Assembly Floor Session

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Clerk will call the roll. Addis, Agriar Curry, Aarons, Alanis, Alvarez, Arambula, Avila Fadius, Baines, Bauer-Cahan, Bennett, Berman, Berner, Bonta, Brian, Calderon, Colosa, Carrillo, Castillo, Chen, Connelly, Davies, DeMaio, Dixon, Elhorari, Ellis, Flora, Fong, Gabriel, Garcia, Gibson, Jeff Gonzalez, Mark Gonzalez, Hadwick, Haney, Harbedian, Hart, Hoover, Irwin, Jackson, Johnson, Kara, Krell, Lackey, Lee, Lowenthal, Macedo, McKenner, Mirasucci, Quinn, Ortega, Pacheco, Pappen, Patel, Patterson, Pellerin, Petrie Norris, Quirk Silva, Ramos, Ransom, Celeste, Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Rogers, Rubio, Sanchez, Chiavo, Schultz, Sharp Collins, Solache, Soria, Stephanie, Ta, Tangipa, Valencia, Wallace, Ward, Wicks, Wilson, Zabur, Mr. Speaker.

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 assembly member aarons will offer today's prayer assembly member aarons

Mr. Ahrens, you're out of order. We ask our guests and visitors to remain standing to join us in the flag salute. Assemblymember Erwin, lead us in the Pledge of 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. Reading of the previous day's journal. Assembly chamber of Sacramento May 7, 2026, the assembly met at 9 a.m. The Honorable Josh Lowenthal, Speaker pro temporee of the Assembly. Majority Leader Aguiar-Curray moves and Ms. Sanchez 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 absence of the day are as follows. For illness, Assembly Members Baines, Berner, and Muratsuchi. For legislative business, Assembly Member Lackey. On to our procedural motions. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

Without objection.

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The resolution is not fiscal. Without objection, such shall be the order.

Clerk will no.

Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. Assemblymember Sanchez, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Sanchez. Members, Assemblymember Sanchez is withholding unanimous consent. The Majority Leader's motion is seconded by Assemblymember Calderon. Members, this is not a debatable motion. It requires 40 votes. The clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. The majority leader is asking for an aye vote. Ms. Sanchez is asking for a no vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote.

The rules are suspended. Okay, members, we are going to do one brief guest introduction. We're going to be moving back to guest introductions as the daily file continues. And this is a big one. Decorum please. Assemblymember Colosa, you are wrecking. Are you ready? You are recognized for your guest introduction.

Okay, members, it's work time. Here we go. If you could report to your desk, Assemblymember Gabriel, you ready to go? Time. Okay, we are moving on to our first item of business on the daily file. That is going to be SB 170. Without reference to file, SB 170 by Assemblymember Gabriel. The clerk will read.

Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. I'll debate having C. Excuse me. I'm sorry, Mr. Tangipa. I did not see you. Assemblymember Tangipa, you are recognized.

Thank you Assemblymember Tanjupa. Again, my apologies to not see you. Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. Assemblymember Dixon, you are recognized.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Gabriel, do you wish to close?

Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. I'll 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 42, noes 9. The measure passes. Immediate transmittal to the Senate without reference to file SB 171 by Assemblymember Gabriel. The clerk will read.

I rise today to present SB 171, our labor trailer bill, which makes various technical

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

Thank you, Assemblymember Tangipa. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 45, noes 12. The measure passes immediately transmittal to the Senate. Without reference to file SB 172 by Assemblymember Gabriel, the clerk will read.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to present SB 172, our

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

Thank you, Assemblymember Tangipa. 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, tally the vote. Ayes 48, noes 10. The measure passes. Immediate transmittal to the Senate. Without reference to file SB 174 by Assemblymember Gabriel. The clerk will read.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Assemblymember Tangipa. Bless you. 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, tally the vote. I 65 no zero The measure passes Immediate transmittal to the Senate Okay without reference to file SB 174 by Assemblymember Gabriel the clerk will read 177. You don't want to do 174 again, Madam Clerk? 177.

Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized.

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

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

Thank you, Assemblymember Bonta. 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, tally votes, ayes 48, noes 15. The measure passes. without reference to file. SB 180 by Assemblymember Gabriel.

Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized.

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

Thank you, Assemblymember Tangipa. Assemblymembers, board, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assembly Members. Boris, Assembly Member Schultz, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Schultz. Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. Assemblymember Coloza, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Coloza. Assemblymember Patterson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Patterson. Assemblymember Bryan, you are recognized.

Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Gabriel, do you wish to close on this?

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, tally the votes. I-68, no-0. The measure passes with immediate transmittal to the Senate. I also failed to say on SB 177 to direct the clerk immediate transmittal to the Senate on SB 177, please. Without reference to file SB 169 by Assemblymember Gabriel.

Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized.

It contains various provisions related to transportation, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and protects funding for high road construction jobs. To keep us in compliance with federal law, respectfully request your aye vote on SB 169.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to SB 169. Californians have poured billions of taxpayer dollars into the high-speed rail, yet we've gotten less oversight and zero tracks laid. The high-speed rail is over budget, misleading, and unachievable. SB 169 actively encourages less transparency by requiring reports to only go to the governor and committee chairs. When we should be funding more transparency on California high-speed rail, this bill unfortunately does the opposite. For those reasons, I respectfully ask for a no 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 49, nose 12.

The clerk will read. Senate Bill 168 by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, enacting the public resources and making it appropriate, and therefore to take effect immediately, be related to the budget.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Although I do believe you neglected to mention that the Congressman is an avid Dodgers fan and an all-around mensch, so I'll add that to his descriptions as well. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to prevent SB 168, our public resources trailer bill. I want to thank our incredible, kind, and brilliant sub-chair from Ventura for his excellent work throughout the budget process. This bill creates a new light-duty zero emission vehicle incentive program, provides $22 million for the demand side grid support program from existing unused funds, and makes other technical changes. To advance our clean energy agenda and clean transportation goals, respectfully request your aye vote on SB 168.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to SB 168. Californians are asking for lower cost, reliable energy and responsible budgeting. This bill gives them more subsidies, a salary increase for bureaucrats, and less accountability. This bill has an automatic salary increase for the vice chair of the Energy Commission. When one out of every five Californian today cannot afford their utility bill, we shouldn't be focused on paying bureaucrats more for doing a bad job. For those reasons, I respectfully ask for a no vote.

chair, sir. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise in opposition of SB 168. In my district, I represent hardworking families who are doing everything right. They go to work, they pay their bills, and yet far too many are living paycheck to paycheck. Every month they wonder how they're going to afford their gas bill, their electric bill, and their groceries instead of helping make California more affordable, this bill moves us in the opposite direction. Californians are already struggling under some of the highest utility costs in the nation, and this body continues to advance policies that only add to those burdens. What message are we sending when families are paying more to keep the lights on, but we're giving the vice chair of the CEC a pay raise? Make it make sense. This legislature has the power to make life more affordable for the people who sent us here. Instead, we continue to make it harder on the very Californians we're supposed to serve. Californians can only take so much. I respectfully ask for your no vote.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and members. The United States is falling behind the rest of the industrialized world when it comes to clean energy, when it comes to clean transportation efforts. We are literally shooting ourselves in the foot by seeding technological leadership and just the conversion and all of the infrastructure that we need to become a green transportation world leader. And to sacrifice all that when we had already put so much in is just crazy, literally crazy from the standpoint of long-term economic viability and sustainability of the United States. China is, quite frankly, eating our lunch when it comes to electric vehicles. The state of California is at least doing the best it can with this legislation to try to reverse that trend and try to make sure at least the state of California will keep leading when it comes to clean energy, electric vehicles, electric trucks, and overall the clean energy future that we inevitably will have to have. The question is, will we go into it as leaders or will we go into it dependent upon others for all of the technology that we need? I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Yeah, thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. again just want to thank our colleague from Ventura who I know is both a student of history and a student of geopolitics and I think gave us all the reasons we need to support this bill so respectfully request your I vote on SB

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, no 16.

Senate Bill 166 by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, and I'm relating to public resources and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately by related to the budget.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present SB 166. This bill makes statutory changes necessary to implement the budget as it relates to natural resources and environmental protection. Again, my thanks and compliments to our colleague from Ventura. Respectfully request your aye vote on SB 166.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to SB 166. This bill will increase fees and allow fees to be charged for fire training seminars, conferences, and specialized training when other state funding is insufficient. These trainings are important, but the answer should not always be to shift the cost onto trainees, local agencies, and employers who are already stretched thin. This bill allows increases for the risk for businesses dealing with hazardous waste laws by lowering the standard for applying penalties. instead of requiring proof that a business acted willfully or knowingly. On top of that, SB 166 creates additional compliance burdens for recycling businesses by requiring detailed reporting of proprietary and confidential information in order to qualify for market development payments Rather than prioritizing existing state resources we continue to authorize fees increase penalties and layer on new compliance requirements These costs do not disappear. They are passed on to businesses, local government, consumers, and ultimately taxpayers. For those reasons, I respectfully ask for a no vote.

All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 46, no 17.

The clerk will read. Senate Bill 165 by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, an app relating to health care facilities and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present SB 165, our Skilled Nursing Facility Financing Reauthorization Trailer Bill. Existing law establishes the financing framework for skilled nursing facilities in the Medi-Cal program, drawing on a combination of federal funds and revenues connected through a uniform quality assurance fee assessed on facilities. This current framework is set to sunset this December. This trailer bill extends the existing financing methodology by one year to provide the administration additional time to develop a new multi-year framework. While this bill makes no substantive changes to the financing structure beyond the extension date, It is essential to preserving federal matching funds and ensuring continued payments to skilled nursing facilities. For these reasons, I respectfully request your I vote on SB 165.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. California has an aging population, and we need to prioritize their needs while also weighing in fiscal responsibility. For those reasons and the changes that we are seeing today, I simply am asking for an abstention. Thank you.

All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. call

Assemblymember Gabriel has requested to lift the call on SB 165 clerk will post or will close the roll tally the votes eyes 55 knows for on the urgency eyes 55 knows for on

Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, an app relating to developmental services and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately, being related to the

Among several important provisions, this bill enables the continuation of remote services for certain service types and provides for data collection to ensure quality service delivery. For these reasons, respectfully request your aye vote on SB 163.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of SB 163. This bill provides important standards and guidance for regional centers, helping ensure that they are better equipped to serve vulnerable Californians and their families. When families rely on these services, they deserve consistency, accountability, and support that meets their needs. And for those reasons, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. I-62, Nose 1, the measure passes.

Senate Bill 135 by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, enacting the post-secondary education and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately by related to the budget.

Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. I rise to present SB 135, our Higher Education Trailer Bill. I do want to thank our subcommittee chair from San Diego for his extraordinary work on education and on higher education. This bill provides Proposition 98 funding for various community college initiatives, including increasing enrollment and funding for LGBTQ plus resource centers. It also increases the maximum age for Cal Grant eligibility to students up to age 30. This provision will allow transfer students to receive Cal Grants in important effort championed by our subcommittee chair and by our budget subcommittee. It also contains provisions to continue the important discussion of enrollment growth and funding at the CSU system. And I know we have a former CSU professor with us, so on behalf of myself and the committee respectfully request your aye vote on SB 135. It's a second reference to my dad. Thank you. Assemblymember Tangipa, you are recognized.

this bill implement collaboration between the state and federal government on workforce Pell Grants, this bill includes the state meddling in what should be handled during negotiations between community colleges and unions. And for those reasons, I respectfully ask for a no vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Tangipa. I'll

wish to close yeah members I just want to note that this bill also benefited from the incredible feedback and wisdom of Mike Fong and that says a lot and this bill is almost as popular as Mike Fong so with that respectfully question I vote on SB 135 thank you Mr. Budget Chair and as a

district. 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, tallying the votes. Ayes 52, noes 11. The measure passes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise today to introduce the members of the San Diego Kappa Leaguers, right there up top in the gallery. Kappa League is a national youth leadership and mentoring program created by Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated that helps young black men develop leadership skills, academic excellence, and a commitment to community service. Since 1970, the program has spent more than five decades preparing young black men for success and achievement in every field of the human endeavor. Today, Kappa League serves more than 8,500 young people across the country. Thank you to the men of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated for their dedication to mentoring and empowering the next generation of leaders. To the Kappa Leaguers joining us from San Diego, thank you for leading by example and for your commitment to excellence. And I'd also like to take a moment to acknowledge that one of my interns, William, is also a proud member of Kappa Alpha Cypher Saturday Incorporated. Members, please join me in welcoming the members of the San Diego Kappa League to the California State Assembly.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank my colleague from San Diego for, one, the introduction of the Kappa Leaguers from San Diego chapter. I'm also a Kappa as well. And we also want to recognize Dr. Akilah Weber Pearson's husband is also a Kappa. I just wanted to welcome you to our state capital, and thank you very much, Kappa Leaguers, for one, exemplifying what it means to be a Kappa. These young men are being mentored to be the next leaders here in California. We are very proud of you because certainly you're part of a noble clan, and welcome to the California state legislature. Let's give them one more round of applause. Thank you very much.

Thank you Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. Today I want to introduce two very important men in my life, my husband, Robert Becerra, and my amazing son, Aiden Lopez, who is the biggest Dodger fan you will ever, ever meet. And I want to thank Assemblymember Ernst for giving a prayer on behalf of the Padres, oh, I'm sorry, the Giants, because they really need all the prayers they can use. So join me in welcoming my son, Aiden, and my husband, Robert. Thank you.

Those are file items 1 through 16. Second reading, please. Clerk will read. Senate Bills 308, 799, Senate Concurrent Resolution 131 with amendments. Senate Bill 1294, 299 with amendments. 886 with amendments. 887 with amendments. 905 with amendments. 913 with amendments. 931 with amendments. 1098 with amendments. 1196 with amendments. 1295 with amendments. 1359 with amendments. 1337 with amendments. And Senate Bill 1417 with amendments.

All bills will be deemed red. All amendments will be deemed adopted.

by Senator Cabaldon, presented by Assemblymember Bauer-Cahan. The clerk will read.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise to present SB 719 on behalf of Senator Kabaldon. In 2024, this body passed important protections for domestic violence survivors that would allow them to control whether their vehicle was seen by their abuser. Due to the multi-year vehicle design manufacturing cycle, this bill will make sure we can continue to sell vehicles in California come July 1st. So it is some delayed implementation. It clarifies definitions, improves consistency, but fundamentally it ensures that our domestic violence survivors will be protected going forward. In addition, the manufacturers have agreed to send annual updates on their compliance with the law to a committee as we move forward to make sure that our domestic violence survivors here in California are protected. And with that, I respectfully ask your aye vote and immediate transmittal to the Senate.

All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Thank you. Thank you. Clerk will close the roll tally votes. Ayes 55, no 0 on the urgency. Ayes 55, no 0 on the measure.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise today to present ACR 212, recognizing June as Dairy Month in California. This resolution is deeply personal. As you know, I grew up in Tulare, in the heart of California's dairy industry, and my family operated a dairy farm. Like so many dairy families across our state, I understand firsthand the early mornings, the long days, and the commitment to care for animals, steward the land, and produce the nutritious dairy products that feed our communities. California is proud to be the nation's leading dairy state for more than two decades, producing roughly 20% of the nation's milk. Our dairy farmers and processors provide quality milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, and other dairy products that reach families across the United States and around the world. The dairy industry is also an economic engine for our state. It supports thousands of jobs on farms and processing plants, transportation, manufacturing, and countless small businesses that depend upon agriculture. In many rural communities, dairy is not simply an industry. It is the foundation of local economies and a way of life. California dairy farmers continue to lead through innovation, investing in animal care, water conservation, renewable energy, methane reduction technologies, and sustainable farming practices that help ensure the future of agriculture for generations to come. As we recognize June as Dairy Month, we also recognize the men and women who make this industry possible. The family farms, employees, nutritionists, veterinarians, truck drivers, processors, and agricultural workers whose dedication keeps food on our tables. Members, growing up in a dairy family taught me the values of hard work, responsibility, and stewardship. Those same values continue to define dairy families throughout California, and today we recognize their contributions to our state and our future. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on ACR 212. Thank you.

Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. I just want to thank our colleague for her moving speech here on this resolution. I wasn't going to vote for it, but then when I saw the cows, I decided I had to. Some might call it bovine intervention. With that, I ask for an utterly good aye vote.

Decorum members. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I also rise in strong support of ACR 212, recognizing June as Dairy Month in California. As mentioned, June is both National and California Dairy Month, a celebration of the dairy industry and the delicious products it produces. We heard that California is the number one dairy producer of the United States and has been since the early 1990s. This industry supports over 200,000 jobs and contributes more than $20 billion annually to the state's economy. that's why I'm proud to serve as not just the chairwoman of the agriculture committee but even more proud to represent Fresno and Merced counties considering that both rank in the top six when it comes to the state's top dairy producing counties I will you know Give kudos to my colleague from Tulare for representing Tulare County, who in fact is California's number one dairy producing county and actually is my home county where I grew up. But coming in right behind Tulare County is Merced County, which is in my district. And again, making Fresno County number six. So anytime that I can share and highlight these fun facts about my district, I will do so. And so today I stand very proud in recognizing National Dairy Month here in the state of California. And I strongly urge you to support ACR 212.

Holy cow, what great speeches those were. But I think I can do it butter and say that I respectfully ask for your high vote.

Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. Members, this is for co-authors. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tallying votes. There are 58 co-authors added.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I want to share a small piece of our dairy community with each of you. The gift bags on your desk serve as a small token of our appreciation and a reminder of the hardworking dairy families who help feed California and the world. When you shop for dairy products in the grocery store, look for the real California milk seal to support our dairy families. And I also want to say a quick thank you to my ledge director's new wife who personally tagged each of the cows with your district number in their ear. So you have a special piece to celebrate Dairy Month, and thank you for joining me as we celebrate June as Dairy Month.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I have the pleasure of introducing my interns who are in the right-hand corner of the elevated section right now. I'm going to first introduce Dajret Kaur Pandir, who is a psychobiology graduate of UCLA. Noemi Garcia, who is a second year at Columbia studying political science, minoring in human rights. Karan Masan, who is a third year at UC Davis, who's studying environmental science as well as political science. Nicholas Restrepo, who is a third year at Fresno State studying economics. And then the two capital interns that I have, David Alvarado, who's a Sacramento State intern, who's originally from the Fresno area. And we have Emily Kiley Bergen, excuse me, Elizabeth Kiley Bergen, who's a graduate of Bates College, and all are welcome in my office and have a long future here at the capital. Thank you Maricela for helping to coordinate who my senior field rep from the district Thank you Mr Speaker for allowing me to introduce them today

Assembly concurrent resolution 216 by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez and others relative to electronic dance music moth. Assemblymember Gonzalez, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Gonzalez. Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez, you are recognized from your chair.

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

Tell me, member, do you wish for the first roll to be open for co-authors? Okay, all debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll for co-authors. Members, this is for

All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally votes. There are 62 Two co-authors added. Without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor, say aye. Try that again. All those in favor, say aye. All those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Assemblymember Gonzalez, you are recognized for your introduction.

Yes, intro time.

Okay, we have another guest's introduction to do. Assemblymember Ramos.

Let's just wait for your guest to come forward. Assembly member, you are recognized.

Give her a round of applause there.

Okay, continuing on with our guest introductions, Assemblymember Pacheco will be doing her guest introduction from the speaker's desk. Assemblymember, you are recognized.

Okay, members. Okay, Assemblymember Petrie-Norris, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, everyone. On behalf of Assemblymember Berner, I would like to welcome and say thank you for all your work that you've done with the Assemblymember. And this is our good friend now, Perrine Graywall. and we appreciate that you've been here. You've worked so hard for Ms. Berner and so welcome to the State Assembly. Thank you. Thank you.

Up next, we will take up item 32, H.R. 88 by Assemblymember Cork-Silva. The clerk will read.

Assemblymember Cork-Silva, you're recognized.

Thank you Assemblymember. Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez, you're recognized.

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

Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Bauer-Cahan, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember. Seeing no further debate, Assemblymember Cork-Silva, would you like to close?

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

this is for co-authors. The clerk will close the roll. There are 61 co-authors added. Without objection, we will now take a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor say aye. Opposed, say no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted.

Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized.

Madam Member Sanchez, you are recognized.

Assemblymember Sanchez withholds unanimous consent. The majority leader's motion is seconded by Assemblymember Ortega. This requires 40 votes and is not debatable. The clerk will open the roll.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. those vote who desire to vote the clerk will close the roll ayes 41 no 17 the rules are suspended

The next file item is 56, SB 97 being foremanaged by Assemblymember Rubio. The clerk will read.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and members.

Absolutely.

You're recognized.

Seeing no further debate.

All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Members, this measure requires 54 votes.

Thank you The clerk will close the roll and tally the votes

Thank you.

to tech effect immediately. Assemblymember Carrillo, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Pro Tem. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise to percent SB 1350 by Senator McNerney. California is committed to reaching 100% clean energy by 2045, but the development of clean energy industries in California is under threat. The federal government has canceled tax credits for clean energy projects and canceled $1.2 billion in funding for California's proposed hydrogen hub, otherwise known as ARCHES. Hydrogen made from renewable sources is a clean and safe fuel source that can help us meet our clean energy targets. Hydrogen can be used to transition existing power infrastructure into clean energy infrastructure. SB 1350 will help California utilize hydrogen to decarbonize the power system. SB 1350 stimulates investment in hydrogen projects by allowing power plants to get renewable portfolio standards, or RPS, when they use green hydrogen to power turbines. By incentivizing in-state hydrogen projects, we're also creating thousands of jobs. One hydrogen production project alone in Lancaster, a city that I represent, is creating 1,200 Union construction jobs. Members hydrogen is critical to achieve our state's future energy and create economic goals. On behalf of Senator Mcnerney I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

All debate having ceased the clerk will open the roll.

those vote who desire to vote the clerk will close the roll and tally the votes

Thank you Thank you. Thank you.

The clerk will read. Senate Bill 1344 by Senator Cabaldon and others, an act related to civil actions.

Thank you, Speaker and Members. I rise to present SB 1344 on behalf of Senator Cabaldon. SB 1344 addresses delays in building affordable housing and supportive behavioral health housing by discouraging meritless lawsuits that stall critical projects. Local governments across the state are approving permits for emergency shelters, interim housing, and supportive housing to address the homelessness crisis, but are being sued for it, not because the lawsuits have merit, but because delay alone can kill a project. The legislature has already acted to protect affordable housing from this kind of abuse, and this bill will allow courts to more quickly evaluate and dismiss claims that lack merit, helping prevent unnecessary project delays. It will extend these existing legal protections to priority care developments, including housing tied to mental health and supportive services. These projects serve some of our most vulnerable residents, and they shouldn't be easier to block in court than market-rate housing. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 43, no 6.

Pellerin. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 182 by Assemblymember Pellerin and others, an act relating to elections and declaring the oath to see there

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. As amended in the Senate, AB 182 establishes the order for the proposition numbers for the five state ballot measures that will appear on this November's ballot. The other nine measures will be ordered and assigned a proposition number in accordance with the requirements of existing law. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on concurrence in Senate amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to AB 182. People might say, well, it's a technical bill. It's about the number that a proposition is given when it appears on the ballot. But we already have a process for that. It's already spelled out in state law. And it is content neutral. In other words, it's fair. Here we have a bill where the legislature, the politicians have decided well we like certain bills more than we like the others or we dislike some of these bills and so we going to give favored numbers to the ones we like One, two, three, four, five. Now, you might say, it's not a big deal, Carl. It's not a big deal, but this is yet another example of the manipulation of our elections. There's no reason to do this, other than the fact that you like these measures. Our numbering should remain as spelled out in state code, absolutely content neutral. But what you're showing here is that the voters cannot trust you because you can't even allow random numbers to be assigned to ballot propositions. You've already shown you don't particularly give them an honest and understandable ballot title. That's been one of the increasing complaints we hear from Democrat voters, Republican voters, and everyone in between. Politicians are using word games on the titles. Now you literally are manipulating what should be a randomized process for the assigning of the numbers on propositions. So let's not do this. But also my plea to you not to engage in this manipulation. Probably you've fallen deaf ears. but perhaps you will refrain from the moral lectures down the road about fairness in elections. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm often chastised for believing in the nefarious actions that sometimes permeate through the legislation that we have. But when you do something like this, where you wharf a bill to specifically create ballot positions in the middle of an election season, I don't know what else to call it. And what we are seeing today is we are structurally making the ballot in November into a way that we want to see it. Urgency. So how else could I not think that it's nefarious? and the actions that are being taken today, I believe justify that. We should see that in the middle of this election season, we should respect the ballot process and the randomization that we currently have and have had for a while. Often the minority party is reminded to respect elections and respect the process. This undermines those feelings, and for those reasons, I respectfully ask for your no vote.

Thank you so much, and I respectfully ask for your aye 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 and tally the votes. Ayes 54, nos 18. On the urgency, ayes 54, nos 18.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise today to ask that we adjourn in memory of a constituent and dedicated, ooh, I didn't get very far, local leader and my friend, Chad Campbell. This July 11th marks one year since his tragic death, one year since Santa Clarita Valley lost a beautiful soul who was committed to the betterment of our community. When I think of Chad, I think of his great smile and his infectious laugh and the camera that he always had at his side, capturing the moments. Often he was right alongside his loving family here today. For many entering into democratic politics and public service in our community, Chad was there for them every step of the way. Chad wasn't often out in front but as all of us know who are now out in front you're only as good as the team behind you for new candidates who couldn't afford a campaign team Chad was the team he showed up every single time usually as a volunteer working tirelessly out of a deep passion for a better future In our very purple city of Santa Clarita, Chad built the foundation that still supports the work that we do today through both exciting victories and painful losses. He spent his life fighting for democracy, justice, and equity, values he proudly passed on to his daughter. Chad is deeply deeply missed His memory and the work that he left behind are a blessing to so many in the Santa Clarita Valley We carry those memories forward as we continue to build to fight and to honor his memory. and it's that in that spirit Mr. Speaker that I ask that we adjourn today in the memory of Chad Campbell and in the rear of the chambers I would like us to welcome his amazing wife Michelle incredible daughter Bridget and friend Kip Muller who loved him so much thank you

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise today to adjourn in the memory of Betty Reed Susskind who was the oldest National Park Service Ranger the country but he was born in Detroit in 1921 and she spent her early years in New Orleans before the great flood of 1927 that brought her family west to Oakland in the East Bay where Betty would spend the rest of her life during World War two she worked as a file clerk in the all-black local segregated auxiliary boilermakers Union where African-American shipyard workers were allowed to contribute to the war effort despite their country denying them equal citizenship. After decades of community activism, including co-founding Reed's Records in Berkeley, one of the first black-owned record stores in the nation, writing protest songs during the Civil Rights Movement and working in my own district's assembly offices as a field representative for Assemblywoman Erin Erner and Hancock, Betty helped plan and shape the Rosie the Riveter World War II home front National Historic Park in Richmond. Then at the age of 85, Betty put on the uniform and became a park ranger herself, serving for 15 years and retiring at the age of 100. During that time, Betty made it her mission to make sure that every visitor who walked through those doors understood that the story of the American home front was not complete without the story of black women like her. Betty would say, what gets remembered is a function of who's in the room doing the remembering. Betty made sure she was in the room. Betty continued to be an influential woman in the East Bay throughout her life. When celebrating her 104th birthday at a middle school in El Sobrante, bearing her name, Betty Reed Soskin Middle School, she was surrounded by students whose lives have been touched simply by being who she was. On December 21, 2025, she passed peacefully at her home in Richmond, California at the age of 104. Betty lived an extraordinary life, telling the history of those who were left out of it. I ask that this body adjourn in the memory of her today.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise today to adjourn in memory of Fran Lydia Lemos. Fran was a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and the matriarch of American Canyon, a city she helped build and loved with all her heart. At 96 years old, she passed away peacefully on April 20, 2026, surrounded by her family. Born in Vallejo on July 29, 1929, to Italian immigrants, Amiato and Sofia Govi, Fran was the youngest of six kids. In 1945, she met the love of her life, Peter Lemos, at an ice cream parlor. They got married in 1947, and Pete's father gave the newlyweds a piece of land in what was then known as Napa Junction. And on that land, they built their family home, where they famously danced together in the empty living room once the house was finished, and where they raised their four children. While Fran worked for more than 20 years is the office manager at the National Auto Parts in Vallejo. Her true passion was serving American Canyon. She was an important part of the effort to incorporate the city of American Canyon and became one of its most recognizable and loved ambassadors. She even gave unofficial city tours to new members of the community. Her impact on American Canyon is seen everywhere, and believe me, everywhere. from the street named in her honor Fran Lemos Lane to the Lemos Point Apartment Complex. She was active in the American Canyon Historical Society. She volunteered for more than 30 years at the Sutter Solano Thrift Store. She was a founding member of the American Canyon Community and Parks Foundation and served on the American Canyon Fire Board. Fran was also a big supporter of American Canyon High School and its choir program, and the Boys and Girls Club, and the Chamber of Commerce, and countless other community organizations. And she consistently went to city council meetings, school events, and community gatherings. If something was happening in American Canyon, chances are Fran was there. She was She is also a proud member of the Sons of Italy, and throughout her life, it was her dad that Fran credited for inspiring her love for America and her commitment to community service. And the impact she has had throughout American Canyon, trust me, it proves it. In 2023, Congressman Mike Thompson named her the Napa County Woman of the Year. And just days before she passed, the City of American Canyon honored her with its Gateway Lifetime Achievement Award, the city's highest honor for community service. Fran leaves behind a legacy of service and kindness and community pride. She's survived by her children, Ronald, Randall, and his wife, Deborah, Rebecca, and her husband, Scott, and Richard and his wife, Heidi. Her grandchildren, Sean, Ryan, Samuel, Catherine, Elizabeth, Andrea, Garrett, and their families, and so many more loved ones. She was preceded in death by her husband, Peter, her brothers, Frank, John, and Harry Govey, and her sisters, Annie Brown and Dorothy Branch. Her family misses her, and so does the American Canyon. Members, I respectfully ask you to join me in a journey today in the memory of the Queen of the American Canyon, Fran Lemos. We are grateful for her life, her leadership, and her enduring love for the community she called home. Thank you.

you are recognized for your procedural motion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. ABs 112, 150, 152, 179, and 181 have been received from the Senate. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 63 to allow Assembly members Gabriel and Alvarez to take up these bills to date without reference to file for the purpose of concurrence in Senate amendments. Thank you, Madam Majority leader uh leader flora you are recognized thank you mr speaker withhold consent ask for roll call vote

roll all members vote who desire to vote the majority leader is asking for an aye 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 41, noes 18.

The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 112 by Assemblymember Gabriel, an act related to the state budget and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately budget bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB 112, which makes technical changes to previous budget acts to reflect the three-party budget agreement. This includes amending the budget to adjust state funding to conform to actual program costs and utilizes savings from prior years to cover unanticipated expenses from this year. Finally, this bill appropriates special funds to the California Highway Patrol for operations and equipment. For that reason, request your aye vote on AB 112.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to AB 112. Just days ago, the body passed ACA 20, which was presented as a way to protect and strengthen deposits into the Rating Day Fund during years of record revenue. But here we are, almost immediately, voting to waive the deposit That promise to save more money did not even survive the weekend The growing disdain that people have for our government is because they are watching people say one thing and vote the opposite on another. In a year of record revenue and a record budget, this legislature is now voting to suspend a $5.4 billion deposit into the rainy day fund. Why? Because even with record revenues, the state still does not have enough money to fuel its suspending problem. And that exposes the real issue. This was never about responsible budgeting. It was about creating more room to spend. AB 112 continues the same pattern. Instead of paying down debt, building reserves, and preparing for the next downturn, the budget action increases spending on Medi-Cal for undocumented immigrants. The legislature may have a short memory, but our creditors do not. Our obligations do not disappear simply because this body chooses to ignore them. No amount of moral justification can change the fact that this is irresponsible budgeting. And for those reasons, I respectfully ask for a no vote.

All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 53, noes 15. Senate amendments are concurred in. Immediate transmittal to the governor. Without reference to file AB 150 by Assemblymember Gabriel, the clerk will raid. Assembly Bill 150 by the Committee on Budget, an act relating to child care and making an appropriate stand for it to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB 150, our early childhood education trailer bill. This bill contains all of the statutory provisions for our child care and preschool budget package, which includes an additional 25,000 child care slots compared to the governor's May revision proposal. And I want to thank our Women's Caucus and our Majority Leader for their tremendous achievement in securing this growth in child care slots during a difficult budget year. This bill gives a COLA to our child care providers and streamlines preschool eligibility. And thanks to the leadership of our colleague from Moreno Valley, it restores five days of professional development for our preschool teachers. For that reason, I ask for your aye vote on AB 150.

Assemblymember Tongipel, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to support of AB 150. This bill supports teachers, child care providers, and facilities families rely on, while still maintaining important fraud prevention measures. The balance is important. We can support a necessary industry without ignoring real concerns about accountability and the misuse of public funds, and for those reasons, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tallying the votes. I-69, no-0.

Assembly Bill 152 by the Committee on Budget, and appellating the Human Services and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately related to the budget.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to prevent AB 150. Our Human Services Omnibus Trailer Bill, and I do want to extend thanks and appreciation to our colleague from Reno Valley for so skillfully and thoughtfully and compassionately addressing the needs of vulnerable populations and navigating us through tough budget waters. This is a bill that enables County Human Service agencies that administer CalFresh to draw down federal and state support as changes to HR1 are implemented. And this change in conjunction with the resources for additional county workload in the Budget Act will help to maintain more access to basic food assistance for vulnerable communities in our state, including households with children. This bill also creates the Tribal Foster Care Prevention Initiative to provide resources and support to participating tribes to help keep families intact and more tribal children safe, and provides important protections for families in the state's Adoption Assistance Program. Colleagues, this is a bill that protects our most vulnerable communities, and for that reason would respectfully request your aye vote on AB 152.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to AB 152. While this bill includes some laudable goals, including support for the Tribal Foster Care Prevention Program and fiscal relief for our counties, it also continues a troubling pattern of fiscal irresponsibility. this bill expands administrative costs for programs that too often measure success by how much we spend, not by the outcomes we achieve. It also interferes with county-level IHSS negotiations where local governments should have a meaningful role in managing their own responsibilities. And at a time when this legislature is suspending deposits into the Rainy Dave Fund, I have serious concerns about expanding new grant expenditures until we can meet our basic obligation to save for the future, we should not be expanding government today. And for those reasons, I respectfully ask for a no vote.

Thank you very much. I actually agree with the budget vice chair that we shouldn't have to be spending money on this stuff. But unfortunately we have to because the federal government has retreated in their obligation to keep our population stable. This is a stability budget. Ensuring that we keep as many people stable as possible by ensuring that they have their basic needs met in the state of California. It is impossible for any human being to be on a pathway to thrive without the basic necessities of housing and food. And if you don't have housing and food, you cannot expect a population to be able to flourish. So this budget actually improves the well-being of our population by, number one, making sure that yet another historic investment in emergency food relief that every single county will be able to use to make sure that no one is going to go hungry in the state of California. Now, there was a better way to do that. And the better way to do that was to maintain the federal funding that we had for the CalFresh program The most successful anti anti program in this nation history has been dismantled by the federal government. So yes, so now we have to find the money to fill in that gap. What else did we have to fill in? We also had to fill in the number of the amount of money that was also taken out of HUD for anti-homelessness funding as well. So what did we do? We held the line on senior homelessness by investing a record $50 million into the Home Safe Program to let seniors know that you falling into homelessness is not acceptable and we're going to do whatever we can to make sure that you don't do so. What do we also do? We also make sure that we put in additional funding in the CalWORKS anti-homelessness program to make sure that being a part of the safety net actually means you're in a safety net. that means that we're going to make sure that you are not in CalWORKS or receiving CalFresh and still falling into homelessness. We don't stop there, though. We also tell, make sure that if you are a foster young person and you need to be reunited with your family, but your family is experiencing housing instability, guess what? We're providing you, that family, with additional dollars to return foster young people back to their families as well. And then we found out that young people were in danger. And we were not getting to them as quick enough before it was too late, before those children died. So we put an additional $20 million in emergency CPS funding to counties to make sure that we protect our children. Now, I don't know about you, but that's a damn good thing to vote for. Because while other people, while this federal government is saying that rich people are more important than you, we're saying that, no, your humanity is enough and we have your back because it's not okay for you just to survive in California. Doggone it, you have a right to thrive in California. Respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 152.

All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the votes.

The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 181 by Assemblymember Alvarez and others.

Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Good afternoon, everybody. I rise to present Assembly Bill 181, which restructures California's K through 12 educational governance by transferring an executive authority from the state superintendent of public instruction to a governor appointed education commissioner and it expands the State Board of Education from 11 members to 13 members I want to begin by talking about this bill by acknowledging the only reason why we should be talking about policy changes and prioritization in education policy, and that's the fact that student performance must improve. For nearly a century, reports have called for fixing California's fragmented and inefficient governance system in education. Student outcomes have remained stagnant. 52% of students fail to meet English standards and 63% fail to meet math standards. Proficiency rates on the state assessment dropped to 20% for black students and 26% for Hispanic students compared to other subgroups. these gaps have remained largely unchanged for well over a decade. So as students' performance continues to lag and doesn't improve, regardless of who has been in office, it's important that we look at and review some of the reasons as to why our educational system is not performing how it should. This proposal moves forward as a budget trailer bill, but it's really not complete. And it says so in the bill itself. And I wanna make sure I point you to section one C, which states that no later than October 1st, 2027, the education commissioner shall develop findings and recommendations for a second phase of education government's consolidation and streamlining. Specifically for all of us who care about education and this governance change. There's a requirement to develop findings and recommendations by gathering input from members of the assembly and our staff, the superintendent of public instruction, and affected interest holders, which is all of our stakeholders in education. Specifically, the findings and recommendations shall include recommendations for actions and activities necessary for a second phase of education governance consolidation and streamlining, and a refining of the scope of responsibilities for the superintendent of public instruction. So AB 181 is actually just the beginning. It's a framework, and it leaves a lot of heavy lifting to be dealt with later. And it falls on all of us. As you all know, we presented a policy vehicle, AB 2117, a few months ago, I believe, maybe a few weeks ago, where we also identified other important governance changes that are actually not in this bill. I want to call attention to that because that is one of the pieces of work that needs to happen still as we go forward to ensure that this governance restructuring actually works for students. We will need to define the superintendent's new duties and develop a comprehensive transition plan for this new governance structure so that this consolidation does not disrupt services and it continues to be focused on our most vulnerable students, those that need us to be there the most. So as chair of the Education Budget Finance Subcommittee, I have the honor and responsibility of overseeing the implementation to ensure that this transition occurs with robust legislative oversight. That is what I intend to do so long as I have the opportunity to serve in this role. This is a major initiative but its true success will depend on the hard work and collaboration that lies ahead for all of us to engage in Thank you Mr Speaker Thank you Assemblymember Alvarez Assemblymember Tangipa you are recognized

Thank you, Assemblymember Tangipa. Assemblymember Patel, Dr. Patel, you are recognized.

Assemblymember Hoover, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of AB 181, and I want to commend my colleagues for having a very robust discussion on this legislation over the last few months. I'll be honest, when we came into this discussion, I was a bit skeptical. There's certainly concerns that can be raised about giving the governor more authority over education in our state, an education system that continues to fail our students over and over again. But there's also no doubt in my mind that the current system is broken. The current governance structure is not working, and the reality is that this is the first step in moving towards, I think, a better governance system in California, and I think will ultimately be working. what is best for our students, and that should be the ultimate goal. I could not agree more with my colleague from San Diego that I think at the heart of this proposal, there will be more accountability over education, and this body will have the ability to hold the governor accountable on educational outcomes for students. It's just a first step, and I think there's a lot of other policy changes that need to be made in order to really help move our students forward. But for today, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank all those who spoke in support, particularly my colleague from San Diego, the chair of our policy committee. This was a lot of work over many hours, and I appreciate that partnership. We have something before you that is the beginning of a restructuring of governance for more accountability. but it will be our responsibility if you cast an aye vote to continue with carrying that responsibility into the future to ensure that this is done correctly so that student outcomes are impacted positively and that this transition is as transparent and accountable as we intend to make it. Thank you very much.

All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 45, noes 4.

Assembly Bill 179 by the Committee on Budget, enacting the housing and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB 179, our second housing budget trailer bill. And this is a bill that does a lot of important things. And I, again, want to thank our colleague from Orange County for her historic and incredible leadership in this space. And this is a bill that also, in many ways, complements the housing bond that we've all voted to put on the ballot last week to support housing production, homelessness prevention, and affordable housing preservation. And because I didn't have an opportunity to speak on the bond, I just want to thank all of those that were involved in that work. That was really an incredible team effort, and I want to thank, obviously, Assemblymember Wicks and our speaker, who did really important work there, but also some of the staff who did incredible work there, including my chief of staff, Abram Diaz, Genevieve Morelos with the Budget Committee, Steve Wertheim in Assemblymember Wicks' office, and Katie Kalisos in the speaker's office. And so this is a policy bill that will complement that by creating a one-stop shop for affordable housing products at the newly created Housing Development Finance Committee. It also addresses local impact fees by pushing cities to reduce impact fees on state-funded affordable housing and establishes a new disaster rebuilding fund to help bridge the funding gap for communities trying to build after a natural disaster. I want to thank our colleagues from Pasadena and from Thousand Oaks for that important work On homelessness this bill provides structure around our million investment for HAP It will do a lot to continue the conversation around transparency accountability and the work that we need to do to address these crises in our state. And so with that, respectfully request your aye vote on AB 179.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to SB 179. housing is unaffordable in California because this state has made it too expensive, too slow, and too complicated to build. Year after year, we add new mandates, new requirements, new costs, and new layers of bureaucracy. Then, when these policies drive up cost of housing, we create another government program to manage the problem. This bill continues that pattern. It reorganizes affordable housing financing, but it does not lower construction costs, reduce permitting delays, reform CEQA, or remove the government mandates that make housing unaffordable in the first place. For those reasons, I respectfully ask for your no vote.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. The national government is failing in its responsibility to produce affordable housing. The state of California stepping up with this bond has a bond that is exclusively focused on providing affordable housing for the workforce of California. We need workforce housing. That's the housing that we should focus all of our limited resources on, trying to make sure that the people who don't have housing get housing they can afford. Strongly encourage an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I've had the privilege of serving as the vice chair of the housing committee now for four years. And not once have we talked about the federal government's impact on housing in California. In fact, everything we've done has been about the state government's ineptitude, actually, in getting housing done. And this legislature, I think, has come together in a bipartisan way to get housing done. But what the federal government has done, which this bill recognizes, is it's given more money to affordable housing through H.R.1. It's weird. We have a lot of talking points on every other bill about the bad things of H.R.1. But no one has mentioned about the increased amount of money made available for affordable housing because of H.R.1. So I would like to thank President Trump for making that available. and our congressional members of Congress right here in California, which some people are trying to eliminate. I would like to thank them for their vote of H.R. 1 to help get more affordable housing in California. With that, I ask for an aye vote.

Yeah, thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I just note, for the record, it's an odd time to be thanking the president on housing since he is holding up a bipartisan housing bill and refusing to sign it with another one of his temper tantrums. So don't be like Donald Trump. Support housing. Vote for AB 179.

All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes, 52. Noes, 9.

Senate Bill 111 by Senator Laird, an applicant to the state budget and making an approbation therefore to take effect immediately budget bill.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased today to present SB 111. This bill brings together our three-party budget deal. As you know, colleagues, a few weeks ago we passed our two-party agreement, and SB 111 amends that agreement to reflect the final three-party agreement that we have reached with the administration. And I want to begin, if you'll indulge me, colleagues, with just a few thank yous, because we have arrived at this moment after months of hard work, and I want to thank our incredible budget subcommittee chairs who have leaned in. We have held over 60 hearings in the Assembly Budget Subcommittee to work through all of the issues, to examine all of these, to try to make the best possible choices that we could make in this moment. And I also want to thank the incredibly hardworking staff, our incredible Assembly Budget Committee, which is led very ably by Christian Griffiths, by Jason Sisney, the Speaker's Budget Director, and also by our Republican staff which work really hard and so I just want to take a moment to recognize all the staff for their incredible hard work on this budget and thank them. I also want to express appreciation for the members of the budget committee that dug in and did the hard work. Colleagues, we had a long conversation a few weeks ago about the budget and about our legislative deal. And the two guideposts that we set out for ourselves when we began this year was to understand the magnitude of the challenges in front of us, which are profound. And we talked a lot about what's at stake in this budget, given what's happening in Washington, D.C., and given the challenges that so many of our constituents face because of those federal threats. And the goal that we set for ourselves was a budget that would be both compassionate and fiscally responsible. And I'm very proud that the budget, final budget agreement we have today meets that test. And it meets that test because it makes important progress on the state's structural deficit. We listened to our friends at the legislative analyst office. We worked hard. We dove in. We made tough choices to tighten our belt. And we are making real progress, real progress towards addressing our structural deficit in a way that is very much a fiscally responsible thing to do. And at the same time it's also a budget that is compassionate because it prioritizes the needs of our most vulnerable communities, it prioritizes the needs of working families, of middle-class families, of veterans, of seniors, of children, of all of the people who are counting on us here in the state of California. And so I just want to express my gratitude for all of the members of the committee who did that work. Really important work to push back on the federal cuts to protect health care and I want to thank our budget subcommittee chair and our health policy chair for their important work to to preserve health care. We've talked a lot about the incredible investments that this budget makes in housing, understanding how much that drives cost of living, the investments we make in wildfire prevention, in public safety, in childcare and in education. So I am I'm just really grateful for the work of my colleagues as we talked about this morning in the budget in the budget committee hearing the fundamental thing that our budget subcommittee chairs did and the members of the committee did is they have created a budget that is people And a lot of these concepts we discuss in the budget, they can feel abstract, they can feel bureaucratic, they can feel technical, but at the end of the day, this is about the people we serve. This is about moms and dads sitting around a kitchen table. It's about kids who want to get food and go to school and play and grow and breathe clean and have opportunity. And those are the people that were brought into this conversation by members of the Budget Committee. So I want to thank them for their hard work. I appreciate what we have done today. I appreciate the guidance from our friends at the LAO. I appreciate the work of our partners in the administration to the governor and to the Department of Finance. And I think that even though we started with incredible challenges, challenges that kept many of us awake at night, we are landing in a place that everyone in this room should be able to feel good about. we are doing the right thing by the state, we are doing the right thing by the people of California, and on their behalf, ask for an aye vote on SB 111.

Assemblymember Tangipa, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I too want to join the chair on this moment to say thank you to the majority staff, thank you to the minority staff, and thank you to all of the staff that actually came together. A lot of us spent some long nights preparing for this budget. We definitely recognize that this is a monumental ordeal, a budget of over $350 billion. And the amount of people that it takes to get into this position, the work is very recognized, and especially the work from the chair himself as well. And I know that he has an entourage that follows him around for a long time. So please, if you could, give it up for the chair. Now again, and as I share, thank you. I do rise in opposition to SB 111. And I agree also with the chair as well that this budget is actually a very compassionate budget. My fear is that it's not too much of a competent budget. And the budget continues a pattern that Californians know all too well, spend now, justify it later, and hope somebody else pays the bill. The truth is we are no longer just leveraging our own future. We are leveraging the future of our children and our grandchildren. At a time of record revenues and record spending, this budget still fails to meet the basic needs of Californians. It spends in excess of $11 billion on illegal immigrant services and only about $500 million on the men and women that fought for our country, our veterans. It fails to fully honor the will of the voters who demand Proposition 36 to be fully funded. That doesn't mean fully funding early release probation services or diversion programs. It means enforcement, convictions, and criminals sitting in prison. Let's stop insulting the public's intelligence by using subjective definitions such as early release elderly parole, which shouldn't mean 50 and how domestic violence in California isn't even considered violent. It's literally in the name. This budget does nothing meaningful to lower the cost of living for working families and small businesses. In fact, costs continue to rise. The gas tax is set to go up again in just a few days, and this legislature still cannot agree on a way to stop it. Fire season is also nearly here, Yet this budget fails to provide the additional funding we need for wildfire prevention and surface water storage. When communities burn and insurance costs continue to climb, the budget will have failed to meet the moment. And while this budget includes historical... Historic education funding, we continue to measure success by how much we spend, not whether students are actually learning. More than half of California students are not reading at grade level, and more than 60% are not meeting standards. This budget fails our students, it fails our veterans, it fails working class families, and it fails the state of California. And for those reasons, I respectfully ask for a no vote.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. Colleagues, I rise in strong support of SB 111, and I want to start by thanking our budget chair, the assembly member from San Fernando Valley. I want to thank Speaker Rivas and their staff for working with me on very critical provisions that are included in this bill. This bill, along with Senate Bill 172 that we passed earlier today, contain critical, robust oversight measure on California's next-generation 911 project. As you all know, this project has been plagued by delays, cost overruns, and a series of multimillion-dollar contracts, which have seemingly gone to waste. In my work as the chair of emergency management, we've held hearings to try to get to the bottom of the issue. We all know that this project has already cost half a billion dollars since it first started, and today we're being asked to authorize another $141.9 million to fund this project. But let me be clear. This budget does not let us just write a check without learning what happened to the initial funds. Today's budget package expedites a third-party technical evaluation of the project to determine what went wrong and to strengthen oversight. And it also asks why the department needs another $142 million to fix the problem. This also requires regular reporting to the legislature to make sure this mistake does not happen going forward. It initiates a formal audit from the state auditor to make sure that when next generation 911 project is complete and comes online, we can rely on it to keep Californians safe. In the face of the Olympics and major global sporting events, there's no time to waste getting this project up and running, but we must do it responsibly. So again, I want to thank the member from San Fernando Valley and his team for collaborating to make sure that these oversight measures go into effect immediately. Additionally, I want to highlight two other critical pieces in this budget bill, including $6 million to get ahead of the golden mussel invasion in our Delta communities, which are currently struggling with detrimental impacts of the invasive species. and the $2.5 million invested in the managed honeybee health programs, bringing needed investment to support the managed pollinators and slow the alarming decline of the honeybee population, which supports our agricultural industry across the state. With that and with gratitude, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I want to thank you, the Speaker and the Budget Chair, for their hard work in delivering this three-party agreement. And it showcases our state's commitment to funding important issues. Within Public Safety Subcommittee 6 on Public Safety, this agreement shows responsibility and addresses critical issues facing our state. We are providing over million for Prop 36 implementation for court workload substance abuse and mental health treatment victim support rehabilitation and pretrial services Since its passage we have invested over million to ensure necessary funding for its implementation, and any suggestions otherwise is inaccurate. We've had hearings on this topic. Additionally, some highlights also included. In the budget, the three-party agreement include $50 million for victims of crime, $20 million for the right grant and $20 million for the Court Appointed Special Advocates Program. The budget also includes funding for judgeships, particularly in the Inland Empire, and brings much-needed funding to ensure parity and ensures access to justice is no longer delayed for our region. The budget also includes critical funding for tribes by a commitment of $15 million ongoing funding to support the missing and murdered indigenous persons grants for the state of California to help bring closure for the state's first people on missing and murdered indigenous people. We also see critical funding that will allow SYNC, a tribal college, to continue to be a tool to asset assets for Native American populations for the attainment of higher education in the state of California. These important investments highlight the state's commitment to the people of California, and it honors the great diversity, the great diversity of the state of California. I urge your aye vote on SB 111.

Assemblymember Gabriel, do you wish to close? Yes, thank you very much, Mr. Chair. First, let me say I neglected to thank the incredible folks at Legislative Council who do such amazing work on the budget, drafting hundreds and thousands of pages of documents, often on a tight timeline. So my gratitude to them as well. Colleagues, I just want to, again, appreciate all of the hard work. It was mentioned affordability in addition to compassion and fiscal responsibility, and I just want to highlight a few things that this budget does. It provides $300 million to backfill federal cuts to health premiums to help keep coverage affordable for working families. It has the 22,000 new child care slots that we talked about because you can't go to work if you can't afford care. It has $100 million for food banks, which is unfortunate that we have to do that, but at a time when the federal government, as we heard, is literally taking food away from communities, we have no choice but to step up and to step in. It has $1.6 billion for affordable housing and homelessness to build homes, to help people get off the streets, to make progress on the issue of affordability that we know is so central here. And then it also has a $100 million tax break for new businesses because we want to support small businesses. We want to support entrepreneurs. We want to help people create jobs. And so there is a lot in this budget to feel good about. Obviously, our challenges will continue. The work will continue. But I think that this budget is a really important step towards serving the people of California. And so I would respectfully request an aye on SB 111.

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 49, noes 16.

Senate Bill 1175 by Senator Rubio and others, an act relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974 and declaring the urgency thereof to take a veck immediately. Clerk will open the roll on the content calendar. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 65, noes 0. On the urgency, ayes 65, noes 0.

Clerk will read the remaining items on the consent calendar. Senate Bill 997. Ayes 65, noes 0. And Senate Bill 1088. Ayes 65, noes 0.

The clerk will read the amendments. Senate Bill 164 with amendments by Assemblymember Patterson.

Great. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to offer amendments for SB 164 that actually spends more money on health care services. and I think it's really important, what these amendments would do is it would take $40 million from the general fund to the State Department of Health Care Services for prenatal care and related services. Why I came up with these amendments is because that's how much we're spending on abortion services in California. And I think if a woman shows up in crisis looking for help, that the state of California has an obligation to help people in the same level for the women who want to keep their child and help them get the prenatal services that they want We all know it improves health outcomes for both the children and the mother Research consistently shows that every dollar invested in prenatal care can yield multiple dollars in downstream health care savings. We ranked 35th in the nation in adequate prenatal care according to America's health rankings. With that, I respectfully ask for

I move to lay the amendments on the table.

It is seconded by Assemblymember Ortega.

Ayes 48, noes 18.

The Senate Bill 164 by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and approving the health and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present SB 164, the health care trailer bill implementing the three-party budget agreement. Again, I just want to take a moment to thank our incredible Budget Subcommittee 1 Chair, the member from Morro Bay, who has just been an extraordinary rock star throughout this process. Just can't say enough about her work. And also to our Health Policy Committee Chair, who just an incredible duo here who have helped us to navigate really choppy waters. So thank you both. And I also want to thank the LGBTQ Caucus, the Women's Caucus and the Latino Caucus for their partnership to help inform and craft many of the proposals that are included in this deal. And then so many members in this chamber who helped to address some of the issues and Mr. Aarons for his advocacy for public hospitals, for so many people who stepped forward to speak to us and help us to understand how we could best serve the residents of this state. This bill implements the federal HR1 requirements, including work and community engagement requirements for the Medi-Cal program, but also helps to mitigate and prepare for the harmful impacts of federal policy, including by requiring the administration to conduct robust outreach and establish a data dashboard to track the impact on Californians. The bill implements the three-party agreement on the Medi-Cal asset limit and premiums with implementation delayed until next year, until July 1, 2027, which will give this body a much-needed opportunity to re-examine those policies next year. It also strengthens our uncompensated care safety net programs to ensure that Californians can access the health care they need and deserve, and it expands access to menopause care by requiring health plans and Medi-Cal to cover medically necessary treatments for menopausal symptoms. For those reasons, I ask for your aye vote on SB 164.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to SB 164. This bill is indicative of the real problem we have here in the state of California, our spending problem wrapped in excessive altruism. Here in California, we have an infinite of problems with the finite amount of resources. Put simply, this is a sad example of balancing the budget on the backs of families caring for loved ones with disabilities. By lowering the Medi-Cal asset limit from $130,000 to $21,000 for an individual, this budget tells those families that they must spend down more of what little savings they have before they can qualify for needed care. It punishes families for trying to maintain even a modest fiscal stability. When the state chooses to make it harder for vulnerable Californians and their families to keep basic savings while continuing to expand costly programs for undocumented immigrants, that is not compassion. It is misplaced priorities. No amount of excessive altruism can justify failing the people we already have a duty to serve. Let's think about the numbers here in the state of California. Just a few years ago, Medi-Cal was about $108 billion in 2021 and 2022. Today, it is over $220 billion, an increase of over 100% in just three and a half years. Enrollment on Medi-Cal increased by less than 1%, 0.79%. How did we increase spending by 100% on Medi-Cal and enrollment increased by less than 1%? Is that not just numbers that prove that we have a monumental spending issue and that should not be balanced on the disabled that we have here in this state? For those reasons, I respectfully ask for a no vote.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I speak in opposition to SB 164. However, as my colleague said, we cannot balance our budget on the backs of California's most vulnerable. This proposal tells seniors and people with disabilities they can have no more than $21,000 in assets before qualifying for the care they need. In California, that's not even enough to purchase many reliable vehicles, let alone provide long-term financial security. We are telling Californians they must nearly exhaust everything they've worked for before we will help them. As a father of a son with severe disabilities, I know these programs are lifelines. Families should not have to choose between maintaining a modest safety net and accessing essential health care. We should be protecting our most vulnerable, not forcing them into poverty to qualify for care. I respectfully ask for a no vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. And I rise in support of SB 164. This bill is hard, and a lot of what we've had to do this year is hard, but I think it's really important to highlight the wins in this bill. And one of the most important wins in this bill is the menopause policy that was mentioned by our colleague from the San Fernando Valley. Two and a half years ago, the Women's Caucus went on a journey of trying to further understand menopause care here in California, what women in midlife are going through, and how we can better support them through that transition. Through two years of efforts, we didn't achieve the wins we needed, but we are here today. And the wins in this budget for midlife women are so extensive that they will go further than any state in the nation. We will ensure that our doctors are getting the training they need to treat women in menopause It will ensure that doctors are screening women over 40 as they enter so that they know the symptoms of menopause that they may be facing and can get the treatment they need It will ensure insurance coverage for treatment today is not covered for women in midlife because for so long the research has ignored us and instead it has ensured that we just go through menopause without the care we need. And I want to say that this isn't just about having a more successful transition through menopause. It is about health later in life. The care that women will get through this bill will allow women to have lower rates of Alzheimer's and other dementia. It will allow women to have stronger heart health. And it will allow them to live longer, healthier lives. And so I just want to thank all of you that are going to support this bill and all women who are going through the menopause transition to ensure long, healthy, successful second chapters. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise to really repeat my thanks. I said this on the floor not too long ago, but first and foremost, want to say thank you to our speaker and our budget chair to our sub one committee members I know I'm not supposed to mention them by name but I will just say they come from all corners of California who really put their heart and soul into creating the health portion of the budget I also want to thank the staff members who worked on the health portion of the budget who spent night after night, hour after hour hearing from members on this floor what they were asking for, hearing from members of every community across the state about what they needed in their lives. And I also want to say that health care in California, when we go through the health budget in California, it's very different from some other parts of our budget. every part of the California budget is vital and important but when it comes to health care the kind of testimony that we receive is really life and death testimony it's people that come to the mic sometimes they cannot speak for themselves because they are so ill and they have translators who share their message with us and they say to us basically if you fund this program I I will probably live longer. And if you don't, I will probably lose my life. And so it's very grueling to sit through that kind of testimony. And we do it because we care about the people of California. And of course, we have empathy for the people of California. In fact, it's the very reason that many of us who come to work every day in Sacramento decided to do this job, because we're empathetic people and because we believe we should have an empathetic budget and we believe that's what the people of California are asking of us. And so I wanted to separate fact from fiction just a little bit. I do think most people on this floor are able to separate fact from fiction, but we just heard some fiction. And so I just want to clarify, this budget does not immediately reduce the asset test. This budget, in fact, delays and rejects the worst cuts to health care. It rejects the immediate Medi-Cal asset limit cuts. It delays immediate Medi-Cal dental cuts. It prevents automatic increases on premiums premiums it delays health care from asylees and refugees who come to this country fleeing immense violence It funds abortion care and reproductive care and LGBT care and menopause care, which, by the way, isn't just good for women. It's an affordability factor for families. This budget doubles down on making sure that our clinics are funded, that we support our distressed hospitals and our public hospitals, and that we lower covered California premiums, as you've already heard. It also makes sure that we're supporting counties in the increased workload they're facing, as well as transition in some of our most important programs. And it funds care for seniors through the PACE program and through other nutrition programs and important ways that we uplift people who have spent their entire lives working and now need a helping hand. And I will also say that this budget doubles down on affordability for Californians. It does that because we know there's a couple things that are pathways out of poverty. Homeownership, which is in a different part of the budget, and education, which is in a different part of the budget. But added to that is health care and making sure that someone can go to the doctor when they need one and that they are not going to go into bankruptcy or have their entire financial life dismantled because they don't have health care coverage. And so I would just say to the members, thank you to those of you that spent hours on this budget, to those of you that didn't just come for your own community asking for one small project in your community, but who stood up for every single Californian across the state. Before H.R.1, 96% of Californians had health care coverage. 96% of our 40 million Californians had health care coverage. With H.R.1, that's going to drop by 10%. So when members get up and rail at us and say that we are cutting care, you have to remember who is actually doing that and separate fact from fiction. And I appreciate all the time and effort that the budget team has spent. I just want to say that again before I close. Very much appreciate the staff and the budget team for everything they've put in, heart, soul, blood, sweat, and tears, to craft a budget that cares for Californians. And with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise today in strong support of SB 164 on behalf of the beautiful people of Oakland, Alameda, and Emeryville, and in support of this budget agreement. I want to start certainly by thanking the speaker, our budget chair, our budget sub-chair, and most especially the staff who work so tirelessly to make sure that we can have an opportunity to get here. It's been said, but it is very true, that our budget speaks our values. This agreement needed to reflect California's values, not Washington's chaos. I'm proud that it does. We rejected the immediate asset test limit, which would have stripped coverage for seniors and people with disabilities at the exact moment they at least can afford to lose it We delayed harmful dental cuts We delayed immigrant premium increases We provided health care premium assistance for people insured through Covered California We're protecting our public hospital systems and our clinics, which carry the weight of Washington's cuts, and standing by our neighbors without insurance who bear the brunt of them. This budget sustains mobile crisis response teams, people who show up in someone's darkest moment and puts them in care instead of handcuffs. And for Californians in need of reproductive health care, this budget ensures abortion services and gender-affirming care and the right to make decisions about your own body are not tied to your ability to pay. We ensured our counties would be able to sustain and be responsive to this moment of chaos imposed upon us by H.R.1 and the federal policies. These all account for real, tangible wins for our neighbors in the East Bay and California up and down the state. But we also must recognize that this is not a budget that reflects our biggest hopes and dreams. This budget is a product of responding to the deep gutting of our social safety net that came down from the White House and a committed attempt from this body to stop the bleeding on several fronts. As such, this agreement still moves forward with shifting our immigrant neighbors with unsatisfactory immigration status out of managed care and into fee-for-service. While we were able to secure $39 million for care coordination and navigators to soften this transition, I am grateful for that investment, certainly. I am still saddened for my neighbors who will have to live with the ramifications of this decision. These are not imaginary people or lines in a budget. These are our friends, our neighbors, the people we sit next to at a restaurant who are balancing their own budgets and recognizing that they can't. I hope we can revisit this conversation and many as we consider in real time the true cost in dollars and in lives. And I know that part of the biggest strategy of this budget was just to ensure that we could delay and defer the harm. And we've tried to do that. This is not the budget any of us would have written with a blank page. It is the budget California could deliver while Donald Trump tries to define the ceiling of what's possible here. We refuse to accept that ceiling. For the beautiful people of Oakland, Alameda, and Emeryville, and for Californians everywhere counting on this body to hold the line, that fight continues. I want to thank this body for being bold and measured in its approach. With that, I respectfully request your aye vote on SB 164.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank my colleagues and especially thank our hardworking budget staff for all of the work that they've put in and to ensure that this budget truly is the compromise and the best foot forward that colleagues in the legislature can present to not only the people of California, but really emphasizing the need and moral clarity of where this moment is. And I think it's really important that we remind ourselves as we vote on these issues, as we go back to our districts next month and explain what is happening to California, that we really center our conversations, as my colleague from Oakland mentioned, that this is not the fight that we asked for, but this is the fight we intend to win because of the federal. cuts that have came down from California have dramatically shaped the real purpose and understanding of the work that we aim to do as a freshman member of the legislature. This was not top of mind when I first got elected, but it is all we are talking about in the legislature. This is all of the feedback that I am getting back at home during my town halls, and that is the need not only to save our health care system from the federal government, but to emphasize why this is happening, why we have to make these difficult decisions. And we have to make these decisions because I think it's important that we also remember that $250 million in this budget is coming to save our public hospital system. And I'm proud of my colleagues, of our leadership, to send a very resounding message that we are going to hold the line when it comes to protecting as many people as we can from far north California, from the Bay to L.A. We are going to hold the line on protecting our hospitals. It's projected, even with helping in this budget, that over 70 hospitals will close in the state of California. It is projected in this budget that this is one of the best budget years that we intend to have in the next five years. And that is important context for us to also understand because it highlights the fact that we have difficult decisions to make as a body, but we have to clearly make decisions that are going to be in the best interest of all of our people back at home. And I finally just want to end, Mr. Speaker, by saying that there's a lot in this budget that we can criticize. There's a lot in this budget that I would like to see more of. But I think it's really important that when we go back to our districts, when we remind our constituents that we are fighting every single day from a contraction of our health care system that's happening across the country. And all eyes are on California. And as they see we backfill these dangerous cuts, we're going to continue fighting for them. So with that, Mr. Speaker, I urge an aye vote.

Yes, thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I will be brief. I just want to extend my sincere gratitude to everybody who spoke today, in particular our colleague from Morro Bay and our colleague from Oakland, Emeryville and Alameda, who helped us to understand what is at stake and why we focused so intently on health care. And I think it's fitting, colleagues, that we conclude this part of the journey on our budget by speaking about health care. Because in so many ways, it has been the predominant issue. It has defined the conversation we've had. And I think it has helped us to help to elucidate where people are and what their values are and who they're fighting for. And I think we have been laser focused on the fact that we are fighting for our middle class families, for our working families, for our most vulnerable communities. And they have been at the centerpiece of this budget. And so I want to thank everybody who the many, many members of this body who have helped to inform this conversation, enrich that conversation, stand up for people in their districts who just want health care, just want to be able to see a doctor when they need one, who want to be able to take care of themselves and this family. And this budget will go a long way towards making sure that they can do that. And so with that respectfully request an aye vote on SB 164 Thank you Assemblymember Gabriel I debate having ceased clerk will open the roll All members vote who desire to vote

Ayes 54, noes 12.

Assemblymember Wicks. Thank you.

You are a recognized assembly member. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, today I rise to introduce and recognize my senior legislative aide, Harrison Zay, who has been an important member of my Capitol staff since I got elected. Harrison worked in the Capitol for little more than four years. Before joining my team, Harrison worked in Assemblymember Patterson's office as a field representative and legislative aide. Sadly, Harrison will be leaving my office at the end of July to attend law school at Baylor University. While I'm proud of his accomplishments of being accepted into law school, he will be greatly missed in my office. Members, please join me in wishing Harrison, who is at the back of the chamber, the best in his next endeavor. Thank you.

Assemblymember Fong?

Okay, members, decorum please. Assemblymember Wicks, we are going to be taking up file item number 53, members.

Okay, file item number 53 in the Senate third reading file. That is SB 830 by Senator Arraguin, presented by Assemblymember Wicks. Members, this is a 54-vote bill. Clerk will read.

Assemblymember Wicks, you are recognized.

Thank you Assemblymember Wicks. All debate having ceased, 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. all members vote who desire to vote Thank you Thank you Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes

The measure passes. transmittal to the Senate. Okay, members, we're moving on to announcements following committees are meeting right now. Emergency Management, Capital Room 444, Natural Resources, Capital Room 437, Transportation committee in swing space room 1100 revenue and taxation committee in capital room 126 session schedule as follows tuesday june 30th is a check-in session wednesday july 1st is a check-in session thursday july 2nd floor session at 9 a.m all other remaining items from today will be passed and retained all motions shall be continued seeing and hearing no further business ready to entertain a motion to adjourn majority leader agar curry moves and ms johnson seconds that this house stands adjourned until thursday july 2nd at 9 00 a.m the quorum call is lifted we are adjourned vote changes from the dais vote changes from the dais

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