August 30, 2026 · Appropriations · 540 words · 8 speakers · 32 segments
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Ms. Pellerin. We encourage everyone to provide written testimony on the website, apro.assembly.ca.gov. The room's open for attendance. Everyone is expected to act like an adult And with that let take a quorum here Wicks Here Wicks present Hoover Here Hoover present Arumbula Here Arumbula present Calderon Here Calderon present Coloza Here Coloza present Dixon Fong Mark Gonzalez Corral Here
Corral. Not yet.
Corral present. Pacheco.
Pellerin. Here.
Pellerin present. Chuck Collins.
Salache. Present.
Salache present. Ta. Mr. Ta is present. I get Mr. Ta and Ms. Corral confused all the time. You know? Tangi Pa. Mark Gonzalez.
Mont Gonzales present.
We have a quorum. Okay. It's a rowdy bunch today. Pacheco?
Pacheco's here.
Great. Okay. With that, Ms. Pellerin, please, AB 282. The floor is yours.
Thank you, Chair and fellow members. AB 282 seeks to prevent the gravest threat to our elections by preventing any attempts to seize ballots, election records, and certified voting technology before the election results are certified. It makes it clear that interfering with ballots or voting equipment before an election is certified is a serious offense with serious penalties, and this bill makes it a felony to seize, cause, or assist in the seizure of ballots, election records, or certified voting technology. Among these increasing threats to the integrity of our state-administered elections, AB 282 helps ensure that the will of the voters of every political party will be respected. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
We'll bring it back to, sorry, before we do that, anyone wish to express support or opposition in the room? Okay, we'll bring it back to committee. Any questions?
Thank you for all the work you're doing in this space, and I'd like to be added as a co-author, please.
Can't do that.
Can't do it? Okay, well, I'm going to.
Unless you want to come back next year.
Okay, and just thank you because you've been working on, you know, just protecting democracy since you got here, and I really appreciate it.
Your vote and voice will matter a lot.
Thank you so much.
You can be an emotional and moral co-author.
You're an emotional. Yes.
Great. And do we have a motion?
Move.
And a second. Okay, would you like to close?
I respectfully ask where I vote.
Great. The motion is concur in Senate amendments. That is out with Republicans not voting or? Oh, we can do a roll call.
We'll do a roll call?
Yeah. Okay. We're going to do a roll call. It's exciting. Motion with Senate amendments be concurred in Wicks Aye Wicks aye Hoover Not voting Hoover not voting Arumbula Aye Arumbula aye Calderon Aye Calderon aye Caloza Aye Caloza aye Dixon Fong. Mark Gonzalez. Aye. Mark Gonzalez, aye. Corral. Aye. Corral, aye. Pacheco. Aye. Pacheco, aye. Pellerin. Aye. Pellerin, aye. Sharp Collins. Salache. Aye. Salache, aye. Ta?
No.
Ta, no. Tangipa? Nine to one. That is out. Nine to one. And would anyone from the public wish to provide any comment today? Okay, I do believe this will be our last appropriations hearing of this year. So with that, we are adjourned.
Thank you. Thank you.