August 30, 2026 · 36,276 words · 19 speakers · 2471 segments
Thank you. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen, Alvarado Gil, Archuleta, Arrigan, Ashby, Becker, Blakespeare, Cabaldon, Caballero, Cervantes, Choi, Cortese, Daly, Durazo, Gonzalez, Grayson, Grove, Hurtado, Jones, Laird, Limon, McGuire, McNerney, Menjavar, Nilo, Ochoa Boak, Padilla, Perez, Reyes, Richardson, Rubio, Sayarto, Smallwood Cuevas, Stern, Strickland, Umberg, Baladaris, Wahab, Weber-Pearson, Wiener.
A quorum is present. Would the members and our guests be on the rail and in the gallery, please rise. We will be led in prayer this afternoon by Senator Grayson, after which please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
Please join me in prayer. Creator of all things, we have this day because of you, and we will do our best with it. Open our minds to wisdom and knowledge, our hearts to compassion and understanding, As we deliberate, grant us patience as we endeavor to provide an environment for better living for all Californians. We pray all these things with a heart of gratitude. Amen.
Members, please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Privileges of the floor, there are none. Messages from the governor will be deemed read. Messages from the assembly will be deemed read. Reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments adopted. We're now under motions, resolutions, and notices. Seeing no one that wishes to be recognized, we'll move to consideration of the daily file. Starting with our second reading file, Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2727, 1331, 2440, 1709, 1871, 2493.
Second reading is deemed read. We will now move to unfinished business. Starting with file item 31, SB 1083. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 1083 by Senator Perez, an act relating to school employees.
Senator Perez, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President and members. SB 1083 is back for concurrence on Assembly Amendments, which broaden employment history, inquiries, and disclosures concerning egregious misconduct and require additional evidence preservation and information sharing with prospective employers and the CTC recast statewide data system requirements including data fields reporting and access procedures confidentiality and privacy protections and the respective responsibilities of the CTC LEAs and private schools Revise investigation procedures and employee protections, including specified timelines and opportunities for employees to respond during investigations. Expand CTC and the Committee of Credentials Authority relating to reports submitted through the statewide data system. Replace legislative intent regarding independent contractors with substantive criminal background checks, misconduct disclosure, screening, and contractual requirements applicable to contractors and subcontractors, providing specified services to pupils. And finally, requiring alternative mandated reporter training for private schools to be approved by the private school's governing authority rather than its liability insurance provider. SB 1083 builds on the Safe Learning Environments Act, SB 848, my bill from last year, which was enacted into law last year and established a statewide data system to track egregious misconduct by school employees. That law was an important step forward on improving transparency, strengthening accountability, and helping ensure that individuals with serious allegations cannot quietly move between school sites without scrutiny. But as implementation has moved forward, additional requirements are needed to ensure the system operates with consistency and fully protects students. To that end, the bill strengthens that process by requiring investigations into credible allegations of egregious misconduct and requiring their completion by establishing clear investigation timelines and procedures, even if an employee leaves a school district. Together, these reforms strengthen the statewide data system, promote fairness, and ensure that all individuals working with students are held to consistent, rigorous standards because student safety remains our highest priority. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Senators, I want to remind you that if you are speaking on concurrence, to focus just on the amendment portion only. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
I'm Roderick Gill.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye. Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Cobaldin.
Aye.
Caballero. Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi. Cortese.
Aye.
Daly. Durazo.
Aye.
Gonzalez.
Aye.
Grayson.
Aye.
Grove. Hurtado. Jones.
No.
Laird.
Aye.
Limon. McGuire.
Aye.
Aye, McNerney?
Aye. Aye.
Aye, Naylor, Otrobo, Padilla.
Aye.
Aye, Perez.
Aye.
Aye, Reyes. Richardson.
Aye. Aye.
No, Smallwood, Cuevas, Stern.
Aye.
Aye, Strickland.
No.
No, Humbert, Moledaris, Wahab.
Aye. Aye.
Weber-Pearson.
Aye.
Aye, Weiner.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Allen, Abrao, Caballero, Choi, Dally, Grove,
Hurtado, Limon, Aye. Limon, Aye.
McGuire Nilo Ochoaboke Reyes Smallwood Cuevas Humbert Aye Valadares Weiner Senator Perez moves the call
We will now move to file item 34, SB 1312. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 1312 by Senator Richardson, in accordance to cemeteries.
Senator Richardson, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President and members. As I've shared with you before, we have a cemetery problem in the state of California. 187 private cemeteries are open and potential to be abandoned. Ten are currently abandoned as we speak, and the number is growing. A cemetery becomes abandoned once it's full. It no longer generates sales, or the endowment that's been collected is no longer sufficient to cover expenses. The reason why we're here today, and this is on concurrence, is that with the bill that we did last year on SB 777, it called for a study and a meeting. We had the meeting back in March of this year. The report was done, and the Bureau, as well as the administration, made the following recommendations. They formally define what is to be deemed an abandoned cemetery, and they also establish the mechanism for a city, county, or municipality to declare an endowment cemetery abandoned and to cross title. With that, please know this bill has been collaborative. We've worked with the Assembly BMP, the administration, the department, and it has been a bipartisan bill. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Saying no further discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Alvarado Gil.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Arrigan.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Cobaldon.
Aye.
Caballero. Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
Aye.
Cortese.
Aye.
Daly. Durazo.
Aye.
Gonzalez.
Aye.
Grayson.
Aye.
Grove.
Aye.
Hurtado. Jones.
Aye.
Laird.
Aye. Aye.
Limon.
Aye.
McGuire.
Aye.
McNerney.
Aye.
Menjavar.
Aye.
Nilo. Ochoa Vogue.
Aye.
Padilla.
Aye.
Perez.
Aye.
Reyes. Richardson.
Aye.
Rubio.
Aye.
Ciarto.
Aye.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye.
Stern.
Aye.
Strickland.
Aye. Aye.
Weber-Pierson.
Aye.
Wiener.
Senator Richardson moves the call. We'll now move to file item 37, SB 1359. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 1359 by Senator Stern in accordance to natural gas.
Senator Stern, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. SB 1359 is the Natural Gas Ratepayer Transparency Act. For the past six years, the PUC has been taking a close look at the long-term future of the state's natural gas infrastructure, and this bill will make sure they have tools on the table to analyze without any mandates, but merely to look at, for the first time, regular information about risks of replacement, upgrades, distributional cost impacts, and other information critical to making decisions in the ratepayers' best interest. Amendments taken in the Assembly have removed much of the opposition, and overall this bill is about to be empowering the PUC for better planning, oversight, and ensuring our ratepayers are protected for years to come. Thank you.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion and debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Alvarado Gil No Archuleta Aye De Gein Aye Ashby Aye Becker Aye Aye Blackspear Aye Cobaldon Aye Caballero Cervantes Aye Aye. Choi. Aye. No. Cortese. Aye. Aye. Daly. No. Durazo. Gonzalez. Aye. Aye. Grayson. Grove. No. Hurtado. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Aye. Limon.
Aye.
McGuire.
Aye.
McNerney.
Aye.
Menjavar.
Nilo.
Ochoa Boak.
No.
Padilla.
Aye.
Perez.
Aye.
Reyes. Richardson.
Aye.
Rubio. Tearto.
No.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye.
Stern.
Aye.
Strickland.
No.
Umberg.
Aye.
Valadares.
No.
Senator Stern moves the call. We'll now move to file item 38, SB 534. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 534 by Senator Padilla in equity to juveniles.
Senator Padilla, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. Arise to present. SB 534 is back on concurrence. The Assembly amendments constitute the entire body of the bill before the body. Today, this bill requires counties to provide foster youth before they turn 18, the last known whereabouts, and contact information for their parents and siblings. The bill's received. No opposition, no votes. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Abraud Aguil.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragin.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Cobaldin.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
Aye.
Cortese.
Aye.
Daly.
Aye.
Durazo. Aye, Gonzales. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. Aye, Hurtado. Jones. Aye, Laird. Aye, Limon. Aye, McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjivar. Aye, Nilo. Aye, Ochoa Bog. Aye, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Ciarto. Aye, Smallwood Cuevas. Aye, Stern.
Strickland? Aye. Umberg? Aye. Valadares? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weber-Pearson? Aye.
Weiner?
Senator Padilla moves the call. We'll now move to file item 41, SB 457. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 457 by Senator Becker, an act relating to land use.
Senator Becker, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. 457 back on concurrence. Technical amendments clarifying in nature. This bill is a meaningful step towards a more data-driven housing element process that reduces ambiguity that has cost many of our cities both time and money at the expense of development. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Avril Aguil. No, Archuleta. Aye.
Aye. Aye.
No, Hurtado, Jones, no, Laird, aye, Limon, aye, McGuire, aye, McNerney, aye, Menzabar, aye, Nilo, no, Ochoa Boak, no, Padilla, aye, Perez, aye, Reyes, aye, Richardson, aye,
Aye. Rubio? Aye. Ciarto? No. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye.
Stern? Strickland? No.
Umberg? Aye.
Valadez?
Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye.
Wiener?
Stern, aye.
Senator Becker moves the call. We'll now move to file item 43, SB 691. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 691 by Senator Wahab, an act relating to body worn cameras.
Senator Wahab, you are recognized.
Thank you. SB 691 is back on concurrence. Amendments taken in assembly reflect negotiations with the District Attorneys Association, the ACLU, and the Public Defenders Association, all of whom have gone neutral on the bill. As a friendly reminder, SB 6981, which will require law enforcement agencies to update their body-worn camera policies to include a process for EMS professionals to request redaction of recordings prior to public release when patients are receiving medical treatment. This bill has received bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Alvarado Gil.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker. Aye, Blakespeare, Aye, Caballero, Aye, Cervantes, Aye, Choi, Aye, Cortese, Aye, Dally, Durazo, Aye, Gonzales, Aye, Grayson, Aye, Grove, Aye, Hurtado, Jones, Aye, Laird, Aye, Limón, Aye, Maguire, Aye,
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Perez, aye.
Senator Wahab moves the call. We will now move to file Item 48, SB 1361. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 1361 by Senator Durazo and Aquilaine Telenos.
Senator Durazo, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. SB 1361 is back on concurrence. Amendments in the assembly were technical in nature. The bill ensures that local governments cannot take certain actions that impede transit projects in order to avoid the housing requirements of SB 79. I'm happy to have the support of Spur, Suites for All, Abundant Housing, Building Trades, and many, many more. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen, I'm Robert Gill. No, Archuleta. Aye, Aragon. Aye, Ashby. Aye, Becker. Aye, Blakespeare.
Aye Cabaldon. Aye Caballero. Aye Cervantes. Aye Choi. No Cortese. Aye Daly. Aye Durazo.
Aye Gonzales Aye Grayson Aye Grove Aye Hurtado Aye Jones Aye Laird Aye Limon Aye McGuire Aye McLerny
Aye, Menjabar. Aye, Nilo. No, Ochoa Boat.
Padilla.
Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Cioto. No, Smallwood Cuevas? Aye.
Stern?
Aye.
Strickland?
No.
Umberg?
Umberg, aye. Aye.
Valderas?
No.
Wahab?
Aye. Aye.
Weber Pearson?
Aye.
Wiener?
Wiener, aye.
Senator DeRazza moves the call. We will now move to file item 49, SB 685. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 685 by Senator Cortese, an act relating to special education.
Senator Cortese, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. and colleagues, I am pleased to bring back SB 685. Actually, this bill is a gut and amend. It came back from the Assembly to us following the Ninth Circuit's decision in a case called Loffman v. California Department of Education. In that case, the court found that California's exclusion of religiously affiliated schools from the NPS program unconstitutionally limits parents' ability to seek a religious NPS placement for their child. In response to the decision, SB 685 removes the requirement that NPSs be non-sectarian. This has to do with special needs kids being allowed to enroll in a religious school and still receive state funding for that purpose. Additional amendments preserve strong oversight and accountability for all certified non-public schools while ensuring student safety. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you. Senator Strickland, you are
recognized. Thank you, Madam President, members. I rise in opposition at SB 685. It just doesn't make sense. Religious schools are that by very definition, religious schools, and they should be able to teach the religion that's why a lot of these kids go to the religious schools and so for those reasons I asked for a no vote on SB 685 thank you see
senator Stern you are recognized yeah I thank you madam person I just want to clarify why I won't be voting for this measure today I think we did have some accommodations we were seeking for non-public schools who accommodate those with developmental disabilities, but also teach secular education that's accredited. We think at very minimum that's an important pathway that the law and the Constitution currently allow without doing any expansion that would potentially conflict with the proceeding court opinions in recent years, that this was sort of a narrow lane that was actually left open, and unfortunately it remains closed. I'm hoping we can keep working on this issue, and I do appreciate working with this administration on it and their openness. So hopefully we can keep that momentum and get there next year. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Cortese, would you like to close?
Yes, thank you, Madam President. Just to clarify very, very briefly, this bill makes it possible for the first time for the funding in question to go to religious schools. That has not ever been possible. Loughman said we need to make it possible. This bill makes it possible So for the first time religious schools schools providing religious instruction will be able to qualify for state funds for these particular dollars for special needs students I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. I'm Ronald Gill.
No.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Irigan.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blake Spear.
Aye.
Cabaldon.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Aye, Choi.
No, Cortese.
Aye, Daly.
No, Durazo.
Aye, Gonzalez.
Aye, Grayson.
Grove.
No, Hurtado.
Aye, Jones. Laird.
Aye, Limon.
Aye, McGuire.
Aye, McNerney.
Aye, Menjivar.
Aye, Nilo.
No, Ochoa Bog.
No, Padilla.
Aye, Perez.
Aye, Reyes. Aye.
Richardson? Rubio?
Aye.
Ciarto?
No.
Smallwood Cuevas?
Aye.
Stern? Strickland?
No.
Umberg?
Aye.
Valadares?
No.
Wahab?
Aye.
Weber Pearson?
Aye.
Weiner?
Aye. Richardson, aye.
Senator Cortese moves the call. We will now move to file item 50, SB 677. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 677 by Senator Weiner, an act relating to housing.
Senator Weiner, you are recognized.
I thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, I rise to present SB 677 on concurrence. We amended this bill in the Assembly to help California continue to address our housing crisis. The bill prohibits third-party personal map appeals in urban infill areas and authorizes the state treasurer to work with joint powers authorities to provide federally required public approvals for affordable housing tax-exempt bonds. We have worked very hard over the years to make it easier to build the housing that we need, and this is a very belts and suspenders-focused approach, addressing some very, very specific issues. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Roderick Hill.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Ida Gain.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker. Blackspear.
Aye.
Cobaldin.
Aye, Caballero. Aye, Cervantes. Aye, Choi. Cortese. Aye, Daly. Aye, Durazo. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. Aye, Hurtado. Aye, Jones. Laird. Limon. Aye, McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjabar.
Aye, Nilo.
Ochoa Boog. Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye.
Reyes?
Aye.
Richardson?
Aye.
Rubio?
Aye.
Ciarto? Smallwood Cuevas?
Aye.
Stern?
Aye.
Strickland? Humberg?
Aye.
Valadares? Wahab?
Aye.
Weber Pearson?
Aye.
Weiner?
Aye.
Senator Weiner moves the call. We will now move to file item 52, SB 811. Secretary, please read.
bill 811 by Senator Caballero and act relating to hazardous waste. Senator Caballero you are
recognized. Thank you very much Madam Chair, Madam President. I rise to present SB 811 which is back on concurrence. Assembly amendments are technical. Thank you and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you. Senator you are recognized Thank you Madam President Distinguished colleagues I rise in opposition to SB 811 You know I have enormous respect and admiration for the gentlelady from Merced and I certainly understand her concern about the employment of people in our districts, but I do not agree with the bill's one-size-fit-all approach. I had hoped that the Assembly amendments would alleviate the fee and permitting burden on small business recycling facilities, but unfortunately they do not do that. My district is home to Universal Recycling Services, one of three small-scale recycling businesses in the state. They employ 110 people in my district who would be at risk of losing their jobs if this bill passes without a lower compliance tier for small businesses, small companies. Unlike the large-scale facility, these small guys do not chemically treat metal nor pose environmental health risks that this bill targets, yet SB 811 would burden the small recycling facilities with unnecessary permitting fees and are likely to drive them out of business. For these reasons, I regretfully and respectfully oppose this bill.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Reyes, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President, members. I rise in support of this bill. Although I have great respect for all of my EJ community that has concerns about it, I think having metal shredders in our communities that have no requirement for a license is of great, great concern to me, being home to one of the big metal shredders. I think making sure that there is an agency from the state of California that provides the license is the first step. We then have to make sure that the issues that are raised by our environmental justice community are taken seriously. And as we look to make this a better bill in the future or do cleanup legislation, that we take all of that into consideration. But I think having licensing requirements under DTSC is extremely important in moving the protections forward. Thank you.
Thank you. Now saying no for the discussion or debate, Senator Caballero, would you like to close?
Thank you very much. for the respectful debate, the reality of the situation is the Department of Toxic Substances will decide whether there's a separate fee and permit requirement for the small shredders, and I anticipate that this House will have to look at this issue in the future as it relates to small shredders. Right now, there is no requirement that they be licensed, and this gives DTSC the opportunity to decide whether it's unnecessary or necessary to burden these small facilities. So with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Abraud O'Gill.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye. Aye.
Ida Gain. Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
aye Blakespeare aye Cobaldon aye Caballero aye Cervantes aye Choi Cortese aye Daly aye Durazo aye Gonzalez aye Grayson aye Grove Hurtado aye Jones Aye.
Laird.
Aye.
Limon.
Aye.
McGuire.
Aye.
McNerney.
No.
Menjabar. Nilo.
Aye.
Ochoa Bo.
Aye.
Padilla.
Aye.
Perez.
Aye.
Reyes.
Aye.
Richardson.
Aye.
Rubio.
Aye.
Ciarto.
Aye.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye.
Stern.
Aye.
Wahab.
Aye.
Weber-Pearson.
Aye.
Wiener.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Allen.
Aye.
Aragon.
Troy.
Menjabar.
Wiener.
Ayes 35, nos 1. That measure passes. We're now going to jump to Assembly 3rd reading, File Item 143, AB 2017. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2017 by Assemblymember Haney, in equity to state holidays.
Senator Wahab, you are recognized.
Colleagues, I rise to present AB 2017, the California Eid State Holiday Act, on behalf of Assemblymember Haney and myself. I will say that this is long overdue to just give, again, equality across the board. AB 2017 recognizes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Hadda as state holidays in California. California is home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the country, yet these important observances are not formally recognized on our state calendar. Both of the Eids are among the most significant holidays in Islam, centered on community, charity, reflection, and celebration. Yet students and workers across California are often forced to choose between fully observing their holidays and meeting school or workplace obligations. AB 2017 provides formal and meaningful recognition while preserving flexibility for schools, public employees, and the courts. Public schools and community colleges retain local control over whether to close through their existing decision-making and collective bargaining processes. State employees may elect Eid holiday credit in lieu of existing personal holiday credit. and recent amendments clarify the bill's civil and administrative purposes and help provide predictability for academic calendars, staffing, leave policies, and public administration. I do want to highlight that California already recognizes important observances, including Lunar New Year and Farm Workers Day. AB 2017 builds on that tradition by recognizing Eid as a holiday. I also want to highlight that in community, when you speak about Eid potentially becoming a state holiday, There are many families that are extremely excited to see this happen without having to tell schools that their kid is out sick or for some other reason. This is just giving people the dignity to choose when they will pull out their kid for a holiday that is important to them. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
I apologize, Senator Oja. We really enjoyed that. We're going to have to hear it again because unfortunately this item is not eligible right now. Thank you. With that, we will move back to unfinished business. File item 53, SB 1078.
Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1078 by Senator Laird, in accordance to gift certificates.
Senator Laird, you are recognized.
Thank you Madam President Senate Bill 1078 is back on concurrence Assembly amendments removed the previous contents of the bill It now allows businesses to temporarily issue gift cards that have outdated cash redemption disclosures if the consumer is notified about the correct amount. This addresses a problem that arose with a provision that went into effect in April. There's support on both sides. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
Seeing no further discussion or debate,
Secretary please call the roll. Allen. Aye. Alvarado Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye.
Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blake Spear. Aye. Cobaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choy. Aye. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Aye. Durazo. Aye.
I, Gonzalez. I, Grayson. I, Grove. I, Hurtado. I, Jones. I, Laird. I, Limon. I, McGuire. I, McNerney. I, Menjabar. I, Nilo. I, Ochoa Bogue. I, Padilla. I, Perez. I, Reyes. I, Richardson. I, Rubio. I, Cioto. I, Smallwood-Grobas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Strickland.
Aye.
Umberg.
Aye.
Valadez.
Aye.
Wahab.
Aye.
Weber Pearson.
Aye.
Wiener.
Aye.
Ayes 40, noes 0. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 56, SB 259. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 259 by Senator Wahab, an act relating to elections and declaring the urge you thereof to take effect immediately.
Senator Wahab, you are recognized.
Thank you. SB 259 is back on concurrence from the Assembly. Assembly amendments remove previous provisions of the bill. This bill largely is to defend the vote. SB 259 is a response to the federal and local actors that have interfered with elections by undermining or obstructing vote by mail process. In March of this year, the Trump administration issued Executive Order 14399 that aimed to rewrite the rules of federal elections. The executive order directs the United States Postal Service to only send ballots to individuals on a federally prepared mail-in and absentee participation list. Federal courts have deemed this executive order unconstitutional and warned that implementation will cause confusion and disenfranchise eligible voters. To ensure that future elections are protected from voter suppression tactics, SB 259 will create a new felony to deter anyone in position of authority from interfering with the delivery or submission of a vote-by-mail ballot. Regardless of party affiliation, our democracy is strongest when every eligible voter can cast a ballot freely, securely, and with confidence that it will be counted. Election security and voting access are not competing values. We can and must protect both. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Senator Strickland, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. members, I rise in opposition to SB 259. Once again, we're trying to do something here in the legislature that's not within our authority. The mail system is a federal issue in terms of mail. In my understanding, and you can correct me if I'm wrong, the Supreme Court actually ruled against a provision like this from happening. So I believe the federal Supreme Court supersedes this California state legislature when it comes to federal mail rules That just my understanding and maybe the author can correct me if I wrong For those reasons I ask for a no vote on SB 259 Thank you Senator Grove you are recognized I agree with my colleague but I think there another point to this I don't think it actually addresses that piece. I don't think it has anything to do with being able to be outside of the jurisdiction of federal law. I really think the way I read this bill in just a few sentences is you're actually going to criminalize postal carriers for not following their executive order from the federal government. So even though the president of the United States said they're not going to deliver ballots, postmarked after Election Day, this bill is going to criminalize those employees that work for the Postal Service and those that deliver ballots or require to pick up ballots or whatever mail. Those are the people that are going to go to prison or, excuse me, jail six months. But it doesn't conflict with federal. It's not against the federal administration. There's no jurisdictional authority there. This is about the postal workers, and that's pretty bold. Respectfully ask for a no vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Wahab, would you like to close?
Thank you. This bill primarily focuses on defending and protecting our vote. In fact, roughly 80 percent of Californians, regardless of party, actually use vote by mail. I will also highlight that anybody in a position of power that abuses their position to violate our election process should be held accountable. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
No.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Idegain.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blake Spear.
Aye. Aye, Cabaldon. Aye, Caballero. Aye, Cervantes. Aye, Choi. No, Cortese. Aye, Dally. No, Durazo. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. No, Hurtado. Aye, Jones. No, Laird. Aye, Limón. Aye, McGuire. Aye, McLerny. Aye, Menjavar. Aye, Nilo. No, Ochoa Bog. No, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Ciarto. No, Smallwood Cuevas. Aye, Stern. Aye, Strickland. No, Umberg. Aye, Valadez. No, Wahab. Aye, Weber Pearson. Aye, Wiener. Aye.
Ayes 30, nos 10. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 68, AB 2281. Secretary, please read.
I'll sign the bill 2281 by Senate Member Berman, an act relating to elections.
Senator Stern, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. In 2018, California established the Office of Elections Cybersecurity. Myself and the author of this measure, Assemblymember Berman, were part of that effort to coordinate efforts to address cyber threats and monitor election mis- and disinformation. This is a companion bill that would strengthen the Office of Election Cybersecurity by authorizing the office to consult with academic researchers. In response to the loss of cybersecurity support from the federal government, this bill would also direct the office to assess if additional state resources are necessary. We need information and tools necessary to defend against cyber attacks during our democratic process. With respect, I ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye. Alvarado Gil No Archuleta Aye Aragon Ashby Ashby Aye Aye Becker Aye Aye Blake Spear Aye Aye Cobaltin Aye Aye. Caballero. Aye. Aye. Chervantes. Aye. Aye. Choi. Aye. No. No. Cortese. Aye. Aye. Daly. No. Durazo. Aye. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Aye. Grove. Aye. Aye. No, Laird, I, Lumon, I, McGuire, I, McNerney, I, Menjomar, I, Nilo, No, Ochoa, Vogue, No, Padilla, I bet it is, I address, I'm Richardson or do yo I see RTO no it's far what's I start all short I check them no Amber, I've always not what Huh I were a person I winner I secretary please call the absent
Members? Aide again.
Aye.
Ayes 30, noes 10. That measure passes. We'll now move to file item 74, AB 635. Secretary, please read.
Assignment Bill 635 by Assemblymember Aarons, in equity into housing.
Senator Umberg, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. AB 635 by Assemblymember Aarons. It's a culmination of two years of collaboration between the author and mobile home residents, the AG's office, and housing and community development to address the state auditor's recommendation to the Mobile Home Residency Law Protection Program. What this bill does, it transitions the MRLLP to grant-based program funded by mobile home residents themselves, eliminating barriers for qualified legal service providers who offer legal assistance to mobile home residents to address alleged violations by park owners. I urge an aye vote.
Thank you, Senator Grove. You are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Question of the presenter. Will the presenter take a question? Sure. What is the MRLLP? I'll be happy to answer that question. It is the Mobile Home Residency Law Protection Program, as is known by all of us. Thank you. Thank you.
Okay, seeing no further discussion or debate. Secretary, please. Oh, Senator Umberg, would you like to close?
I urge an aye vote on this MRLLP bill. Thank you.
Thank you. All right. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Aye. Alvarado Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye.
Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespeare. Aye. Cabaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Cortese. Choi. No. Cortese. Aye. Daly. No.
Aye, aye, Durazo, aye, Gonzales, aye, Grayson, aye, Grove, no, Hurtado, aye, Jones, no, Laird, aye, Limon, aye, McGuire, aye, McNerney, aye, Menjabar, aye, Nilo, no, Ochoa Boak, no, Padilla, aye, Perez, aye, Reyes, aye, Richardson, aye, Rubio, Ciaro, no, Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? No. Umbert? Aye. Valadez? No. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Rubio A. Ayes 30, noes 10. That measure passes. I move to file item 77, AB 2121. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2121 by Senate Member Berman, in acronym to Community Colleges.
Senator Cabaldon, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. AB 2121 deals with a specific challenge to community college finance as a result of continuing withdrawals of federal funding, often arbitrarily with no notice, for student services and student support programs. It tackles a specific challenge in the law. Remember, the California law provides that, in essence, community colleges must spend 50% of their resources on instruction. And it is a sensible, important law that protects instruction from being cut. Many student services and student support services fall onto the non-instructional side of that 50%. But here is the problem we're facing today. And that is that as the federal government makes quick withdrawals, things like canceling grants under the Hispanic Service Serving Institution Program or under the TRIO Program, when those cuts happen, we want community colleges to respond in ways that make sense for their students. And so we've seen colleges say, look, this just happened to us. We're going to make an adjustment to our budget. We're going to shift some money to make sure we don't have to fire the counselors. We don't have to close the tutoring center in order to keep it open. That act has the consequence in the moment of putting districts out of that 50% category in many cases. And so what AB 2121 seeks to do is to simply say in that circumstance that they may cross over that 50% law. They have to do it as a public hearing. It has to be fully, fully noticed, and they have to be accountable for that. The opponents have said, hey, well, why don't you just go to the state and ask for a waiver afterwards? But the challenge is that you have already made commitments for contracts and what have you. And I guess bottom line is we want community college presidents and academic senates to do the right thing in the moment. When their students are under attack, when student support services are threatened, we want them to step up and figure it out. And they can take action to protect those services, to protect those counselors. And they will have to come back and reconcile later. But the absolute thing that we do not want them to do is say, hey, there's this formula that prevents me from keeping the student services program open. And as a result, this bill is a carefully, carefully tailored solution to try to preserve the 50% law in every respect while making sure that colleges that do the right thing and protect critical student services and equity programs are not financially penalized. I would respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Avrogio. Aye.
Archuleta.
Haragin. Aye.
Aspie.
aye, Becker? aye, Blakespeare? aye, Cobaldon? aye, Caballero? aye, Cervantes? aye, Choi? aye, Cortese? aye, Daly? aye, Duraso?
Gonzalez? Grayson?
aye, Grove?
Hurtado?
aye, Jones?
Laird?
aye, Limon? aye, McGuire? aye, McNerney?
Manjebar?
aye, Nilo?
aye Ochoa Pog, aye Padilla, aye Perez, Reyes, aye Richardson, Rubio aye Ciarto aye Smallwood Cuevas Stern Aye Strickland Aye Umberg Aye Valadares Aye Aye Wahab Aye
Weber Pearson?
Wiener? Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Allen? Aye.
Archuleta? Durazo? Gonzalez? Grove? Jones?
McLeary Jones I McLeary Perez Richardson small with Cuevas Weber Pearson ayes 31 noes 0 that measure passes we'll now move to file 80 AB 2604 secretary please read a study bill 2604 by Senate member Berman and according to elections senator Savante as you are recognized thank you madam
President, today I rise to present Assembly Bill 2604 on behalf of Assemblymember Berman. As a proud co-author, this bill would assist voters with curing signature issues with their vote-by-mail ballot, speed up ballot processing, and ensure that every valid vote counts. Over the past decade, we have taken numerous steps to ensure that voting in California is secure and accessible, and our vote-by-mail process is both. Unfortunately, missing and and mismatched signatures still result in far too many invalidated vote by mail ballots. To streamline the process to correct signature issues and processes ballot faster, this bill would have the Secretary of State either create or contract for a system that counties could use to allow California voters to cure their signatures on their mail ballot electronically. This bill does build upon prior legislation that authorizes county election officials to offer this option. Several counties have found the resources to contract for this option. The bill also follows the lead of Colorado and Nevada, both of which allow voters to use text or similar technology. This will help voters have their voices heard at the ballot box when the signature on their vote-by-mail ballot envelope is missing or does not match. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Senator Blakespeare, you are recognized.
Yes, thank you. I rise in strong support of this bill. Having electronic signature curing will help us to process ballots faster. And we had more than 69,000 ballots that were missing or had an improper signature, which results in delays. And we have a large number of complaints about the time it takes in California for us to certify our elections. So making the process easier and quicker by an electronic signature curing is a really good idea. So I strongly urge your aye vote. Thank you.
Senator Grove, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I would just like to point out that the person in charge of making sure we have safe and secure elections is the Secretary of State, Shirley Weber, who's duly elected. And she adamantly opposes this bill. And so based on that and someone who does the job every day for us, respectfully ask for a no vote. Thank you.
Saying no for the discussion or debate. Senator Cervantes, would you like to close?
Just want to make a comment that we certainly fully support the Secretary of State's desire to ensure that our elections are safe and secure, and we'll continue working on that front and respectfully ask for an aye vote.
Thank you. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Alvarado Gil.
No.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragain.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye, Becker.
Aye Blake Spear Aye Cobaltin Aye Caballero Aye Cervantes aye Choi no Cortese aye Daley no Durazo Gonzalez aye Grayson aye Grove no Hurtado aye Jones Laird aye Limon aye McGuire aye McNerney Aye, Mendivar. Aye, Nilo.
No, Ochoa Port.
No, Padilla.
Aye, Perez.
Aye. Aye, Reyes, Aye, Richardson. Aye.
Rubio.
Ciarto. Aye. No.
No, Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye, Stearn.
Aye.
Strickland.
No, Umbert.
Aye.
Aye.
Voladares.
No.
Wahab.
Aye.
Weber Pearson. Wiener.
Aye.
Secretary, call the absent members.
Allen.
Aye. Durazo, Allen, aye. Durazo, aye. Jones, no.
Weber Pearson.
Ayes 29, noes 10. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 90, AB 2434.
Secretary, please read. Assembly Bill 2434, Boston Member Bonta, an act relating to corrections.
Senator Caballero, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 2434, the Prisoner Visitor Protections and Safety Act, on behalf of Assemblymember Bonta. This bill will protect individuals who visit inmates detained in a custodial environment from unexplained visit denials in California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or CDCR, prison visiting rooms by establishing clear enforceable standards based on CDCR's own proposed regulations. The bill will require written documentation for certain visit denials. It will establish guardrails to protect visitors, particularly female visitors, during searches. AB 2434 is a Women's Caucus priority bill and has no opposition. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate,
secretary, please call the roll. Allen.
Aye.
Avarado Gil.
No.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Cabaldon.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
No.
Cortese.
Aye.
Daly.
Aye.
Turazo.
Aye.
Gonzalez.
Aye.
Grayson.
Aye.
Grove.
Aye, Jones. Aye, Laird. Aye, Limon. Aye, McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjavar. Aye, Nilo. No, Ochoa Borg. No, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Cioto. No, Smallwood Cuevas. Aye, Stern. Aye, Strickland. Aye, Umberg. Aye, Humbert. Aye, Humbert. Aye.
Valadez?
No.
Wahab?
Aye.
Weber Pearson?
Aye.
Wiener?
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Grove?
Hurtado, I don't know.
Ayes 30, nos 9. That measure passes We will now move to file item 94 AB 2724 Secretary please read Assignment Bill 2724 by Assemblymember Bauer in accordance with insurance Senator Grayson, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 2724 on behalf of Assemblymember Bauer-Cahan. Many of you have been frustrated by the pace at which relief is expected to come to our districts in terms of getting market insurance for our constituents. It is commendable that the Department of Insurance is pushing insurers to cover at least 85% of distressed areas. Those areas have been found via a formula developed by the Department of Insurance to be especially vulnerable to wildfire risk and non-renewals. The problem is that the current formulation used to determine which communities qualify as distressed areas has fallen short. Several communities in our districts have been plagued by insurance cancellations and non-renewals and homeowners have been pushed onto the fair plan, which is both expensive and does not cover or offer adequate coverage. AB 2724 ensures that the Department of Insurance conducts regular reviews and updates to the list of distressed areas and that wildfire urban interface areas are considered when updates are made. Further, it requires the Department to develop and implement a process by which community members can participate in advocating on behalf of their communities. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Senator Grove, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise in support of this bill. It's a small step forward than what we need for our insurance industry. The big concern that I have, and I will be gone next year, but you guys will have to be dealing with the fair plan issue that we have in the state of California. The state of California got in the insurance industry, and any insurance industry, any insurance agency or industry representative who sells insurance that is in the position financially of the fair plan, we would probably figure out a way to arrest them for misconduct and all kinds of stuff. Because listen to these numbers. The exposure under the fair plan, the exposure, meaning over the 790 or 696,000 policies that they have across the state in all of our districts, the exposure is $768 billion if we have catastrophic fires. $768 billion in exposure and they have about $200 million cash on hand. So that money, if something happens that's catastrophic in these high-risk areas where fires could take place, the fair plan is incapable of making sure that those people get their policies paid out when the fair plan is the most costly plan out there. There was a horrible disservice done to our insurance industry. They drove with policy and not getting rates and things like that from the Department of Insurance. They left this state. And what's really sad is that we have very few providers here in this state that are providing homeowners insurance. State Farm was on the verge of not writing any additional policies. We all read those articles. And this is just another industry driven out of this state for policies in the state of California. Next year, this year, I'm telling you guys have a big disaster on your hands. Again, the number, $768 billion of exposure and $200 million in cash on hand. That's a problem. And so respectfully ask for an aye vote on this bill, which helps a small, very, very small amount, but at least it's moving in the right direction and we hopefully are going to turn the tide with additional legislation.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Grayson, would you like to close?
Yes. I want to thank my colleague for her comments and also would be good for us to heed her warning. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Aye.
Aye. Alvarado Gil. Aye.
Aye. Archuleta. Aye.
Aye. Arrigan. Aye.
Aye. Ashby. Aye.
Aye. Becker. Aye.
Aye. Blakespeare. Aye.
Aye. Cobaldon. Aye.
Aye. Caballero. Aye.
Aye. Cervantes. Aye.
Aye. Choi. Aye.
Aye. Cortese. Aye.
Aye. Daly. Aye. Durazo. I, Gonzales. I, Grayson. I, Grove. I, Hurtado. I, Jones.
Laird.
I, Limon. I, McGuire. I, McNerney. I, Menjivar. I, Nilo. I, Ochoa Boat. I, Padilla. I, Perez. I, Reyes. I, Richardson. I, Rubio. I, Cierto. Smallwood Cuevas. I, Stern. Aye. Strickland? Aye. Umberg? Aye. Walla Darius? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Secretary, please call the absent members. Jones? Cierto? Ayes 38, nos 0. That measure passes. We'll now move to file item 96, AB 2592. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2592 by Assemblymember Pacheco, inequity to the Political Reform Act of 1974.
Senator Laird, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. AB 2592 transfers responsibility for lobbyist training from the Legislative Ethics Committee to the Fair Political Practices Commission beginning January 1, 2029. There's support on both sides. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate. Senators, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection, ayes 40, nos 0. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 99, AB 1198. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1198 by Senate Member Haney, an act relating to public works.
Senator Arragan, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1198, the Fair Pay for Construction Workers Act on behalf of Assemblymember Haney, which ensures that workers on major public works projects receive fair wages that reflect current industry standards. Right now, prevailing wage rates are generally locked in when a public works project is first advertised for bid. That means workers can remain tied to an outdated prevailing wage rate, even when the project lasts for years and industry wages have increased. of increase. Contractors already routinely account for changes in material costs over the life of a long-term project, and union contractors account for changes in wages as well. In updating prevailing wages on major long-term public work projects, not complicated, it simply ensures that wages keep pace with industry. We know that wage theft remains a serious problem in California's construction industry. Just last year, the Labor Commissioner cited developers for more than $2.3 million in wage theft and other labor violations. affecting 124 workers at four Los Angeles construction sites. Recent amendments limit the bill to projects of 35 million or more and move updates from quarterly to semi periods In addition earlier amendments exempted specified affordable housing projects These amendments strike an important balance by protecting workers on large long public works projects while providing greater predictability for contractors and protecting critical affordable housing development. On behalf of Assemblymember Haney, I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 1198. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Aye. Alvarado Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker.
Blakespeare. Aye. Cobaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. No. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. No.
Hurtado.
Aye.
Jones.
No.
Laird.
Aye.
Limon.
Aye.
McGuire.
Aye.
McClerny.
Aye.
Menjabar.
Aye.
Nilo.
No.
Ochoa Bog.
No.
Padilla.
Aye.
Perez.
Aye.
Aye.
Reyes.
Richardson.
Aye.
Aye.
Rubio.
Cierto.
No.
No.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye.
Stern.
Aye.
Strickland.
Aye.
No.
Umbert?
Aye.
Volanderas?
No.
Wahab?
Aye.
Weber Pearson?
Aye.
Wiener?
Aye.
Reyes?
Aye. Rubio, aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Becker?
Aye.
Daly?
Aye.
Ayes 31, noes 9. That measure passes. We'll now move to file item 110, AB 1537. 1537. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1537 by Assemblymember Bryan in accordance to peace officers.
Senator Arrageen, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1537 on behalf of Assemblymember Isaac Bryan. AB 1537 is a common sense measure. This bill establishes a clear rule for law enforcement officers, which is if you serve as a police officer for one law enforcement agency, you should not simultaneously take on a second law enforcement job with another agency or entity that engages in federal immigration enforcement we already apply this basic principle throughout public service you can't serve as an officer with the Oakland Police Department while simultaneously serving as an officer serve at the Berkeley Police Department we have similar safeguards for elected officials as well I can't serve as a state senator and a state assembly member at the same time these guardrails exist to prevent conflicts of interest to make sure that there is accountability to the public that simply comes with working in a public service profession. AB 1537 follows that same logic. If your primary job is serving as a police officer, you should not be able to take a second job serving as an immigration enforcement officer. This is not about telling somebody that they cannot work. It's about recognizing that certain positions of public trust come with reasonable limitations on secondary employment. This bill codifies best law enforcement practices in state law. Hundreds of law enforcement departments already have secondary employment policies, and we should have a clear and consistent standard on secondary employment of an officer wanting to work in federal immigration enforcement. More importantly, this bill has received robust public consideration. It went through the Public Safety Policy Committee, which I chair, where I work with the author and stakeholders to address concerns and help make this legislation workable. at the end of the day AB 1537 is about a simple principle when you serve the public in a position of trust as a law enforcement official your responsibilities and loyalty should be clear Your chain of command should be clear Your accountability should be clear. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 1537. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
I'm Ronald Gill.
No, Archuleta.
Irogeen. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespeare. Aye. Cabaldon. Aye. Caballero. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. No. Cortese. Aye. Daly. No. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. No, Hurtado. No, Jones. No, Laird. Aye, Limon. Aye, McGuire. Aye, McLerny. Aye, Menjabar. Aye, Nilo. No, Ochoa Boat. No, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Ciaro. No, Smallwood Cuevas. Aye, Stern. Strickland? No. Umbert? Valadares? Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Weiner? Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Allen? Aye. Archuleta? Valadares, no. Caballero? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Stern? Aye. Umbert?
Ayes 27, noes 11. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 120, AB 929. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 929 by Assemblymember Connolly, and I can relate to cemeteries.
Senator Richardson, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 929 on behalf of Assemblymember Connolly that builds on SB 1312. It addresses a district-specific issue by allowing the County of Marin to transfer ownership and management of the Mount Temelpie Cemetery located in San Rafael to either a California nonprofit organization or a licensed cemetery authority. AB 929 also provides temporary liability protections created by the prior owner since they will have to fix decades of neglect. The bill only applies to Mount Tamipai Cemetery, sunsets on January 1, 2029, and has no opposition, and only becomes in effect if SB 1312 is enacted. With that, I ask for an aye vote.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
I'm Ronald Gil. No, Archuleta. Aye, Ida Gain. Aye, Ashby. Aye, Becker. Aye, Blakespeare. Aye, Cabaldon. Aye, Caballero. Aye, Chervantes. Choy, Cortese, aye Daly, Durazo, aye Gonzalez, aye Grayson, aye Grove, Hurtado, aye Jones, no Laird aye Limon aye McGuire aye McClerny aye Menjivar aye Nilo No Ochoa Pog No Padilla Aye Perez Aye Reyes Aye Richardson Aye Rubio Aye Ciaro No. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? No. Umber? Aye. Valadares? Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Strickland? No. To aye. Ochoa Boak? No. To aye. Allen? No. Allen? Aye. Chervantes? Aye. Choi? Daly? No. Grove? Aye. Valadares?
Ayes 33, noes 5. That measure passes. We'll now move to file item 121, AB 1843. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1843 by Assemblymember El-Hawari, inequitating to public health.
Senator Wehner, you are recognized.
I thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1843. On behalf of Assemblymember El-Hawari, this bill ensures Californians can access life-saving hepatitis C treatment without delay by removing unnecessary administrative barriers requiring health plans to follow current national medical guidelines and eliminating prior authorization, unnecessary tests, and other obstacles that do not improve patient care. The bill addresses longstanding inequities for people who are disproportionately affected by Hep C. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye. Alvarado Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blaispear. Aye. Cabaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. No. Cortese. Aye, Daly. Aye, Durazo. Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Grove. No, Hurtado. Aye, Jones. No, Laird. Aye, Limon. Aye, McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjabar. Nilo. No, Ochoa Bog. No, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Ciarto. No. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Strickland. No. Umber. Aye. Valadares. Wahab. Aye. Weber Pearson. Aye. Weiner. Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Turazo. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Menjabar. Aye. Menjivar? Maladars?
Ayes 30, nos 8. That measure passes. We'll now move to file item 122, AB 2721. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2721 by Assemblymember Carrillo, an act relating to business.
Senator Padilla, you are recognized.
Thank you very much, Madam President. Members, you rise to present AB 2721 on behalf of Assemblymember Carrillo. This bill is a California Latino Legislative Caucus priority bill and is narrowly tailored transparency measure intended to promote workplace safety and informed decision-making for hospitality workers and hotel guests when federal immigration aid agencies are on hotel premises. The bill requires a hotel operator with actual knowledge of a reservation with the United States Customs and Border Protection or the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to post a prominent notice in an accessible location where it can be seen by all workers. It provides a limited disclosure to hotel guests. Upon request of guests with a reservation, the hotel operator must disclose at the time of check-in the potential presence of CBP or ICE on the premises during the guests reservation. The bill does not require a physical notice to be provided to guests. The underlying issue is one of transparency and workplace safety. There is currently no statewide requirement that hotels disclose these reservations to hospitality workers. The absence of notice can create uncertainty for employees, limit informed decision-making by guests, and potentially place workers in difficult or unsafe circumstances without adequate information about activities occurring in their workplace. When a hotel operator has actual knowledge of a covered reservation, the worker notice must be posted within 48 hours. Importantly, this bill does not require a hotel operator to seek out or to independently obtain information regarding federal reservations. It only applies when they have actual knowledge. It does not prohibit hotels from hosting federal agencies, nor does it regulate or interfere with federal law enforcement operations. It does not prevent CBP or ICE from conducting lawful activities, including operations addressing drug trafficking, human trafficking, or other enforcement priorities. We already recognize in California law the importance of transparency, where information may materially affect consumers, and the importance of protecting workers from known hazards or unsafe situations. This bill applies those principles in a very narrow and specific context. This measure also contains a January 1, 2029 sunset clause, providing the legislature with an opportunity to evaluate implementation and determine whether any further action as required. Members, this bill has received bipartisan support. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
Thank you, Senator Valladares. You are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, today I rise in respectful opposition to AB 2721. In 2022, I worked on legislation to make hotel and motel management mandated reporters of human trafficking because we know that hotels and motels are frequently used by traffickers and employees can be critical eyes and ears in identifying victims. This bill is taking us in the wrong direction. AB 2721 requires a hotel that knows ICER Customs and Border Protection will be on the premises to post notice for its workers, potentially 48 hours in advance. And when requested, disclose their potential presence to guests at check-in. And think about what that means. A trafficker using a hotel could learn that federal law enforcement is going to be there before law enforcement ever walks through the door. We spent years asking hotels to help law enforcement identify trafficking and to protect victims. And now we're telling those same hotels that they may have to provide advance warning of federal law enforcement presence. Whatever position you may have on immigration enforcement what we should not create is a loophole that can be exploited by human traffickers We should be making California hostile territory for traffickers not giving them the heads up. Respectfully ask for a no vote. Thank you.
Senator Jones, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President and members and the floor manager. I do appreciate that there is a sunset in there. I think that that's important and responsible. I do have a question though regarding the process if the floor manager wouldn't mind taking a quick question. Will the floor manager take a question?
Madam President, I will.
Thank you. It was my understanding that there was supposed to be some amendments or amendments were presented in the Judiciary Committee that would have moved most of the opposition to a neutral position. yet I'm noticing on the analysis that those amendments were not taken and the opposition is still strongly opposed. Can you speak to that at all?
Madam President, distinguished colleague,
I can only speak to the facts as you've just articulated them. Okay, thank you.
Thank you, Madam President.
I also, in agreement with the previous speaker, would ask for a no vote in AB 2721. Thank you.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Padilla, would you like to close?
Yes, Madam President. Just briefly, again, I would remind my colleagues that the text of this bill, as in print, does not impose any affirmative duty on the part of the operator to seek out information. It is very circumstantially specific to immigration enforcement and the presence and actual knowledge that two specific agencies will be present unless organized crime or human traffickers are actually coordinating with enforcement, customs and enforcement agencies. I don't see the loophole that would expose enforcement operations targeted at those crimes. And, in fact, this bill, as I articulated earlier, specifically is intentionally designed not to address those circumstances or to compromise those operations. And with that, I would respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Avril Aguil. No, Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Blake Spear. Aye. Cobaldon. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. No, Cortese. Aye. Dally. No, Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. No, Hurtado. Jones, no Laird, aye Limon, aye McGuire, aye McNerney, aye Menjavar, aye Nilo, no Ochoa Bog, no Padilla, aye Perez, aye Reyes, aye Richardson, aye Rubio, aye Ciarto, no Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Strickland? No. Umberg? Aye. Valadez? No. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Weiner? Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members. Allen? Aye.
Becker? Aye. Cabaldon? Aye. Hurtado? No. Stern? Aye.
Ayes 29, noes 11, that measure passes. We'll now move to file item 123, AB 1627. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1627 by Assemblymember Avila Farias an act relating to public employment Senator Arraguin you are recognized Thank you Madam President I rise to present AB 1627 on behalf of Assemblymember Avila Farias
AB 1627 ensures that immigration enforcement personnel are disqualified from becoming a peace officer in California if they have committed misconduct in their prior role. Californians deserve the best qualified, best trained people in their law enforcement agencies. And this bill is about restoring public trust and holding federal law enforcement to the same standard as we do for any other peace officer in the state of California. Public service requires integrity, restraint, and respect. When those values are abandoned, public trust is broken and entire communities are put at risk. Then AB 1627 tells Californians that we want our communities to be safe and policed by people who are committed to following the law. They respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
No, Hurtado. Jones. No, Laird. Aye, Limon. Aye, McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjabar. Aye, Nilo. No, Ochoa Vogue. No, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Cioto. No, Smallwood Cuevas. Aye, Stern. Aye, Strickland. Aye, Strickland. No, Umbert. Aye, Valadares. No. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Allen? Aye. Aye. Alvarado Gil? No. Hurtado?
Ayes 29, noes 10. That measure passes. We'll now move to file item 125, AB 1578. Secretary, please read.
Assignment Bill 1578 by Assemblymember Jackson, in acronym to public officials.
Senator Weiner, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, I'm presenting AB 1578 on behalf of Assemblymember Jackson. This bill seeks to require additional hate speech and harassment training for specified local and state elected officials. While California has made some progress with hate crimes, overall hate crime offenses have still increased by 8.9 percent from 23 to 24. This problem affects us all, and elected officials are at heightened risk. Elected officials often undergo training after being sworn in or appointed, but this training does not always include information about how to address threats, harassment, and hate. AB 1578 would expand on existing training requirements to include information on responding to threats and harassment during and outside of public meetings, de-escalation training, and resources available for victims of hate. I ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Aye. Aye. Grove No Hurtado Aye Jones No Laird Aye Limon Aye McGuire Aye McNerney Aye Menjavar Aye, Nilo. No, Ochoa Bog. Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes.
Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Cioto. No, Smallwood Cuevas. Aye, Stern. Aye, Strickland. No. No. Umber? Aye. Valadares? Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Weiner? Aye. Ochoa Boak no. Aragina aye. Valadares no. Ayes 30, nos 10. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 134, AB 1383. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1383 by Assemblymember McKinner, an act relating to public employees retirement and making an appropriation, therefore.
Senator Grayson, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I am pleased to present AB 1383 by Assemblymember McKinner that will strengthen retirement security for our public employees by making three measured changes. First, this measure will adjust the pensionable compensation limit to align it with the current federal Social Security wage base by making a targeted increase to the pensionable compensation limit for those who don't participate in Social Security. This will help improve recruitment and retention of all of our public employees. Recent amendments reduce that limit used to calculate a defined benefit paid to a member who retires from a public employee retirement system from 135% to 120% of the federal Social Security limit for members whose service is not included in the federal system among minor technical adjustments. Second, it lowers the normal retirement age for public safety employees from 57 to 55. This is critical because the International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified the occupation of a firefighter as a group one carcinogen. Reducing the normal retirement age to 55 will decrease exposures for firefighters and other public safety personnel. And then finally, this measure will establish a new retirement formula for public safety, 3% at 55, and permit local agencies and their public safety employees to bargain over prospective increases within the allowable formulas. These formulas would be 2% at 55, 2.5% at 55, 2.7% at 55, or 3% at 55. Employers and employees can bargain for a lower or higher formula that is closest to their current formula. Again, AB 1383 makes these targeted perspective, make these only as targeted perspective, not retroactive or retrospective, changes to our public employees' retirement policy in a manner that ensures that our retirement systems remain healthy and our public employees have a secure retirement. I am pleased that this measure has enjoyed bipartisan support, and with the recent amendments, I invite my colleagues to join me in this effort, respectfully asking for an aye vote. Thank you.
Senator Cortese, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise in support of AB 1383, and I want to emphasize just a couple things that have already been touched upon. One of them being the rate of cancer with our retirees, and what does that have to do with Pepper has a lot to do with Pepper as far as I'm concerned, is that we are not just focused on what the retirement security is for folks in the public sector here, especially in this case, first responders. But we're now really talking about what the surviving spouses and, in some cases, domestic partners are going to receive just a short number of years after retirement. A landmark study in San Francisco a few years ago determined that over 50% of retired firefighters in that city have succumbed to leukemia. how do you go out and compete for employees who have a choice as to work in this particular sector if you're up against those kinds of odds? We need to solve that problem separately, obviously. That's a health problem that shouldn't exist. But we've also got to come back and make sure that we're not equally pushing people away because of a PEPRA that's really not exactly right. The second thing I want to emphasize is, yes, cities and CalPERS have, say, billions of dollars because of PEPRA in its first 10 years. So we know that it doesn't make any sense to throw PEPRA out. These are modest adjustments that need to be made. They're going to make a difference in cities like my home city, San Jose, where we're dramatically, dramatically underwater due to vacancies that frankly have been there for that entire 10-year period, hundreds of vacancies on the public sector side. So that said, I think my colleague from Contra Costa already mentioned the fact that much of what's here is subject to collective bargaining. I trust the collective bargaining process. I hope my colleagues will as well. And I urge an aye vote. Thank you. Thank you. Senator Strickland,
you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President, members. You know, we're all products of our life experiences, and everybody here on this floor has a different life experience and different backgrounds that really kind of shape where they stand on certain issues. I rise in support of AB 1383. I don't know if it's because I grew up in a military family as a son of a crew military soldier, but I do put in front the most essential role of government is public safety. I know a lot of you members have said that on many different occasions, but this is just one example where we need to put public safety first and understand that the people we're doing this for are people who put their lives on the line every single day when they put on that uniform. Their family's not knowing if they're going to come home. When people are running out of a building, they're running in a building. And we're coming upon the anniversary of 9-11. Think about those firefighters and those first responders on 9-11 and their families when you're taking this vote. And as someone who's a fiscal conservative, I get arguments on the other side, and I respect the people who disagree with me on this issue, deeply respect, because I understand that. But there are a lot of things that we do in this government in my opinion where we funding things like the high fail or other things in billions of dollars where I know I can actually go in there and say I would rather take that money and put it into this fund to support those who wear our uniform and put their lives at risk to keep us safe across our communities. Even Milton Friedman, when asked about privatization of national security and public safety, Even Milton Friedman said, I can't come up with a way to privatize public safety. And so I understand where a lot of my colleagues might be on the other side of this issue and for fiscal reasons. But a budget's nothing more than a blueprint of our priorities. And I'll always, always put public safety first. And I'll always fight to make sure we give law enforcement the tools they need to keep us safe. And as a former athlete who played in college and pro basketball, at some point when you're in a position like this, your body breaks down. And I would argue moving it from 57 to 55 will actually save some revenue because what ends up happening is a lot of these folks, our bodies are breaking down. and then they take workers comp and then we actually pay more in overtime to cover those positions than if we just moved from 57 to 55. Now this bill is not perfect. There's some things that I would like to change within this bill but for the most part I'm supporting AB 1383 because I support public safety and I think it should be the number one priority. It should be the first thing that gets funded in our budget and that's why I'm supportive of this bill and I urge my colleagues to vote aye.
Thank you, Senator Valladares. You are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Members, I rise in support of AB 1383. And this is a difficult vote for me because I do have concerns about the long-term cost of this bill. And we have an obligation to taxpayers to make every promise that we make to make sure that it's sustainable. But I'm supporting this because the men and women who run towards fires, violent crime, and life-threatening emergencies are not working ordinary jobs. California, we know, I'm sure you heard in your districts, that California is struggling to recruit and train firefighters, police officers, and other first responders because these are physically demanding careers with higher risk of injury, disability, and occupational diseases. This bill does recognize that reality by adjusting retirement benefits for our safety employees, including moving the prospective retirement age to 55. We should absolutely be responsible with taxpayer dollars, but we also have to be able to recruit and train the people who keep our communities safe. For me, as my colleague from Orange County mentioned, government's most basic responsibility is public safety. And in order for us to make public safety jobs, first responder jobs, in order to incentivize them, in order to keep more officers in our communities, we need incentives. And that's part of what this bill does. And that's why, despite my very real fiscal concerns, I will be voting yes.
Thank you, Senator Richardson.
You are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. Prior to coming to here in the State Senate, I was in local government and on the city council and we were having really tough times at that point And when we were reviewing retirement packages and things like that police and fire received theirs first and then subsequently, years later, the other public employees received the benefits. And I just want to really applaud public safety for standing with all workers. They refused to only go to the table for themselves, which historically has happened, and they really stood for everyone. And it's difficult because all employees who are working need help, especially police and fire, of course, because they're danger, health issues, and so on. But the public employees, it's important as well that we recognize their values. So I want to applaud police and fire public safety for standing for all workers. And then in terms of the fiscal impact, that we were able to come to an agreement that reduced the cost in some way to help the counties and cities to adjust. So with that, I ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Senator Sayarto, you are recognized.
Thank you very much. And colleagues, I'm going to wrap this up, hopefully. With a little bit of personal experience on this matter. When I was 50 years old, I had the public safety formula of 2% at 50. That was what was offered to us. And that was only for public safety personnel because they wanted us to leave when we were 50. I had 30 years of Cirrus credit. I had a really lofty salary, if you ask the LA Times, because that's what they report, total compensation, your overtime, and then also your base salary. Well, guess what? Your base salary is what they factor when they're doing your retirement. And so 2% with my 30 years at 50 years old gave me a whopping retirement of $60,000 a year. Because my base salary is $120,000 as a captain. Actually, at the time I was a brand new battalion chief. Think about your life. Think about the years between 50 and 65 years old. Guess what? Those are the most expensive years in your life. At the time, I had two daughters in high school, one daughter in college, a full mortgage to pay, and all of the expenses that go along with the most expensive time in your life. Now, I chose to stay on for five more years and build up my get-to-top step as a battalion chief because at that point I would have a, and then I also switched, we switched to L.A. County. But at that point I wound up with a retirement that I could actually live on. So those are things that people don't understand. They get lost in all these formulas. When they did PEPRA, that retirement age for firefighters went from 50 to 57. And the reason they did that because that's how it was actuarially sound. The problem is our bodies are not actuarials. Our bodies get beat up. When I was ready to retire at 50, I had a heart problem, I had back problems, I had a neck problem, and then two years after, when I stayed on, I had my shoulder redone. You get beat up. You don't leave because you want to. For Pete's sake, we had the most lucrative overtime because all of us were covering for all the people that were going off on injured leave And we couldn fill it with young people as much Why Because we couldn hire behind those folks So it's a necessity for us to have a separate type of pension from the general employees. And while I can applaud our unions and everybody for helping the general employees get theirs back in 2001 or 2002, whenever it was, that was an expensive proposition. And that was an expensive proposition that was pushed, pushed by CalPERS, because they were superfunded at the time. Well, they unsuperfunded themselves really quick. And we got the firefighters, the police and fire, the public safety folks, they got the brunt of everybody's blame. It was us that drove those up. No, when you had city managers retiring at $360,000 a year at $57,000, that's what drove the prices out above what they should be. So, you know, think about that. Think about this list here. These are the guys I worked with in Inglewood. They're all dead. All of them are 10 years. within 10 years of my age, I worked with seven different female firefighters. Five of them were dead. They didn't make it to 50. Folks, there's a problem with that job, and we know it when we get there. But for Pete's sake, you can't keep us on longer than our bodies can manage the load. Just like you can't expect an athlete, a football player, to go beyond. Am I at my five? Okay. My football player to just stay on in their 40s and 50s. They just can't do it. So expecting them to stay on so you can meet your actuarial things, that's unrealistic. It's also unfair to the families because when our life expands, I was told when I was in my mid-40s that I should be able to make it all the way into my mid-60s. Ten seconds. 9-8-7-6-5-4-3. I would respectfully ask that you all join us and supporting this for public safety only. It's time to separate these out, and this is the time to do it. Thank you.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Grayson, would you like to close?
Yes, thank you, Madam President. I want to thank all my colleagues for your comments of support. I would be hard-pressed to be able to improve on any of those comments that were made. I do want to just simply say to all my colleagues, it's time for us to support and ensure that we protect our first responders and our public employees. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Alberto Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Aspie. Aye. Becker.
Secretary please call the roll. Allen.
Alberto Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Blakespeare. Aye. Cabaldon. Caballero. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Durazo. Aye. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. Hurtado. Aye, Jones. Laird. Aye, Limon. Aye, McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjabar. Nilo. Ochoabog. Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Ciarto. Aye. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? Aye. Umber? Aye. Valadares? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Ochoa Bogai.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Allen?
Aye. Alvarado Gil? Becker? Cabaldon? Caballero? Choi, Daly, Grove, aye. Jones, aye. Menjivar, Nilo, Wiener, Wiener, aye.
Ayes 30.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Alvarado Gil, Becker, Cabaldon, aye. Aye. Caballero, Choi, Dali, Manjavar, Nilo.
Ayes 33, noes 0. That measure passes. We will now move back in the file to file item 127, AB 2597. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2597 by Assemblymember Wicks, an act relating to the payment of claims against the state and making an appropriation, therefore, and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
Senator Sivante, you are recognized on this support support measure.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present Assembly Bill 2597 on behalf of my counterpart, Assemblymember Wicks. This is an annual state claims bill. It's an urgency measure that provides appropriation authority for legal judgments and settlements approved by the Department of Justice and Department of Finance. The bill appropriates $7.4 million from the general fund to pay the prevailing party's attorney fees and costs in eight specific cases as identified in the approved settlement agreement. These claims are binding state obligations, and failure to approve payments for these claims will result in additional litigation and state costs. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate. This item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing Well, never mind. Someone just left, so we'll have to take the roll call.
Secretary, please call the members. Allen.
Alvarado Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye, Ashby. Aye, Becker. Aye. Aye, Blake Spear. Aye, Cobaldon. Caballero Aye Cervantes Aye Choy Aye Cortese Aye Dally Aye Durazo Aye Gonzales. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Aye. LeMond. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Aye. Mendivar. Aye. Aye. Nilo. Aye. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Perez. Reyes. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Ciarto. Aye. Smallwood Cuevas. Stern. Aye. Strickland. Aye. Umber. Aye. Valladares. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Weber-Pearson. Aye. Weiner. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Pérez, aye.
Senator Cervantes moves the call. We will now move to file item 130, AB 2294. Secretary, please read.
Senator Bill 2294 by Senate Member Ta in Aquinas State Government.
Senator Umberg, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. I rise and present AB 2294, which would declare April 14 of each year as Sylvia Mendez Day. The Mendez family, if you don't know, and you should know, was the family that sued Westminster over the segregation of schools in Orange County, in particular Westminster, where Latino young people were segregated from the white young people. And this lawsuit was the precursor to Brown v. Board of Education. So it is completely appropriate that we name a particular day after Sylvia Mendez, who was the daughter of the original Mendez plaintiffs in the lawsuit, And with that, I urge an aye vote.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blake Spear.
Aye.
Cabaldon.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
Aye.
Cortese.
Aye.
Dally.
Aye.
Durazo.
Aye.
Gonzalez.
Aye.
Grayson.
Aye.
Grove.
Hurtado. Aye, Jones. Aye, Laird. Aye, Limon. Aye, McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjivar. Aye, Nilo. Aye, Ochoa Bob. Aye, Padilla. Aye, Perez.
Reyes?
Aye.
Richardson?
Aye.
Rubio?
Ciarto? Aye.
Smallwood Cuevas? Stern?
Aye.
Strickland?
Aye.
Umberg?
Aye.
Valadez? Wahab?
Aye.
Weber-Pearson?
Aye.
Wiener?
Aye. Perez, aye. Valadez, aye.
Senator Umberg moves the call. We'll now move to file item 132, AB 2319. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2319 by Assemblymember Schultz, an act relating to taxation and making an appropriation, therefore.
Senator Allen, you are recognized. You're recognized.
Thank you so much, Madam President. So California remains the center of the global film and television industry but post work including sound and scoring visual effects and finishing is increasingly being performed in other jurisdictions that offer very targeted tax incentives Current law limits eligibility for the motion picture tax credit primarily to projects that complete principal photography in California. And as a result, post-production work is increasingly done elsewhere in other states and countries that offer stand-alone or more flexible incentives. Major post-production editorial facilities are generally, they're generating substantially less revenue than in prior years. They face the risk of closure, and this bill seeks to remedy that problem by creating the California Post-Production Tax Credit, a targeted incentive for qualified post-production expenditures performed in California regardless of where principal photography occurred. This tax credit's not tied to the $750 million budget for the motion picture tax credit that was passed last year that we were able to save. This is separate. It's structured to complement the existing film and TV tax credit. To be eligible for this post-production credit, the project either will have to be filmed outside of California or filmed in California, but not receiving the existing tax credit. So a project can't double dip. Economic analysis demonstrates that post-production incentives generate significant returns on public investment through increased taxable wages, local vendor spending, broader economic activity. These are good jobs. The bill has no opposition. I want to say we're joined by the California Post-Production Alliance head, Marielle Abouanza, who's up here. and we just want to say hello to her. And with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Saying no further discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
No.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Cobaldin.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi. Cortese.
Aye.
Daly.
No.
Durazo.
Aye, Gonzales. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. Aye, Hurtado. Aye, Jones.
Laird.
Aye, Limon. Aye, McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menchivar. Aye, Nilo. Aye, Ochoaabog. Aye, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson.
Rubio.
Aye. Aye, Siyarto. Aye, Guadalupe. Aye, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Rubio. Aye. Aye. Aye, Rubio. No. Smallwood, Cuevas? Stern? Aye. Strickland? Aye. Umberg? Aye. Valadez? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye.
Senator Allen moves the call. We'll now move to file item 135, AB 2467. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2467 by the Assembly Committee on Education, an act relating to elementary and secondary education, and making an appropriation, therefore, and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
Senator Perez, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President and members. AB 2467 addresses minor and technical issues within the Education Code and includes an urgency clause to ensure that these provisions can take effect for the 2026-27 school year. I ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragin.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Cobaldin.
Aye Caballero Aye Cervantes Aye Choi Aye Cortese Aye Daly Aye Durazo Aye Gonzalez Aye Grayson Aye Grove I Jones, I Laird, I Lemon, I McGuire, I McNerney, I Menjivar, I Nilo, I Ochoa Bo, I Padilla, Aye.
Perez.
Aye. Aye.
Reyes. Richardson.
Aye. Aye.
Rubio.
Ciarto. Aye.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye.
Stern.
Aye. Aye.
Strickland.
Aye. Aye.
Umber.
Aye.
Valadez.
Aye.
Wahab.
Aye.
Weber Pearson.
Aye.
Wiener.
Aye.
Senator Perez moves the call. We're now at file item 137, AB28. Secretary, please read.
I'll send a bill 28 by Senate Member Sheavel and equinate to solid waste and make an inappropriate therefore.
Senator Blakespeare, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President and members. I rise to present AB 28, which requires landfill operators to diligently monitor their subsurface temperatures and requires consistent reporting to local enforcement agencies as well as state agencies of elevated temperatures established by Cal EPA. If temperatures rise above a safe level, the landfill must alert the local enforcement agency and CalRecycle. Recent amendments address technical issues related to the administration of the Landfill Subsurface Fire Mitigation Community Fund. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye. Aye.
I'm Ronald Gill.
No. Archuleta?
Arrigan? Aye. Ashby?
Aye. Becker? Aye.
Blakespeare? Aye. Cabaldon? Aye. Caballero?
Aye. Cervantes? Aye. Choi?
Cortese? Aye.
Daly? No. Durazo? Aye. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove.
Hurtado.
Aye, Jones.
Laird.
Aye, Limón. Aye, McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjabar. Aye, Nilo. No, Ochoa Bog.
Padilla.
Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio.
Cierto.
Smallwood-Grobas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? Humbert? Aye. Valadares? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weber-Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Wiener, aye.
Senator Blakespeare moves the call. We'll now move to file item 138, AB 2154. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 21. 52, excuse me, 2152. A Senate Bill 2152 by Senate Member Mark Gonzalez, an act relating to environmental quality.
Senator Perez, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, today I rise to present AB 2152, a bill that will expedite the process of building essential fire stations in California by offering these projects judicial streamlining, provided they meet the minimum qualifications. The amendments taken in the Senate reflect technical assistance provided by the administration, ensuring that this process is placed under the the existing authority rather than creating a separate authority. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Thank you. Saying no for the discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Aye. Avrata Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Aye.
Aye.
Limon. McGuire.
Aye.
McClerny.
Aye.
Menjabar.
Aye.
Nilo.
Aye.
Ochoa Bog. Padilla.
Aye.
Perez.
Aye.
Reyes.
Aye.
Richardson.
Aye.
Rubio.
Cillarto. Aye.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye.
Stern.
Aye.
Strickland.
Aye. Aye.
Umberg?
Aye.
Valadares?
Aye.
Wahab?
Aye.
Weber Pearson?
Aye. Aye.
Wiener?
Aye.
Senator Perez moves the call. Senators, we're going to be moving around a little bit because of time stamps, so please listen so that you're not caught off guard if I call on you to do a bill. So we will now jump to file item 141, AB 2796. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2796 by the Assembly Committee on Public Safety, in act relating to criminal history information, and declare the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
Senator Araguin, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 2796, the Assembly Committee on Public Safety omnibus bill. AB 2796 amends various statutes authorizing fingerprint-based criminal history background checks for employment and licensing purposes. These updates bring numerous California fingerprinting authorization statutes into compliance with federal law governing the dissemination of criminal history information by the FBI. The bill will also allow existing policies requiring criminal history background screening for employment and licensing to continue for populations that include, among others, applicants for DOJ's firearms certificate of eligibility and dangerous weapons permits, employees of school contracting entities, people who work or volunteer for entities providing services to children, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities. The latest amendments address a recent directive by the FBI requiring authorizing statutes to reference Penal Code Sections 1105, subsections U and S, and clarify the definition of governmental districts. These amendments are necessary for the FBI to approve all future and recently established amended fingerprinting authorization statutes and allow participation in the newly available federal wrap-back service. On behalf of the Assembly Committee on Public Safety, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary please call the roll.
Allen Aye Alvarado Gil Aye Archuleta Aye Adegin Aye Ashby Aye Becker Aye Bladespear Aye Cabaldon Aye Caballero Aye Cervantes Aye Choi Aye Cortese Aye Daly Aye Durazo Aye Gonzalez Aye Grayson Aye Grove Aye Aye.
Hurtado.
Aye.
Jones.
Aye.
Laird. Limon. McGuire.
Aye.
McNerney.
Aye.
Menzabar.
Aye.
Nilo.
Aye.
Ochoa Pog.
Aye.
Padilla.
Aye.
Perez. Reyes.
Aye.
Richardson.
Aye.
Rubio. Sayarto.
Aye.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? Aye. Umbert? Aye. Valadares? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Weiner? Aye.
Senator Adagin moves a call. Colleagues, our next two items are going to be file item 117 and 128, both by Senator Dr. Weber Pearson. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 220 by Senator Jackson, an acronym to Medi-Cal. Senator.
Thank you, Madam President. Senators, today I present to you AB 220, which would prohibit a Medi-Cal managed care plan from imposing or requiring a patient to meet any additional criteria for subacute care beyond what is currently in California regulations. Proven screening for medical necessity and administration to a pediatric subacute facility were unintentionally discarded during the transition of care planning and financial payments to managed care plans in 2024. With the managed care plans developing their own admission criteria, it often results in disqualifying patients, delay admissions, denying care, reducing the qualified length of stay, and requiring more paperwork and administrative costs to justify the medical necessity. This bill is designed to correct one of those failures and thus ensure that the best outcome for our medically fragile children. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 2220 on behalf of Assemblymember Jackson.
Thank you, Senator. I see no mic's up. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Cabaldon.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
Aye.
Cortese.
Aye.
Daly.
Aye.
Durazo. aye, Durazo, aye, Gonzales, aye, Grayson, aye, Durazo, aye, Grove, aye, Hurtado, aye, Jones, aye, Laird, aye, Limon, McGuire, aye, McNerney, aye, Menzabar, aye, Nilo, Ochoa .
Senator Weber Pearson moves the call. I'll call. Secretary, please refile item 128.
Assembly Bill 1881 by Assemblymember Ramos, an equivalent to the California Indians.
Wrong bill File item 128 should be AB 2221 The sheet is incorrect. It is file item 129, AB 2221.
Assembly Bill 2221 by Assemblymember Irwin, an act relating to charitable fundraising.
Senator. Thank you, Madam President. Members, I am pleased to present AB 2221 on behalf of Assemblymember Irwin. Too often we hear from nonprofits who are struggling to resolve delinquency issues and restore their good standing at the Department of Justice. AB 2221 requires clear processing deadlines so nonprofit organizations are not prevented from fundraising online due to bureaucratic mistakes. It creates a fair framework for noticing and mandates that within the registry must process delinquencies and new filings within 15 days and include mandatory electronic filing payments. This bill has had bipartisan support and no opposition. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
Thank you, Senator. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespear.
Aye.
Cobaldon.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
Aye.
Cortese.
Aye.
Daly.
Aye.
Durazo.
Aye.
Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Grove. Aye, Hurtado. Aye, Jones. Aye, Laird. Aye, Limon. McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjivar. Aye, Nilo. Aye, Ochoa Pog. Aye, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Ciarto? Aye. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Strickland? Aye. Umberg? Aye. Valadares? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Weiner? Aye.
Senator Dr. Weber Pearson moves the call. Senator Archuleta is ready to go with file item 140. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1687 by Senator Blackie and act relating to vehicles.
Senator.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present as a co-author, Assembly Bill 1687 by Assemblymember Lackey. This bill will increase the Department of Motor Vehicles revocation period for a fifth DUI conviction with injury to six years with interlocked device. Amendments previously taken in the Senate Public Safety Committee have also officially named the bill Irene's Law. after mad advocate Rhonda Campbell's sister, who was killed at the age of 12 after being struck by a repeat offender in 1981. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye. Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
Aye. Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Ida Gain.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blake Spear.
Aye.
Cobaldin. Aye Caballero Aye Cervantes Aye Choi Aye Cortese Aye Daly Aye Durazo Gonzalez Aye Grayson Aye Grove Aye Hurtado Aye Jones Aye, Laird. Aye, Limon. McGuire. McGuire, aye. Limon, aye. McNerney.
Aye.
Aye, Menjavar. Aye, Nilo. Aye, Ochoa Bog. Aye, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Reyes.
Aye.
Richardson?
Aye.
Rubio? Perez?
Aye.
Rubio? Ciarto? Rubio, aye. Ciarto, aye. Smallwood Cuevas? Stern?
Aye.
Strickland?
Aye.
Umber?
Aye.
Valadares?
Aye.
Wahab?
Aye.
Weber-Pearson?
Aye.
Weiner?
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Durazo? Aye. Smallwood, Cuevas?
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Smallwood, Cuevas?
Ayes 39, noes 0. That measure passes. Senators, after we do this next bill, we will be lifting calls, so if you need to vote, please be on the floor. floor. Right now we will move to file item 133, AB 1776. Secretary, please read.
I'll sign the bill 1776 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curri, in accordance to business regulations.
Senator Ashby, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. I rise today to present AB 1776
on behalf of Assembly Majority Leader Aguiar-Curri. I want to start by acknowledging the bill's incredible author, the majority leader, she has worked tirelessly on this bill, meeting with countless stakeholders and experts to get the policy right. She met with all sides, listened and responded. She's worked to craft the best policy while working with all stakeholders because this is a complex but critically important issue. The bill before you today takes a measured approach to closing a loophole in the Cartwright Act. California's Cartwright Act is our state's primary antitrust law, but it has an omission that AB 1776 seeks to fix. If two businesses conspire to undercut competition, that's illegal. For the first time under AB 1776, California will have a single firm conduct law on the books because we know that it doesn't take two businesses to act in an anti-competitive manner. Federal law and 45 other states agree that one dominant company can be just as harmful as two companies acting together. This conversation is especially important now because consolidation has touched nearly every part of our economy. Since the 1990s, more than 75% of US industries have experienced increased market considerations. When companies gain that much power, it can mean higher prices, fewer choices, fewer opportunities for job creators to start small businesses, and suppressed wages for workers. We can see the impacts across every part of our state. For example, here in Sacramento, our independent venues struggle to compete in a world where only a few Companies control platforms. Across the state, our independent bookstores are being undercut by massive chains. Restaurants have fewer suppliers and pay higher prices for things, ingredients, including their silverware. The legislature recognized this crisis with the passage of a bipartisan resolution directing the California Law Revision Commission to study the Cartwright Act. The Commission spent more than three years working with experts to study these issues and make recommendations. AB 1776 is based on that work, and the author has refined it. AB 1776 makes sure that when a dominant company abuses its power to shut out competition and harm small businesses, consumers, and workers, that California's attorney general and district attorneys have the tools necessary to respond on behalf of Californians. This bill protects free and fair competition and helps ensure that California's marketplace works for everyone. I urge an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
No.
Archuleta. Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare. Aye. Cabaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Aye. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Aye. Durazo. Gonzalez. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire.
Aye.
McNerney?
Aye. Aye.
Nilo?
No.
Ochoa Book.
No.
Padilla?
Aye.
Perez?
Aye.
Reyes?
Aye.
Richardson?
Aye.
Rubio?
Aye.
Ciarto?
No.
Smallwood Cuevas?
Aye.
Strickland?
No.
Humbert?
Aye.
Vollaterras?
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Archuleta? Aye. Durazo? Aye. Gonzalez? Aye. Grove?
Ayes 30, noes 9. That measure passes. Senators, we're now going to start to lift the calls. Please come to the floor if you need to vote. We'll start with file item 31, SB1083. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Allen.
Aye.
Abrago Gil. Caballero. Choi. Dally. Grove. Hurtado.
Aye.
McGuire, aye. Nilo, Ochovo, Reyes, aye. Smallwood Cuevas, aye. Valadares, Wiener, aye. Caballero, aye.
Ayes 30 nos 3 That measure passes We will move to file item 34 SB 1312 Secretary please read Allen
Aye.
Caballero?
Aye.
Daly?
Aye.
Hurtado?
Aye.
Nilo? Reyes?
Aye.
Wiener?
Aye.
Ayes 39, nos 0, that measure passes. We'll move to file item 37, SB 1359. Secretary, please read.
Allen?
Aye. Archuleta?
Aye.
Caballero?
Aye. Durazo? Grayson?
Aye.
Hurtado? Menjabar?
Aye.
Rodriguez? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Nilo, no. Durazo, aye.
Ayes 29, noes 10. That measure passes. We'll now move to file item 38, SB 534. Secretary, please read.
Allen?
Aye.
Hurtado?
Aye.
Stern?
Aye.
Wiener?
Aye.
Ayes 39, noes 0. That measure passes. 40, excuse me. Ayes 40, noes 0. That measure passes. Move to file item 41, SB 457. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Allen?
Aye.
Hurtado?
Aye. Aye.
Valadares? Wiener? Wiener, aye.
Ayes 30, nos 9. That measure passes. We'll move to file item 43, SB 691. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Allen?
Aye.
Dali? Hurtado? Mandelar?
Aye.
Nilo? Otro a vote. Cioto?
Aye.
Wiener? Otado aye. Wiener aye.
Ayes 37, noes 0. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 48, SB 1361. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Allen?
Aye.
Otro a vote.
No.
Ayes 30, noes 10. That measure passes. Secretary will now move to file item 49, SB 685. Please call the absent members.
Allen.
Aye.
Grayson. Jones. Stern. Jones, no. Jones, no.
Ayes, 28. Nos, 10. That measure passes. Moving now to file item 50, SB 677. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Alan Becker Bekherai Choi Jones Laird Nilo Ochoabog Ciarto Strickland Baladares
Ayes 31, nos 0. That measure passes. We'll now move to file item 127, AB 2597. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Allen.
Aye.
Cabalden? Aye. Grove? Aye. Smallwood Cuevas?
Aye. Aye.
Ayes 40, no 0 on the urgency. Ayes 40, no 0 on the measure. It passes. We will now move to file item 130, AB 2294. Secretary, please read.
Grove.
Aye.
Rubio.
Aye.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye.
Ayes 40, no 0. That measure passes, we'll move to file item 132, AB 2319. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Choi, Grove, Jones, Perez, Perez, aye. Richardson, Grove, no. Rubio? Aye.
Aye.
Richardson, aye. Smallwood Cuevas?
Aye.
Ayes 33, noes 5, that measure passes. We'll now move to file item 135, AB 2467. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Archuleta? Grove?
Aye. Aye.
Archerlera, yes?
Aye.
Aye. Rubio?
Aye. Aye.
Archuleta, aye. Aye is 40, no zero.
That measure passes. We're now at file item 137, AB 28. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Archuleta?
Aye.
Choi? Grove?
Jones? Ochoa Bog, Rubio, Rubio, aye.
Ciarto, Strickland. Ayes 31, noes 3.
That measure passes. We'll move to file item 138, AB 2152. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Limon.
Aye.
Ochoa Bog.
Ochoa Bogai.
Rubio.
Aye. Aye.
Aye's 40, no's zero.
That measure passes. We'll now move to file 141 AB 2796.
Laird.
Aye Aye Limon Aye Aye P Aye Rubio
Rubio.
Aye.
Rubio, aye. Aye's 40, no's 0.
That measure passes. We'll now move to file item 117, AB 220. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Limon.
Aye.
Nilo.
Rubio. Rubio, aye.
Ayes 39, nos 0. That measure passes. We'll move to file item 129, AB 2221. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Grayson? Aye. Limon? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Stern? Aye. Ayes 40, nos 0.
That measure passes. Thank you. Senators, we are now going to move to motions, resolutions, and notices in case anyone would like to remove anything from the special consent calendar. Senator Archuleta, you are recognized.
Yes, Madam President, under motions, I request unanimous consent to submit a letter to the Senate Journal for Senate Bill 804. It has been properly reviewed and approved by both sides. Thank you.
Without objection, desk will note. Senator Caballero, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. At the request of the author, I'd like to move the following three bills to the inactive file. File item number 64, AB 2792, Assemblymember Rubio. File number 70 AB 2536 by Assemblymember Rubio. And finally, file item number 71 AB 2644 by Assemblymember Rubio. Thank you.
The desk will note. Senators, is there anyone else that would like to make a motion or remove anything at this time? Members, without objection, the following items will be added to a special consent calendar today and taken up at this time. File Item 32, SB 1213 by Senator Reyes. File Item 33, SB 226 by Senator Cabaldon. File Item 36, SB 561 by Senator Blakespear. File Item 39, SB 1322 by Senator Richardson. File Item 40, SB 828 by Senator Cabaldon. File Item 42, SB 99 by Senator Blakespeare. File Item 44, SB 1072 by the Committee on Housing. File Item 45, SB 1153 by Senator Caballero. File Item 46, SB 1206 by the Committee on Insurance. file item 47, SB 741 by Senator Blakespear. Under Assembly 3rd reading, we have file item 65, AB 2793 by the Committee on GO, file item 66, AB 2784 by the Assembly on Judiciary, File Item 78, AB 1934 by Assemblymember Bennett. File Item 79, AB 2032 by Assemblymember Ransom. File Item 81, AB 2061 by Assemblymember Chen. File Item 82, AB 69 by Assemblymember Calderon. File Item 85, AB 2776 by the Committee on ESTM. File Item 88, AB 1960 by Assemblymember Bennett. File Item 89, AB 1808 by Assemblymember Carrillo. File Item 92, AB 775 by Assemblymember Fong. file item 93, AB 1699 by Assemblymember Rogers, file item 95, AB 788 by Assemblymember Cork Silva, file item 100, AB 1588 by Assemblymember Stefani, file item 101, AB 2739 by Assemblymember Soria, File Item 102, AB 1129 by Assemblymember Celeste Rodriguez. File Item 108, AB 2667 by Assemblymember Hadwick. File Item 111, AB 2437 by Assemblymember Chen. File Item 114, AB 2329 by Assemblymember Fong. File Item 115, AB 1555 by Assemblymember Hadwick. File Item 118, AB 2337 by Assemblymember Lackey. And File Item 126, AB 2734 by Assemblymember Hart. Are there any members who wish to remove any item at this time? Thank you Seeing no members that would like to remove anyone Secretary, please call the roll on file, item 32, SB 1213.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Cobaldon.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
Aye.
Cortese.
Aye.
Daly.
Aye.
Durazo.
Aye.
Gonzalez.
Aye.
Grayson.
Aye.
Grove.
aye Hurtado, aye Jones, aye Laird, aye Limon, aye McGuire, aye Mcnerney, aye Menjabar, aye Nilo, aye Ochoa Bog, aye Padilla, aye Perez, aye Reyes, aye Richardson, aye Rubio, aye Cioto, aye Smallwood Cuevas, aye Stern, Aye.
Strickland?
Aye.
Umbert?
Aye.
Valadares? Wahab?
Aye.
Weber-Pearson?
Aye.
Wiener?
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Valadares?
Aye.
Ayes 40, nos 0 on file item 32. Ayes 40, nos 0 on the rest of the items on the special consent calendar.
We will now go back to motions and resolutions. Senator Reyes, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I request unanimous consent to submit a letter to the Senate journal for SB 1213, which has been approved.
Seeing no objection, the desk will note. We will now move back to Assembly 3rd reading, starting with File Item 142, AB 1540. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1540, by Senator Mark Gonzalez, an act relating to mental health and declare the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
Senator Mendevar, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. AB 1540 is a response to what the federal government did last year on July 17th, where it ceased all operations in providing a 9-8-8 press-3 options for LGBTQ plus youth. Should this bill pass, should we pass the budget tomorrow, Monday, we would be able to allocate $5 million to ensure that we cover what the federal government is not doing, offering a helpline for LGBTQ plus youth. Respectfully asking for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Just a moment. I apologize. Senator Grove, you are recognized.
Thank you. Madam Chair, we heard this bill in health, and I think it was a pretty heated debate. But the bottom line is that our LGBT youth are 70% higher in suicide thoughts and things that they need to be able to talk to other individuals. Now while I don support the Trevor Project which the opposition was saying was part of this the Trevor Project is not mentioned in this bill It will go out to bid My hope is it wouldn be the Trevor Project But I do know that our LGBT youth have a higher rate of suicide and need to work things out And similar to my comments from a veteran's perspective, the United States military veteran in a combat situation does not want to talk to somebody in a bow tie and a suit from Berkeley. They want to talk to a familiar combat veteran. So I think that this is like a peer-to-peer support thing, and I just respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Domingivar, would you like to close?
Since the senator from Berkeley cannot defend his city, we love the city of Berkeley so much. but I do appreciate the senator from Bakersfield's comment. She was very supportive in the health committee. I think she hit it on the nail. We are always looking for representation when it comes to providing mental health therapy, and this just allows that. Respectfully asking for an aye vote. Thank you.
Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blake Spear.
Aye.
Cabaldon.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye. Aye, Cervantes. Aye, Choi. Cortesi. Aye. Aye, Daly. Durazo. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. Aye, Hurtado. Aye, Jones. Aye, Laird. Aye.
Aye, Dumont.
McGuire.
Aye, McNerney.
Aye, Menjabar.
Aye, Nilo.
Ochoa Woke.
Aye, Padilla.
Aye, Perez.
Aye, Reyes.
Aye, Richardson.
Aye, Rubio.
Aye, Ciaro.
Smallwood-Cuevas.
Aye, Stern.
Aye, Strickland.
Umberk.
Aye, Valladares.
Aye, Wahab.
Aye, Weber-Pearson.
Aye.
Wiener.
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Choi, Daly, Limon, Nilo, Cioto, Strickland. Ayes 34, nos 0.
That measure passes. We will now move to file item 83, AB 1830. Secretary, I'm so sorry. File item 143, AB 2017. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2017 by Assemblymember Haney and Aquilaine State Holidays.
Senator Wahab, this is your second time.
Thank you. First, I just really want to appreciate my colleague in the Assembly, Assemblymember Haney, for collaborating with me on this. It is incredibly important, and it also just highlights the nature of working together to uplift each other and their communities. So with that, I just want to say a special thank you to Assemblymember Haney. I rise today in support of AB 2017. California is home to hundreds of thousands of Muslims in this great state, and Eid is one of the most important holidays of their faith. Yet too often, Muslim students and workers are forced to choose between observing a sacred holiday and meeting their obligations at school and work. Many people in my own district have stated that they have to state that they're sick or taking a day off, a personal day, to be able to celebrate a day that's incredibly important to their faith. And this bill helps actually let them live their true authentic self, as we often try to support in this great state. AB 2017 sends a simple but meaningful message. Muslim Californians are an important part of the fabric of our state and their traditions deserve recognition alongside those of other communities Recognizing Eid is about religious freedom fairness and making sure California laws reflect the people who call our state home I respectfully ask for an aye vote
Thank you, Senator Becker. You are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise in support strongly of AB 2017. Over the years, I've had the privilege of joining Muslim friends and communities for Ramadan iftars and Eid celebrations. And when you're in those rooms, you quickly understand what these days mean. You see the joy, you see families coming together, you see children, parents, grandparents, and you see faith expressed through prayer, through generosity, service, gratitude, and care for one another. And you see how deeply Muslim Californians are woven into the fabric of our communities and our state. AB 2017 provides a simple, sensible accommodation for state employees to observe these important days, bringing greater fairness, dignity, consistency to those who serve California, And for students, it helps address a choice that no child should have to make between missing school and being with their family and community on one of their most important holidays. And that matters especially now. I don't have to tell you we are living in a time of extraordinary division when anti-Semitism and Islamophobia and hate are directed at so many communities and are tearing at the bonds between us. As Vice Chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, I know how important it is for communities of faith to stand together, especially when any one of us is being targeted, marginalized, or made to feel like they do not belong. AB 2017 sends a simple message to Muslim Californians, that your faith matters, your family matters, your traditions belong here, and you belong here. I want to thank Assemblymember Mahaney for his work. I want to personally recognize the tireless advocacy of my dear friend, Hala Hijazi, along with the Muslim Impact Council, the California Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association, CARE California, and the many Muslim interfaith and community leaders who have worked so hard to bring us to this moment. I'm proud to be a co-author of 2017, proud to stand with California's Muslim community, and respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Senator Cortese, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise in support of AB 2017. I appreciate our colleague from Hayward bringing this forward to our House and managing this bill, and of course the author as well. I just wanted to urge support for this on a very practical level. It's been brought up a couple of times already, literally. but I first got invited to Eid celebrations by my longtime former chief of staff at the city and the county who is Muslim and it's striking to see the families, the kids oftentimes on a weekday depending on what day the moon is red and the day actually falls but so often on a weekday the families aren't going to not attend. They're not going to avoid bringing their own kids. or put them into daycare on a day that, for us Christians, so much resembles Easter. We happen to have the tradition of Easter falling on Sunday, so it's typically not a problem like that. So, again, I just want to speak at a very practical level of the importance of this and the acknowledgement of a very practical issue, which is a family attendance at one of the greatest traditions in one of the world's largest religions. Thank you, and I urge an aye vote.
Thank you. Senator Reyes, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President, members. I, too, rise in strong support of AB 2017. during our Education Committee hearing, we had witnesses present, tell us about how they felt not being able to recognize such important days, these holy days of Eid and others. And it wasn't just about observing these days, but it was also about finding teachable moments to be able to tell their colleagues, the other students, what this was all about. And that is extremely important. I want to thank CARE California for their strong support and making sure that they advocated to get us to the point where we are today. The message should be clear to our Muslim brothers and sisters, especially to the children that they belong, and that their holy days are important to us as well. And with that, I ask for your support. I vote on AB 2017. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Wahab, would you like to close?
Thank you. I, again, just want to thank my colleagues. It has been a very interesting experience as a relatively non-religious person who strongly believes in separation of church and state, but these bills are incredibly important to allow for residents in California to be able to celebrate and take time off when appropriate. We do this for every single other major community, and this is the moment that we are going to do it for the Muslim community. Again, I respectfully ask for an aye vote and really appreciate everybody's support. Thank you.
Thank you. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil. Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragene.
Aye. Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil. Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blake Spear.
Aye.
Cobaldin.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
Cortese. Aye. Daly. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjavar. Aye.
Aye, Nilo. Ochoa Boog.
No, Padilla. Aye Perez Aye Reyes Aye Richardson Aye Rubio Aye Ciarto Smallwood Cuevas
Aye, Stern.
Aye, Strickland.
Humber.
Aye.
Aye, Valadares. Wahab.
Aye.
Aye, Weber Pearson.
Aye, Wiener. Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Alvarado Gil. Choi.
Daly, Grove, no. Jones, Limon, Nilo, Cioto, no. Strickland, no.
Paula Darius. Ayes 29, noes 4.
The measure passes. We will now move to file item 98.
AB 1887. Secretary, please read. Ascendant Bill 1887 by Ascendant Members of Burr in equity to health care coverage.
Senator Blakespeare, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. Members, I rise today to present AB 1887, which will help reduce unnecessary barriers that delay or interrupt access to life-saving and life-altering treatments for Californians living with rare diseases. A rare disease affects fewer than 200,000 people nationwide. There are thousands of them. Only about 5% have an FDA-approved treatment, and many are progressive and life-threatening, which is why half of these patients are children. For these families, the health system is a maze. Diagnosis takes years, multiple providers are involved, and there are often misdiagnoses. And when a treatment finally exists, prior authorization too often delays or denies the only medication shown to work. AB 1887 aims to address this by accelerating prior authorization for rare disease treatments when prescribed by an appropriate specialist based on medical necessity. This legislation is critical as it ensures faster access to life-saving and life-altering therapies and supports accelerated access to treatment for one patient in a million cases. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll. Actually, this is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection, ayes 40, noes 0. The measure passes. We're now going to move to file item 116, AB 1405. Secretary, please read. Assembly Bill 1405 by Assemblymember Bauer-Cahan, an act relating to artificial intelligence. Senator Wiener, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1405 on behalf of Assemblymember Bauer-Cahan. This bill creates an AI auditor registry in the government operations agency and would require registered auditors to be financially independent and transparent about their practices. Importantly, AB 1405 does not require auditing of AI systems or models. That will be handled on a case-by-case basis in other bills. It simply acknowledges that third-party review is a key feature of AI safety and begins to create infrastructure in state government to hold auditors accountable. Last year, the governor commissioned a frontier AI policy report that explored high mitigation strategies for advanced AI the report found that third risk assessment is essential These findings have recently been highlighted as multiple leading AI companies have observed advanced models escaping their testing environments and acting autonomously online. If anyone has been following the pretty horrifying situation with open AI and a hugging face, you'll understand why this is so important. and Californians deserve to know the AI systems and models they engage with are created responsibly and assessed honestly. This is a matter of basic public health and public safety. By creating a registry of third-party AI auditors in state government, this bill will help, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you. Saying no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll. Allen. Aye. Aye, Alvarado Gil. No, Archuleta. Aye, Aragon. Aye, Ashby. Becker Aye Blakespeare Aye Cobaldon Aye Caballero Aye Cervantes Aye Choi No Cortese Daly No Turazo Aye Gonzales Aye Grayson Aye Grove No Cortado Aye Ashby Aye Jones Laird Aye Limon McGuire Aye. Aye. No. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Weiner? Aye. Secretary, please call the absent members. Jones, no. Cortese? Aye. Limon? Stern? Stern, aye. Ayes, 29. Noes, 10. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 128, AB 1881. Secretary, please read. Assembly Bill 1881 by Assemblymember Ramos, an act relating to California Indians. Senator Cervantes, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present Assembly Bill 1881, the California Indian Freedom Act of 2026, on behalf of Assemblymember Ramos. The bill ensures that California Indians can freely practice the religious and spiritual traditions on state lands. California is home to the largest population of Native Americans in the United States, each with its own distinct culture and religion that has predated statehood. Yet for centuries there has been a long-standing policy in our country and in this state that has allowed for the suppression of tribal spirituality and cultural expression to assimilate the indigenous people by force. California was home to 13 federal Indian boarding schools that abducted native children from their families, pushed them from speaking their languages, and prohibited their spiritual practices. These boarding schools resulted in generational trauma that continues to impact tribal communities to this date. Unfortunately, the legacy of Indian assimilation and cultural suppression still shapes present-day policy. Sacred sites are still desecrated, developed, and made inaccessible. tribes remain separated from cultural items and their ancestors remained often held by universities and museums Tribal members are routinely questioned or harassed for carrying ceremonial items in public spaces Native students and their families still face obstacles on prohibitions on wearing regalia at graduation ceremonies despite federal and state statutory protections. These are not isolated incidents, but the direct result of state and federal policies that sought to erase Native identity from our country. The bill aims to afford Native Americans the same level of protection for their faith as we do for other religions. For many tribal communities, their faith depend on access to sacred sites to gather traditional plants and foods and enjoy the freedom to use their ceremonial items without being questioned every step of the way. 1881 establishes clear enforceable standards. No state agency may substantially burden a California tribe's right to religious practice unless the state can demonstrate a compelling interest in doing so. Even then, it must do so by the least restrictive means possible. State agencies are to allow access to sacred sites on state lands and permit gathering of traditional plants, foods, and other materials essential to tribal religious practices. The bill further protects the handling of sacred items and regalia on state grounds, including here at the state capitol. I want to note that floor amendments that the author took, which made clarification, including that tribes should have exclusive standing to enforce one of the provisions of the bill. This bill is about safeguarding California's first people's religious freedoms, not only as a human right, but as a matter of cultural survival. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 1881. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll. Allen. Alvarado Gill. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Blakespeare. Aye. Cobaldon. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Aye. Choi. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Aye. McClerny? Aye. Menjabar? Aye. Nilo? No. Ochoa Bog? Padilla? Aye. Perez? Aye. Reyes? Aye. Richardson? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Ciarto? Smallwood Cuevas? Stern? Strickland? Umber? Aye. Paula Derres? Wahab? Wahab, aye. Smallwood Cuevas, aye. Weber Pearson, aye. Wiener, aye. Secretary, please call the absent members. Allen, Becker, Cabaldon, aye. Choi, Daly, Grayson, Grove, Jones, Otraubog, Perez, Ciaro, Stern, Strickland, there's grace tonight Stern, aye. Allen, aye. Thank you. Thank you. Ayes 29, Nose 1, the measure passes. Senators, we are getting ready to break for dinner for one hour. Senator Ashby, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. We will during the break for dinner for an hour, the Democrats will caucus in room 205, the Maddie Lounge. Thank you. Senator Jones, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. During that same period of time, the Republicans will have a casual and fun caucus in room 215. Thank you. Senators, we will recess for one hour. Thank you. Thank you. The Senate will reconvene. We're now under motions. Senator Ashby, you are recognized. Thank you Madam President and members I rise to request that file item A85 Assembly Bill 1294 by Assemblymember Haney be sent back to the Assembly The desk will note. Senator McNerney. Thank you, Madam President. At the request of the author, please move file item 112, AB54 to the inactive file. The desk will note. Senator McNerney. Thank you, Madam President. I request unanimous consent for a letter to be printed in the journal regarding SB 872. This letter has been approved by the leadership and the secretary. It's all about water, folks. We need to invest in water. Okay. Seeing no objection, the desk will note. Seeing no further motions, resolutions or notices, we will now go to our unfinished business. Supplemental file number two, file number 167, SB 577. Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 577 by Senator Laird, an act relating to public entities. Senator Laird, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Madam President. SB 577 is back for concurrence. This bill deals with childhood sexual assault and has been the subject of much discussion since the bill left this House over a year ago. Normally, in concurring with Assembly amendments, the debate focuses solely on the amendments taken in the Assembly. In this case, the totality of the bill, along with these amendments, is important to discuss. The adoption of AB 218 in 2019, which extended the statute of limitations on child sexual assault cases with public entities, brought forward heartbreaking cases of mistreatment of young Californians while in the care of public agencies and provided a path for justice. Unfortunately other issues also arose from AB 218, one major issue being the financial ability of public agencies to respond. Two years ago, a study of this issue was authorized by the legislature and was conducted by the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, FICMAC. As then the chair of Budget Sub-1 on Education, I held a hearing on this matter. It showed that insurance premiums for schools had jumped an estimated 700 percent over the past decade and schools are paying for retroactive claims for abuse that occurred when they were part of a joint powers agreement even if they are no longer part of that joint powers agreement. Local governments are declaring fiscal emergencies and various recommendations from FICMAC were actually what started the Senate Bill 577. As a result, SB 577 provides various financing mechanisms to public entities such as bonding, judicial review of award amounts in old cases, and ability to opt in for longer payment periods. SB 577 also provides avenues for local agencies to respond to mounting liability from childhood sexual assault claims while ensuring that survivors maintain meaningful accessible pathways to justice The bill includes important fraud prevention that will penalize attorneys that bring forth bad faith or fraudulent cases and ensure required documentation is required with the cases This bill also enables public entities to better defend against very old cases where witnesses or records no longer exist. Importantly, the bill also includes significant prevention measures to ensure children in schools, juvenile detention facilities, foster care facilities, and more will be protected from future abuse. Additionally, an amendment was added in the assembly regarding public agency tort liability. If a district's liability is determined to be 15% or under, the financial liability is subject to that similar limit to not exceed 15%. But let me be clear, this body does not support turning a blind eye to abuse occurring in occurring in institutions that owed a duty of care to these children. That is why Senate Bill 577 includes important prevention and accountability measures. Senate Bill 577 does not shut the door to justice. There are no cutoffs to claims. There are no caps. When I successfully got this bill out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee last year, there was opposition from a school organization saying the bill did not go far enough. There was opposition from a survivor's group saying the bill went too far. That same dynamic is in play right now with this bill. It is an indicator that we have strived to maintain balance. There is opposition from law enforcement organizations, and let me speak to that for a second, regarding the addition of the Office of Youth and Community Restoration to the list of entities that can access personnel records. Existing law includes strict confidentiality for any authorized entities accessing personnel records. The office itself, separately, also has confidentiality requirements in their governing statute that restrict them from sharing any records or being deposed or compelled to testify. SB 577 does not change either of these confidentiality requirements. Just last year, the legislature added local citizen police review groups to the list of entities that can access personnel records under this provision. I believe that this section is necessary for survivors to seek justice, but also has the protection to ensure confidential confidentiality required in the law additionally this particular session section would not go into effect until January 2028 while I do not believe that there is an issue here if it can be demonstrated there's an issue there is a year between now and the time it goes into effect this has been a difficult task which is why this bill has taken so long to get to this point. Some local government organizations express concerns why the local government most affected by this situation, Los Angeles County, is in support. There are many organizations that are typically aligned on issues which are split on this bill, but we have walked down the middle The bill threads the needle to ensure justice for victims prevention protection from future abuse and help for local agencies dealing with large settlements resulting from childhood sexual assault cases I respectfully ask for an aye vote Thank you. Senator Jones? Madam President and members, unfortunately, I have to respectfully ask for a no vote on SB 577. 577 left the Senate with almost all members voting aye, 35 to 0, but unfortunately the amendments are going to undo a lot of that support. There was a very vigorous debate in the Assembly floor. Also, I'm in the process part of this, disappointed that this bill was literally finished being debated on the assembly floor 20 to 30 minutes ago, and now it's back on our floor without members, staff, having the ability to analyze the amendments and get us even the floor vote from the assembly on this bill. Several assembly members spoke against this bill. Several assembly members spoke against it and voted against it. One of the things that is most troubling is that the bill changes the evidentiary standard for child sexual abuse cases against a public entity to clear and convincing and actual knowledge standard, making it virtually impossible to get justice for these victims. And only for teachers, foster care, juvenile detention center workers, people we hold in the highest public trust. this limits a public entity fault to an amount proportional to its own fault unless it's found to be over 15 percent of fault it requires showing a clear and convincing evidence for claims against public entities brought after january 1st 2027 and allows the office of youth and community restoration to gain access to law enforcement personal personnel records ladies and gentlemen is that really where we want to put our law enforcement officers today is exposing their personnel records to the office of youth and community restoration ladies and gentlemen this was a good bill it really was and now it's not and because of the amendments and the and the degradation of the policy in this bill we should vote no but also Also because of the process in bringing it over here so quickly from the Assembly and asking all 40 of us to analyze this with less than 20 minutes also should be a reason to vote no. I ask for a no vote on SB 577. Thank you. Senator Grove, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. I too rise in opposition. I supported this bill when it left this House, but I have the same grave concern. You know, the champion of women and children that's been labeled on me since we worked on human trafficking and other pieces of legislation that protect kids. The clear and convincing evidence and actual knowledge, and it goes up to 40 years. So 40 years ago, somebody gets assaulted and they want to bring charges. They have to have clear and convincing evidence and someone who had actual knowledge or witnessed the event. it's a standard that according to data on the according to data available less than 1% of the individuals would be able to prove that and it's again like my colleagues from Santee said that it's for the people that should have our innermost trust of of taking care of our kids. The other thing that I want to bring up is we need to make sure very clearly, very clearly that, sorry, we need to make sure very clearly that we understand that what we're doing here is that there was a time when we held public entities to a higher standard. We trust teachers in our school district with educating and caring for our kids. We trust juvenile detention centers who are incarcerating children, the care in their well-being. This trust has been violated on a scale, a very high scale, in Los Angeles specifically, like never seen before. And why would we sweep up these horrendous behaviors under the rug and only to look at a lessen the pain for our public entities? 577 SB 577 punishes survivors of child sex abuse who seek justice by rolling back their current rights and in doing so child molesters rapists and those that sexually assault these kids will get away with it. Just the evidence that was that was changed the amendment for the evidence of clear and convincing evidence that I just spoke about is enough to say no to this bill with the new amendments. It really doesn't give those child sex survivors that have been abused the justice that they deserve. And so I respectfully ask for a no vote. Thank you. Senator Menjivar, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. The senator from San Diego noted how many members voted for this a year ago during House of Origin. And I was one of the five members that did not vote for this bill. I hated the bill. I still do not like this bill. but I'm looking at this how we're taking advantage of the situation and putting bringing some reform systemic reform to it I think what the senator from Bakersfield said is correct it's going to be very hard for individuals over 40 to come and file claims it's very difficult having worked as a therapist for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault both adults and kids I know I've seen how how long it could take an individual to process understand that they were in fact a victim because it's really hard for us to deem ourselves as a victim. But in talking with some survivor groups, I want to share what are the great things we're going to be able to do in this in this bill, with this bill on the preventative measures. Because while the question in front of us from last year was how can we help public entities address the liability and all the large amount of money that they're sending. For me, in a lot of us, I think the question that was my North star is how do we stop children in our care from being abused in the first place? And here are some of things that are going to help with that situation. We are asking public entities to create a plan that is going to be approved by our AGs, that's both the counties, that's school districts. We're going to make sure our community licensing department is going to have more authority to go in and do unannounced visits at the places where our foster care are going to be placed. We're going to make sure that they're ensuring that these licensed facilities are following to the T how to prevent and see red flags to ensure our kids are protected. We're going to greatly empower our OYCR to ensure that when they're conducting investigation, that our probation departments are not putting all evidence into personnel files, knowing that all that is confidential right now. Knowing that the OYCR is the only ombudsperson that doesn't have jurisdiction in getting the full picture in conducting an investigation. This isn't about bringing to light law enforcement personnel records whatsoever. What we're doing here is ensuring that an ombudsperson comes in and they want to get the full picture. They're going to have access to that and the only entities are going to have that information if they find something to be true. It going to be law enforcement the AG or our BSEC department I think like what I mentioned before is it not a perfect It not a perfect bill It a compromise But I glad that it took something like this to bring some systemic for systemic changes to what we going to see that going to help a lot of kids in California which is why even though I didn vote for this before I will be supporting SB 577 this time around Thank you, Senator Viadars. Thank you, Madam President. Members, colleagues, I respectfully rise in opposition to this bill. I'm going to echo a lot of the comments from the senator from Bakersfield and from San Diego. And just want to say that I support transparency and accountability in law enforcement. I welcome it. But the amendments in Section 17 just go way too far. They impose a 45-day deadline to release potentially massive investigation files. They weaken attorney-client privilege, and they can force disclosure while related criminal proceedings are still unfolding. These records can involve victims, witnesses, undercover officers, and sensitive investigation information. And transparency, from my perspective, should never come at the expense of public safety, of due process, or the integrity of an ongoing investigation. For those reasons, I cannot support this bill and urge a no vote. Thank you. Seeing Senator Allen. Thank you, Madam President. This is obviously a difficult topic, and we've been facing this for quite some time. I'm going to vote for the bill. I think it's an important step in the right direction, but there's still a lot more work to be done. There's a lot of good things in the bill with regards to prevention, and it's also building upon the work that Senator Perez and others have done in this area. There's also relieving our school districts with continual massive fiscal liability. that I think is going to continue to haunt a lot of our public agencies as they strive to do the work of the public. And so a lot of the challenges I think that led to the debate over this topic have not been fully resolved with this bill, but I think it's a step in the right direction, and I will be supporting it. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Laird, would you like to close? Thank you very much, Madam President. I appreciate the discussion. And just for the record, this bill's been in print for 72 hours. And my experience is that everybody knows what's in this bill. It's irrelevant how many minutes it took between the Assembly and the Senate. If my emails and my phone calls are any indication, people understand what is in this bill. And we were threading the needle, and when you look back, as was mentioned, the higher standard only applies to the oldest cases, the cases where people aren't alive. The records don't exist. Many school districts don't even know who their insurance company was during the period that the incident happened. And it makes sure that there is still a right to receive justice, but makes sure that there a standard that makes sure that the accurate information comes forward And looking forward we doing in this bill what should have been done and I know Senator Perez did a good job last year It does the kind of prevention to make sure that we're not talking about this 20 years from now or 25 years from now because that's being happened. And in the police records, I talked about that. The confidentiality is maintained. There is a list of people. The district attorney has access to these records. Citizen review boards have access to these records, and we just added that last year. And so the confidentiality is a core of this and those records, and we do have a chance, if anybody can demonstrate that's not true, to address it next year. And through the budget the last two years under proposition 98 for the schools this doesn't help with the counties of the cities but with the schools we have had multi-billion dollar line items that are grants for general purposes to K through 12 school districts and it was made clear by the Department of Finance that AB 218 settlements were an eligible expenditure of those funds. This whole debate is a perfect example of what I was saying earlier, that on one side people say this goes far, on the other side people say it doesn't go far enough. That's our indication that it does significant things and it tried to reflect the balance that this is needed. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Avril Aguil. Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespear. Cabaldon.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes. Choi.
No.
Cortese.
Aye.
Daly.
No.
Turazo.
Aye.
Gonzalez.
Aye.
Grayson.
Aye.
Grove.
No.
Cortado. Jones.
No, Laird? Aye.
Limon?
Aye.
McGuire?
Aye.
McNerney?
Aye. Aye.
Nilo?
No. No.
Padilla?
Aye.
Perez?
Aye. Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Alvarado Gil? No. Blakespeare? Cervantes? Hurtado? Perez? Rubio? Wahab?
Ayes 24, noes 10. That measure passes. Senators, we will now move back to Assembly 3rd reading, starting with File Item 31, AB 1981. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1981 by Assemblymember Aguilar-Curie, an act relating to child care and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
Senator Reyes, you are recognized on this support support measure.
Thank you Madam President On behalf of Assembly Majority Leader Aguirre I rise to present AB 1981 a Women Caucus Priority Bill Childcare is essential to our families and economy but too many families still cannot find affordable care I will skip to the next section. This bill ensures that the state follows through on a fair reimbursement system that supports providers and expands access to affordable child care for our families. AB 1981 has enjoyed bipartisan support and no, no votes. Respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senators, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection, ayes 40, nos 0 on the urgency. Ayes 40, nos 0 on the measure. It passes. We will now move to file item 136, AB 1813. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1813 by Assemblymember Ward, an act relating to electricity.
Senator Caballero, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 1813 on behalf of Assemblymember Ward. California has some of the most ambitious renewable energy goals in the world. While the state has made tremendous gains in clean energy deployment, significant barriers to consumers' participation remain. Forty-five percent of California households are renters, and 70 percent of low-income households are also renters, which can prevent them from being involved in the purchase of solar energy. One way the state can address this issue is through the use of community renewable energy programs, such as community solar projects. These projects are small-scale solar installations typically built on landfills, former industrial sites, or small parcels of private land. In 2022, the legislature passed AB 2316, which directed the CPUC to establish a community solar and storage program to benefit ratepayers. In the proceeding that followed, the CPUC adopted a program, but unfortunately it contained serious flaws that ultimately rendered the program unworkable. AB 1813 makes necessary changes to the Community Renewable Energy Program to ensure that California has a robust program that expands access to solar to all Californians. And the way that this program works is that the projects go in and it reduces the cost of energy to the local residents. And this is particularly important for the Central Valley. I participated in the groundbreaking of one of these projects, and it reduced their energy bill by 20%. AB 1813 will allow that to be a successful program. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
No.
Archuleta.
aye, Aragon, aye, Ashby, aye, Becker, aye, Blakespear, aye, Cobaldon, aye, Caballero, aye, Cervantes, aye, Choi, no, Cortese, aye, Daly, no, Durazo, Gonzales, aye, Grayson, Aye.
Grove?
No.
Hurtado?
Aye.
Jones?
No.
Laird? Limon? McGuire?
Aye. Aye.
McNerney.
Aye.
Menjabar.
Aye.
Nilo.
No.
Ochoa Bog. Padilla.
Aye.
Perez.
Aye.
Reyes.
No.
Richardson.
Aye.
Rubio.
Aye. Aye.
Ciarto.
No. No.
Smallwood Cuevas. Stern.
Aye.
Strickland.
No. No.
Umbert.
Aye. Aye.
Valadeiros.
Aye. Aye.
Weber Pearson?
Aye. Aye.
Wiener.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Durazo?
Aye.
Laird?
Aye. Aye.
Limon?
Aye. No.
Reyes?
Aye.
Smallwood Cuevas? Valadez? Wiener. Senator Caballero?
Aye.
Senator Caballero moves the call. We'll now move to file item 144, AB 1099. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1099 by Assemblymember Bryan, in acronym to Developmental Services.
Senator Ashby, you are recognized on this support support measure.
Thank you. Presiding Officer, I rise to present AB 1099 on behalf of Assemblymember Bryan. California statute lays out standard application timelines and an expedited 60-day timeline for situations involving regional center eligibility. Despite these statutory timelines, burdensome documentation requirements are placed on foster youth who are suspected of having an intellectual or developmental disability. This bill addresses that need, has bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Aye.
Avril Aguil. Aye.
Archuleta. Aye.
Aragon. Aye.
Ashby. Aye.
Becker. Aye.
Blake Spear. Aye.
Cobaldon. Aye.
Caballero. Aye.
Cervantes. Aye.
Choi. Aye.
Cortese. Aye.
Daly. Aye.
Durazo. Aye.
Gonzalez. Aye.
Grayson. Aye.
Grove. Aye.
Hurtado. Aye.
Jones. Aye.
Laird. Aye. Aye.
Limon. McGuire.
Aye.
McNerney.
Aye.
Menjabar.
Aye.
Nilo.
Aye.
Ochoa Bog.
Aye.
Padilla.
Aye.
Perez.
Aye.
Reyes.
Aye.
Richardson.
Aye.
Rubio.
Aye.
Ciarto.
Aye.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye.
String.
Aye. Aye.
Valadez?
Aye. Aye.
Wahab?
Aye.
Weber Pearson?
Aye.
Wiener?
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Aragon? Limon?
Thank you Senator Ashby moves the call Members, we are moving to item 30, SB 958. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 958 by Senator Weber Pearson in accordance to environmental quality.
Senator Dr. Weber Pearson, you are recognized.
Thank you, Mr. President. Good evening, Senators. I rise to present concurrence on SB 958. This bill will clarify CEQA law and provide prospective guidance statewide to the courts and local agencies to ensure that environmental impacts related to increased building height are only properly accounted for in a project environmental impact report. Amendments taken in the Assembly include shadow as captured environmental impact, removed geotechnical or hydrological effects to address coastal concerns, removed development-specific provisions to allow for broader application, specified that projects cannot conflict with local airport land use plans. Respectfully ask for an aye vote on SB 958.
Thank you, Senator. Seeing no mics raised for discussion or debate, members this item is eligible for unanimous roll call without objection seeing and hearing no objection ayes 39 noes 0 the amendments are concurred in moving to item 156 SB 344 secretary please read 156 item 156 SB 344
Senate Bill 344 by Senator Weber Pearson in acronym to environmental quality and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
Senator Dr. Weber Pearson, you are recognized.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senators, I rise to present SB 344, which was substantially amended in the Assembly. This bill provides a pathway for the City of San Diego's Midway Rising redevelopment project. The Midway Rising project is desperately needed to revitalize a centrally located but underused public asset. This project would span 49 acres, 25 acres being currently blacktop asphalt parking lots. It replaces an aging arena with a new modern sports and entertainment venue. More specifically, Midway Rising would deliver approximately 4,250 housing units, including 2,000 deed-restricted affordable homes, a 16,000-seat sports arena and entertainment venue, and more than 14 acres of open parks and public space. The City of San Diego faces an acute housing shortage with the median home price exceeding $1 million. As of December of 2024, the Regional Housing Needs Assessment found that San Diego will need over 100,000 new homes by 2029 to meet the demand of all income levels, and this project helps us meet our goals and needs. The City of San Diego has conducted thorough environmental analysis for almost a decade related to this project. This bill is needed because all other efforts have been exhausted and we need shovels in the ground as soon as possible It is imperative that we advance what may soon become one of the largest affordable housing projects west of the United States I want to be clear, this is not a CEQA exemption for Midway, and it does not prevent any party from filing challenges in court. SB 344 establishes a narrow project-specific pathway for the Midway Rising Project by providing that the final subsequent environmental impact review is sufficient, adequate, and complete for CEQA compliance. Although this bill includes an urgency clause, its operative date is contingent upon certification of the final subsequent EIR at the local level. This EIR and its related environmental review have already been completed, approved by the City of San Diego Planning Commission, and is readily and publicly available. The contingency simply ensures that its protections go into effect only when it is officially certified. Additionally, SB 344 explicitly states that all mitigation measures incorporated into the EIR shall be monitored and fully enforced by the lead agency. The project's applicant is also required to submit an annual status report on the implementation of those mitigation records. We cannot allow for any more delays and we need to advance this project now for San Diegans. Midway Rising will bring over a thousand permanent good-paying jobs. Everyone agrees that we need more social services like child care, health facilities, and job training. This project brings that. We know that transportation needs accessibility and we want choices on how we get around. The Midway Rising will be walkable, bike-friendly, and transit-oriented. all while upholding the state's environmental standards and protections. The bill in print received bipartisan support in the Assembly, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote on SB 344.
Thank you, Senator. Senator Jones, you are recognized.
Thank you, Mr. President. I rise in support of SB 344. The Midway Rising Project is a much-needed project in the County of San Diego, although it's not in my district. Folks in my district are looking very much forward to the improvements that will be made in this area. SB 4.4 provides a targeted pathway to advance this transformational project following years of planning, extensive environmental review, and voter approval through two separate ballot measures. I thank the author for bringing this forward. This is a very important bill, not just for San Diego County, but for all of California. Please vote aye on SB 344.
Senator Padilla, you are recognized.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. Thank the author, Reza Coe. And just important to remember to point out that the bill simply deals with the sufficiency of the scope and completeness of the review of the EIR. It does not get to prescribing findings or adversely affecting the independent judgment of the San Diego City Council to certify the spa area EIR, which is really important distinction to remember. Thank the author, urge an aye vote.
Thank you, Senator. Senator Grove.
Yes, Mr. President. and I too rise to speak on the support-support bill to occupy some time. This bill is about the midway rising project in San Diego. It's deemed sufficient and complete under the California Environmental Equality Act, which will allow this project to move forward with the vote of the local constituency in order to approve the project for funding. But just so I can lend my voice to this support-support bill, I just wanted to make sure I requested an aye vote as well. and I represent Kern County and I support San Diego County's district bill to do this
Thank you so much the value of your input is immeasurable Seeing no other mics raised Senator Dr Weber would you please close
Yes, I want to thank you all so much. I want to thank my staff for this bill. We've really worked very hard on this. I want to thank my other colleagues from San Diego County who stood up in support. This is a very important project and I want to give a special thank you and shout out to the senator that represents Kern County for her support and her acknowledgement of the importance of this project and really respectfully ask for an aye vote on SB 344. Thank you.
Thank you so very much, members. I don't see any of the mics. And members, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call without objection. Ayes 39, nos 0. The measure or the amendments are concurred in. Thank you, Senator. We are moving to item 51, SB 1423. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 1423 by Senator Stern, an act relating to land use.
Senator Stern, you are recognized.
Thank you, Mr. President. SB 1423 is meant to ensure that our state, regional, and local governments have access to standardized data, specifically spatial planning data, to make sure they're making more informed planning decisions. when it comes to both pursuing affordability and being more resilient in the face of growing extreme weather events, climate change, and ecosystem threats. It's critical that we give local agencies, regional agencies, as well as our state, more consistent, accessible data, and we think this will help move the state forward. Respectfully, I ask for a second. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Alan.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
No.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Arraguin.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Cobaldon. Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
No.
Cortese.
Aye.
Daly.
No.
Turazo.
Aye.
Gonzalez.
Aye.
Grayson.
Aye.
Grove.
No.
Hurtado.
Aye.
Jones.
No.
Laird.
Aye.
Limon. McGuire.
Aye.
McNerney.
Aye.
Menjabar.
Aye, Nilo.
No.
Ochoa Pog.
Padilla.
Aye, Perez.
Aye, Reyes.
Aye.
Aye, Richardson.
Aye.
Aye, Rubio.
Aye.
Ciarto.
No.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye.
Sturn.
Aye.
Strickland.
No.
Umberg.
Aye.
Paul Adairis. Wahab.
Aye.
Weber Pearson.
Aye.
Wiener.
No.
Ochoa Bogno.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Cobaldon.
Aye.
Limon. Baladares.
Ayes 29, nos 10.
The measure passes. I'm sorry. Ayes 28, nos 10. The measure passes. We'll now move to file item 54. The Assembly members are concurred in. We'll now move to file item 54, SB 1090.
Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1090 by Senator Perez, an act relating to land use and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
Senator Perez, you are recognized.
Good afternoon, Madam President and members, and I'll flag that this is a gut in a man, so I'll have a little bit more explaining to do on this bill than some of the other ones. I rise to present SB 1090, the Keep Altadena Lands, an Altadena Hands Act. SB 1090 establishes a temporary three-year moratorium on certain state housing density laws in Altadena to prevent development pressures from undermining long-term rebuilding efforts following the 2025 Eaton Fire. This bill stems from a community-driven call to action from Eaton Fire survivors demanding equal protection afforded to the communities impacted by the January 2025 Palisades fire. What started with an Altadena Town Council meeting of hundreds of people that came to seek out this bill has accumulated...
Senator Perez, I'm so sorry. Can you hold on for just one moment? We'll come back to you in a moment. We will skip and go to file item 55. File item 55, SB 1168.
Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1168 by Senator McNerney, an acronym to Energy.
Senator McNerney, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Distinguished members, glad to be given the microphone now. SB 1168 directs the CPUC to assess methods to make sure that data centers pay their fair share. And the assembly members' amendments were technical and non-substantive, so I will ask for an aye vote.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil. Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye. Ashby. Aye, aye, Becker. Aye, Blake Speer. Aye, Cobaldon. Aye, Caballero. Aye, Cervantes. Aye, Choi. Cortese. Aye, Daly. Durazo. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. Aye, Nilo. Aye, Aye.
Jones.
Aye. Aye.
Laird.
Aye.
Lemont. McGuire.
Aye.
McNerney.
Aye.
Menjavar.
Aye.
Nilo.
Aye.
Ochoa Boa. Padilla.
Aye.
Perez.
Aye.
Reyes. Richardson.
Aye.
Rubio.
Aye.
Ciarto.
Aye.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye.
Stern.
Aye.
Strickland.
Aye.
Robert Harris?
Aye.
Wahab?
Aye.
Weber Pearson?
Aye.
Weiner?
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members. Alvarado Gil?
Aye. Aye.
Choi?
Aye.
Daly?
Aye.
Limon? Ochoabog? Ayes 38, nos 0.
The amendments are concurred in. We will now move to file item 154, SB 328.
Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 328 by Senator Grayson, an act relating to land use, and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
Senator Grayson, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President and members. SB 328 is a district bill that will support the implementation of the long-planned transit-oriented development on the site of the former Concord Naval Weapon Station with housing, job-creating facilities, open space, and environmental improvements. The Concord Reuse Project Area Plan anticipates no fewer than 10 housing units with 25 of units affordable to lower households up to 6 million square feet of commercial building space community facilities such as school sites neighborhood parks sports facilities as well as approximately 2 acres of open space Although the redevelopment of the Concordia Web Station has undergone nearly two decades of land use planning and substantial environmental review under both CEQA and NEPA, as well as the federal-based closure realignment disposition process, implementation of the area plan will require multiple future discretionary development approvals over many years. This bill will facilitate implementation of the area plan by leveraging the federal-based closure realignment disposition process. SB 328 does not exempt qualifying Concord Naval Web Stations from review or oversight. It leverages review and oversight already completed. So with that, this has been 20 years almost, 20 years of labor and work as a district bill. and I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senators, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objections, ayes 39, no 0. On the urgency, ayes 39, no 0. The amendments are concurred in. We will now move to file item 155, SB 394.
Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 342 by Senator Umberg, an act relating to professions and vocations.
Senator Umberg, you are recognized on this support support measure.
Thank you very much, Madam President. SB 342 provides a more balanced approach to contractor licensing. The amendments taken to the Assembly exclude projects in which residents are attended as a part of the construction contract. I urge an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senators, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing an objection, we will call the roll.
Secretary, call the roll. Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakesphere.
Aye.
Cobaldon.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
Aye.
Cortese.
Aye.
Talley.
Aye.
Turazo.
Aye. Aye, Gonzales. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. Aye, Hurtado. Aye, Jones. Aye, Laird. Aye, Limon.
McGuire.
Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjabar.
Nilo.
Aye, Ochoa Bo. Aye, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Ciarto. Aye, Smallwood Cuevas. Aye, Stern. Strickland, Umberg, Valadares, Wahab, Weber Pearson, Weiner.
Secretary, please call the absent members. Ayes 38, noes 0. The amendments are concurred in.
We will now move to file item 158, SB 900. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 900 by Senator McNerney, an act relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.
Senator McNerney, you are recognized on this support support measure.
Thank you, Madam President and members. SB 900 updates and strengthens California's existing campaign disclosure rules by making formatting changes so the folks can better understand who are paying for the ads. Assembly amendments make technical and clarifying changes address concerns from opposition and add co I respectfully ask for your aye vote on this Thank you Seeing no further discussion or debate Senators this is eligible for unanimous roll call
Seeing no objections, ayes 39, noes 0. The amendments are concurred in. We will now move to file item 159, SB 905.
Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 905 by Senator Becker, an act relating to electricity.
Senator Becker, you are recognized.
Thank you. Assembly amendments to 905 removed the executive compensation provisions of the bill and requirements from the CPUC to develop, track, and evaluate utility performance metrics. It still does include three major provisions, terrain and cost, by focusing on accountability, aligning incentives, reducing profit margins on lower risk investments, investments that also benefit shareholders like undergrounding. They'll take a lower return on equity for that and seeking alternative sources of funding to reduce rate payer costs. We need utilities to spend money better, not spend more money. This bill will help align incentives. Respectfully ask for our vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate,
Secretary, please call the roll. Alan.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
No.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragane.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choy.
No.
Cortese.
Aye.
Daly.
No.
Durazo.
Aye.
Gonzales.
Aye.
Grayson.
Aye.
Grove.
Aye. Aye. No. No. Aye, all right? Aye. Aye. Aye, Reyes? Aye. Aye, Nicholson? Aye. Aye. Aye, , Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye, Strickland? Aye. Aye, . Aye, , Aye. Aye. Aye, Webber-Pearson? Aye. Aye, Weiner? Aye.
Aye, is 29. No, is ten.
The amendments are concurred in. to file item 160, SB 957.
Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 957 by Senator Perez, an act relating to civil detention facilities.
Senator Perez, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present SB 957, the Protecting Vulnerable Immigrant Detainees Model Act, which is back on concurrence. This bill was guided and amended in the Assembly. SB 957 directs the Attorney General to develop a comprehensive oversight plan for privately operated civil detention facilities to better protect the health, safety, and welfare of individuals held in these facilities. Additional amendments taken in the Assembly include clarifying TA from Policy Committee and the Department of Justice. This bill has no opposition. At the appropriate time, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
Thank you, Senator Arrazo. You are recognized to speak on the amendment.
Thank you very much. I rise in support of SB957, and I want to thank Senator Perez for bringing this bill forward and fighting for this accountability. For years, many of my colleagues in the Latino Caucus led the way to hold private, for-profit detention facilities accountable. Since joining the legislature, I worked to pass legislation for county health officers to inspect facilities. This year I moving SB 1399 to permanently codify this existing oversight We should not have to jump through so many hoops just so that these facilities can treat people with dignity and respect While this may be the last year for some of us, I'm grateful and thankful to Senator Perez for continuing to push forward. And I urge an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Perez, would you like to close?
Thank you. I appreciate the good senator from Los Angeles' comments and all of her tremendous leadership, particularly in this area of work. Urge an aye vote. Thank you.
Thank you. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Aye. Alvarado Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blake Spear. Aye. Cabaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Aye, Daly. Aye, Cortese. Aye, Daly. Aye, Durazo. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. Aye, Hurtado. Aye, Jones.
Laird. Jones.
Aye, Laird. Aye, Limon.
McGuire.
Aye, McNerney.
Aye, Menjabar.
Aye, Nilo.
No, Ochoa Bog.
No, Padilla.
Aye, Perez.
Aye, Reyes.
Aye, Richardson.
Rubio? Aye.
Ciarto? No.
Smallwood Cuevas? Aye.
Stern? Aye.
Strickland? No.
Umber? Aye.
Valateras? No.
Wahab? Aye.
Weber Pearson? Aye.
Wiener? Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Limon? Richardson? Aye.
Aye.
Ayes 29, noes 10.
The amendments are concurred in. We'll now move to file item 161, SB 1256.
Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1256 by Senator Jones, an act relating to land use.
Senator Jones, you are recognized on this support support measure.
Thank you, Madam President. The good Senator from Santa Clarita pointed out that this is my last bill presentation.
So in recognition of that, I will take my full five minutes to do the presentation because you won't have Brian Jones to kick around anymore. After this, no, seriously, members, I rise to present SB 1256, which is back from the Assembly with amendments that are very simple. They add additional safeguards, preserve timely claims to enforce mitigation measures and procedural requirements, and add a very well-thought-out January 1, 2032 sunset. So I ask for your aye vote on concurrence. for SB 1256.
Senator Reyes, you are recognized. A question for the author? Will the author take a question?
I will politely point out that I am not an attorney, but I will do my best.
Okay.
In the amendments, it talks about the enforcement proceedings for a subdivision map act. But there are certain criteria has to exist. Can you tell us a little bit more about the criteria that's required?
Yes, I will address those concerns right after I read them in my close. So, actually, I can take a shot at it right now, actually. it reduces duplicative Abusive litigation provides greater certainty for housing development and most importantly, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, lowers costs and improves project feasibility.
Was your question answered, Senator Reyes?
Yes, it was. Thank you. And thank you so much, Senator Jones. I appreciate the deference from the good Senator. Thank you.
Senator Padilla, you are recognized.
Thank you.
Question for the author? Will the author take a question?
Absolutely.
Can you recite to the floor, to the desk, your understanding of the scope and sufficiency of mitigation measures?
The scope and the sufficiency will be handled by the attorneys that are handling the case that are dealing with the proposal.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
Senator Groh, is this total context on a five-minute timeline? No, it's not.
I get five minutes per question.
You may proceed, Senator Jones.
Oh, that was it. That was the complete content of my answer. Thank you, Madam President.
Senator Cabaldon, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President.
Question for the author. Will the author take a question?
I will give it my best shot, yes, absolutely.
Thanks so much. I'm inclined to support the bill, but it's not clear to me in terms of the interaction of the equitable estoppel provisions with the case law on the Subdivision Map Act and the ability of a project to vest prior to the conclusion of any equitable estoppel, and I'm wondering if you could address that.
You know, I will have to share with the good senator from West Sacramento that when I was doing my continuing education for my Department of Real Estate license, that the estoppel process and the questions regarding that section of the continuing education is the part that I struggled with the most. And I passed anyways.
Well, thank you.
We're seeing no further discussion or debate. Senator Jones, would you like to close?
Yes, Madam President. Thank you all very much. It's been an honor to serve with you all for the last 14 years in the legislature, but 16 years total. Thank you for the opportunity to serve on this floor with all of you great senators. And I ask for an aye vote on SB 1256.
Well, thank you, Senator Jones, for all of your service and your leadership and for being a good sport right now. And despite the fact this item is eligible for unanimous roll call, since it's your last, we will do a full roll call. Secretary, please call the roll on SB 1256 by Senator Jones.
Allen? No. Alvarado Gil? No. Archuleta? No. Aragon? Aye. Ashby? No. Becker? No. Blakespeare? No. Cobaltin No Caballero No Cervantes No No Choi Cortesi No. Dally. Aye. Durazo. No. Gonzalez. Grayson. No. Grove. No. Hurtado. No. Jones. Aye. Aye. Laird? No. Limon? McGuire? McGuire, aye. McNerney? No. No. Menjivar? No. Nilo? Maybe. Maybe. Ochoa Vogue? Aye. Padilla? No. Perez? No. No. Reyes? No. Richardson? No. Rubio? No. Ciarto. Aye. Swalwood Cuevas. Aye. Aye. Stern. No. Strickland. No. Umber. No. Valadez. No. Wahab. Aye. Weber Pearson. Wiener. Gonzales, no. Gonzales, no. Wiener, no. Rubio, no. Limon, no. Weber Pearson, no. Low Cole. Ashby, no die. Ashby, no die. Grove, no die. Allen, no die. Allen? Allen no to aye. Alvarado Gil? No to aye. Archuleta? No to aye. Becker? No to aye. Blake Spear? No to aye. Cabaldon? No to aye. Caballero? No to aye. Cervantes? Aye. No, aye. Choi? Aye. Cortese? No, aye. Durazo? No, aye. Gonzalez? Aye. Grayson? No, aye. Hurtado? No, aye. Laird? No, aye. Limon? No, aye. McNerney? No, aye. Menjivar? No, aye. No, aye. Menjivar? No, aye. No, aye. Padilla? No, aye. Perez? No, aye. Reyes? No, aye. Richardson? No. No, aye. Rubio? No, aye. Stern? No, aye. Strickland? No, aye. No, aye. Umberg? No, aye. Walter Harris? No, aye. Weber Pearson? No, aye. Wiener? No, aye.
Secretary, please. No, okay. Stern, I don't know. Nilo, aye. Ayes 39 Noes 1 the amendments are concurred in We will now move to file item 162, SB 1303. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 1303 by Senator Wahab, an acronym to Healing Arts.
Senator Wahab, you are recognized.
Thank you. SB 1303 is back for concurrence. This bill made changes to the Board of Naturopathic Medicine stemming from the Comprehensive Sunset Review oversight process. Without this bill, the Board will expire on January 1st. Assembly amendments authorize the Board to approve schools accredited by entities other than the U.S. Department of Education, require unlicensed naturopaths who use protected titles to disclose their unlicensed status to their clients as specified and the state that they are not naturopathic doctors in advertisements and subjects, a person who practices attempts to practice, advertises or holds themselves out to practice as an ND without a valid license to a fine of up to $10,000 and up to a year in county jail or both. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you. Senator Richardson,
you are recognized. Will the author take a question? Will you take a question, Senator Wahab?
No.
Okay, seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll. Sorry, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection. Ayes 39, noes 0. The amendments are concurred in. We'll now move to file item 163, SB 1367.
Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 1367 by Senator Cervantes, an act relating to land use.
Senator Cervantes, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. I'm here to rise on behalf of SB 1367, which is back on concurrence. Amendments in Assembly include findings that the changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than local concern. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Aye. Alvarado Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Cabaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Aye. Choy. No. Cortese. Aye. Daly. No. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Melchivar. Aye. Nilo. Aye. No Ochobog. Aye. No Padilla. Aye. Aye Perez. Aye. Aye Reyes. Aye. Aye Richardson. Aye Rubio. Aye. Aye. Sciarto. No. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Aye Stern. Aye. Aye Strickland. No. No Umberg. Aye. Aye. Valadares. No. Wahab. Aye. Aye. Weber Pearson. Aye. Weber Pearson. Aye.
Weiner Aye Aye Weber Pearson aye Ayes 29 nos 10 The amendments are concurred in We'll now move to file item 164, SB 1383.
Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 1383 by Senator Araguin, in equity to housing. Senator Araguin, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. SB 1383 is back on concurrence. Assembly amendments changed the applicability of the bill to only projects of 85 feet in height or greater, and also made other changes to align with existing state law. Additionally, the assembly amendments include chaptering amendments. As a result of these amendments, numerous housing groups that have previously expressed opposition have gotten neutral on the bill. Respectfully ask for an aye vote on the amendments. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Aye. Alvarado Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Cobaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Aye. Choi. No. Cortese. Aye. Daly. No. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones no Laird I him on McGuire I Mcnerney I'm a bar I need a no no no no idea I bet as I ray is I Richardson I rubio I see also no small with Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? No. Umbrug? Aye. Valadeiros? No. Wahab? Aye. Weber-Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Grayson? Aye.
Ayes 29, noes 10. The amendments are concurred in. We'll now move to file item 165, SB 813. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 813 by Senator McNerney, in equity to artificial intelligence.
Senator McNerney, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Distinguished colleagues, SB 813 is back here on concurrence. The Assembly amendments create a framework for independent third-party assessments of the AI systems and models. With the Assembly amendment, this bill establishes independent verification organizations to provide independent assessments of AI systems. It also brings together stakeholders through working groups to help identify effective approaches for evaluating AI systems. Let's keep AI safe and beneficial. I ask for your aye vote respectfully. Thank you. Senator Strickland, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Members, I rise in support of SB 813. I believe the Assembly amendments addressed many of the opposition's concerns. This is very similar to what Rep. Obernolte is doing in Congress today, and I believe many of the opposition went to neutral or support on this measure. So for those reasons, I ask for an aye vote for SB 813.
Thank you. Senator Cabaldon, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. The events of the last several weeks and even the last couple of days with the publication of the safety reports that showed how disastrously, how apocalyptically wrong this whole thing can go. And. We are on the verge of it at any moment. Thankfully, California led the way with SB 53, and it began to put in place the controls that are needed. But make no mistake, we're going to need to build exactly these kinds of institutions and many, many more to meet this moment. So, yes, the important guardrails that are here, the nods towards the needs that industry has are very, very important. But this is the beginning, and the world should know California will be building off of this model, the bill that we passed earlier today, and SB 53 in order to meet the moment of what has become an existential crisis of human safety in the world of AI. Urge an aye vote. Thank you.
Saying no further discussion or debate. Senator McNarney, would you like to close?
Yes. I want to thank my colleague from Huntington Beach and my colleague from YOLO for their comments. This is actually a fairly important step that we need to take. It's not the full way, but we're going to build on this together. I ask for your aye vote. Thank you. Secretary, please call the roll.
Aye, McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjavar. Aye, Nilo. Aye, Ochoa-Bogue. Aye, Padilla. Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Cialto. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye, Stern. Aye, Strickland. Aye. Umbrut. Aye, Vallardaris. Aye, Wahab. Aye, Weber Pearson. Aye, Wiener. Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Joy, aye. Daly, aye. Jones, Limon, Padilla, aye.
C.R. Tov. Ayes 37, noes 0. The amendments are concurred in. We'll now go to file item 166, SB 1394.
Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 1394 by Senator Gonzalez, an act we need to stay holidays. Senator Gonzalez, you are recognized on this support support measure.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise today to present SB 1394, which changes the date of the newly established Farm Workers Day holiday from March 31st to April 10th. This date corresponds to a historic event for the farm labor movement to the end of the Great Delano Grape Strike March in 1966. As you may recall, in March, the legislature renamed Cesar Chavez Day as Farm Workers Day due to time constraints. The holiday remained on the 31st of March, Cesar's birthday, while consideration of a different date was deferred. The bill revisits that issue by establishing a more appropriate date for California's farm workers, utilizing a date of historical significance to the farm's labor movement in a fitting way to celebrate the thousands of essential workers who sustain California's agricultural industry. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate. Senators, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing an objection, we will call, Secretary call the roll.
Allen. Aye. Alvarado Gil. No, Archuleta. Aye. Aye. Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Cervantes Aye Choi Aye Cortese Aye Daly Aye Durazo Aye Gonzalez Aye Grayson Aye Grove Aye Hurtado Aye Jones Aye Laird Aye Limon McGuire Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye aye aye Aye Aye Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Ciarto. Aye. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Cern. Aye. Strickland.
Aye.
Umber.
Aye.
Valadares.
Aye.
Wahab.
Aye.
Weber Pearson.
Aye.
Weiner.
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Limon, McGuire.
Aye. Aye.
Noes 1. The amendments are concurred in. We are now going to move back to file item 54, SB 1090. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 1090 by Senator Perez, an act relating to land use and declare the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.
Senator Perez, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Today I'm presenting SB 1090, the Keep Altadena Land and Altadena Hands Act. This is a gutton amend that we amended in the Assembly, a bill that we brought forward after we heard from residents across Altadena about concerns related to development and the impact of housing density laws, particularly on the rebuild that is taking place in Altadena and the areas that were impacted by the Eaton Fire. SB 1090 seeks to create a temporary pause on SB 1123. This was legislation that was passed some years ago that allows for creating lopsplits up to 10 times. You'll notice that the bill is modeled off of an executive order that was signed into law last year by the governor that exempted high fire severity zones that were impacted by the LA fires from both SB 9 as well as SB 1123. Unfortunately, not all of Altadena is in a high fire severity zone. A very small portion, less than 20% of Altadena, is in that area. It's right up against the foothills. So most of Altadena that was impacted by the fires was not excluded from these housing laws. SB 1090 seeks to create parity where there is currently no parity. I urge an aye vote. This is a district bill. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate. Senators, this item is eligible for unanimous. We'll do a roll call. Secretary please call the roll.
Gonzales.
Aye.
Grayson.
Aye.
Grove. Hurtado.
Aye.
Jones.
Aye.
Laird.
Aye.
Limon. McGuire.
Aye.
McNerney.
Aye.
Menjabar.
Aye.
Nilo. Ochoabog. Padilla.
Ochoabog Aye Padilla Aye P Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Padilla Ochoa Boa aye Padilla aye Perez aye Reyes aye Richardson aye Rubio Siarto aye Smallwood Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Strickland, aye. Umber, aye. Valateras, aye. Wahab, aye. Weber Pearson, aye.
Weiner.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Caballero, Durazo, aye. Grove, aye. Limon, Nilo, Rubio, aye.
Weiner.
Ayes 36, nos 0 on the urgency. Ayes 36, nos 0. The amendments are concurred in. Senators, we are now going to lift the calls, Starting with file item 136, AB 1813. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye.
Voluntaries?
No.
Ayes 30, nos 10. The measure passes. Move to file item 144, AB 1099. Secretary, please call the absent members. Ayes 39, noes 0. The measure passes. We will now move to motions, resolutions, and notices. Senator Ashby, you are recognized.
Thank you. Madam President, at the request of the author, please move file item 67, which is AJR 31, to the inactive file.
Thank you. The desk will note. Senator Padilla.
Thank you, Madam President. Request the author please move file item number 76, AB 2023, to the enactive file.
Desk will note. Senators, we will take a five-minute recess. The Senate will resume in 60 seconds. Thank you. The Senate will now resume. I'm going to ask for all senators to return to the floor. Thank you. third reading file item 75 AB 1890 secretary please read assembly bill 1890 by senator agar curry in equating to housing senator kabaldon you are
recognized thank you madam president AB 1890 is a district bill that provides for additional funding for the Napa County farm worker housing program which has been a state local partnership for two and a half decades it's subject to funding the budget act the budget does include this funding so it's entirely consistent with the budget. It applies only in that district, and I urge an aye vote.
Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, secretary please call the roll.
Allen? Avrata-Gale? Aye. Archuleta?
Aragin? Aye. Ashby? Aye. Becker? Aye. Blake Spear? Cabaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Aye. Aye.
McNerney.
Aye. Aye.
Menjabar. Nilo.
Aye. Aye.
Ochoa Vogt.
Aye.
Padilla. Pérez.
Aye.
Rayies.
Aye. Aye.
Richardson.
Aye. Aye.
Rubio.
Aye. Aye.
Ciarto.
Aye. Aye.
Smallwood Cuevas. Sturm.
Aye. Aye.
Strickland.
Aye. Aye.
Weber Pearson?
Aye.
Wiener?
Aye.
Perez?
Aye.
Archuleta?
Aye.
Cortese?
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Allen?
Aye.
Blakespeare?
Aye.
Choi?
Aye.
Durazo?
Aye.
Grove?
Aye.
Limon? Menjabar?
Aye.
Padilla?
Aye.
Adia? Aye. Smallwood Cuevas?
Secretary, please call the absent. Secretary, please call the absent member.
Limon, Smallwood Cuevas, Smallwood Cuevas aye.
Ayes 39, noes 0. The measure passes. We'll now move to file item 84, AB 2103. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2103 by Assemblymember Irwin, an act of name to state government.
Senator Cabaldon, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. AB 2103 codifies the highly successful engaged California civic engagement program as a permanent statewide public engagement program. Some members may be familiar with has been critical in developing new methods of civic engagement beyond the normal public hearings and public meetings, but to really engage and encourage deliberation. It's done successful pilots among wildfire communities in Los Angeles as state workers, as well as recently deliberative democracy in Oakland. This is a successful program. This bill simply makes it permanent part of a permanent feature of the Office of Data Innovation, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Cobaldon.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
Cortese.
Aye.
Daly.
Aye.
Durazo.
Aye.
Gonzalez.
Aye.
Grayson.
Aye.
Grove. Aye. Aye, Hurtado. Aye, Jones.
Laird.
Aye, Limon.
McGuire.
Aye, McNerney.
Aye, Menjabar.
Aye, Nilo.
Ochoa Bog.
Padilla.
Aye, Perez.
Reyes.
Aye, Richardson.
Aye, Rubio.
Aye, Ciarto.
Aye, Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye, Stern.
Aye, Strickland. Aye. Aye.
Umbert?
Aye. Aye.
Valadares?
Aye.
Wahab?
Aye. Aye.
Weber Pearson?
Aye.
Weiner?
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Choi? Jones?
Aye.
Limon? Nilo?
Aye.
Ochoa Boog? Perez?
Perez, aye.
Ayes 37, noes 0. That measure passes. We'll move to file item 91, AB 1609. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1609 by Assemblymember Zuber, in accordance to artificial intelligence.
Senator Umberg, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. I'm pleased to present AB 1609 on behalf of Assemblymember Zuber. AB 1609 ensures meaningful access to live assistance by requiring large businesses to offer access to a live human representative during business hours, limiting hold times after a telephonic call or online customer service inquiry is answered, requiring transparency, including clear disclosure of AI use and prohibiting AI from being presented as a human and prominently displaying a phone number if one is made available for live assistance. Importantly, AB-609 does not ban automation. I urge an aye vote. Thank you.
Senator Jones, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. On AB 1609, I'm urging an opposed vote. It had a support recommendation leaving the Senate but came back with amendments that move it to oppose. I ask for a no vote on AB 1609. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Umberg, would you like to close?
Notwithstanding my esteemed colleague's point of view, I urge an aye vote. Thank you.
Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye. Aye, Avril Aguil. No, Archuleta. Aye, Aragon. Aye, Ashby. Aye, Becker. Aye, Blake Spear. Aye, Cobaldon. Aye, Caballero. Aye, Cervantes. Aye, Choi. No, Cortese. Aye Daly No Durazo Aye Gonzalez Aye Grayson Aye Grove Hurtado Aye Jones No Laird
Aye, Limón.
McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menchabar.
Nilo.
No, Ochoa Boat. No, Padilla.
Aye, Perez.
Aye, Reyes.
Aye, Richardson.
Aye, Rubio. Aye.
Ciarto?
No.
Smallwood Cuevas?
Aye.
Stern?
Aye.
Strickland?
No.
Umber?
Aye.
Valadez? Wahab?
Aye.
Weber-Bruisen?
Aye.
Wiener?
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Grove? Limon?
Grove, no.
Limon? Benjavar?
Aye. Aye.
Perez?
Aye.
Voladares.
Ayes 29, noes 9. The measure passes. We will now move to file item 97, AB 2020. Secretary please read.
Assembly Bill 2020 by Senate Member Gabriel, an act relating to housing.
Senator Cabaldon, you are recognized on this support support measure.
Thank you, Madam President. Many affordable housing developments operate on a very tight, razor-thin margin that can be upset by surety bond requirements, excess reserve requirements, all of which are important to protect the viability of the project. But many affordable housing developers, nonprofit developers, are deploying a portfolio of projects. What AB 2020 does is provide the flexibility for those portfolios of projects to share, essentially, excess revenues between them for purposes of HCD compliance purposes. so that projects don't get caught up in the system and fail when we need them to succeed. It's a simple bill. There's no opposition, and I would respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate. Senators, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection, ayes 39, noes 0. The measure passes. We'll move on to file item 103, AB 2478. Secretary, please read.
I'll sign the bill 2478 by Senate Member Schultz. and equating to foster care.
Senator Chobo, you are recognized on this support-support measure.
Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, on behalf of Assemblyman Schultz, I'm honored to present Assembly Bill 2478, which creates the Kinship Family Approval Pathway, a streamlined approval process specifically for relatives and non-relative extended family members of a child. By reducing regulatory barriers for this specific group,
the bill ensures that children entering foster care can remain connected to the people and communities that matter the most to them. The bill has had no opposition. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senators, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection, ayes 39, noes 0. The measure passes. We'll now move to file item 106, AB 1976. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1976 by Assemblymember Wicks and NAC relating to streets and highways.
Senator Blakespeare, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Members, I rise to present AB 1976 by Assemblymember Wicks. AB 1976 streamlines local and state processes for transportation and pedestrian safety projects so communities can deliver safety improvements faster Duplicative and overly burdensome procedural requirements too often delay simple vital projects meant to protect pedestrians and cyclists sometimes for years AB 1976 bars a city or county from reopening a project through additional input meetings once it reaches 90% design while still allowing input on details that do not materially alter the project. It also caps the signatures required for resident traffic calming petitions at a majority of residents within 1,000 feet and exempts pedestrian malls from CEQA. This measure is sponsored by Streets for All and supported by California Yimby, Spur, and Wax San Diego, as well as AARP. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
No.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Cobaldon.
Aye. Aye Caballero. Aye Cervantes. Aye Choi. No Cortese. Aye Daly. No Durazo. Aye Gonzalez. Aye Grayson. Aye Grove. No Hurtado. Aye Jones. No Laird. Aye Limon. McGuire. Aye McNerney.
Menjabar
Aye, Nilo
No, Ochoa Bog
No, Padilla
Aye, Perez
Aye, Reyes
Aye, Richardson
Aye, Rubio
Aye, Carto
No, Smallwood Cuevas
Aye, Stern
Aye, Strickland
No, Humberg
Aye, Valadares
No, Wahab
Aye, Weber Pearson
Aye, Weiner
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Ayes 29, nos 10.
The measure passes. We will now move to file item 107, AB 1159. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1159 by Assemblymember Addison, act relating to privacy.
Senator Padilla, you are recognized.
Thank you very much, Madam President. Rise to present on behalf of Assemblymember Addison. This bill, the California Learner Personal Information Protection Act, makes critical improvements to California's student data privacy laws to reflect the modern reality of our education system and protect students. The Student Online and Personal Information Protection Act was signed in law in 2014 to combat the risks associated with the use of technology in the classroom. Since that time, as we all know, educational technology has evolved dramatically. When a student answers questions and required courseware, it becomes part of their digital educational record. Some companies even get student information from data brokers. All of this comes together to create profiles that extend well beyond the information knowingly provided by students. AB 1159 will ensure that information collected from any California student for educational purposes is used only for educational purposes and cannot be misused. First, it builds on existing student data privacy laws, clarifying and expanding their protections and modernizing them to account for new threats to student privacy. Second, it extends the same protections to higher education students. And third, creates meaningful enforcement, including a limited private right of action modeled after the student borrower bill of rights for students harmed by violation. Also creates a clear prohibition. prohibition. EdTech companies cannot collect, use, retain, or disclose sensitive information about a student's immigration status, reproductive health, or LGBTQ identity. This bill will ensure California students do not have to put their data at risk in order to assist in their education Respectfully ask for an aye vote Thank you Seeing no further discussion or debate Secretary please call the roll
Allen.
Aye.
Alvarado Gil.
Aye.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespeare.
Aye.
Cobaldon.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
Cortese.
Aye.
Daly.
Durazo.
Aye.
Gonzalez.
Aye.
Grayson.
Aye.
Grove.
Hurtado.
Aye.
Jones.
Laird.
Aye.
Limon.
McGuire.
Aye.
McClerny.
Aye.
Menjavar.
Aye.
Nilo.
Ochoa Boog.
Aye.
Padilla.
Aye.
Perez.
Aye. Aye.
Reyes.
Aye.
Richardson.
Aye. Aye. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? Umbert? Aye. Valadeiros? Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Joy, Daly, Grove, Jones, Limon, Nilo, Strickland, Valadeus.
Ayes 32, Noes 0. The measure passes. We'll move now to file item 139, AB 2222. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2222 by Assemblymember Ward, in accordance with taxation and making an appropriation, therefore.
Senator McNerney, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Distinguished colleagues, AB 2222 from Assemblymember Ward provides a lifeline to California's struggling local news outlets by creating a refundable tax credit to help Tim retain existing journalists and to hire new reporters. Importantly, this program is available to qualifying local news outlets, regardless of their political perspectives. This bill does not tell journalists what to cover or allow the state to pick winners or losers, period. Outlets qualify by meeting objective standards focused on legitimate local journalism. Recent amendments strengthen the bill by extending, by ensuring nonprofit newsrooms can fully benefit from the refundable credit at a time when local newspapers are closing. And we've all seen these local newspapers closing in our districts. They're being forced to do so with fewer reporters. AB 2222 markets a targeted investment in the people who will cover our cities, schools, neighborhoods, and communities. The bill will keep a local journalist on the job and ensure Californians continue to have access to reliable information about their communities. If you rely on your local journalists, you will want to support this one. On behalf of Assemblymember Ward, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye, Alvarado Gil.
No, Archuleta.
Aye, Aragon.
Aye, Ashby.
Aye, Becker.
Aye, Blakespeare.
Aye, Cobaldon.
Aye, Caballero.
Aye, Cervantes.
Aye, Choi.
No, Cortese.
Aye, Daly.
Durazo.
Aye, Gonzalez.
Aye, Grayson.
Aye, Grove.
Aye, Jones.
Aye, Laird.
Aye, Limon.
McGuire.
Aye, McNerney.
Aye, Menjavar.
Aye, Nilo.
Aye, Ochoa Bog.
Aye, Padilla.
Aye, Perez.
Aye, Reyes.
Aye, Richardson.
Aye, Rubio.
Aye, Ciarto.
Aye, Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye, Stern.
Aye, Strickland.
Aye, Umber.
Aye, Valadares.
Aye, Wahab.
Aye, Weber Piers. Aye.
Weiner?
Aye.
One more.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Talley?
No.
Limon?
Ayes 29, noes 10. The measure passes. We'll now move to file item 145, AB 2321. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 2321 by Assemblymember Ortega, an act relating to occupational safety and health.
Senator Cortese, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, I'm pleased to present AB 2321 by Assemblymember Ortega. This bill will make important reforms to Cal OSHA and its Bureau of Investigations, sometimes referred to as BOI, based on recommendations from an audit that had been requested by Assemblymember Ortega back in 2024. That audit came out with very specific recommendations, especially as to BOI. Among other things, AB 2321 will require prompt investigations of workplace fatalities and serious injuries, illnesses, and exposures. It will also enable local prosecutors to better participate in the investigations. that will require Calocia and the BOI to implement standardized procedures for reviewing and investigating cases and determining whether to refer them for criminal prosecution. This has been a big issue, as most of you know, the last two years, if not the entire time I've been here, in both houses, under a lot of scrutiny. And it's a big opportunity to assist California's 19 million workers who have the right to clock out at the end of their shift and go home to their families. To ensure that happens, employers need to know that they'll be held accountable when they willfully put workers in danger. AB 2321 takes a huge step in that direction. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, secretary, please call the roll.
Allen?
Aye.
Alvarado Gil?
Aye.
Alvarado Gil?
Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye, Cabaldon.
Aye, Caballero.
Aye, Cervantes.
Aye, Choi.
No, Cortese.
Aye, Daly.
No, Durazo.
Aye, Gonzalez.
Aye, Grayson.
Aye, Grove.
No, Hurtado.
Aye, Jones.
No, Laird.
Aye, Limon.
McGuire.
Aye, McNerney.
Aye, Menjavar.
Aye, Nilo.
No, Ochoa Bog.
No, Padilla.
Aye, Perez.
Aye, Reyes.
Aye, Richardson. Aye. Rubio? Aye. Ciarto? No. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? No. Umberg? Aye. Valadeiros? No. Guajab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Weiner? Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Limon Thank you Come on
Ayes 29, noes 10. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 146, AB 2469. Secretary please read.
Assembly Bill 2469 by Assemblymember Papin, an act relating to water.
Senator DeRazzo, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present AB 2469 on behalf of Assemblymember Papin. Across California, local governments are being asked to consider data center projects with water demands unlike those of traditional developments. Communities are asking basic questions. Is there enough water? What infrastructure will be needed? And who will pay for it? This bill gives communities the information they need to answer those questions before a project is approved and new water demand is locked into the system. Members, AB 2469 does not stand in the way of innovation. It allows communities to make informed decisions. Data centers are an important and they are a growing part of our economy. Responsible growth requires understanding of project's impacts before, not after, it is approved. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen.
Aye.
Avaroglio.
No.
Archuleta.
Aye.
Aragon.
Aye.
Ashby.
Aye.
Becker.
Aye.
Blakespear.
Aye.
Cobaldin.
Aye.
Caballero.
Aye.
Cervantes.
Aye.
Choi.
No Cortese, Daly, no Durazo, aye Gonzalez, aye Grayson, aye Grove, no Hurtado, aye Jones, no Laird, aye Limon, McGuire, aye McNerney, aye Menjabar, aye Nilo, no Ochoa Bogue, no Padilla,
Aye.
Perez.
Aye.
Reyes.
Aye.
Aye.
Richardson.
Aye.
Rubio.
Aye.
Ciarto.
No.
Smallwood Cuevas.
Aye.
Stern.
Aye.
Strickland.
No.
Umber.
Paula Darius.
Wahab.
Aye.
Weber Pearson.
Aye.
Wiener.
Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Cortese. Limon.
Humberg? Aye.
Paula Durs?
Ayes 28, nos 9. The measure passes. We'll now move to file item 150, AB 2234. Secretary, please read.
I'll sign a bill 2234 by Senate Member Papin, an act relating to geothermal resources.
Senator Laird, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. AB 2234 clarifies the definition of geothermal exploratory projects to include all necessary equipment and activities for establishing well interconnectivity. There's support on both sides. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
Thank you Saying no for the discussion or debate Senators this item is eligible for unanimous roll call Seeing no objection, ayes 39, nos 0. The measure passes. We'll now move to file 35, SB 632. Secretary, please read.
Senate Bill 632 by Senator Araguin, an act relating to community colleges.
Senator Araguin, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present Senate Bill 632, which is back on concurrence. Assembly amendments replace the contents of the bill with a new bill, which allows part-time community college students enrolled in nine units to qualify for the California College Promise Program. Given that this was a gut in the man, I just want to provide briefly just a little bit more context about the bill. Under current law, the California community colleges are authorized to waive tuition fees through the California Promise Program. This initiative aims to increase access to higher education by providing financial relief to eligible students. The Promise Program can manifest as a fee waiver that covers the tuition costs for qualifying students for up to two academic years after the waiver is granted. And currently under current law to qualify for this fee waiver, students must be enrolled in 12 or more units of coursework. And they must be first time college students or returning community college students. The impact of the current criteria is that it leaves a significant majority of community college students ineligible for the fee waiver. Part time students who often face the most significant challenges are particularly affected. And we want to make sure that students are on the path towards completing their coursework, which is why one of the amendments that was made to the bill would require that there be certain notices that are provided to students at the time that they are enrolled around how many units they have to take to complete their degree. SB 632 will make the California Promise Program a promise that all community college students can realize. I respectfully ask for an event. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Alan.
Aye, Alvarado Gil. Aye, Archuleta. Aye, Aragon. Aye, Ashby. Aye, Becker. Aye, Blakespeare. Aye, Cobaldin. No, Caballero. Aye, Cervantes.
Choi. Aye, Cortese. Aye, Daly. Aye, Durazo. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. Aye, Hurtado. Aye, Jones. Aye, Laird. Aye, Limon. McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjabar. Aye, Nilo. Aye, Ochoa Bog. Aye, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye. Aye. Ciarto? Aye. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? Aye. Umber? Aye. Valadez? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Ochoa Bog? Aye.
I don't know. Secretary, please call the absent members.
Cervantes? Aye. Aye. Limon? Aye.
Ayes 37, noes 2, the measure passes. We'll now move to file item 149, AB 1896. Secretary, please read.
Assembly Bill 1896 by Assemblymember Marc Gonzalez, an acronym to Public Employment.
Senator Gonzalez, you are recognized.
Thank you Madam President On behalf of Assemblymember Marc Gonzalez and Speaker Robert Rivas I rise today to present AB 1896 the Get the Feds Out Act GTFO Since January of 2025 the current federal administration has unjustly targeted cities in our state with unchecked military-style immigration raids that have terrorized our communities. ICE field offices giving quotas to detain at least seven people per day. Masked ICE agents are forcibly abducting people off the streets with no notice, no due process, and no regard for human rights of the law. Whistleblower campaigns and congressional documents showing alarming changes to ICE training standards. In fact, ICE now recruits now receive 250 fewer hours of training and complete only 14 weeks of programming. Entire practical examinations have been eliminated. The number of tests recruits must pass dropped from 25 to 9. California expects its public employees to be moral, to defend its public against all enemies, and to support and defend both the Constitution of the United States and California. And anyone who is participating in the raids have shown that they do not live up to the bar that Californians deserve from their public servants. This bill says that individuals who participated in immigration enforcement activities will be disqualified from holding state, county, or local public employment in California, except for conduct already permitted under California State Senate Bill SB 54, the law that protects trust between our communities and local government. The bill will also require applicants for these public jobs to sign a declaration under penalty of perjury if they have actively engaged in immigration enforcement and create a first-in-the-nation standard of suitability to evaluate any potential peace officer applicant who has engaged in immigration enforcement. And we want to be clear, the author has engaged with many law enforcement partners to shape the bill in a way to address as many of the concerns as possible, and he will continue to actively work with them. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 1896.
Thank you. Senator Choi, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. I have amendments at the desk for AB 1896.
Thank you. Secretary, please read.
Amendments by Senator Choi, set one.
Senator Choi, you are recognized.
Members, I rise with the amendments to AB 1896. As you know, California had nearly $100 billion budget surplus in 2022, yet this legislature failed to provide meaningful relief to businesses still struggling to recover from government-mandated shutdowns. These amendments would direct available state funds to repay California's outstanding federal unemployment insurance debt and reduce the growing burden on our employers. These amendments recognize that California borrowed nearly $20 billion from the federal government to cover unemployment benefits during the COVID pandemic, but never paid it back because California has failed to pay back its federal unemployment insurance loan. employees across the state must pay an extra tax for growing interest for each employee. In 2025, this extra tax was $84 per employee for a company like Apple with its 36,000 employees, they are paying an additional $3 million in taxes per year. For a small restaurant with only 25 employees, they are paying an additional $2,600 per year. These amendments recognize the state's failure to meaningfully repay its federal loan and provide relief to our state's employers. These amendments reflect a bill I authored in 2022, AB 1596, to use available state funds. There was surplus funds to pay off this debt before this tax increases took effect and interest started accumulating. By not accepting these amendments, employers will continue to pay the price for California's failure to budget responsibility. to the budget responsibly. That is a state responsibility. We should not continue shifting the cost of Sacramento's inaction onto small businesses and their employees. I respectfully ask for your support for these amendments. Thank you.
Senator Ashby, you are recognized.
Yes, I'd like to move to lay the amendments on the table, please.
Senator Ashby has moved to lay the amendments, which is non-debatable. Senator Choi is asking for a no vote. Senator Ashby is asking for an aye vote. Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Bob Rottogil. No. Archuleta. Aragon. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Aye. Blake Spear? Aye. Aye. Cobaldon? Aye. Caballero? Cervantes? Aye. Aye. Choy? No. Cortese? Aye. Dally? No. Durazo? Aye. Arriguene? Aye. Gonzalez? Aye. Grayson? Aye. Grove? No. Hurtado? Jones? aye, Lightman? no, Laird, aye, Limon, McGuire, aye, McDerney, aye, Mangevar, aye, Nilo, no, Ochobo, no, Padilla, aye, Perez, aye, Reyes, aye, Richardson, aye, Rubio, aye, Ciarto, smallwood cuevas, aye, Stern, aye, Stricklen, no, Umberg, aye, Valteris, no, Wahhab, Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Weiner?
Secretary, please call the absent member.
Weiner, aye. Allen? Aye. Archuleta? Archuleta, aye. Caballero? Aye. Hurtado? Limon?
Ayes 28, noes 10. The amendments are laid at the table Senator Blakespeare you are recognized Thank you Madam President So I rise in strong support of this bill and I would just like to say a few words about it
because I know the author has worked extremely hard on this bill, and it's really precedent-setting, and it's worth highlighting as one of the important things that we're doing this year in the legislature. So as some of you may know, there are 100,000 people who are employed by ICE and Border Patrol right now. 100,000. And ICE has doubled its number of employees in less than a year. As the good senator from Long Beach said, they have reduced training standards. So their graduation exams are now multiple choice, open book. They eliminated use of force and legal training courses. There is a reduction in the number of hours, and people are funneling into Border Patrol and ICE jobs who are potentially likely undertrained. And as we have seen on our streets, there is a mass terror campaign against innocent, hardworking people. And so recognizing that of 100,000 people who are working for these agencies, some of them will inevitably leave ICE and Border Patrol and want to enter other jobs that are related, for example, law enforcement type jobs, sheriff, CHP, police. And so what this bill is doing, we are prohibiting that broadly. We are saying, no, you cannot move into our law enforcement jobs in California. But there is an off ramp. So there's a way for people to be able to work in law enforcement jobs if they go through the post training, which is what is typically required. But before that, a suitability analysis. And so the creation of a suitability analysis and a suitability review allows for an analysis of whether somebody, for example, would have extremist affiliations, white supremacist ideology, anti-government militia interests. For example, if they would be January 6th insurrectionists, Oath Keepers, Proud Boys. These are the types of belief systems that we do not want in our law enforcement. So this bill is critically important because it says we have a broad prohibition, but with analysis, people could go into jobs here in the state of California. I want to recognize that the author has committed to work with me next year on recognizing this part of the bill that has to do with people who are not going to be police officers or CHP officers, but they still would have a job that has the powers and duties of a police officer. So there are jobs in California where people might be seeking to work in, like, for example, probation officers, community service officers, code enforcement officers, animal control officers. All of those types of jobs do not go through POST, and so they would not go through a suitability analysis. And it's important that we are similarly vetting people, but we're also recognizing that people might be signing up for ICE or Border Patrol and not wanting that job. recognizing that this doesn't align with their values and that they want to get a different job. And so making sure that we are able to allow people to work, but also making sure that there's a suitability analysis done so that these types of jobs also have this type of analysis. So I rise in strong support of this today. I think it's one of the most important things we're doing here in the state of California around this immigration enforcement issue. And there's also a small amount of work left to do on this. and I'm so grateful that the author has worked very closely with me on talking about doing this next year And with that I respectfully ask for your aye vote Thank you Seeing no further discussion Senator Rubio you are recognized I won belabor this I want to just first of all I will echo everything my colleagues said
here because this is a bill that we've been working on quite a bit. And so I do want to
take a moment to thank the author because he worked so diligently and sat with us and listened to a lot of the issues and concerns. So again, I just want to stress how impressed I am impressed I am that he did pretty much everything that he said he was going to do. And I want to thank him for the other offers that I believe my colleague is going to handle next year. And with that, I also urge an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Gonzalez, would you like to close?
Thank you very much, Madam President. And I want to thank my colleagues from the San Gabriel Valley as well as from Encinitas for bringing forward the very important issue as to why we need this bill. As been mentioned, we want to make sure that our standards continue to be very high as it pertains to any sort of state employment, especially for peace officers in California. Training must be at the levels that we expect for anyone who carries the great honor of being a law enforcement agent. And this bill focuses on personal conduct, the active participation of employment and immigration enforcement during this era where egregious assaults on many of our community members, many black and brown community members, especially Latinos, are going forward right now. So I really respect my colleague, the Assemblymember from Los Angeles, for his incredible work, the work he has done to work with law enforcement to make sure that he gets just the right tone, but more importantly, for protecting our communities. And as the chair of the Latino Caucus for a few months, and on behalf of our Latino Caucus, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.
Allen. Aye. Arroyo Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespeare. Aye. Cabaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. No. Cortese. Aye. Daly. No. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Aye, Limon. Aye. Aye, McGuire. Aye. Aye, McNerney. Aye. Aye, Mandelvar. Aye. Nilo. No, Ochoa Boa. No, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye. Aye, Reyes. Aye. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Sciarto. No. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye, Stern. Aye. Aye, Strickland. No, Humber. Aye. Aye, Valladares. No, Wahab. Aye. Aye, Weber Pearson. Aye. Wiener? Aye.
Secretary, please call the absent members.
Grove? No. Hurtado? Mandivar? Aye.
Ayes 29, noes 10. The measure passes. We'll now move to file item 105, AB 2513. Secretary, please read.
A Senate Bill 2513 by Senate Member Petrie Norris, an acronym to Wildfire.
Senator Blakespeare, you are recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Members I rise to present AB 2513 by Assemblymember Petrie Norris Current wildfire mitigation activities defined in statute are too narrow They focus exclusively on forest health and forest management even though shrubland and chaparral ecosystems demonstrate large wildfire risk. AB 2513 modernizes state definitions of wildfire prevention and forest health to explicitly include chaparral and shrubland ecosystems, aligning policy with science and on-the-ground risk. It also builds on the success of the regional forest and fire capacity program by unlocking regional landscape scale funding opportunities for the Department of Conservation and Wildlife Conservation Board and CAL FIRE. This bill has no opposition, received bipartisan support, and has received no votes. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senators, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection, ayes 40, noes 0. The measure passes. We will now move to file item 152, AB 2225.
Secretary, please read. Assembly Bill 2225 by Assemblymember Patel, in equity to Education Governors.
Senator Perez, you are recognized.
Madam President and colleagues, I am pleased to present AB 2225 on behalf of Assemblymember Patel. This bill builds on AB 181 passed earlier this year by adding metrics for the newly created Education Commissioner to specifically address closing student achievement gaps and improving student outcomes. It requires the Commissioner to convene a broad and inclusive stakeholder working group to develop a comprehensive statewide operations and support plan that better aligns state entities and ensures local educational agencies have the support necessary to improve student outcomes. California is home to extraordinary public schools and incredibly dedicated educators, but we also know that many students across income levels, racial and ethnic backgrounds, language backgrounds, and foster care status continue to fall behind. Recent amendments incorporate feedback from the administration and strengthen public transparency and accountability as these provisions are implemented. Because of these reasons, I urge your aye vote.
Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senators, this is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection, ayes 40, no zero, the measure passes. If there is no other business, Pro Tem Limon, the desk is clear. Members, thank you for your work tonight. We have a long day tomorrow. We did 40 Senate bills and 69 Assembly bills today. We still have a lot of work tomorrow. The next floor session is Monday, August 31st at 11 a.m. with budget meeting at 9 a.m. Have a good night. The Senate is adjourned. We will reconvene Monday, August 31st, 2026 at 11 a.m. Thank you.