Assembly Floor

The Assembly is now in session. Assembly member Gipson notices the absence of a quorum. Sergeant at Arms will prepare the chamber and bring in the absent members. 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. Please stand. Reverend Noshita will offer today's prayer. Reverend Oshita.

Please join me in a moment of reflection. While shopping at Takashimaya, one of Japan's largest department store, I recall taking a wrong turn into a small empty lobby area. There was just one door across the room. Just as I was turning to leave, I noticed a young woman approaching that door with purse and jacket in hand. Before opening the door, she turned around and bowed deeply to the empty room, then departed.

It was the employee's exit, and I was the sole witness to her respectful bow. She was expressing her gratitude to the store just as if the company president was standing there. I was impressed. I began to notice that throughout the trip, conductors on the trains checking tickets bowed as they entered and left each car. Even the ground crew around our plane bowed in unison as we pulled away from the gate when we departed.

From my seat, I bowed in return. Bowing is literally gratitude expressed with one's whole body. The Roman philosopher, Cicero said, gratitude is the parent of all virtues. And there's a reason why every spiritual tradition emphasizes the nurture of gratitude. In our many years of being invited into people's homes, when a loved one's life was being measured in hours instead of years, we found that almost without exception, the one feeling expressed was gratitude so deep there were no words.

Even when unable to speak, we saw the depth of gratitude in their eyes, felt it in their hands holding ours or with their palms pressed together. On this final day, Bob and I know that there is much deep gratitude within this chamber, and we hope you can feel ours too. We know that being here has been a rare and wonderful gift.

Let us continue to do our best to nurture ever deepening gratitude, for we have found that when all is said and done, deep, deep within us, what will remain will be the wish to say thank you. Let us live with kindness and gratitude beyond words.

Let us live with kindness and gratitude beyond words. Speaking on behalf of the entire body, let us express our gratitude for your kindness and wisdom that you've provided us in this session. Members, please join me in thanking Reverend Bob and Patty Oshita. We ask our guests and visitors to remain standing and join us in the flag salute. Assembly member Irwin will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Please join me for the Pledge of Allegiance. Right hand over your heart. I pledge allegiance.

You may be seated. 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. Members for your bills on the Senate floor, please please encourage your floor managers to request that your bills be taken up today. Reading of the previous day's journal.

Assembly Chambers, Sacramento, Monday, 08/17/2026, met at 1PM. The honorable Josh Lowenthal, speaker pro tempore of the Assembly presiding, chief Clerk C. Parker at the desk, reading clerk David Bowman reading. Roll call. The roll was called.

Quorum call of the Assembly. Assembly member, Rochelle Rodriguez. Move a quorum call of the Assembly. Motion carried time, 01:07PM. Speaker pro tempore, directed the sergeant at arms to close the doors and bring in the absent members.

Quorum present at 01:28pm. Speaker pro temp, Josh Lowenthal, declared a quorum of the Assembly present. The roll call was completed. The following answer to their names, 76 [Roll Call]

Members are reading clerk, Mister David Bowman? Majority leader, Aguiar Curry, moves and Mister Hoover 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, the opposite of the day, there are none. Madam majority leader, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

Good morning, Mister speaker and members. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly rule 118 to allow Assembly members Lowenthal, Muratsuchi, Stefani, and Schiavo to have guests in the rear of the chamber and to allow Assembly members Avila Farias, Ramos, Michelle Rodriguez to have guests seated at their desks.

Without Objection. Such shall be the order.

At the request of the author, please place item 60, SB 1189, Valadares on the inactive file.

Clerk will note.

There are letters in there are letters of legislative intent at the desk. I request unanimous consent to print the following letters in the journal pursuant to Assembly rule 42, AB69 Calderon, AB306 Schultz.

Okay. Clerk will open the role. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote.

On call. Put it up on call.

Excuse me, madam. Majority leader, first I need to announce that the motion has been seconded by Assembly Member Ortega. The majority leader has put has put the bill on call or put the motion on call. Moves the call. Okay.

On behalf of our good friend Assembly member Avila Farias, I would like to welcome her son Sebastian Farias, who's joining us on the floor today. Hi, Sebastian. Please join me in giving him a warm Assembly welcome. Welcome, welcome. Picked a great day to be here, sir.

Okay. We are going to move to other business on the daily file. We begin with our concurrence file, file items one through 51. Actually gonna begin today with file item 29. File item 29 is AB 177 by Assembly member Davies. Clerk will read.

Assembly goal 17 o seven by Assemblymember Davies an act related to employment.

Assemblymember Davies, you are recognized.

Good morning. It's nice to start out this way. Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, AV 17 O seven is back on concurrence amendments, and the Senate transferred authority over the certification certification of electricians from the division of labor standards enforcement to the contractor state license board beginning 07/01/2028. The bill has received unanimous support.

The entire process and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Davies. 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 votes. Highs 57, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 30 is AB 605 by Assembly member Muratsuchi.

The clerk will read

Assembly bill 605 by Assembly member Muratsuchi, and I'm pleased with employment.

Assembly member Muratsuchi, you are recognized.

Thank you very much. Members, I'm presenting AB 605 to ensure that as our refineries continue to close down in one community after another, that we are prepared to ensure that our workers, our local communities are protected as, refineries such as the Phillips sixty six refinery in my district, just last year, shut down. We saw that, with the announcement of the closure that, many of the refinery workers, they started leaving looking for the next job.

We need to make sure that refineries continue to operate safely, not only for the workers, but the surrounding community. This bill is sponsored by the refinery workers.

I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Assemblymember Muratsuchi. All debate have the deceased 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. Assemblymember Maritsuchi has moved the call. Pass and retain on '31. Pass temporarily on '32. Pass and retain on '33.

File item 34 is AB 2437 by Assembly Member Chen. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2437 by Assembly Member Chen, an act relating to vehicles.

Assembly Member Chen, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This bill is back on concurrence. I respectfully ask for aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Chen. 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 and tally votes. Ayes 60, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 35, AB 2061, also by Assembly Member Chen. Clerk will read.

Assembly vote twenty sixty one by Assemblymember Chen and others an actrelated to insurance.

Assemblymember Chen, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. This bill is also back on concurrence. I respectfully ask for aye vote.

Thank you. Assemblymember Chen. I'll debate having cease 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 and tally the votes. I 61, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Pass and retain on '36.

File item 37, AB 1099 by Assembly Member Bryan. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1099 by Assembly Member Bryan, an act relating to developmental services.

Assembly Member Bryan, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. This bill addresses the systemic challenges of intake and eligibility assessments used by our Regional Centers, specifically for foster youth, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Bryan. All debate having a 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 votes. Ayes 59, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Pass temporarily on 38. File item 39, AB 1609 by Assembly Member Zbur. Clerk will read.

Assembly bill 169 by Assemblymember's superior, n act related to artificial intelligence.

Assemblymember's board, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, I rise today to present AB 169, which is back on concurrence. This bill restores a basic expectation. When Californians need help, especially with essential services, they can reach a real human being in a reasonable amount of time. AB 169 ensures consumers can generally access human customer service support within fifteen minutes after request and requires businesses to disclose when customers are interacting with artificial intelligence rather than a human representative.

Senate amendments were author driven and incorporated to address business community concerns. Amendments included reducing initial violations of the provisions from $10,000 to $5,000, clarifying and expanding the scope of exemptions, from the bill's provisions, including a business to business line exemption, which is a priority request for the chamber. This bill remains simple. Given the accelerated deployment of AI and increasing difficulty trying to reach a natural person, this bill ensures that we can talk to a human when we most need human customer support help.

I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Spoor. 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 rule, tally votes, highest 41 to 16. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 40, AB 1813 by Assemblymember Ward. Clerk will

Assembly bill 1813 by Assemblymember Ward and others, and accolades with electricity.

Assemblymember Ward, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. AB 1813 is back on concurrence.

This bill is responsive to some of the work that we've been doing as the Assembly as a part of the implementation and accountability and oversight of review of previous legislation, Senate amendments update timing for both the CPUC and CEC obligations under the bill, and require the CEC to include an evaluation of whether the location of the subscribers in relation to a generating facility affects the ability to be a load modifying resource, Clarify reporting requirements under the law, and I respectfully ask for your concurrence on these amendments.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ward. I'll debate having deceased 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. Vote size 41. Those nine sentiments are concurred in. Violin 41 is AB 1981 by our majority leader. This is a 54 vote bill.

Clerk will read.

Assembly bill 1981 by Assembly member Andrea Curry, and others in ACLaints of childcare and declaring the OCC their office to accept immediately.

Madam majority leader, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker and members. I rise to present an AB 1981, a women's caucus priority bill. This bill ensures the state follows through on a fair reimbursement system that supports our providers and expands access to affordable childcare for our families. I want to thank my providers, my advocates, my families that have fought for this for years. This bill has no opposition.

I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, madam majority leader. All debate having Cease Clerk 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 of votes. High 63, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 42 is AB 2020 by Assembly member Gabriel Clark Reid.

Assembly bill 2020 by Assembly member Gabriel and I'm relating to housing.

Assembly member Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you

very much, Mister speaker. I'm pleased today to present AB 2020, which is back on concurrence, but first, just want to take a moment of personal privilege. It is my son Ethan's eleventh birthday today. And since I can't be home, I just wanna say Ethan, I love you and I'm proud of you. And I'm sorry I can't be there with you.

But I am pleased to present AB 2020. Amendments adopted in the Senate reflect technical assistance provided from HCD. The bill has passed with bipartisan unanimous support, has no registered opposition. And I also wanna thank and congratulate our fellow Kyle for his great work on the bill. So I can request your aye vote on AB 2020.

Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. All debate haven't ceased, and happy birthday, Ethan. 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 votes, high 61, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 43 is AB 2103 by Assembly member Erwin.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2103 by Assembly Member Irwin, an act relating to state government.

Assembly Member, I believe this is your last bill that you will be presenting before the body. Is that not correct?

That is right. This is a...

Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. I haven't recognized you yet.

Oh, excuse me.

Assembly Member Irwin, you are recognized.

Well, thank you very much, Speaker. Yes. AB 2103 is my very last bill ever on the Assembly floor, and it is here for concurrence. And I just wanna take a moment to thank my staff from both my capitol office, my district office for the incredible work that they have done over the last twelve years. Senate amendments clarify that the framework governing Engage California, including the circumstances under which the program may operate and how it is funded. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Irwin. 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 66, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 44 is AB 2222 by Assembly Member Ward. This is a 54 vote bill. The clerk will read.

Assembly bill 2222 by Assemblymember Ward and others in acclimate to taxation and making an appropriation therefore.

Assemblymember Ward, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Pleased that AB 2222, a community news act is back for concurrence and Senate amendments. These amendments strengthen and refine the bill while preserving its core purpose to support local journalism and the reporters who keep our communities informed. Most importantly, the amendments ensure that nonprofit news organizations, including qualified public broadcasters, can benefit from the refundable credit.

The amendments also incorporate federal tax conformity and include necessary necessary chaptering language, with AB 2319 to avoid conflicts in the revenue and taxation code.

I respectfully ask for your aye vote, on concurrence.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ward. I'll 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. This is a 54 vote bill. Mister Ward has moved the call. File item 45 is AB 2225 by Doctor. Patel.

Assembly bill 2225 by Assembly member Patel and others, an act related to education governance.

The clerk will read.

Doctor. Patel, you are recognized.

Good morning, Mister speaker and colleagues. I rise today to present AB 2225. This bill will help further the goals of AB 1881, the public education governance reform bill we adopted earlier this year. Senate amendments encompass feedback from the administration and help to enhance public transparency and, help its implementation. Aligned with the effort in keeping with the goals of AB 2225, the amendments will ensure continued implementation and needed feedback on AB 181 goals.

Because of these reasons, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, doctor Patel. All debate haven't 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 votes, I 61, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 46 is AB 2234 by Assemblymember Pappen. Clerk of Reads.

Assembly Bill 2234 by Assembly Member Papan, an act relating to geothermal resources.

Assembly Member Papan, you are recognized.

Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Thank you so much. I rise today to present AB 2234, which is back on concurrence from the Senate. This bill simply clarifies the definition of geothermal exploratory projects to include all necessary equipment and activities for establishing well interconnectivity.

This clarification will ensure that the definition accurately reflects all the technologies being used to develop geothermal resources. Geothermal is I strongly believe the wave of the future. Is very different from wind and solar. It's not dependent on the elements. It's what they call baseline technology, and I'm gonna do everything we can to promote it. So I respectfully request an aye vote on 2234. Thank you.

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. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 60, noes zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 47 is AB 2321 by Assembly Member Ortega. Clerk will read.

Assembly bill 2321 by Assemblymember Ortega and others, an accolade to occupational safety health.

Assemblymember Ortega, you may open. Good morning, Mister speaker and members. I rise to present AB 2321, which is back on concurrent Senate amendments reflect technical assistance from the administration. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ortega. All debate happens to cease. Clerk will open the law. All members vote who desire to vote. 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 votes size 41, no 17. Senate amendments are concurred in. Bylaw 48 is AB 2469 by Assemblymember Pappin. The clerk will read

Assembly bill 2469 by Assemblymember Pappin, and I'm going to water.

Assemblymember Pappin, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. I rise today to present AB 2469 back from the Senate on concurrence. So this bill is about empowering communities to make decisions about data centers with their eyes wide open. AB 2469 delivers transparency, protects rate payers, and gives local governments the information they need to make informed, responsible decisions about their water resources. Transparency is a tool for innovation.

It's the foundation for public trust, community buy in, and sustainable development. The public has one simple request and they're making it loud and clear. We hear it on the news every day. Data centers, be transparent about the resources you will need to operate. Members, with with this bill, California will lead the way when it comes to data centers.

With transparency about the resources that are needed, coexistence is achievable. Respectfully request and I vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Pappen. I'll debate having ceased clerk cannot see. Excuse me. Assemblymember Berman, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. And I wanna thank my colleague from San Mateo for being a leader on this issue, for her work on this last year, her work on this this year. Permission to read, Mister speaker? Without objection. So this morning, president Trump had some comments about data centers.

He said, and I quote, the only reason that communities throughout The USA should not want data centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor. Communities if if community doesn't want a data center in their community, it's because they want to be backwards and poor. Question for the author. Do you agree with president Trump that the only reason a community wouldn't want a data center is because they wanna be backwards and poor?

Without objection, or you may answer in your close.

Thank you, Mister speaker.

Assembly member DeMaio, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. I rise in opposition to AB 2469, not because I disagree with the intent of the author. We have to, ensure that these data centers are water neutral and energy neutral, and we can get there. We need to make sure we protect rate payers. There are flaws in this bill because we do not provide the flexibility that these centers are gonna need to achieve those goals.

This is not an either or proposition. We should be doing a both and. Both receive the benefit of data centers where they create jobs, making sure that The United States, California are leaders in artificial intelligence of the technology revolution. That is a goal. We should all share in that.

The voters, the public, they share in that. We want jobs. We wanna be leaders in technology. But at the same time, we wanna make sure that these centers are not having adverse effects on the surrounding communities. This legislation chooses either or.

I think we need to do better, a both and approach. My colleague from Los Angeles, the Los Angeles area, doesn't contribute in a positive way when he uses partisanship. Silicon Valley. Partisanship is not what we need. What we need is not the political games, not trying to score the cheap political points, but let's sit down and seriously address this.

This is a bipartisan issue. And while, my colleague seems to cherry pick certain statements from the federal administration, let's be clear. President Trump has said that rates should never be increased on consumers because a data center is located in their community. This gives us bipartisanship. So let's not have a partisan food fight.

Let's not let's not play games. There's a a 70 or 80% consensus here, and that's why we need to be looking at bipartisan solutions. Again, I I commend the author for her intent on the bill. I think we're all trying to achieve the same goals, energy self sufficiency, water self sufficiency, and no rate impacts to communities. However, this bill doesn't provide the flexibility to achieve that goal.

That's why we have work still to do. I urge a no vote, and let's continue to work until we get that done. AB 2469.

Thank you. Assembly member De Maio. See again, hearing no further debate. Assembly member Pappan, do you wish to close?

Thank you, Mister speaker. So I will first respond to my colleague from Menlo Park that nobody wants to be backward and poor, and you certainly will not be that way if this bill is adopted. To my friend from my colleague from San Diego, you're gonna love this bill because guess what? It says rate payers do not have to pick up the additional expense on increased infrastructure for increased water that data center uses.

Secondly, I'm very agnostic about whether or not a data center will work in a particular community.

As I mentioned in my opening remarks, this is about local hyper well, let me first say, water is a hyperlocal issue. We have something like 3,500 water agencies in California. Some of them are very, very small. So this will give them the tools that they need to say, yes, a data center can work here because we've got enough water for you, or maybe no, it won't, or maybe we need to increase our infrastructure.

And you, data center, you will pay for that increased infrastructure, but we can make it work.

Coexistence is what we're after folks, and that will happen with transparency. So I I thank you for the engagement. This is a an issue that is, as my colleague from Menlo Park noted, in the news every single day and banning down to centers is not what we are after. It's coexistence. So respect for your question, I vote.

Thank you.

Thank you. Assemblymember Pappan, 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 and tally the votes. Size 46 knows 12 Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 49 is AB 2478 by Assemblymember Schultz. Focal read.

Assembly bill 2478 by Assemblymember Schultz and others an act related to Foster Care.

Assemblymember Schultz, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Twenty four seventy eight is back from the Senate on concurrence. After working closely with the Department of Social Services, our office made technical and clarifying amendments. This is support support and asking for your aye vote today.

Thank you. Assemblymember Schultz, all debate having ceased. Clerk will open the call. 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. Size sixty, no zero. Send amendments are concurred in. Okay.

Members, we have just dispensed with file item 49. We're gonna pass temporarily on 50. File item 51, that's AB 1646 by Assemblymember Brian. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1646 by Assembly Member Bryan and others, an act relating to juveniles.

Assembly Member Bryan, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, I rise because AB 1646 is back on concurrence. This is a really important bill to me and the Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color. I had the privilege of touring a number of juvenile halls this year with several of my colleagues.

And one of those juvenile halls, Los Padrinos in Downey, after going through metal detectors and being sniffed by dogs and going through all the security protocols that anybody visiting the young people would go through, we found out from talking to the youth who were incarcerated that when their parents go through that same process and have a visitation, they're not allowed to have any physical contact with their child.

And a group of these young people told us that those hugs could change their lives. And they wrote this legislation while incarcerated in that juvenile hall and asked if we would take it to Sacramento and turn it into a law. And then their parents, especially their mothers, hopped on buses and came to Sacramento all year and testified in public safety committees. They were nervous. They were scared, but they never stopped believing they could make a difference.

Those young people and their parents have pushed this legislation all the way to the finish line, and we are one vote away from putting it on the governor's desk. And it will be the first time incarcerated young people in California wrote legislation while incarcerated and changed the conditions of their own confinement and for all youth after them. And I respectfully ask for your vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Bryan. Assembly Member Bennett, you are recognized.

I would just like to thank the Member for his labor of love for these people and to go to that effort to make this happen. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Assembly Member Bennett. 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 5. Senate amendments are concurred in. Okay. We're gonna go back to the beginning of the concurrence file, please. Pass and retain on 1, 2, 3, 4. File item number 5, that's AB 2320 by Assembly Member Ta. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 2320 by Assemblymember Ta, an act relating to housing.

Assemblymember Ta, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. The bill is back on concurrent. It is a support support bill. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Assemblymember Ta. 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 58. No 0. Senate amendments are concurred in.

Pass and retain on 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

File item 13, AB 2086 by Assembly member Ellis. Clerk will read.

Assembly bill 2086 by Assemblymember Ellis and others an act related to Pest Control.

Assemblymember Ellis, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. The twenty eighty six is background concurrence. Amendments taken to the Senate were clarifying and technical. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Assemblymember Ellis. 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 59, no zero, Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 14 is AB 1816 by Assemblymember Davies. Assemblymember Davies.

Purple Reid.

Assembly Bill 1816 by Assemblymember Davies, an act relating to probation.

Assemblymember Davies, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, AB 1816 is back on concurrence. Amendments of the Senate narrowed the bill and now gives the court a list of circumstances to consider for even thinking of granting this narrow and temporary extension of supervision. Bill passed the Senate floor with 37 aye votes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Davies. 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. Aye 51. No 0. Senate amendments are concurred in.

Okay.

Pass and retain on 15, 16, 17.

File item 18 is AB 2316 by minority floor leader Hoover. The click will read.

Assembly bill 2316 by Assemblymember Hoover, and I'm planning the school facilities.

Assemblymember Hoover, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. AB 2316 is back on concurrence amendments in the Senate clarify the bill applies prospectively and makes other conforming changes. The bills receive unanimous bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Hoover. All debate have a cease. 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. No zero. Senate amendments are concurred in.

File item 19 is AB 2476 by Assembly member Ellis. Clerk will read.

Assembly bill 2476 by Assembly member Ellis and acclimate to electricity.

Assemblymember Ellis, I believe this is the last bill that you will be presenting on the floor. Is that correct, sir?

Correct, sir.

Thank you. You are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Twenty four seventy six is back on concerns. The bill simply lets the Department of Water Resources procure from a pumped hydro facility of 500 megawatts or less. The Senate amendments and double jointed language have been taken. I respectfully ask your aye vote, and it has been a sincere honor to work with all of you.

Thank

you.

We thank you for everything, Assemblymember Ellis. 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, size 63, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Violin number 20 is AB 1199 by Assemblymember Patterson. Clerk will read.

Assembly bill 1199 by Assemblymember Patterson an act related to health care.

Assemblymember Patterson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. AB 1199 conforms state law with federal law, regarding, hospital employee, credentialing. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Assemblymember Patterson, 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, size 62, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 21 is AB 760 by Assemblymember Ta. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 760 by Assemblymember Ta and others,an act relating to taxation to take effect immediately, tax levy.

Assemblymember Ta, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. As many of you aware that last May, my district was nearly devastated by a chemical leak that forced more than 50,000 resident from their home. AB 760 was made in the Senate to provide a tech exclusion for settlement from this incident. California has provided this exclusion to declare emergency in the past.

Finally, in light of thanks, the Senate and Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee for working so hard on this bill. This bill, dear to my heart, important for my district. The I support support bill. I respectfully ask for the aye vote.

Thank you. Assembly member Ta. 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 and tally votes. Aye 64, no 0. Senate amendments are concurred in.

Okay. We are going to pass and retain on file item 22 and 23. File item 24, we will pass temporarily.

We're gonna pass and retain on twenty five, twenty six, twenty seven. Members, please be at your desk for your bills. Please be at your desk for your bills.

We're gonna pass and retain on '28. We've already dispensed with '29. File item number 30 is a B605 by Assembly member Muritz. Oh, excuse me. That is on call.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. File item 31 is AB 2551 by Assemblymember El Hawari. The clip will read.

Assembly bill 2551 by Assemblymember El Hawari, and accolade the public for secondary education.

Assemblymember El Hawari, you are recognized.

Thank you so much, Mister speaker and members. This bill is really about transparency, about data, about continuing to keep our children safe by adding to existing reporting requirements. Today, there was a LA Times story that specifically tackles this issue and the need for more data. I respectfully ask for your aye vote and want to make sure that everyone is clear that this will not touch, and will not repeal any existing policies around time, place, and matter. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember El Hawari. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized.

Yeah. Thank you very much, Mister speaker. I rise to offer some thoughts on this bill. And I know many of you have reached out to ask if the Jewish caucus has a position on the bill, and the answer is that we do not as a caucus. The caucus is not asking you to vote against the bill.

I'm not asking you to vote against the bill. I know that there have been significant amendments that have taken to remove opposition from Jewish California. But I did wanna just take a moment to have a conversation about the broader topic here so that folks could understand the genesis of the bill that, a Senate bill, that twelve eighty seven that was a Jewish caucus party bill, that this bill originally sought to repeal.

And that was a bill that, was, introduced by the caucus after some very specific incidents. And let me say at the beginning, I believe very, very deeply in the freedom of speech and the right to protest.

I grew up in a family where my with activist parents. I went to many protests and rallies and marches as a kid. I believe deeply in the right of protest for social justice, and I also believe in the right of free speech. And I think that that means, especially, young people on our college campuses have the right to criticize, our government, the government of Israel, China, Russia, Ukraine, Gavin Newsom, Jesse Gabriel, everybody in between. And that is a sacred right.

And I also believe that we, in many ways, have lost the ability as a society to hear opinions that we that are different from our own. And that has been a message that I've delivered to my own community. All of us need to be willing to listen to opinions that are different from our own.

And and I actually was thinking about as I have listened to some of the beautiful comments from our colleagues who are terming out, one of the most powerful experiences for me in this body has been to hear and learn from people whose life experiences are so different from my own. That has been an enormous life gift and I will be forever grateful for it.

But thiS Bill that the Jewish caucus introduced as SB 1287 was, introduced after a very specific incident at UC Berkeley in which a group of Jewish students hosted an event and a group of students with a different perspective put out a call to shut it down. And so they came as protesters. The event was moved for purposes of security. They came as protesters. They overwhelmed the event.

They broke windows at Zellerbach Hall. A number of students were physically injured. A constituent of mine, Brooke Resnick, was choked and ended up having to seek medical care. And for from our perspective, that's not that's not free speech. And so we introduced a bill AB 1287.

I wanna let you know what it does. It says that there has that universities have to have clear, content neutral time, place, and manner restrictions so everybody, irrespective of their viewpoint, gets to express their viewpoint. That those policies have to prohibit the following things, violence, harassment, intimidation, and discrimination, and that they have to be published so every student understands them. That was the essence of that bill. And we went through Mister Calra's committee.

We worked very hard with him and his staff to make sure that there were robust first amendment protections, and it passed off this floor by a vote of 70 to zero. Because we believe that everybody deserves the right to be heard, and everybody deserves the right to protest, but everybody also deserves the right to be free from violence and free from harassment.

And so it was very concerning to our caucus, to see an effort without a conversation to repeal that bill, To take away those time, place, and manner restrictions. And I would submit to all of you that time, place, and manner restrictions actually support free speech. They are supportive because it means that even you can't go shut down another group of students because you disagree with them.

And so while I will get up and defend the right of student protesters to say whatever they want, no matter how much I disagree with it, I will always always believe that all of our students must be able to gather together and not be subject to physical violence. No student should end up having to seek medical care because they were wanted to bring a speaker to campus. And so, I just wanna mark this moment. I'm not asking anybody to vote against this bill.

This bill has been significantly amended, but I worry that the intent the effort of this bill is to begin a process that will ultimately result in the, repealing of civil rights protections.

And I think that there should be a very high bar for that, particularly when they're passed in this environment by such a strong and overwhelming vote. And so I just wanna say, understanding how this bill started and where it's been moved to, if there's an effort a year from now, two years from now, three years from now to undo those hard wrought civil rights protections, I just wanted to mark this moment.

Because, again, I believe very deeply in the right to protest, Very deeply in the right to free speech. All of us should protect that right, irrespective of what the speaker is saying, especially on our college campuses. And we have to do better.

All of us have to do better about making sure that young people are exposed to ideas that they disagree with and are different from their own. But at the same time, we have to make sure that that protest does not involve silencing other people. And at a minimum, does not involve other people being subject to violence, harassment, intimidation, and discrimination. And that is a line that I believe that we need to hold. And for that reason, I wanted to share those thoughts, Mister speaker.

Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. Assemblymember Brian, you are recognized.

I wanna thank my colleague from South Central and my colleague, Fermincino, the Chair of our Jewish caucus, vice Chair of the Black Caucus. The Black Caucus has also been asked often what our position is on this bill, and the caucus as a whole does not have a formal position on this bill.

And similar to my colleague from Encino, I too just wanna mark this moment because I think our colleague from South Central is doing the foundation of what all good policy should be, which is rooted in data and evidence. And I remember 1287 because I sat on that judiciary committee, and I did not vote for it. And I didn't vote for it on this floor.

Because of the same concerns that our colleague just raised, I was concerned we were going down a very slippery slope with civil rights and protesting. One that I don't know has been born out by that bill in the same way that the inverse hasn't been shown. It's why we need data.

We need to understand how best to protect the learning spaces of our young people so that competing ideas and challenging thoughts about this complicated world that we all coexist in can arise in a safe and healthy way, in the appropriate ways, at the appropriate times. Also, understanding that the appropriate time, place, and manner often comes from the young people who are creating those protests.

I came directly from a college campus to this body. I still often find myself in protests in the streets of Los Angeles, and y'all know this. But I wanna thank my colleague from South Central because standing for what you believe is right even when it seems difficult is hard. Having the necessary conversations you need to have to remove opposition and bring folks to the table around shared goals is hard and at times feels impossible.

And the work that has been done to get this data centered bill to this point is commendable.

And it has my support today, and I also will not be asking anyone not to vote for it. I think you probably should vote for it.

Thank you. Assemblymember Brian. Mister Lee, I had you down. Okay. Assemblymember Garcia, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. And members, I rise in strong support of AB 2551, a bill which ensures students are not threatened by simply exercising their freedom of speech. And before I continue, I just really wanna say, thank you to Mister speaker Rivas for just allowing this bill to be heard because I know that is sometimes difficult.

As an educator, I strongly believe that education is meant to uplift students, and campuses should always serve as a safe space for students to practice their civic engagement and participate in our democracy. Student activism has always been a powerful tool for progress, and this bill is a simple study bill to ensure that there is an application of justice towards students that is fair and free from discrimination or harassment.

In the spring of twenty twenty four, around 500 students were disciplined and arrested for participating in protests, and students have expressed that the enforcement of this discipline has been inequitable. AB 2551 will provide us with data. As my colleague from Los Angeles stated, just data. It's not a retreat, it's data to allow us to determine if these responses were indeed inequitable.

Thousands of students from my district attend Cal State San Bernardino and UC Riverside, and we all have students in our district aspiring to do their part to change the world.

They deserve to know that speaking up for what they believe in will not jeopardize their education. Our public university's values lie in being open to diverse perspectives, setting high ethical standards, leading by example, and advancing positive change in California, the nation, and beyond. So when California students are empowered by these values, they should never feel unsafe on the campuses, which many of them call their second home.

I want to deeply thank the author from Los Angeles for bringing this forward, this important measure, and I do respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Garcia. Assemblymember Bauer Kehund, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker and members. I rise in a similar posture as my colleague from the San Fernando Valley. I agree this is a data bill, and I'm not asking you to not vote for it. But I I felt compelled to stand up and speak because many of you weren't here when we went through what led to the bill that is the subject of this data. And we all, many of us, bring trauma to this floor.

And I acknowledge my own, so so I just wanna say that. You know, I was raised by a grandmother who was kicked out of school because she was Jewish. So the way Jews are treated on campus is something that is critically important to me personally. And to watch what happened at UCLA where they've set up blockades and Jewish students were blocked from attending class unless they said certain things is not free speech. It is the opposite.

It is forced speech. And the campus let that happen for days and days. Kids were locked in buildings. They were blocked from attending their classes. These were students who'd pay a lot of money to attend our UCs and just wanted an education.

And as much as one should be able to choose to be a part of a protest, one should be able to choose not to be part of a protest. That is the freedom guaranteed under our constitution, and that was not happening at UCLA. And so we saw a failure on our campuses to allow for free speech in a way that protected students, protected students physically as my colleague from the San Fernando Valley said, but also protected students' rights to differing opinions. And that was painful.

It was it hurt to see Jewish students treated that way across California on our own campuses.

And so Senator Glazer took on this effort. It wasn't an easy one as was mentioned by my colleague from LA. He was here. But it was one that we succeeded in because of collaboration and conversation and a shared commitment to allowing for protest in a way that did not harm other people on campus. And from where I sit, I have seen that we have changed the dynamic at least at my local UC.

I mostly have experience at Berkeley because that's where I am in the state. But we have seen just at the beginning of the year last year, students tried to block, say, their gate and stop students from getting onto campus in a protest. And the university said, no. You cannot block access to classes. Right?

That is not following our time, place, and manner restrictions. And they had to remove the blockade. They were allowed to speak in the time, place, and manner that's allowed, but they were not allowed to block other students. To me, that is our time, place, and manner restrictions working.

And so I just had to get up and say that it is critically important that we allow for free speech, but we also have to acknowledge the pain and hurt and exclusion that was happening on our campuses at the time, and that will absolutely continue to happen if we roll back the protections that we are succeeding in allowing for debate, for conversation, for protest, but also preventing the harm to many, many students.

Frankly, I didn't really know what I was gonna do on this bill. I'm not gonna support it, but and that is merely because of the numbers. I'm worried that the data we're talking about here, there's so few students. So just last year, of 300,000 students on our UCs, there were 71 time, place, and manner violations. And on our CSUs, out of 460,000 students, there were 200.

So I also just want us to be conscious as we move forward and get this data to put it into context. I don't know what the data will show, but as any good social scientist knows, you need a good sample size to have meaningful data. And so what what those numbers tell me is we're not overly restricting speech, but we also need to be careful not to roll back civil rights violations because we have a small data set.

And the small data set frankly shows that we aren't being too restrictive as far as I'm concerned. So I just wanted to harness in this moment the importance of the work that I believe we have done together.

At a vote of 70 to zero, I think that this was a collaboration across parties, across ideal logical barriers to make sure that our campuses allow for free speech and protect our students. And I'm proud of that work, and I hope that we stand together in the future to continue to protect it.

Thank you. Assemblymember Bauer Kehinde. Doctor Jackson, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, Mister speaker. You know, I ever since a few years ago when we all ended up on the menu at the same time, it became evident that we lost our ability to be in solidarity with one another in a genuine way. And I became very concerned when I saw people who I even consider my allies in my district begin to lose their own humanity as they profess to protect other people's humanity.

And at the end of the day, it became evident that we were all losing. The bill for the Jewish caucus that went through higher education, I did vote on it.

And I voted on it for a particular reason. And that is you cannot step on the back of one group in order to fight for another group. It is wrong. And you are becoming the devil in which you profess to be fighting against. And so what we have to do is we have to center humanity and understand there are universal humanistic principles that we have to be guided by.

And it can't be guided by who has greater humanity over another. Now I'll be voting on this bill for one simple reason, because we have to also make sure that institutions are not weaponizing this that goes beyond what the true intent was, and I don't think anyone wants to see that happen. I'm a college professor, a college president, or someone, and I don't like this particular group or what they're saying, so now I am going to punish them because I don't agree with a particular message.

But one thing that I'm also concerned with is that we are still trying to choose one group after another, and we've got a lot more work to be doing on this. And I believe next year, especially those who are leaders of ethnic caucuses, need to come together in a real way.

And to sit down in an authentic humanistic way to really work through how to be in true solidarity with one another just as human beings. Because for some reason, on a whole host of bills over the last two years, we've done just enough, but we know we haven't gone all the way the way we need to and the way our ancestors have been able to do before us.

So our hope that as we go into next year, because next year, those of us who continues to be on the menu will be intensified as we go into the next presidential election, and we know how this cycle is. We're gonna have to do some deep, deep work, and we have to work on our souls. And we have to bring our allies also to the table with us because they have some work to be done on these issues.

Because if we can't get it right now, the next generations will have no clue how to work through this in the future. Let that be our charge. Let that be our calling for next year as we do better to heal and work on our souls together. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, doctor Jackson. Assembly member Muratsuchi, you are recognized.

Thank you very much. I I just want to rise to acknowledge and express my appreciation to the comments from the Chair of the Jewish caucus. You know, I I know that this has been a extremely sensitive debate in this house and that I was a part of that those conversations.

But I I wanna take this opportunity to make it absolutely clear that, you know, while we strive to make policies that truly foster, the spirit and the atmosphere of of free speech for all, that we wanna make sure that there is absolutely no place for students to be assaulted, for, you know, minorities, whether religious or otherwise, to be felt targeted, where they don't feel safe in going to school, to be at school, to go to class.

And so, you know, whether it's the proponents of this bill or anyone else, we we need to start with those basic ground rules that, yes, we all want to support free speech, but we all want to make sure that every student, every child, it feels safe and supported.

And so I just want to take that opportunity to make my position absolutely clear.

Thank you. Assembly member Muratsuchi. Assembly member Lee, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. I rise in strong support of AB 2551. Members, I just wanna center us onto the soul of this bill is about protecting our students. Now the only other elected office I held before this one, I was a student body president at UC Davis. And you can bet you at UC Davis, we had a lot of problems and protests with tuition thawing, Un thawing, chancellors coming, going, presidents coming, going, different wars and things happening, and things did get ugly.

And students did get emotionally and sometimes physically hurt, and that was very troubling. But when something I wanna uplift to what our colleague from Moreno Valley talked about is what we all say in United is in two things. Making sure that our students are bodily and mentally safe, and secondly, preventing those same institutions which often can have their own biases and leadership egos from weaponizing these policies meant to keep students safe to using those policies that weaponize against students.

And we don't want those things to happen too. I think I commend a lot of the author to boil down the bill today to basically about data transparency.

And really importantly, also we haven't discussed is compelling and open forum. Now when I was president, more often than not, students of all political persuasion were united by one thing, that the administration sucks. They would not listen to us and they felt that if we weren't given a real process to address our grievances, you'd have to lash out. Now doctor Martin Luther King said, a riot is the language of the is the voice of those who would go unheard. And that happens even on our campuses.

Right? We wanna make sure that our students are empowered through the legal and right methods to actually get their grievances addressed, and not just in a performative way. And not just a performative way where they wait for you to graduate or leave, but you want them to actually meaningfully participate in the shared model, at least in the UCE system, especially they talk about is the shared governance model. Right? And the students are part of that.

And so I really appreciate the debate today about how we need to protect the civil rights of all students. But also, I don't think it is the intention of the author to roll back any civil rights or undo work that has been done in the past. I think this is an important student protection at the heart of it, and we wanna make sure that students of all political persuasions can express themselves freely and safely.

And we don't want it to get to the part where people are smashing windows or hurting other people because we want people to feel that the legal avenues of expressing their their their views are actually valid and actually have meaning. But when those avenues are closed, that's when people get agitated, they get angry, and get frustrated, and we don't want that at the same time.

And we have certainly don't want and I've, you know, I've had some of this experience too, administrators and chancellors who have their own agendas to police certain students because they don't like them just like our colleague from Reno Valley talked about. So I really appreciate the debate today, a very thoughtful, robust conversation that has also led to the amendments that have come up today. And I respectfully ask for a strong I vote on AB 2551.

Thank you. Assemblymember Lee, assemblymember's board, you are recognized.

Mister speaker, members, I wanted to make a couple comments because I'm not gonna be able to support the bill today. And it's not because I don't believe in robust free speech and protest rights for students on campus. But I represented UCLA and did so two years ago when the student protests were happening on campus and saw really horrific things happening to Jewish students. There were portions of the campus that were blocked from them.

My staff could not enter portions of the campus unless they made statements that were in conflict with their Jewish identity and their Jewish principles.

My staff saw Jewish students being beaten with campus police ten and twenty feet away by protesters while the university did nothing to address it. And so I appreciate that the author has turned this into more of a study and a data bill.

But the thing that many of my constituents are worried about is that this is leading to and intentionally leading to time, place, and manner restrictions that the University of California has put in place that has resulted in their protection and protection that has been really needed and necessary. So I know that that is not the author's intent on this, but there is a significant concern in my community that the that this process could lead to to to removal of important protections.

We do need to have make sure that those protections allow for robust free speech, robust protest.

But we also have to make sure, I think, as my colleague from Torrance said, that it that exclusion from activities, beating, harassment, those kinds of things are not part of free speech. And so I know the University of California is against this bill, I think, because they believe that they got this right. I Aye, I do, think that I've I've met with them and looked at their time, place, and manner restrictions down in UCLA, and I do think that they've gotten this to a good place.

So because of that and because of, I think, the concern that this is would lead to weakening civil rights protections and time, place, and manage restrictions that will actually protect all students. I'm gonna need to not support the bill today, but I wanna thank you today.

Thanks.

Thank you Assemblymember Spohr. Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized.

Thank you. I rise in support of AB 2551, and I wanna commend our colleague from South Los Angeles for bringing this forward. I think one of the most important things that we are required to do as legislators is to understand what happens when we pass the measure and the the the implications of that in implementation.

I'm certain I was a part of that 70 to zero vote that ensured that we could protect our Jewish students, our students on campus, when the first bill was brought forward. And I'm also just as clear that sometimes in implementation, people get impacted in a way that we do not intend.

If there are 271 students that have been called to be in violation of this measure, that's 271 students who perhaps as the Assembly member has shared, have been put on probation for not being and not able to continue on in their education. Those are people who have fought to be able to make sure that they could get onto campus in the first place, and then may be struggling with being able to stay on that campus for doing the simple thing of using their voice.

And my daughter sits on a CSU campus. She talked to me about having the feeling of having her voice stifled because of the policies of the university. I want us to be clear about what this bill is seeking to do.

Crystal clear. One is to hold public forums on selected campuses to elicit student feedback regarding the institution's time, place, and manner policies. And second, to provide, data on student code of conduct violations that occurred during or as a result of protest on campus.

I think as legislators, we have to be able to create the space to be able to examine the implementation and the impact of the policies that move forward so that we don't have any student feeling like they are risking being able to continue on with their education because an individual campus may or may not have gotten this right. And this bill is very plainly trying to ensure that student students on their campuses have the ability to have a conversation with their administration.

And that is very powerful. So I will be certainly supporting this bill on this and recognize certainly the concerns of those who have spoken on this floor as well. I do not believe that having conversations and asking administrations to hold forums to bring their students together does anything but strengthen the democratic process, strengthen their ability to participate fully in their academic settings, and ensure that we have a possibility to make sure that when we pass legislation on this floor that our institutions get it right.

I respectfully request your aye vote.

Thank you. Assembly member Bonta. Assembly member Bennett, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, I rise with great humility that I have anything to offer to this debate. But I feel compelled to say this, and that is I believe that I represent a number of us who look to our ethnic caucuses for insights and for leadership. And so I would very much like to echo the comments of my colleague from the Moreno Valley that the efforts to try to work together is so valuable for this body and for the state of California.

And quite frankly, today, I'm so impressed by how professional and how appropriate everybody with strong views is handling themselves here.

California is in good shape with this kind of leadership. And I offer great grace to our ethnic caucuses as they continue. There is going to be no one effort that's going to solve this issue. It's going to be continuing efforts. It is a work in progress, and my compliments to everybody.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. Assemblymember Bennett. Assemblymember Berman, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. And I I rise in the spirit of my colleagues from the San Fernando Valley and from Orinda, and not not trying to discourage anybody from voting for this bill.

And I know some of you know that my my dad is from South Africa, but I haven't talked at at all, I don't think, about how he and his older brothers were very, very involved in in an organization called NUSAS, the the National Union of South African Students that led the fight against apartheid in South Africa that brought Robert Kennedy, then Senator Kennedy to South Africa for his Ripple of Hope speech that he gave, which which ended up being one of his most famous speeches that he gave.

And and my dad and my uncles, his older brothers all had to leave South Africa after they graduated from college. And they were lucky that they had the opportunity to leave South Africa, which a lot of others didn't, because of their anti apartheid activism when they were young.

So I agree with pretty much everybody on this floor that I've heard speak and strong, strong support for the freedom of speech and for the right of students on our campuses to protest, when they think that there's there's a wrong either on campus or a wrong in the world. I've also been heartened to hear, from colleagues like my colleague from San Jose, the importance of making sure that our campuses are safe places physically and intellectually and emotionally for every student. For every student.

And we'd failed that. We'd failed that, on our campuses in California.

And that's what led to the legislation that was passed by Senator Glazer a couple of years ago. And we've also, you know, very accurately noted that this bill is a a study bill. It's a bill to collect data. I think some of us have a little apprehension because that is not how the bill started. The bill started as an attempt to roll back the civil rights protections that, we we passed into law a couple of years ago.

And so that's why you hear some anxiety, from myself, and that's why you hear, some anxiety from some colleagues is because there's a concern that that is the goal of this effort, and and something that that we would not be able to support.

And so the one thing I would ask, the author, my my colleague and friend from Los Angeles, is is for commitment to the to the, you know, very powerful points of my colleague from Moreno Valley that we all work together on this in the future. And that there's dialogue at the beginning of the process, which did not happen this time.

And and that, you know, instead of some groups feeling like they get blindsided by an effort, that that that rather everybody gets a opportunity to participate in it. And so, would would ask my colleague to speak to that in in their close.

Thank you very much, Mister speaker.

Thank you, Assemblymember Berman. Assemblymember Rodriguez, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. We don't often get opportunities like this to discuss, challenging matters, and I'm I'm also very grateful that we do have this opportunity. I want to, just recognize, what we heard in the higher education committee when we evaluated this bill. And it was a young woman who lost the opportunity to graduate because of a technical piece put into place by her university. It had nothing to do with the matters we've been discussing today.

It was some sort of labor dispute, and she wanted to be able to lift her voice for what she believed in, which we're all saying we agree that students should be able to lift their voice. No one should be in danger from that action. And we have to recognize that students have led so many incredible movements throughout history, and no one wants to stop that.

I just want to recognize though, what happened to that girl in losing that opportunity was not the intention of the previous bill. In the same way, the intention of this bill, as we heard from the author, is not to repeal the previous bill.

And we talk a lot, especially this year, about these opportunities to evaluate the bills that we're passing and truly see the impacts and the benefits and anything we need to improve upon. This is a narrative that has been continuously put out there, especially this year, and a great, incredible initiative because we shouldn't be passing bills that we then walk away from. We should make sure that the impact was what we intended. And so I just want to lift that up as we take this vote today.

And while we had a robust discussion about what the initial bill had entailed, I do wanna recognize that.

As we vote today, we are voting on the bill in print and the intention the author has shared with us so that everyone's just very clear about what we are voting on. And it is about everything that was laid out by my colleagues. It's about evaluating the bill that has passed, ensuring the intention is what is actually happening to our students on the ground, and and making sure those unintended consequences do not continue while still protecting students, their safety, and their voice.

And for that reason, I will be supporting this measure today.

Thank you. Assembly member Rodriguez, seeing and hearing no further debate, Assembly member El Hawari, do you wish to close?

Thank you so much, Mister speaker. And to all the members today, all of my colleagues who spoke out, both in support, and raising some of your concerns. I truly appreciate the opportunity, to hear directly from all of you. And I wanna take a step back just to, start by saying how important it is that our students are safe on campus. It is so incredibly important that our students are safe on campus.

Every single student deserves to feel safe on campus, and what has happened or what happened or what we heard about today is absolutely not okay. Absolutely not okay. So we have to do everything we can to ensure that we continue to make that happen. And I'm so grateful that my colleagues, especially those who raised their mics to share their perspective from the Jewish caucus, truly drill that home today.

Every single student on every single campus deserves to be safe, and we have to do everything we can to protect them.

That is number 1, and that is not something that I ever want to change while I'm here in this body. What I think is also important is that when we hear from the students, when we hear directly from the young people who are being impacted by legislation that we pass on this floor, that we do something about it. That we don't allow unintended consequences to fester, but that we really lift up those young people and say, what can we do differently?

I truly appreciate my colleague from Thousand Oaks who has taught us about the importance of tracking implementation of our legislation. And I really want to just uplift our speaker who has actually put that into practice to do outcomes review about every single one of our pieces of legislation.

That when we know that there's an unintended consequence, that we take leadership, we take ownership of our legislation, and we do what we can to fix it. In this case, I heard my colleague mention that I didn't start a dialogue. And I wanna just clarify that I was asked not to touch this legislation at all. I was asked to leave it alone because it was a priority of the Jewish caucus. And I wanna be mindful that we always work together.

But if someone says don't touch it, I think it's important that we really acknowledge, well, if I'm hearing from these students, how can we work together if I'm being asked not to even touch it? And so, I brought the students here to share their stories. We had a lunch and learn, and the students had an opportunity to share what they were going through. Some of our colleagues, including those from the Jewish caucus, had a chance to join us for that.

And I spoke to the Chair of the Jewish caucus to share, we're bringing students to share their stories.

I just wanna give you an opportunity to know that this is happening, recognizing that we don't wanna touch anything related to the time, place, and manner policies that are keeping our students safe on campus. I wanna take responsibility as well because there are opportunities for us to to push back, to say, hey. Know you don't want me to touch this, but let's talk more about it.

I recognize that I'm still learning, but I really do wanna acknowledge that there were missed opportunities for communication in that process. And at the same time, when we brought those students to share their stories, the ask was also not to touch it.

And we have to do something, y'all. We can't just let legislation and the impacts the unintended impacts of those those pieces of legislation to fester. And so when we have a young woman who comes up and says, I don't have access to my degree. I don't have access to enrolling in classes. Me and four of my colleagues, we led a protest at our campus at UC Irvine.

We were so proud to fight back against ICE. But because we forgot to apply to a permit for amplified sound, we are now on an administrative list that doesn't even allow us to get our degree. Young students, first generation, like so many of us on this floor, who have an opportunity to go to a university. Some of the most prestigious universities in the world, and we are telling them, you can't graduate because you forgot to apply for a permit.

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Let's be honest. That's not what we intended, and we have to do something about it. And we have to do it together. And we have to be honest. We have to be courageous.

We have to push each other with conversations. And we have to say, we know that in this moment, we what we intended is going well. We are keeping students safe, but there's also these unintended consequences and we gotta fix that too. And that's what I'm asking of you all today. Let's work together to make sure that we're fixing those consequences that we have seen as a result, while also keeping in place the opportunity to keep our students safe because that is our number 1 priority.

And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Al Hawari. 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. Madam majority. Assembly member, I'll just move the call. Gonna pass temporarily on '32. We're gonna skip up to file item 38 is AB 1159 by Assembly member Addis. Clerk will read.

Assembly bill 1159 by Assemblymember Addis and accurately the privacy.

Assemblymember Addis, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. I'm here to present AB 1159 that makes critical improvements to California student data privacy laws and is back on concurrence, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember 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. Purple. Close the roll. Tally the vote. Size forty nine.

Excuse me. Eyes 15. Noes three. Senate amendments are concurred in. Okay.

Members, we're gonna go on to our Senate bills. Starting at file item 57, we'll pass and maintain on 57, 58, 59, 60. File item 61 is SB1148 by Senator Nilo, presented by Assembly member Patterson. Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 1148 by Senator Niello, an act relating to professions and vocations.

Assembly member Patterson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. I rise today to present SB 1148 on behalf of Senator Niello. SB 1148 introduces a simple but impactful change by allowing guards the option to complete the full 40 hours of their training before receiving their guard card. Under current law, the majority of required security officer skills training must be completed after a guard card has been issued. The current system creates a hurry up and wait scenario.

The bill allows prospective guards to enter the job market fully certified without changing the content or quality of the training. SB 1148 has received bipartisan support in both houses. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Patterson. 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 56, no zero. The measure passes.

Members, will you join me in welcoming back retired Assembly member, current Sheriff.

Join me in welcoming back current or Sheriff retired Assembly member, Jim Cooper, is here joining us.

We're gonna pass the routine on 62, 63, 64.

Bylaw item 65 is SB 887 by Senator Padilla, presented by Assemblymember Connolly. Clerk please read.

Senate bill 887 by Senator Padilla and others in act related to environmental quality.

Assemblymember Connolly, you are recognized.

Thank you. Speaker and members rise today to present SB 887 on behalf of Senator Padilla. SB 887 ensures data centers comply with CEQA and encourages the the data centers, if built, to contribute to the grid and their surrounding community. Modern data centers consume massive amounts of energy and water and require large investments in the energy grid. Without proper guardrails, these data centers threaten public health, air quality, and the water supply of our most vulnerable communities.

In Center Padilla's district, a million square foot, 330 megawatt project alongside a residential community and elementary school has broken ground with no public input or environmental review. This bill would ensure data centers are not exempt from environmental review and public scrutiny, and creates a pathway for data centers to get expedited secret review if they are good neighbors that contribute to the local grid and communities. This bill will ensure that the concerns of the people will be heard going forward. Thank you.

Respectfully ask for your aye vote on behalf of Senator Padilla.

Thank you. Assemblymember Connolly. I'll 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 boat size 43, Noes 11. Measure passes. Pass temporarily on 66. Pass and retain on 67, 68, 69, seventy, seventy one, 72, 73.

File item 74 is SB 337 by Senator Menjivar presented by our majority leader. Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 337 by Senator Menjivar and others, an act relating to prisons.

Madam majority leader, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker and members. I rise to present SB 337 on behalf of Senator Menjivar. This is a great bill. This bill will help prevent sexual violence in state prisons by strengthening accountability, oversight, and protections for incarcerated people. Thank you and respectfully ask for aye vote.

Thank you, Madam majority leader. All debate having ceased. Clerk will open the roll.

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 and tally votes. Aye 16, no 0. The measure passes.

Pass temporarily on 75, 76. Pass and retain on 77, 78, 79. File item 80, SB 1345 by Senator Wahab presented by Assembly member Brian. Clerk will read.

Senate bill 1345 by Senator Bahab and actually the foster children.

Assembly member Brian, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker and colleagues. I rise to present SB 1345 on behalf of Senator Wahab.

A lot

of times foster youth bounce around between placements. And when you go from place to place, you don't often know when you were gonna be transported to your next placement. And because of the suddenness of this happening, many times youth are forced to put their belongings in trash bags or cardboard boxes that then go with them to place to place. And sometimes they experience a placement change without grabbing all of their necessary belongings.

What this bill does is it establishes a clear and enforceable right for foster youth to have reasonable access and dignified transportation of their belongings.

It's an important bill. It has had bipartisan support thus far, and I respectfully ask your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Brian. I'll debate out and see who 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 size 61, no zero. Measure passes. File item 81 is SB 1365 by Senator Allen presented by Assembly member Calra.

Senate bill 1365 by Senator Allen and others, and actually the price gouging.

Assembly member Calra, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister speaker. The Palisades and Altadena fires destroyed thousands of homes and displaced tens of thousands of people with many still living in temporary housing as they navigate the rebuild process. Existing law provides price gouging protection in disaster areas, including prohibitions on raising rental rates more than 10% above the prices charged immediately prior to the emergency. During their efforts to enforce these protections, the LA City attorney encountered loopholes in the law that had been utilized to circumvent the 10% cap.

Current law applies to leases up to twelve months and a short term day rate rentals at the time of the disaster.

However, the city attorney has seen many instances of leases being offered for three hundred and sixty six days and long term leases converted to day rates after the disaster declaration with effective rent increases of more than 200%. SB 1365 would close these loopholes by applying rent gouging protections to any lease regardless of length and to units rented using day rates after the disaster. Closing these loopholes will protect vulnerable disaster victims from being rent gouged when in desperate need of housing.

I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Assemblymember Karl Rahm. I'll debate having Cease Clerk open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote.

All members vote who desire to vote. Somebody member call us move the call. Passer retain on 8283. File item 84. SB 883 by Senator Umberg presented by Assemblymember Quirk Silva.

Assemblymember Quirk Silva. File item 84. Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 883 by Senator Umberg and others, an act relating to hazardous materials.

Assembly Member Quirk-Silva, you are recognized.

Good morning, Mr. Speaker and Members. I rise to present SB 883 on behalf of Senator Umberg, which increases California's oversight of reactive chemical storage facilities and improves protections for communities, workers, as well as first responders. On May 21, 2026, a chemical storage tank containing approximately 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, MMA, a volatile and highly flammable liquid, began overheating and releasing toxic vapors at the GKN Aerospace Facility in Garden Grove, Orange County. Sorry. I got my pages mixed up here on... This bill aims to put guardrails in for community safety, and with that, we respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Quirk-Silva. 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 and tally the votes. Ayes 44, noes 12. The measure passes.

Passed temporarily on '85. File item 86 is SB 951 by Senator Reyes presented by Assembly member Brian Clerk.

Senate bill 951 by Senator Reyes and others in Adelaide to employment.

Assembly member Brian, you are recognized.

Thank you, colleagues. I rise to present SB 951 on behalf of Senator Reyes. This bill requires that the employment development department by 01/01/2028 report on how AI is affecting the workforce and industries across California. This will give California the data we need to better prepare workers and policymakers for the advanced changes ahead. I respectfully ask for aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Brian. I'll debate having Cease Clerk who 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 to vote size 41, Noes 14. The measure passes. Madam majority leader, you are recognized.

I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly rule 45.5 to allow Assembly member Bryan to speak on in in memory today.

Without objection, such shall be the order. Members, we're gonna use this downtime to recognize Assembly member Bryan for his adjournment in memory. If you need to continue our conversations, if you could take those off the floor and give you our respectful attention.

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

Thank you, Mister speaker. And colleagues, I rise to adjourn in the memory of Jamie Rarebreed Gregory, who was a beloved community advocate, violence interventionist, peacemaker, and survivor leader who unexpectedly passed on Saturday, August 9. He left a profound void in the community, and he served South Central for many, many years. For approximately fifteen years, he devoted his life to serving throughout all of LA and especially in South Central.

His impact could not be measured simply by titles, positions, or accolades, but by the lives he touched, the many lives, the conflict the conflicts he helped prevent, the families he stood beside, and the countless moments when he showed up for people during some of their most difficult times.

Jamie worked on the front lines of violence intervention and community safety, helping to prevent violence in schools and neighborhoods while creating pathways towards peace and communities deeply impacted by trauma, violence, and loss. His service included supporting efforts such as the United Peace Ride, responding in the immediate aftermath of violence, and standing alongside families and community leaders as they navigated grief, trauma, and a difficult healing journey ahead.

He was also a core leader with crime survivor speak in Californians for safety and justice, where he transformed his own experiences as a survivor of violence into a powerful source of healing, advocacy, and hope for others. He advocated for legislation in this very building, policies and public investments that expanded access to healing services, opportunities, and resources for survivors of crime throughout California and across the nation. To many, Jamie was effectively simply known as Rare Breed, a name that came to represent far more than his nickname.

It described the kind of person he was. Jamie went where others were often unwilling to go. He stood for peace when peace was difficult. He walked alongside people during their most painful moments. And time after time, he answered the call to show up for Los Angeles and the communities he loved, the same communities who loved him.

Jamie's unexpected passing represents a tremendous loss to his family, his friends, colleagues, fellow advocates, the entire Violence Intervention Network and survivor communities, and to countless individuals whose lives were changed and saved because he chose to serve. His legacy remains present in every life he touched, every survivor whose voice he helped strengthen, every family he stood behind, and every community he made stronger. Colleagues, please join me in adjourning in the memory of Jamie Rare Breed Gregory.

Thank you, Assemblymember. Item 75 by Senator Umberg, presented by Assembly Member Bauer Kahan

Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan. The clerk will read.

Senate Bill 574 by Senator Umberg and others an act relating to civil proceedings.

Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members.

On behalf of Senator Umberg, I rise to present SB 574, which protects clients receiving legal services by establishing rules for the use of AI by attorneys, judges, and court neutrals as well as improving the state bar's arbitration certification program. Artificial intelligence is prevalent everywhere including the legal industry. And honestly, legal briefs of where we've have seen some of the most egregious hallucinations.

This will set the rules of the roads that artificial intelligence can be used, but in a way that meets the standards that our bar should be professing as attorneys in this state. With that, I respectfully ask for your Aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember. 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 row and tally the vote. Ayes 42, No 0. The measure passes. Item 76 SB 867 by Senator Padilla presented by Assemblymember Lowenthal, the clerk will read.

Senate Bill 867 by Senator Padilla and others and act relating to business regulations.

Assemblymember Lowenthal, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Thank you, Members. Today, I rise to present SB 867 on behalf of Senator Padilla. Artificial intelligence has embedded itself into nearly every corner of modern life and has made its way into our workplaces, our schools, our health care, and in our homes. And recently, AI chat bots have found their way into our children's toys.

The market has been flooded with toys such as teddy bears that are powered by the same technology running chatbots such as Grok. Researchers testing these toys have found alarming outcomes. Various AI toys marketed to children have been found to speak in-depth about sexually explicit topics, giving kids advice on where to find dangerous objects such as matches or knives, promote increased usage through addictive features, and pose data privacy risks.

In California, we have some of the strictest toy safety laws that protect children from a myriad of physical harms such as exposure to toxic substances and choking hazards, but we need to update these regulations to address the psychological harm that these products can pose as well. We're in a cycle.

Technology moves faster than regulation. We're not fully aware of the harm until it is too late. SB 867 breaks this cycle by placing a four year moratorium on the sale and manufacturing of AI chatbot powered toys, allowing proper time for lawmakers to modernize our toy safety regulations to fit this digital age. Innovation without guardrails, especially when it comes to our kids, is not boldness, it's recklessness.

We need to put in the time and the thought to get this right because it's our children's well-being at stake. And I respectfully ask for your Aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember. 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 47, Noes 0. Measure passes.

Members, we need some floor managers because I know Assembly member, Carl Rowe, wants me to call the boat.

Members,

we will lift the call on We'll lift the call on item 30, AB 605 Maritucci. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Members vote who desire to vote? All members vote who desire to vote?

All members vote who desire to vote? This is a 41. Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes, 41, no 17. That measure passes.

And members, we can entertain vote changes from your desk. If anybody has a vote change, feel free to put your mic up. No vote changes. Gold stars. Members will be lifting the call on item 44, AB 2222.

The clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. This is me. That's me.

All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. This is a 54 vote bill members. The clerk will close the roll and tally vote. Ayes, 54, noes, 14.

That measure passes. Members, we will move to file item 85, SB 884, presented by Mister Valencia. The clerk will read.

Senate Bill 884 by Senator Umberg and others, and act relating to elections and declare the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Mister Valencia, you are recognized to open on the matter.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. AB 884 safeguards the integrity of California elections by allowing at the discretion of county supervisors to expand the electioneering buffer zones to 200 feet, prohibiting both electioneering and non time sensitive law enforcement actions. This is an important response to credible threats to our election process with time limited safeguards to protect voters and ensure access to the ballot in this coming election. With that, respectfully ask for a yes vote.

Thank you, Mister Valencia. Seeing and hearing no further debate on the matter, the clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. This is a 54 vote bill Members. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote.

All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote.

No. It's 54. Move the call, madam Chair.

Mister Glancy moves the call. The majority leader would like you to know that you have eleven hours and ten minutes to midnight. Members, we are going to move to file item 79, SB 1160, presented by Mister Gabriel. The clerk will read.

Senate bill 1160 by Senator Tereza, an accolade to courts.

Mister Gabriel, you are recognized to open on the matter.

Thank you very much, madam speaker. I appreciate the opportunity today to present SB 1160 on behalf of Senator Razzo. This bill seeks to increase transparency so that we can better understand housing instability and homelessness across California through gathering eviction court data at the ZIP code level. Specifically, upon appropriation, this bill would ensure that the Judicial Council of California assesses what counties have the feasibility to report eviction data by ZIP code.

It also allows counties with a 100 or fewer ZIP codes for their data to be kept at the county wide level just as they would report under current law.

Year after year in the legislature, we continue to hear about the growing housing and homelessness crisis. And just last year, data showed that 13% of low income households, more than 800,000 renters, support report facing evictions. Further, a recent CalMatters article highlights that an eviction order increases the probability of becoming homeless by more than 300%, and these effects can persist for years after eviction.

With the data this bill collects, policymakers, legal service providers, and local governments can identify patterns and outcomes like default between ZIP codes, track local and statewide progress on prevented on preventing homelessness. Members, we can't fix what we can't see.