Assembly Floor

The Assembly is now in session. Assembly member Clerk Silva notices the absence of a quorum. The sergeant at arms will prepare the chamber and bring in the absent members. The clerk will call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Members, a quorum is present. We ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand for today's prayer. Assemblymember Alanis will offer today's prayer.

Thank you. Please join me in prayer. Dear heavenly father, we thank you for another day to serve the people of our great state. Guide us by your word, where you call us all in this room to be here, not to be served, but to serve. Open our hearts and minds to ideas that differ from our own, to reason, to respect, and to wisdom.

Give us the courage to follow truth, and above all else, let all that we do be for the good of the people we have been tasked to serve. Amen.

We ask that our guests and visitors remain standing and join us for the flag salute. Assemblymember Quirk Silva will lead us in the pledge.

Members, please join me in saluting our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag, United States Of America, and to the Republic for which it's all. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

To our guests and visitors today, state law prohibits persons in the chamber 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, Thursday, 05/07/2026. The Assembly met at 9am. The honorable Josh Lowenthal, speaker pro tempore of the Assembly presiding chief clerk Sue Parker at the desk, reading clerk David a Bowman reading. Roll call. The roll was called. Quorum call of the Assembly. Assembly member ... moved the quorum call of the Assembly. Motion carried. Time 09:03AM. Speaker pro tempore, director

Majority leader, Aguiar Curry and Assembly member, Tangipa. Seconds after reading of the POC journal will be dispensed with. Presentations and petitions, there are none. Introduction and reference of bills will be deferred. Reports of the committees will be deemed read and amendments deemed adopted.

Messages from the governor, there are none. Messages from the Senate, there are none. Moving to motions and resolutions. The absences for the day for Legislative Business Assemblymember Fong, for Illness Assemblymember Sanchez and Flora. Madam majority leader, you're recognized for your procedural motions.

Good morning. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly rule 45.5 to allow Assembly members Krell, Macedo, Gipson, Patterson, and Hoover to speak on an adjournment in memory today.

Without objection, that shall be the order.

I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly rule 118 a to allow Assemblymember Lee to have guests in the rear of the chamber and to allow Assembly members Michelle Rodriguez and Ransom to have guests seated at their desk.

Without objections, that shall be the order.

I request unanimous consent to rescind the action whereby on 07/02/2026, SB 799, Allen was read a third time, passed the Senate to the Senate. Please order the bill back for a third reading.

Without objection.

At the request of Republican leader, Macedo, please remove file item 175 SB 1354 Archuleta from the consent calendar.

The clerk will note.

At the request of the author, I am giving a one day notice to remove item SB542 Limon from the inactive file.

The clerk will know. Members, before we move on to our next item of business, please join me pardon me. We're gonna move to guest introductions. Assemblymember Lee, you are recognized for your first guest introduction.

Thank you madam speaker. Please join me in recognizing in the gallery my district's young legislators to the state capital. They joined my young legislator program to build their understanding of state government and develop the necessary skills that shape policies that directly impact their home community.

I've been inspired by their passion to their passion in making a meaningful difference in our district, And I'd like to recognize our cohort young legislators up there in the gallery who are Neema Bavansecur, Amanda Chen, Aman Rahman, Anisithi, Reina Patel, Yukia Singh, Ria Vidon. Please welcome them to the California State Assembly members.

Assembly member Lee, you are recognized for your second guest introduction.

Thank you, madam speaker. I'd also like to welcome my guests from the Federation of Jain Associations in North America, also known as JANA. Founded in Los Angeles in 1981, JANA has become a leading voice for Jane communities in North America. It has 72 centers representing 250,000 members across The United States and Canada. Congratulations to JANA for their 45th anniversary in North America.

The organization's tireless work in education, youth development, humanitarian services, and the promotion of nonviolence is invaluable to our communities. In addition to the guests in the gallery, there are over 30 folks. On the floor, we are recognizing Jain and members of the Assembly floor, Ajay Batoria, Biran Shah, Yogesh Bapna, Atul Shah, doctor Jayesh Shah, and Prem Jain. Thank you for your dedication and service. And colleagues, please join me in giving a warm welcome to the Federation of Joy Jane Associations in North America. Thank you.

Assembly member Alanis, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Thank you, madam speaker. I think I've reached my mic quota for the day. Members, today I rise to introduce two special guests from the Modesto Irrigation District. Joining us today, up there in the gallery, please stand. Thank you very much.

Dana Ferreira, the regulatory analyst for Modesto Irrigation District and a friend of mine. And alongside her is Dana, the summer intern. Or I'm sorry. Alongside Dana. There we go.

Lauren Olivera. Lauren was born and raised in Turlock and graduated from Turlock High School. She is currently a student at Cal Cal Poly majoring in agricultural communications. That's a very big feat. Thank you very much.

So congratulations to Lauren on her MIT internship on her service to the 20. I wish you the best as you pursue your career in ag industry. Thank you both for being here.

Assembly member Michelle Rodriguez, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Thank you, madam Chair. I have my daughter Selena with me here today. She's a baby of our family, and I just wanna get the Assembly to give her a warm welcome. This is her first time being on the floor with her mom. So thank you very much.

Moving to business on the daily file, second reading. Clerk will read.

[Second Reading]

All bills will be deemed read and all amendments will be deemed adopted. Madam majority leader, you're recognized for your additional motions.

Thank you. At the request of the author, I am giving you a one day notice to remove a item A-9 SB 542 Limon from the inactive file.

The clerk will note.

At the request of the authors, please remove the following bills from the consent calendar. SB 994, Cabaldon, SB 1445, committee on business professions and economic development, and SB 126, insurance on committee.

Clerk will note.

I request unanimous consent to suspend the rules to allow Assembly member Solace to take up HR 124 today without reference to file to committee or file for the purpose of adoption.

Assembly member Hoover, you're recognized.

Withhold, unanimous consent. Ask for a roll call vote.

Assembly member Hoover withholds unanimous consent. The majority leader's motion is seconded by Assembly member Schultz. The motion is not debatable and takes 40 votes. The clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote.

All members vote who desire to vote. The majority leader is asking for an aye vote. Assembly member Hoover is asking for a no vote. All members vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote.

Ayes 43. No 16. The rules are suspended. Madam majority leader, you're recognized again for your motion.

There's a committee report at the desk from the rules committee reporting ACR 233 Sharp Collins to consent. I request unanimous consent to suspend the rules to place ACR 233 on second day consent calendar for adoption by the Assembly on Monday, August 10. This will allow the resolution to be received by the Senate to meet the resolution adoption deadlines.

Without objections, that shall be the order.

On concurrence, we'll begin with file item 77, AB 2056 by Assembly member Alvarez. The clerk will read.

Assembly bill 2056 by Assembly member Alvarez and others an act relating to teachers.

Assembly member Alvarez, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, madam speaker. Good morning, colleagues. I rise to present Assembly bill 2056, by National Teachers Expansion Act, which is back on concurrence. Amendments were taken in the Senate, which were technical and clarifying. This is a priority bill for California Mexico Select Committee as we seek to extend and increase our collaboration with our most important training partner with Mexico, in this case, in, in the education space.

I wanna thank all of the members of the California and Mexico Select Committee who are coauthors, who have made this a priority, the bipartisan support of this bill, up until now with, unanimous support, this would allow qualified teacher exchanges from Mexico by extending authorized exchanges to county offices of education, to charter schools, and for school districts to directly, enter into these agreements for these teacher exchanges, allowing more teachers who are bicultural and bilingual to come and serve our California students on a temporary basis.

Again, thank you very much for all the past support. I respectfully request your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Alvarez. 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, 62. No, zero. The measure passes. Senate amendments are concurred in.

File item 78, AB 2323 by Assembly member McKinnor. The clerk will read.

Assembly bill 2323 by Assembly member McKinnor and others an act relating to public notice.

Assembly member McKinnor, you're recognized.

Mister speaker and members, Senate amendments to AB 2323 were minor and clarifying. This measure has no opposition. I respectfully request concurrence in Senate amendments. Thank you.

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 tally of the vote. Ayes, 60. No zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Assemblymember Patterson, you're recognized. We'll pass and retain on item 79 and item 80.

File item 81, AB 1778 by Assembly member Patterson. The clerk will read.

Assembly bill 1778 by Assembly member Patterson an act relating to controled substance.

Assembly member Patterson, you're recognized.

Thank you, madam speaker. Members, AB 1778, would align California with potential changes to federal law to remove testosterone and dihydrotestosterone from the list of California's, controlled substances. Amendments in the Senate removed all opposition, actually moved opposition to support, including, the drug policy alliance. I'm proud to say, we worked hard on this legislation and look for ask for concurrence of Senate amendments.

Assembly member Ward, you are recognized.

Thank you, madam speaker. I just wanna rise in support and thank the author for working on a bill for gender affirming care. It's really important that we have no a medically necessary health care for all Californians and respectfully request your aye vote.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Patterson, would you like to close?

Thank you, Mister speaker or madam speaker. Sorry. That caught me off guard. But I did expect that, from my friend and colleague. It is true.

I am in support of, hormones that help, maintain, people's testosterone levels. It's not talked enough about here in California. Of course, under the assistance of a medical doctor, but with that, I'll not forget it. I respectfully ask for an 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 63. No zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. We'll pass and retain on items eighty two and eighty three. Item 84, AB 2692 by Assembly member Irwin. The clerk will read.

Assembly bill 2692 by Assembly member Irwin, and I'm relating the common interest developments and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Assembly member Irwin, you are recognized.

Thank you, madam speaker. AB 2692 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments clarify the length of a reinstated governing document will last after a community vote. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly members. 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. No zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. We'll pass and retain items 85 through 90.

Item 91, HR 110 by Assembly member Bonta. The clerk will read.

House Resolution 110 by Assemblymember Bonta relative to food as medicine.

Assemblymember Bonta, you're recognized.

Good morning, madam speaker and members. I rise today on behalf the beautiful people of Oakland, Alameda, and Emeryville to recognize that food is life, food is substance, and food is medicine. HR 110 acknowledges that food nourishes our bodies, supports our well-being, and serves as medicine. Across California, millions of people live with chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension. These conditions disproportionately impact low income communities and communities of color, reflecting long standing inequities in accessing health healthy food and health care.

If we are serious about improving health outcomes and lowering health care costs, we must continue investing in prevention. Access to nutritious food can help prevent disease, improve health outcomes, and reduce costly hospitalizations and emergency room visits. More than three hundred and fifteen thousand Californians have already accessed nutrition and food supports through CalAIM, demonstrating both the need for and effectiveness of these services. As CalAIM approaches the end of its current federal authorization this year, we cannot afford to lose this momentum.

The communities that have benefited most from these services are often the communities that have historically been left behind by our health care system.

No one should suffer worse health outcomes simply because they cannot access the nutritious food they deserve. This resolution reinforces California's leadership and our commitment to building a health care system that is equitable, preventative, and centered on dignity. I also wanna recognize today and thank our guests joining us in the gallery, including our sponsors and advocates from Full Well, the Food is Medicine Collaborative, the California Food and Farming Network, and the Alameda County Community Food Bank.

Thank you for championing this resolution and for your continued leadership in advancing food as medicine as a vital component of California's health care system. Members, I respectfully request your aye votes and to remember that food is medicine.

Would you like the first role to be open for co authors?

Yes, please.

All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the role for co authors. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. This is for co authors. All members vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll. There are 62 co authors added. Without objection, we will now take a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor, say aye. Aye.

Opposed, say no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. We'll pass and retain on items ninety two and ninety three. We will now take item 94, HR 117 by Assemblymember Bauer Kahan. The clerk will read.

House Resolution 117 by Assemblymember Bauer Kahan and others relative to section 230 of the Federal Communications Decency Act of 1996.

Assemblymember Bauer Kahan, you are recognized.

Thank you, madam speaker and members. Over our recess, I had the privilege of speaking on a panel at the National Conference of State Legislators. And on the panel alongside me was a representative from South Carolina. Representative Duffy is a Republican from South Carolina. And I think in 2026, people would think that a Republican from South Carolina and a Democrat from the Bay Area wouldn't agree on much.

But the thing that we agreed on was what is in this resolution is the need to reform section 230 and protect America's children from the harms that are happening online. Section two thirty was enacted to help foster the development of the Internet. When section 230 was enacted, the Internet was radically different place. While section 230 served a valuable purpose in the development of the Internet three decades after its enactment, the law is clearly outdated.

Its expansive grant of immunity has enabled some of history's most profitable companies to disregard or even facilitate foreseeable harms as an acceptable cost of growth.

Representative Duffy told the story of his son who had been the victim of a sextortion scheme, and his life ended in suicide. And representative Duffy ran for the South Carolina house because he has now set his mission to save children like his son.

And so I hope that this is an opportunity for us to cross partisan lines, to think about the future of America's children, and to ask Congress to take action to ensure that we as states have the ability to protect our constituents by protecting from online harms. This resolution calls on Congress to reform section 230 starting with the passage of the bipartisan sunset section 230 act introduced by Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham.

That legislation would sunset section 230 after two years creating a window for Congress to enact targeted surgical reforms that restore basic principles of legal accountability.

By urging this first step, the legislature signals California support for a structured federal process to reexamine and modernize the immunity framework, preserving what works while closing the loopholes that have shielded platforms for accountability for decades. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on HR 117.

Assembly member Papan, you're recognized.

Thank you, madam speaker. Good morning, members. I rise today in strong support of HR 117. As a member with a huge amount of tech in her district, I've seen firsthand the talent that is driving extraordinary innovation in my backyard. That means we also have the responsibility and capability to mitigate and ultimately prevent the harms caused by social media and addictive algorithm design.

The industry keeps telling us that we're stifling innovation that to mandate safeguards infringes on their first amendment rights. But young people and their guardians are getting their day in court and winning. Section two thirty, Federal Communications Decency Act can no longer be the shield behind which these tech giants hide, nor should we defend their ability to do so. With no media guardrails, I can tell you firsthand in my household, we white knuckled it, and it hasn't been a picnic.

Workable guardrails are possible, and the time is now to enact them. We're simply asking the industry to come to the table and work with us to create solutions to protect and even save numerous lives. I think it's extraordinary that we have to be here talking about saving lives. The time is now. I thank my colleague from Arinda for her efforts. I respectfully request an aye vote on HR 117. We can do this.

Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Lowenthal, you're recognized.

Thank you, madam speaker. Members, first of all, I need to thank the member from Orinda who is also our Privacy Chair. And some of the most impactful work in The United States, certainly around the world, is coming out of that committee. And the committee, of which I'm a part of, is handcuffed by Section two thirty, where we're not able to get at the core, at the meat of the damage that's actually taking place.

And I think about this panel that I was on, on Section 230 with the Attorney General of New Mexico who had recently won a landmark decision against social media companies.

And he gave this analogy that I wanna share with you. He said, when you are in a traffic jam on the freeway and it takes forty five minutes to get up to the accident, and those forty five minutes you are so resentful of the people that are making you wait. And what happens to you when you get to the front of the line? You look at the accident too.

Now if somebody were to ask you at that time, do you wanna see 20 more accidents exactly like this? You would say, no. I don't wanna do that. But that's precisely what happens on social media as the algorithms see that you have looked at something and actually addressed your own anxiety, it continues to throw it back in your face over and over again, which results in awful mental health outcomes, not only for our youth, but for all of us. Everybody on this floor included.

So I wanna thank the member from Orinda over and over and over again for your fearless efforts in addressing this. And you're absolutely right. Section two thirty is the heart of the matter. It is totally and completely irrelevant to how the public actually feels, and we need to get rid of it. So thank you so much.

Thank you, Assemblymember Assemblymember Patterson. You're recognized.

Great. Thank you, madam speaker. I too would like to thank the author of this measure and so many of my colleagues that we've worked on this exact topic together for so many years. I've been on the privacy committee since I was sworn in and, had the opportunity to work on this. It is increasingly frustrating to say all the reasons why we can't pass certain laws, to protect the children, here in California where we all know the harms.

There's no secret behind what's happening. And, yes, the platforms are a, you know, they're a contributor, and a big contributor to a lot of the issues that we face and but there are other things we can do better as a state, and we're equally as involved in in solving those issues as well.

But to every time we there's legislation in this area, which I've worked with many of all of you on and Assembly member from Long Beach and I just had a op ed in the SAC Bee on a on a piece of legislation. You know, you always get about section 230, you know, or the first amendment. Right?

I I happen to believe the first amendment's kind of important. You know, seems to be a important piece of our constitution or, you know, our Bill of Rights. But at the end of the day, the way it's interpreted to say that there's free reign to put whatever you want without consequence on social media. Not only that, feed the intentionally addictive information to our children to keep them online, to keep them plugged in, to not go outside, things like that.

It's offensive that we can't do anything about it. And so I'm looking forward to supporting this legislation so we can stop hearing that argument in the legislature time after time again. So but we're gonna continue to do what we need to do here in California, and maybe the courts might have to make some determinations one way or another. But I respectfully ask for an aye vote on this measure, and thank you for for carrying it.

Seeing and hearing no further debate. Oh. Assemblymember Dixon, you are recognized.

Good morning. Thank you, madam speaker. I rise madam speaker. I rise to say also as a proud joint author of HR 117 alongside my colleague Assembly member Bauer Kahan, section 230 of the Federal Communications Decency Act of 1996 was originally enacted to create a liability shield for neutral online platforms from third party content that may create harm.

However, there have been serious, as we've just discussed, consequences in the thirty years since Section 230's passage that has allowed large technology companies to avoid legal responsibility for decisions that have enabled and encouraged third party abuse. While the Internet is an incredibly valuable tool, the Internet and social media presents significant risk as we've just discussed, especially to adolescents through the perpetuation and promotion of harmful and dangerous behaviors.

Countless individuals, both adults and dental adolescents have suffered harms, including death because of experiences on the social media platforms.

Courts have interpreted interpreted the protections of Section two thirty extremely broadly, which has perpetuated the abuses we see online. We have had countless bills presented in this legislature where a proposition has encouraged us to slow down on policy changes, but the harms have continued. As a result, HR 117 will urge the United States Congress to reexamine Section two thirty in an order to establish and restore meaningful accountability for online tech and social media companies.

This is an opportunity for this body to help encourage action and an even greater opportunity for these businesses and companies to be the heroes by protecting individuals online through pro proactive policies. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, Asseimer of Bauer Kahan, you may close.

Thank you, madam speaker. I wanna thank all of my colleagues from up and down the state, Republican, Democrat, alike, for their support of this measure. I always say that before I'm a lawmaker, I'm a mom, and I know that is true of so many of the people who stood up to speak that we are parents, we are grandparents, we are aunties, we are godmothers, we care deeply about the children of California, and this is a critical measure that will help us protect them further. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Would you like the first role to be open for co authors? While debate having ceased, the clerk will open the role for co authors. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote.

Members, this is for co authors. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. There are 56 co authors added. Without objection, we will now take a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor, say aye.

Aye. All those opposed, say no. The ayes have it, the resolution is adopted. We'll pass and retain on items 95 through 98. Moving on to the third reading file.

We'll pass and retain on items ninety nine and one hundred. Taking up file item one zero one by Senator Reyes presented by Assembly member Ortega. The clerk will read.

Sending Concurrent Resolution one fifty two by Senator Reyes and others relative to Dolores Huerta Day.

Assembly member Ortega, you are recognized.

Thank you, madam president. I rise today to present Senate concurrent Resolution 152 on behalf of Senator Reyes, which proclaims 04/10/2026 as Dolores Huerta Day in California. California was the first in the nation to recognize Dolores Huerta Day in 2018. Since then, the legislature has continuously recognized Dolores Huerta's leadership, and other states have followed our lead, including New Mexico and Washington.

Dolores Huerta's life is a testament to what is possible when people come together with purpose. Her legacy is rooted not only in her own leadership, but in the collective strength of those who stood alongside her, organizing, advocating, and demanding dignity and justice for working people. Dolores Huerta also showed extraordinary courage in the face of injustice. In 1988, while peacefully protesting, she was brutally beaten by law enforcement and hospitalized, an act that could have silenced her, but instead strengthened her resolve.

She continued to speak out to organize and to fight for others even in the face of personal harm.

That moment is a reminder of both the cost of standing up for justice and the power of refusing to be silenced. Her decades of leadership and activism have earned national recognition, including being named one of Time Magazine's 2026 one hundred most influential people. Members, this resolution is about honoring Dolores Huerta's life and legacy, but it's also about something more.

It is about recognizing that the progress we celebrate today was made possible because people believed in their own power and chose to use it not individually, but collectively. Dolores Huerta has spent her life reminding us that truth.

The real change happens when ordinary people come together, organize, and act with purpose. I respectfully ask for the roll to be open for co authors.

Albeit having ceased, the clerk will open the roll for co authors. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Members, this is for co authors. All members vote who desire to vote.

The clerk will close the role. There are 61 co authors added. Without objection, we will now take a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor, say aye. Aye.

Opposed, say no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. We'll pass the routine on items 102 through 115. Item 116, SB 575 by Senator Laird, presented by Assembly member Pellerin.

The clerk will read.

Senate bill 575 by Senator Laird, an accolade to taxation and making it appropriation, therefore.

Senator Pellerin, you're recognized.

Thank you, speaker and colleagues. I rise to present Senate bill 575 by my Senator Laird. Senate bill 575 reestablishes the sea otter voluntary contribution fund, allowing California taxpayers to continue supporting sea otter conservation efforts through voluntary tax return donations until 2033. Sustained research funding is essential to protecting otters in California coast for the impacts of climate change, land based runoff, and more.

This does not impose any tax increase. All contributions remain strictly voluntary. This bill has no oppositions, received no no votes, and in honor of Otter 841, 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. Aye 62, noes zero. The measure passes.

Item 117, SB 939 by Senator Laird presented by Assembly member McKinnor. The clerk will read.

Senate bill 939 by Senator Laird and accolades of public employees' retirement.

Assemblymember McKinnor, you're recognized.

Madam speaker and members, SB 939 on behalf of Senator Laird simplifies the options to purchase service credit at the time of retirement, thereby minimizing administrative workload and reducing financial risk for both the state and CalPERS members. SB 939 is sponsored by the California Public Employees Retirement System, has no opposition, and has received unanimous bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on SB 939. Thank you.

Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the role. 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.

Aye 64, noes one. The measure passes.

We'll pass and retain on items 118 through 122. Item 123, SJR 6 by Senator Cortese, presented by Assembly member Solache. The clerk will read.

The Senate joined Resolution six by Senator Cortese and others relative to federal funding.

Assemblymember Solache, you're recognized.

Thank you, madam speaker. I rise today to present joint, Senate resolution number 6. This resolution urges the Federal Government to honor the infrastructure funding commitments as it has already made to states and communities. California is already putting these investments to work, supporting transportation, infrastructure, safety, clean energy while resilient, and thousands of jobs. As Chair of the economic development growth and house of impact committee, I'm concerned that the risk for economy, businesses, and communities.

Rolling back funding that has already been approved creates challenges for local governments, workers, and shovel ready projects across the state. Our communities, businesses, and public infrastructure projects are relying on these promised investments. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

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

Thank you so much, madam speaker. I too rise today in support of SJR 6. So as Chair of the water parks and wildlife committee, you can understand that I deal a lot with water and infrastructure. And for decades now, the federal you know, a lot of what we have infrastructure wise was built in the last century with the help of federal dollars. You look around, you see dams, you see waterways, much of it was with the help of the Federal Government.

But for decades now, the federal share of investment in California's water infrastructure has declined, leaving state, that's us, and local agencies to shoulder more of the burden even as climate change is driving more frequent droughts, floods, wildfires, making reliable water supplies more difficult and more expensive to secure. That's why protecting the investments made through the Inflation Reduction Act are so, so important. These investments help strengthen water security and build climate resilience that California needs at a time when the funding gap has never been greater.

Permission to use a prop, madam speaker?

With no objection?

So I have in my hand the American Society of Civil Engineers, who happened by my office yesterday. They do a report card every six years. I'm here to tell you that not one water item, including drinking water, inland waterways, storm water got higher than a D. The only one that got a C was wastewater treatment. So I think we can maybe feel a little bit better there, but we are far behind.

So I wanna thank, the Senator from San Jose. I wanna thank my colleague from Los Angeles for jotting this on the floor. This measure and are getting federal assistance to help us with these critical infrastructure projects couldn't be more valuable. Respectfully, request an aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, Assemblymember Solache, would you like to close?

Respectfully ask for an aye vote. 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.

Ayes 58, noes five. The resolution is adopted. We'll pass on retain on items 124 through 133, taking us to item 134 SB 1165 by Senator Caballero, presented by Assembly member Carrillo. The clerk will read.

Senate bill 1165 by Senator Caballero and accoladed to contractors.

Assembly member Carrillo, you're recognized.

Good morning, madam speaker and members. I rise to present SB 1165 on behalf of Senator Caballero. This measure will improve tax compliance and promote fairness for law abiding contractors by improving coordination between state agencies. Current law allows a contractor state licensing board to suspend a contractor's license when they have an outstanding unpaid tax. However, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration lacks the statutory authority to share necessary taxpayer information with the California Department of Tax and Free Administration.

This will facilitate collection of unpaid taxes. As every tool, CDTFA is unable to easily utilize CSLB licensing as a compliance and collection tool. Outstanding sales and used tax liabilities among construction contractors total over 40,000,000. To address this issue, this measure will authorize the contractor's state license board to access limited tax information from the CDTFA to facilitate appropriate license action. With that, on behalf of senators Caballero, I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you.

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. Aye, 66, noes zero.

The measure passes. We'll pass and retain on items 135 through 145, taking us to item 146 SB 930 by Senator Reyes, presented by Assembly Pellerin and the clerk will read.

Senate bill 930 by Senator Reyes and accolade to privacy.

Senator Pellerin, you're recognized.

Thank you, speaker and colleagues. I rise to present SB 930 on behalf of Senator Reyes. SB 930 requires proctoring companies who are providing services to a local educational agency for a classroom or course based exam to use end to end encryption. This bill strengthens school and student privacy third party breaches by ensuring that students' data is encrypted and remains protected until the data reaches school personnel. It has received bipartisan support in committee and had no registered opposition.

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.

Aye, 66, no zero. The measure passes. We'll pass and retain on items 147 through 154. Item 155, SB 922 by Senator Laird presented by Assembly member Bennett. The clerk will read.

Senate bill 922 by Senator Laird and others in accolading the vehicles.

Assembly member Bennett, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, madam speaker and members. I rise to present SB 922 on behalf of Senator Laird. Senator, I mean, Senate bill 922 upholds a local government's long standing ability to recover the cost of street maintenance and repair caused by public service operations such as waste hauling. Local governments are responsible for maintaining most local streets and roads, heavy duty service vehicles, including those providing essential solid waste and recycling services, regularly use local streets and contribute significantly to pavement deterioration.

For decades, it's been a standard practice to integrate the cost of repairing this damage into rates, fees, and franchise agreements associated with providing those utility services.

A recent court decision, Rogers versus the City of Redlands, disrupted this long term long standing practice. SB 922 clarifies the law to uphold the well established practice of integrating road maintenance cost into utility service provider agreements. Cities, labor groups, and the service providers themselves like waste haulers are in joint support of this effort. Waste haulers, the primary payers of this cost, are in support of the bill. They want certainty and they want well maintained roads along with the cities and the counties.

This bill is sponsored by the League of Cities, California State Association of Counties, and the Rural County representatives of California.

Assemblymember DeMaio, you're recognized.

Thank you, madam speaker. I rise in strong opposition to SB 922, not because I don't want our roads to be fixed and maintained properly. It's one of the top concerns of my constituents. The roads are crappy. We pay a high gas tax.

Why aren't the roads being fixed? It's because the politicians always say, here's the pothole. Let me fill it. But where does the money go? Lord knows.

It goes in the black hole of their budget for wasteful spending. They always stand next to the pothole when they say, we need more of your money and we will fill this pothole. With the amount of money that we are taking from California taxpayers in the name of fixing potholes, you'd think we'd have gold plate streets by now, but no. This Bill, SB 922, is one of the tricky scams of local government and politicians.

Years ago, I discovered how the scam worked when it relates to a water department. The water department is governed to prop 218. They can't just simply take money

From the water bill and give it to the general fund. So what did the politicians say? Well, what if we tell the water department that we need money from the water bills, the rates that you're charging residents to fix our roads because the water department has an impact on roads. They even turn to the local telephone companies and the utility companies and said, hey, if you ever drill or put

a a a a a a a a trench on a road, you can't just repair the trench. No. You have to do curb to curb, baby, and we're gonna charge you for repaving the entire road. Now we can argue whether that's a good policy or not. Some of us might say, well, of course, they should do that.

Others might say, well, it's a little excessive. But you know what's interesting? In all cases, they didn't actually repave the road. It went right into the general fund. So here you have the same scam, not a water department, not the telephone company, not the utility company, but rather it's the trash haulers.

Now it's their time to get gouged, and we know that many residents are charged for their garbage service. This is not just free money to fix the roads. This is money that we're coming out of the pockets of working families, higher household expenses. If I felt that we could trust politicians to actually fix our roads, I would consider policies like this, but there's no no demonstrated record that the politicians would use a single penny of this money for road repairs.

I urge a no vote, and let's actually look at legislation that might actually hold politicians accountable for the funds that are already collected for road maintenance.

Thank you.

Seeing no further debate, Assemblymember. Bennett, would you like to close?

Yes. Thank you very much, madam speaker. You know, I I appreciate the rhetorical flourishes we just had, But I would also point out all of us would like to have the most efficient services possible from government, and that's what we should all be working to try to make sure we deliver. It is very interesting that over and over again, we have people saying, we want to actually this if we don't do this action, we will decrease the amount of money available to fix the roads.

And people who want to make that argument that that is okay have a special responsibility to show us how we can do that efficiently with less money and still get the roads fixed.

We never ever hear the second half of it. We hear the first half, which is we don't trust you with the money, but we don't hear the second half, how can government actually more efficiently do something like fix the roads? Until that burden is picked up and carried, these are nothing more than rhetorical flourishes, designed for other purposes. We should all be serious about the business of spending these dollars efficiently, but you have to be serious about that business and not superficial about it.

With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the role. 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 46, Noes 12.

The measure passes. Before we move to our next item, please join me in wishing Assembly member Petrie-Norris a happy early birthday as she celebrates tomorrow. We are gonna pass over to you on items 156 through 167. We're now on the resolution without reference to file HR 124 by Assembly member Solache. The clerk will read.

The House Resolution 124 by Assembly member Solache relative to the deferred action for childhood arrivals program.

Assemblymember Solache, you are recognized.

Thank you, madam speaker. I rise today to present HR 124. As a proud son of immigrants, I rise to present this resolution regarding the deferred action for childhood arrivals program known as DACA. Across California, we are seeing the real life consequences of DACA renewal delays. This instability has created fear and anxiety for hundreds of thousands of Californians who lived, worked, and contributed to our communities for years.

May I repeat that contributed to our communities for years. In our schools, educators, counselors, and other school employees with DACA status are wondering whether they will be able to continue serving the students who rely on them. Students are watching trusted adults face an uncertain future, and many dreamer students themselves are questioning whether they will be able to continue pursuing their education and careers. School leaders are also struggling with staffing shortages.

The last thing California needs is to lose qualified educators at a time when many districts are already working to recruit and retain teachers.

Our health care system faces similar challenges. DACA recipients serve as nurses, medical assistants, therapists, and other essential health care professionals. Losing these workers would further strain hospitals and community health centers that are already facing workforce shortages. Our economy also depends on dreamers. They own businesses, build critical jobs, pay taxes, and help drive California's economic success.

Without program stability, our businesses, employers, and local economies suffer as well. Parents are worried about how they will provide for their children. Young adults who have spent nearly their entire lives in California are forced to question whether they have a future in the only place they they call home. This is a nightmare. While California cannot change federal immigration law on its own, we can send a clear and unified message that continued uncertainty and facing dreamers is unacceptable.

My parents came from from Mexico and built a better life for our family. I stand here honoring their sacrifices, honoring the resilience of our immigrant communities, and the contribution of hardworking immigrant hands who build our neighborhoods and enhance the prosperity of our nation. This resolution affirms that California values the contributions of DACA recipients and calls on Congress and the administration to provide the permanent protections our communities have been waiting for.

HR 124 recognizes that our schools, our healthcare system, our economy, and our families are stronger because of dreamers. Thank you.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, assemblymember Solache. Oh, 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, 52. No, zero. The resolution is adopted.

Members, we still have business to... We still have business on the file that we have to contend with, but there is a bit of a waiting period at this moment while we're waiting for the Senate. We are gonna be taking up adjournments in memory while we wait. Quorum call will be in place, of course, as we have more business to do. As always with the adjournments in memory, please take conversations off the floor. Members, please take your conversations off the floor. Members, please take your conversations off the floor. Assembly Member Krell, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning, everyone. Today, I rise to adjourn in memory of Jonathan Gregg Burgess, a remarkable public servant, an entrepreneur, a historian, and a community leader whose legacy will continue to inspire generations. I'm also lucky to count Jon Burgess as a friend. Beyond Jonathan dedicated more than thirty years to the City of Sacramento Fire Department serving with distinction as a battalion chief.

Beyond his service, he was a successful entrepreneur, co-founding Code 3 Realty and the Burgess Brothers, a catering and burger restaurant, some of the best burgers in Sacramento and also the barbecue sauce is phenomenal. It goes with everything. While doing this, he also mentored others and built businesses rooted in community and family. Jonathan also was a passionate advocate for justice and a devoted historian of his family's legacy in Coloma, California. He helped preserve an important chapter of California's history, giving voices to stories that deserve to be told.

Above all, Jonathan was a devoted father to Justice and Jordan, a loving partner to Lauren Brown, a cherished twin brother to Matthew Burgess, and a friend whose warmth, humor, generosity, and radiant smile touched countless lives. On behalf of the California State Assembly, we extend our deepest condolences to Jonathan's family, to his friends, to his colleagues, to the Sacramento community, and to all those who love, who whose lives were enriched by his service. May he rest in peace. May his memories be a blessing. I also wanna recognize his family who's in the gallery. Thank you.

Members, let us now observe a moment of silence in recognition of this historic Californian, Jonathan Burgess. Assembly Member DeMaio, you are recognized.

Mr. Speaker, I ask for two minutes to speak on the condition of the file.

And Mr. DeMaio, that takes place when we're in the process of adjourning. We're not in the process of adjourning right now. I will recognize you again at that time.

Thank you.

Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. AB 1923 has been received from the Senate. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly rule 63 to allow Assembly member Soria to take up this bill today without reference to file for the purpose of concurrence in Senate amendments.

Thank you, madam. Majority Leader. Your motion is seconded by Assemblymember Gipson. Assemblymember Hoover, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. We withhold unanimous consent. Ask for a roll call vote.

Thank you. Assemblymember Hoover has asked for to withhold consent. Now take a vote. Clerk will open the roll. Majority leader is asking for an aye vote.

Mr. Hoover is asking for a no vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 49, no 16. The motion carries.

Without reference to file AB 1923 by Assemblymember Soria. Clerk will read.

Assembly bill 1923 by Assemblymember Soria an act relating into elections and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Assemblymember Soria, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker and members. AB 1923 is a simple but critically important measure that will ensure the Fresno County Transportation Improvement Act appears on the November 2026 general election ballot, giving Fresno County voters the opportunity to decide the future of transportation funding in their community.

Since 1986, voter approved Measure C has provided a stable source of funding for roads, highways, local streets, sidewalks, public transit, and other critical transportation infrastructure throughout Fresno County. That funding expires July 2027.

The voters do not have the opportunity to weigh in, in this November on a successor measure.

Today, the Fresno County Transportation Improvement Act is the only citizen initiative that has gathered the legally required signatures to qualify for the ballot. Despite meeting every legal requirement to qualify, the initiative is at risk of missing the November ballot because of the timing of a county ordered study.

It was three Fresno County Supervisors that decided to manipulate an election law technicality to subvert the will of 30,000 signatories and deny over half a million registered voters the right to vote on the local initiative in this upcoming November election. Opponents will claim that this bill undermines local control. I will say that I respectfully disagree.

As a former city council member, I deeply value local control but local control does not belong exclusively to local elected officials. It also belongs to the people. Nothing in AB 1923 takes authority away from Fresno County. The study still proceeds, and we welcome the study. The board may still review the study and discuss its findings, and nothing in this bill prevents the Board of Supervisors from calling a special meeting and placing this initiative on the ballot themselves.

If they choose to do that, this legislation would not be necessary. What this bill does, it is ensures that a procedural issue does not prevent Fresno County voters from exercising their right to vote on a qualified citizen initiative this November. Earlier this week, a Chair Pellerin, from the elections committee noted that because the initiative is a local tax measure, the county's role is simply ministerial.

The county has an obligation to submit this to the voters, but instead they're abusing this ministerial role to try to predetermine and tamper with the outcome of the election. This is the first time in decades that in our county, they've tried to use this to essentially predetermine the outcome.

The studies were intended to inform elected officials and the public and not be a mechanism to prevent a qualified initiative from reaching the ballot. And so today, AB 1923 simply preserves the opportunity for the voters to make the final decision this November.

And again, if anyone questions whether this respects local control, I would point to the broad coalition on my on this district bill. There are 11 mayors across Fresno County out of 15 representing communities large and small, including Republicans and Democrats.

Republicans like Fresno mayor the Fresno mayor from, Fresno Jerry Dyer, and also Clovis, who are supporting this and want this to see on the ballot, along with dozens of council members. Those are also local elected officials, and they too know their communities. So today, I'm asking for us to vote on AB 1923 and let the people vote.

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

Thank you, Mister speaker, and welcome back colleagues. What we heard today was that this isn't special, that this isn't usurping the elections code. But if you simply read section two, it states that the legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary in order to do this. The local Board of Supervisors did their job and asked for a study after this was questioned for. But let me ask you this.

When we're often questioned about election integrity and the process in itself, Why is this considered? Not within their rights and ability but when Alameda County, on the exact same day, initiated the exact same study, I am waiting for that bill to gut and amend. Why can Alameda County perform their duties, but Fresno County can't, and it's called election interference? It's the same standard that we're simply asking for.

That if Alameda County can do it, and it's justified within their local duties and their local powers and it's not considered combating the will of the voters, why can't Fresno County do it as well?

When all they're asking for is a simple study not because this bill, this measure ended up getting the required amount of signatures. They did, but the process took so long because they failed on the first initial count and waited all the way till the end. But now when you have the ability to change the rules instead of respecting them, unfortunately, it looks like we're about to do that. When the rules don't play in our favor, we'll change it for Fresno County, not Alameda County.

Can we say that we have the efficacy, that we believe in election integrity and the process in itself when we simply change the rules in the middle?

They are well within their power to ask for a study. That is the same thing that our local builders trades, who is opposing this message is asking for. They are opposing this bill, the builders trades, and Howard Jarvis. Isn't that a broad coalition? Isn't that one that's simply saying let us study the impacts of this?

But it's not. They're rushing through the process because they don't respect that the rules actually allowed them to do it. And this bill, in its own language, claims that it is a special statute. That's not on the Board of Supervisors. That's on the individuals who gathered signatures and their failure to work in a broad coalition to get this done.

We ask that you simply respect the rules that are in place, that you vote no on this bill, and that you support the local builders trades, the unions, Howard Jarvis, and the local electeds who understand what it's gonna take to make sure that we can properly serve the community when it comes to building roads and infrastructures, and we all should work together on that. Thank you.

Thank you. Assemblymember Tangipa. Leader Macedo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. I rise also in opposition to AB 1923. This bill overrides the Fresno County Board of Supervisors' lawful authority and forces the placement of a thirty year 0.5¢ sales tax initiative on the November 2026 ballot. Californians are struggling to pay rent and utilities and meet basic needs. A $7,300,000,000 tax deserves careful and transparent review, especially as Central Valley families continue struggling with California's high cost of living.

The legislature should not change the rules or bypass a lawful local process simply because initiative of proponents disagree with the timeline. Singling out one county through an urgency statute also establishes a concerning precedent for state intervention and future local ballot disputes. For those reasons, I request a no vote.

Thank you, leader Macedo. Assembly ]member DeMaio, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. I'm gonna do two things with my remarks here. I had previously asked to speak on the condition of the file twice before we adjourn for recess and then again today because we only have three weeks left of the legislature. Thank goodness all the voters across the state say. My remarks about AB 1923 are reflective of my concern about the overall condition of the file.

When we convened as a legislature, our speaker stood at that podium and said that we would focus on cost of living, the affordability crisis. And I had hopes. I took him at his word. Surely, with Californians paying the highest cost of living in the nation in every single element of the household budget, surely, he would keep his word. That the majority would keep their word to bend the cost curve.

Clearly, you have failed. Not only have we not provided relief to Californians on cost of living, but measures like AB 1923 and many other have actually increased the cost of living for working families. Specifically on AB 1923, a regressive sales tax for 30 years of .5% increase. I remember remember a time, maybe some of you do as well, when our sales tax was five or 6%, a nickel of every dollar. Today, it's a dime.

It's 10%. In some parts of the state, they're really looking at 11%, 12%. Of course, they need permission from our legislature to do that, but every single time this body gives the permission. And then you say, well, let the voters decide. Please give me a break.

Let the voters decide with the ballot titles you put on tax measures. False and misleading, burying the notion that it's gonna actually increase the tax. Time and time and time again, tax increases are sold with the thumb on the scale, with your ballot titles. False and misleading. And the voters know what I'm saying is true.

They're frustrated by it. They find out after the fact. Wait a minute. That thing that said it was for kittens and puppies? I thought it was for kittens and puppies, but it actually raised my taxes.

Mister DeMaio, we are speaking about the merits of this bill.

I am because it relates to the rigging of the election. Here we have a bill that not all

You do not engage in personalities? We do not engage in personalities. We all agree to those rules on this floor. Mister DeMaio, please continue your comments.

I have every right to state that changing a ballot title and misleading the voters is not giving them a fair election.

Absolutely.

Supporter of this bill.

And I warn you twice that we are not engaging in personalities. Please state of the merits of the bill.

The supporter of this bill said let the voters decide. I think it is a very legitimate, appropriate legislative argument to make that, no, we're not letting voters decide with the sort of ballot titles that are put on these initiatives. You can't say that when you say vote for this because the voters will ultimately decide, not under the election process that we've seen play out. And here, to my colleague's correct point, we are playing favoritism to facilitate a tax increase rather than, "letting the voters decide"

When we say let the voters decide, we have an election process and rules. There are timelines. In this case, this tax increase did not comply with the timeline and the rules that we established. But here we are fishing for a tax increase and is a result we are trying to change the rules to facilitate that. That's what you're doing. That's my argument.

You can say it's not keeping with decorum. It may not be something you like to hear, but that is an absolute valid criticism of what you're about to do. I urge a no vote, and I urge us to spend more time instead of raising taxes on working families, doing what the speaker promised, bending the cost curve. We have three weeks left of this legislative session. Let's surprise California voters after dithering and dallying for nearly two years and not dealing with cost of living.

Let's surprise them by not passing AB 1923 and coming back for the next three weeks and jointly in a bipartisan fashion, giving them some relief in their household budgets. Thank you.

Thank you. Assembly member DeMaio. Assemblymember Pellerin, you are recognized.

Thank you, speaker and colleagues. I rise in support of AB 1923. The elections code lets a Board of Supervisors ask for a report on a proposed initiative to help that board decide whether to adopt the measure itself or send it to the voters. That choice does not exist in this case. The board's role is ministerial.

The board is required to submit the measure to the voters and allow the voters to weigh in on the merits of the measure. Requiring report before the board refers the measures to the ballot does not serve the purpose of the elections code. The report cannot inform a decision that the board has no authority to make. The practical effect is simply delay, and delay for delays sake is not what the elections code contemplates. Fresno voters gather the signatures necessary to place this measure on the ballot.

They have the opportunity to vote on it this fall. This is a measure that's gonna allow them to continue to use their public transit to get to those jobs, to get to their schools, and to get to their medical appointments. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Assembly member Pellerin. Assemblymember Doctor Arambula, you are recognized, sir.

Thank you, Mister speaker and members, for the opportunity to stand up and support Assembly Bill 1923 today. I heard some inaccuracies that came from the other side of the aisle that I felt obligated to make sure that we address.

And I do it in a collegial way. I do it in a way to make sure that we can have healthy debates on this floor, but that we speak about the facts. And the facts are that the Fresno County Board of Supervisors could have ordered this study at any point of this year.

That we knew that this initiative was going to be collecting signatures, and rather than studying this in advance, they waited until the very last minute to manipulate the system and to not allow us to have the voters' voice be heard. That's a way of interacting that doesn't help the public have trust, that we're going to let them put ballot initiatives before us that they feel passionate about.

I also heard that this was a 30 year tax that we already had on. In reality, it's actually a 40 year tax that we've had. We've renewed it, once before. It was 20 years initially, and then we did it for another 20 years. So from 1986 to 2006, we renewed it in 2006, and here we are again in 2026 needing to renew it again.

And that goes to my last point from my colleague from San Diego. And that is that this is not a new increase in tax. This is a continuation of a tax. This is allowing us to continue to spend money that has been improving our roads rather than needing to ask for a higher level.

Now that's important because when we go to the voters and we're speaking to them and we're talking with them, what we're asking is that they have a voice in being heard in how they spend their tax dollars.

That we're not going to be increasing their taxes. We're gonna be working with them and ensuring that their voice ultimately was heard. Regardless, we need to let the people vote. We need to make sure that they have an opportunity to decide up or down whether they support this measure come November. That can't be done with how our supervisors have manipulated the system, and I ask for your support on AB 1923.

Thank you. Assemblymember Doctor Arambula. Assemblymember Brian, we're no longer recognized. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Soria, do you wish to rec, do you wish to be hear to close.

Thank you, to all my colleagues, for the robust debate. Today, a vote for AB 1923 is not a vote for or against Measure C. It is a vote to let the voters decide. That is true democracy. The people of Fresno County have earned that opportunity by following every step required under the California law.

It is our responsibility as legislators to pre protect that right and preserve the confidence of the initiative process. Today, a vote in favor of AB 1923 is a vote for democracy. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Assemblymember Soria. I'll debate having ceased. Clerk will open the roll.

All members vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll. Tally votes, aye's 54, no's 16. Measure passes. Senate amendments are concurred in.

We're now gonna move on to the second day consent calendar. We'll first take up item 168, that's HR 78. Excuse me. Going back to AB 1923, immediate transmittal of the governor, madam clerk. Okay.

We're gonna first take up item 168, HR 78, the consent calendar for the purpose of adding co authors. Clerk will read the resolution on the consent calendar.

House Resolution 78 by Assembly member Ta, relative to both people awareness.

Clerk will now open the role to allow any member to add on as a coauthor on the consent calendar. Members, this is for coauthors. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll. There are 67 co authors added. Moving on to a vote on the consent calendar. Item 175 has been removed from the consent calendar. File items 168 to 183.

Does any member wish to remove another item from the consent calendar? Seeing and hearing none, the clerk will read the second day consent calendar.

House Resolution 78 by Assemblymember Ta, relative to both people awareness.

Clerk will open the roll on the consent calendar. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes aye 68, no zero. Consent calendar is adopted. Clerk will read the remaining items on the consent calendar.

Senate bill 1129.

Aye 68 no zero.

Senate bill 557.

Aye 68 no zero.

Senate bill 832.

Aye 68 no zero.

Senate bill 1133.

Senate bill 1429.

Aye 68 no zero.

Aye 68 no zero.

Senate bill 1430.

Aye 68 no zero.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 113.

Aye 68 no zero.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 166.

Aye 68 no zero.

Senate concurrent Resolution 185.

Aye 68 no zero.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 189.

Aye 68 no zero.

Senate bill 1082.

Aye 68 no zero.

Senate bill 96.

Aye 68. No zero.

Senate bill 607.

Aye 68. No zero.

And Senate bill 992.

Aye 68. No zero. Members. We're going to continue on to our adjournments in memory. The quorum call is lifted.

Please take conversations off the floor expeditiously. Thank you so much. Please take all conversations off the floor. Assemblymember Patterson, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, I ask that you join me in adjourning in the memory of a former member of the capital community and my friend, Jeffrey Macedo, better known by absolutely everyone as simply Macedo. Jeff passed away in August of last year at the too young age of 50 years old. But those fifty years were great for him and everyone who had the privilege to cross his path. Jeff lived a life centered on family, service, and friendship.

He was the kind of person who left people better than he found them. Jeff grew up surrounded by a huge, loving family, including his parents, sister, his grandparents, and a large extended family who helped shape the man he became. As a boy, he was active in Boy Scouts, 4-H, and competitive swimming. After moving to Northern California, he attended Ponderosa High School, where he threw himself into student government, choir, and again in swimming.

Even as a young age, he showed the qualities that would define his life, leadership, commitment, and willingness to serve others.

Jeff was deeply involved in the electoral process here in California since earning his political science degree from UC Berkeley. His list of experiences was long and impressive. Jeff was an associate producer at MSNBC. He served as deputy press secretary for governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California Department of Housing and Community Development. He served as director of communications and chief of staff for state Senator Anthony Canelo and senior director of communications for the California Charter School Association and ultimately as program manager in communications at Sutter Health.

Jeff's greatest accomplishments weren't listed on a resume. Like every single person in this room, although he was close to it, he was not perfect. But unlike most of us, Jeff sought to improve himself and address his personal struggles. And I mention this because Jeff was proud to share others the challenges he overcame. Seven years before his passing, he embraced sobriety and committed himself to helping others to do the same.

Through AA and Al Anon, he became a mentor, a sponsor, and a friend to countless people. He shared his story openly, offered encouragement without judgment, and reminded others that hope and healing was always possible. His strength gave he gave strength to others. His own sponsor spoke at his celebration of life last year. Those who knew Jeff also knew how much he loved life.

He loved Cal football, Tommy's burgers, and spending time at Tamales Bay. In fact, if you ever had a chance to go to a Cal football game, it was always a lot of fun. And it never really left him, and it seems, randomly, he would just blurt out, Go Bears. He found joy in gathering his family for Sunday dinners, cooking Peruvian food, and baking cheesecakes. These simple moments meant everything to him because they brought the people he loved together.

Above all else, Jeff was a devoted father. His sons, John, Logan sorry. Excuse me. And Ethan, who are here today in the gallery, were the center of his world. Everything he did reflected the love and pride he had for them.

Personally, I met Macedo when he was a member of the governor Schwarzenegger's press team. And as you could imagine, and his people would attest who are here today, that he would it was a wild time in the governor's office. And when you work for a global icon like Arnold Schwarzenegger, it really is a twenty four seven job. He didn't let that get in the way of enjoying life with his family.

In fact, I remember his son John, who's now a young man, as a little boy sitting at Macedo's desk, and Jeff kept him busy.

Macedo was a political nerd, loved politics, and it isn't clear and if it isn't clear, he was just a totally selfless guy. When I decided to run for this office, he was he may have been the first person to send me a message offering for help. If anything people should know, and it was evident at his celebration of life, Jeff was an amazing human being, a genuinely caring, loving man, meant no ill will to anyone. Jeff is missed, but we are grateful to have known him.

So many of his family members are here today, his mother, father, the three young men he raised, sister, brother-in-law, nieces, and aunt.

In addition to that, so many of his friends, colleagues who supported him and each other over the last two decades in this community. We will never forget his generosity, his wisdom, his laughter, his rumbling Go Bears, his unwavering honesty, and the example he set. I respectfully request the Assembly adjourn in the memory of Macedo.

Thank you so much. Assemblymember Patterson. Members, let us observe a moment of silence to honor this historic Californian member of our capital community, Jeffrey Macedo. Leader Macedo, you are recognized for your agenda memory.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Today, I rise in honor of the life of Brian Haney. Brian was a beloved husband, father, and mentor to many in our community. Shortly after Brian graduated from Tulare Union High School, he began his law enforcement career. He served the Tulare County Sheriff's Department from 1989 to 1992 before moving to the Tulare Police Department where he retired after twenty four years of service.

During his career, Brian led the Tulare Police Department's Explorer's Division. He also served as a detective, which was his passion. He rose to the rank of corporal and his work brought him national attention, including an appearance on Oxygen's Killer Siblings. He collaborated with the Internet crimes against children task force, the national center for missing and exploited children in Washington DC. He saved countless lives through years of service.

Brian had a passion for helping others. He was someone the community relied on. He made a profound impact on everyone who had the honor of knowing him. After retirement, Brian began a second career as a facilities and events manager for the International Agri Center in Tulare. He played a vital role in playing count planning countless events, including coordinating the annual World Agriculture Expo.

Brian was known for bringing laughter wherever he went, and he never stopped investing in others, especially young people. Brian was a devoted husband to his wife, Darlene, a father to his three kids, Charice, Brianna, and Cameron, and a proud grandfather to five grandchildren. Today, Brian's children, Brianna and Charice, join us in the gallery. Brian will forever be known for his life of service, dedication, and love for everyone around him. His legacy will live on through his family and the countless lives he touched and saved.

I ask that we adjourn in his memory.

Thank you, leader Macedo. Members, let us also observe a moment of silence for the life of this hero and historic Californian. Brian Corporal Brian Haney. Assemblymember Hoover. You are recognized for your adjournment in memory.

Thank you, Mister speaker. It is with great sadness today that I ask the Assembly to adjourn in the memory of Anne Cronin Dunn. Anne Dunn passed away on Friday, May 8 at the age of 91. Twice widowed, she raised her two daughters, Andrea and Jane, as a devoted single mother. Anne was a loved and respected member of her community, known for her curious mind, warmth, and Catholic faith.

As a beloved teacher and counselor, she devoted a great deal of time teaching and mentoring youth in her community. After her teaching career, she retired to Gold River, where she joined as serving president for the Gold River Villagers Club. She was also deeply involved in our Divine Savior Catholic Parish in Orangevale and served on the board of directors for the American Heart Association. Continuing her lasting devotion to youth, she volunteered at Shriners Children's Hospital.

Anne will be sorely missed by her family, friends, and by the community that she humbly served.

She is survived by her son-in-law Robert Barnes, daughters Andrea and Jane, granddaughter Caroline, and grandson-in-law, Blank Grinder, who join us today in the gallery. I respectfully request that we adjourn this session in her memory. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Hoover. Members, let us observe moment of silence to honor the life of this historic Californian and Dunn.

Assemblymember Gipson, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory.

Thank you very much, Mister speaker and members. I rise to ask this body to adjourn in the memory of my dear friend, pastor Daryl Monroe Moore, who passed away on 05/15/2026. In the bible, there is a passage of scripture in Ecclesiastics that talks about there's a time to be born. There's a time to die. There's a time to plant.

There's a time to pluck up which that has been planted. There's a time to weep. There's a time to laugh. Pastor Moore, it was just time. It was just that time.

Pastor Moore was a faithful servant of God whose life was marked by unwavering faith, dedicated service, and a genuine love for people. He was known for his gift of singing his singing voice. He always sung a song that everyone really enjoyed hearing. My soul is anchored. That was his mantra.

Everywhere he went, whatever church he went to, that was a song that was requested. My soul is anchored by the Lord. His love for worship and his commitment to engage others through his music and his word of God. Born on 10/03/1962 in Selma and raised in Compton, pastor Moore accepted Christ at Saint Andrew Missionary Baptist Church where my sister was married and where her husband was born and raised in and worshiped and his family.

His life was shared in in gospel at that at Saint Andrew's Missionary Baptist Church.

Pastor Moore was a faithful was faithful and answered God's calling to ministry and became a licensed in 1995 and ordained in ministry in 1997 and later founded the Greater Love Christian Outreach Ministry, where he served as a pastor for thirteen long years. Together with his lovely wife, Ramona Moore. Pastor Moore faithfully served God's people with love, compassion, and unwavering dedication. Pastor Moore also served his community for thirty four long years as a Los Angeles County juvenile probation officer.

The Los Padrino detention facility where there there, they house juveniles.

He was not only a probation officer, but he was a mentor. He was a father to those who did not know their father, and he was a mentor to those young people and a big brother to those young people at that facility. Through there, he was deeply he will be deeply missed. His faith, his service, and enduring legacy will continue to inspire his family, church, friends, and community.

We extend our heart our heartfelt sympathy to Ramona, his love of his life, his family, and all who will be blessed by his absence and also his church family.

May his memory remains to be a blessing to all who knew him and loved him. I ask this body to adjourn in the memory and the legacy of pastor Daryl Moore. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Gipson. Members, please bring the names to the desk to be printed in the journal. All requests to adjourn a memory will be deemed read printed in the journal. Moving on to announcements, session schedules as follows, Friday, August 7, no floor session, no check-in session. Monday, August 10, floor session at 1PM.

Seeing and hearing no further business, I'm ready to entertain a motion to adjourn. Majority leader, Aguiar-Curry moves and miss Johnson seconds. This house stands adjourned until Monday, August 10 at 1PM. Quorum call is lifted.

We are adjourned.