Assembly Floor Session Part 1

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you The assembly is now in session. Assembly member Gibson notices the absence of a quorum. Sergeant Arms will prepare the chamber and bring in the absent members. Clerk will call the roll. Addis, Agriacuri, Ahrens, Alanis, Alvarez, Arambula, Avila Fadius, Baines, Bauer-Cahan, Bennett, Berman, Berner, Bonta, Bryan, Calderon, Colosa, Carrillo, Castillo, Chen, Connelly, Davies, DeMaio, Dixon, El Huari, 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, Mirsucci, Quinn, Ortega, Pacheco, Pappen, Patel, Patterson, Pellerin, Petrie Norris, Quirk Silva, Ramos, Ransom, Celeste St. Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Rogers, Rubio, Sanchez, Chiavo, Schultz, Sharp Collins, Solache, Soria, Stephanie, Ta, Tagipa, Valencia, Wallace, Ward, Wicks, Wilson, Zabur. Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you members a quorum is present we ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand for today's prayer Please stand. Reverend Noshita will offer today's prayer. Reverend Noshita.

Speaking on behalf of the entire body, let us express our gratitude for your kindness and wisdom that you've provided us in this session. Members, please join me in thanking Reverend Bob and Patty Osta. We ask our guests and visitors to remain standing and join us in the flag salute. Assemblymember Irwin will 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. Members, for your bills on the Senate floor, please, please encourage your floor managers to request that your bills be taken up today. Reading of the previous day's journal. Assembly chamber of Sacramento, Monday, August 17, 2026, the Assembly met at 1 p.m. the Honorable Josh Lomenthal, Speaker pro tempore of the Assembly presiding, Chief Clerk Supraker at the desk, greeting Clerk David A. Bowman, reading, roll call. The roll was called. Quorum call of the Assembly. Assembly Member Rochelle Rodriguez moved the quorum call of the Assembly. Motion carried, time 107 p.m. Speaker pro tempore, Director of the Sergeant at Arms to close the doors and bring in the absent members. Quorum present at 128 p.m. Speaker pro tempore Josh Lomenthal declared a quorum of the Assembly present. The roll call was completed. The following answer to their names, 76, Addis, Agra, Curry, Aarons, Alanis, Alvarez, Zorambula, Javier Lafanias, Baines, Barakahan, Bennett, Berman, Berner, Bonta, Calderon, Coloza, Carrillo, Castillo, Chin, Connelly, Davies, DeMario. Members, our reading clerk, Mr. David Bowman. Majority Leader Agar Curry moves and Mr. Hoover seconds that the reading of the previous day's journal be dispensed with presentations and petitions there are none introduction and reference of bills will be deferred reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments deemed adopted messages from the governor there are none messages from the Senate there are none moving on to motions and resolutions the absence of the day there are none now majority leader you are recognized for your procedural motions good morning

Without objection such, I'll be the order. At the request of the author, please place Item 60, SB 1189, Valadeiras, on the enacted file. Clerk will note. There are letters of legislative intent at the desk. I request unanimous comments. consent to print the following letters in the journal pursuant to Assembly Rule 42C, AB 69 Calderon, AB 306 Schultz. Okay, Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. On call. Put it up on call. Excuse me, Madam. Majority Leader, first I need to announce that the motion has been seconded by Assemblymember Ortega. the majority leader has put the bill on call or put the motion on call. Moves the call. Okay, on behalf of our good friend, Assemblymember Avila Farias, I would like to welcome her son, Sebastian Farias, who's joining us on the floor today. Hi, Sebastian. Please join me in giving him a warm Assembly welcome. Welcome, welcome. It's a great day to be here, sir. Okay, we are going to move to other business on the daily file. We begin with our concurrence file, file items 1 through 51. I'm actually going to begin today with file item 29. File item 29 is AB 1707 by Assemblymember Davies. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1707 by Assemblymember Davies, an act relating to employment. Assemblymember Davies, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Davies. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 57, no 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 30 is AB 605 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 605 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi and app relating to employment. Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Muratsuchi. 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. Pass and retain on 33. File item 34 is AB 2437 by Assemblymember Chen. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2437 by Assemblymember Chen, an act relating to vehicles. Assemblymember Chen, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Chen. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 60, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 35, AB 2061, also by Assemblymember Chen. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2061 by Assemblymember Chen and others, an act relating to insurance. Assemblymember Chen, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Chen. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 61, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Pass or retain on 36. File on 37. AB 1099 by Assemblymember Brian. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1099 by Assemblymember Bryan, an act related to developmental services. Assemblymember Bryan, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Bryan. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. all members vote who desire to vote clerk will close the roll tally the vote ayes 59 no zero send amendments are concurred in Passed temporarily on 38 File on 39 AB 1609 by Assembly Members of the Board Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1609 by Assembly Members of the Board. Accolade to artificial intelligence. Assembly Members of the Board, you are recognized.

Thank you Assemblymember Spurer. 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. Ayes 41, noes 16. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 40, AB 1813 by Assemblymember Ward. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1813 by Assemblymember Ward and others. An accolades for electricity. Assemblymember Ward, you are recognized.

Thank you Assemblymember Ward. I'll debate having ceased. Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Thank you. Clerk will close the roll, tally vote. Ayes 41, noes 9, Senate amendments are concurred in. Bylet item 41 is AB 1981 by our Majority Leader. This is a 54-vote bill. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1981 by Assemblymember Agriar Currie and others in accordance with child care and declaring the oath to see their effect immediately Madam Majority Leader you are recognized Thank you Mr Speaker and members I rise to present in AB 1981 a Women Caucus Priority Bill This bill ensures the state follows through on a fair reimbursement system that supports

Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. All debate having ceased, Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. I 63, no 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Byletum 42 is AB 2020 by Assemblymember Gabriel. Clerk will read. Assemblymember 2020 by Assemblymember Gabriel, an act relating to housing. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized.

Thank you Assemblymember Gabriel. All debate having ceased and happy birthday Ethan. 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-61, no-0. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 43 is AB 2103 by Assemblymember Irwin. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2103 by Assemblymember Irwin, an act relating to state government. Assemblymember, I believe this is your last bill that you will be presenting before the body. Is that not correct?

Oh. I haven't recognized you yet. Oh, excuse me. Assembly Member Irwin, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Irwin. 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, size 66, no 0, Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 44 is AB 2222 by Assemblymember Ward. This is a 54 vote bill. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2222 by Assemblymember Ward and others in act relating to taxation and Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. This is a 54-vote bill. Mr. Ward has moved the call. File item 45 is AB 2225 by Dr. Patel. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2225 by Assemblymember Patel and others in that relating to education governance. Dr. Patel, you are recognized.

Thank you, Dr. Patel. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally votes. I-61, no-0. Send amendments are concurred in. File item 46 is AB 2234 by Assemblymember Pappin. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2234 by Assemblymember Pappin, an act relating to geothermal resources. Assemblymember Pappin, you are recognized.

Thank you Assemblymember Pepin All debate having ceased clerk will open the roll All members vote who desire to vote All members vote who desire to vote All members vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. I-60, no-0. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 47 is AB 2321 by Assemblymember Ortega. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2321 by Assemblymember Ortega and others, an act relating to occupational safety and health. Assemblymember Ortega, you may open.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ortega. 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. Tally vote. Ayes, 41. Noes, 17. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 48 is AB 2469 by Assemblymember Pappin. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2469 by Assemblymember Pappin. An act relating to water. Assemblymember Pappin, you are recognized.

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

Without objection.

Question for the author.

Without objection, or you may answer in your close. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Assemblymember DeMaio, you are recognized.

Assemblymember DeMaio. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Papin, do you wish to close? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Assemblymember Papen, 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 46, noes 12. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 49 is AB 2478 by Assemblymember Schultz. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2478 by Assemblymember Schultz and others in that related to foster care. Assemblymember Schultz, you are recognized.

Thank you. Assemblymember Schultz, all debate having ceased, clerk will open the hall. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. We'll close the roll tally the vote size 60 no zero Senate amendments are concurred in. Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Okay, members, we have just dispensed with file item 49. We're going to pass temporarily on 50. File item 51, that's AB 1646 by Assemblymember Brian. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1646 by Assemblymember Brian and others not related to juveniles. Assemblymember Brian, you are recognized.

Thank you Assemblymember Bryan. Assemblymember Bennett you are recognized.

Thank you Assemblymember Bennett. All debate having ceased the clerk will open the roll All members vote who desire to vote All members vote who desire to vote All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 48, nos 5. Seven amendments are concurred in. Okay, we're going to go back to the beginning of the concurrence file, please. Pass and retain on 1, 2, 3, 4. File item number 5, that's AB 2320 by Assemblymember Ta. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2320 by Assemblymember Ta and I am relating to housing. Assemblymember Ta, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ta. The 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. Ayes, 58, no, 0. Send amendments are concurred in. Passed routine on 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. File item 13, AB 2086 by Assemblymember Ellis. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2086 by Assemblymember Ellis and others, an act relating to pest control. Assemblymember Ellis, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ellis. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 59, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 14 is AB 1816 by Assemblymember Davies. Assemblymember Davies. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1816 by Assemblymember Davies, an act relating to probation. Assemblymember Davies, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Davies. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 51, noes 0. Send amendments are concurred in. Thank you Okay. Pass and retain on 15, 16, 17. File item 18 is AB 2316 by Minority Floor Leader Hoover. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2316 by Assemblymember Hoover, an act relating to school facilities. Assemblymember Hoover, you are recognized.

clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 55, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 19 is AB 2476 by Assemblymember Ellis. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2476 by Assemblymember Ellis, an act relating to electricity. Assemblymember Ellis, I believe this is the last bill that you will be presenting on the floor. Is that correct, sir?

You are recognized. You are recognized.

We thank you for everything, Assemblymember Ellis. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. I 63, no 0. Send amendments are concurred in. File line number 20 is AB 1199 by Assemblymember Patterson. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1199 by Assemblymember Patterson, an act leading to health care. Assemblymember Patterson, you are recognized.

Thank you Assemblymember Patterson. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll tally the vote Aye 62 no 0 Senate amendments are concurred in File item 21 is AB 760 by Assemblymember Ta Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 760 by Assemblymember Ta and others. And I relate to taxation to take effect immediately. Tax levy. Assemblymember Ta, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Todd. 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. I-64, no-0, Senate amendments are concurred in. Okay. Okay, we are going to pass and retain on file item 22 and 23. File item 24, we will pass temporarily. We're going to pass and retain on 25, 26, 27. Members, please be at your desks for your bills. Please be at your desks for your bills. We're going to pass and retain on 28. We've already dispensed with 29. File item number 30 is AB 605 by Assemblymember Moritz. Oh, excuse me, that is on call. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. File item 31 is AB 2551 by Assemblymember El-Hawari. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2551 by Assemblymember El-Hawari, an accolade in the public cross-sacrary education. Assemblymember El-Hawari, you are recognized.

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

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

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

Thank you, Dr. Jackson. Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you are recognized.

Thank you Assemblymember Muratsuchi. Assemblymember Lee, you are recognized.

work that has been done in the past. I think this is an important student protection at the heart of it and we want to make sure that students of all political persuasions can express themselves freely and safely and we don't want it to get to the part where people are smashing windows or hurting other people because we want people to feel that the legal avenues of expressing their views are actually valid and actually have meaning. But when those avenues are closed, that's when people get agitated, They get angry and get frustrated, and we don't want that at the same time. And we certainly don't want, and I've had some of this experience too, administrators and chancellors who have their own agendas to police certain students because they don't like them just like our colleague from Reno Valley talked about. So I really appreciate the debate today, a very thoughtful, robust conversation that has also led to the amendments that have come up today, and I respectfully ask for a very strong eye vote on AB 2551. Thank you, Assemblymember Lee. Assemblymember's board, you are recognized. Mr. Speaker, members, I wanted to make a couple comments because I'm not going to be able to support the bill today. And it's not because I don't believe in robust free speech and protest rights for students on campus. But I represented UCLA and did so two years ago when the student protests were happening on campus and saw really horrific things happening to Jewish students. There were portions of the campus that were blocked from them. My staff could not enter portions of the campus unless they made statements that were in conflict with their Jewish identity and their Jewish principles. My staff saw Jewish students being beaten with campus police 10 and 20 feet away by protesters while the university did nothing to address it. And so I appreciate that the author has turned this into more of a study and a data bill, but the thing that many of my constituents are worried about is that this is leading to and intentionally leading to time, place, and manner restrictions that the University of California has put in place that has resulted in their protection and protection that has been really needed and necessary. So I know that that is not the author's intent on this, but there is a significant concern in my community that this process could lead to removal of important protections. We do need to have to make sure that those protections allow for robust free speech, robust protest, but we also have to make sure, I think as my colleague from Torrance said, that exclusion from activities beating harassment those kinds of things are not part of free speech And so I know the University of California is against this bill I think because they believe that they got this right I do think that I've met with them and looked at their time, place, and manner restrictions down in UCLA, and I do think that they've gotten this to a good place. So because of that and because of, I think, the concern that this would lead to weakening civil rights protections and time, place, and manage restrictions that will actually protect all students, I'm going to need to not support the bill today. But I want to thank you today. Thanks. Thank you, Assemblymember Spohr. Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized. Thank you. I rise in support of AB 2551, and I want to commend our colleague from South Los Angeles for bringing this forward. I think one of the most important things that we are required to do as legislators is to understand what happens when we pass the measure and the implications of that in implementation. implementation. I'm certain I was a part of that 70 to zero vote that ensured that we could protect our Jewish students, our students on campus when the first bill was brought forward. And I'm also just as clear that sometimes in implementation, people get impacted in a way that we do not intend. There are 271 students that have been called to be in violation of this measure. That's 271 students who perhaps, as the assembly member has shared, have been put on probation for not being, and not able to continue on in their education. Those are people who have fought to be able to make sure that they could get onto campus in the first place, and then may be struggling with being able to stay on that campus for doing the simple thing of using their voice. And my daughter sits on a CSU campus. She talked to me about having the feeling of having her voice stifled because of the policies of the university. I want us to be clear about what this bill is seeking to do. Crystal clear, one is to hold public forums on selected campuses to elicit student feedback regarding the institution's time, place, and manner policies, and second, to provide data on student code of conduct violations that occurred during or as a result of protests on campus. I think as legislators we have to be able to create the space to be able to examine the the implementation and the impact of the policies that move forward so that we don't have any student feeling like they are risking being able to continue on with their education because an individual campus may or may not have gotten this right. And this bill is very plainly trying to ensure that students on their campuses have the ability to have a conversation with their administration. And that is very powerful. So I will be certainly supporting this bill on this and recognize certainly the concerns of those who have spoken on this floor as well. I do not believe that having conversations and asking administrators, to hold forums to bring their students together does anything but strengthen the democratic process, strengthen their ability to participate fully in their academic settings, and ensure that we have a possibility to make sure that when we pass legislation on this floor that our institutions get it right. I respectfully request your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Bonta. Assemblymember Bennett, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, members. I rise with great humility that I have anything to offer to this debate, but I feel compelled to say this, and that is I believe that I represent a number of us who look to our ethnic caucuses for insights and for leadership. And so I would very much like to echo the comments of my colleague from the Marino Valley that the efforts to try to work together is so valuable for this body and for the state of California. And quite frankly, today, I'm so impressed by how professional and how appropriate everybody with strong views is handling themselves here. California is in good shape with this kind of leadership. And I offer great grace to our ethnic caucuses as they continue. There is going to be no one effort that's going to solve this issue. It's going to be continuing efforts. It is a work in progress. And my compliments to everybody. Thank you very much. Thank you, Assemblymember Bennett. Assemblymember Berman, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I rise in the spirit of my colleagues from the San Fernando Valley and from Miranda in not trying to discourage anybody from voting for this bill. And I know some of you know that my dad is from South Africa, but I haven't talked at all, I don't think, about how he and his older brothers were very, very involved in an organization called New SAS, the National Union of South African Students, that led the fight against apartheid in South Africa that brought Robert Kennedy, then Senator Kennedy, to South Africa for his Ripple of Hope speech that he gave, which ended up being one of his most famous speeches that he gave. And my dad and my uncles, his older brothers, all had to leave South Africa after they graduated from college. And they were lucky that they had the opportunity to leave South Africa, which a lot of others didn't, because of their anti-apartheid activism when they were young. So I agree with pretty much everybody on this floor that I've heard speak, and strong, strong support for the freedom of speech and for the right of students on our campuses to protest when they think that there's a wrong either on campus or a wrong in the world. I've also been heartened to hear from colleagues like my colleague from San Jose the importance of making sure that our campuses are safe places, physically and intellectually and emotionally for every student, for every student. And we'd failed that. We'd failed that on our campuses in California, and that's what led to the legislation that was passed by Senator Glazer a couple of years ago. And we also very accurately noted that this bill is a study bill It a bill to collect data I think some of us have a little apprehension because that is not how the bill started The bill started as an attempt to roll back the civil rights protections that we passed into law a couple of years ago. And so that's why you hear some anxiety from myself. And And that's why you hear some anxiety from some colleagues is because there's a concern that that is the goal of this effort and something that we would not be able to support. And so the one thing I would ask the author, my colleague and friend from Los Angeles, is for a commitment to the very powerful points of my colleague from Moreno Valley that we all work together on this in the future and that there's dialogue at the beginning of of the process, which did not happen this time. And that instead of some groups feeling like they get blindsided by an effort, that rather everybody gets an opportunity to participate in it. And so would ask my colleague to speak to that in their close. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Assemblymember Berman. Assemblymember Rodriguez, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We don't often get opportunities like this to discuss challenging matters, and I'm also very grateful that we do have this opportunity. I want to just recognize what we heard in the Higher Education Committee when we evaluated this bill, and it was a young woman who lost the opportunity to graduate because of a technical piece put into place by her university. It had nothing to do with the matters we've been discussing today. It was some sort of labor dispute, and she wanted to be able to lift her voice for what she believed in, which we're all saying we agree that students should be able to lift their voice. No one should be in danger from that action. And we have to recognize that students have led so many incredible movements throughout history, and no one wants to stop that. I just want to recognize, though, what happened to that girl in losing that opportunity was not the intention of the previous bill. In the same way, the intention of this bill, as we heard from the author, is not to repeal the previous bill. And we talk a lot, especially this year, about these opportunities to evaluate the bills that we're passing and truly see the impacts and the benefits and anything we need to improve upon. This is a narrative that has been continuously put out there, especially this year, and a great, incredible initiative because we shouldn't be passing bills that we then walk away from. We should make sure that the impact was what we intended. And so I just want to lift that up as we take this vote today. And while we had a robust discussion about what the initial bill had entailed, I do want to recognize that as we vote today, we are voting on the bill in print and the intention the author has shared with us so that everyone is just very clear about what we are voting on. And it is about everything that was laid out by my colleagues. It's about evaluating the bill that has passed, ensuring the intention is what is actually happening to our students on the ground, and making sure those unintended consequences do not continue while still protecting students, their safety, and their voice. And for that reason, I will be supporting this measure today. Thank you. Assemblymember Rodriguez, seeing and hearing no further debate. Assemblymember Al-Hawari, do wish to close. Thank you so much Mr Speaker and to all the members today all of my colleagues who spoke out both in support and raising some of your concerns I truly appreciate the opportunity to hear directly from all of you And I want to take a step back just to start by saying how important it is that our students are safe on campus. It is so incredibly important that our students are safe on campus. Every single student deserves to feel safe on campus. And what has happened or what happened or what we heard about today is absolutely not okay. Absolutely not okay. So we have to do everything we can to ensure that we continue to make that happen. And I'm so grateful that my colleagues, especially those who raised their mics to share their perspective from the Jewish caucus, truly drilled that home today. Every single student on every single campus deserves to be safe, and we have to do everything we can to protect them. That is number one, and that is not something that I ever want to change while I'm here in this body. what I think is also important is that when we hear from the students when we hear directly from the young people who are being impacted by legislation that we pass on this floor that we do something about it that we don't allow unintended consequences to fester but that we really lift up those young people and say what can we do differently I truly appreciate my colleague from Thousand Oaks, who has taught us about the importance of tracking implementation of our legislation. And I really want to just uplift our speaker who has actually put that into practice to do outcomes review about every single one of our pieces of legislation. That when we know that there's an unintended consequence, that we take leadership, we take ownership of our legislation and we do what we can to fix it. In this case, I heard my colleague mention that I didn't start a dialogue. and I want to just clarify that I was asked not to touch this legislation at all. I was asked to leave it alone because it was a priority of the Jewish caucus, and I want to be mindful that we always work together, but if someone says don't touch it, I think it's important that we really acknowledge, well, if I'm hearing from these students, how can we work together if I'm being asked not to even touch it? And so I brought the students here to share their stories. We had a lunch and learn and the students had an opportunity to share what they were going through. Some of our colleagues, including those from the Jewish caucus, had a chance to join us for that. And I spoke to the chair of the Jewish caucus to share. We're bringing students to share their stories. I just want to give you an opportunity to know that this is happening, recognizing that we don't want to touch anything related to the time, place and manner policies policies that are keeping our students safe on campus. I want to take responsibility as well, because there are opportunities for us to push back, to say, hey, I know you don't want me to touch this, but let's talk more about it. I recognize that I'm still learning, but I really do want to acknowledge that there were missed opportunities for communication in that process And at the same time when we brought those students to share their stories the ask was also not to touch it And we have to do something y We can just let legislation and the impacts the unintended impacts of those pieces of legislation to fester. And so when we have a young woman who comes up and says, I don't have access to my degree. I don't have access to enrolling in classes. me and four of my colleagues, we led a protest at our campus at UC Irvine. We were so proud to fight back against ICE. But because we forgot to apply to a permit for amplified sound, we are now on an administrative list that doesn't even allow us to get our degree. Young students, first generation like so many of us on this floor, who have an opportunity to go to a university, some of the most prestigious universities in the world, and we are telling them, you can't graduate because you forgot to apply for a permit. 30 seconds. Let's be honest. That's not what we intended, and we have to do something about it. And we have to do it together. We have to be honest. We have to be courageous. We have to push each other with conversations. And we have to say, we know that in this moment, what we intended is going well. We are keeping students safe, but there's also these unintended consequences and we gotta fix that too. And that's what I'm asking of you all today. Let's work together to make sure that we're fixing those consequences that we have seen as a result while also keeping in place the opportunity to keep our students safe because that is our number one priority. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you Assemblymember El-Hawari. 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. Madam Majority Leader. Thank you. Thank you. Assemblymember El Juarez move the call. We're going to pass temporarily on 32. We're going to skip up to file item 38 is AB 1159 by Assemblymember Addis. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1159 by Assemblymember Addis, an act relating to privacy. Assemblymember Addis, you are recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker I here to present AB 1159 that makes critical improvements to California student data privacy laws and is back on concurrence and I respectfully ask for your aye vote Thank you Assemblymember Addis. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 49. Excuse me. Ayes 15. Nos 3. Senate amendments are concurred in. Okay, members, we're going to go on to our Senate bills. According to file item 57, we'll pass or maintain on 57, 58, 59, 60. File item 61 is SB 1148 by Senator Nilo, presented by Assemblymember Patterson. Clerk will read. Senate Bill 1148 by Senator Nilo, an act relating to professions and vocations. Assemblymember Patterson, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to present SB 1148 on behalf of Senator Nilo. SB 1148 introduces a simple but impactful change by allowing guards the option to complete the full 40 hours of their training before receiving their guard card. Under current law, the majority of required security officer skills training must be completed after a guard card has been issued. The current system creates a hurry-up-and-wait scenario. The bill allows prospective guards to enter the job market fully certified without changing the content or quality of the training. 1148 has received bipartisan support in both houses. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you assembly member Patterson. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the vote, ayes 56, no zero. The measure passes. Members, will you join me in welcoming back retired Assemblymember, current sheriff. Join me in welcoming back current sheriff, retired Assemblymember Jim Cooper is here joining us. Thank you. Bill 8364, file item 65 is SB 887 by Senator Padilla, presented by Assemblymember Connolly. Clerk will read. Assemblymember Connolly, you are recognized. Thank you. Speaker and members, rise today to present SB 887 on behalf of Senator Padilla. SB ensures data centers comply with CEQA and encourages the data centers if built to contribute to the grid and their surrounding community Modern data centers consume massive amounts of energy and water and require large investments in the energy grid. Without proper guardrails, these data centers threaten public health, air quality, and the water supply of our most vulnerable communities. In Center Padilla's district, a million square foot, 330 megawatt project alongside a residential community and elementary school has broken ground with no public input or environmental review. This bill would ensure data centers are not exempt from environmental review and public scrutiny and creates a pathway for data centers to get expedited, secret review if they are good neighbors that contribute to the local grid and communities. This bill will ensure that the concerns of the people will be heard going forward. Thank you. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on behalf of Senator Padilla. Thank you Assemblymember Connolly. I'll debate having Cease Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Thank you. Thank you. Passed temporarily on 66, passed or retained on 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73. File item 74 is SB 337 by Senator Menjivar, presented by our Majority Leader. Clerk will read. Senate Bill 337 by Senator Menjivar and others, an act led to presence. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise to present SB 337 on behalf of Senator Menjivar. This is a great bill. This bill will help prevent sexual violence in state prisons by strengthening accountability, oversight, and protections for incarcerated people. Thank you and respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. I'll debate having ceased. Clerk will open the roll. Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally votes Ayes ayes ayes ayes ayes ayes ayes 60 no 0 The measure passes Passed temporarily on 75 76 Passed routine on 77 78 79 File item 80 SP 1345 by Senator Wahab presented by Assemblymember Bryan. Clerk will read. Senate vote 1345 by Senator Wahab, an act related to foster children. Assemblymember Bryan, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I rise, present SB 1345 on behalf of Senator Wahab. A lot of times foster youth bounce around between placements, and when you go from place to place, you don't often know when you are going to be transported to your next placement. And because of the suddenness of this happening, many times youth are forced to put their belongings in trash bags or cardboard boxes that then go with them to place to place. and sometimes they experience a placement change without grabbing all of their necessary belongings. What this bill does is it establishes a clear and enforceable right for foster youth to have reasonable access and dignified transportation of their belongings. It's an important bill. It has had bipartisan support thus far, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember O'Brien. I'll debate having C-scope 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-61, no-0. Measure passes. File item 81 is SB 1365 by Senator Allen, presented by Assemblymember Kalra. Clerk will read. Senate Bill 1365 by Senator Allen and others, and actually the price gouging. Assemblymember Collier, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Palisades and Altadena fires destroy thousands of homes and displace tens of thousands of people with many still living in temporary housing as they navigate the rebuild process. Existing law provides price gouging protection in disaster areas, including prohibitions on raising rental rates more than 10% above the prices charged immediately prior to the emergency. During their efforts to enforce these protections, the L.A. City Attorney encountered loopholes in the law that had been utilized to circumvent the 10% cap. current law applies to leases up to 12 months and a short-term day rate rentals at the time of the disaster. However, the city attorney has seen many instances of leases being offered for 366 days and long-term leases converted to day rates after the disaster declaration with effective rent increases of more than 200%. SB 1365 would close these loopholes by applying rent gouging protections to any lease, regardless of length, and to units rented using day rates after the disaster. Closing these loopholes will protect vulnerable disaster victims from being rent-gouged when in desperate need of housing. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Kalra. I'll debate having Cease, Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. all members vote who desire to vote all members vote who desire to vote all . Thank you. Assemblymember Colorado, let's move the call. Pass or retain on 82-83. File item 84. SB 883 by Senator Umberg, presented by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, file item 84. Clerk will read. Senate Bill 883 by Senator Umberg and others, an act relating to hazardous materials. Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, you are recognized. Good morning, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise to present SB 883 on behalf of Senator Umberg, which increases California's oversight of reactive chemical storage facilities and improves protections for communities, workers, as well as first responders. On May 21st, 2026, a chemical storage tank containing approximately 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, MMA, a volatile and highly flammable liquid, begin overheating and releasing toxic vapors at the GKN Aerospace Facility in Garden Grove, Orange County. Sorry, I got my pages mixed up here. This bill aims to put guardrails in for community safety, and with that, we respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes, 44, noes, 12. The measure passes. Pass temporarily on 85. File item 86. It's SB 951 by Senator Reyes, presented by Assemblymember Brian. Clerk will read. Senate Bill 951 by Senator Reyes and others and I'm related to employment. Assembly member Bryan, you are recognized. Thank you colleagues. I rise to present SB 951 on behalf of Senator Reyes This bill requires that the Employment Development Department by January 1st 2028 report on how AI is affecting the workforce and industries across California This will give California the data we need to better prepare workers and policymakers for the advanced changes ahead. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Bryan. 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 Thank you. Thank you. We close the roll tally the votes Ties 41 Noes 14 The measure passes So apparently that new list is not ready because Harrison said that they just all told him recently that they wanted to pass him early. So he's running around right now trying to get them all turned up. Hello. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 45.5 to allow Assemblymember Bryan to speak on the adjournment in memory today. Without objection, such shall be the order. members we're going to use this downtime It's time to recognize Assemblymember Bryan for his adjournment in memory. If you need to continue your conversations, if you could take those off the floor and give you our respectful attention. Assemblymember Bryan, you are recognized for your adjournment of memory. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I rise to adjourn in the memory of Jamie Rarebreed Gregory, who was a beloved community advocate, violence interventionist, peacemaker, and survivor leader who unexpectedly passed on Saturday, August 9th. He left a profound void in the community, and he served South Central for many, many years. for approximately 15 years. He had devoted his life to serving throughout all of L.A. and especially in South Central. His impact could not be measured simply by titles, positions, or accolades, but by the lives he touched, the many lives, the conflicts he helped prevent, the families he stood beside, and the countless moments when he showed up for people during some of their most difficult times. Jamie worked on the front lines of violence intervention and community safety, helping to prevent violence in schools and neighborhoods while creating pathways towards peace and communities deeply impacted by trauma, violence, and loss. His service included supporting efforts such as the United Peace Ride, responding in the immediate aftermath of violence, and standing alongside families and community leaders as they navigated grief trauma and a difficult healing journey ahead He was also a core leader with Crime Survivors Speak and Californians for Safety and Justice, where he transformed his own experiences as a survivor of violence into a powerful source of healing, advocacy, and hope for others. He advocated for legislation in this very building, policies and public investments that expanded access to healing services, opportunities, and resources for survivors of crime throughout California and across the nation. To many, Jamie was affectionately simply known as Rare Breed, a name that came to represent far more than his nickname. It described the kind of person he was. Jamie went where others were often unwilling to go. He stood for peace when peace was difficult. He walked alongside people during their most painful moments, and time after time, he answered the call to show up for Los Angeles and the communities he loved, the same communities who loved him. Jamie's unexpected passing represents a tremendous loss to his family, his friends, colleagues, fellow advocates, the entire violence intervention network and survivor communities, and to countless individuals whose lives were changed and saved because he chose to serve. His legacy remains present in every life he touched, every survivor whose voice he helped strengthen every family he stood behind and every community he made stronger. Colleagues, please join me in adjourning in the memory of Jamie Rarebreed Gregory. Thank you, Assemblymember. Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Item 75 by Senator Umberg, presented by Senator Bauer-Cahan. The clerk will read. Senate Bill 574 by Senator Umberg and others, an act related to civil proceedings. Senator Bauer-Cahan, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. On behalf of Senator Umberg, I rise to present SB 574, which protects clients receiving legal services by establishing rules for the use of AI by attorneys, judges, and court neutrals, as well as improving the State Bar's arbitration certification program. Artificial intelligence is prevalent everywhere, including the legal industry, and honestly, legal briefs of where we have seen some of the most egregious hallucinations. This will set the rules of the roads that artificial intelligence can be used, but in a way that meets the standards that our bar should be professing as attorneys in this state. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Sino for the debate. The clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 42, nos 0. The measure passes. Item 76, SB 867 by Senator Padilla, presented by Assemblymember Lowenthal. The clerk will read. Assemblymember Lowenthal, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Thank you, members. Today I rise to present SB 867 on behalf of Senator Padilla. Social intelligence has embedded itself into nearly every corner of modern life and has made its way into our workplaces, our schools, our healthcare, and in our homes. And recently, AI chatbots have found their way into our children's toys. The market has been flooded with toys such as teddy bears that are powered by the same technology running chatbots such as Grock. Researchers testing these toys have found alarming outcomes toys marketed to children have been found to speak in depth about sexually explicit topics giving kids advice on where to find dangerous objects such as matches or knives, promote increased usage through addictive features, and pose data privacy risks. In California, we have some of the strictest toy safety laws that protect children from a myriad of physical harm such as exposure to toxic substances and choking hazards, but we need to update these regulations to address the psychological harm that these products can pose as well. We're in a cycle. Technology moves faster than regulation we're not fully aware of the harm until it is too late. SB 867 breaks this cycle by placing a four-year moratorium on the sale and manufacturing of AI chatbot powered toys, allowing proper time for lawmakers to modernize our toy safety regulations to fit this digital age. Innovation without guardrails, especially when it comes to our kids, is not boldness, it's recklessness. We need to put in the time and the thought to get this right because it's our children's well-being at stake. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you Assemblymember. Signal for the debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 47, noes 0. Measure passes. Thank you. Thank you. Members, we need some floor managers because I know Assemblymember cholera wants me to call the vote Thank you Thank you. Members, we will lift the call on. We'll lift the call on item 30, AB 605, Maratsuchi. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. This is a 41. Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 41, noes 17. That measure passes. and members we can entertain vote changes from your desk if anybody has a vote change feel free to put your mic up no vote changes old stars Members will be lifting the call on item 44 AB 2222. the clerk will open the roll all members vote who desire to vote all members vote who desire to vote this is me that's me members vote who desire to vote all members who desire to vote this is a 54 vote bill members the clerk will close the roll and tally vote eyes 54 Noes 14 That measure passes Thank you. Thank you. members we will move to file item 85 sb-884 presented by mr. Valencia the The clerk will read. Senate Bill 884 by Senator Umberg and others, an act relating to elections and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately. Mr. Valencia, you are recognized, open on the matter. Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. AB 884 safeguards the integrity of California elections by allowing, at the discretion of county supervisors, to expand the electioneering buffer zones to 200 feet, prohibiting both electioneering and non-time-sensitive law enforcement actions. This is an important response to credible threats to our election process, with time-limited safeguards to protect voters and ensure access to the ballot in this coming election. With that, I respectfully ask for a yes vote. Thank you, Mr. Valencia. Seeing and hearing no further debate on the matter, the clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. This is a 54-vote bill, members. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. No, it's 54. Move the call, Madam Chair. Mr. Valencia moves the call. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. you to know that you have 11 hours and 10 minutes to midnight. Members, we are going to move to file item 79, SB 1160, presented by Mr. Gabriel. The clerk will read. Senate Bill 1160 by Senator DeRazzo, an act related to courts. Mr. Gabriel, you are recognized to open on the matter. Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I appreciate the opportunity today to present SB 1160 on behalf of Senator DeRazzo. This bill seeks to increase transparency so that we can better understand housing instability and homelessness across California through gathering eviction court data at the zip code level. Specifically, upon appropriation, this bill would ensure that the Judicial Council of California assesses what counties have the feasibility to report eviction data by zip code. It also allows counties with 100 or fewer zip codes for their data to be kept at the county-wide level just as they would report under current law. Year after year in the legislature, we continue to hear about the growing housing and homelessness crisis. And just last year, data showed that 13% of low-income households, more than 800,000 renters, support report facing evictions. Further, a recent CalMatters article highlights that an eviction order increases the probability of becoming homeless by more than 300%, and these effects can persist for years after eviction. With the data this bill collects, policymakers, legal service providers, and local governments can identify patterns and outcomes like default between zip codes, track local and statewide progress on preventing homelessness. Members, we can't fix what we can't see. That's why this legislation is a vital step forward in addressing homelessness and housing instability across the state. Thank you and I respectfully request your aye vote on behalf of Senator Durazo. Thank you, Mr. Gabriel. Seeing and hearing no further debate on the matter, the clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote All members vote who desire to vote All members vote who desire to vote All members vote who desire to vote. This requires 41. all members who desire to vote this just requires 41 all members vote who desire to vote this requires 41 Mr. Gabriel moves the call. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Members, we are going to recess for 20 minutes under call of the speaker. Under call of the speaker means you must have a pass from the speaker in order to leave the building. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . The House is back in session. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your motions. Thank you, Madam Speaker. There are committee reports at the desk. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 63 to take up the following bills without reference to file for the purpose of concurrence of Senate amendments. AB 353, Berner, AB 1301, Petrie Norris, AB 2700, Patterson, AB 611, Lee, AB 2344, Haney. Without objection, that shall be the order. Without reference to file, AB 353, Bison Member Berner, the clerk will read. Assembly Bill 353 by Assemblymember Berner, an act relating to the Public Utilities Commission. Assemblymember Berner, you are recognized. Good afternoon, Madam Speaker and members. I rise to present AB 353, which is back on concurrence. AB 353 would recast the existing Office of Internal Audit Services at the CPUC and create the public-facing Inspector General position to oversee the office. The office is responsible for performing audits of key financial management and operational functions within the Commission. Although the CPUC does have an existing internal audit office, which was established in 2017, those reports are not regularly made public. The CPUC has a massive impact on our constituents' lives. We should ensure that the legislature and the CPUC is well informed about the Commission's strengths and efficiencies and to ensure that the office can recommend ways to ensure that there are no inefficiencies, waste or areas of improvement within the CPUC management. This bill got out of utilities and energy yesterday in a unanimous bipartisan support, and I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you, Assembly Member. Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Thank you. the clerk will close the roll and tally the vote ayes 48 nos 8 senate amendments are concurred in without reference to file ab 2700 by Assemblymember Patterson the clerk will read Assembly Bill 2700 by Assemblymember Patterson, an act relating to electricity. Assemblymember Patterson, you are recognized. Great, thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 2700, it's my privilege to present this bill today. I took it over from now Congressman James Gallagher, who is seeking relief for victims of a community he lost, Paradise. What 2700 would do is require the CPC to prepare a report recommending mechanisms to provide restitution for victims of utility-caused wildfires that occurred before July 12, 2019. As many of you know, many of those victims of those wildfires are still recovering to this day. And I'm pleased that AB 2700 will help them get to some conclusion of that. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote in concurrence to Senate amendments. Thank you, Assemblymember. Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 63, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Without reference to file AB 611 by Assemblymember Lee, the clerk will read. Assembly Bill 611 by Assemblymember Lee. an act relating to taxation and making an appropriation therefore. Assemblymember Lee, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 611 establishes a voluntary tax contribution checkoff to raise funds for spinal cord injury treatment research. Over 300,000 people in the United States are living with spinal cord injuries. This bill demonstrates our state's ongoing commitments to finding treatments and solutions to help California's living with spinal cord injuries. This bill is a totally sigma bill, and I would encourage all the unks to vote for it. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 55, noes 1. Senate amendments are concurred in. Without reference to file AD 2344 by Assemblymember Haney, the clerk will read. Assembly vote 2344 by Assemblymember Haney, an act relating to animal abuse. Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized. All right. Well, thank you, Madam Speaker and members. This is for the puppies and the kittens. So hopefully that is something that we can all agree on. Right now, animals that are involved in cruelty cases who have been victimized and are being held in shelters as evidence. And the result of that is that many of these dogs and cats are being held for months and months treated as evidence and not being able to be adopted out into safe permanent and loving homes This bill will create a more streamlined process so that we can get those dogs and cats into homes and not continue to victimize them This is something that has had bipartisan support and I will respectfully ask for your aye vote on behalf of the puppies and kittens. Thank you, Assemblymember. Seeing no debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 68, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. item 66 SB 960 by Senator Cabaldon presented by Assemblymember Alvarez the clerk for we Senate bill 960 by Senator Cabaldon and not relating to public post-secondary education Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Good afternoon, members. I rise on behalf of Senator Capaldon to present SB 960. SB 960 and its companion measure, my bill, Assembly Bill 2694, reform the community college baccalaureate degree program process to put student outcomes at the center. Today a community college can only offer a bachelor's degree if no campus of the CSU or the UC offers a similar program. This has led to years of contentious debate over duplication, often stalling programs and denying students the access to degrees they need for their local jobs. SB 960 removes this contentious language and replaces it with an objective standard, unmet regional workforce needs. If that standard is met, then the degree can proceed at a community college level. This determination will be made by the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, which ensures that decisions are based on data and not on turf wars from institutions. The bill creates two pathways for approval, streamlining the process for non-controversial programs, those that are not duplicative, while still allowing for review when an objection is raised on duplicative programs from the UC and CSU. The number of BA programs a district can offer is linked to the performance of its core mission, which is its student success and earning certificates or associates degrees. That's what community colleges are set to do. Better performance of this means that there are more opportunities for bachelor degree programs to be offered at that particular community college. These reforms will expedite the review process, allow students to enter the workforce sooner without having to wait from segments to resolve disputes that they often find themselves in, as we've seen over the last few years. The bills ensure that our higher education system is designed around the needs of students and workforce. I appreciate all of the work that was done on this, particularly by the higher education committees in both houses and by our staff, and respectfully ask your aye vote on this bill. Thank you Assemblymember. SM member Fong, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. As chair of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education I rise in strong support for SB 960 I want to thank Senator Cobaldon and my colleague from San Diego for their many months of hard work and collaboration around this issue As a former trustee for the Los Angeles Community College District, I witnessed firsthand how life-changing it can be for our students to access baccalaureate degree programs, such as respiratory therapy at LA Valley College, dental hygiene at West LA College. Those programs will remain grandfathered in. SB 960 expands the kind of baccalaureate degrees that community colleges may offer when a documented workforce need exists, even if it duplicates programs offered by the California State University. This issue of duplication is extremely complex and has been contentious, and I believe the framework established in SB 960 and AB 2694 is thoughtful and balanced. Applications will be faster. Colleges will be able to meet local workforce needs. As someone who's been deeply involved in these issues for the past few years as chair of the committee, we know that the existing process has been challenging with contentious disputes and is not working optimally. The framework in SB 960 and Assembly Bill 2694 ensures that community colleges are accomplishing a mission that they can accomplish. They accept the top 100% of students and they prepare students for transfer to four-year colleges in the workforce. demonstrating success in these core missions would be to offer more back-to-door degrees that inherently seems fair and also expand access to higher education for all of our students in California but that I respectfully ask for an aye vote on SB 960. Thank you Assemblymember. Seeing no further debate Assemblymember Alvarez would you like to close? Thank you Madam Speaker and thank you to our colleague Chair of Higher Education our member from Los Angeles. Through the diligent work of his committee, we've been able to address a lot of the issues that have been raised by all the stakeholders who care about this issue. I appreciate all of you who have taken the time to have a conversation about this bill. Also, I know many of us have heard from our local community college districts, both presidents, CEOs, chancellors and trustees. There are some technical issues that have been raise about particularly around the issue of tears which many of you have spoken to me about I appreciate hearing from you. This bill is not implemented if passed and signed by the governor along with AB 2694 they both have to be signed by the governor. They would not be implemented until the year 2028 which gives us all of next year to identify any of these smaller technical issues that have come up both Senator Cabaldon and I have expressed to those of you who have asked us if we are going to be looking at addressing those technical issues and we are committed to doing so in partnership with our community college system to make sure we're addressing those concerns that may still remain. We have time to do that. This is a big step forward, though, as the chair just mentioned, to try and eliminate some of these objections and some of these turf wars that are no good for anybody. At the end of the day, what we're trying to do is provide our students with access to opportunities through bachelor's degree. That's what we intend and we hope that with your support we'll be able to do that with SB 960. Respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you. Thank you, Assemblymember. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 48, Noes 1. The measure passes. Thank you. Senate amendments will be concurred in. Item 73 SB 1392 by Senator Cortese, presented by Assemblymember Ramos. The Clerk will read. Senate Bill 1392 by Senator Cortese and others, an act relating to air pollution. Assemblymember Ramos, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present SB 1392 by Senator Cortese. This bill creates a narrowly tailored smog check exemption for qualifying collector vehicles, beginning with model years 1976 through 1980, and gradually phasing in additional model years through 1985 by 2033. California has a long and distinctive car culture. These vehicles are part of our history, our communities, and for many Californians, their family stories. An example of this is in my district as we celebrate 35 years of Rendevis history in downtown San Bernardino honoring Route 66. SB 1392 draws clear limits around exemption. Qualifying vehicles must be used primarily for shows, parades, charitable functions, and historical exhibitions, not daily transportation. Owners must also either document that their vehicle is driven fewer than 1,000 miles per year or carry collector car insurance. Recent amendments have added safeguards developed with the administration, bar, and DMV to ensure the exemption applies only to genuine collector vehicles and can be effectively administered and enforced. This is a narrow and controlled exemption that also maintains the protection of our broader emissions control framework. SB 1932 preserves California's automotive heritage and makes it possible for Route 66 to continue in the Inland Empire. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 49, noes 4. The measure passes. Item 1, AB 2071 by Assemblymember Hoover. The Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2071 by Assemblymember Hoover and others in Act Relating to People Instruction. Assemblymember Hoover, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 2071 is back on concurrence. Amendments change curriculum frameworks to instructional resources and include elementary schools. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Signe. No further debate. The clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote the clerk will close the roll on tally of the vote I 60 knows 0 Senate amendments are concurred in item 1180 2163 by some member Jeff Gonzales the clerk will read assemble 2163 by by Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez an act relating to energy Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez you recognized Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise today to present AB 2163, which is back on concurrence. Senate amendments added procedural flexibility as well as the prioritization of projects providing a prevailing wage and a skilled and trained workforce. This bill is sponsored by Imperial County and supports the development of renewable clean energy, particularly lithium and geothermal, within Lithium Valley. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. So you know, for the debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 62, nos 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Assemblymember Gabriel has asked to lift the call on item 79, SB 1160. The clerk will post. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 47, noes 18. The measure passes. Item 33, AB 2294 by Assemblymember Ta. The clerk will read. Assembly vote 2294 by Assemblymember Ta and others, an act relating to state government. Assemblymember Ta, you are recognized. Thank you. Madam Speaker, the bill is back on concurrent. It is a support-support bill. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 65, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Thank you. Thank you Item 88 SB 1013 by Senator Cervantes presented by Assemblymember Lowenthal the clerk will read Senate Bill 1013 by Senator Cervantes and others, an act relating to personal information. Assemblymember Lowenthal, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I rise to present Senate Bill 1013 on behalf of Senator Cervantes. In 2016, the legislature passed SB 34 to require safeguards around automated license plate readers, ALPRs, use. Yet a 2020 state auditor's report found widespread noncompliance. Agencies shared ALPR data with hundreds, even thousands, of outside entities, including federal immigration authorities, in direct violation of state law. Many agencies failed to establish required policies. Some commingled ALPR data with other sensitive personal information with few safeguards on employee access. The six recommendations made by the 2020 state auditor to the legislature, all of which would be addressed by SB 1013, have yet to be implemented. Six years later, violations have continued. The Attorney General was forced to issue an advisory to clarify the rules. We have seen ALPR systems used to track immigrants, facilitate unlawful data sharing, and to stalk or harass private citizens in Marin, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and Sacramento counties. Women have been stalked. people have been held at gunpoint and accused of stealing their own cars, and agencies have been told their own records show they shared location information with ICE and Border Patrol. This should alarm everyone. Reproductive and gender-affirming care are being criminalized in various states. The concern that ALPR data can be misused to track and criminalize individuals traveling for these services and those assisting them in California is no longer hypothetical. It is happening. Four bills aimed at updating and reforming California's ALPR regulations have failed since 2022. It is past due time to regulate these systems. Senate Bill 1013 focuses on making ALPR use by law enforcement agencies safer for Californians through targeted reforms. The bill requires the California Department of Justice to conduct random annual audits of public agencies that are ALPR operators or end users and requires safeguards restricting which employees can see ALPR data. It also requires new or updated contracts with ALPR vendors to ensure no default access is provided to any national ALPR database and that an agency's collection scans are by default not accessible to any other agency. Most notably, as assembly amendments, SB 1013 requires a public agency to archive ALPR Pardon me. Mr. Pro Tem. Madam majority leader, you're recognized. Sorry. We'd like to take a pause on this and come back to it. Thank you. We're going to pass temporarily by item 88. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Members, on behalf of Assemblymember Marisucci, I would like to welcome Mr. Tatsuya Ito, member of the House of Representatives of Japan and other guests who are joining us in the rear of the chamber today. Please join us in giving them a warm assembly welcome. Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. SB1301 by Senator Allen, presented by Assemblymember Harabedian. The clerk will read. Senate Bill 1301 by Senator Allen and others, an act relating to insurance. Assemblymember Harabedian, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present SB1301 on behalf of Senator Allen as a proud principal co-author. SB1301 brings greater transparency and fairness to insurance non-renewals. The bill requires insurance to provide specific reasons for non-renewal. gives homeowners an opportunity to mitigate identified risks, and prohibits non-renewals based solely on certain unfair factors, including claims below deductible or claims the insurer did not pay. California is the fourth highest non-renewal rate in the nation. Before the L.A. fires, the three largest insurers announced plans to drop nearly 50,000 policies, including thousands in Altadena and the Palisades. Recent amendments reflect an agreement with the insurance industry, which has moved from opposition to neutral. At the appropriate time, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Steno. For the debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote All those vote who desire to vote Thank you. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 41, noes 10. The measure passes. Item 50, AB 2513 by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2513 by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris, an act relating to wildfire. Assemblymember Petrie Norris, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, I rise to present AB 2513 back from the Senate on concurrence. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 53, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item 63, SB 878 by Senator Perez, presented by Assemblymember Harbedian. The Clerk will read. Senate Bill 878 by Senator Perez and others, an act of waiting to insurance. Assemblymember Harbedian, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present SB 878 by Senator Perez, the Insurance Payment Accountability Act, which I am a proud principal co-author of. SB 878 strengthens California's existing prompt payment insurance laws by imposing automatic interest penalties when insurers delay making coverage decisions or issuing payments. In the aftermath of a disaster, policyholders depend on these prompt payment protections enforced by the insurance commissioner, which require insurers to respond to claims and issue payments within established time frames. But despite these protections, survivors of the Eaton and Palisades fires experienced a hard truth. Insurance companies do not need to deny a claim to devastate a family. They only have to delay it. SB 878 reflects a growing consensus that prompt payments must be enforced, not just expected. There is no opposition to the bill as the insurance industry has moved to neutral. By creating clear enforceable consequences for delays, this bill reduces the incentive for insurers to stall coverage decisions and strengthens California's insurance system so families can access the resources they need and begin recovering sooner. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote All those vote who desire to vote The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 46, noes 0. the measure passes. Without reference to file AB 1301 by Assemblymember Petrie Norris, the clerk will read. Assembly vote 1301 by Assemblymember Petrie Norris, an act relating to electricity and making an appropriation, therefore. Assemblymember Petrie Norris, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, AB 1301 is back from the Senate on concurrence. Respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 56, nos 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. item 24 ab 1575 by assembly member arambula the clerk were read i sent people 1575 by assembly member arambula an act relating to developmental services assembly member Mr. Rambula, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. This is my final bill on this floor today, this year, and for my time and service. And it's really an honor and a privilege to be able to present Assembly Bill 1575 that bore out of the service that I did during my time in the legislature working in Sub 1. As I was able to hear from advocates from Californians who came here to the people's house who were elevating their voice, we heard about the needs of our developmental disabilities community and how important it was for us to ground ourselves and their humanity and the dignity and respect that they deserve. We have a landmark piece of legislation here in California known as the Lanterman Act. That act has helped to guarantee us both rights and services for those who are involved in our disability community. This bill continues that arc of progress by making sure that we utilize person-first, person-centered language, instead of the stigmatizing language that we've used for a long time emanating from the landmark law, which was the Lanterman Act. And so this bill has received strong bipartisan support, and I'd ask for your continued support in this area. But as I leave the legislature, I'm also looking for champions, people who are willing to step into this space. and while we have so many people who are pulling on us while we have so many demands of our time one of the few things we as legislators do have is the ability to choose what we introduce laws on. Having introduced multiple laws in the disability space, I want to encourage those of you who might not have spent time introducing laws that there are more champions needed, that we need people who are advocating for both resources and for laws that will help us to give the dignity and respect that every Californian deserves. Now, I got that from years of listening to people coming to our state capitol, and I would I implore you, if you have not spent the time to listen to our disability community, to spend that time, to become a champion, to be able to introduce laws that help all Californians. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Dixon, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I wasn't expecting this bill, but I just want to stand respectfully in support of this bill. I think it's very important. In Orange County, I've become involved with a regional center that's based in Irvine. I didn't even know they existed. And I've told many people after I've learned that the scope of services from birth to death for developmentally disabled people, that it's probably one of the finest state programs I've been exposed to. And I'm very pleased to know about the regional centers. The reason I came in contact with them, I was meeting with the president of Goodwill of Orange County, and she introduced me to the concept of the regional centers because Goodwill, as many of us know, their large employee base is functionally disabled adults, young adults and older adults. And so kind of working backward from that, I learned about the regional centers. A little dark cloud that affects the regional centers, sadly, is that they are victims of private attorney general act lawsuits. I did not know that. And they brought it to my attention that a number of nonprofit agencies that comprise regional centers, that the regional centers fund, help fund, and help support, are dealing with lawsuits under wage and hour issues that typically happen with these lawsuits. And if you weren't leaving, Mr. Assemblyman, I would like to do something with you to help protect the nonprofits in the regional centers because their financial statements are public information, they are nonprofit organizations that work through the regional centers, then those who want to prey on these nonprofits know that they have money in their financial statements, so they go after them. In fact, there is a goodwill of Santa Clara County that was recently sued for several million dollars because they disclosed they had a generous gift donation by a private citizen. Anyway, I think it's wonderful. I'm very pleased to support your bill and also to give a shout-out to the regional centers of California. I think there are only 11 of them, and they do amazing work throughout the state helping developmentally disabled individuals through the web of nonprofits that are serving our community. So thank you and congratulations on a wonderful bill for your last bill Thank you Thank you Assemblymember Seeing no further debate Assemblymember Arambula would you like to close Thank you Madam Speaker Just to make sure I do correct the record I do believe there are 21 regional centers across our state I do want to take an opportunity to be able to thank my staff, the team who stood with me. none of us can do this alone. And this is a bill that's hundreds of pages in the making that we've been working on and amending all year, working with Ledge Council and the front of the House here to get this bill to this space today that I wanted to call out to everyone from Arlie to Victoria to Cevio, Elizabeth, and David, who I have in my capital, to Maria, Felicia, Damien, and Maricela in my district office. We've been centering ourselves and grounding ourselves in serving our community, and it's on their behalf that I'm able to present these laws and to be able to do as well as I do. But I wanted to make sure to end my time here in service and encouraging those who give of themselves in serving our state the recognition that they deserve as well. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes, 62, noes, 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item 36, AB 1294 by Assemblymember Haney. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1294 by Assemblymember Haney and others, an act relating to taxation to take effect immediately at tax levy. Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Dear members, AB 1294 will create a targeted workforce housing pilot just in the counties of San Francisco, Sacramento, and Alameda to help address the financing gap for moderate income housing. This bill provides a partial welfare property tax exemption for qualifying nonprofit-owned deed-restricted rental housing serving low and moderate income households. It will give California and these specific counties a practical tool to unlock more workforce housing and help ensure that people who serve our communities can afford to live in them. Would that respectfully ask for your aye vote? Thank you, Assemblymember Sina, for the debate. The clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 44, noes 4. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item 71, SB 1330 by Senator Adeguene, presented by Assemblymember Schultz. The clerk will read. Senate Bill 1330 by Senator Adeguene and others inoculating to crimes. Assemblymember Schultz, you are recognized. Well, thank you, Madam Speaker. Colleagues, I rise to present SB 1330 on behalf of the senator. The bill seeks to extend protections for utility workers who face growing threats and violence while in the performance of their duties. Under current law, an assault or battery committed against protected professionals, including peace officers firefighters and health care workers engaged in the performance of their duties are punishable by a county jail time of no more than one year by a fine not exceeding or by both that fine and county jail time This bill extends these protections to include utility workers, such as those who are employed by an investor-owned or publicly-owned water, electrical, or gas utility. Over the last several years, utility corporations have collected data on the incidences reported by utility workers, And in 2025, one utility alone in the state of California reported 180 hostile encounters involving their employees. Incidents of harassment and assault against utility workers create a stressful and unsafe work environment that can complicate the ability of workers to perform duties that are critical for the health and safety of our communities. This also delays critical public utility infrastructure projects and maintenance, including utility workers among employee groups afforded enhanced protection, promotes accountability through additional consequences. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on behalf of the state senator. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Sangeepo, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support of this bill. My brother is a utility worker, and some of my other family members are as well. And over Christmas, they were called out due to a flood that was happening with the wastewater and sanitation district here. and an individual and homeowner actually walked out and put a shotgun in his face, threatening him. So I want to thank the senator and thank the members for prioritizing a lot of our utility and frontline workers that are just trying to make sure that everybody could use the bathroom. So thank you, and I respectfully rise in support of this bill. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Davies, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I also would like to support this bill, SB 1330. And I think we also have to remember that these linesmen, our utility men, are first responders. They're the ones that go out there when there's emergencies before the firefighters can even get in there if there's hot lines out there. But once again, I sat down about a week ago with a few of them, and they were shot at a couple times. I mean, this is getting stronger and stronger, and it's really becoming an issue where they're going to have to wear fire vests, excuse me, bullet vests while they're actually up there trying to make sure people are safe. So thank you so much for this bill. Respectfully ask for an aye vote, too. Thank you, Assemblymember. Thank you for the debate. Assemblymember Schultz, would you like to close? Thank you for the opportunity, Madam Speaker. Again, these are existing protections afforded under law seeking to expand the class of professionals that it applies to. Respectfully asking for your aye vote today. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 63, noses 0. The measure passes. item 83 SB 876 by Senator Padilla presented by a seminar Calderon the clerk for read Senate bill 876 by Senator Padilla presented by Assemblymember Calderon the Clerk for Weed Assemblymember Calderon you are recognized Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise today to present SB 876 on behalf of Senator Padilla. SB 876 will codify several measures intended to support policyholders after a covered loss. These measures include increased penalties for deceptive practices related to a state of emergency and address concerns around insurers' use of multiple adjusters. These reforms create a more reliable, accountable system that better supports Californians throughout their disaster recovery. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Seeing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk closed the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 44, noes 16. The measure passes. Thank you. to supplemental file number one second reading clerk will read assemble 795 all bills will be deemed read and all amendments will be deemed adopted we'll begin with item 202 ab1331 by assembly member al-hawar the clerk will read assemble bill 1331 by assembly member el hawari and others in act relating to employment as i remember al-hawar you're recognized thank you so much madam speaker and members ab1331 is is back on concurrence. We took significant amendments in the Senate and now the bill only prohibits employers from using surveillance tools to monitor workers in the bathroom. I know we don't wanna be monitoring workers in the bathroom. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you. Thank you, Assemblymember. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 42, nos 4. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item 203, AB 1680 by Assemblymember Calderon, the clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1680 by Assemblymember Calderon and others, an act relating to insurance. Assemblymember Calderon, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 1680 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments allow the California Fair Plan to request extensions of 30 calendar days to rectify violations found in the Department of Insurance report of examination. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assembly Members. Seeing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 50, nos 1. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item 204, AB 1709 by Assembly Member Lowenthal. The clerk will read. Assembly vote 1709 by Assemblymember Lowenthal and others, and I'm relating to businesses. Assemblymember Lowenthal, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, AB 1709 is back for concurrence. Last time we voted, this body voted on AB 1709. It passed the Assembly floor with unanimous bipartisan support. It also passed the Senate 39-0, unanimous bipartisan support. I believe that the vote reflects something that we are hearing loud and clear from the people of California. They are demanding that we act. Parents are asking us to step up and protect their children from the harmful design choices built into today's social media platforms. And as legislators, we have a responsibility to listen and respond. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who's helped work on this bill, the many stakeholders, especially the bipartisan group of joint authors. co-authors, and most importantly the staff who have invested countless hours and weekends into getting AB 1709 to where it is today. I'm very proud of the collaborative spirit that we have taken to getting this bill to where it is. This bill would not be where it is today without their hard work, and I want to recognize especially the staff of assembly privacy and judiciary committees, senate privacy and judiciary committees, Legislative Council, the Attorney General's Office, and the Governor's Office. Incredibly grateful for the time and expertise that has been put into this bill. The bill was amended in the Senate to take a more targeted approach. Rather than imposing a blanketed age restriction that would have prohibited kids under 16 from using social media platforms with addictive features, the bill now requires platforms to ensure that users under 16 are just not provided with addictive features. This means that kids under 16 could still use Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, and other covered social media platforms, but the platform must disable addictive features for those accounts. In other words, the bill regulates how the platforms are designed for kids, not whether kids can access social media altogether. Proud of the work that has been put into this bill, has moved throughout the process, And I feel now this bill addresses what we were truly trying to address all along, prohibiting children from the most harmful and addictive design practices these platforms use. The Assembly stood together on this issue once before, respectfully ask you to do so again. Ask for your aye vote on AB 1709. Thank you Assemblymember Assemblymember Hoover you recognized Thank you Madam Speaker I rise in support of AB and I truly do want to thank my colleague from Long Beach for all of his hard work that he has put into this bill. We started with a very lofty goal on this legislation. We wanted to protect kids online, and I think it's been stated by a number of our colleagues on the floor that everyone involved in this effort is a parent with a child that we have seen directly the impact social media or cell phones have had on their lives. We've seen a lot of headlines this week when it comes to meta, when it comes to social media, when it comes to lawsuits. And I think all of those are really important to continuing this conversation towards developing better standards for protecting kids online, particularly on social media. But at the end of the day, it is an incumbent on lawmakers to actually follow through with more policies that are going to help protect this, not just the courts, but lawmakers actually passing good policy. So I appreciate all your work and strongly urge an aye vote. Thank you. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Patterson, you are recognized. Great. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support of AB 1709, and it's been really a privilege to work with all my colleagues on this measure. And just want to acknowledge how crazy it is that this measure passed the Senate 39 to zero. I think that, you know, that sends a very loud message to really the public that children, that unanimously, at least in the Senate and hopefully soon in the Assembly here, that legislators from progressives to conservatives all agree that we can't be giving children addictive social media platforms that keep them on the platform and off of living life. And I said this last time, but one of the things that a lot of people like to talk about is like, well, what about parental control? Well, if you're going to give your kid access to a social media application, you can't control what they're doing from minute to minute and day to day on the application. So the option is only give them access to the social media platform or don't. And so here we're actually choosing, and I think it's really important for people to stop calling it a ban because it never really was that. The whole intent of this was actually to allow people, children, to use social media but not be fed the addictive features that are causing so much harm to them. And we all know it. It's not really – I don't even know. Is there even a debate there? So California is going its own approach because we have seen the failures in other places. And so we took those issues, and we've improved on it. And we've said, hey, you can be on social media. We're not going to keep you off social media. Just like my mom couldn't stop me from wearing baggy pants when I was a punk kid. Now I'm a punk adult. But, you know, there's not a lot you can do from stopping your kids, you know, doing some things. You have to coach them and help them make better decisions and things like that. But you can't just be hovering over them all time if you're going to give them access to these apps. But what we can do as a legislature is we can say, hey, we're going to control these addictive features from being fed to children in the first place. If they still want to go on the apps, that's fine, but we're not going to allow the apps addicted them to social media So I so happy of the work that been done on this bill Definitely will be a highlight of my career and one of the reasons why I so proud to be a member of the State Assembly. And with that, I ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Zubour, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Chair, members. I rise today in support of AB 1709, but I must admit I do that with some amount of trepidation, and I wanted to explain the reason for that. You know, it's been a long-standing policy of LGBTQ plus organizations to protect access to social media, which serve as a lifeline for so many LGBTQ youth. I really want to commend the author for working so closely with my office, with Equality California, with the Trevor Project and with others to really address the concerns that many people in our community have raised. And there's not a uniform point of view in the LGBTQ community because we look at these issues both from the perspective of having been LGBTQ youth and having been isolated and also from the perspective of the fact that we're parents and understand the harm that these platforms pose. The chair of the LGBTQ caucus and the chair of the privacy committee held a hearing on LGBTQ youth and social media earlier this year and there was, you know, it was really noteworthy some of the things that came out of that. Some of the experts testified that the harmful impacts of social media are actually compounded for LGBTQ youth who are particularly vulnerable to anti-LGBTQ hate and cyber bullying. At the same time, some of those experts argued that it would be even more harmful to restrict access to social media for this group. And so the goal here is to make sure that there are platforms for the 13 to 16-year-old groups that are safe. And that is really the goal, and I know that's the goal that the author has shared. Because for LGBTQ youth, social media is not just entertainment. It's a vital source of connection, identity affirmation, and emotional support. Online spaces can be a source of peer connection and mental health support, and in particular, youth in the 13 to 16-year-old age range need that connection. That's when youth are beginning to question and explore and step into their identities. For youth who do not have support and affirmation in person, social media can offer access to role models, exposure to diverse identities, safe spaces for exploration, and a framework for self-understanding. For some teens, the online support is the only support available, and social media also connects these youth to crisis resources. I actually met about two weeks ago with Dee Dee Hirsch, which is the suicide prevention in my district, and one of the things they told me is that about 22 or 23 percent of the calls they have come from youth between the ages of 13 and 16, and they said that social media is the way that those youth find them and find those services. So it's incredibly important. It's an incredibly important issue. I'd like to thank the author for his hard work on the bill and for being so responsive to the concerns of the LGBTQ plus community. This bill recognizes that as the reach of AI grows and social media platforms continuously expand, we have to constantly balance online safety for youth with access to, for the meaningful access to the community. I look forward to hearing recommendations from the Safety Commission and monitoring the implementation of this bill. I have confidence that the author will be monitoring that implementation as well and continue to protect our youth while maintaining access to critical resources The goal is really to make sure and I think the thing that I fear is that safe platforms will disappear and we need to make sure that the safe platforms for those kids from the 13 to 16 are maintained, and I look forward to the work of the Safety Committee to do that. So with that, I just wanted to explain why I've had such trepidation with this bill. I want to thank the author again for listening and for working with the LGBTQ community, and I respectfully and strongly ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember DiMaio, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support of AB-1709, and I'm not going to belabor the policy points. I discussed that when the bill was originally in this body several months ago when it passed unanimously on a bipartisan vote. But I want to take this time, and I hope members of this body on both sides of the aisle can appreciate and can build on what drove this bill forward. Because if we build on this model, there are a lot of other issues I think we can make great progress on for Californians. When we set aside partisanship, when we say, look, we're not going to look at an issue as a Democrat or an Independent or a Republican, Second, what we want to do is build coalitions and do good public policy. This is a bill that's challenging some powerful groups. I mean, tech has so much money. They're printing it. They're creating it. They're inventing it. They can intervene in politics if they don't like something. But this bill is substantial and is going to do good work despite some opposition from the tech companies. And I believe that's because the author of this legislation built a bipartisan coalition. That sends a message to those powerful interest groups. You can't divide us. You can't pick us off. No, this is a bipartisan consensus. And this is not easy because there are two issues that I struggled with on this bill. Originally, I was a no. First was personal freedom. But as we look at what this bill is doing, there are ample examples, corollaries, where we have restricted personal freedom for minors, whether it's violent movies from years ago, different substances that adults get to purchase, but not minors. The second issue is federalism. Is this the appropriate role for a state government to be making these rules, or should we be doing it at the federal level? I would argue it's better to do this stuff at the federal level. But in the absence of responsible leadership and action by our U.S. Congress, and this is not one side of the aisle or the other, it's the entire institution has failed to act. in the absence of action at the federal level, we have to move forward. And maybe that will force the hand of federal lawmakers to do their job. So I would just like to put as a provocative item on the table, what would happen if we took a 70% issue, my colleague from Santa Barbara, like banning offshore drilling and protecting our coast? What would happen, and instead of looking at it as a partisan issue, We looked at it the same way the author of this bill handled the subject. We could do some pretty good stuff, and it could be a win-win, but it would require that we're boundless. Or how about on data centers, a topic that we've been addressing with several pieces of legislation here. Again, issue after issue, on these areas where the federal government has failed to act, where we're up against powerful interest groups that can spend a lot of money in politics, the way we can solve it is if we put aside the partisanship and work together. The powerful groups can't stop good ideas if we work together. Our default mode is partisanship. That's not what the author chose. He could have. He has the votes. He could have a 50-vote bill, 55-vote bill. He wanted to get a unanimous bill, and he's going to, I hope, going to continue to get that. And so hats off to you. Thank you for partnering with this side of the aisle, specifically with my colleague from Placer County. This becomes a template. It's not going to work on every issue. I'm not Pollyannish. But please, next year, let's look to the model that was established by my colleague from Long Beach on this piece of legislation. And let's see if we can emulate it in other issue areas. With that, I urge an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I also rise in strong support of AB 1709. Members, you've heard me speak on this issue a few times related to our youth, particularly our teens, but also our very young children, as young as one years old, and how we are seeing the effects of not just social media, but technology and how that is having real harms. whether it's the youngest children with speech delays or our teens. As we all have people come into our office, I had a group of high school students come, very well versed in this subject. It was three young men and a young woman. And the young woman, just a gorgeous woman. And the reason I mention this is because she was pleading with us to do something about these platforms. And she shared her personal story about being involved with cutting and having suicide thoughts. And if you had seen her just walking by, you would not believe she was really having any types of these feelings. and it just shows you how profound these platforms can be for young adults. And yes, we all know that once we engage personally with the platforms, it takes us down a platform. I'll just give you another example. I was getting ready to travel to Italy and started looking at some media, and it started sharing all of these images of pickpocketing in Italy. and by the time I got to Italy I was so terrified that I started acting as if I had to hold my purse so close but again it takes all of us down certain types of threads and it can really have an effect on us so as I've seen excellent work from some of my younger colleagues I know there will be more work in the future but this is an issue of our time it's an issue of our time and I'm so proud of the members who are working in this space because it has real effects in our families in our homes and for our young adults With that I ask for your aye vote Thank you Assemblymember Assemblymember Barra you recognized Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I also rise in support of AB 1709. I want to thank our colleague from Long Beach for his incredible efforts on this. It is an honor to be a joint author on this legislation and have worked alongside him to make sure that our children will be safer in California. This will be the first in the nation bill that really protects our youth. And I wanted to rise in large part in honor of the children whose parents have come before the Privacy Committee week in and week out asking us to do more. And today I'm thinking of so many of them, Alexandra, Coco, who are no longer with us, but for whom we are going to protect other kids in their memory. And I just want to add that I think that one of the most powerful pieces of this bill is the eSafety Commission, a proactive effort to try to regulate this industry in a way that we do so many others. And this is really just a first step in that effort. I think that Californians deserve a place in to reach out when online spaces are not complying with the laws that we have passed, whether it be this law on 16 and under or the laws related to deepfakes, non-consensual pornography and other such abuses of the technology. And so I want to thank our colleague for this first step and just remember that we need to remain vigilant in ensuring that California remains safe for children in person and online. Thank you. Assemblymember Wicks, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, I just wanted to rise in the chorus here and express deep gratitude to my colleague from Long Beach and thrilled and honored to be a joint author on this, along with my colleague from Miranda and so many of you, and also recognize the bipartisan nature. And the point I wanted to underscore is our kids know they need this. Like, they're looking to the grownups to make grownup decisions about keeping them safe. And I've had conversations with some of your children about this. And they know. They want us to do the right thing. And all we're doing here is delaying the exposure for the negative impacts that come from a lot of these tools. And the kids know they don't like feeling like they have no self-esteem when they come off of these platforms. They don't like feeling like they're missing out from what all their friends are doing. They don't like the feelings, the creeping feelings for some of them of the suicidal ideation that comes from this exposure. They don't like feeling unsafe. They don't like feeling bullied. And we see so much of the impacts of these platforms on our kids. So let's delay all of those. Let's let our kids be kids. You know, as I said last week, I'm on, like, team, like, more scraped knees, less doom scrolling. And so with that, just I'll end my remarks. I know we have a lot to get through, but respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Lowenthal, would you like to close? Well, I'm truly inspired to hear these words and to be part of something so collaborative and so impactful. And, you know, listening to the words of my colleague from West Hollywood, my colleagues from San Diego, one thing that's notable about this policy is that it does give a lot of consternation. We've never done anything like this. This is new. We've never tried to get an entire generation off an addiction. This is a public health crisis that we're in right now. You know, suicide is now the number two, it's just risen to the number two cause of death for children aged 10 to 14 Stop and think about that for a moment It bad And so this policy is what we have to do It is our responsibility to step up and change the game. But it's not going to be perfect. I'm going to let you in on that secret right now. We need to look at this the same way that we look at our education policy. It is going to be in a constant state of evaluation. A constant state of measuring, a constant state of optimization. We're always going to have to note, who is this impacting disproportionately? Who is it impacting positively? How can we make it better and better? And that is a critical reason why oversight is a part of this and the creation of an eSafety Commission. You know, I just want to say this last thing before I ask for your vote. It seems right now that we're in this watershed moment. But it's not really a watershed moment, it's more like an avalanche. It's the course of the year since we introduced this bill. Think about the conversations that are happening in your district right now. They have changed dramatically. And I think back to less than a year ago when I was in Australia in December for the implementation of their age gating policy. And I wanted to talk to the policy makers, but I also just wanted to talk to the people. I wanted to talk to families. I wanted to talk to people in the streets and ask them how they felt about it. And guess what? It was remarkably non-controversial. For everyone there, they understood that it was going to be imperfect policy, but they had to step up and do something. And to the point of my colleague from San Diego, California cannot wait any longer for a derelict federal government to act. So I want to compliment all of you for stepping up today and meeting this moment. Thank you. And with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 74, Noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to lift the call on item 31, AB 2551. The clerk will post. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 43, Noes 8. Senate amendments are concurred in. Item 205 AB 1871 by Assemblymember Fong, the clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1871 by Assemblymember Fong and others, in act relating to pupil instruction. Assemblymember Fong, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. Assembly Bill 1871 proposes reforms to the College and Career Access Pathways Dual Enrollment Program to remove barriers and expand participation. Senate amendments address canchapering out conflicts. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on concurrence. Thank you. Thank you, Assemblymember. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 68 noes 0 Senate members are concurred in Noes zero Send out my mentor Concord in Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your procedural motion. At the request of the author, please place item 10, AB 2693, Alvarez on the inactive file. Clerk will note. Thank you. Tanya Bennett, Consul General of Australia, joining us today in the rear of the chamber. Tanya has been a powerhouse in championing critical issues affecting people across the globe and an outstanding partner in strengthening the relationship between California and Australia. I have had the privilege of working with Tanya on policies affecting our youth and emerging technologies, and I am honored to be welcoming her to the Assembly floor today. Please join me in giving her a warm Assembly welcome. We continue on with our file. File item number 206, that's AB 2059 by Assemblymember Wilson. The click will read. Assembly Bill 2059 by Assemblymember Wilson and others in act relating to environmental equality. Assemblymember Wilson, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, AB 2059 is back for concurrence. This bill enjoyed unanimous support in the Senate, and it recognizes that rural communities are unique and special and should be treated differently as it retains to certain laws. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you. Assemblymember Wilson, all debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote. Who desire to vote? All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 59, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 207 is AB 2065 by Assemblymember Petrie Norris. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2065 by Assemblymember Petrie Norris and others, an act relating to public utilities. assemblymember petrie-nurris you are recognized thank you mr speaker members ab 2065 is back from the senate on concurrence respectfully ask for your aye vote thank you assemblymember petrie-nurris 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 Ayes 44, noes 10. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 208 is AB 2204 by Assemblymember Gabriel. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2204 by Assemblymember Gabriel and others, an act relating to prisons. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I rise today to present AB 2204, the Second Chance Sports Act, which is back on concurrence. AB 2204 would expand access to organized sports in California correctional facilities. Senate amendments incorporate feedback from incarcerated folks at San Quentin. This bipartisan bill has been supported by both criminal justice reform groups and law enforcement. And I want to thank my joint authors from Modesto and from Los Angeles for their support on this bill. And also thank Eli Tan, a journalist with the New York Times, who wrote a story called The Best Baseball Team Behind Bars for helping to inspire this law. Thank you and respectfully request your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. Sorry. Sorry. My bad. Assemblymember Brian, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just wanted to thank my colleague from Encino for allowing me to join him as a joint author on this journey. This is an important bill for the folks inside San Quentin, and I also respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Brian. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Gabriel, do you wish to close? Just want to thank everybody for their support. Respect their request and I vote on AB 2204. Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. 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. I-69, no-0. Send amendments are concurred in. File item 20... Excuse me. Thank you. Assemblymember Kalra would like to lift the call on file item 81. That is SB 1365. Clerk will post. Thank you. motion. Clerk will close the roll, tally the vote. Aye's 43, no's 19. The measure passes. to our supplemental file. File item number 209 is AB 2440 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2440 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi and others and actually to pupil instruction. Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you are recognized. Thank you very much. AB 2440 is a bill to clarify the implementation of Proposition 28, the arts and music education for every child in every school site We worked with the author of Proposition 28 Austin Buettner to clarify language in the Senate Bipartisan support support support Respectfully ask for an aye vote Members, this is a 54-vote bill. Mr. Muratsuchi, is this the last bill that you'll be presenting? I think some people wished it was, but no. Mr. Maritsuchi has somehow been here for 36 years. Was seatmates with my mother, actually. Seatmates with my mom. Okay, this is a 54-vote bill. Kirk 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. Ayes 71, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 210 is AB 2493 by Assemblymember Petrie Norris. Clerk will read. Assembly bill 2493 by Assemblymember Petrie Norris, an act relating to electricity. Assemblymember Petrie Norris, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, AB 2493 is back on concurrence. Respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Petrie-Norris. 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. Ayes, 45, noes, 14. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 211 is AB 2727 by Assemblymember Nguyen. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2727 by Assemblymember Nguyen and others, an act relating to corrections. Assemblymember Nguyen, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm back to present AB 2727 on concurrence. For the past several weeks, I've worked with the Department of State Hospitals as well as the Board of Parole, and we have made amendments that are technical and clarifying to get it to where it's at today. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Wynn. I'll debate having ceased. Excuse me, Mr. Lackey. Sorry, guys. Assemblymember Lackey, you are recognized. I want to thank the author for this particular bill because here's what I've noticed over the years is that balance seems to be difficult for us when it comes to this particular aspect. And these kind of offenders, there's a lot of emotional charge in the discussion because it is such a delicate set of circumstances. When you're a violent sex offender, you're a unique kind of offender. And to assume that someone is rehabilitated for this unique problem just because they're 50 years old. I hope that 50 is not elderly. that is a really strict and there's an argument to be made that you age a little more when you're in prison but when I say balance what I'm talking about are the victims and when they hear that these people who victimize them are being released there fear because one thing that doesn rehabilitate in many cases are the victims especially when they children And these people have preyed upon these individuals in a very egregious manner, and healing is extremely difficult. And what this bill does, I think, is it brings a little more reason to the determination of when someone should be considered for parole. So I just find it to be refreshing that we're trying to be a little more balanced in our approach because victims suffer a lot of times permanently. And I think that we forget that in our zeal to try to rehabilitate people because I think that also is a worthy undertaking. But I'm telling you, at the expense of the victim, it's just wrong. So I thank the author for a more balanced approach to this thing, and it really does deserve your support. Thank you, Assemblymember Lackey. Seeing and hearing no further... Assemblymember, do you wish to close? I want to thank my colleague for his words, words and I know during this time here he has advocated for many things and this is one of the areas that he spoke So passionately about not only in committee, but many times on the floor and with that. I respectfully ask for your aye vote Thank you assembly member win All debate having ceased clerk will open the roll All members vote who desire to vote All members vote who desire to vote vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Heyes 59, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. We're going to skip to file item number 77, that's SB 895 by Senator Wiener, presented by Assemblymember Solace. Members, this is a 54-vote bill. The clerk will read. Senate Bill 895 by Senator Wiener and others, an an act relating to the California Science and Health Research Bond Act by providing the funds necessary, therefore, through an election for issuance and sale of bonds of the state of California and for handling and deposition of those funds and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately. Assemblymember Solache, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present Senate Bill 895, the California Science and Health Bond, on behalf of our champion, our senator, Senator Wiener, my co-author, Assemblymember Patel, and the many, many co-authors on this floor co-authoring this important legislation. Health and science research are the integral part of California. It makes up the vital part of our economy, finds cures for the sick, improves our environment, and bolsters the lives of millions of Californians. Research in California has directly saved millions of lives, made foundational contributions to the invention of major technologies such as the Internet. Government-funded research is essential for our medical system. the state will take risks on funding research that private industry will not or which nonprofits can't afford. The federal government has cut funding and frozen projects. This is resulting in the loss of revenues, last jobs, and importantly, these cuts are putting lives at risk. SBS 895 ensures that California continues to lead. By placing a billion bond on the March 2028 ballot we will be standing up for science and for the well of all Californians Additionally the bill establishes a California Foundation for Science and Health Research who shall oversee the monies generated by the bond and issues granted to research. Institutions leading on this critical work for the state. Priorities shall be placed on projects that have lost funding from the feds with further priorities set by the California Foundation for Science and Health Research Council. The measure also includes provisions to recoup some of the public investment into research, to make the discoveries from this research available to all Californians, and help to continue to support this work. I'm super excited that in the final negotiations, $1 billion will be added to the UC and CSU research for facility construction. For all of us who attended a UC or CSU or higher education, we know the importance of having these science labs be a priority for our students, our academic students, and so many people that are champions. California science researchers are working to save lives. My mother, just like many of you who have family members who have benefited from research is critical. You see, we've all lost loved ones. I got to have my mother 19 more years of her life after battling cancer. And I can tell you, for those of us who have experienced chemotherapy of our loved ones, it's nothing fun to watch. But having a warrior mother like Maria de la Luz Solache Arrieta in that chair fighting for her life is exactly why this bond is so personal to me, Senator Patel, Senator Wiener, and to so many of you who co-author this legislation. Our families, our loved ones are given a chance to live life because research is a priority in so many of us. So today I'm thinking of my mother who is now in heaven and who did fight like a warrior, or like we would say in Spanish, like a chingona who fought so hard for her life. And I think about every Californian that today is fighting for their life. And research is going to contribute for us to find that research one day to fight and find the cure for so many issues that we deal with. This measure is critical to step forward, saving lives, protecting jobs, and securing California's research. With that, members, I ask for an aye vote on SB 895. Thank you. Thank you, Assemblymember Solache. Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of Senate Bill 895, and I really want to give a lot of kudos to our colleague from Linwood, who from the beginning was a champion on this issue. He spoke to the need of why research matters. It literally changes lives. I want to speak just very, very briefly from a higher ed perspective on the investments of research in the state of California through our university system and what that has meant for innovation and to create the economy that we have today. And you look up and down the states, certainly from the north down to the south in San Diego with UCSD, where literally industries have been created with good-paying jobs, with the type of research and medication that has been developed as a result of this research. That is why this matters. It saves lives, but it also creates an economic vitality throughout the state of California through the research and the innovation that is happening at all of our campuses. I also rise to thank... Senator Wiener for the engagement on this to ensure that an important component of the work in higher education also relates not just to the academic research which is so important but then the facilities that for too long have been really left behind as a result of lack of significant investment from the state when it comes to our infrastructure at the UC and CSU level. This bill, as stated by our colleague, also includes funding opportunities for research facilities so that that research can continue to grow and innovate at our CSUs, which are doing much more research, and at our UCs, which continue to do research. So again, thank you to our colleague from Linwood, to my colleague from San Diego, to Senator Wiener, and for all of those who have stood up and said, we have to do something in light of all these cuts to research because we want to continue to be leading on this front for not just for this country but for the world. Thank you very much. Thank you Assemblymember Alvarez. Dr. Patel, you are recognized. Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, and thank you. Members, today I rise in support of this critical bond. I'm honored to be a principal co-author because this bill epitomizes why I got into public service. As many of you know, I'm a former research scientist and I received my PhD in biophysics from UC Irvine. The NIH not only funded my training, but also funded my dissertation research, but also the research and training of many of my colleagues. And it was during those days in graduate school when my research faced threats, also due to cuts from federal funding, and many of my colleagues lost their funding. That's when I truly understood the critical role that politics plays in the innovation that our state and nation take pride in. Up to that point, I never saw myself being an advocate for public policy. But on that day, when I learned that my colleagues were losing funding, that's when I made a commitment to myself to ensure that science policy had a clear path forward. Developing drugs that have had the potential to save thousands or millions of lives and improve the quality of life for so many others is really not a linear process. And just because some politicians don't see the value of a given research project when it's basic and fundamental, doesn't mean that that research doesn't have future potential value. When funding cuts threaten this research, we not only threaten every sector of our economy, but we threaten the very foundations of public health. This bill, this bond, is a solution-oriented bond, doing what is within California's capacity to ensure that the innovation that we pride ourselves in, that we build entire economies on, markets and communities around, continues to serve its critical function, improving public health outcomes across our state and around the world. The stakes could not be higher than this moment right now. This work, fundamental research work, generates $226 billion annually just within California, and accounts for 47% of the United States biotech research and development spending. And I know we're not talking about the R&D tax credit in this moment, but we are talking about a bond that could fund research and ensure that that innovation takes place here in California. With that colleagues I respectfully ask your aye vote and join me in ensuring that California continues to lead in innovation and technology Thank you, Dr. Patel. Assemblymember Gibson, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I had no intentions on rising or speaking, but I just couldn't help but want to—I see the authors in the back. Just want to, one, thank the author who's talking right now, but want to thank the floor jockey, but also the author, one, having the courage to bring this bill before this body, knowing what's going on in Washington, D.C., knowing that this administration is not sensitive to all the research that is going on and also the brilliance that lies within California. I have two personal friends who has children who have very rare diseases. And with the brilliance that we have in California, we could be on the brink of finding a cure for these children that can have a cure. I think I just said something. we could be on the brink of finding a cure for children i have friends two friends who have children who have very rare diseases and with the brilliance that we have in california we could be on the brink of finding cure for these children to live long productive lives that they can grow up. What the prognosis is today, they may not even graduate from high school. And for those of us who are parents, just to have that in the forefront of our minds, that the parents, knowing their children, may not even have an opportunity to, one, experience graduation, experience walking their child down the aisle or even having children of their own. But to have the brilliance in California and be possibly on the brink of finding a cure that would change their entire lives around. And we have an opportunity to fund the kind of breaking research that lies in California. We have to make sure that we do everything that we can. And I want to again thank the author for doing this kind of courageous work. It's important. And I want to thank the author for doing this and for the floor jockey, for jockeying this bill with the kind of tenacity that you're doing today. I want to thank both for, one, bringing this before us today. And members, I respectfully ask for a strong eye vote. And thank you in advance for what I believe will be a successful bill today. Thank you. Assemblymember Gibson. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Salache, do you wish to close? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you to our amazing San Diego delegation for their words, to the honorable member of Carson for your words as well. Again, thank you to all the co-authors for your vision, your entrusting of this, and to really, really give all Californians the hope of more saving lives. So with that, on behalf of all Californians, enjoying the effort of saving lives throughout our state, from Southern California to Northern California, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Solace. I'll debate having ceased. Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote All members vote who desire to vote All members vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll, tally votes. Ayes 60, noes 6 on the urgency. Ayes 60, noes 6 on the measure. The measure passes. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized. Mr. Speaker, there are letters of legislative intent at the desk. I request unanimous consent to print the following letters in the journal pursuant to Assembly Rule 42C. AB 1776, Agriar-Curry. AB 353, Berner. AB 2244, Gabriel. Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. Your motion is seconded by Assemblymember Gibson. Assemblymember Hoover, you are recognized. We withhold the unanimous consent, ask for a roll call vote. Mr. Hoover has asked for a roll call vote. The motion has been seconded. It takes the majority of those present and voting. Clerk will open the roll. Majority leader is asking for an aye vote. Mr. Hoover is asking for a no vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Majority leader is asking for an aye vote. Mr. Hoover is asking for a no vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 48, noes 17. The motion carries. Thank you. Thank you. Vote changes at the members desk. Raise your microphones, please. Assemblymember Lackey, you are recognized for your vote change. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I like to change my vote from AB 611 no to aye Vote change Assemblymember Lackey AB 611 from no to aye Assemblymember Nguyen, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 605, aye to not voting. Vote change. Assemblymember Nguyen, Assembly Bill 605, aye to not voting. Assemblymember El-Hawari. Vote change. El Hawari, SB 1330, aye to not voting. Vote change. Oh, one more. Oh, sorry. Vote change. Senate Bill 1330, Assemblymember El Hawari, aye to not voting. You may continue, Assemblymember. Vote change. El Hawari, SB 1392, aye to not voting. Vote change. Senate Bill 1392, Assemblymember El-Hawari, aye to not voting. Assemblymember Bonta. Bonta, vote change SB 1392, from aye to not voting. Vote change, Assemblymember Bonta, Senate Bill 1392, aye to not voting. Assemblymember Bryan. Bryan, vote change, SB 1392, aye to not voting. vote change assemblymember Bryan Senate bill 1392 I to not voting something member ortega vote changes be 1392 I to not voting vote change assemblymember Ortega Senate bill 1392 I to not voting assemblymember Alanis thank you vote change assembly morality is a B 353 a no to an I vote change assembly Assemblymember Alanis, Senate Bill 1353, Assembly Bill 353, no to aye. Assemblymember Colosa. Vote change Colosa, SB 1392, aye to not voting. Vote change, Assemblymember Colosa, Senate Bill 1392, aye to not voting. Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. members assemblymember Valencia has asked to lift the call on file item 85 that SB 884 by Senator Umberg Clerk will post Members, this is a 54-vote bill. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Thank you. Assemblymember Valencia has moved the call. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. members we'll be going on recess under call for 30 minutes again this is recess under call for 30 minutes please return at 4 35 p.m Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. The Assembly is back in session. We'll begin with Item 32, AB 28 by Assemblymember Schiavo. The Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 28 by Assemblymember Schiavo and others, an act relating to solid waste and making an appropriation therefor. Assemblymember Schiavo, you're recognized. Thank you so much, Madam Speaker and members. As many of you know, I have been starting to get a nickname up here in Sacramento as Chiquita Pilar because I talk about Chiquita Canyon landfill in my community so much And this bill is really trying to make sure that we don have the kind of tragedy that we have in our community happening So for those who are unaware, we have a burning landfill, Chiquita Canyon landfill, in our community. I heard about it and actually went and slept at a neighbor's house to experience it myself and had within a half hour a headache. I had burning eyes and skin and many of the symptoms that I've heard from so many people in my community. And since then, we have been fighting for a health study. We have been fighting for help to keep our community safe from the toxic air. And AB 28, the Landfill Safety Act, is back on concurrence after delaying for a year because of the process going through the California Air Resources Board to regulate landfill methane, to create a landfill methane regulation. Our community was involved in making that one of the strongest in the nation, if not the strongest. And this bill is really about prevention. preventing the kind of tragedy that we have seen in our community where community members have come up for all of the hearings that we have done here to share their heartbreaking stories. Jose talked about the tremors that he has. He can no longer cook. He had a restaurant. He lost his restaurant and lost his home. Darcy and his family had to leave their house in the middle of the night because they could not breathe and go sleep in their car at the Walmart parking lot. Brandy and Steven had to sell their home. Brandy is fighting cancer and actually showed up to a recent press conference that we did with her bag of chemotherapy because it was too hot to leave it in the car. And she's also suffered five different miscarriages, which is common in our community. Darcy, who slept in the Walmart parking lot, could look at every single one of his neighbors, and they all have cancer. And just in the last few weeks, they've heard of a handful of people in this same community who had to have heart surgeries. We have so, so many people. Elizabeth, who many days cannot even get out of bed, people are disabled in our community because they're being made so sick by the toxic air. If you think about, especially on a day like today, all of the trash that we are throwing away, if that were to be burning, and many of you came and saw it and experienced it and had headaches yourselves by just being for a short time in our community. It is plastic that is burning. It is 90 acres of trash that is burning over 260 degrees. That's hotter than boiling water. And there is so much toxic liquid in the landfill that now the slope and the hillside is becoming unstable and having to get buttressed. This is costing millions of dollars a month. Our state cannot afford it. Our community's health cannot afford it. and AB 28 is saying, and built on a foundation set by the EPA, saying you should not get above 131 degrees Long standing standard And that if you do you simply have to come up with a plan to fix it and get that temperature back down And it's not that hard to do usually. Sometimes it's just covering up a crack with some dirt, making sure that you're not over-pulling methane out of the system. but unfortunately there's been a culture in our landfill operators to hot rod landfills. I have three landfills, I'm blessed, three landfills in my district, and one of the other landfill operators said that they didn't really worry until it got to 150 degrees. We have to make sure that they're taking action earlier. It saves lives and it saves money for our state. I want to thank our staff who has worked so, so hard, both past staff and current staff, our staff in the district, and our community who has been a canary in the coal mine on this issue and making a difference for the rest of the state. We have three landfills on fire right now, 11 with waivers to operate at a higher temperature, and we cannot afford this. So please take this seriously if it's happening in your community. and with that I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you Assemblymember. I'll debate having ceased the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Members, this requires 54 votes. All those who desire to vote. Thank you. Thank you. the clerk will close the roll and tally the vote ayes 54 nos 13. senate amendments are concurred in . Thank you. Thank you. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your motion. Thank you, Madam Presidente. AB's 167, 173, 175, 184, 187, 190, 191, and 192 have been received from the Senate. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 63 to allow Assemblymember Gabriel to take up these bills today without reference to file for the purpose of concurrence in Senate amendments. Thank you. Assemblymember Hoover, you are recognized. We withhold unanimous consent and ask for a roll call vote. Thank you. Thank you. Assemblymember Ortega seconds. Assemblymember Hoover withholds unanimous consent. The majority leader is asking for an aye vote. 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. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 48, noes 19. The rules are suspended. Thank you We going to move to item 89 by Assembly Member pardon me SB 1203 by Senator Smallwood Cuevas, presented by Assembly Member Haney. The Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1203 by Senator Smallwood Cuevas and others, an act relating to professions and vocations. Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Chair and members. I rise to present SB 1203, which is the Stand for Security Act, on behalf of Senator Smallwood Cuevas. Security officers are an essential workforce. Every day they protect our hospitals, our transit systems, our stores, our workplaces, our businesses, and our public buildings. There are over 300,000 security officers in California. They are often the first people called when something goes wrong, when someone is angry, distressed, or in crisis. We ask them to walk into difficult and unpredictable situations, sometimes with only seconds to make a decision that can affect people's lives. I see this every day in San Francisco where I live, where if you walk around our streets and you see people who are suffering with addiction or mental illness, who are in need, who are homeless, who may be engaged in criminal behavior, it's often the security officers that are the first to respond. But unfortunately, I haven't always made the same investment in preparing and protecting them that we expect them to make in protecting us. When we don't properly prepare security officers, everyone is put at greater risk. The officer, the person in crisis, and the public. That's why SB 1203 is so important. It does a few simple things to help to prepare these security officers and essential workforce to safely and professionally do their jobs. It requires eight additional hours of in-person de-escalation training, giving officers more tools to resolve dangerous situations before they become violent. It ensures that required training is paid and completed off post, and it strengthens continuing education, addresses implicit bias and racial profiling, and holds employers accountable for providing that training. This isn't just about protecting security officers. It's about protecting our constituents and our communities. De-escalation, in particular, can be the difference between a crisis that ends peacefully and one that ends in violence. We know in every single community in this state that security officers are providing an essential function protecting us and our constituents. If they are essential enough to trust with the safety of our communities, then they are essential enough for us to invest in their training, their safety, and their professionalism. I know many of them are here with us today, and we thank them for putting their lives and their safety on the line to protect us. And this bill will take critical steps to help ensure that they can be prepared and protected and given the proper tools to do their jobs safely and professionally as they do their essential work. That's what SB 1203 will do. It has taken significant, significant amendments to put it in a place where it has addressed a lot of the opposition's concerns and will, again, put us in a place where we can know that the folks who are out there protecting us are prepared to do so. Respectfully ask for your aye vote on SB 1203 Thank you Assemblymember Assemblymember Macedo you recognized Thank you Madam Speaker I rise today in opposition to SB 1203 Colleagues SB 1203 increases the cost of maintaining a license for security officers. That cost ultimately falls on the office buildings, churches and airports that rely on those guards. When the price climbs too high, those organizations cut back. They replace a person with a technology or with someone who hasn't gone through the proper training and background checks a licensed officer has. This would lead to fewer jobs for the very guards this measure aims to help. Think about what a trained licensed officer brings to a post. Years of screening and background checks, training in how to read a situation, de-escalate it and know the difference between a nuisance and a real threat. Judgment that comes from experience, not a script. They protect in big ways and small. spotting something wrong before it turns into an emergency, and getting law enforcement there in time. None of that comes from a camera. A camera can record an incident, but it cannot stop one from happening. And untrained staff standing at the post doesn't have the knowledge base to meaningfully protect people or property. We know from experience when you raise costs on business, it leads to fewer jobs. This bill goes too far and will hurt the guards. It's supposed to help. I ask for a no vote on SB 1203. Thank you, Assemblymember. SA member Hoover, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in respectful opposition to SB 1203. Fully agree with my colleague from San Francisco on the important service that security guards provide. However, this bill will increase costs, as has been stated on a number of entities. One of those entities are the cities, the counties, and the state agencies that rely on licensed security guards to protect schools, government offices, courthouses, and other public property. When the price of that protection rises, taxpayers are the ones who absorb it, as public budgets stretch further just to maintain the basic security they already have. If this security becomes unaffordable, it puts public safety at risk. For these reasons, ask for a no vote on SB 1203. Thank you. Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Speaker, I just want to kind of talk about really the guard, specifically as someone as a guard card holder and someone who has employed thousands of guards. And I want you to consider a few things as you prepare to vote for this. number one, the entry level guard is there to observe and report the end. Observe the issue, report, that's it. They call the law enforcement authorities and tell them what's going on. So that's your entry level, sometimes paid $17 an hour. So they have to go through several classes to make that happen. Then they have to go through other courses to get a higher level, if you will, within their resume so that way they can earn more money or they get into a supervisory role. Now, if we're talking about tiered-level training, then I would agree with this. Maybe this is a tiered-level piece that we can do. But when we're talking about someone who maybe just graduated high school, gets a guard card, and they're $17 an hour, this becomes a little bit of a challenge, number one. Number two, they're trying to help their families or whoever they're helping. So they might attach to a business that is barely making enough to be able to employ guards And now we have to also talk about the California burdens associated with that Those California burdens associated with that leaves very little for the guard company to make money. How do I know that? Because I did it. So I would love to have a conversation with the author, maybe the floor jockey, to look at this in a different perspective because it's actually going to hurt not only the entry-level guards, but it's going to hurt the businesses associated with that. I do agree that there's some de-escalation training that needs to be done, but I think that needs to be done at a, if you will, a tier two or a tier three level when the guard has been introduced into this above and beyond the observe and report. And that's very few guards do that. When we talk about executive protection, then they're having to do that. When we talk about armed, then they're having to do that. But when we're just talking about an observe and report, I think we're adding too much of that in front of a very entry-level piece. So I would caution all of us to really take a look at this from two reasons. Number one is the business perspective, and number two, the entry-level perspective. So with that, I respectfully request a no vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Ahrens, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support of SB 1203. In my district, in Silicon Valley, security guards are needed and are so essential to not only protecting our schools and our businesses, but some of the most important technology in the world. And SB 1203 has basic principles to provide basic business standards so that these security guards get the proper training and employer accountability that we need to not only keep our schools and our businesses safe, but some of the best technology. One of the very first actions that I took in public policy and political organizing was to support and protect security guards in our technology industry. This is a common sense bill. We're asking for basic standards. These security guards are on the front lines every single day in Silicon Valley, protecting some of the most important technology for the entire world, for all of California. And this should not be a hard vote. It's one of the easiest votes I have taken as an assembly member, and I encourage a strong aye vote. Thank you. Thank you, assembly members. Seeing no further debate, Assemblymember Haney, would you like to close? Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I want to thank all my colleagues who spoke, and I'm glad that there is so much agreement about how important and essential the work that these security officers do. Again, I will note that some of them are here with us in the gallery and are watching. And they have told us, they have brought this bill forward saying that they want additional training to be able to do their jobs more effectively and deal with the situations that they are experiencing. So they're the ones telling us that they need this additional training in de-escalation to be able to perform their responsibilities effectively, properly and professionally and safely for us. the situations that we are putting them in, in many cases in public buildings, in many cases in places that all of us frequent. And already, currently, training is required for that reason. It goes, I can tell you, a lot further beyond at an entry level, beyond simply seeing something and reporting it, right? Now, eight hours of training upon registration, 32 additional hours of power to arrest, search and seizures, legal liability, ethics and communication, emergency response and officer safety. All this bill does at a fundamental level is add eight hours of de-escalation training, two hours of workplace rights training and an ongoing de-escalation training. If you don't think that these folks need de-escalation training to deal with what they're dealing with, mental illness, with addiction, with homelessness, with the challenges that are out there on the streets, that every single one of us in here has spoken about and tried to take action on, then you are turning a blind eye from the realities that you know exist out there. These folks are on the front lines of dealing with these issues, and for us to do something as simple as requiring a little bit more de-escalation training is the least that we can do for these folks who keep us safe, and we have determined our essential and deserve our support so that they can do their job with professionalism and with safety and members. I think this could not be any clearer in terms of how important it is that we provide the support for these folks who go out there and keep us safe and our constituents safe every day. Respectfully ask for your aye vote on SB 1203. Thank you, Assemblymember. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 45, noes 17. The measure passes. Without reference to file, AB 167 by Assemblymember Gabriel. The Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 167 by the Committee on Budget, an act relating to post-secondary education making appropriation therefore to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present AB 167, which contains statutory changes related to higher education. This bill makes technical changes and corrections, including authorizing an additional round of student housing projects for the California community colleges and extending the umbilical cord blood collection program at the University of California until 2032. For these reasons, I ask for your aye vote on AB 167. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Tangipa, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I, too, rise in support of SB 167. As many of you know, when I was in college, I experienced many of the same challenges the block grants are intended to address. I know from experience how difficult it is to further your education when you are not even sure where your next meal is going to come from. The block grants in this bill will help students facing those same challenges by providing support for food, housing, and job placement. It also expands scholarship eligibility for older students who are returning to school or adapting to the demands of a modern economy. For those reasons, we respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Gabriel, would you like to close? Respectfully request your aye vote. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote All those vote who desire to vote All those vote who desire to vote The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote I 71 noes 0 Senate amendments are concurred in. Without reference to file AB 173 by Assemblymember Gabriel, the clerk for Reed. Assemble bill 173 by the Committee on Budget, an act relating to health and making an appropriation therefore to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I rise to present AB 173, the August Health Care Omnibus Trailer Bill. This bill implements additional provider oversight tools to further strengthen our Medi-Cal program against waste, fraud, and abuse, and ensures that Medi-Cal recipients can continue to access medically necessary dialysis service. This bill also implements reforms and improvements to the state's 988 suicide and crisis lifeline system. I want to thank our colleague from Irinda and our colleague from Los Angeles for their leadership and partnership in crafting the final 988 agreement. For these reasons, I ask for your aye vote on AB 173. Thank you, Assemblymember Tangipa. Member Tangipa, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I want to recognize an important provision in AB 173. This bill would expand DHCS's ability to combat Medi-Cal fraud. Although some have dismissed concerns about Medi-Cal fraud as insignificant, DHCS's own rulemaking has identified additional fraud-fighting tools as a critical need. That is something we all should support. At the same time, AB 173 lacks protections from non-citizens who don't pay their premiums to receive free health care. California cannot afford to permanently commit state funds to programs when the federal support is lost because the state is not complying with federal program requirements. For those reasons, I respectfully ask the members to lay off. Assemblymember DeMio, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in opposition to AB 173. This is our chance to start cracking down on the epic levels of taxpayer losses due to fraud, waste, fraud, and abuse through mismanagement, and I believe willful misappropriation of funds. Our budget should be funding and prioritizing fraud detection and prevention programs. As my colleague from the Central Valley just pointed out, we are at risk of losing billions of dollars of federal reimbursements if we don't step up and do a better job of managing our welfare programs, particularly in the public health sector. We have documented cases of fraud in the media with citizen watchdogs, but nothing seems to alarm the bureaucrats in the state of California to actually do something about it. One of the Bay Area news organizations, NBC, tracked fraud relating to drug treatment health care programs and how Uber drivers are intentionally driving long distances longer so that they can bilk the system for reimbursements. And it seems that one health care provider is getting a whole lot of business. That needs to be investigated. Those are the yellow flags and red flags of misappropriation and fraudulent behavior But the NBC reporter couldn get an answer from the state of California Department of Public Health or the local agencies We have to do better. Second, we are seeing money hotwired for political groups in this bill. The Trevor Project receiving millions of dollars and they engage in lobbying activities, political activities. If you're going to provide services to the public through a government contract or grant, I believe we need to ensure that those funds are not redirected to politics. They should not be engaged in political activity. But this bill hotwires tens of millions of dollars to that political group. Third, we're expanding taxpayer coverage for illegal immigrants at the same time that we're raising the cost of living on citizens and cutting their services. And finally, fourth, on a district priority matter, this bill provides a unique exemption for the Palomar Health Care District in San Diego County to transfer all of its taxpayer-funded assets to a third party, a joint partnership. The voters under state law are required to approve that transfer because those are taxpayer resources. That cannot be simply voted away by a board of directors engaging in a third-party contract. Now, there may be a great reason why Palomar Health Care District should do this. In fact, in the past election, I supported a similar agreement for Tri-City Medical Center for the Tri-City Health Care District. But this is a decision that the voters have a right to make, not this legislative body and not the board of directors of the Palomar Health Care District. For the life of me, I do not understand why a special exemption was included in this bill, particularly when people say, well, there's an urgency. They have to refinance their debt. They knew about this for the last 18 months. They could have put this matter on the ballot in the primary. They could have put this matter on the ballot in November, but here they are asking for a special exemption. It's not the way for us to do this. So my hope is that we might have time to at least, if you don't agree on some of the other points that I'm raising in opposition to this bill, maybe we can amend this specific. One minute. When we are looking at a budget bill, maybe we can amend this specific provision because when we're dealing with taxpayer assets, the taxpayers, through a vote, are the only ones that should be able to transfer those assets to a third party, preserve the public's right to weigh in on this decision, either by amending AB 173 on the Palomar issue or voting no. Thank you. All the debate having ceased, Assemblymember Gabriel, would you like to close? Yeah, thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I just want to direct our colleague from San Diego to a few of the provisions of this bill. I think, as all of you know, we have taken the responsibility to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars exceptionally seriously. And there are provisions in this bill that would strengthen our Medi-Cal program's defenses against waste, fraud, abuse in concrete, specific ways. And those include denying or terminating enrollment for medical providers affiliated with or suspected of fraudulent activity, expanding the ability to suspend providers under investigation by any local state or federal authority and providing the ability to impose enrollment moratoriums on providers, clinics, health facilities and licensed medical professionals whenever necessary to protect public funds and preserve the fiscal integrity of the medical program And beyond those specific tools our budget has over million in resources to conduct waste fraud and abuse checks throughout the provider and facility enrollment, revalidation, and recertification process. So our majority party here has taken this very seriously, and I'm proud of the work that's in this bill. And because of that, respectfully request your aye vote on AB 173. All the way having ceased, the clerk will open the All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 60, noes 1. Senate amendments are concurred in. Without reference to file AB 175 by Assemblymember Gabriel, the Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 175 by the Committee on Budget, and act relating to developmental services and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately. Bill related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you're recognized. Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I rise to present AB 175, our developmental services trailer bill. This bill changes language throughout the code to merge two programs at the Department of Developmental Services and also updates reporting language to facilitate accountability and removes outdated obsolete language. For these reasons, I ask for your aye vote on AB 175. Thank you, Assemblymember Tangipa. You're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. We too rise in support for AB 175. This bill strengthens community-based services for individuals with the most complex developmental needs while preserving the existing judicial process that determines whether someone can safely leave a secure facility. It also improves legislative oversight and accountability to ensure these transitions are appropriate and properly supported. For those reasons, we respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Gabriel, would you like to close? Respectfully request your aye vote. I'll debate having ceased. The clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 77, noes 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. Without reference to file AB 184 by Assemblymember Gabriel, the Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 184 by the Assembly Committee on Budget, an act relating to state government and making an appropriation therefore to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you Madam Speaker. I rise to present AB 184, the General Government Trailer Bill, which makes various technical and cleanup adjustments to the 2026 Budget Act. Among other adjustments, this bill includes legislative intent that the state of California work collaboratively with representatives of San Mateo, Alpine, and Mono counties and other potentially impacted cities and counties to develop mutually agreeable legislative solutions to the vehicle license fee state backfill issue. For that reason, I respectfully request your aye vote on AB 184. Thank you Assemblymember. Assemblymember Sanjeeba, you're recognized. Thank you Madam Speaker. We rise in opposition to AB 184. The core function of the State Leadership Accountability Act is oversight, but a lack of accountability by state officials has led millions to billions of taxpayer dollars to go to fraud and waste. The Act was last updated in 2015 to emphasize and reinforce accountability among government managers that were under more intense scrutiny as taxpayers watched for mismanagement and fraud. In no way has that scrutiny waned and in no way do the amendments improve state oversight nor stem the flow of taxpayer dollars to bad actors and failed projects. Wordsmithing a few amendments to recast the State Leadership Accountability Act is simply paying lip service to the demands of California taxpayers. For those reasons, we respectfully ask for a no vote. Thank you, Assemblymember DeMaio. You're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in opposition to AB 184. It's not lost on many of you that I speak in support of our law enforcement. I believe that they're unfairly maligned and attacked on almost every bill. I speak in support of them writ large. However, I believe, as my colleague from San Diego knows, on a bill that she authored a year ago, when it comes to transparency on police officer allegations, misconduct, and investigations, whether a finding of error is found or an exoneration is made. I believe public transparency in law enforcement investigations is paramount. It is crucial. That is why I supported her bill a year and a half ago relating to the police officer's standards and training. This bill, what you're about to vote on if you vote yes, hidden in this budget bill is an extension for an additional year until January 1st, 2028, the public records exemption on officer background and personnel files in post-custody. It is the intent of this legislature, and I think this is a good intent, that we are going to have more transparency on police files. That's not a bad thing. That's not something to fear. That's something to embrace. I remember when I first started advocating for body-worn cameras back in 2004, 5, 6, 7, police officer associations vehemently opposed body-worn cameras. They have since changed their position. They realize that they are good for training. They are good for transparency. They are good to protect officers from allegations of misconduct. They even reduce physical altercations. We need the transparency. This bill provides yet another year of secrecy on these records. At the very least, again, you might support other parts of the bill, but at the very least, let's demand an amendment. If you really want transparency in law enforcement, let's stop this bill dead in its tracks and let's amend this bad provision out of it. If we can't agree on that, and I believe that this is a bipartisan issue. issue, transparency on law enforcement records, then if you're voting for this, you're voting for yet another year of secrecy, and I urge you not to do that. Thank you. Seeing no further debate, SM member Gabriel, would you like to close? Yeah, thank you very much. On behalf of myself, the Honorable Diane Papad and the good people of San Mateo County, respectfully request your aye vote on AB 184. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 58, noes 13. Senate amendments are concurred in. Without reference to file AB 187 by Assemblymember Gabriel the clerk will read Assembly Bill 187 by the Assembly Committee on Budget an act relating to employment and making an appropriation therefore to take effect immediately bill related to the budget Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present AB 187, the labor trailer bill which makes various technical and cleanup adjustments to the 2026 Budget Act. Among other technical adjustments, this bill makes clarifying changes regarding the credits earned while serving on part-time state boards. For that reason, I ask for your aye vote on AB 187. Thank you, Assemblymember Tangipa. You're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. We rise in support of AB 187. This bill provides a temporary and practical solution for the sheep and goat herding industry by recognizing the unique nature of this work and establishing appropriate wage and employment standards for goat herders. These herders provide an important service to communities across California. Grazing sheep and goats can help manage vegetation, reduce hazardous fuels, and support wildlife prevention efforts. At a time when wildfire remains one of the greatest threats facing many of our communities, we should support the workers and industries helping us reduce that risk. For those reasons, we respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Senator Member. Senator Demayo, you're recognized. Thank you. I do want to add praise for the work that this body has done on solving a flaw in our legislative package. This actually occurred about 15 years ago as it relates to agricultural workers' labor rules. And at the time, the goat herders were given an exemption, and we saw this train coming. and if we don't act on this provision here, we're talking about all these goats basically being slaughtered, removing goats from wildland fire protection, and they've been very useful, and having the price of a goat herder, the salary of a goat herder be a quarter million dollars a year. And for some of the retiring members, I think you might consider a future employment opportunity there, but that's insane. When people herd a quarter million dollars for a goat herder in California, we have to fix it. So I appreciate this body taking action on that common sense reform. Assemblymember Gabriel, would you wish to close? Assemblymember Gabriel, you're recognized. Yeah, thank you very much, Madam Speaker. On behalf of myself and Governor Newsom, respectfully request an aye vote on AB 187. All the way have you seats, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Senate amendments are concurred in. Members, we have a special guest in the Assembly Chamber. Please join me in welcoming the 40th Governor of California, Governor Gavin Newsom. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Members, in the interest of time, we're going to continue with our business. He also wants us to meet our deadlines. AB 190, without reference to file, AB 190 by Assemblymember Gabriel. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 190 by the Committee on Budget, an act relating to child care and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately, a bill related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you for your full attention, members. I rise to say to present AB 190, our Early Care and Education Trailer Bill. This bill contains cleanup for some of the statutory provisions for our child care and preschool budget package. And with thanks to the outstanding leadership of our majority leader and the Women's Caucus includes over 25,000 more child care slots. With that, respectfully, Equestrian, I vote on AB 190. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Tangipo, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise with concerns on this AB 190. While it makes some necessary technical and cleanup changes, it also continues moving California towards a very costly new child care rate structure that will place even more pressure on the general fund. Child care is important and crucial for our working families, but with significant budget challenges ahead, we should be cautious about creating new long-term spending obligations without a clear plan to pay for them. For those reasons, I have concern and respectfully ask for an abstention. Thank you. Thank you, Assemblymember. Seeing no further debate, Assemblymember Gabriel, would you like to close? Respectfully request your aye vote. All the debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote Ayes 55 noes 0 Senate amendments are concurred in Without reference to file AB 191 by Assemblymember Gabriel the clerk will read Assembly Bill 191 by the Assembly Committee on Budget an act relating to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and making an appropriation therefore to take effect immediately Bill related to the budget Thank you. members in order to proceed with business with minimal noise we're asking everyone to exit the rear chamber with the exception of budget staff and leadership all other staff please exit the rear of chamber Continuing on, without reference to file, AB 191 by Assemblymember Gabriel, the clerk will read. Assembly Bill 191 by the Assembly Committee on Budget, an act relating to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and making an appropriation therefore to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Tanqipo, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. we rise in support of AB 191, which provides necessary exemptions for certain events during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, including rifle and pistol competitions, boxing, wrestling, and martial arts. This bill will help ensure the safety of our athletes, spectators, and staff by establishing a state fire marshal task force. AB 191 is a practical measure that will help California safely and successfully host the 2028 Games. With those, we respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you Assemblymember. Assemblymember Gabriel, do you wish to close? Yeah, thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge Jason Sisney, Speaker's Budget Director, who is the biggest fan of the Olympics unknown to humankind. And on behalf of myself and Mr. Sisney, respectfully request your aye vote on AB 191. All the debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote All those vote who desire to vote The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote I no one Senate amendments are concurred in. Without reference to file, AB 192 by Assemblymember Gabriel, the clerk will read. Assembly vote 182 by the Assembly Committee on Budget. And not relating to... Sorry. Energy and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately, a bill related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to present AB 192, our transmission accelerator trailer bill, and I want to thank our member from Orange County for her hard work on this bill. This bill includes cleanup provisions to legislation from last year that created the transmission accelerator with this legislature and voters funded through Proposition 4. Thank you, and I ask for your aye vote on AB 192. Thank you Assemblymember. Assemblymember Sangeepa, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. We rise in opposition to AB 192, which would make it more difficult for transmission projects to qualify for existing tax relief, ultimately increasing cost. This bill backtracks on the framework established by Senate Bill 254 by imposing more restrictive qualifying requirements on the industry. California should be focused on lowering costs and ensuring that deserving businesses can access tax reliefs in the areas where the state has already determined such relief is warranted. For those reasons, we respectfully ask for a no vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Gabriel, would you wish to close? Respectfully request your aye vote. I'll do the hearing cease. The clerk will open the roll. Members, this is a 54 vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 54, nos 17. Senate amendments are concurred in. members we will stand in a brief recess for a dinner break for utilities and energy committee please report to room 437 for the informational hearing again utilities and energy committee room 437 for the informational hearing please be back to the floor at 6 45 p.m do not go far We still have a lot of business to attend to and a midnight deadline. The quorum call is lifted. See you at 645 sharp. Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. 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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, no zero. The Senate amendments are concurred in. I'm going to skip ahead to file item 28, please. File item 28. AB 2167 by Leader Macedo. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2167 by Assembly Bill Macedo. We're not related to taxation. To take effect immediately tax levy. Leader Macedo, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 2167 is back on concurrence. Let's support our tribes and please vote yes. Thank you. Thank you, Leader Macedo. 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. Ayes 53, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. And moving backwards to file item 25. That is AB 2012 by Assemblymember Hoover. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2012 by Assemblymember Hoover and other snack lanes of vehicles. Assemblymember Hoover, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 2012 is back on concurrence. Senate amendments require the state to convene a work group to gather stakeholder input and feedback regarding the barriers that exist for the shipment of modular housing units. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Hoover. 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 58, noes 0. Send amendments are concurred in. Members, I'm going to need everybody on the floor, please. members who are in the lounge please come to the floor all members need to be on the floor all members need to be at their desk ready to present bills floor managers need to be ready to present their bills Assemblymember Bonta will take up file item number 91. File item 91, that's SB 1057 by Senator Becker, presented by Assemblymember Bonta. Clerk will read. Senate Bill 1057 by Senator Becker, and I'm relating to health facilities. Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized. Good evening, Mr. Speaker and members. On behalf of Senator Becker, I rise to present SB 1057. This bill is back in the Assembly. Recent amendments are technical to ensure that this bill does not chapter out provisions of a budget bill signed into law earlier this year. On behalf of Senator Becker I respectfully request an aye vote 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. Assemblymember Berman. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 41, noes 15. The measure passes. Thank you. Okay, members, we are going to take up file item 82. File item 82, that's SB 1387 by Senator Stern, presented by Assemblymember Berman. Clerk will read. Senate Bill 1387 by Senator Stern and others in the state agencies. Assemblymember Berman, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise on behalf of Senator Stern to present SB 1387, a bill to improve the accuracy of California's demographic data by recognizing that Jewish identity may include an ethnic identity in addition to a religious affiliation. For many Jews, being Jewish is not solely a matter of religion. It's also rooted in shared ancestry, culture, family heritage, history, and peoplehood. Yet California's demographic data systems generally do not provide an opportunity for individuals to identify as ethnically Jewish. SB 1387 is about accurate data and individual choice. It allows Californians who identify as ethnically Jewish to self-identify that way. The bill does not create a new protected class, does not create a registry, and does not require anyone to identify as Jewish. Most importantly, the bill does not tell anyone what it means to be Jewish. It simply allows individuals to tell the state how they identify. Better data helps California better understand the communities it serves and make better informed policy decisions from health outcomes to hate crime data. This is a Jewish caucus priority bill and has enjoyed no votes throughout the committee process. For these reasons, I respectfully ask for your aye vote on SB 1387. Thank you, Assemblymember Berman. 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. I-62, no-0. The measure passes. Okay Assemblymember Petrie let take up file Item 72 That SB 1370 File Item 72 SB 1370 by Senator Stern presented by Assemblymember Petrie Norris Clerk will read. Senate Bill 1370 by Senator Stern and others, an act relating to wildfire. Assemblymember Petrie Norris, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise to present SB 1370 from our colleagues, Senator Stern and Senator Becker. This measure will codify a streamlined process for wildfire mitigation projects and will establish the ground rules and requirements for the Board of Forestry and the California Natural Resources Agency to create a non-timber vegetation management program as a successor program. As we know all too well, California is vulnerable to catastrophic wildfires, and prior wildfire events resulted in Governor Newsom issuing emergency executive orders to establish a streamlined permit approval process for wildfire mitigation projects, helping local governments and utilities with the removal of dry vegetation and also with creating fuel breaks and roadside clearance. Those executive orders have recently expired, but much work still remains with vegetation management efforts. The program that has been implemented with this executive order has been working well, and so this is an opportunity for us to codify that, codify that streamlined process and continue to build on that success. With that, members, I respectfully ask for your I vote on SB 1370. Thank you, Assemblymember Petrie-Norris. Assemblymember Sanchez, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise in support of SB 1307, and I want to sincerely thank Senator Stern and Senator Becker and the dedicated stakeholders who have continually worked diligently to bring this bill to where it is today. Wildfire prevention and environmental safety are not competing priorities. California should be capable of doing both. We can move faster without lowering the bar. We can protect our communities from catastrophic wildfire while maintaining appropriate safeguards around chemical use. That balance matters. California families deserve both safety and accountability, and that is a standard we should continue to hold ourselves to. For those reasons, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Sanchez. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Petrie Norris, do you wish to close? Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to my colleague from Orange County. Appreciate those comments and the bipartisan support respectfully ask for your aye vote on SB 1370. Thank you assemblymember Petrie Norris hall debate having ceased clerk will open the roll all members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes ayes 53 noes 3 the measure passes. Okay, members, we are going to, without objection, we're going to be moving to supplemental file number two. Any objections? Would anybody like to object? No objections. If you wanted to object, you could object. Okay. File item 301 is AB 664 by Assemblymember Alvarez. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 664 by Assemblymember Alvarez and others, an act relating to community colleges. Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Assembly Bill 664 is back for concurrence. Respectfully ask your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Alvarez. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. Thank you. All members vote who desire to vote. Mr. Valencia? All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Mr. Valencia? Clerk will close the roll, tally votes. Ayes 52, noes 1. Senate amendments are concurred in. Mr. Valencia would like to lift the call on file item 85. That's SB 884 by Senator Umberg. Clerk will post. This is a 54-vote bill. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 54, noes 16 on the urgency. Ayes 54, noes 16 on the measure. The measure passes. File item 302 is AB 904 by our Majority Leader. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 904 by Assemblymember Edgar Curry, an act related to recycling. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB 904, which will ensure effective implementation of California's carpet recycling program. This has no opposition, and I'd like to thank Shannon Flores for all her years of work on this bill. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. I'll debate having C's 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 59, no zero. Set amendments are concurred in. File item 303 is AB 1307 by Assemblymember Avila Farias. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1307 by Assemblymember Avila Farias and others, an act relating to healing arts. Assemblymember Avila Farias, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. AB 1307 establishes a pilot program allowing 30 qualified dentists from Mexico to practice in areas where critical shortage of dentists. Senate amendments address technical assistance from the Dental Board and will facilitate implementation of the program. I respectfully ask for your aye vote to close the dental care gap in the most vulnerable communities in the state. Thank you. Thank you. Assemblymember Ramos and others in the state holidays. Assemblymember Ramos, you are recognized. Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1881 is back for concurrence. The time has come for California to honor Native American Day as an official paid state holiday. I ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Ramos. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. I 66, no 0. Senate amendments are concurred in. We going to pass temporarily on 305 File item 306 is AB 2047 by Assemblymember Bauer The clerk will read Assembly Bill 2047 by Assemblymember Bauer and others in act relating to firearms Assemblymember Bauer-Cahan, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. AB 2047 is back from the Senate on concurrence. Amendments in the Senate deal with feasibility for the Attorney General. This bill will ensure that we are safer because ghost guns will not be printed at home. I want to thank my sponsors and the Moms Demand Action volunteers who showed up for a year to make this happen. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Bauer-Cahan. 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. Ties 49, noes 13. Senate amendments are concurred in. We are going to pass and retain on file item 307. File item 308, that's AB 2694 by Assemblymember Alvarez. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2694 by Assemblymember Alvarez and others, an act living in the public cross-secondary education. Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Assembly Bill 2694, back for concurrence. Respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Alvarez. 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 41, nos 2. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item 309, AB 2760 by Dr. Sharp Collins. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2760 by Assemblymember Sharp Collins and others in that claim to law enforcement. Dr. Sharp Collins, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise to present Assembly Bill 2760, a bill that imposes a ban on the purchase of Taser gloves that use electric technology. This ban is for three years, which allows two years for the Department of Justice to study the gloves for safety and public health impact. It also provides a year for regulation to be generated should the gloves be proven to be safe. A lot has been said about this bill, especially the gut and amend process that has brought this bill here today. But the gut and the men seek to address the urgent issues of law enforcement agencies purchasing electric shock gloves to use against Californians. This is the story of Assembly Bill 2760, which gained more than 30 co-authors representing numerous caucuses across both houses in just 11 days. Because we collectively had the courage to confront this issue, we have learned a lot in the last few days. It is important to note that we were originally told that these gloves were not in California. We now know that several police departments and sheriff's offices are using them. We were reminded of the lack of seriousness, basically from some of the law enforcement to afford these weapons, when a social media post about their use was shared with a background song called, It's Electric, Boogie Woogie Woogie, seemingly mocking what is very serious and necessary conversation. So let me be clear. The safety of Californians is not a joke, and it's the responsibility for us who are truthfully it is the responsible use of these weapons and these weapons cannot be used for entertainment When we talking about weapons that can cause serious injury or death there was no room for mockery recklessness or a cavalier attitude This is exactly why those conversations matter, and we learned about the dangers of these gloves. A couple more things. We learned that at least one individual has died due to the repeated prolonged shocks. We saw a reporter at a demonstration of the gloves talk about the difficulty of turning them off, especially when there was no feeling of the shock to the user, raising concerns about that ability to safely regulate in law enforcement usage. We learned that one school district in California has these gloves in their possession, despite the manufacturer's warning against use on children. So I want to address some of the misinformation surrounding the bill. This bill does not ban current taser weapons. I repeat, this bill does not ban current taser weapons. This bill is not an attack on law enforcement or an attempt to limit their ability to de-escalate situations. While we started as a straight band of gloves, we worked with the stakeholders to take amends that allows for a sunset on the band with time to learn about the gloves and regulate if possible. Meaning, we have been able to move PORAC, California Police Chiefs, and CHP to neutral. Assembly Bill 2760 draws a clear line that public safety technology must be proven safe and accountable before it is deployed, not after someone is killed or seriously injured. Our commitment is to protect our communities, especially the most vulnerable, and that is what 2760 is about. That is what 2760 will do. And thank you so much for your time and to all my colleagues for working with me over the last 11 days, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you Dr. Sharp-Collins. Before I recognize others, I see former Assemblymember and former Senator Brian Dolly in the rear of the chamber. Welcome back, sir. Welcome, welcome. Continuing on with debate, Assemblymember DeMaio, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong opposition to AB 2760, which is a ban on less than lethal force in law enforcement in California. And this is something that is absolutely insane. I mean, we're telling officers we don't want you to use deadly force. That's what we say all the time. When there's a use-to-force incident, the people who bag on the officers and criticize their every move, they say, you know, they should have used less than lethal force. Here we have a bill taking a tool out of the toolkit for less than lethal force. It's almost as though some would argue this legislature is trying to set up our officers to fail by taking the tools out of the toolkit. This is a ban. I would actually not oppose a study. The bill has morphed into a study, but that's not what this bill does. It bans and then says, well, we'll study, and three years later, hopefully nobody will remember. That's what I fear will be the case. The Department of Justice has released a massive study on the use of taser devices. A 70% reduction in use of force has resulted. 70% reduction in injuries to the suspect. This is not something that will enhance public safety This is something that will put our officers at risk It will put the community at risk Now let talk about the way in which this bill has gotten its way to the floor today. We've had 11 days of discussion on something as significant as being the first state in the nation to ban these taser gloves. 11 days? This bill didn't even go to public safety in its current form. We literally are violating our regular process, not sending it to public safety, not inviting more public commentary and input. And I would argue the bill was poorly written. The author just said, well, let's make it clear, this does not ban tasers. Well, until maybe a few hours ago, it did ban tasers because it was not properly written. I appreciate the fact that it's been slightly clarified to now focus on taser gloves. But do you understand this is a significant policy change? It is controversial. To ram it through would suggest that you're not interested in study or input. If you were, you wouldn't be rushing through this change at the last minute. So don't tell me that, well, we're going to study it, Carl. We're just going to ban it for three years, and we're going to thoughtfully study it. You didn't even put the bill together with any sort of real thought or public input or transparency. So let's not disguise this as some elevated public policy process. This is a rushed job, and I would urge thoughtful members, let's bring this bill back next year. Let's go through regular order. Let's invite public testimony. Let's look at the studies that are already out there on the use of taser gloves and taser devices to give our officers less than lethal alternatives. It's good for law enforcement. It's good for the community. I urge not a rush to judgment on this. I urge cooler heads to prevail. Please vote no on AB 2760, the Don't Tase Me Bro Bill of 2026. Thank you, Assemblymember DeMaio. Assemblymember Mark Gonsolves, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise in support of AB 2760, and I want to agree with my colleague from San Diego. This is insane. So I thank you for addressing the fact that this bill is insane and that we've only had 11 days to bring this up, given that 11 days ago this administration, federal administration under Trump, continued to try to hijack, kidnap our community and use every means possible to do that. So I want to thank our author from San Diego for answering the call and leading in the right direction. Why, as a government, do we have to even introduce legislation that prohibits the use of outright cruel weapons that torture those being apprehended in the first place? Weapons that can kill a person when, not if, they are used incorrectly. And we know that our immigrant communities, people who are black or brown, will be the test subjects for these gloves of torment. We will be that study that my colleague from San Diego is asking for. So I want to thank the member from San Diego for her leadership. And those of you on the floor here today, I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 2760. Thank you. Thank you, Assemblymember Gonzalez. Assemblymember Lee is not at his desk. We'll continue on to Assemblymember Ransom. You are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I want to first start by thanking the Assemblymember from San Diego for her leadership in this issue. It takes a lot to be able to not only recognize an issue quickly, organize for that issue, but then work with people who are vehemently opposed to get their understanding and buy-in that at the end of the day, public safety is important to all of us and it's everyone's job. Permission to read, Mr. Speaker? The objection? I'd like to point out that when looking at the considerations that the manufacturer has given, they have said compliant technology recommends avoiding the use of these devices on the following higher risk portions of the population, including small children, severely handicapped, elderly, and pregnant women. Psychological considerations, the use of this technology may include increased blood pressure, blood chemistry, respiration and heart rates, heart rhythms, increase adrenaline, and pose a great risk, including sudden death. This is not something that we can just step aside and wait for people to die on our streets, because as was mentioned by our colleague from Los Angeles, this was not a technology that was used broadly or advertised broadly as something to have introduced in our public safety system. So this is something new to us. It's something that absolutely should be studied. And so I want to not only appreciate the colleague, but appreciate law enforcement for agreeing to work with the legislature to figure out if this is an appropriate tool to be used. What was also concerning is to hear and learn that a school district in the state of California, although the manufacturer has said this should not be used on children, has purchased this product. So this should be a concern to all of us because as much as we want to give our officers tools, we want to make sure that they have the right tools. They already have tasers. That is already something that they are trained on. This is technology that has been used in California. This is something that has been studied, and this is not what's up for debate today. What's up for debate is the use of technology that has not been studied, that has not been introduced to us properly. And so I really want to appreciate those who are supporting the Assemblymember in ensuring that we are taking proper steps to look out for the citizens of California. because what we don't want to do is have another tool in the torture toolbox being used by federal agents who are coming in and really scaring our citizens. And so with that, I'm going to side with the folks at not only our colleagues, but the law enforcement who said, like, we agree. We want to study this. So let's go ahead and get the information. our policies and our legislation is much better when we have data to back it up and at least we know what we working with and so with that i respectfully ask for your i vote thank you assembly member ransom assembly member lee you are recognized Thank you Mr Speaker I rise as a proud joint author to AB 2760 This is a bill that emerges out of great urgency This is a bill that is quick, but only because this technology has been introduced into our communities and our streets on such a rapid level. Now, many times we have talked about how alarming and disgusting it is that ICE agents jump out of vans and grab people, grab our farm workers, grab people working at car washes. Now imagine if they were equipped with electroshock gloves. The moment they lay hands on someone, they can deliver a potentially lethal dose of electricity. They don't know the person they're grabbing if they have a cardiac issue or not. They don't know what the health condition of that person is. And in fact, you're seeing the technology spread so quickly that it's even gone into school districts in Nebraska. Even though the manufacturer says you shouldn't use it on elderly people, you shouldn't use it on pregnant people, you shouldn't use it on kids, We have no guarantee right now the proper training is in there so that agents of the federal administration or local law enforcement don't know to properly not to touch people with those gloves. Now, I think we strive for a world of true de-escalation, of true unwinding conflict. That is why we embrace stronger social skills, stronger mental health skills, not arming our law enforcement with more tools in the torture toolbox. Now this of course is called a less than lethal tool, which law enforcement has a whole spectrum of. They do not need another way that can brutally hurt or potentially, as we have seen, kill someone. So this is why this bill is so important. All it says is it's a brief pause, and when we understand the data better, we can come back and relook at this. I strongly urge an aye vote on AB 2760. Thank you Assemblymember Lee. Assemblymember Lackey, you are recognized. I'm just offended by an expression that was used. As a former member of law enforcement, there is no such thing as a torture toolbox. Let's be clear about that. You can form your opinion on whether these gloves are appropriate or not appropriate, but please don't reduce law enforcement and make the allegation that they have a torture toolbox. That's all I have. Thank you, Assemblymember Lackey. Assemblymember Wilson, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise in support of AB 2760. And I do not believe that our police officers have a torture toolbox, to my colleague's point. But they do have a non-lethal toolbox, to my colleague's over here point. I will say that non-lethal toolbox includes chokeholds. And I know that because I read the news stories of Eric Gardner, George Floyd, and Jordan Neely. We banned chokeholds because of those three individuals. And I would say that my colleague from San Diego is doing the right thing to ensure that we slow our roll on this, study it for a minute, to ensure that not another life is sensibly lost over a non-lethal form of toolbox. Thank you. Thank you, Assemblymember Wilson. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Dr. Sharp-Collins, do you wish to close? Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I really do appreciate the robust conversation I saw some of the mics go up Of course some of the mics had to go down for various reasons But what I do see is that people still want to make jokes on this floor about something that is really very serious To put it simply we cannot spend state tax dollars on technology that is not yet vetted and haven't really been proven to be safe. This bill is not anti-police. We are all humans, and humans deserve to be treated that way. We are not animals and we should not be treated that way. So as people have talked, those who have spoken opposition, thank you for that. But I want you to know I do not apologize for the timeline or process of this bill. In fact, I argue that this is why we are even here in the first place. To identify a problem, identify the problem within real time and find a reasonable solutions. That is our job. And that was what I've chosen to do. This bill did go to public safety. It went to Senate public safety and it passed Senate public safety. It went through Senate appropriations and it passed Senate appropriations. Then where did it go? Senate floor passed the floor with 29 votes and here it is right here right now asking for your support. So do not tell me that the bill skipped the process. I do know how to follow protocol. This bill was going to help prevent so many different lawsuits for wrongful deaths to our cities and to our counties, which is going to be very important. But at a time where ICE has deliberately have already spent $20,000, well $20 million to invest in these gloves, to where we have our Homeland Security also telling people to stop, do not deplore these things, that should be a red flag. We have our own Sacramento Sheriff's Department spent $35,000. We have a school district that spend less than $10,000 on these gloves to use on children. That is a problem. There is major health impacts that come along with this as it pertains to people's health. When we look at heart rates, blood pressure, and any other issues, we don't know what people's underlying issues are when they are shocked initially by these gloves. So you can say whatever you want to say. But I'd like to close by thanking the nearly 30 members, my Assembly colleagues and senators who have joined me as a co-author and joint authors to this measure and the others who wanted to join but were not able to be added on due to this fast turnaround. But 2760 is a measured approach as proven by our coalition of support of co-authors groups and the ability to remove opposition to get them to go neutral because they know that is true. It's important to know what we're doing before we actually do it. So let's spend time learning about this technology and do right by those that we are supposed to be serving. So I close finally by saying, if not now, then when? If not us, then who? Do we sit here and let people die on our watch? I think not. I was elected to protect and serve, and that's exactly what I'm standing here doing. I solve a problem, we solve a problem, and it's our job to rectify that problem, to catch it before things get worse. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Dr. Sharp-Collins. 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 51, nos 16. Second amendments are concurred in. I going to go to our Senate third reading file and take a file item number 70 That SB 1119 by Senator Padilla presented by Assemblymember Wicks Clerk will read. Senate Bill 1119 by Senator Padilla and others in acting to artificial intelligence. Assemblymember Wicks, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I am incredibly proud to present to you SB 1119 by Senator Padilla with myself as a joint author, as well as our privacy chair, our colleague from Rinda as a joint author as well. And I will tell you, this bill is probably one of the bills I'm most proud of being a part of in my tenure in the legislature. Because this bill is going to bring about the most critical guardrails and safety protocols for our children who are using chatbots. It's going to be one of the most aggressive landmark bills in the nation, led here in California, also the home of the tech industry. And the reason this is so important is because 72% of our teens have used an AI companion chatbot. More than half of them are on these chatbots regularly. 33% of teens use AI chatbots for social interactions and relationships. They're using chatbots as a relationship. Research shows that young people are far more likely to treat chatbots as quasi-human and have unhealthy relationships with them. So those statistics are alarming. Nothing is as alarming as the story of Adam Rain, who ended his life after a discussion with a chatbot about this. and so as our chair in privacy will attest to we've had so many parents come through that committee begging for help when it comes to this technology and I want to recognize also that this technology can be incredibly positive and can have a lot of utility and we should be in a place where we can harness that utility and the power that comes with that and the educational opportunity and we can keep our kids safe those are not mutually exclusive things because in the end of the day our children's safety is non-negotiable. Full stop. Our children's safety is non-negotiable. So what does this bill do? It enhances privacy protections for kid users, including building on age assurance laws that we've already voted on here in the state. It limits the use of children's data. It requires the companies to do risk assessments to make sure these are safe, as well as audits. Again, another quality control so that we know that the product our kids are using actually is safe. It prohibits chatbots from encouraging harm, suicidal ideation, engaging in obscene manner, or sexual abuse material. It does a number of different things to ensure that our kids do not develop an emotional relationship with the chatbots. Finally, it provides critical enforcement, working very closely with the Attorney General and others to make sure that we have the right enforcement mechanisms in this bill to make sure that it actually works. I want to say we have been in weeks and weeks and days and days and hours and hours, long hours of negotiations with industry on this bill, with the children's advocates, and I think what we have landed here is truly going to be a model for the rest of the country, hopefully for the nation and frankly the world, to show that we can have these types of products, our children can use them, and they can be safe. And I just want to do a special shout out to my joint author, Senator Padilla, also our privacy chair, there's Senator Padilla, Senator Cabaldon as well, who was very involved, and of course, our dear colleague from Rwinda. It was a real negotiation process. team, and we were very collaborative in how we handled this, but we held the line on keeping our children safe. And so with that, I would respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Wicks. Assemblymember Bauer-Cahan, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. and Speaker and members. I rise in strong support of SB 1119. A little over a year ago, Matthew and Maria Rain filed suit against OpenAI for the death of their son, Adam. And the New York Times broke the story because in the complaint, one of the most artful complaints I've ever read, they told the story of Adam turning to chat GPT for math help and then having this overly sycophantic model start to tease him into a relationship that resulted in him spending hours on end talking about his mental health struggles, having the chatbot mention suicide many more times than Adam ever did, telling him not to talk to his mother, a therapist, his brother, his closest friend, about his suicidality, and ultimately telling him exactly how to take his home life. And when I read that article, I knew we had to act, and we had to act fast. and we gutted a bill last year and we sent it to the governor to have safe by design chatbots. That bill was ultimately vetoed, although it moved through the legislature with bipartisan supermajorities, and we vowed to come back. And honestly, this bill is everything I tried to do last year and more, and that makes me incredibly proud. We've named the bill after Adam. This is now Adam's Law. And I believe that it will save lives, and we will have less children who will suffer the fate of Adam Rain as a result of these incredibly important protections. I wanted to thank my joint authors for this. I want to thank everybody who came to the table. But to demand that before chatbots are handed to our children, that they are tested, anything they find that could harm our kids is mitigated, that they have to audit those results to make sure they're not grading their own homework, that they cannot talk to our kids about eating disorder behavior, suicidality, all the harms that can come, and that they are safe by default, that the default settings are the most safe things. That is what we should demand of all technology that our kids are given, but this is a really important first step. And so I want to thank everybody who's worked hard, including incredible privacy staff in the Assembly who honestly dreamt about the bill and would wake up talking to me about the language and who worked tirelessly to make sure that this protected children. And I am so proud to have been a joint author on this, to be sending this to the governor, and to know that California kids will be the safest in the nation as a result of this and in Adam's memory. And with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Bauer-Cahan. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Wicks, do you wish to close? Respectfully ask for an aye vote. 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 all members vote who desire to vote clerk will close the roll tally votes i64 knows four measure passes okay we are going to begin Okay Mr Gabriel we are going to take up file item number 95 file item 95 SB 114 by Senator Laird presented by Assemblymember Gabriel Clerk will read Senate Bill 114 by Senator Laird, an act relating to the state budget and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately budget bill. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present SB 114, which amends prior budget bills. This bill makes technical corrections and conforming changes, including allowing funding provided in the 2022 budget to Placer County to be used for the McKeon-Ponderosa debris removal, and also requires the CPUC to offer a third round of unspent funds from the Aliso Canyon Recovery Account from the 2024 Budget Act. For those reasons, ask for your aye vote on SB 114. Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. Assemblymember Tangipa, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of AB 114. This bill provides an effective use of Proposition 4 bond funds and ensures last mile funding for broadband deployment isn't lost. We respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Tangipa. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. 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. I-72, no-0. Measure passes. File item 96, SB 133 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, presented by Assemblymember Gabriel. Clerk will read. Senate Bill 133 by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, an act related to education, finance, and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately, be related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to present SB 133, our education trailer bill. This bill contains cleanup provisions necessary to implement our June budget. As you may recall, this year's budget represents a historic level of investment in our TK through 12 public schools. For that reason, I ask for your aye vote on SB 133. Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. Members, I failed to request on file item 95, that was SB 114, immediate transmittal to the Senate. Assemblymember Tangipa, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise with concerns to SB 133. While this bill makes a number of necessary changes to TK through 12 education, it also includes provisions that should not be advanced through the budget process. Specifically, SB 133 expands services for undocumented immigrants through two separate programs. At a time when California is facing difficult budget decisions, we should be prioritizing limited taxpayer dollars for core educational needs, not expanding unnecessary programs and benefits that many American students themselves are not eligible for. For these reasons, we have serious concerns for SB 133 and respectfully ask for a no vote and for members to abstain. 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 and tally the votes. I-61, no's nine. The measure passes, immediate transmittal to the Senate. File item 100 is SB 178 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review Presented by Assemblymember Gabriel the clerk will read Senate Bill 178 by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review an act of public resources and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately by related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present SB 178, which contains statutory changes related to natural resources. These changes require the Department of Parks and Recreations to prepare and submit a report to the legislature related to parking and safety concerns near the Point Lobos State Natural Reserve and also provide $60 million one-time from the Beverage Container Recycling Fund to support local Conservation Corps activities. For these reasons, I ask for your aye vote on SB 178. Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. Assemblymember Tongipot, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We rise in support to SB 178. I'm fortunate to represent the number one ag-producing county in America, where our farmers grow everything from almonds to grapes and help feed families across the country and around the world. What makes many of these farms especially important is that they are family-owned. Many started small, were built over generations, and grew through hard work, innovation, and ingenuity. Programs like the one created by this bill can help the next generation of farmers gain access to agricultural land and build operations of their own. If California wants to remain an agricultural leader, we need to make sure young and beginning farmers have an opportunity to succeed. And for those reasons, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you. Assemblymember Tangipa, Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise in support of SB 178. This bill includes legislation I co-authored to increase access to land for new and beginning farmers. And that is especially important for Imperial County and the 36th Assembly District. Agriculture is the backbone of our communities. If we want to keep the Imperial Valley and California as the breadbasket of the world, we have to make sure the next generation of farmers has a fair opportunity to get their start. This is good for Imperial County, good for the 36th District, and good for the future of California agriculture. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Gonzalez. All debate having seized, clerk will open the roll. Assemblymember Soria, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I just also want to rise in strong support of SB 178. If you all recall, last year I stood up on this floor and I made some comments about missing the mark when it comes to investments in our agriculture here in the state of California. I will say that I stand very proud that my colleagues listened, that we had some great conversations over the months. I want to thank the chair of the budget committee, the speaker also, for really listening to the concerns that we had and for the investments that are included in this budget that are going to make meaningful investments into our ag community. So I just wanted to thank you guys and I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Gabriel, would you like to close? Respectfully request an aye vote. All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote Ayes 75, no 0. The measure passes. Immediate transmittal to the Senate. Item 102, SB 186. Vice-Nmember Gabriel, the clerk will read. The Senate Bill 186 by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, an act related to taxation and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you're recognized. Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I am delighted to rise to present SB 186, our film tax credit trailer bill. This bill makes surgical changes necessary to the film tax credit to keep California's credit competitive and protect our industry workforce. I want to thank the many members of our delegation who have worked to support this important program. And for these reasons, I ask for your aye vote on SB 186. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Zaburi, you are recognized. Yes, I rise today to voice my strongest support for SB 186, and I want to thank everyone, our governor, our speaker, our pro tem, our budget chairs, and so many people in this room who work to bring this critical bill to the floor today. That includes key champions for the entertainment industry, including the Motion Pictures Association, the Directors Guild, the Entertainment Unions Coalition, which represents 167,000 entertainment industry workers who galvanized behind the need to make this bill happen this year. Last year, as a result of the leadership of our governor and our legislative leaders and all of you, we acted at a crucial time to protect Californians that depend on the film and television industry. We all voted wholeheartedly to pass AB 1138, a bill that saved this industry and is continuing to help it. I'm going to cut my comments down because we're running out of time, and I just want to say that this bill is narrow and technical. It's a surgical approach to strengthen some of the most important components of the California Film and Television Jobs Program 4.0, which is already capped and fully allocated in the budget. But let me be clear, there's more work that we still need to do. We must do more to restore and strengthen this program next year to make sure that it remains competitive. and today I want to thank again the governor, the speaker and everyone and strongly ask for your aye vote on SB 186 Thank you Assembly Members Board. Assembly Member Tangipa you are recognized Thank you Mr. Speaker I rise in support to SB 186 We can all agree that Billy Madison is a great movie with great quotes but unlike that scene that the member from Menlo appreciates so much this bill does get points, and we are all better after these technical changes. We can agree this bill is a good example of how targeted tax relief can help and keep businesses, jobs, and investments here in California. In this case, we are providing support to California's film industry. But that same principle should not stop at Hollywood. We should be just as willing to support other major California industries, including agriculture, which sustains rural communities, supports hundreds of thousands of jobs, and helps feed the nation. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on this bill, and I hope we will show the same support for future tax credit proposals that help both small businesses and major employers across California. Thank you. 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. Roll tally votes. I-68, nose-2. The measure passes immediate transmittal to the Senate. File item 109, that's SB 195 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, presented by Assemblymember Gabriel. The clerk will read. Senate Bill 195 by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, an act relating to wildfire prevention and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately, be related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present SB 195, our income tax wildfire mitigation trailer bill. This bill makes statutory changes necessary to affect personal income tax and corporation tax exemptions for wildfire mitigation programs. For those reasons, I ask for your aye vote on SB 195. Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. Assemblymember Tanipa, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We rise in support of SB 195. Unfortunately, wildfires continue to be a reality in many of our districts. There is no single solution to this problem, but mitigation projects are critical to reducing risk and preventing catastrophic loss. Having worked with Fresno County following the Creek Fire, I have seen firsthand the devastating aftermath a wildfire can leave behind. By providing this tax exemption, we can help communities undertake the mitigation projects, reduce wildfire risk, and better protect lives and property. For those reasons, we respectfully ask for an aye vote. 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 and tally the vote. Ayes 74, no zero. The measure passes. Immediate transmittal to the Senate. Members, we're going to go back to file item number 93. File item 93, please. That's SB 716 by Senator Durazo, presented by our Majority Whip. The clerk will read. Senate Bill 716 by Senator Durazo and others, an act related to local government. Mr. Majority Whip, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On behalf of Senator Durazo and I, our shared community of Boyle Heights, I rise to present SB 716, a Latino caucus priority bill. Over the last two months, my community has lived beside decomposing fire damaged material, overwhelming rotting stench, infestations, windows that can't be opened. On June 17th of 2026, a structure fire broke out at Lineage Logistics Warehouse in Boyle Heights. After the flames were put out, nearly 88 million pounds of spoiled food were left behind in the wreckage. County health inspections on July 15th and July 21st found violations still uncorrected a month after the fire. And just yesterday, they finally cleared out all of the 80 million pounds of food. Los Angeles County issued fines. Still, lineage missed the L.A. City's cleanup deadline of August the 14th and the South Coast AQMD's deadline of August 20th. These fines are too small to matter. It is outrageous that my constituents are expected to endure these conditions while cleanup continues at the company's slow pace. Health impacts are real and worsening. Rising mobile clinic and ER visits, respiratory illnesses, headaches, bloody noses, nausea in the kids. St. John's released a community health report which found that hundreds of residents have suffered health problems and that their symptoms were directly related to toxic exposure and smoke inhalation. These effects could be long This sits on top of decades of environmental justice These communities shouldn have to bear the cost of private companies in action So SB 716 raises the ceiling on the city and county ordinances fines for large non-residential structures so the penalties scale with the severity of the violation. Violators could face $1,000 for a first violation, $2,000 for a second violation and $5,000 for each additional violation. For context, a carpool lane violation costs $500. Hosting an illegal Airbnb party might cost $1,000 to $2,000. And for Lineage, a multibillion-dollar multinational corporation to allow their facility to become a massive fly and rat infestation, forcing an entire neighborhood to live with the stench of rotting food for months, the fines are capped at only $2,000. which for a company that is spending over $100 million on a cleanable loan, it's just the cost of doing business. If the violation results in a state or federal disaster declaration, these fines can be multiplied up to $50,000 per violation. In fact, base fines in SB 716 match the short-term rental ordinance penalties that have established, which also top out at $5,000. Water theft is $10,000 max, same of the unlicensed cannabis cultivation. The base fines of SB 716 are lower than that of legislature has approved in recent years. There's a lot in this bill that the senator has amended to make sure that Boyle Heights is represented. And on behalf of Senator Rosso and on behalf of Boyle Heights, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Gonzalez. Assemblymember Leader Macedo, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Dear members, I rise in opposition to SB 716. The horrific industrial warehouse fire in Los Angeles that prompted this legislation was a serious disaster and the people affected deserve accountability. But this measure creates a new statewide penalty for non-residential buildings as small as 20,000 square feet, a threshold that can include supermarkets, hotels, and ordinary retail businesses. Employees can reach as much as $50,000 per violation with no aggregate cap, and repeat violations are counted over five years rather than one year period generally used under existing law. The measure even lacks a safeguard for situations where a business is legally prohibited from entering the property to correct the violation. We can and must hold bad actors accountable without government overreach that debilitates businesses from operating that could result in increased costs to consumers. I respectfully ask for your no vote. Thank you, Leader Macedo. Assemblymember Coloza, you were recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise in strong support of SB 716 authored by the senator from Los Angeles. I also want to thank my colleague from Los Angeles for his leadership and I'm also proud to serve as a co-author of this important measure. As you heard, the Lineage Warehouse Fire in Ball Heights impacted Los Angeles and also parts of my district, especially East Los Angeles. This has been a very serious challenge for working families, for small businesses, for our first responders, and we know that communities across Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, have lived with a lot of smoke, pollution, air quality concerns, and really horrific conditions. The Lineage Fire made it clear that when large facilities violate local laws, our local governments need stronger tools to respond, and that's where SB 716 comes in. When violations put our neighbors at risk, those responsible must be held accountable. So with that I respectfully ask for your aye vote Thank you Mr Speaker Thank you Assemblymember Coloza Seeing and hearing no further debate Assemblymember Gonzalez do you wish to close Respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Mr. Majority Whip. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Assembly member Gonzalez says move the call. We're going to move to file item 111. File item 111. That's SB 1228 by Senator Rubio, presented by Assemblymember Solace. The clerk will read. Senate Bill 1228 by Senator Rubio and others, an act relating to advertising displays. Assemblymember Solace, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. as I rise to present SB 1228 on behalf of Senator Rubio on a bill that is nearly tailored to support economic activity in specified areas. The goal of SB 1228 is simple and has two parts. First, it allows a small number of existing outdoor advertising displays to continue operating under a current law rather than abruptly shutting down due to a statutory sunset. Second, recent amendments include technical clarifying language that ensures that one outdoor billboard sign located in Los Angeles Convention Center is included in an existing arena exception, enabling the City of Los Angeles to generate an additional $5 million in revenue. This creates unnecessary disruption for local governments, businesses, and works who rely on these displays. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Solace. 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. Ayes 64, nos 0. The measure passes. Thank you. our jobs work every single day. And we're going to start with our sergeant at arms under our chief, Cheryl. Here. Chief Cheryl Craft. This is a top-notch team. We have Harrison Giroux. Where's Harrison? He not on the floor Mario Cano Vincent Chirro Dylan West Beltran Carlos excuse me Carlos Beltran and Carlos Cardenas Members also under Chief Kraft, of course, our Sergeant at Arms, our Security Services, we do not name them for obvious reasons, but we thank them for keeping us safe. Thank you. And last but not least, the DGS APAs in the garage working for us day in and day out. Andrew Lee, Alicio Perez, Javier Hernandez, Omar Onia, and Lai Saturn. All right, members. While we wait, I'm going to embarrass now Sue Parker, everybody. The great Sue Parker. Our chief clerk. Members, if you could only hear what I hear across every single bill, the amount of work that this team puts together for every piece of legislation that passes through the assembly floor. Hugh Sladen, Alec Torres, Creston White and Casey, Daniel Alvarez, our reading clerk, David Bowman, David Garcia, Diego Mendoza, Imani Wilson, Maria Solorio, Russell Thomas, Sakara Brewer, Stephen Sepulveda, Tammy Eller, Tammy Eller, the nicest person in the capital, Tammy Eller, and Victoria Garduno. We also have Alejandro Valenzuela, Alex Lloyd, Candice Booker, Chason Wainwright, Gregory Vellines, Aline Twilliger, I'm so sorry I'm butchering these, Tashi Nakario, Toby Simon, and of course the interns, Alexandra Espinosa, Donald Hunter, Hajara Enayat, Ruth Lynn Ochengo, and Sean Christie Peralta. Your chief clerk's office, everybody. These are true public servants. True public servants. Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. microphone for vote changes. Assembly member DeMaio. DeMaio, vote change. Assembly Bill 904, from yes to no. Vote change. Assembly member DeMaio, Assembly Bill 904, aye to no. Assembly Assemblymember Davies. Davies vote change AB 2222 from I to no voting. Vote change Assemblymember Davies. Assembly Bill 2222, I to not voting. Assemblymember Sanchez. File item 308 AB 2694, I to not voting. Vote change Assemblymember Sanchez. Assembly Bill 2694, I to not voting. Assemblymember Irwin. Assemblymember Irwin, SB 1228, aye to not voting. Vote change, assemblymember Irwin, Senate Bill 1228, aye to not voting. Assemblymember Addis. Vote change, SB 1370, aye to not voting. vote change, assemblymember Addis, Senate Bill 1370, aye to not voting. Assemblymember Calra. Thank you. Vote change SB 1392, aye to not voting. Vote change Assemblymember Carl Ross, Senate Bill 1392, aye to not voting. Assemblymember Davies. Correction, AB 2222, aye to no. Vote change Assemblymember Davies, Assembly Bill 2222, aye to no. Assemblymember Hart. vote change item 72 SB 1370 aye to not voting vote change assembly member Hart senate bill 1370 aye to not voting assembly member Ahrens Ahrens vote change 884 aye to not voting SB 884 vote change assembly member Ahrens senate bill 884 aye to not voting Madam Majority Leader you are recognized Good evening I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 63 to allow Assembly bills received from the Senate from now until adjournment of today's session to be taken up without reference to file for the purpose of concurrence in Senate amendments. Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. That motion is seconded by Assemblymember Pacheco. Assemblymember Hoover, you are recognized. We withhold unanimous consent and ask for a roll call vote. Thank you. Thank you, Assemblymember Hoover. This motion requires 40 votes. It's not debatable. Clerk will open the roll. Majority Leader is asking for an aye vote. Mr. Hoover is asking for a no 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 49, noes 14, the rules are suspended Thank you. Thank you. Members, we're taking up file item 78, please. File item 78. That's AB 1050 by Senator Ashby, presented by Assemblymember El-Hawari. The clerk will read Senate Bill 1050 by Senator Ashby and others an act related to consumer protection Assemblymember El you are recognized Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present SB 1050 on behalf of Senator Ashby. Over 750,000 jobs power the state's creative economy, which generates over $190 billion in federal, state, and local money. Recent advancements in AI have led to the creation of synthetic performers, which mislead consumers and allows creators to avoid the responsibility of hiring real workers. SB 1050 establishes a disclosure requirement to reflect new realities. Sponsored by SAG-AFTRA and has received bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Ahuari. I'll debate having C's 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 44, noes 5. The measure passes. File item number 8. File item number 8. That is AB 2542 by Assemblymember Patterson. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2542 by Assemblymember Patterson, an act relating to human remains. Assembly Member Patterson, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 2542 is back on concurrence. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assembly Member Patterson. 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 61, no 0. Sound amendments are concurred in. File item number 305 on the supplemental file. File item 305, that's AB 1976 by Assemblymember Wicks. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1976 by Assemblymember Wicks and I play the streets and highways. Assemblymember Wicks, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. and members, I rise to present AB 1976, which is back on concurrence. And this will make it easier to do bicycle and pedestrian safety projects in your communities. And with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. 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. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 45. Noes, 18. Senate amendments are concurred in. Thank you Thank you Thank you. File item number six is AB 2397 by Assemblymember Ta. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2397 by Assemblymember Ta, an app related to state government. Assemblymember Ta, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The bill is back on concurrent. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Ta. 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, tally the vote, aye's 63, no's zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Without objection, we're going to take up file item 201. That's SB 795, without reference to file. For the purpose of third reading, the clerk will read. Senate Bill 795 by Senator Archuleta and others, an act related to air pollution. Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present SB 795 by Senator Archuleta. So far, unanimous bipartisan support. And why not? Last year, the legislature overwhelmingly passed, I think it was also unanimous, and the governor signed into law Assembly Bill 30, which I authored, which made California the 50th state, the last state in the nation, to authorize the sale of E15 fuel blend. A year later, here we are and haven't been able to sell California E15 gas at the pump just yet, and the holdup is due to a unique regulatory hurdle related to the equipment at the pump itself. So we legalized E15 last year, but again have not been able to use it. SB 795 is a clean up to E15 Act, which provides a narrow technical fix to allow E15 to be dispensed at gas stations across the state, giving California finally access to a gas blend, which can save consumers up to 40 cents a gallon. The bill does not lower safety standards, manufacturers remain legally accountable, and the bill directs the state fire marshal to adopt labeling and safe use regulations by the end of this year for this to move forward. The bill is about delivering a choice of savings, and the legislature, again, already promised this last year when we approved Assembly Bill 30. I'm proud to say that this bill is being sponsored by the Problem Solvers Caucus due to the last minute change. myself and 17 others were not added as co-authors, but there is a wide co-author including the support of agriculture, small business, and veteran organizations. No opposition, like I said, yet, and respectfully ask for your aye vote on SB 795. Thank you. Assemblymember Alvarez. Assemblymember Alanisi, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As co-chair of the California Problem Solvers Caucus, I rise on behalf of our caucus in support of 795. This bipartisan caucus priority bill is a tangible step towards addressing affordability by expanding access to a lower-cost fuel option. Thank you to the authors. Thank you for everybody who put this together, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Alanis. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Alvarez, do you wish to close? Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and once again, thank you to Senator Archuleta for his work. Respectfully ask for your aye vote on 795. Thank you, Assemblymember Alvarez. As 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. Ayes 56, no zero. The measure passes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. File item 22. That is AB 1128 by our friend, Assemblymember Muratsuchi. Clerk will read. Assemblymember 1128 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi and others in Accolade and Housing. Assemblymember, is this your last bill that you will be presenting before this body? It is. Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The rent is too damn high. That is what I've been hearing for years from my mobile home residents in my district. Mobile homes we know are the last remaining pool of affordable housing in many of our communities. My mobile home residents, low income, seniors living on fixed incomes, I've been trying to help give them rent release for the past four years. We tried in the city of Torrance a local ordinance two years ago where unfortunately a Republican majority council refused to adopt a local rent stabilization ordinance. And that is why I reached out to our colleague from Fullerton to propose a statewide rent stabilization for mobile home parks. Speaker. This bill was limited in the Senate Judiciary Committee from the statewide proposal to now what is essentially a district bill. This will apply only to the 10 mobile home parks within the city of Torrance, over 1,000 mobile home park residents. the bill proposes an annual cap of 3 plus inflation not to exceed 5 a year Now I know that some of you have raised concerns about how rent control is not the right solution to provide rent relief for our residents. Let me make it absolutely clear why this is fundamentally different from rent control for apartments or other types of housing. Number one, we're talking mobile home parks. These are the only remaining opportunities of large plots of land where the market, especially in coastal communities like Torrance, just will not support any further conversion to mobile home parks. The market will take them to build more condos, townhouses, luxury apartments, not more mobile home parks. That is exactly why we need government intervention to help preserve these last remaining pools of affordable housing in our communities. This bill builds upon the rent caps established in the 2021 law that our colleague in Fullerton authored. Again, we tried to expand it statewide. We were not able to do so. It's limited to the 10 mobile home parks in the city of Torrance. this is a district bill that is sponsored by mobile home residents. I ask you to help preserve mobile home parks as the last remaining pool of affordable housing. Stand with mobile home residents. Stand with the low income, the seniors living on fixed incomes. I ask for your support for this district bill, AB 1128. Thank you, Assemblymember Muratsuchi. Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. Members, it's getting late and we're tired, and these are the type of bills that really can split us. They're the type of bills that are difficult. I ran one of the first bills, AB 978, in 2021. And as the author mentioned, we did pass that bill, but it was only for mobile home parks in Anaheim and Fullerton. And this bill is now narrowed to only Torrance, although it was initially a statewide bill. Why do I stand in support and why have I worked in this area? Simply as was stated we have seniors many many seniors on fixed incomes that live in these mobile homes. Many of them bought these mobile homes believing this would be the last place that they would reside in that they would retire in and in fact they are finding not only the rents that are increasing especially on a fixed income unaffordable I know that there is opposition and we have heard from opposition some of you may know this bill that I wrote in 2020 was also litigated but it was litigated and the concerns were moved forward in favor of of the bill that I wrote I would also ask you to think about we hear about rent control and many people would say, I just don't support rent control. This is rent stabilization. Some will say, well, that is rent control. Basically, what it says is rents can increase annually, annually, but at a certain percentage. With that, I ask you to consider this bill and to say aye. Thank you. Thank you, Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. Assemblymember Patterson, you are recognized. Great. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, I didn't want to go, our member from Torrance to go out without a bang, you know, so had to speak in opposition to this measure. You know, every time I hear government intervention to solve a problem, you know, really makes me think of all the great things government has done to solve all the problems and keep costs down in this state, you know, I mean, whether it's healthcare, electricity, high-speed rail, I mean, you know, this government's doing a really great job at keeping costs down, so why not go with rent control? The author stated himself what his intent is, and that's a statewide rent control on mobile home parks. I mean, he said it himself. The voters time after time after time, including in Torrance, have said we don't want rent control because they realize the obvious of what that would do to the market, and that's increase the cost of housing. If the legislature thought that was a good idea, we would have done that a long time ago, but also the voters have stated to us that's a bad idea. Nothing stops Torrance from doing this themselves, by the way. Torrance could adopt a rent control ordinance themselves, and they've chose not to, and the voters have decided not to there as well. But there's one other thing that people leave out, but a great example that happened in housing committee. when communities were discussed, one that has rent control on a mobile home unit and one that doesn't. Remember, these are kind of like some of the last places where you can actually get, right now, affordable units in places like Torrance. When you cap the price of rent, i.e. the property of a mobile home lot, you increase the cost of the actual structure itself. So maybe the rent is lower, but the cost of the home is so expensive that people are unable to move in there. So maybe their monthly payment is lower, but they can't afford the loan to move into the home in the first place. And I like people to have homes, and because of that, I think everybody should vote no on this bill. Thank you, Assemblymember Patterson. Assemblymember Lee, you are recognized. Thank you, members. I rise in strong support of AB 1128, and I want to commend the author, the representative from Torrance, for fighting for Torrance as his last bill. I think it's fitting that our members who serve both the 12-year terms are standing up fighting for what's right. And since Assemblymember Marasucci did not pick me to give his goodbye speech, I guess this counts as mine. But I really want to commend him because think about this. He is fighting for some of the most vulnerable people in his district as his last bill. and he's terming out. There is no political upside, there's no in it for him. He's doing what is right. And as important as it is, as some of our colleagues said, about making sure that people can acquire home ownership, it's just... It's important for people to keep their homes as well. We should not lose sight of preservation in the pursuit of production. Those seniors who live in those mobile home parks rely on those places to live as hopefully their forever homes. We should not be banking on them losing their home for the hope that a new home will be affordable one day to someone else. Today, we have an affordability crisis. Enough people struggle to afford their rent for their apartment, their mortgage, or in In the case of Bobo Home Parks, they probably struggle to afford their mortgage for the structure and the rent beneath their house. They're hit twice. And so this is a really important bill that he's fighting for his district, and I really hope that members will give some deference. We have seen multiple bills intervene in local political issues this year, and sometimes it is necessary for Sacramento to break up some log jams locally. And this is a case in which the member from Torrance is doing that. He is standing up for something most vulnerable and trying to give them a shot to keep their slice of the American dream. And just because they live in a mobile home park does not mean they're entitled to the same protections that a renter or a homeowner are. Respectfully, I urge your strong support for AB 1128. Thank you, Assemblymember Lee. Assemblymember Bennett, you're recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Great start. and it's partially because I feel so strongly about this if there's any place where we need rent control it is in our mobile home parks people cannot move their homes they're not mobile and they should not be at the mercy and the whim of the landlord, the property owner who simply can just keep gouging and gouging In California, we have so little of this kind of housing. We have to keep it affordable. It is absolutely essential for these people. I've seen this over and over again in our district. I commend the author, and I desperately hope that this will receive the 41 votes necessary to pass. Thank you very much. Thank you, Assemblymember Bennett. Seeing and hearing no further debate. Assemblymember Muratsuchi, do you wish to close? Thank you. I want to thank all of the speakers, both for and against. The bottom line is this bill is sponsored by the mobile home residents. You know, they've been asking, begging for rent relief, you know, ever since for the past at least four years. You know, these are people, they don't have money to hire lobbyists. They don't have money to be giving campaign contributions. They are only trying to hold on to their homes. This is a district bill. Please help me support the mobile home residents of Torrance. Thank you, Assemblymember Muratsuchi. 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 Assemblymember Muratsuchi has moved the call File Item 108. File Item 108, please. This has to be 194 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, presented by Assemblymember Gabriel. Circle Reed. Senate Bill 194 by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, an act related to transportation and making an appropriation, and therefore to take effect immediately be related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present SB 194, our August Transportation Trailer Bill. This bill exams existing CHP protection for state-level elected officials to immediate family members based on a thorough threat assessment and makes various other changes. Respectfully request your aye vote on SB 194. Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. Assemblymember Tangipa, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We rise in opposition to SB 194. While this bill contains some worthwhile public safety provisions, it also expands the use of CHP resources to provide security for families of current and former elected officials. At a time when CHP resources are already stretched, those personnel and taxpayer dollars should remain focused on protecting the broader public and keeping our roads and communities safe. For those reasons, we respectfully ask for your no vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Tongipa. Assemblymember DeMaio, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll be brief given the time crunch we're on. I rise in opposition to SB 194. I first want to start out with the good portion of this bill, and that is relating to the City of Los Angeles and the insane push by a council member down there to create a traffic jam. on a road in her district in a manner, I think it's mean-spirited. I think it's directed at a certain community, the Jewish community. It would reduce the lanes on a road leading to a Jewish cemetery down to just two lanes to create bike lanes. I know some people like bike lanes, but this is really not something that is sustainable. And so this would not reverse that decision, but it would provide additional checks and balances. It would require that this issue go before the full city council in Los Angeles for a little bit more thought. And so I commend the budget committee for including that provision in this bill. Unfortunately, as my colleague from Fresno pointed out, this is not a time for taxpayers of California to be shelling out $20 million is the estimate. it's probably going to be higher than that. In personal staffing and security details for former politicians, we already have protocols in place for, for example, the governor or if there's a threat for a current legislator. But this seems to be geared towards two specific politicians, high-profile politicians at the cost of $20 million, dollars an inappropriate gift of public funds i would urge you to send this back to the rules Committee Perhaps we can deal with this tomorrow morning with an amendment Thank you Thank you Assemblymember DeMaio 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. Ayes 44, noes 16. The measure passes immediate transmittal to the Senate. Thank you. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized. Mr. Speaker, at the request of the author, please place item 67, SB 966, Gonzalez on the inactive file. Clerk will note. File item 107, that's SB 193 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Presented by Assemblymember Gabriel. Clerk will read. Senate Bill 193 by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. An act relating to public resources and making an appropriation, therefore, to take effect immediately via related to the budget. Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. You are also my Legislator of the Year. But I do want to take a moment very briefly, since this is our last trailer bill, I hope, to thank our incredible Budget Committee staff here in the State Assembly. Both our Democratic and Republican staff, extraordinarily hardworking, devoted public servants. Many of them worked literally through the night and around the clock over the last couple weeks to help us close out our budget process. And so I just wanted to, on behalf of myself and the Budget Committee, extend our extraordinary thanks to the staff who do so much to make this budget process work. And with that, I want to present SB 193, our August Public Resources Trailer Bill. provides clarifying cleanup to the cap and invest bill from last year and extends the date that schools have to spend their already awarded CalShape grants. To keep clean energy dollars at our school, I respectfully request your aye vote on SB 193. Thank you, Assemblymember Gabriel. Assemblymember Tangipa, you were recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to join the budget chair and thank all of the staff, not only all of the budget staff, but to all of our capital staff as well that are here into the late night, and especially Bell and Ian. Bell, I want to make sure you know this wholeheartedly. You belong here and I couldn be more grateful for you as my alleged director But with that I rise in opposition to AB 193 at a time when California should be prioritizing wildfire prevention and reducing costs for families This bill guarantees another billion dollars for high-speed rail, while critical forest health and fuel reduction programs remain vulnerable to cuts. It also extends a COVID-era school ventilation program years beyond the pandemic, instead of allowing temporary programs to come to an end. California needs to get its priorities straight. We do not need to fund high-speed rail when all reports say it's going to run out of money and never ride on it. And I respectfully ask for a no vote. 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 votes. Ayes 53, noes 16. The measure passes. Immediate transmittal to the Senate. Where is our majority whip? Majority whip has asked to lift the call on file item 93. That's SB 716. The clerk will post. Thank you. Thank you. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes, ayes 42, noes 17. The measure passes. Okay. Members, stay with me here, please. Mr. Schultz. Mr. Schultz. We're going to move quickly, folks. I need your attention. Without reference, file AB 1546 by Assemblymember Schultz. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1546 by Assemblymember Schultz and others, an act of aid in the vehicles. Assemblymember Schultz, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1546 is back on concurrence. It is support, support, asking for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Schultz. 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-60, no-0, some amendments are concurred in. Without reference to file, AB 1642 by Assemblymember Harbinian. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1642 by Assemblymember Harbinian and others, not relating to wildfires. Assemblymember Harbinian, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. Good evening. I rise to present AB 1642, which will finally create the nation's first scientific testing standards for when a residential property is clear to inhabit after a wildfire. Senate amendments make the bill contingent with AB 1795 from my friend from Carson, which requires insurers to abide by the AB 1642 testing standards for properties within the wildfire impact zone. Eaton fire survivors and Palisades fire survivors know too well that any decision to return home must be guided by science, not opinion. Together, AB 1642 and AB 1795 will mean that no wildfire survivor faces the public health crisis that survivors of the Los Angeles fires have. Anyone presenting the bill tonight knows that these bills are hard. It's been a team effort. We couldn't have done this alone. I want to thank everyone on this floor for making this possible. I want to thank my staff, Chief of Staff Tom Steele, Legislative Director Sage Miller, for all their work. and I just respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you. Thank you, Assemblymember Harbinian. 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, ayes 50, no zero, Senate amendments are concurred in without reference to file AB 1795 by Assemblymember Gibson. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1795 by Assemblymember Gibson, an act relating to smoke damage. Assemblymember Gibson, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for allowing me to present Assembly Bill 1795. First of all, I want to also thank our Speaker, Robert Rivas, his staff, Monica, our Governor, and also our insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara. This bill took a lot of stakeholders that was involved. The residents of Altadena, our stakeholders, our work group, this bill took months and months of a lot of deliberation and a lot of conversation. I also want to thank my chief of staff, Mr. M., Andrew Adama, and everyone who had a hand, including the sponsor, which is our insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara Assembly Bill 1795 the Smoke Damage Recovery Act landmark legislation established the nation first enforceable public health and insurance claim standard for smoke damage homes. For over 30 years, California has lacked clear affordable standards for testing and restoring smoke-damaged homes, and families have paid the price. Today, we fixed that. Assembly Bill 1795 and AB 1642. I want to thank the member from Pasadena for his great leadership and for his team who worked with him and also his stakeholders that he represents. These amendments of AB 1795 and also AB 1642 establish an interlock smoke damage recovery framework that protects public safety while holding insurance companies accountable to clear public health standards for restoring smoke damage homes by establishing the nation's first comprehensive smoke damage standards. Assembly Bill 1795 and Assembly Bill 1642 position Californians to lead and develop the nation's first framework in this space. My office and the Department of Insurance engage several survivor groups directly. Ensuring their life experience informs policy decisions as well as health experts. Every provision in this bill reflects the life experience. Assembly Bill 1795 delivers on the most important things that we have heard from survivors with standing homes. Because smoke damage is a public health issue, first and foremost, Assembly Bill 1795 requires insurance companies to follow standards that will be developed by the Department of Toxic Substance, as well as described in Assembly Bill 1642. And, members, this bill sets up very clear standards, not only standards for those who will suffer wildfires, but also those who will suffer loss at the same time. I also want to make mention that those in Boyle Heights, the lineage fire, the warehouse fire in Boyle Heights, it also sets up a standard and also studies for them that collaborates with the Department of Insurance and Cal OES. I respectfully ask for a strong I vote on 1795. Mr. Gibson, is this your last bill? It is my last bill on this floor, and it has absolutely been a pleasure to work with so many people on this floor and doing this work to help change the lives of Californians. Thank you very much. Mr. Flora. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, my colleague. I just want to say I love your haircut. And when I got on this floor, you've always had a polish that is like second to none. and I when you speak about law enforcement and your background with your kiddo you one of the very few people that can stand on this floor and actually move votes And I mean that very sincerely You are a brother, you are a friend, and we appreciate you. And this institution is going to miss you. We need more people just like you. So just love you, brother, and appreciate you very much. Thank you, Assemblymember Flora. We all love Mr. Gibson, but we've got to stay with our bills. Assemblymember Harbidian. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Rise and strong support of 1795. I want to thank our friend from Carson for the Herculean effort to get this right. And what a way to go out. What a way to finish a strong legacy here, protecting wildfire survivors. Wildfire survivors everywhere, thank you. So thank you. Please vote aye. Thank you, Assemblymember Harbidian. And seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Gibson, do you wish to close? I do, just very briefly. I made a commitment on this green carpet. I stuck by my word. I made the promise. I stuck by my word to Mr. Herbedian, to the residents of Altadena. We lived up to that promise, and I think it's reflected in Assembly Bill 1795. We're not going to leave those who've suffered damage, those survivors. We're going to stick by them because that's what we do as Californians. I respectfully ask for a strong aye vote. Bravo. Bravo. 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 46, noes 7. Senate amendments are concurred in. File item AB 1969 by Assemblymember Bonta. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1969 by Assemblymember Bonta and others, an act relating to the community schools and making an appropriation, therefore. Excuse me. Without reference to file AB 1969. Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise today on behalf of the beautiful people of Oakland, Alameda, and Emeryville to present AB 1969, the It Takes a Village Act of 2026, which is back on concurrence. Amendments in the Senate move the bill from WIC to Education Code and include chaptering out amendments. AB 1969 has received bipartisan support and no opposition. And I want to ensure and thank that we recognize our joint authors on this bill, our colleagues from Morena Valley and San Diego, and our Senate Majority Leader from Sacramento. and the many co-authors that we've had on this bill. We often say it takes a village to raise a child. Let's soar children that we mean that here on the legislative floor. I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you. Assemblymember Bontal, 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-64, no-0. Senate amendments are concurred in. All I do is win. Without reference to file AB 2414 by Assemblymember Wynn. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2414 by Assemblymember Wynn, an accolade to developmental services. Assemblymember Wynn, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This bill is back on concurrence. It's a support-support bill. I respectfully ask for your idea. Winning All the bait having ceased clerk will open the roll All members vote who desire to vote All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. I-65, no-0, Senate amendments are concurred in. Members, we're going to file item 62. Please file item 62. SB 16 by Senator Blakespear, presented by Assemblymember Krell. Clerk will read. Senate Bill 16 by Senator Blakespear and others, an act of mental health. Assemblymember Krell. You are recognized, Assemblymember. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good evening, everybody. Today I rise to present Senate Bill 16, which requires counties to establish designation procedures for health care professionals to initiate involuntary holds during behavioral health emergencies. California faces a severe shortage of behavioral health clinicians, which limits our access to trained professionals during times of crisis. Current data shows that the state needs 72,000 more licensed professionals to meet current demand. At the same time, qualified clinicians who want to be designated to initiate 5150 holds struggle to navigate the county's unclear or non-existent designation procedures. A review of county policies from 46 counties found that only 27 counties had designation pathways and two counties had no pathway at all. This inconsistency can prevent qualified clinicians from doing what they are trained to do. and it requires police presence during behavioral health emergencies when no criminal activity is involved. Senate Bill 16 requires counties to establish transparent procedures for professionals to become 5150 designated. These requirements will make it possible for behavioral health clinicians to receive the authorization they need to provide appropriate care during behavioral health emergencies. Amendments taken on Friday address a concern from Los Angeles County and clarify that a complaint-based process for monitoring clinician compliance with 5150 policies meets the bill's monitoring requirement. This conforms the bill with existing practice using counties that already have 5150 procedures in place, limiting the cost impact of this important bill. SB 16 received bipartisan support in the Assembly Health and Judiciary Committees. The bill is sponsored by the California State Association of Psychiatrists, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Krell. 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 59, no 0. The measure passes. Thank you. Quick pause. We have time for vote changes. Any members with vote changes? Assemblymember Irwin, you are recognized for your vote change.

vote change assembly member erwin assembly bill 1976 i to not voting assembly member hart hart vote change sb 1228 i to not voting vote change assembly member hart senate bill 1228 i to not voting Thank you. No to not voting. Vote change. Assemblymember Dixon. Assembly Bill 2222. No to not voting. Thank you. Thank you. File item 23, please. File item 23 That AB 1567 by Assemblymember Ta The clerk will read Assembly Bill 1567 by Assemblymember Ta and Appalachian Housing Assemblymember Ta, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The bill is back on concurrent. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Ta. Debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. all members vote who desire to vote all members vote who desire to vote clerk will close the roll tally the votes ayes 58 no zero send amendments are concurred in Thank you. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At the request of the author, please place item 59 SB 569 Blakespeare on the inactive file. Clerk will note. There are letters of legislative intent at the desk. I request unanimous consent to print the following letters in the journal pursuant to Assembly Rule 42C, AB 1642, excuse me, Harbidion, and AB 1815 Wix. Without objection, such shall be the order. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Okay, everybody, let's work. Without reference to file AB 2575 by Assemblymember Ortega, the clerk will read. bill 2575 by assembly member ortega and act of healthcare services something member ortega you are recognized thank you madam thank you mr. speaker for the opportunity to present a b 25 75 this bill would give healthcare workers a right to follow and override AI in good faith I took amendments clarifying that workers must still follow standard operating procedures. I've also accepted amendments from every single group in opposition that actually approached my office in good faith. So now I'm asking for an aye vote on AB 2575. Thank you. Assembly Member Ortega, I'll debate having ceased. Clerk will open roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Clerk will close the roll, tally the vote, ayes 43, noes 12. Sound amendments are concurred in. Without reference to file, AB 817 by our majority whip. Where are you? Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 817 by Assembly Member Mark Gonzalez and others. Mr. Majority Whip, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB 817, which came back from the Senate just now, which is back on concurrence. First, this bill, AB 17, will tackle two key issues brought about by this fire. First, by preventing any new building permits for companies like Lineage until they can show that they have a contingency fund for up to $20 million set aside for disasters like this. We narrow the bill to only apply to Boyle Heights for 2027, delay inflammation until July of 28 for the rest of the state with the goal of addressing all the stakeholder feedback. And we've received many folks who want to work with us, and we continue to do that. I'm committed to working and continue to work with the opposition. I want to thank many of you who reached out about supporting this bill and helping this bill and taking the amendments, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Gonzalez. 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 the votes. Ayes 41, noes 14. Senate amendments are concurred in. without reference file AB 2717 by Assemblymember Colosa. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2717 by Assemblymember Colosa, an act of outdoor advertising. Assemblymember Colosa, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 2717 is back from the Senate for concurrence. Respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Colosa. All debate haven't ceased. Clerk will in the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. If you desire to vote, then vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 52, no zero. Set amendments are concurred in. Members, we're taking up file item number nine. File item number nine, please. That's AB 1933. By Assemblymember Hoover, the clerk will read. Assemblymember 1933 by Assemblymember Hoover, an act of land surveyors. Mr. Minority Floor Leader, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1933 is back on concurrence. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Hoover. 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 52, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Thank you. Another opportunity for vote changes. Any members with vote changes, raise your microphone. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. members the next item we will do is item number 92 SB 1079 by Senator Stern presented by Assemblymember Connolly. The clerk will read. Senate Bill 1079 by Senator Stern and others, an act relating to fire prevention. Assemblymember Connolly, you are recognized. Thank you Madam Speaker and members. Today I rise on behalf of Senator Stern to present SB 1079. This bill establishes a fire innovation unit within CAL FIRE to connect frontline needs with emerging wildfire technologies and help move successful innovations from testing into real world use. It is critical we emphasize programs that focus on innovative technology and research so our emergency management personnel are equipped to face disasters. This bill gives California a mechanism to identify firefighter needs, source new technologies, and scale up success. This bill has no opposition and has received no no votes. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote for the last bill I will be presenting on this floor. Thank you. Thank you, Assembly members. Say no for the debate. The clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 60, nos 0. The measure passes. Item 64, SB-886 by Senator Padilla, presented by Assemblymember Papin. The clerk will read. Senate Bill 886 by Senator Padilla and others, and that's related to electricity. So, Member Papin, you're recognized. Oh, thank you, Madam Speaker. So, I rise to present SB886, the Ratepayer Technology and Innovation Act, to protect ratepayers from having to shoulder the energy costs of AI data centers. This bill is part of a two-bill package, along with AB 2383, from my colleague from West Hollywood to protect rate payers and local communities. Specifically, the bill would create an interconnection tariff to ensure the data centers are paying for their interconnection costs. With that, I request an aye vote, but I think we might hear from our colleague from West Hollywood first. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Zabr, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam. And members, I rise in strong support of SB 886. Again, as was mentioned by our colleague, this is part of a two-bill package that includes my AB 2383, which hopefully we'll see back in concurrence in a few minutes. Both bills are complementary and aimed at protecting everyday rate payers by ensuring that large load data centers pay their fair share. While data centers can pose significant risk to the grid and rate payers, we can strike a balance. If we get this right, we can continue to lead in the innovation economy and protect ratepayers and bring down the cost of electric rates. Before that can become a reality, it's critical that we advance policy like this that will ensure strong protections across the electric grid. Thank you. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember. Assemblymember Papin, would you like to close? I would. I just respectfully request an aye vote. Let's tell California we got this. Thank you The clerk will open the roll All those vote who are eligible to vote. All those vote who are eligible to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes 49, noes 7. The measure passes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Assemblymember Valencia. We're going to pass temporarily on item 68. Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Without reference to file AB 2383 by Assemblymember Zabur the clerk will read Assembly Bill 2383 by Assemblymember Zabur, an accolade to electricity. Assemblymember Zabur, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Chair members, I rise today to present AB 2383, which is back on concurrence. The Senate amendments helped to ensure the policy was complementary with SB 886, which we just passed off this floor, following negotiations to advance a two-bill affordability package. As demand for data centers grows rapidly across the country, this legislation is aimed at establishing a framework that assures that data centers pay their fair share and protect ratepayers, communities, and the state's clean energy and climate goals, as well as brings down our electric bills. Members, the last time this bill was on the floor, it received strong bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Zbor. All debate having ceased, Clerk will open the roll. I think I'm in the chair. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally votes. Ayes 59, nos 1. Send amendments are concurred in. Madam Majority Leader, do you have a motion? Assemblymember Garcia, you are recognized. Mr. Speaker, at the request of the author, please place item 68, SB 970 Cervantes on the inactive file. Clerk will note. We're taking up file item number two, please. File item two. Ms. Johnson, Assemblymember. File item two, that's AB 2110 by Assemblymember Johnson. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2110 by Assemblymember Johnson, an act relating local government. Assemblymember Johnson, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 2110 is back for concurrence. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Johnson. 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, size 62, no zero. Senate amendments are concurred in. Thank you Thank you Okay. Without reference to file, AB 1156 by Assemblymember Wicks. Clerk will read. Assemblymember Wicks, an act relating to agricultural lands. Assemblymember Wicks, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. AB 1156 is back on concurrence. This has been a long journey, two-year journey, through many, many, many committees. It just passed the Senate. It's back on concurrence. It's going to make it easier for us to do utility-scale solar. And with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. 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. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 44, noes, 5. Senate amendments are concurred in. Thank you. Thank you. File item 69. File item 69. SB 1098 by Senator Perez is presented by Assemblymember Petrie Norris. Assemblymember, clerk will read. Senate Bill 1098 by Senator Perez and others, and I'm not relating to public utilities. Assemblymember Petrie-Norsi, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I am pleased to rise and present SB 1098 on behalf of Senator Perez. This bill will set common sense limits on balancing and memorandum accounts for investor-owned utilities. This is an important affordability measure, and I respectfully urge your aye vote on behalf of Senator Perez. Thank you, Assemblymember Petrie-Norris. Assemblymember Bryan, you are recognized. I, too, rise in support of this measure, and I think it's important that we both vote for it and make sure that our Senate colleagues have enough time to send it to the governor before the deadline. Thank you, Assemblymember Bryan. All debate, having ceased, clerk will open the roll. Excuse me. My bad. Seeing and hearing no further debate. Assemblymember Petrie-Norris, do you wish to close? Thank you, members. I respectfully ask for your aye vote, and I ask for immediate transmittal to the Senate. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. All debate having ceased without objection, we will come back to this item for final vote at the time of eligibility. Moving on. Thank you. Without reference to file AB 1896 by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1896 by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez and others, snack-related in public employment. Assemblymember Gonzalez, you are recognized.

Thank you, Assemblymember Gonzalez. 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 43, noes 19. Senate amendments are concurred in without reference to file. Thank you. Ready. Members, we're returning to file item SB 1098. File item 69. The clerk will read. Senate Bill 1098 by Senator Perez and others not related to public utilities. SB 1098 was previously presented by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris and debated without objection. will move to a vote on SB 1098. The clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Ms. Rodriguez? Ms. Rodriguez? Thank you. Thank you. We'll close the roll, tally the vote, ayes 43, noes 15. The measure passes. Immediate transmittal to the Senate. Members, please report to your desks. Please stay on the floor. Report to your desks Stay at your desk Thank you. Madam Majority Leader, you're recognized.

Without objection such, I'll be the order. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you are recognized.

Assemblymember Muratsuchi has lifted the call on file item 22, AB 1128. Clerk will post. Amen. Thank you. Thank you. Chair moves Call. Without reference to file AB 1349 by Assemblymember Brian, clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1349 by Assemblymember Brian and others, faculty in the business. Assemblymember Brian, you are recognized.

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

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

Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. This takes four additional members who have not spoken. Assemblymember Schultz, Assemblymember Haney, Assemblymember Lee, Assemblymember Ward. Members, this takes a majority of those present voting to move the previous question. Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. Majority leader is asking for an aye vote. Mr. DeMaio is asking 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 vote Ayes 57 Noes 12 Previous carries The author may now close Mr Excuse me The author may now close Mr Bryan you are recognized

Thank you, Mr. Bryan. 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 61, noes 0. The measure passes. Senate amendments are concurred in. Assemblymember DeMaio, you are recognized.

Thank you. Thank you. Mr. DeMaio, can you clarify your motion?

Is there an objection?

It takes a majority of those present and voting to lift the call. Clerk will open the roll. Clerk will open the roll. The majority leader is asking for a no vote. Mr. DeMaio is asking for an aye vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 15, noes 52. The motion fails. Assemblymember DeMaio, you are recognized.

Second. Second Just a moment Mr DeMaio Mr. DeMaio, that motion's out of order.

Motion to withdraw AB 1550 from Assemblymember Sanchez to the floor without reference to file on income taxes, overtime compensation, no tax on tips. Thank you, Mr. DeMaio. That is out of order. We're no longer in motions and resolutions. That's out of order. Yes, Mr. DeMaio, you are recognized.

Is there a second? It has been seconded by Leader Macedo. This is not a debatable motion. Clerk will open the roll. Mr. DiMaio is asking for an aye vote. Speaker is asking for a no vote. Appeal the ruling of the chair. All members vote who desire to vote. all members vote who desire to vote all members vote who desire to vote We'll close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 16, noes 56. The chair is sustained. Mr. DeMaio has made a motion to recess for two hours. There is a second. Thank you

Without objection, this House will stand in recess until tomorrow at 9 a.m. The quorum call is lifted. Members, please report to session promptly, promptly at 9 a.m. to conclude our business for the year. This House will stand in recess until Tuesday, September 1st at 9 a.m. Vote changes at the dais. Vote changes at the dais. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Vote change Ortega SB 1370 from aye to not voting. SB 1370. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. So what else? Avila Farias, motion to lift the call. Aye to no. Oh, wait. Vote change. This is the member Avila Farias. Motion to lift the call. Aye to no. Thank you. Vote change, Baines, AB 1896, aye to not voting. Vote change, Assemblymember Baines, Assemblymember 1896, aye to no. Thank you. Vote change, Assemblymember Ransom, AB 1896, aye to not voting. Vote change, Assemblymember Ransom, Assemblymember 1896, aye to not voting. Thank you Thank you. vote change brian ab 2727 aye to not voting vote change assembly member brian assembly bill 2727 aye to not voting Thank you. I do not vote vote change assembly member pains assembly bill 1896 I do not voting Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you.