around us.

Each act is a ripple of goodness, and our collective actions can become a wave of kindness that can help calm the anger and diminish the heat that detonates every bomb and fires every assassin bullet. 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. Assembly Member Salache will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Members, as we remember today, 911 please join me in saluting our 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.

You may be seated. 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. Reading of the previous day's Journal .

Assembly Chamber Sacramento Wednesday, August 20, 2025 the Assembly met at 7:00am The Honorable Tri Ta Assembly Member 70th District Presiding Chief.

Leader Aguiar Curry moves that Mr. Lackey seconds that the reading of the previous day's journal be dispensed with presentations and petitions? There are none. Introduction and reference of bills will be deferred, reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments deemed adopted. Messages from the Governor? There are none. Messages from the Senate? There are none.

Moving on to motions and resolutions. There are no absences today onto procedural motions. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly rule 118A to allow Assembly Members Jeff, Gonzalez and Ransom to have guests at the rear of the chamber today.

Without objection. Such shall be the order.

I move to Suspend Assembly Rule 74D to allow Assemblymember Rubio to take up File Item 61. HR 68 for adoption on the third reading file I move to.

Without objection such shall be the order. Members, pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2, I am re referring item 48, that's AB 1152 by Assembly Member Patterson to the Public Safety Committee Members, please if I could have your attention on something quite important. Members.

Members, we have 50 Assembly bills that are back on concurrence that have not been flipped as ready to be taken up. We are out of time. Please have your staff coordinate with the floor unit to take up your bills as soon as possible. You can text them right now.

Please have your staff coordinate with the floor unit to have your concurrence bills flipped as soon as possible. Also Members, let's go through a quick run of show how today is going to be. We're going to recess for lunch from 1 to 2:30. During that time we're going to remain under call for the following committees.

Budget informational hearing is in room 437. This is from 1 to 234. 37. Local government will be in room 127. Privacy and consumer protection in room 444. Members, lunch will not be provided so please plan accordingly. Have staff deliver food to the Members lounge. When we reconvene at 2:30, we will work until a dinner break.

That dinner break is going to take place between 6 and 7:30. The call will be lifted during that time for Members to leave for dinner. On the other side of dinner, please plan to be here until 10pm this evening. All have a great workday. Okay, moving on to guest introductions. Scratch that.

If you're not ready, come back to guest introductions. Okay, Members, we're going to get started with business on the daily file. We start with our second reading.

Senate Bill 733.

All bills will be deemed read and all amendments will be deemed adopted. Okay, we are going to pass and retain on file items two and 60. And we're going to begin today as we have the last few days with a Senate third reading. Thanks for your patience. We are going to pass temporarily on file item 62.

We're going to pass and retain on file item 63. We're going to pass temporarily on file item 64. And that brings us to file item 65. That is SB 385 by Senator Seyarto presented by Assemblymember Irwin. Clerk will read

Senate Bill 385 by Senator Salarto and others an act relating to peace officers and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Members, this is a 54 vote Bill. Assemblymember Irwin, you are recognized.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I'm pleased to present SB3 on behalf of Senator Seyarto. This Bill importantly prevents an unintended interpretation of existing law from being adopted by post before the provisions of AB992 can go into effect. This Bill has enjoyed bipartisan support with no votes in opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Irwin. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Say 54 vote Bill. All Members vote who desire to vote. Kirk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes. 55, no, zero. on the urgency.

Ayes 55, no, zero on the measure. ... amendment. Excuse me. The measure passes.

We will pass and retain on file item 66 and file item 67. File item 68 is SB 753 by Senator Cortese, presented by Assembly Member Carrillo. The Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 753 by Senator Cortese, an act relating to business.

Assembly Member Carrillo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning, Members. I rise to present SB 753 on behalf of Senator Cortese. A bill to modernize California's outdated shopping cart recovery law and give local governments the tools they need to keep our streets, sidewalks, and waterways clear of abandoned carts.

SB 753 simply allows cities and counties to directly return abandoned shopping carts to retailers rather than being forced to store them for up to 30 days in costly impound lots. The bill will also allow local governments to recover actual documented costs from retailers when they step in and retrieve or return a cart.

I'd like to thank the author for working closely with my Local Government Committee to remove all opposition to the bill together. And together we worked with retailers and grocers to reach an agreement that is both fair and helpful to retailers, local government, and the general public. The bill has no opposition and received bipartisan support. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Carrillo. 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 55, noes 2. Measure passes. File item number 69.

That's SB838 by Senator Durazo, also presented by Assemblymember Carrillo. The Clerk will read

Senate Bill 838 by Senator Durazzo an act relating to land use.

Assemblymember Carrillo, you are recognized once again.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I rise to present as B838 on behalf of Senator Durazo. This Bill is a targeted pro housing measure that keeps the integrity of the Housing Accountability act and ensure that its protections are focused on building housing.

In recent years, we've seen developers using the act to streamline hotel projects despite concerns about impacts on traffic infrastructure and site locations in non tourist residential areas. SB838 simply clarifies that the hotel portion of a mixed use HAA project must go through the regular local approval process.

Recent amendments ensure the non hotel housing portion of a project can still utilize all eligible streamlining under the haa. With these amendments, SPUR has removed its opposition California Jimby, the Abundance Network and Streets for all. They all have come together in Support in joining SB838. Sponsorships are Unite here. I respectfully ask and I vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Carrillo. 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 45 noes 15. The measure passes. We're going to go backwards a little bit.

Back to guest introductions. Members, I could have your attention. On behalf of our colleague, Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez, in the rear of the chamber, let's congratulate Ryan Kahn on completing his internship in the Capitol office. Ryan, we thank you for your service. We wish you the best. Ryan, thank you so much. Welco welcome to the California Assembly.

We're going to pass and retain on File item number 70. Pass and retain on file item 71. Pass and retain on file item 72. Pass and retain on file item 73. We're going to pass and retain on File item number 74. Pass and retain on file item number 75. Pass and retain on file item 76.

We'll pass and retain on file item 77. Pass and retain on file item 78. File item 79. Pass and retained on file item number 80. Pass and retain on file item 81. Pass and retain on file item 82. Pass and retain on file item 83. Pass and retain on file item 84.

File item 85 is SB 643 by Senator Caballero presented by Assemblymember Petrie Norris. Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 643 by Senator Caballero and others an act relating to climate changes.

Assembly Member Petrie Norris. You are right recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise to present SB 643 on behalf of Senator Caballero. This measure directs the California Air Resources Board to administer a competitive grant program for carbon dioxide removal projects to meet the urgent need to reach carbon neutrality by 2045.

This Bill directs CARB to provide up to $50 million in competitive grants for carbon removal projects. These projects must be physically located in California and the carbon dioxide removal must be additional, durable and verified by accelerating the development and deployment of carbon dioxide removal. This Bill is an integral step toward meeting our state's climate goals.

This measure has received no no votes and I respectfully ask for your aye vote on SB643. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Petrie Norris. 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 61. Noes 0. The measure passes.

We are going to pass and retain on file item 86. I stand corrected. We are not going to pass and retain on file item 86. We are going to take up file item 86. File item 86 is SB 645 by Senator Umberg, presented by Assemblymember Papan. Clerk will read

Senate Bill 645 by Senator Umberg and appreciate the juries.

Good morning. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise to present Chair Umberg's SB 645, which would would prohibit unnecessary peremptory challenge procedures from applying to certain civil cases in 2020, AB 3070 sought to improve the peremptory challenge process in California for criminal cases.

However, a civil sunrise provision was inserted into the Bill and Senate approves applying AB 37 to civil cases beginning coming up in 2026. The jurisprudence concerning peremptory challenges and their improper use by counsel and has been almost exclusively a phenomenon of criminal cases. Criminal criminal proceedings implicate liberty interests in a way that civil cases do not.

Civil cases cover a far ranging variety of issue areas such as personal injury, employment, class actions, environmental toxic exposure, etc. The provisions of AB 3070 were crafted specifically with criminal cases in mind to avoid all the case type all the case types in civil cases.

SB645 will preserve existing protections using used to evaluate evaluate whether the dismissal of a prospective juror via peremptory challenge was unlawfully discriminatory and excluding various carve outs will delete the provision AB3070 to apply to civil cases in 2026.

Amendments taking on taking on in the Assembly have removed opposition from the Secretary of State, Shirley Weber, who carried the original Bill. I respect the request an aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Papan. 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 it. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes Ayes 63 no 0 the measure passes. We will pass and retain on file item 87.

We're going to pass and retain on file item 88. It Mr. DeMaio. We're going to pass and Retain on file item 88. Pass and retain on file item 89. We'll pass temporarily on file item number 90. File item number 91 is SB 761. Members, can we show some respect to the author? Please lower our voices.

File item number 91. That's SB761 by Senator Ashby. Presented by Assemblymember Tangipa. The Clerk will read

Senate Bill 761 by Senator Ashby and others an act relating to public social services.

Assembly Member Tangipa, you are recognized.

Good morning, Mr. Speaker, and thank you. Today I rise to present SB761, the CalFresh for Students Act. This Bill streamlines access to CalFresh benefits by allowing students to receive notices of potential eligibility when completing their Cal Grant application. Half of California college students experience food insecurity, encountering barriers that make it difficult to access CalFresh benefits.

Although many students are eligible for CalFresh, fewer than 25% actually receive the benefits that they should have access to. SB 761 fixes this by streamlining the process for students to access their CalFresh benefits, ensuring students are aware of their eligibility for. Our state agencies and our state agencies are working together to serve Californians.

This Bill has received no no votes and has no opposition. This was a Bill that was super important. Working with Senator Ashby was amazing because when I was homeless, I didn't know some of the benefits that were actually available to me. I shared that with her.

We had somebody come in while they presented to the Fresno State team, and they actually let us know that we qualified for a majority of benefits to just help us out with food insecurity. So it was an honor for me to carry this Bill and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Tangipa. I hope you're feeling better today. 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. 60. No, zero. The measure passes file item number 92.

That's SB 774, also by Senator Ashby, presented by Assemblymember Berman. Clerk will read

Senate Bill 774 by Senator Ashby an act relating to professions and vocations and making an appropriation Therefore

, Assembly Member Berman, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. SB774 is the Sunset extension Bill for the Department of Real Estate and the Bureau of Real Estate. Appraisers respectfully ask for an aye vote. I'm not. I'm done, y'. All.

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. We'll close the roll tally votes. Ayes 62. No, zero. The measure pass. We're going to pass and retain on file item 93.

Going to pass and retain on file item 94. File item number 95. That's SB400 by Senator Cortese, presented by Assemblymember Calderon. Members, decorum, please show respect to the author. Thank you. Members.

Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 400 by Senator Cortese. And I play into labor and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Members, this is a 54 vote bill. Assembly Member Calderon, you are recognized.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker. I rise to present SB400 on behalf of Senator Cortese. This bill enables renewable energy projectors who voluntarily pay higher wages to qualify for tax incentives under President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.

This bill only applies to projects that would not otherwise be subject to prevailing wage requirements and it does not absolve a contractor of any existing or future labor violations. I respectfully ask for an Aye vote.

Thank you. Assemblymember called the run. All debate having ceased. 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, Noes 0. Measure passes. Ayes 63, Noes 0. On the urgency. Ayes 63, Noes.

0 on the measure. Measure pass. We're going to pass and retain on file item 96 we will pass temporarily on file item 97. File item 98 is SP24 by Senator McNerney presented by Assemblymember Berman.

The clerk will read.

Senate Bill 24 by Senator McNerney and others, an act relating to public utilities.

Assembly Member Berman, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm proud to partner with Senator McNerney this year on legislation to bring greater transparency and common sense guardrails for how investor-owned utilities spend ratepayer money. SB 24 will empower the Public Advocates Office with investigatory authority over investor-owned utilities' spending activities and prohibit using ratepayer dollars to lobby against efforts to create a public utility.

Our utility bills should be spent on services, not political activities and commercials, especially if the policies they are advocating for may not be in the best interest of the ratepayers. SB 24 will bring additional accountability to investor-owned utilities, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Berman. All debate having ceased, 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.

Assembly Member Berman has moved the call. Pass and retain on File item number 99. File item 100 is SB37 by Senator Umberg. Presented by Assemblymember Stefani. Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 37 by Senator Umberg an act relating to attorneys.

Assemblymember Stefani, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. SB 37 strengthens California's Attorney advertising ethics rules and enacts an additional enforcement arm, allowing citizen lawsuits to create an accessible and direct pathway to hold unethical attorneys accountable. This Bill aims to stop bad actors while ensuring joint advertising can continue as it currently operates.

Unethical attorney advertising misleads consumers who lack legal expertise to distinguish between deceptive promises and legitimate representation. False guarantees, misleading settlements and undisclosed conflicts of interest erode public trust in the legal profession. This area of law is currently enforced by the State Bar of California, which has limited resources to investigate and prosecute every violation of attorney advertising rules.

This Bill updates advertising definitions and clarifies allowable conduct while ensuring appropriate enforcement resources are available to protect consumers, supplement state regulatory efforts and foster fair legal marketplace. By giving individuals the ability to hold unethical attorneys accountable, the legal profession can restore public trust and ensure that consumers receive honest and competent representation.

The author worked closely with Walker Advertising and there is no opposition to the Bill. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Stefani. Boy, in a room full of attorneys, the silence is deafening. 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 62. Noes, measure passes.

We'll pass and retain on File Item 101. We will pass and retain on File Item 102. Pass and retain on File Item 103. File Item number 104 is SB 258 by Senator Wahab, presented by our majority leader. Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 258 by Senator Wahab and others, an act relating to crimes.

Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise today to present SB 258 on behalf of Senator Wahab, which is a Legislative Women's Caucus priority bill. SB 258 finally closes the last loophole in California law around spousal rape.

Right now, if someone rapes their spouse who can't consent because of a disability, California law doesn't treat it as a crime, but if an unmarried partner does the same thing, it is a crime. It's wrong either way. Rape is rape. Being married shouldn't give anyone a free pass to commit sexual assault.

No other part of our state's laws around sex crimes against people with disabilities makes exceptions for spouses, and this should neither. Forty-two other states have already fixed this. It's time for California to catch up.

The author worked closely with the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, the ACLU, the California Public Defenders, and Smart Justice to come with an agreement on amendments. These changes avoid any impacts on consensual sex between people with disabilities. This bill makes sure disabled spouses have the same protections and access to justice as anyone else. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. Assembly Member Tangipa, you are recognized.

I too want to just rise and thank the author for bringing this, thank the Majority Leader for bringing this, and respectfully ask for your aye vote. Let's close this loophole together. Thank you.

Thank you, Assembly Member Tangipa. Madam Majority Leader, do you wish to close? 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: 59; no: zero.

Pass retained on file item 105. Pass and retain on file item 106. Pass and retain and file item 107. Pass and retain on file item 108. File item number 109 is SB 364. That's by Senator Strickland. Presented by Assembly Member Ta. The Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 364 by Senator Strickland and others an act relating to outdoor advertising.

Assemblymember Ta, you are recognized. Good morning.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm honored to present SB 364 on behalf of Senator Strickland. SB 364 will remove a barrier by allowing outdoor display to be placed along new freeway as soon as a segment is open for vehicle traffic. This Bill has received bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member 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. Ayes 57, Noes 2, the measure pass. Going to pass and retain on file item 110.

File item number 111. That's SB 403 by Senator Blakespear, presented by Assembly Member Zbur. File item 111. That's SB 403, presented by Assembly Member Zbur. The Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 403 by Senator Blakespear, an act relating to public health.

Assembly Member Zbur, you are recognized.

Mr. Speaker, Members. I rise to present SB 770 on behalf of Senator Allen. California has adopted ambitious GHG reduction goals to address the urgency of the climate crisis. The California Energy Commission estimates that we'll need over 2 million charging stations to support...

Excuse me, Assembly Member Zbur.

Oh, sorry.

Mr. Zbur.

I could do Blakespear.

Mr. Zbur, we are actually going to do both bills. So we'll start with Ms. Blakespear, and we'll go back to that one right afterwards. SB 403, that's file item 111. Mr. Zbur, you are recognized.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise again to present SB 403 on behalf of Senator Blakespear, which removes the sunset on California's medical aid in dying law. The medical aid in dying law gives mentally capable terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live the option to request medication that they can self administer to die peacefully in their sleep if they choose. There are strict eligibility criteria.

Each patient must make two verbal requests, must submit a written request signed by two witnesses, and must be evaluated by two different doctors to assure the that they're mentally capable and not being coerced. Nine years of data show that the law is working exactly as lawmakers intended it to safely, intended it to be safely practiced in California. There have been no reported cases of abuses or problems.

The law is working as intended to give people the option of a peaceful death. SB 403 merely removes the sunset, making the end of life option permanent, giving patients, advocates, and medical provider peace of mind. I am passionate about this bill because it's something that gave my sister comfort in her last year knowing that that was an option that was out there. So I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Zbur. Seeing and hearing no further debate. 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, noes 11. The measure passes. Mr. Zbur, we will now go back.

File item 64. Members file item 64. This is SB 770 by Senator Allen, presented by Assembly Members Zbur. The clerk will read.

Senate Bill 770 by Senator Allen and others an act relating to common interest developments.

Assembly Members Zbur, you are recognized.

Yes, Mr. Speaker, Members, thank you for your grace and patience. I rise today to present SB770 on behalf of Senator Allen. California has adopted ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals to address the urgency of the climate crisis.

The California Energy Commission estimates that we'll need over 2 million charging stations to support EV demand by 2035, but only 170,000, or 8%, have been installed as of last year.

Accessibility to EV charging stations is an issue for residents of multifamily housing and planned communities who may need to use a homeowner's a homeowner Association's common area space to to install a charger. Under current law, residents of an HOA are required by law to name the HOA as an additional party on their homeowners insurance policy.

Requiring the HOA to be named as an additional insured is not only confusing for EV drivers and but these policies are extremely difficult to obtain. Without the required insurance, HOA residents may be prevented from installing chargers and discouraging from making the switch to an EV.

SB770 removes the requirement that homeowners name their HOA as an additional insured party on their homeowners insurance, removing that barrier to California meeting its climate and energy goals. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you Assembly Members Zbur. All debate having ceased. 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 45 Noes 16. The measure passes.

Members, we are going to work backwards to one of the items we passed temporarily on. That was File Item 62, File Item 62. That's SB 22 by Senator Laird, presented by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan. The clerk will read.

Senate Bill 22 by Senator Laird, an act relating to consumer protection.

Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise on behalf of Senator Laird to present SB 22. This incredibly simple bill raises the redeemable dollar value on gift certificates to $15. You may not know this, but if you have a gift certificate that is too small to use, you may redeem it for its cash value.

This has not been raised with inflation and this just brings it today's inflationary rate. Huge credit to Senator Laird who has worked with the opposition and removed opposition on this bill, and with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan. 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: 48; noes: 13. The measure passes.

And now we are going to jump ahead and we are going to jump ahead to File Item 119, 119. That's SB 596 by Senator Menjivar, presented by Assembly Member Schiavo.

Senate Bill 596 by Senator Menjivar an act relating to health facilities.

Assemblymember Schiavo, good morning.

Good morning.

You are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Members, I am proud to present SB596 after many years of complaints that hospitals were regularly out of compliance with nurses. And I have spoken to hundreds of nurses who have talked about this chronic issue of not adhering to patient ratios.

There's never been a financial penalty, and the Legislature passed SB227 in 2019 that established fines for nurse ratio violations. However, that Bill recognized their situations are out of control in the hospitals and as long as hospitals made a good faith effort to comply, they wouldn't be subject to a fine.

To demonstrate it was a good faith effort and avoid a fine for nurse stashing ratio violations, it had to be unpredictable, uncontrollable, and the hospital had to make a good faith effort to come into compliance and exhaust its on call list. But there has never been a definition of an on call list.

This has been loosely interpreted, allowing some hospitals to have an on call list made up of just texting one or two nurses who were not aware that they might be asked to come in, did not agree to be on call and were not scheduled.

This does not meet the common sense understanding of an on call list that's commonly used for physicians, for example. So all this Bill says is that if a hospital wants to claim it had an on call list, that it means that the nurses on the list had to know that they may be called when needed.

It's a flexible Bill. It allows for the traditional schedule of nurses who are set to cover for an influx of patients or when a person calls in sick. But it doesn't say how big the list can be. That's up to the hospital. It can even have one nurse on the on call list.

This Bill also allows the hospital to have a flexible float pool, a group of nurses who are trained to work in multiple units and are already scheduled to work, meaning there would be no additional cost to the hospital to utilize float pool nurses to cover shifts.

I want to be clear, this Bill does not require an on call list if the hospital believes they can manage their staffing without an on call list and they just want to call up nurses who aren't on the on call list to fill the necessary staffing shifts. That's fine. This Bill doesn't prohibit that.

But if it doesn't work and the hospital is out of compliance then the hospital doesn't get to claim they exhausted an on call list to avoid penalties.

I would note that the amendments taken while the Bill was in Assembly Health Committee removed the opposition of some of the rural hospitals in California because this Bill largely conforms to how hospitals already operate there. Additionally, amendments taken and Assembly Appropriations removed a provision requiring investigations on nurses to nurse to patient ratio violations to be completed promptly.

In response to concerns from Cha that this would lead to higher costs and would be passed on to hospitals in response to some specific concerns around float pool use of nurses.

We also are going to be submitting a letter to the journal that clarifies that the author is committed to committed to clarifying the intent of the float pool language in the Bill to permit this arrangement. Nurse to patient ratios are about safe care.

We have all been in a hospital with a loved one and know how important it is for a nurse to be available when they're needed. Hospitals that violate these laws are putting patients and our community at risk. I respectfully request an aye vote.

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

Thank you Mr. Speaker and I understand the importance of this Bill.

But what I could say is early this morning I had to get up because Inyo County Hospital just informed me that they are going bankrupt and there is an emergency happening right now that I will have potentially two counties with zero hospitals because of the mandates that are put in place.

It's not necessarily that I disagree with this Bill but it's simply because our hospitals are shutting down and that is the reality because of the mandates in place just trying to keep up, especially the rural ones.

And that's what we have to think about is just the General differences on maybe some of the smaller hospitals can be cut out to just try to remain open. They are making an emergency ask of $3 million so that way they can buy to time as they're trying to make the mandates work.

They simply just cannot afford it. And so for those reasons for the mandates I simply ask we hold off and we vote no or abstain from this Bill. Let's save our hospitals together and let's find something we can do. Thank you.

Thank you somebody Member talking about Assembly Member Bonta, you are recognized Members.

I rise in support of SB596, this Bill came through the Health Committee. And I will say that yes, a lot of our hospitals are going to be experiencing issues with closures of vital services and likely closures themselves, particularly in our rural communities.

The source and the culprit of that is the high payer mix of Medicaid recipients that are in those hospitals trying to receive services and the Federal Government's defunding of Medicaid. That is the reason why you will hear about again and again and again that our hospitals are suffering.

This mandate that we have been moving forward with and have heavily considered and has been heavily negotiated, provides increased patient safety and ensures that our nurses, our most vital service within a hospital, has the ability to be protected in their care so that they have the ability to provide better care for us. With that, I respectfully request an aye vote.

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

Thank you Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the comments and questions from Members. You know, some folks know here I work for 13 years as a nurse advocate. I've worked for nurses for many, many years and this is not a one off situation. There are hospitals that will chronically, chronically understaff as a strategy to save money. This is one of the reasons that nurses are leaving in droves.

If we're talking about the crisis of a nursing shortage, we need to staff our hospitals appropriately so nurses are not overworked and leaving their shifts in tears, which happens every day when you're a nurse and you feel like you've been put in a situation where you can't safely care for your patients.

This law is already on the books. It is already law. And so this simply says you need to follow the law. You have to have a real on call list or float pool nurses who are available and trained in those units to work safely.

And you need to be able to do that to exhaust options and really make a true effort to stay within nurse to patient ratios. This is just helping us enforce current law. Respectfully request NI vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Schiavo, all debate having ceased. 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. Assemly Member Schiavo.

Move the call please.

Assembly Member Schiavo has moved the call. All right Members, we are going to move off of Senate third reading Bill. We are going to go to our concurrence file. We've already passed and retained on file item two. We're going to pass and retain on file item three.

I may or may not have just received a text from Dr. Baines reminding asking me to remind everybody to get their flu shot. Capital Health provides that if you go to Capitol Health Services, they'll provide that for you. Staff flu shots will be later this month. We're going to pass and retain on file item 4.

Pass and retain on file item 5. Pass and retain on file item 6. File item number 7 is AB 747 by Assembly Member Kalra. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 7747 by Assembly Member Kalra, an act relating to service of process.

Members, decorum please. Thank you, Members. Assembly Member Kalra, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 747, the SPARE Act, is back in concurrence. Senate amendments delay implementation until January 1, 2027. Specify procedures from in compliance with the photographic requirements of the bill is infeasible or jeopardize the server safety and make other clarifying changes. With these amendments, the California Association of Legal Support Professionals has removed their opposition, is now neutral on the bill. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Kalra. 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 42. Noes 17 Senate Amendments are concurred in. Okay. Madam Clerk, Mr. Berman has requested to lift the call on File item number 98. That's SB24. The Clerk will post. Clerk will close the roll tally. The vote Ayes 42 Noes 8, measure passes.

We are going back to our concurrence file where we left off. We're going to pass and retain on File item number eight. File item number nine is AB39 by Assembly Members Zbur. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 39 by Assembly Members Zbur and others an act relating to local government.

Assembly Member Zbur, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Members AB 39 is back on concurrence with some technical changes from the Senate. This Bill will empower local governments to engage in developing strategies for a clean energy future.

It also ensures that plans adopted as a result of this legislation focus on the needs of disadvantaged communities, low income households and small businesses for equitable and prioritized investments in zero emission technologies that directly benefit those groups and others. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Assembly Members Zbur all debate having ceased. 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. We'll close the roll tally. The votes Ayes 43, Noes 9 Senate amendments are concurred in.

We're going to pass and retain on file items number 10 and file item number 11. File item number 12 is AB 1078. That's by Assemblymember Berman. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1078 by Assembly Member Berman and others, an act relating to firearms.

Assemblymember Berman, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. AB 1078 provides critical updates to California's strong firearm laws by providing needed revisions that better align with recent Supreme Court and lower court decisions. Amendments taken in the Senate adds a severability clause, delays implementation of certain sections to April 1, 2026. Increases the new limit for purchasing guns to 3 and 30 days.

Further clarifies definitions and processes and corrects errors made in the drafting process. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Berman. All debate having ceased. 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 48, Noes 18. Senate amendments are concurred in. We'll pass and retain on File item number 13.

File item number 14. That's AB 1336 by Assembly Member Addis. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1336 by Assembly Member Addis, an act relating to workers compensation.

Assembly Member Addis, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1336 is back on concurrence, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Addis. 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 49, noes 14. Senate amendments are concurred in.

File item number 15 is AB 1487, also by Assembly Member Addis. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1487 by Assembly Member Addis and others, an act relating to public health.

Assembly Member Addis. Good morning. You are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 1487 is back on concurrence, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Addis. All debate having ceased. 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 48, noes 12. Senate amendments are concurred in.

We're going to pass and retain on File item number 16. File item number 17 is AB 406 by Assemblymember Schiavo. Members, this is a 54 vote Bill. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 406 by Assembly Member Schiavo and accolade to employment, declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Assemblymember Schiavo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB 406 which provides clarifying and technical changes to AB 2499. A Bill I authored last year. AB 2499, allowed for family Members of victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and other violence to take unpaid time off to address safety concerns to heal or support their families.

These technical fixes will help survivors of crime and their families take the time they need to heal without fear or concern of losing their job. I respectfully request an Aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Chiavo. 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. Kirk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes. 59, Noes 0. On the urgency. Ayes 59, Noes 0. On the measure. Send.

Amendments are concurred in. We're going to pass and retain on File item number 18. File item number 19 is AB70 by our majority leader Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 70 by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry an accolade to solid waste.

Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. AB70 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments resolve chaptering conflicts. I respectfully ask for your Aye vote.

Thank you Madam Majority leader. All debate having ceased, 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 vote. Ayes 61, Noes 7. Amendments are concurred in file item number 20 is AB93. That's by Assemblymember Papan.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 93 by Assembly Member Papan, an act relating to water.

Assembly Member Papan, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So I rise today to talk about data centers. AB 93 is a common sense measure that is all about ensuring data centers operate responsibly, balancing innovation and sustainability. Senate amendments narrow the bill to the reporting provisions. AB 93 now simply requires that data centers self certify their expected and their actual water usage when they apply for their business license.

The self certification of water use is really a very low burden, pragmatic approach to collecting critical data. Get it, critical data points, that will help California better understand and manage the water impact of this rapidly growing industry. I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Papan. Assembly Member Jeff Gonzalez, you are recognized.

As much as I appreciate my Chair of Water, I have to respectfully oppose. And the really what I'm looking at is specifically in my district with the potential of data centers coming in. We have a 20% unemployment rate, we need jobs, we need industry, we need a lot of things. So my fear is that this will stifle businesses from coming into my district when they're already looking at that. I respect your opinion, but unfortunately I respectfully oppose.

Thank you, Assembly Member Gonzalez. Seeing and hearing no further debate. Assembly Member Papan, do you wish to close?

I do. Thank you so much. This is a very pragmatic approach to reporting on data centers. Water really is once used, we don't get it back. So let's go into this with a very level head. Respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Papan. All debate having ceased, 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 45, noes 15. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item number 21. That's AB 243 by Assembly Member Ahrens.

The Clerk will read

Assembly Bill 243 by Assemblymember Ahrens an act relating to postsecondary education.

Assemblymember Ahrens, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. AB243 is back for concurrence with technical. Amendments to strengthen the protection of student information. I respectfully request your aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Ahrens. All debate having ceased, 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 65 Noes 0 Senate Amendments are concurred in the pass and retain on File item number 22.

File item number 23. That's AB268 by Assemblymember Kalra.

Clerk will read

Assembly Bill 268 by Assembly Member Karlra and others an act relating to Diwali.

Assembly Member Kalra, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate amendments add findings and declaration language to the Bill that explains the meaning of the valley and importance to Hindus 6 James Buddhist and the greater South Asian diaspora. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you Assembly Member Kalra. All debate having ceased, 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. The Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 60. Noes 0, Senate Amendments are concurred in file item number 24.

That's AB 338 by Assembly Member Solache. Members, this is a 54 vote Bill. the clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 338 by Assembly Member Solache an act relating to workforce development declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Assembly Member Solache, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. I am proud to present AB338 Workforce Recovery for the Los Angeles Aventura Wildfires back for concurrence. AB338 was the first Bill I introduced in the Legislature in response to the widespread destruction of the January fires. This disaster brought great economic devastation including billions in damages, workforce disruptions and employment insecurity.

Our region is is still responding to these disasters and in the early stages of recovery. Together with an appropriation made in this year's budget of AB338 will support urgently needed workforce relief and economic recovery. I am grateful for the strong bipartisan support of AB338 has received. There is no opposition to this Bill. Thank you Members.

And I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB338 for our communities. Gracias.

Thank you. Assemblymember Solache. All debate having ceased, 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 60 Noes 1. Senate amendments are concurred in.

Item number 25. AB 419 by Assembly Member Connolly. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 419 by Assembly Member Connolly an act relating to educational equity.

Assembly Member Connolly, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB419 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments are clarifying and technical in nature as well as addressing chaptering out issues. Thank you. I respectfully asked for an aye vote.

See no further debate. The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 49. Noes 7 Senate amendments are concurred in item number 26. AB 422 by Assembly Member Jackson.

The Clerk will read

Assembly Bill 422 by Assembly Member Jackson an act relating to pupil instruction assignment.

Assembly Member Jackson, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. AB 422 is back for concurrence to strengthen our high school student civic education. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

See no further debate. The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Cleric will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 64. Noes 0 Senate amendments are concurred in. We'll pass temporarily on AB 49. Pardon me.

On Item Number 27. Item Number 28: AB 507 by Assembly Member Haney. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 507 by Assembly Member Haney and others, an act relating to housing.

Assembly Member Haney, you're recognized.

Thank you, Speaker and members. AB 3068 is back on concurrence. It will provide a pathway for streamlined approval for office-to-housing conversion projects to help jumpstart downtown revitalization across California's cities. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes: 53; noes: four. Senate amendments are concurred in.

Item number 29 A.B. 564 by Assemblymember Haney. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 564. By Assembly Member Haney and others. An act related to taxation to take effect immediately tax levy.

Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized.

Thank you speaker Members AB564 is back. On concurrence and and would provide immediate. Tax relief to California's struggling cannabis industry by reversing an unprecedented 25% excise tax increase. The bill has enjoyed overwhelming bipartisan support in both houses. Respectfully ask for your Aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 57, Noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred. Item number 30 A.B. 566 by Assemblymember Lowenthal.

The clerk will read

Assembly Bill 566 by Assembly Member Lowenthal and others an act relating to privacy.

Assembly Member Lowenthal, you are recognized.

Thank you Madam Speaker and Members. AB 566 is back on concurrence. Amendments were taken in the Senate to address concerns raised by stakeholders. They do the following. They delay implementation until January 1, 2027. They limit the Bill to only cover.

Web browsers and they add liability protections to clarify that Browsers that send an opt out preference signal pursuant to this Bill will not be liable for violation of the law by a business that receives the opt out preference signal but does not honor it. Other minor and technical amendments also included. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 44. Noes 2, Senate amendments are concurred in. We will pass and retain an Item 31.

Item 32: AB 610 by Assembly Member Alvarez. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 610 by Assembly Member Alvarez, an act relating to land use.

Assembly member Alvarez, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present Assembly Bill 610. It's back on concurrence. Amendments in the Senate were related to transparency on the Housing Element law. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes: 58; no: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item Number 33: AB 628 by Assembly Member McKinnor.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 628 by Assembly McKinnor, an act relating to landlords and tenants.

Assembly Member McKinnor, you're recognized.

Mrs. Speaker and Members. Senate amendments to AB 628 were technical and clarifying. AB 628 is one of the many bills that this year focusing on addressing state's affordability crisis and helping to bring down the cost of living for residents across California. Everybody should have a stove and refrigerator in their home. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 42, noes 12. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item 34, AB 632 by Assembly Member Hart.

The clerk will read.

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

Assembly Member Hart, you're recognized. Members, please take your seats.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 632 is back for concurrence. This bill will provide local governments the authority to collect penalties through an expedited process for egregious code violations. Senate amendments narrow the bill to the most serious violations, clarify the required completion of judicial review, and extend the public noticing process. I respectfully request an aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes: 44; noes: nine. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item Number 35: AB 650 by Assembly Member Papan.

The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 650 by Assembly Member Papan and others, an act relating to land use.

Members, please keep your voices down and give your respectful attention to the author presenting. Assembly Member Papan, you are recognized.

And this is earth-shattering. Back on concurrence. This is Assembly Bill 650. In the Senate they just made chaptering amendments. Respectfully request an aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes: 16; no: zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item 36: AB 678 by Assembly Member Lee. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 678 by Assemblymember Lee and others an act relating to homelessness.

Assembly Member Lee, you are recognized.

Thank you Madam Speaker. This is an LGBTQ caucus priority Bill respecfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote.

Ayes 50 Noes 1 Senate amendments are concurred in. We'll pass and retain on item 37 item 38 AB 740 by Assembly Member Harbin.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 740 by Assembly Member Harabedian and others, an act relating to energy.

Assembly Member Harabedian, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Colleagues, this is a support support bill. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no further debate. The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 64, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item number 39, AB 766 by Assembly Member Sharp-Collins.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 766 by Assembly Member Sharp-Collins and others an act relating to state government.

Assembly Member Sharp-Collins, you're recognized.

Thank you Madam Speaker and Members, I am here today to present Assembly Bill 766 which is a Black Caucus priority.

This bill builds on Governor's 2023 Executive Order to require state departments to review their this bill builds is upon the governor's 2023 Executive order to require state departments to review their strategic plan to ensure racial equity and to respond to disparities in the organization's mission if applicable.

In this way, this bill enshrines the DEIA role in the state government, pushing back against the trend nationally of running from what makes us a great nation. Amendments taken on the floor are cost saving, removing the requirement to create community working groups and requiring this review only if applicable. DEIA programs are much more than race.

They include decisions of gender, sexual identity, language, age and disability. They also refer to those living in rural spaces, veterans, parents, caregivers and those experiencing poverty and first generation professionals.

Removing DEIA programs turns a blind eye to all of these groups and because I believe we are all WOKE Members, everyone deserves a seat at the table and DEI programs help to guarantee that. I respectfully ask for your Aye vote.

See no further debate. The Clerk will open the roll all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote. Who desire to vote. All those vote. Who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 48, Noes 14. Senate amendments are concurred in item number 22 AB 247 by Assemblymember Bryan.

The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 247 by Assembly Member Bryan and others, an act relating to inmate firefighters and declaring the urgency thereof to take immediately.

Assembly Member Bryan, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and colleagues. For over 100 years, incarcerated firefighters have been a part of California's wild fighting force, but they have never been paid a dignified wage for their labor. We've offered good time credits, but that's not nearly enough. In fact, we lost three incarcerated firefighters in just one fire season in the last decade.

Right now, incarcerated firefighters in California make roughly a dollar an hour for their backbreaking, heroic labor. I believe that we can do better. I believe that we should do better and that nobody who puts their life on the line for other people should earn any less than the federal minimum wage.

This bill raises incarcerated firefighter wages over 700%. It dignifies their life-saving efforts. Amendments in the Senate put an urgency clause on this measure because they shouldn't have to wait till January, especially in a year where my home region saw the most destructive wildfires that it has ever seen and over 100 incarcerated firefighters stood in that fire line for over three weeks. In fact, they came to this chamber and we all recognized them as heroes. Now let's do the right thing thing and pay them like heroes. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member. Assembly Member Calderon, you're recognized. Assembly Member Jeff Gonzalez, you're recognized.

Colleagues, in the recent days after chatting with my colleague from Los Angeles, I've had the opportunity to visit several prisons in my, in my district and talk with folks that are what they call LWOP, Life Without Parole, and in that, I get to hear their story but I also get to hear the transformation that has taken place.

As someone who served our nation--you know, I bring this up all the time--and someone who's sacrificed for our, for our country, when someone chooses to go from selfish to selfless, they have my support.

When someone chooses to say, I'd rather run into a fire than run away from a fire, they have my support. My colleague from Los Angeles has been a fierce advocate about this and I joined him in his advocacy because we cannot paint someone by strictly the past.

We have to look at the totality of their life and some of these folks are choosing to make a difference, so I would ask that as we take a look at this vote, we're considerate of this, not from a partisan lens, but from a human lens to say someone chose to serve.

Someone chose to go into the line of--literally--fire. So I stand proudly with my colleague from Los Angeles to say that if folks choose to serve our very cities that we hold dear and our families that we hold dear, then I stand with them proudly, and I ask you--and I urge you--to vote aye.

Assembly Member Quirk-Silva, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I want to now acknowledge the member from Indio for his support. These type of pieces of legislation come out of a lot of hard work, and so, of course, the author, I appreciate his work.

Since he stepped on this floor, he has been an advocate for those who many times don't have a voice, but for many of us, we evolve into these spaces. We don't always know exactly the background. Many times we have placed barriers, thinking that those who are incarcerated certainly shouldn't be allowed to do these type of jobs.

I, too, have moved in the space of understanding more about formerly incarcerated or those who are actually still incarcerated, and how did that happen? It happened by some of the members on this floor, by advocacy groups, but also by doing the work of visiting almost all of our prisons in California, visiting our county jails, and learning, and that, I encourage you, members, to continue to do throughout your tenure, which is to learn more, to find out more. And what did we find out? That many of the crews out there on these fires, in fact, are very young.

This is a very demanding piece of work that I know will be spoken about, but I happened to visit the women's prison in the summer, this last summer, where they were training some of the young women. With the entire gear, some of us have done these exercises of going out with firefighters and looking at the weight they're carrying on their bodies, and these were women, in fact. I can tell you that I would last not even an hour, and this was in the heat. This was in the heat.

So these firefighters, whether they're young or older, they are going through a process to learn to do this, and it is not easy. Again, many of us would have a very difficult time.

What they're actually doing when they're out there in the field of doing the firefighting is some of the hardest work--I think that will be spoken about--which is breaking these lines, digging these ditches. This is hard labor, and to increase their pay, as was mentioned, to 700%--in actuality, that's to $7.25--this is a huge shift for them because what will they do with those dollars?

Many times this goes into their account. Some people don't even know that those incarcerated have accounts and some members, or I should say individuals, don't have any dollars in their accounts. There aren't family members putting dollars into their accounts.

So it changes their experience there, whether it's to buy personal grooming items, whether it's to save dollars from the time that they are released. These dollars mean something, and I highly support this and thank the author and ask for your support of AB 247.

Thank you, Assembly Member. Assembly Member Flora, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Colleagues, I rise in support of AB 247. I've had the privilege of working alongside these men a number of years in my life when I worked for the state, CAL FIRE, then also as a local government on strike teams.

And we talk a lot on this floor about giving people a hand up versus a handout. This is exactly what this does. These men are some of the hardest working individuals I've ever had the privilege of serving with. My hiring captain at CAL FIRE at headquarters in TCU was a formerly incarcerated.

The senior firefighter that I served with was a formerly incarcerated man. So we talk about anti-recidivism, we talk about programs that work. This is one of the absolute very best and I'm proud of the author bringing this forward, giving these men and hopefully these women the dignity they deserve because we talked about it briefly.

Fire doesn't care what color your Nomex is. Just because I wear yellow and they wear orange doesn't matter. It's still the same danger, and I'm proud to support this bill. Thank you, brother.

Thank you, Assembly Member. Assembly Member Elhawary, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I rise as a proud co-author of AB 247 alongside my colleague from Los Angeles. This is a bill that is part of our Firefighting to Freedom legislative bill package. It's about justice, it's about dignity for the incarcerated individuals who risk their lives fighting California's wildfires.

These individuals perform essential work side by side with professional firefighters, often on the front lines. AB 247 is about more than just wages. It's about acknowledging humanity and giving people a chance to rebuild their lives while they're helping us to save ours. Their bravery deserves basic respect and proper compensation. I urge your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Assembly Member. Assembly Member Hadwick, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support for 247 today, and I just want to thank my colleague, and when this bill was first introduced, I was a no and we had lots of conversations, and these programs are vital in my district. We are plagued with fire every year.

We have many programs like this that--and I've seen firsthand as I've had family members that came through these programs--they truly change lives and they truly help them get that, that purpose that they need when they get out. So it's going to--this is going to be a huge help for my district, and I'm really thankful for the author. So, please vote aye.

Assembly Member Alanis, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I want to thank my friend and colleague from Los Angeles also for this bill. I'm also a proud co-author on this bill, and I know those of you in Public Safety see me talking about consequences while I'm also about rehabilitation and those who are trying to better themselves, and I see that as being one of those.

Our member from Fullerton brought up the accounts and this is something I've also brought up to the author as well. As most of you guys may know or not know, there's also restitution sometimes in these crimes and they want to pay back, but they need help on paying that as well.

So this would also help them give back for what their part of healing with whatever crime brought them to the facilities. So I thank you again. I support those who protect homes and support people--who protect people, and so I urge your aye vote. Thank you.

Assembly Member Kalra, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise as a co-author and I want to express my appreciation for the author, our colleague from Los Angeles. When I worked as a public defender, I had a number of young men who would be sentenced to prison.

Oftentimes before they were even sentenced, they would ask me questions about fire camp, if they'd have a chance to serve their time there, and I would dive a little deeper into it to ask them why, thinking, well, maybe they just want different housing accommodations or, you know, what have you, but the overwhelming majority of these young men said they want to find a way to do something productive with their time. They wanted to find a way to give back.

Many of them had gone down a wrong path and were trying to get on the right path even before they were sentenced, recognizing that they had so much potential and they wanted to find a way to tap into that potential. And the fact--and that was, you know, obviously under the conditions that the author indicated: not being paid for it, not not getting that kind of compensation, but getting another kind of reward for the time that they are going to be serving.

And I think that that kind of desire for service and selflessness and for bettering oneself deserves the dignity of better compensation as well, particularly because those that are going to the fire camps are going to get out, and they will get out being more disciplined, trained, having some money to re-establish themselves back in their own community.

Those are all good things. Those are all things that we should be supporting and I'm very glad to see the bipartisan support for this because these young men who we've had the opportunity to even meet here on the floor deserve it. They deserve the opportunity to turn their lives around if they're willing to put in the work and this allows them to do that. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member. Assembly Member Gabriel, you're recognized.

Yeah, thank you very much, Madam Chair, and I'll be brief here. I just wanted to recognize our colleague for Los Angeles. There's something that's special on this floor is once in a while we see a colleague who really dives into an issue, who owns an issue, who lifts up an issue, and this is an incredibly righteous one and I just want to compliment him on his masterful work here to bring people from different parts of the state who don't necessarily see the world the same way together.

And I know there is a boatload of hard work, a boatload of heart behind this, and this is something that's going to make a huge difference for a lot of folks across the State of California. So my hat's off to the author, and strongly encourage an aye vote on AB 247.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assembly Member Bryan, would you like to close?

First, I just want to thank all of my colleagues who spoke and I want to single out my colleague from Lodi who is the principal co-author of this piece of legislation.

I also want to single out one of my colleagues across the aisle who did not speak, and that is my colleague from Lancaster who ensured that this bill would not have any no votes or anybody laying off of this bill. This could not have an urgency clause, it could not go into effect immediately without that bipartisan support, and I think the State of California is better for this effort.

Many of you know I have had family members who have been incarcerated their entire adult life. I have family members who are incarcerated in California State prisons. Right now, it is not lost on me how many opportunities that could have led to me going down a pathway that would have led to incarceration.

I see myself in people who are inside, and this became very real during this process when I went to Pine Grove and I met with a young man who had worked on the Eaton Fire for weeks and weeks, and I said, young brother, what's your name? And he said, Isaac. This is important work, this is the best of who we are, I am grateful for all of the bipartisan solidarity, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes. 74, no. 0. Senate amendments are concurred in 74 no. 0 on the urgency. Item 41, A.B. 798 by Assemblymember Calderon. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 798 by Assembly Member Calderon and others, an act relating to children's health.

Assembly Member Calderon, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present AB 798, which is back for concurrence. Senate amendments add co-authors. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 58, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item number 42, AB 851 by Assembly Member McKinnor.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 851 by Assembly Member McKinnor, an act relating to real estate and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Assembly Member McKinnor, you are recognized.

Yes, Madam Speaker and Members. Senate amendments to AB 851 incorporated feedback from the Department of Justice and the Department of Real Estate. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Members, this measure requires a 54 vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 61, noes 5. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item 43, AB 858 by Assembly Member Lee.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 858 by Assembly Member Lee and others, an act relating to employment.

Assembly Member Lee, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 858 ensures that hospitality and service workers who were laid off during the pandemic will continue to have rehiring protections by extending the Covid 19 rehiring laws to December 31, 2026. The bill also closes loophole in current law by clarifying the violations that occur on or or before the sunset date will remain enforceable. I've taken amendments in the Senate to remove the state of emergency provision, so this only now applies to Covid. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 41, noes 15. Senate amendments are concurred in. We will pass and retain on item number 44.

Item 45, AB 961 by Assembly Member Ávila Farías. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 961 by Assembly Member Ávila Farías and others, an act relating to hazardous materials.

Assembly Member Ávila Farías, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 916 is back for concurrence. Amendments made to the Senate simply add a co-author. AB 961 has received unanimous support and has no opposition. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 65, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item number 46, AB 1050 by Assembly Member Schultz.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1050 by Assembly Member Schultz and others, an act relating to real property.

Assembly Member Schultz, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and colleagues. AB 1050 is back in the Assembly for a concurrence vote. It delivers a clear targeted solution for our housing crisis. I'll note that recent amendments were technical and apply the bill's provisions to covenants that otherwise prohibit residential uses of property. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll on tally of the vote. Ayes 47, noes 12. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item number 47, AB 1069 by Assembly Member Bains.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1069 by Assembly Member Bains and others and act related to aging.

Assembly Member Bains, you are recognized.

Good morning. Afternoon, Members. AB 1069 saw Technical and clarifying amendments in the Senate. This bill has had unanimous support. I ask for your concurrence with the Senate amendments.

Seeing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 16, Noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Will pass and retain on item number 48. Item 49.

AB 1172 by Assemblymember Nguyen, the clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1172 by Assembly Member Nguyen and others an act relating to health and care facilities.

Assembly Member Nguyen, you are recognized.

Thank you Madam Speaker. This Bill is back on concurrence. Amendments are technical in nature. Receive bipartisan support. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

See no further debate. The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 63 Noes 0 Senate amendments are concurred in item number 50, AB 1319 by Assemblymember Schultz.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1319 by Assembly Members Schultz and others, an act relating to protected species.

Assembly Member Schultz, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 1319 is back in the Assembly for concurrence. And thank those of you who supported it the first time around. AB 1319 puts into place a clear and expedited process the Department of Fish and Game to place imperiled biodiversity fish, wildlife, plants, insects, etc, when federal protections are repealed or weakened. And that is no longer a hypothetical, that is in fact happening with this administration now.

It also provides greater certainty for developers with pre-existing federal permits during the provisional listing of those endangered species. I will note that the Senate amendments streamline the species listing process, narrow the list of federal actions for which CDFW must monitor, removed a duplicative provision, and made other technical conforming changes. With that, I urge you to vote aye on concurrence with the Senate amendments. Thank you.

All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 42 Noes 17 Senate amendments are concurred in item number 51, AB 1324 by Assembly Member Sharp-Collins. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1324 by Assembly Member Sharp-Collins and others an act relating to public social services.

Assembly Member Sharp-Collins, you are recognized.

Thank you Madam Speaker and Members. AB 1324 is back on concurrence. AB 1324 modernizes Cal Works to reflect the realities of today's workforce and strengthen support for families who keep our economy moving. The amendments address cost saving measures that align with Cal's automation timeline. And with that I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 43 Noes 13 Senate amendments are concurred in item number 52 AB 1332 by Assemblymember Ahrens.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1332 by Assembly Member Ahrens an act relating to cannabis.

Assembly Member Ahrens, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1332 is back for concurrence with technical amendments that ensure seriously illustration patients get access to the products for treatment and comfort that they need. In honor of my twin brother who would be 36 tomorrow, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 60 Noes 0 Senate amendments are concurred in item 53 AB 1362 by Assembly Member Kalra.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1362 by Assembly Member Karlra and others an act relating to foreign labor contractors.

Assembly Member Kalra, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1362 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments narrow the Bill to apply to FLRS recruiting H2A workers and require the Department of Industrial Relations to submit a study to the Legislature determining how to extend the FLRS program to cover all temporary work visa categories. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

See no further debate. The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote it. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 44 Noes 12 Senate amendments are concurrent item number 54 AB 1445 by Assembly Member Haney.

The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1445 by Assembly Member Haney and others, an act relating to local government.

Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized.

Thank you, Speaker and members. AB 1445 is back for concurrence and allows cities to opt in if they choose to to be able to provide much-needed financing for downtown revitalization projects across the state by creating a special fund for adaptive reuse projects. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes: 58; noes: four. Senate amendments are concurred in. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized.

All right, just a quick note update before the presiding officer's announcement. We have. Excuse me. We have taken up 51 items so far and we are at a great pace. Thank you everyone. We're going to go eat lunch? Oh, I can't announce that.

Members, we are going into recess and remain under call for committees to meet for a lunch break. For Republican Members, there will be a caucus in room 125. The following committees will meet Budget, Informational Hearing and capital room 437 local government in room 127 privacy and consumer protection in room 444.

Again, Members may not leave the building and lunch will not be provided, so please plan accordingly. You may have staff deliver food to the Members lounge.

We will reconvene promptly at 2:30pm and will work until the dinner break between 6pm p.m. and 7:30pm Please be back to the floor at 2:30pm sharp so we can begin taking up items. Thank you.

Thank you. Members, just a very brief announcement that due to the continued Committee Budget Committee hearing that is ongoing, our recess shall continue until 3pm 3pm.

Assembly is back in session. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized. For your Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized.

I request unanimous consent to suspend joint rule 62A, the file notice requirement to allow the Utilities and Energy Committee to notice a subject matter informational hearing on AB825 Petrie Norris during their hearings scheduled on Friday, September 12, upon call of the chair.

Without objection. Such shall be the order.

I request unanimous consent to print a letter to the journal relative to AB831 Valencia.

Without objection. Such shall be the order.

I request you now for consent to print a letter in the journal relative to AB339 Ortega.

Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. Assembly Member Sanchez, you are recognized.

We have an objection. Request a roll call vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Sanchez. The Majority Leader's motion is seconded by Assemblymember Garcia. The Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. Majority Leader is asking for an aye vote. Ms. Sanchez is asking for a no vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes, 41. Noes, 16. Motion carries. Okay, Members, we are going to begin this afternoon session. Senate third reading file file item number 71. That's SB 34 by Senator Richardson. Presented by Assembly Member Solache. The Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 34 by Senator Richardson an accolade to air pollution.

Assembly Member Solache, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. On behalf of Senator Richardson, I rise to present SB 34. With this bill, the author seeks to strike a balance between our shared goal of continuing to improve the air quality in the communities surrounding the San Pedro Bay Port complex area and protecting good union jobs and our fragile economy.

Through the work of the Assembly Policy Committee's SB 34, scope was narrowed to primarily focus on urgent need to protect workforce and well paying union jobs. The bill simply clarifies that the event that South Coast Quality Management District, SCQMD, adopts a rule or regulation, the following are things that shall be considered.

They recognize the contribution sources of air pollution outside of the control of the ports. They require the ports to prepare the assessments of energy demand and supply, cost estimates, funding source, workforce, and environmental impacts associated with the action.

They use assessments to develop by the ports prepared to determine the timelines of achieving the actions targets and create a process which the ports can request extensions to the timeliness developed by the and achieve actions targets. SB 34 will prohibit the use of public funds or grants for automation which the author believes or displace well paying jobs.

Importantly, I would like to add and believe in the South Coast Air Quality Management District's process and have confidence in their stakeholder advocate and community engagement. I commend South Coast groundbreaking strides to protect the health and well being of our communities today as we plan for the future.

SB 34 aims to ensure that as we achieve our environmental progress goals, we continue to protect good middle class union jobs. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, you know, when I was first presented this Bill and Natural Resources Committee, I had significant concerns about whether or not this bill impeded the South Coast Air Quality Management District's ability to protect fence line communities.

So I understood at the outset why so many folks in the environmental community who I respect and work with and value were upset about this Bill. But in the Policy Committee our Natural Resources Chair engaged, the policy staff engaged and they significantly, significantly amended this bill.

So when you look at the bill today, the bill only mandates only does four things. It basically says that requires the Air Quality Management District to do four things. One, to recognize the contributions of sources of air pollution outside the control of the ports.

When we were at the Natural Resources Committee hearing, I asked Chair the E.D. Nastri of the AQMD whether or not they have to already do that as part of the rulemaking process. And he told me, yes, they do.

Second thing they have to do, require the ports prepare an assessment of energy demand and supply, cost estimates, funding sources, workforce and environmental impacts associated with the action. I asked him if they have to do those things as part of their rulemaking process and he said yes, that they did.

Fourth, they need to prepare assessments to determine timelines for achieving action targets. Well, that's part of any rulemaking and he confirmed that they have to do that as well. And then fourth, they have to create a process by which the ports could request an extension of the aforementioned timelines.

Well, of course, that's something that happens already, and he confirmed that. So those are the things that basically the Air District must do under the bill. And all of those things the Chair of the Air District said they've got to do already.

So I had no concerns that this bill would impede anything that the Air Quality Management District has to do, their authority to protect fence line communities. It does do two things that they don't have to do. The first is that they're restricted from imposing a cargo cap on throughput or on cruise ship passengers.

And when I asked Chair E.D. Nastri whether they intended to do that, he was emphatic and he said that they do not intend to do that under the rulemaking. So this is a new thing that restricts the port, but it's something that they said that they were not going to do under their current rulemaking.

And then the second thing is they said that it restricts them from using public funds or grants to require, incentivize, encourage or otherwise promote the use of automated, remotely controlled or remotely operated equipment or infrastructure. Now that is also a new thing in the bill.