Assembly Standing Committee on Governmental Organization

Good afternoon. We have our author here. So we will go ahead and begin. It is 01:40, and we'll start start as a subcommittee. As soon as we have quorum, we'll vote on the bill.

But in the interest of time, Senator Archuleta, would you like to join us, please? And then, I'm calling the meeting to order, and, assembly member Valencia is absent today. Assembly Member Gallagher has been removed from the committee. He will be sworn in as, a oh, today. Congressman today.

And we do have several measures on consent, but Senator Archuleta is our only bid bill that we're going to hear. So Senator Archuleta.

Winner. Oh,

there it is. I think that's got it. Well, thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you so much. And Assembly Members for gathering for this one bill, and I thank you so very, very much.

And, Madam Chair, thank you, Members. I'm presenting Senate Bill 920, a good governance bill based on a 2018 audit report of the gaming control fund. Senate bill 920 would require the gaming commission upon adoption or adjustment of a fee that is deposited into the gaming control fund to maintain a regulation that states the authorized purpose and use of the fee.

This provision is an important step towards ensuring that all fees collected under the Gaming Control Act are clearly tied to their specific regulatory purposes and that stakeholders can readily understand how fee revenues are used to protect and support the oversight responsibilities of the California Gaming Control Commission and the Department of Justice. Senate bill 920 enhances transparency, accountability, and fiscal integrity in the implementation of regulatory fees under California's Gambling Control Act.

Senate Bill 920 advances good governance practice that promote greater transparency in fee adoption and expenditures and protects the integrity of the regulatory funding mechanism. This bill has no opposition. With me today to testify are, Jared Bolinien and Brian Lungren on behalf of the sponsors communities for California card rooms, and, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. You make if you wanna come up and testify. Yes. Thank you. You'll each have two minutes.

We'll yes. Thank you.

Good afternoon, Madam Chair and Members. Jared Blanien on behalf of Lucky Chances Casino, Capital Casino, and Ace and Vine in strong support of this measure, as Mr. Archuleta said, to add kinda belt and suspenders to the fees of the gambling control commission. Thank you.

Thank you. If we can pause for a moment when so we can establish quorum. Thank you. Madam, can you secretary, can you call the roll, please?

Yeah. We have

On the quorum. [Roll Call] We have a quorum.

Here.

Rubio here. Davies?

Here.

Davies here. Alvarez? Here. Alvarez here. Berman?

Brian? Carrillo? Dixon? Dixon here. Fong?

Gabriel? Gibson? Here. Gibson here. Masito?

Mckinner? Here. Mckinner here. Win? Here.

Pacheco? Here. Pacheco here. Ramos? Here.

Ramos here. Rodriguez? Solace? Solace here. Soria?

Soria here. Ta? Here. Ta here. Valencia?

Wallace? Here. Wallace here. We have a quorum.

Thank you. You may continue.

Madam Chair, Brian Lungren.

Oh, you gotta hit that mic right there. There you go.

Madam Chair, Brian Lungren of the Community for California Cardrooms. Thank you for hearing this bill. I wanna thank Senator Archuleta for sponsoring it and, carrying it. Requiring published statements of purpose and cost basis summaries is just good governance, and this is what this bill does. And we respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you.

Thank you. Any other folks in support? Members of the audience in support? K. Any questions from the committee?

Assemblymember Dixon?

Did I hear correctly that this bill is a result of an audit completed in 2018?

Yes, ma'am.

What took so long?

Governance. Good answer.

I support the bill.

Thank you. Thank you. Okay. I have a motion by Assemblymember Gibson, second by Assemblymember Soria. Any other questions from the committee?

Okay. Hearing none, I have a motion and a second. Oh, I'm sorry. Some Senator, you may close.

I respectfully ask for your Aye vote.

Thank you. K.

SB 820 Archuleta, the motion is due passed to appropriations. [Roll Call]

Aye. Davies, aye. Alvarez? Aye. Alvarez, aye.

Berman? Brian Carrillo? Dixon? Aye. Dixon, aye.

Fong? Gabriel Gibson? Aye. Gibson, aye. Masito?

Mckinner? Aye. Mckinner, aye. Win Win, aye. Pacheco?

Pacheco, aye. Ramos? Aye. Ramos, aye. Rodriguez?

Aye. Solace. Aye. Solace, Aye. Soria.

Soria, Aye. Ta. A. Ta, Aye. Valencia.

Wallace. Aye. Wallace, Aye.

Kate has enough votes to get out, but we will leave the roll open for additional Members. Thank you. Thank you. And then before we leave, we have to do the consent calendar. I need a motion for the consent calendar.

And then on the consent calendar sorry about that. Measures on the consent calendar, we have SB 33 Cortese, SB 125 Valadares, SB 1235, Senate, Governmental Organization, SB 1236, Senate, Governmental Organization, SB 1273, Cabaldon, and SB 1434, Senate Governmental Organizations. And I have a motion and a second. And madam secretary, can you take the vote, please?

On the consent calendar, the motion for all of the bills is due passed to appropriations, recommend consent. [Roll Call]

Aye. Davies, aye. Alvarez? Aye. Alvarrez, aye.

Berman, aye. Brian? Aye. Carillo? Dixon?

Aye. Dixon, aye. Fong? Aye. Fong, aye.

Gabriel? Aye. Gabriel, aye, Gibson? Aye. Gibson, aye, Macedo?

McKinner. Aye. McKinner, Aye, Nguyen. Aye. Win, Aye.

Pacheco. Pacheco. Pacheco. Aye, Ramos. Aye.

Ramos, Aye. Rodriguez. Rodriguez, Aye. Solace? Aye.

Solace, Aye. Soria. Aye. Soria, Aye. Ta?

Aye. Ta, Aye. Valencia? Wallace. Wallace.

Wallace, Aye.

K. We're lifting the call for, absent Members for, SB 920.

SB 920. [Roll Call]

Fong?

Fong, Aye. Gabriel? Aye. Gabriel, aye.

Teacher. Aye.

Macedo? Valencia?

Okay. Yes. We'll leave the role open for five minutes for absent Members. And thank you everyone else for getting here as quickly as you could.

Opening the role for Assembly Member Bryan on the consent calendar. [Roll Call] SB 920 Archuleta. [Roll Call]

Aye. Brian Aye. We just need a mosquito and

We'll go ahead and adjourn at 2PM and if the Members aren't here, we're gonna be gone. So anyway, so the meeting's adjourned at 2PM. Thank you.