Senate Floor Session

Allen, Alvarado Gil, Archuleta, Araguin, Ashby, Becker, Blakespear, Cabaldon, Caballero, Cervantes, Choi, Cortese, Daly, Durazo, Gonzalez, Grayson, Grove, Hurtado, Jones, Laird, Limon, McGuire, McNerney, Menjivar, Nilo, Ochoa Bog, Padilla, Perez, Reyes, Richardson, Rubio, Cillarto, Smallwood Cuevas, Stern, Strickland, Umberg, Valadez, Wahab, Weber Pearson, Wiener.

after which please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Thank you, Madam President. Loving and ever-present God, when it seemed there was no hope, we have seen your light in the eyes of a child. When it seemed there was no joy, we have heard your delight in the voice of a friend. When life seemed stale, we have smelled the freshness of sunlight on your skin. When all seemed empty, we have touched your presence in the hand of a stranger. When the future seemed barren, we have tasted life's moisture on the lips of another. We thank you, O God, for your embodied love. Open our senses to your presence, that we may care for you in all things. Amen.

Senate Bill 887 with amendments, 907 with amendments, 1011 with amendments, 1021 with amendments, 1066 with amendments, 1259 with amendments.

Thank you, Madam President and members. File item number 21 is the confirmation of Julia Montgomery for reappointment as general counsel for the Agricultural Labor Relations Board. She was first appointed to this position in 2016, and she previously served as assistant chief counsel for the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. She was approved by the Rules Committee on May 13th. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Allen. Alvarado Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespeare. Cobaldin. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Cortese. Aye. Dally no Durazo I Gonzalez I Grayson I Grove Hurtado Jones no Laird I Limon McGuire I McNerney I Menjivar I Nilo Ochoa Bogues, Padilla, aye. Perez, aye. Reyes, aye. Richardson, aye. Rubio, Cillarto, no. Smallwood Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Rubio, aye. Strickland, no. Humbert, aye. Valadares, no. Wahab, Weber Pearson, aye. Wiener, aye. Grove, no. Secretary, please call the absent members. Allen? Avrador Gil? No. Blakespeare? Aye. Choi? No. Hurtado? Aye. Limon? Nilo? Ochoabog? No. Wahab? No.

Allen, Limon, Nilo, Wahab.

Thank you, Madam President, members. File item number 22 is a confirmation of Dr. Cynthia Glover Woods for reappointment to the State Board of Education, where she has served since 2022. Dr. Glover Woods held multiple teaching and school administration roles in the Compton Unified School District, the Alvord Unified School District, and the Riverside County Office of Education. She has also been an adjunct professor at the University of Redlands. She was approved by the Rules Committee on May 13th. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Allen. Arodo Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Aragin. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Cobaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Jones. Laird. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney? Aye. Menjabar? Aye. Nilo? Ochoa Bode? No. Padilla? Aye. Perez? Aye. Reyes? Aye. Richardson? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Limon? Aye. Cillarto? Aye. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stirling? No. Umber? Aye. Valadares? Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye.

Allen, Choi, Daly, Grove, Hurtado? Aye. Jones, Nilo, Rubio, Ciaro, Valadares, Wahab.

Ayes, 28. Noes, 3.

Thank you, Madam President. Members, file item 23 is the confirmation of Dr. Brenda Lewis for reappointment to the State Board of Education. Dr. Lewis first joined the board in 2022. She held several roles in the Kern High School District from 1988 to 2021, including Associate Superintendent of Instruction School Principal Assistant Principal of Instruction Assistant Principal of Instruction and Classroom teacher She was approved by the Rules Committee on May 13 I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Secretary, please call the roll. Allen, Alvarado Gil, no. Archuleta, aye. Aragon, aye. Ashby, aye. Becker, aye. Blakespeare, aye. Cavalden, aye. Caballero, aye. Cervantes, aye. Choi, Cortese, aye. Daly, Durazo, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grayson, aye. Grove, aye. Hurtado, aye. Jones, Laird, aye. Limon, aye. McGuire, aye. McNerney, aye. Menjabar, aye. Nilo, Ochoa Bog, no. Padilla, aye. Aye, Perez. Aye. Aye, Reyes. Aye. Aye, Richardson. Aye. Aye, Rubio. Aye. Aye, Ciarto. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye, Stern. Aye. Aye, Strickland. No. Humbert. Aye. Valadares. No. Wahab. Aye. Weber-Pearson. Aye. Wiener. Aye.

Allen. Choi. Dally. Jones, Nilo, Ciaro. Ciaro, no. Ayes 30, noes 5.

Thank you, Madam President, members. File item number 24 is a confirmation of Gabriela Orozco Gonzalez for the appointment to the State Board of Education. Ms. Gonzalez is an elementary school teacher serving in the Montebello Unified School District since 2001. She has served on the State Board since 2022. She was approved by the Rules Committee on May 13th. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Secretary, please call the roll. Allen. Alvarado Gil. No, Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. No. Padilla? Aye. Perez? Aye. Reyes? Aye. Richardson? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Cigarto? No. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? No. Umber? Aye. Valadez? Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Weiner? Aye. Valadez? No. Allen, Choi, Dally, no. Grove, Jones, Nilo. Ayes 29, noes 6.

Thank you, Madam President and members. Number 30 is the confirmation of George Cardona for reappointment as Chief Trial Counsel for the State Bar of California. Before taking on this role in 2021, he was serving as Interim City Attorney for the Santa Monica City Attorney's Office. He is also a former U.S. Attorney who held various positions with the Northern and Central Districts of California from 1998 to 2018. He was approved by the Rules Committee on April 29th. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Allen. Abraudoguil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Cobaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjabar. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa Bogue. No. Padilla. Aye. Perez. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Aye. Richardson? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Cioto? No. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? No. Umber? Umber, aye. Aye. Valadares? No. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye.

Allen? Choi? Daly? No. Nilo? Ayes 29, noes 8.

Thank you, Madam President. I want to welcome to the Senate chambers up in the gallery students, faculty, and staff from Cal Lutheran University, from my district. I want to wish them well and also hope for a safe return home. We know there's smoke all over the campus right now from the Sandy Fire that's burning in the hills of Simi Valley at the moment. So we wish you a safe return home and thank you for all your studies and leadership.

Secretary, please read. Senate Resolution 111 by Senator Padilla, relative to International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia.

Thank you, Madam President. and colleagues, this item was taken up and presented on Thursday. I agreed to reconsideration for purposes of a vote. Thank you.

Secretary, please call the roll. Allen. I'll be right back. I'll be right back. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Cobaldin. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Cortese. Aye. Dally. Aye Durazo Aye Gonzalez Aye Grayson Aye Grove Hurtado Aye Jones Laird Aye Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Aye. Menjabar. Aye. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa Bog. Padilla. Aye. Aye. Perez. Aye. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Ciarto, Smallwood Cuevas, Aye. Stern, Aye. Strickland, Umberg, Aye. Valadares, Wahab, Aye. Weber Pearson, Aye. Wiener, Aye.

Allen, Alvarado Gill, Choi, Daly, Grove, Jones, Ayes 29, Nose 0. The resolution passes.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 129 by Senator Cortese relative to Rusty Areas Highway.

Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present SCR 129, which recognizes the extraordinary contributions of former Assemblymember and former Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, Rusty Arreyes. During his tenure on the Assembly Transportation Committee, Mr. Arreyes was instrumental in securing $150 million for improvements to State Route 152 over Pacheco Pass Road. I'm not sure what that dollar amount would be in present dollars, but a lot. Mr. Arreyes also oversaw the passage of $6 billion in park bonds and raised park attendance by 23 million people. He was critical in securing nearly 300 acres of urban and suburban land that was converted to a park, which the state still owns, called Marshall Cottle Park in Santa Clara County, which is still in the middle of my district, surrounded by residential development. Thanks to him, people in my district continue to enjoy this one-of-a-kind farm Park surrounded by urban development. To honor his career of service, SCR 129 designates part of Highway 152 in Santa Clara County as the Rusty Arreyes Highway. I respectfully ask

Thank you, Madam President. Members, I rise in support of SCR 129. Rusty Arreyes was a fantastic member of this body, worked well across the aisle with both Republicans and Democrats, and he deserves this recognition. So I'm rising in support of this measure and urge my colleagues, and I thank my colleague from San Jose for bringing this forward, this important measure. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. I serve with Rusty Reyes, and I think it is completely appropriate that we name a highway after him. He was a champion of transportation, excellent member. my only concern is it should actually be the Reyes Sandino highway because the smartest thing he did in life was Mary Julie Sandino So perhaps a future resolution will correct that mistake But I want to thank my colleague from San Jose for bringing this forward I urge an aye vote.

Thank you, Madam President. And I'm always very intrigued, as are most of you, I'm sure, hearing Senator Umberg's long list of past members who he has served with, including my own father at one point in time. But thank you for your support. Thank you for rising to my colleagues, including a colleague from Huntington Beach. We appreciate it, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Aye.

Reyes.

Secretary, please call the absent members.

Secretary, please call the absent members.

Secretary, please read. Senate Concurrent Resolution 169 by Senator Gonzalez relative to Women's Small Business Month.

Thank you, Madam President and members. I rise today to present SCR 169, which proclaims October 2026 as Women's Small Business Month. Women-owned small businesses are the backbone of our communities, representing 42% of all businesses in the United States, according to the Small Business Administration. Of that 42%, half are owned by women of color. California leads the nation with 1.5 million women-owned businesses in the state, which is incredible. In my own district downtown Long Beach is home to 72 women small businesses ranging from food and retail to personal care and professional services And these locations don just bring home economic vitality to the neighborhoods they serve they create spaces where the community can truly come together Despite women embracing entrepreneurship now more than ever, they often face challenges not typically shared by their male counterparts, limited access to social and business networks, barriers to capital access and market expansion, and obtaining mentorship. It's shameful and cannot continue. Women entrepreneurs are the backbone of our communities, the key to overall economic success here in the fourth largest economy, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote on SCR 169.

Secretary, please read. Senate Concurrent Resolution 173 by Senator Alvarado Gill relative to California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month.

Thank you, Madam President. Today I rise as the author of SCR 173, designating the month of May 2026 as California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month. Fairgrounds are woven into the fabric of California, and from the earliest days of statehood, communities recognize the need for places where farmers and ranchers, artisans, inventors, and families could come together to showcase their work, celebrate our agricultural heritage, and strengthen community bonds. In 1854, the California Legislature created the State Agricultural Society, which led the California's very first state fair that same year in, guess, San Francisco. Just 22 years later, in 1876, the Dixon Mayfair became our state's first county fair, simple community picnic honoring the arrival of spring. That modest beginning blossomed into a proud tradition that now spans all of California. These grounds are critical public safety assets. During natural disasters, wildfire foods, or state of emergencies, bare grounds become evacuation centers, staging areas for the first responders, medical sites, and safe havens for livestock and pets. They preserve agricultural heritage through youth programs like FFA, 4-H, the California Foundation for Agriculture in the classroom. I'm grateful to my principal co-author, our assembly member from the North State, and to our co-authors in both houses. The resolution is simple but important. It's our chance to say thank you to the thousands of fair volunteers, directors, CEOs, staff, business supporters, sponsors, and associations who keep these cherished institutions strong, vibrant, and relevant. I respectfully ask my colleagues to join me in voting aye for SCR 173 and in celebrating May 2026 as California Fairgrounds

Members, today I rise in support of SCR 173, designating May as California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month, and I want to say for the people of Senate District 23, this resolution does more than hit home. My district spans the Santa Clarita Valley, the Antelope Valley, and the Victor Valley, three communities that could not be more different in some ways, but are bound together by something deeply Californian. A love of community and the fair grounds offer a place for community and so many unifying activities that make our communities so special. In Lancaster, the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds has been a cornerstone of our community since 1938. Sitting on 134 acres just off the 14 freeway, it is where generations of families have gathered each summer for the Antelope Valley Fair and the Alfalfa Festival, and yes, the California Poppy Festival. Concerts, livestock, rodeos, carnival rides, and the kind of community pride that you simply cannot manufacture. It preserves the aerospace and agricultural heritage that defines the Antelope Valley, and it does so year-round, not just during fair season. In Victorville, we have a true treasure alongside the historic Route 66. The San Bernardino County Fair has been held annually in Victorville since 1947, and it is the only remaining fair operating along the historic Route 66. This year marks its 79th anniversary, and it will welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors, neighbors coming together for agriculture exhibits, competitions, live music, and the shared experience of community life. This is not a small thing. That is the fabric of who we are. Fairgrounds are more than event venues. They are emergency infrastructure. They are economic engines. They are where kids, 4-H, and future farmers of America learn what it means to work the land and to take pride in it. They are where small businesses get their first shot at a real audience. And when disaster strikes, and in Southern California it does, these grounds become staging areas, evacuation sites, and lifelines for families who have lost everything. This resolution before us today rightly honors the thousands of volunteers, directors, staff, and sponsors who keep these venues alive. I want to add my personal thanks to everyone in the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds and the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds in Victorville. Your work matters. Members, I respectfully urge an aye vote.

Thank you to my colleague from the San Clarito area, and I kindly ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

This item is eligible for unanimous roll call.

Senate Bill 1154 by Senator Reyes, an act relating to public contracts.

Thank you, Madam President, members. I rise to present SB 1154, which would allow community college districts to use the best value procurement method for public works projects exceeding $1 million. Best value procurement allows contracts to be awarded based on a combination of price and objective qualitative criteria, not simply the lowest bid. In doing so, it provides community colleges with the same flexibility already provided to K-12 school districts, the University of California, and Cal State universities. Unfortunately, when it comes to delivering major construction projects, community colleges are held to a procurement standard that requires a selection based on the lowest bid, which limits their ability to select contractors based on overall quality and long-term value. SB 1154 allows districts to evaluate contractors' experience, safety records, technical expertise, and life cycle costs. These projects are essential to preparing students for transfer, career pathways, and participation in California's evolving workforce, and will ensure we are setting up our infrastructure for long-term success. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate. While I appreciate the author's intent, I have grave concerns about SB 1154. The Legislature has passed bills that allow for the best procurement practice to be used in K-12, CSU and UC settings. And now we want to compel the community colleges to do as well. I've objected to every bill of this nature and will continue to do so. It is fundamentally wrong to put into statute which companies can work in this state and which cannot. We talk often in this body about policies that promote opportunity for all. for education and, most importantly, opportunities to work. Yet we continue to pass bills that hurt communities, the very communities we've promised to help by prioritizing pay for play. This bill and all other bills regarding best procurement practice have emphasized this notion of a skilled and trained workforce. These are merely code words meaning that workers must belong to a certain union or labor group. Despite these designations, there are companies with employees who have the experience to efficiently and safely perform construction projects. If this bill passes, many highly qualified contractors, which include small and family-owned businesses, will effectively be shut out from bidding on contracts despite strong safety records of proven performance. This does not improve safety or accountability. This only gives an advantage to one class of contractors, those based on labor affiliation. These discriminatory laws are personal for me. As you may know, my husband's family has run a family construction business for more than 40 years. My husband and my father-in-law both attended and graduated from local schools in the San Bernardino area. Under the new requirements, they would not qualify to participate or bid on any of these projects, even though they are the very ones who have built many of the schools that these kids are actually attending the students or even facilities at the local community colleges My family company employs residents who have lived been educated and have deep ties into our community We also employ many types of community members including students, returned missionaries, and formerly incarcerated. My father-in-law's philosophy is that everyone deserves a second chance and an opportunity to work. Unfortunately, because our company is not part of a required union, they face discrimination year after year after year. The very infrastructure that has been enjoyed by so many in the San Bernardino Community College District was built by companies that will no longer be allowed to participate in the process. You're proposing to reduce the opportunity for local workers to find work. The labor standard and construction code is the same whether you are under skilled or trained or not. No company is going to willfully send employees who are untrained to do a job because it would be both a safety and a financial liability. It is unfortunately that we required a skilled and trained workforce when the state has laws to ensure that every licensed company doing this type of work is putting safety at the forefront, which means all companies must currently employ competent workers who always put safety first inspectors inspect the same work under the same code construction code my family takes great pride in what we do and we care about our employees. I want to leave this with you. A company does not have to be a part of a union or a labor group to care and provide for its employees. I urge you to consider what you're doing and voting for today. I will continue to oppose these types of bills and hope that you'll join me in opposing the bill and ensure that every company, every contractor that follows the laws to be qualified and be licensed under the state has an opportunity to work and provide for their families. I respectfully urge a no vote. Thank you.

Thank you. I'd like to thank my colleague for bringing up this comment, as she did during committee. But I want to make it clear that this bill is not exclusive to union workers. This bill is applicable to non-union workers as long as they are skilled and trained. And the definition of a skilled and trained workforce in California law, specifically Public Contracts Code Section 2601, refers to a construction workforce for public projects where a percentage of workers are either Division of Apprenticeship Standards, registered apprentices, or Skilled and Trained Journey Persons. And Division of Apprenticeship Standards is California law. A skilled journeyperson must have graduated from a Division of Apprenticeship Standards, state apprenticeship program or have at least as many hours of on experience as is required to graduate For some crafts the minimum skilled and trained percentage on a job site is 60 percent and for some crafts the percentage is 30 percent to be in compliance. These provisions are not union specific. There are both union and non-union state approved apprenticeships programs and with that I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa-Bogue. No. Padilla. Aye. Perez. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Aye. Richardson? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Ciarto? No. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? No. Umber? Aye. Valadares? No. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye.

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Ayes 29, nos. I'm sorry. Ayes 28, nos 9. The measure is adopted. We will now move to file item 38, SB 1369.

Senator Reyes, you are recognized.

aye vote. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll. Allen.

Reyes. Aye.

Secretary, please call the absent members. Allen.

Hurtado.

Limon. Nilo.

Senate Bill 1048 by Senator Becker, an act relating to pupil instruction.

Thank you, Madam President. Members, I'm really excited to present SB 1048, which establishes the seal of climate literacy, A high school diploma distinction awarded to students who demonstrate a strong understanding of climate science and its real-world impacts through both coursework and hands-on learning. This is a voluntary program for local educational agencies, and it gives schools the flexibility to implement this diploma distinction in a way that works best for their communities while maintaining consistent statewide recognition. Students are increasingly interested in climate-related careers, but many lack structured opportunities to engage deeply with these issues in school. This bill creates a clear and accessible pathway for students to build that knowledge. I'm supported by a broad array of education and climate advocates. I want to call it the Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action for their work, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Thurman. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Secretary, please call the roll. Allen.

Durazo.

Jones, Limon, Nilo, Strickland.

Senate Bill 1229 by Senator Allen an act relating to coastal resources Senator Allen you are recognized Yeah this bill prohibits the use of a coastal development permit exemption to rebuild a certain structure destroyed by a disaster

No, Laird.

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Wiener.

Limon, Nilo, Valadares.

Senate Bill 1106 by Senator Cobaldon, an act relating to privacy.

Thank you, Madam President. In the last legislative session, our colleague from Menlo Park helped enact a groundbreaking DELETE Act with a drop provision that allows Californians to remove their data from data brokers. These are folks that have data about each of us, but not data that comes from a direct relationship with them. We may, Californians often give their data for the purpose of making sure a form is already filled in or that they have a personalized shopping feed or what have you. But in this case, these are data brokers for which no value has been transmitted to the individual. And the LEED Act allows Californians to remove their data. In January, when this law took effect, 150,000 Californians signed up within the first four weeks. So there's deep demand in California for rapid response on this. SB 1106 simply changes, SB 1106 simply shortens the time period for data brokers to comply with the law. Since the enactment of the Delete Act, the technical capacity to execute the deletions has improved. And the trick here is to try to find the right space. We don't want to give too much time because what we don't want to have occur is data brokers saying to their potential buyers, fire sale, we're going to be deleting this data in the next 29 days unless you buy it now. And so this bill simply shortens from 45 days to 30 days the time period that the data brokers have to comply with the request that hundreds of thousands of Californians are making of them to protect their data, keep it privacy, and delete it from the data broker registry. With that, I ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Madam President.

seeing no. Senator Becker, you are recognized. Yeah, I just want to thank my colleague for this bill I think we up to 282 people have signed up last count So I appreciate his work to continue to build on this I respectfully ask for an aye vote Thank you Seeing no further discussion or debate Secretary please call the roll

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Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjivore. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa Bog. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Pérez. Aye. Rayes. Aye. Aye.

Smallwood Cuevas. Aye.

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Aye. Aye. Ayes 38, nos 0. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 47, SB 1417. Secretary, please read.

Senator Perez, you are recognized.

vote thank you thank you saying no further discussion or debate secretary

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No. Ayes 29, noes 9. That measure passes. We are now at file item 48, SB 1408. Secretary, please read.

Senator Araguin, you are recognized.

Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

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Aye. 29, noes 9, that measure passes. We will now move to file item 54, SB 1172. Secretary, please read.

an act relating to tax sharing agreements. Senator Hurtado, you are recognized.

Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

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Alvarado Gill, Grove, Jones, Limon, Nilo.

Senate Bill 1383 by Senator Araguin, an act relating to housing.

Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present Senate Bill 1383, which is a narrowly tailored amendment to the state density bonus law to make it clear that projects as qualified for incentives in concessions in exchange for providing on-site affordable units cannot waive any locally adopted labor standards. This bill would fix ambiguity in the current statute by specifically protecting locally adopted labor standards, which are adopted by cities and counties. As my colleagues know, I'm a strong advocate for building more housing. As a former mayor of Berkeley, I know how critical the state density bonus law is as a tool in combating our state's housing crisis. We want developers to include onsite affordable housing and use the many incentives that the density bonus provides to get housing built in California However this should not come at the expense of critical labor standards to protect the construction workforce and provide livable wages Senate Bill 1383 ensures that increasing our housing supply for all does not come at the expense of worker protections, a good paying job, or construction quality. And in closing, we are in the process of meeting with the Home Builders Alliance, CBIA, and other stakeholder groups if this bill moves out of assembly on amendments to address any concerns on cost impacts we want to make sure that while we protect locally adopted labor standards we're also getting housing built in California and so if this bill moves out today you have my commitment that we will continue those conversations to work on on further amendments I respectfully ask for an aye vote thank you seeing no further

Allen. Aye. Albrado Gil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespeare. Aye. Cobaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choy. Cortese. Aye. Daly. No. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye Aye

Choi. No. Limon. Nilo. Padilla. Aye. Wiener.

Senate Bill 1223 by Senator Padilla and Aquilaine's Affairs.

Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. I rise to present SB 1223, which would require state and county fares to use competitive bidding standards in the awarding of contracts and prohibit sole source contracting. These requirements are an important tool for transparency and accountability by providing fair competition, ensuring state is securing the best service at the best price. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Senate Bill 1344 by Senator Cobaldon, an act relating to civil actions.

Thank you, Madam President. California has almost 200,000 people living without shelter, and local governments across the state, in partnership with the state, are working to try to address this challenge through emergency shelters, interim housing, permanent supportive housing. These projects have merit, and the legislature has already enacted legislation to prevent frivolous litigation that's intended simply to stop affordable housing projects, if forever homes from being built. This measure applies that same protections against frivolous litigation to other projects funded through Proposition 1, emergency shelter, permanent supportive housing, and other related temporary housing measures as well. It sponsored by the Attorney General office and I would ask for an aye vote Thank you Seeing no further discussion or debate Secretary please call the roll Allen Aye Aye Robert Gill

Secretary, please. Strictly no. Call the absent members.

Secretary, please call the absent members.

Follow the orders.

Ayes 29, noes 7. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 71, SB 1371. Secretary, please read.

Senator Durazo, you are recognized.

Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

Ayes 28, nos 9. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 71, SB 908. Secretary, please read. I'm sorry. File item 75.

Senator Weiner, you are recognized.

Secretary, please call the roll.

Secretary, please call the absent members.

Ayes 31, nos 7. That measure passes. We will move back and file at this time to file item 63, SB 1361. Secretary, please read.

Senator Durazo, you are recognized.

with $25 billion in ongoing construction. Transit brings us mobility, cleaner air, jobs, and economic opportunity. At the same time, since last year's enactment of SB 79, unintended consequences are beginning to surface that are creating risks for long planned transit expansion. In some communities, local governments are facing significant pressure not to support planned transit stops and routes because those projects could trigger SB 79 density and height requirements. When local support becomes uncertain, the consequences are real. Project delays, higher construction costs and reduce competitiveness for federal infrastructure funds. This bill is a narrow practical bill to address this issue. The bill simply ensures that local governments cannot take certain actions solely to avoid SB 79 housing standards. At the same time transit decisions should continue to be based on legitimate planning considerations such as safety station design, traffic flow, pedestrian access, construction mitigation, and neighborhood connectivity. I believe planning can and should be cooperative at the local level. I also know that we cannot re-litigate current law at the expense of public transit, and when that happens, we need to step in. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll. Alan. Aye. Avril Aguil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Cobaldon. 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. Limon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjabar. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa Bog. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Perez. Reyes. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Ciarto. No. No. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Strickland. No. Umber. Aye. Valadares. No. Wahab. Aye. Weber Pearson Aye Wiener Aye Secretary please call the absent members Limon Nilo Perez aye Ayes 30, noes 8. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 77, SB 1014. Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1014 by Senator Grayson, an act relating to development projects. Senator Grayson, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. President members, SB 1014, will help provide greater certainty for housing developments by requiring local jurisdictions within 30 days of submission of a preliminary application to provide a good faith estimate and list of any on-site and off-site improvements. Development fees and other construction requirements can make up a significant portion of building costs and are much higher in California compared to the rest of the nation. Despite the state's significant legislative reforms intended to improve fee transparency, builders continue to struggle to anticipate certain development costs, such as those for on-site and off-site improvements, so builders may find out about an on-site or off-site improvement late in the process, adding unforeseen development costs and making projects less likely to pencil out. Ultimately, SB 1014 will help provide more transparency in the development process and help California build more of the housing that it desperately needs. 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. Blake Spear. Aye. Cobaldon. 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. Limon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjabar. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa Bog. No. Padilla. Aye. Perez. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. No. Wahab? Aye. Weber-Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Ayes 29, noes 9. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 78, SB 1272. Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1272 by Senator Mandivar, in accordance to local government. Senator Mandivar, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, SB 1272 is a little personal to me. I'd like to share where this bill came out of. I bought my home about five years ago, and then the city sent me a notice that I needed to tear down my entire cinder block wall surrounding my backyard because it violated building code. I bought the house as is. I had no idea that it violated building code, and I was given 30 days to knock down my entire wall and pay up front $400. If I needed more than 30 days to knock down my entire cinder block wall and put up a whole new wall, I needed to pay an additional $400 for an extension beyond 30 days. These, I thought, were astronomical kind of loopholes and fees that people were having to pay for a violation, perhaps that they were unaware of, came with the house that they bought. Enter SB 1272. I was like, City of LA, I'm a legislator. I'm going to try to fix this issue. I don think homeowners should be put this burden on them when they buy at home and they so excited and a violation unbeknownst to them is sent to their home So what SB 1272 does that first is that if you provided proof that the violation was created before you became a homeowner provided an affidavit to prove that and when you bought the home in the transfer details it did not disclose that there was a violation You can ask for a minimum of six months to remedy the violation. now six months to do construction of that sort to make sure your dogs don't run away because you don't have a wall at that moment may not be long enough so if you were want to request for an additional six months this bill will now allow you to request that if you're showing good faith and not have to pay an additional fee by simply asking for an extension because sometimes you're asking for an extension because you can't pay for the construction so why should you then pay hundreds of dollars for simply requesting that. SB 1272 allows local government, if they want to, only if they want to, to extend another six months for that homeowner. So SB 1272 is allowing a little bit more leeway for homeowners because I think the current system right now is completely unfair. Respectfully asking for an aye vote. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll. Allen. Aye. Aye. Abarardo Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Arraguin. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespeare. Aye. Cobaldin. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Cortese. Aye. Dalley. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye. Aye, McKernie. Aye, Menjabar. Aye, Nilo. Ochohawoc. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Pérez. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye,iałto. No. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Sterne. Aye. Strickland. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Baladars. Aye. Wahab. Whoever Pearson. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Aye. Secretary, please call the absent members tonight. members. Alberto Gil. Aye. Cobaldon. Choi. Aye. Daly. Jones. Limon. Nilo. Ayes 34. Noes 1. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 80. SB 1406. Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1406 by Senator McNerney, an act related to taxation to take effect immediately, tax levy. Senator McNerney, you are recognized. Madam President and distinguished colleagues, I rise today to present SB1406, which is called the Montana Tax Loophole. It closes this loophole. It's a rare piece of legislation that will increase the state's revenues by up to $20 million a year without raising taxes, nor will it cost the state a dime to implement. Plus, it will help restore fairness to our tax systems. The Montana tax loophole is a scheme to avoid paying California taxes and license fees on expensive cars and RVs. The scheme will cost California about $20 million a year in lost revenue. California's attorney general, the office, recently completed a criminal investigation of Californians who exploited this loophole to buy million worth of expensive cars in Montana to avoid paying nearly million of taxes here in California The investigation took years to finish because the cases are difficult for tax collectors and law enforcement to investigate. That's because the shell companies used in the schemes have no assets and they hide the identities of their owners. SB 1406 will strengthen California law by making it easier to go after people behind these tax avoidance schemes. There doesn't seem to be any opposition. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you. Senator Strickland, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President, members. I would say that I understand where the author is coming from on this issue, but we should look inward and in the mirror and understand why people are going to Montana and trying to do that. The fact of the matter is when you look at our car registration fee here in California and look at it anywhere else in the country, Florida, for example. My brother lives in Florida. I think their car tax is like $27. Let's look at how we're overtaxing people in California. And yes, of course, people, if there is opportunity to pay lesser in a car tax, our car tax is ridiculous in what we charge here in California. It's the war on the automobile that we have. We have the highest gas prices in the nation, the highest car tax. It's the war on the automobile that we have here in California. So instead of creating this bill, how about let's look at ways that we can actually lower the gas tax across the state of California. And so I understand where the author is coming from, and I respect where the author is coming from. But as a body, we need to look in the mirror and see why are people going to Montana, why people are trying to, you know, go and invade this. It's because our tax structure and what we do here in California is particularly on the car tax. Look what we pay, and I'll tell all the people watching this now, look what we pay in car registration fee and car tax in any other state in California. That's why people are doing what they're doing. And so with that, I just say, again, let's look in the mirror and figure out a way that we can lower the car registration fee and the car tax for everybody across the state of California. Thank you. Senator Cabaldon, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. Let's be clear about what this bill is about, because it is not about Californians trying to avoid the vehicle license fee by going crossing the border to buy a car that costs $60,000 in order to avoid the VLF in Nevada or Montana or anywhere. This bill is about planes, yachts, hyper-expensive vehicles, because what the Montana loophole is is that a California taxpayer goes to the lengths of forming an entire new company in Montana, registers a limited liability corporation, buys the yacht or the plane or the ultra-expensive vehicle to avoid simply the sales tax. They save so much money on a multimillion-dollar purchase that it makes sense to form an entirely new company in Montana, purchase the vehicle, the plane, or the yacht in Montana, and then bring it to California to avoid the sales tax alone. It's a very narrow, simple bill to try to address a loophole that everyone across the country knows exists and is being exploited, and I urge you, and I vote. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator McNerney, would you like to close? Well, thank you. I thank my two colleagues for their comments, and I want to thank the colleague from Huntington Beach, but I didn't get a recommendation whether an aye or an aye on this vote, but otherwise I ask my colleagues for an aye vote. Thank you. Secretary, please call the roll. Alan. Aye, Alvarado Gil. No, Archuleta. Aye, Aragon. Aye, Ashby. Aye, Becker. Aye, Blakespeare. Aye, Cabaldon. Aye, Caballero. Aye, Cervantes. Aye, Choi. Aye, Cortese. Aye, Daly. Durazo. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. No, Hurtado. Aye, Jones. Laird. Aye, Limon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjabar. Aye. Nilo Ochoa-Vogue. Padilla. Aye. Perez. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Ciarto. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Strickland. No. Umbert. Aye. Aye. Volodares. No. Wahab. Aye. Weber Pearson. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Secretary, please call the absent members. Dally? No. Jones? Limon? Nilo? Ochoa Boat? No. Ciaro? No. Ayes 30, nos 7. That measure passes. We will move to file item 81, SB 1238. Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1238 by Senator Wahab, an act relating to common interest developments. Senator Wahab, you are recognized. Thank you. The Department of Real Estate reports that 99% of all new housing construction creates an HOA to offset long-term infrastructure costs. But this also comes with long-term effects as the HOA board and management companies have little to no accountability to the homeowners whose property they are responsible for maintaining. Under current law, neither an HOA manager nor an HOA company or management company is subject to the licensing and oversight by any state agency. Homeowners seeking to uphold or to hold an HOA management company accountable must file a court action in Superior Court to enforce the law in Davis-Stirling, a very expensive and cumbersome process where homeowners are at distinct disadvantage. SB 1238 will protect homeowners who reside in communities with the homeowners association by requiring additional disclosures to the homeowner and ensuring HOA managers and board act in the homeowners best interest. The bill will require HOA managers provide a duty of care in the highest good faith effort to the HOA and its members. It clarifies that HOA reserves are not expended on specific types of litigation that are not already authorized in existing law. This ensures that HOA managers can no longer exploit a loophole in current law that allows that HOA managers to use reserve funds that are intended for the maintenance and upkeep of the community for their legal defense. Further, SB 1238 ensures the legal defense line item is in the general fund and not hidden from the homeowner or board. Lastly, the bill will ensure that inspection ratings are transparent and understandable for the homeowner. HOA board and HOA manager who is responsible for insuring buildings are habitable and compliant with the state's current health and safety standards. The bill will ensure property owners can obtain necessary information from the HOA to clarify the financial health of the association, which is particularly critical information homeowners need when selling a condo or home within an HOA. 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 Aragain Aye Ashby Aye Becker Aye Blakespeare Aye Caballero Aye Cervantes Aye Tito Aye Tito Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Archuleta Aye Aragon Aye Ashby Aye Becker Aye Blakespeare Aye Cobaldon Aye Caballero Aye Cervantes Aye Choi Aye Cortese Daly Durazo Aye Gonzales Aye Grayson Aye Grove Aye Hurtado Aye Jones Laird Aye Limon McGuire Aye McNerney Aye Menjavar Aye. Aye. Nilo Ochoa-Boog. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Perez.

Secretary, please call the absent members.

Ayes 35, nos 2. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 92, SB 868. Secretary, please read.

Senator Weiner, you are recognized.

Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

Secretary, please call the absent members.

Ayes 35, noes 1, that measure passes. We will now move to file item 100, SB 903. Secretary, please read.

Senator Padilla, you are recognized.

Thank you. Seeing no for the discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

Ayes 39, noes 0. That measure passes. Senators, at this time, we will now break for lunch for exactly one hour. One hour. Please stay in the building and return to the Senate floor promptly in one hour. One hour. 60 minutes. We will resume taking a bill as soon as we return from lunch. During lunch, each caucus will meet. So after you get your lunch, please go to your individual rooms for your caucuses. and we will see you back here in one hour.

Senators, we are going to continue in Senate third reading, moving to file item 53, file item 53, SB 950. Secretary, please read.

Senator Dr. Weber Pearson, you are recognized.

Senator, seeing no mics up for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll.

Secretary, please call absent members.

Ayes 38, noes 0. The bill passes. Moving to item 95, SB 874. Secretary, please read.

Senator Dr. Weber Pearson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no mics up for discussion or debate, members, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection, hearing no objection. Ayes 38, noes 0. The bill passes. We are moving to item 125 SB 1049 Secretary please read Senate Bill 1049 by Senator Weber Pearson an act to health care coverage Senator Dr Weber Pearson you are recognized Thank you Mr President Today I will be presenting SB 1049 which will ensure providers have a fair opportunity to correct minor technical errors on claims so that payment issues don interfere with patient care

Thank you, Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate. I'll be supporting SB 1049 today because providers should be able to have a fair opportunity to correct a claim when the issue is fixable, denying reimbursement based on technical defect even after a provider promptly corrects it does not serve patients providers or the stability of the health care system i appreciate the author's goal to create a reasonable window for corrections and promote fairness in the claim process and with that i just want to kind of align it as also with businesses when businesses have been you know filed claims against what they're doing they should have an opportunity also to correct Employers and businesses should be able to have an opportunity to correct whatever it is, the defect or the, I don't know what you call it, the error that they have made made. But everybody should have an opportunity to correct. I will be gladly supporting this bill, and I urge an aye vote.

I want to thank my colleague and respectfully ask for an aye vote on SB 1049.

Allen. Aye. Avarado Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Aragane. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blackspear. Aye. Cobaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. No. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Jones. Laird. Aye. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjabar. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa Boat. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Perez. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Cillarto. No. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Strickland. Aye. Umber. Valadares. Wahab. Aye. Weber Pearson. Aye. Wiener. Aye.

Alvarado Gil. Daly. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Nilo. Alhamburg. Aye. Valadares.

Senate Bill 1067 by Senator Weber Pearson, an act relating to pupil instruction.

Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, today I am presenting SB 1067, which will require students in kindergarten through second grade to be screened for math difficulties to help identify the students who are struggling and provide them with evidence-based interventions. Currently in California, just 37% of all students are performing at grade level in math. For many students, particularly students of low-income communities and students of color, the numbers are even lower. Only 26% of low-income students, 20% of black students, and 26% of Latino students are performing at grade level in math. Despite being the epicenter for global innovation California ranks 43rd in the nation in fourth math achievement and has one of the country widest math achievement gaps between low students and their more affluent peers We know that math is cumulative. It builds upon itself. And when the students fall behind early, catching up later becomes significantly harder. SB 1067 ensures California takes a proactive approach to identifying math learning gaps early by requiring early math screeners for kindergarten first and second grade students. Beginning in 2028 and the 2029 school year, this will help identify students who are having challenges in math early and connect students with timely, evidence-based support before they fall behind. If we want to continue to strengthen California's future workforce, expand opportunity, maintain our position as a global leader in innovation and STEM, we must start by building a very strong foundation in math skills for our children early on. Colleagues, we must take action today to ensure that every child gets the support that they need to succeed in math and beyond, because every student in this state deserves that opportunity. And with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote on SB 1067.

Senate Bill 1202 by Senator Weber Pearson, an acronym to Medi-Cal.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present SB 1202.

Senate Bill 1119 by Senator Padilla, an act relating to artificial intelligence.

Thank you, Madam President. and colleagues proud to present. Chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini have become common tools for users to utilize as, quote, AI assistants. But a growing number of consumers are utilizing AI chatbot tools for companionship. Growing anecdotal and empirical evidence has illustrated the dangerous possibilities of chatbot interactions and how their design can be unsuitable for vulnerable users such as children. An investigation by Common Sense Media and Stanford University's Brainstorm Lab for Mental Health found that safeguards in place for chatbots they tested were unable to adequately prevent this technology from encouraging harmful behaviors, providing inappropriate content, and exacerbating mental health conditions, particularly with minors. There have been several high-profile cases that have shown us how these interactions can truly turn dangerous and even deadly. In one example, teenager Adam Rain ended his life after prolonged interaction with ChatGPT. What started out as a study tool ultimately became Adam's closest companion. When he turned suicidal, ChatGPT offered validation and encouraged exploration of his suicidal thoughts. This chatbot ultimately mentioned suicide 1,275 times, six times more than Adam did himself. Last year, I authored the first in the nation legislation, SB 243, an important first step to ensuring the safety of users interacting with chatbots. However, much more work remains to be done. This is why I've joined efforts with Assemblymember Wicks and Bauer-Cahan in the Assembly to introduce companion bills, this bill and AB 2023, bills that mirror one another. These bills would require an annual risk assessment, along with the establishment of measures to prevent suicidal ideation, syncophancy, and isolation, including a crisis response protocol, provide added guardrails in the form of default settings for children, parental controls, noticing requirements, time limits, and prohibitions on advertising, selling, sharing, and using children's private information, and ensuring a robust oversight and enforcement framework, including thorough public incident reporting mechanisms, third-party audits, the development of auditing standards by the Attorney General, and the inclusion of a private right of action. We must act now to ensure that proper guardrails are in place to ensure transparency, safety, and accountability and make sure we protect our children before it is too late. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Allen.

Abraudio Gil. Archuleta.

Aragon.

Ashby.

Becker.

Blakespeare.

Cobaldin.

Caballero.

Cervantes.

Choi.

Cortese.

Dally.

Durazo.

Gonzalez.

Grayson.

Grove.

Hurtado.

Jones.

Reyes.

Richardson.

Rubio.

Ciarato.

Smallwood Cuevas.

Stern.

Strickland.

Umberg.

Valadares.

Aye.

Aye.

Nilo.

Senate Bill 1138 by Senator Padilla in accordance with electricity.

Thank you, Madam President. Members, for the past four years, the California Public Utilities Commission has been working on reforms to the Resource Adequacy, or RA, program. One of these reforms we'll put in place last year requires the investor-owned utilities, CCAs, and direct access providers to procure enough energy capacity to meet each hour of the peak day in each month. This is a deviation from previous compliance requirement, which set a monthly requirement based on the peak day of that month. The purpose was to make resource adequacy procurement more accurate to better ensure grid stability and reliability. While the program appears to be on the right path for reliability purposes, it has unfortunately led to excessive and unnecessary procurement of RA resources. As a result, customers are paying for something that they don't need. Additionally, these excessive purchases are also creating artificial market scarcities, driving up prices of these energy capacity contracts. SB 1138 proposes to address this problem by allowed load-serving entities to trade their hourly obligations to prevent these overpurchases and to do so in a manner that does not threaten grid reliability. This is a common-sense solution that would have saved ratepayers approximately $180 million in 2025 and a solution that should have been adopted when the new hourly compliance program went into effect last year. This bill has no opposition and has had zero no votes. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Allen.

I'll roll to go. Archuleta.

Aragon.

Ashby.

Becker.

Aye.

Aye.

Calero.

Cervantes.

Choi.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Hurtado.

Jones.

Aye.

McGuire.

McNerney.

Menjabar.

Nilo.

Padilla.

Aye, Reyes.

Aye, Rubio.

Smallwood Cuevas.

Aye, Strickland.

Aye, Valadez.

Aye, Weber-Person.

Aye.

Alvarado Gil.

Aye.

Sayarto, Strickland, Valadares.

Senate Bill 1196 by Senator McNerney, in accordance to public utilities.

Well, Madam President and distinguished members of this body, I'm standing here today to present SB 1196, which will accelerate the utility hookups for accessory and dweller units, also known as backyard cottages. As you know, California faces the affordability crisis for housing. To help with this crisis, the legislature has passed numerous laws to streamline the use and construction of ADUs. It's worked. ADUs are the hottest sector of the housing market, but California homeowners and ADU builders are increasingly frustrated by long delays in obtaining service connections. Some have been forced up to one year or more for a utility hookup for an ADU that's already completed. Some of the investor-owned utilities also cancel ADU applications without the homeowners' consent, prompting more delays. These delays inflict undue harm on homeowners who need to rent or lease their ADUs to begin to recoup their investment. SB 1196 streamlines ADU construction by first, allowing applicants to submit a request for utility hookup at the same time they request a billing permit. And it bars utilities from canceling a service connection application without the applicant's consent. This does happen. This will prevent that. The bill also directs the CPUC to create clear timelines for utility service connections and establish penalties for values that fail to provide timely hookups. I do ask for your aye vote on this. Thank you.

Allen.

Avarado Gil.

Archuleta.

Aragin.

Ashby.

Becker.

Blake Spear.

Cobaldon.

Caballero.

Hurtado. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjabar. Aye. Nilo.

Perez, aye.

Richardson, aye.

Ciarto, no.

Stern, Strickland, no.

Valadares, Wahab, aye.

Wiener, aye.

Choy, Grove, Hurtado, Aye, Limon, Nilo, Ochoa Bog, Stern, Bolladares.

Senate Bill 1227 by Senator Durazo, an act relating to employment.

Thank you, Madam President. For years, the Department of Industrial Relations has struggled with staffing shortages that delay inspections, slow enforcement, and leave workers waiting for years for wage and retaliation claims to be resolved. Recent state auditor reports confirm these operational failures and significant staffing vacancies across the DIR programs. This bill provides a practical workforce solution by requiring DIR to partner with state employee unions to develop apprenticeship pathways into key enforcement roles. Apprenticeship is a proven merit-based model already used successfully by agencies like Cal Fire and the Department of Water Resources to train and recruit skilled workers. This bill is supported by both Labor and the Chamber of Commerce because it helps ensure DIR can recruit, train, and retain the workforce needed to effectively carry out its responsibilities. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Allen. Aye.

Archuleta. Aye.

Ashby. Aye.

Blake Spear. Aye.

Caballero. Aye.

Choi. Aye.

Daly. Aye.

Gonzalez. Aye.

Grove. Aye.

Jones. Aye.

aye Reyes aye Richardson aye Rubio aye Cierto aye Smallwood Cuevas aye Stern

Strickland?

Umbert?

Baladares?

Wahab?

Weber-Person?

Weiner?

Limon, Nilo, Ochoa Bog.

Senate Bill 1247 by Senator Padilla, an act relating to privacy.

Thank you, Madam President and members. SB 1247 gives children who were featured in social media content and had that content monetized by their families online the ability to delete content when they were a minor, allowing them to control their image and privacy. Two years ago, I introduced SB 764, which created financial protections for child influencers in line with the Coogan Act of nearly a century ago. That bill which was signed into law was a key step for adapting laws to the modern economy and SB 1247 is a continuation of that work creating privacy protections for children of vloggers who often had vulnerable moments of their lives and personal development filmed for content and monetized. This bill would give them control of their image when they turn 18, allowing child influencers to have control over their public exposure and the ability to remove content featuring them as minors. The bill has bipartisan support and zero no votes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Allen.

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. I, Gonzalez. I, Grayson. I, Grove. I, Hurtado. I, Jones. I, Laird. I, Limon. McGuire. I, McNerney. I, Menjavar. I, Nilo. Ochoa-Bogue. I, Padilla. I, Perez. I, Reyes. I, Richardson. I, Rubio. I, Ciarto. I, Smallwood Cuevas. I, Stern. I, Strickland. I, Umbert. Aye. Valadares? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weber-Pearson? Aye. Weiner? Aye. Terry Winer.

Senate Bill 1279 by Senator Gonzalez, an act relating to vehicles.

Thank you, Madam President and members. I rise to present Senate bill 1279 which authorizes the city of Long Beach to place speed safety cameras along the Pacific Coast Highway as Long Beach moved to implement its own speed safety camera pilot program they identified one critical gap Pacific Coast Highway a high injury corridor where they could not place cameras under existing law PCH makes up just 1% of Long Beach's arterial roadways it accounts for 20% of its crash fatalities this eight mile stretch runs past parks elementary schools and Long Beach City College Tragically, it has taken an average of eight lives every year for the past five years. SB 1279 would close this gap in the current speed safety system pilot program by authorizing Long Beach to place five speed cameras along this highway. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Allen. Aye. Alvarado Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespeare, aye Cobaldon, aye Caballero, aye Cervantes, aye Choi, Choi no Cortese, aye Daly, aye Durazo, aye Gonzales, aye Grayson, aye Grove, no Hurtado, aye Jones, no Laird, aye Limon, McGuire, aye McLerny, aye Menjivar, Nilo Ochoa Bogue no Padilla aye Perez aye Reyes aye Richardson aye Rubio aye Cierto no Smallwood Cuevas aye Stern aye Strickland no Umber aye Valadares aye Wahab aye Weber Pearson aye Wiener aye Secretary please call the absent members Limon Menjivar Aye. Nilo.

Senate Bill 1309 by Senator Rubio, an act relating to health care coverage.

Thank you, Madam President, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate. Today I rise to present 1309. This is an important bill. It's called the Stop Lung Cancer Early Act. This bill will save Californian lives by eliminating out-of-pocket costs for medically appropriate lung cancer screenings. Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in California. Not because it cannot be treated, but because oftentimes we fail to detect it, and when we do, it's too late. Lung cancer usually hits the poorest of families. What they do is they forego treatment because they don't want to burden their families, and oftentimes it depends on zip code, income, and background that determines whether or not you get care. This bill will ensure that no California loses their life because of a high medical bill. Thank you for your time, and I ask for an aye vote.

Allen. Aye. Abraudio. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Cobaldin. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Cortese. Aye, Daly. Aye, Durazo. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. Hurtado. Aye, Jones. Aye, Laird. Aye, Limon. McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjivar. Aye, Nilo. Ochoa Bog. Aye, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Ciarto. Aye. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Strickland. Aye. Umbert. Aye. Valadares. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Weber Pearson. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Grove, aye.

Choi. Limon. Nilo.

Senate Bill 1323 by Senator Rubio, an act relating to health care providers.

Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, I rise to present SB 1323, a patient protection and dignity measure that strengthens existing laws for individuals receiving medical care while immigration custody. At its core, SB 1323 is about ensuring humane treatment, transparency and accountability in medical settings. Reports indicate that some individuals in custody have been denied communication with their loved ones, delays in care, worsening medical conditions, and in extreme cases, preventable deaths. SB 1323 requires health care entities to inform staff and volunteers how to respond to requests from individuals in immigration custody and allow patients to notify an emergency contact of their location and dire condition. SB 1323 ensures communication is timely, consistent across facilities, and ensures that no one receiving medical care in California is cut off from their loved one simply because they're in ICE custody. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Allen. Aye. Avra Aroguil. No. Archuleta. Aye. Aragin. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Cabaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. No. Cortese. Aye. Dally. No. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjavar. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa-Bogue. No. Padilla. Aye. Perez. Aye. Reyes. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Ciarto. No. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Strickland. No. Umber. Aye. Aye. Wiener, aye. Aye. Reyes, aye.

Grove, no. Limon, Nilo.

Senate Bill 1349 by Senator Gonzales, an act relating to taxation.

Thank you, Madam President and members. I rise to present SB 1349, which directs the Legislative Analyst's Office to review five of our state's most costly tax expenditures, as we were talking about just today on the floor. California spends approximately $94 billion annually through over 100 different tax expenditures, including tax credits, deductions, sales tax exemptions, and income exclusions. Unfortunately, many of those programs, we have very little insight into whether they are actually working. We need transparency for taxpayers in California, reductions to Prop 98 or general fund determinations, assessments on how it's helping average Californians in terms of wages and economic impact. And SB 1349 will direct the LAO, the Legislative Analyst's Office, to conduct an analysis of those major expenditures that cost our state billions of dollars. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Aye. Jones. No. Laird. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye. McInerney. Aye. Menjabar. Aye. Nilo Ochoa-Bogue. No. Padilla. Aye. Perez. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Ciarto. Aye. No. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Strickland. No. Umberg. Aye. Valadares. No. Wahab. Aye Weber Pearson Aye Wiener Aye Secretary please call the absent members Grove Limon Nilo

Senate Bill 872 by Senator McNerney, an act relating to water and making an appropriation, therefore.

Distinguished colleagues, I have some great bills here for you today. First one is SB 872. Now, this is a water bill. Water is maybe the most important thing that California provides for its residents. The State Water Project delivers waters to two-thirds of California. Now, this is a rare moment of agreement between Northern California and Southern California, between the contractors and the environmentalists, between the Giants and the Dodgers. Basically, we have two main problems in California's water system. One is with the levees in the Delta, and the other is with the canals. They go down the Central Valley to feed Southern California. The levees date back to the 1800s. They no longer meet the Army Corps of Engineers standards. and a breach of those levies would put lives and $22 billion at risk. And on the subsidence on the canals, overpumping of ground waters had led to subsidence. These canals are gravity-fed. They're dropping by the year 2040. The State Water Project will only deliver about 13% of its current load right now. So if you live in Southern California, you should be worried about this. Basically, SB 872 protects California's primary water delivery system. It creates Delta Leve Safety and Canal Subsistence Fund to direct money towards these essential repairs. I ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President. I rise in strong support of SB 872. Whenever I see my friend, the senator, I've been telling him, please send the water to Southern California. And finally, his bill will help that. As a Southern California legislator, I understand how important water is to our state and especially the Southern region. Millions of Californians rely on the state water project every day, and substance is a real issue affecting water delivery to Southern California. This bill takes steps to address infrastructure reliability and protect our long-term water supply. In Orange County and throughout Southern California, families, businesses, and the local economies depend on a stable water system. SB 872 helps enhance the we ensure we are planning responsibly for the future of this critical resource. I respectfully ask for aye vote.

Thank you, Madam President. Just as the one member of this body that lives behind a Delta levy I want to salute the author for his work on this And also just to point out the author leadership on the on the full state range of issues The bill doesn't provide for sending any more water from the Delta to Southern California, but it does make sure that the water that we are sending actually gets there despite the effects of gravity and subside and surge and I vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President. I rise in support and strong support of this bill. As many of you have known, I've worked on subsidence issues in the Central Valley, and obviously subsidence issues is something that we have to deal with. And if we don't, that's really a really major, major concern for the state of California and for the West as a whole. So I encourage an aye vote on this measure. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President. I, too, rise in support of SB 872. But I realize that we're addressing this issue so that the Southern California can get some of the water issues that they are limited from. And I get that completely, and we need a conveyance system to do that. But the bottom line is, is the Central Valley floor sinking? You had mentioned the sidings in your talking points and in your presentation of this bill. The valley has sunk over 28 feet. That's because we have been accessing groundwater because we don't get surface water that we pay for, the farmers pay for. We don't get that surface water. So we use groundwater. This body passed Sigma, which has not been working very well. And just one last point, even though I support the bill, we're building the high-speed rail on a sinking valley floor. So let's just keep that in mind. Thank you.

I want to thank my colleagues for their comments. This is certainly an important issue for the state, And for those front-handed and back-handed compliments, I will ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Senate Bill 881 by Senator McNerney, an act relating to taxation and making an appropriation, therefore.

Well, I thank the president and my distinguished colleagues. This is the second of the great bills I said I was going to deliver to you this session, but actually I have some more after this. SB 881 extends the farms to food bank tax credit through 2032. Basically, our farmers can overproduce, and then they can get credit when they give this to food banks that are feeding the hungry of our state. SB 881 is sponsored by the California Association of Food Banks, and California is against waste. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Senate Bill 884 by Senator Umberg, an act relating to elections and declaring the urge to thereof to take effect immediately.

Senator Umberg, you are recognized.

approval if voting is disruptive. It also makes changes to existing vote-by-mail law by allowing ballots postmarked on or before election day to be counted if they arrive up to 10 days after election day. I urge and I vote. Thank you. Senator Choi, you are recognized.

Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Umberg, would you like to close?

Thank you. Secretary, please call the roll.

Ayes 29. Noes 9. That measure passes. On the urgency. Ayes 29. Noes 9. on the bill that measure passes. Senators, we are doing an amazing job of getting through these bills. It has been brought to my attention, though, that at times our side conversations on the floor have been pretty loud, so if you need to have any conversations, can you please take it to the back of the gallery? We will now move to file item 246, SB 991. Secretary, please read.

Senator Medjavar, you are...

Senator Medjavar, you are recognized on your support support bill.

Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senators, this is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing an objection, Secretary, please call the roll.

Secretary, please call the absent members.

Ayes 37, noes 0. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 256, SB 1024. Secretary, please read.

Senator Medjavar, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator Grove, you are recognized.

I Gonzalez. I Grayson. I Grove. I Hurtado. I Jones. I Laird. I Limon. McGuire. I McNerney. I Menjabar. I Nilo. I Padilla. Perez. I Reyes. I Richardson. I Rubio. I Cierto. Aye. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? Aye. Umbert? Aye. Valadez? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Weiner? Aye.

Limon, Nilo, Padilla? Aye.

Senate Bill 1149 by Senator Durazo, an act relating to employment.

Thank you, Madam President. Current law provides up to five days of bereavement leave for a limited list of close family members, but family is broader than biology or legal status. It should include chosen family. SB 1149 expands bereavement leave to include a designated person, recognizing the reality of how families are formed across our state. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Senate Bill 1271 by Senator Reyes and Aquilaine to Healing Arts.

Thank you, Madam President. I rise to present SB 1271. This bill will require the Medical Board of California to collect data on the capacity of licensed midwives to serve as preceptors and train incoming students This data would be shared with the Department of Health Care access and Information and reported to the legislature to strengthen our data collection on the midwifery workforce Preceptors provide the hands-on clinical training students need to become licensed midwives, yet there is a major shortage of available preceptors and limited ways for students to connect with them. As a result, many students are forced to seek training opportunities out of state. SB 1271 improves data collection on preceptor availability, capacity, practice settings, and barriers to training future midwives so California can better support and grow this workforce. This bill has received bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Senate Joint Resolution 13 by Senator Padilla relative to transboundary water pollution.

Thank you very much, Madam President. SGR 13 urges the United States to secure enforceable, measurable commitments to eliminate transboundary sewage pollution at the 2026 U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, USMCA, Joint Review, respectfully, Asper and Ivo. Thank you.

Allen. Aye. Alvarado Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Blakespear. Aye. Cabal de. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Aye. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Durazo. Aye. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Blaird. Aye. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Aye. Najavar. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa Bogb. Padilla. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Reyes Aye, Richardson Aye, Rubio Aye, Cioto Smallwood Cuevas Aye, Stern Aye, Strickland Humber Aye, Voloders Aye, Wahab Aye, Weber Pearson Aye, Wiener Aye

Becker Aye Daly Aye Grove Aye Jones, aye. Limon, Nilo, Ochoa Pog, aye. Perez, aye. Cillarto, aye. Strickland, aye.

Senate Bill 1306 by Senator Cortese, an act relating to control substances.

Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, SB 1306 aligns California law with existing federal exemptions for certain chemical mixtures containing gamma-butrolactone, also known as GBL, and these are essential to semiconductor manufacturing and research. To be clear nothing in this bill would change the requirements for purchase storage or use of pure GBL I respectfully ask for your aye vote Thank you Seeing no further discussion or debate secretary please call the roll Allen Aye

Ayes 32, nos 2. That measure passes. We are now moving to file item 57, SB 1381. Secretary, please read.

Senator Cervantes, you are recognized on your support support bill.

Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate. Senators, this is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection. Ayes 39, nos 0. The measure passes. We will now move to file item 79, SB 1375. Secretary, please read.

Senator Cortese, you are recognized on your support support bill.

Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate. Senators, this is also eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection. Ayes 39, no 0. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 144, SB 1108. Secretary, please read.

Senator Caballero, you are recognized.

Santanella has the Anderson Pea Soup restaurant there, and right next to it is the largest wetlands left west of the Mississippi. It is a hidden treasure. This would create an ecological area there. Respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate,

Aye.

aye, I think Yelmer, I need another question. Aye, Sear. Aye.

Nilo.

That measure passes. We will now move to file item 155 SB 1156.

Senator Caballero, you are recognized on your support support bill.

Seeing no further discussion or debate, this is eligible for unanimous roll call. Seeing no objection, ayes 38, no 0. The measure passes. We will now move to file item 167, SB 1194.

Senator Caballero, you are recognized.

Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

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McGuire.

McNerney.

Menjavar.

Nilo.

Padilla.

Perez.

Reyes.

Richardson.

Rubio.

Ciarto.

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Strickland.

No.

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Aye.

Secretary, please call the absent members.

Ayes 29, Nos 9. The measure passes. We are now at file item 193, SB 1328.

Senator Cervantes, you are recognized.

Seeing no further discussion or debate,

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Aye, Grove.

Aye, Jones.

Aye, Limon.

Aye, McNerney.

Aye, Nilo.

Secretary, please call the absent members.

Ayes 29, noes 7. That measure passes. We will now move to file item 206, SB 1379.

Senator Cervantes, you are recognized.

Arto, you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. I rise in opposition to SB 1379. SB 1379 substitutes Sacramento's judgment for the Riverside for that of Riverside County, which has already studied and rejected this exact proposal. Existing law gives counties the flexibility to structure their own governance, yet this bill imposes a costly one-size-fits-all mandate on a single jurisdiction. Local officials, not the legislature, are best positioned to make these decisions and this bill undermines that principle. Furthermore, one of the amendments that were taken specifies that Riverside County is somehow the only jurisdiction that is having this difficulty. Actually, you can Google it right now if you'd like. When you mention in deaths what it brings up is San Diego and Los Angeles So my question for the author if she will take the question Will the author take a question or will you address it in your close

Thank you. The question for the author would be, why are you not including L.A. and San Diego in this? And the answer that I think I know is because there's a little bit more to it that people that are in Riverside County understand than just this issue of in-custody deaths. Riverside County's in-custody deaths have come down since 2022 when they had a spike due to fentanyl and COVID cases. They are back to normal, and this legislation is not needed. And furthermore, the sheriff, who is actually really the target of most of this legislation, is not the coroner. The sheriff simply runs a department, and the coroner is one part of that department. That's the person who determines the manner of deaths and custody of deaths. I've read through these, and they are not abnormal at all. They are completely normal. And it is sad that we have in custody deaths, but they are certainly not abnormal. And so I would ask that you carefully consider this, because if this is what we're going to do with Riverside County, then we should start doing it with all the counties, and I don't think we should start doing it with all the counties. This is a county matter. It should stay there. I urge a no vote.

Yes, thank you, Madam President. Riverside County has become a uniquely urgent case due to its high number of in-custody deaths, public controversy, and concerns about conflicts under the sheriff-coroner model. I think it's also fair to characterize what's happening in Riverside County as a county sheriff using every tool at his disposal, political or otherwise, to escape accountability for what has happened under his watch, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Allen.

Avrata Gil.

Archuleta.

Aragon.

Ashby.

Becker.

Blake Spear.

Cobaldon.

Caballero.

Cervantes.

Choi.

Cortese.

Dali.

Aye.

Richardson?

Rubio?

Ciarto?

Smallwood Cuevas?

Stirling?

Umber?

Valadez?

Wahab?

Weber Pearson?

Wiener?

Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 891 by Senator Cervantes, an acronym to state government.

Thank you, Madam President. SB 891 is a bill to help provide a coordinated state response to the number of missing and murdered Indigenous people. California ranks fifth in the number of cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people in order to bolster our state's response to the MMIP crisis. This bill will establish a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Persons within the Department of Justice. I do want to thank our tribal communities for their support, including the Yurok tribe. I respectfully ask for an aye

I want to thank our sponsor, the California Forest and Watershed Alliance, for their leadership on this critical issue. We all know firsthand how devastating wildfire smoke is to our communities. Ventura County today is seeing that right now with the smoke blanketing neighborhoods from the fire burning in Simi Valley. But we need to have empirical data and prove exactly how much this pollution is damaging our health and the health impacts by communities that are impacted by wildfires. It's a health care system that we need to address. Without these hard numbers, we cannot truly manage what we refuse to measure. The bill requires Wildfire and Forest Resiliency Task Force to assess the health cost and impacts of wildfire smoke in their action plan. SB 899 has received no no votes, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Madam President. I'd like to thank our colleague, the Senator from Bakersfield, for authoring this very important bill and for her leadership on wildfire and forest health issues. California wildfire crisis isn't just about burning acres. It's about the hidden public health crisis from the smoke that blankets our state from weeks at a time. In Senate District 4, communities like Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador, and El Dorado County live with this reality every fire season. Our families in the Sierra Foothills have breathed that smoke for days and weeks on end, driving up respiratory emergencies, asthma attacks, and worse, especially amongst our children, seniors, and outdoor workers. Senate Bill 899 requires the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessments and the Department of Public Health to study the real health impacts and costs of wildfire smoke since 2018, emergency room visits, deaths, and health care dollars spent and quantify the benefits that we'll gain if we actually meet our forest resiliency goals. This data will finally help us make smarter decisions on prevention, forest management, and public health protection. As a co-author, I strongly support this measure. Thank you.

Thank you. Madam President, I thank my colleague from Jackson for making the comments on it. Her district has had severe wildfires and the health impacts that affect those constituents up there as well. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 934 by Senator Weiner in accordance with civil actions.

by allowing them to seek restitution through malpractice claims for an extended period of time. I want to be very clear. Conversion therapy is quackery, and it is psychological torture. It derives from the completely made-up idea that you can change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity. People are who they are, and mental health professionals should not torture people to change who they are. All major medical associations agree that sexual orientation and gender identity cannot be changed via conversion therapy. It is fraudulent and it harms patients. Research shows that conversion therapy does not change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, but it is associated with serious harm, including increased likelihood of depression, suicidality, lower educational attainment, and economic insecurity. In 2020, excuse me, in 2012, California became the first state in the nation to ban licensed mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy. This ban has been essential. It has saved lives, and numerous other states followed California's lead. Unfortunately, last month, the United States Supreme Court put California's ban in serious legal jeopardy by directing lower courts to subject a Colorado ban on conversion therapy to strict constitutional scrutiny, ruling that psychological torture by a mental health professional is somehow covered by the First Amendment. It was an unbelievably cruel decision, but we also need to be clear that that decision does not have any impact on malpractice claims as made clear by the court's majority opinion. So this bill will ensure that victims of conversion therapy have the time and the space to be able to bring claims by extending the statute of limitations and ensuring a rational application of the causation element of a malpractice claim. I respectfully ask for an aye vote in the name of all of the survivors of conversion therapy. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

That measure passes. We will now move to file item 238, SB 947. Secretary, please read.

Senator McNerney, you are recognized.

Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

Secretary, please call the absent members.

The measure passes. We will now move to file item 243 SB 964. Secretary please read.

Senator Smallwood-Cueviz, you are recognized.

Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

passes. We will now move to file Item 249 SB 1003. Secretary,

Senator Grayson, you are recognized.

Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

Secretary, please call the absent members.

That measure passes. We will now move to file item 250, SB 1004. Secretary, please read.

Senator Weiner, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator Sayarto. You are recognized.

Thank you. Senator Araguin you are recognized. Thank you Madam President. I

Thank you, Madam President. I rise in opposition to this bill.

Thank you, Senator Perez. You are recognized.

Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Weiner, would you like to close?

Secretary, please call the roll.

Secretary, please call the absent members.

We will now move to file item 276, SB 1180. Secretary, please read.

Senator Allen, you are recognized.

Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

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Aye.

Aye.

Aye. Caballero. Cervantes. Choy. Cervantes. Aye. Choy. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Durazo. Aye. Gonzales. Aye. Keyston. Aye.

Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Lemon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjavar. Aye. Nilo.

Aye. Aye. Perez. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. C.R. To small with what was I start I strickland no umber I volunteers I will have I Weber Pearson I Wiener I secretary please call the

That measure passes. We will now move to file item 277, SB 1185.

Senator Cortese, you are recognized.

Thank you. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

Aye.

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No, Hurtado. Aye, Jones.

Aye, Limón.

Aye, McNerney.

Aye, Nilo.

No, Padilla.

Reyes.

Aye, Rubio.

No, Smallwood Cuevas. Aye Stern Strickland No Umberg Aye Valadares Wahab Aye Weber Pearson Aye Weiner Aye

Abrago Gil? No. Daly? Jones? Limon? Nilo? Perez? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Stern? Valadares? No.

Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1209 by Senator Allen, an act relating to insurance.

Madam President and members, the Insurance Commissioner occasionally conducts examinations of insurers to evaluate their market practices to verify that insurers operate fairly and in compliance with state law. These examinations may identify operational deficiencies and include findings and recommendations designed to protect consumers and improve company practices. Now, while most insurers voluntarily comply with actions proposed in the report, there is not a clear mechanism to require remediation of violations. This bill would allow the insurance commissioner to assess a fine on an insurer for failing to address corrective actions proposed in an examination. Recent amendments have removed opposition, and I respect your eyes from my vote.

Allen.

Alvarado Gil. Archuleta.

Aragon.

Ashby.

Becker.

Blasefear.

Cabaldon.

Caballero.

Cervantes.

Choi.

Cortese.

Dally.

Durazo.

Gonzalez.

Grayson.

Grove.

Voladares?

Wahab?

Weber-Person?

Weiner?

Secretary, please call the absent members. Avrago?

Limon? Nilo? Ochoa Bo?

Ayes 29, noes 8. That measure passes. We are now at file 288, SB 1250.

Senator Cortese, you are recognized.

call the roll Allen I of Roto Gil I or Chalera I are again I Ashby I Becker I Blake Spear I Cabalden I Caballero I Cervantes I Choi I Cortese I tell you I Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjabar. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa Bog. Aye. Padilla.

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Wahab, aye.

Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1392 by Senator Cortese, an act relating to air pollution.

Madam President, SB 1392 creates a limited optional phased-in smog check exemption pathway for qualifying collector vehicles built between 1976 and 1985. The phased-in begins with vehicles manufactured before the 1981 model year and adds one model per year each year until vehicles manufactured before the 1986 model year eligible in 2032. The bill does not create a broad rule in exemption, does not change the existing pre-1976 exemption. With that, I thank you and would respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Just briefly, Madam President, I support this Bill SB 1392. It is my colleague and I's second attempt to get what quote-unquote Leno's law passed so that we can have these rolling pieces of history still be in the state of California and respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Allen.

Alvaro de Gil.

Archuleta.

Aragon.

Ashby.

Becker.

Blakespeare.

Cabaldon.

Caballero.

Cervantes.

Choi.

Cortese.

Dally.

Durazo.

Reyes

Aye, Rubio

Aye, Smallwood Cuevas

Strickland

Aye, Valadares

Weber Pearson Wiener

Secretary, please call the absent members Limon Nilo Hurtado, I don't know. Cabaldon, I don't know. Allen, I don't know.

Ayes 29, noes 6. The measure passes. We are now going to move to file item 306, SB 1425.

Senator Cortese, you are recognized.

Thank you. Senator Strickland, you are recognized.

Senator Cortese you are recognized thank you Madam President point of order I just ask

I would, Madam President, I would say what I'm talking about is germane because the permits have everything to do with the building of the actual high-speed rail. So my comments are germane to this discussion. And I would actually challenge the ruling of the chair.

Madam President, again, you can't talk about the permits for the rail and not talk about the overall issue of the $231 billion that we're spending of the people's money. It is pertinent. It is germane. If that's your ruling, I'm going to appeal the ruling of the chair.

In the context of asking for extra permits down the corridor during that time, That means also that you're working to take the TIF local government funding from those local jurisdictions. You're asking for CEQA exemption that I know this legislature has not approved complete. You're also asking for utilities for the High Speed Rail Authority to be able to override any IOU to move forward. there's many of these provisions that are part of this plan that this legislature exactly has done the opposite and that's why this plan was noted unrealistic by non-partisan folks who were testifying on this exact plan this plan has actually gone up to 231 billion dollars and the non-partisan lao said that doesn't even account for borrowing and as we all know when you borrow you actually have to pay more and I would remind everybody in this body this original plan was 33 billion dollars from San Francisco to Los Angeles now it's at 231 billion almost one project almost the cost an entire state budget and I would say there's shovel ready projects across the state of California they'd be better for the people of California than this one plan and it again this is not the high-speed rail it's a high-speed fail the bottom line is this is supposed to be done in 2020. We're nowhere near again moving forward. It's a plan that's unrealistic. It's not even high speed because now it goes from two tracks to one track and it's become a three-card Monty. Members, my dad always taught me when you dig a hole for yourself, the best way to get out of that hole is to stop digging. It is now up to us members to understand where we are on this bill and where we are on this overall project and we could do much better for the people of California This is the most fiscally disastrous public project in world history And for those reasons, I ask for your no vote.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much, Madam President. I rise in support in this bill and I want to thank the author for his persistent leadership in doing what we should be doing as a state government, which is making it possible to deliver projects that are critical for the future of our state. I just want to say just big picture. Right now, to travel from the Bay Area to Los Angeles takes twice as long by train as it does by car. That is embarrassing, and it should not be that way. And we should have a true statewide rail system in California. It's that simple. California should have a true statewide rail system. All over the world, not just in wealthy countries, but all over the world, you go to places that have rail systems where people can get around. We should have that in California, and that's what this is about. Has it taken too long? Yes, it has. And this bill is designed to make it go faster, because permitting has been part of the problem, and I commend the author for addressing that. But I also just want to say that sometimes people who oppose the project create a self-fulfilling prophecy because we see that a certain political party, unfortunately, which used to be, I believe Republicans used to support things like trains, apparently not anymore. And so we have seen obstruction after obstruction after obstruction, and that has helped delay this project. So I hope we can all just take a breath and say, let's have a real statewide rail system in California, and let's get it done, and let's make it easier. And that's what this bill will do. I ask for an aye vote.

Senator Grove, you are recognized.

You will get the leeway.

Seeing no further discussion or debate, Senator Cortese, would you like to close?

Secretary, please call the roll.

Aye.

No.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye, Becker. Aye, Blake Spier. Aye, Cabaldon. Aye, Caballero. Aye, Cervantes. Aye, Choi. No, Cortese. Aye, Dally. Durazo. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. No, Hurtado. Jones. No, Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjabar. Nilo. Ochoa Boak. No, Padilla. Aye. Perez. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Cillarto. No.

Aye.

Aye.

No.

Aye.

No.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Dali?

Ayes 28, noes 8.

Thank you, Madam President and Senators. SB 1145 is a district bill that will support the implementation of a long transit development on the site of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station with housing job facilities open space and environmental improvements SB 1145 will facilitate implementation of the area plan by leveraging the federal base closure and realignment disposition process, along with extensive CEQA and NEPA review already completed for the Concord Naval Web Station for qualifying projects that fall within the preliminary or primary development parameters already analyzed in those documents. These projects maintain 25% affordable housing and project labor agreements, among other things. It does not exempt qualifying CNWS projects from review oversight. It simply leverages review and oversight already completed. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Senate Bill 1069 by Senator Grayson, an act relating to air pollution.

Thank you, Madam President. SB 1069 will ensure the vehicles in California continue to use the cleanest aftermarket products available by providing manufacturers certainty and timelines for the necessary approvals from state regulators. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Senate Bill 1208 by Senator Grayson, in accordance with crimes.

Thank you, Madam President. SB 1208 will empower our law enforcement agencies to seize and return crypto assets to victims of scams and fraud throughout California. I'm proud to be working with Attorney General Rob Bonta on this bill and have earned support from law enforcement agencies across the state. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Senate Bill 1193 by Senator Wahab and equinates local government.

Thank you. SB 1193 is about one thing, public accountability for public dollars. Alameda County is one of the largest and highest resource counties in California, yet it has a record that shows a troubling pattern of oversight failures, delayed reforms, and broken public trust. Over 10 years, there have been 10 civil grand jury annual reports, 30-plus county-related grand jury chapters, one major state auditor report, one major DOJ investigation, four or more major court cases or lawsuits, and multiple major media or internal investigations tied to Alameda County's governance, spending, services, or accountability. This is not a one-time issue. This is a pattern. When public funds are distributed without clear rules, public votes, online reporting, whistleblower protections, or conflict of interest safeguards, it creates a room for favoritism, political influence, and misuse of taxpayer dollars. SB 1193 protects basic good government guardrails. It requires discretionary funds to serve a clear public purpose. It requires a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors before funds are awarded. It requires online public reporting so residents can see where the money is going. It also ensures whistleblower information is available so people can report concerns without fear. Let me be clear, this bill does not cut non-profit funding. It does not stop community organizations from receiving support. It protects them by creating a fair, transparent process where funding decisions are based on public need. Alameda County residents deserve better than hidden spending, delayed accountability, and repeated warnings with no meaningful reform. SB 1193 is a simple standard, public money, public process, public trust. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Allen.

Alvarado Gil.

Archuleta.

Ida Gain.

Ashby.

Becker.

Blakespeare.

Cobaldon. Caballero.

Cervantes.

Choy.

Cortese.

Daly.

Durazo.

Gonzales. Grayson.

Grove.

Hurtado.

Jones. Laird.

Limon. McGuire.

Padilla.

Perez.

Reyes.

Richardson.

Rubio.

Cierto.

Smallwood Cuevas.

Stern.

Strickland.

Umber.

Valadares.

Wahab.

Weber Pearson.

Wiener.

Ayes 36, no zero. That measure passes. Senators, we are now going to move up in the file to file item 235, SB 931. Secretary, please read.

Senator Laird, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam President. I respectfully rise in opposition to SB 931. And let me be very clear, I do support Diablo Canyon. California needs Diablo Canyon. In fact, as our energy demands continue to grow with electrification, with AI and manufacturing and data infrastructure, I believe that California will likely need to extend its life beyond the current timelines. But this bill highlights a much larger problem with California's energy policy. For years, Sacramento insisted that Diablo Canyon was going to close. Communities prepared for closure, workers prepared for closure, funding structures were built around that closure, entire policies were designed around closure. And then reality hit. The replacement infrastructure was not ready. The grid was not ready. And California finally acknowledged that reliable baseload power still matters. Now ratepayers are being asked to continue paying for the consequence of years of unrealistic planning. Members, this is exactly what many of us have warned about. California continues setting aggressive energy timelines first and figuring out the consequences later. And families end up paying for both the transition and the backup plan when the transition doesn't go according to plan. I support reliability. I support affordability. I support honest, long-term planning. And while I absolutely support keeping Diablo Canyon online, I cannot continue supporting Sacramento's pattern of reactive policymaking that shifts more and more cost onto Californians after prior assumptions fail and fall apart. I respectfully urge a no vote. Thank you.

Thank you. Let me just briefly respond to the comment that was just made, because two issues were conflated. The closure of Diablo Canyon and the fact that for 40 years, unrelated to the end and the closure, mitigation fees were paid to local government. This is a longstanding practice. It is not just because of the closure. And it's a matter of justice. There's one particular school district that will go over the cliff if this bill doesn't pass. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Allen. Alvarado Gil.

Archuleta.

Aragin.

Ashby.

Becker.

Blakespeare.

Cobaldin.

Caballero.

Cervantes.

Choi.

Cortese.

Daly.

Durazo.

Gonzalez.

Grayson.

Grove? Hurtado?

Jones?

Ciarto?

Smallwood Cuevas?

Stern? Strickland?

Umber?

Valadeiros?

Wahab?

Weber Pearson?

Wiener?

Grove?

Secretary, please call the absent members.

Limon?

No. No, Nilo, Rubio, Stern.

Senate Bill 943 by Senator Becker, in accordance with public utilities.

Thank you, Madam President. This bill makes two small reforms to lower the cost of electricity at off-peak times. it's really about how do we get all these industrial plant manufacturing onto the grid it's what we talk about beneficial load it's the same thing we talk about data centers if we do it the right way they can be beneficial load so at off peak times we have so much electricity that wholesale prices are sometimes negative but retail rates even during those hours the retail rates are much more expensive So if we can give factories a price that is even close to the wholesale price, we can make it cheaper for them to use electricity than natural gas. The PUC is working on this, but there's two problems. Number one, transmission rates, and two, all the surcharges added on to the actual cost of electricity. And this gives the PUC the direction and the authority to solve those two problems. so we can reduce air pollution, reduce greenhouse gases, keep these firms in all the jobs they provide in California, and all that extra electricity demand can actually lower rates, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President, just to be a little obstinate, and I apologize, but if you guys would approve the geotest project, you could get 1,000 hours of battery storage and $0.06 a kilowatt energy, which is less than $0.41 that you pay now, and you could get about 1,600 gigawatts, or megawatts, sorry, every single month. But you refuse to do it because it's brand-new technology. It has those evil oil fields, quote, that are depleted oil wells that create synthetic geothermal that will be dispatched instantly to the grid.

Senator Becker?

Senator Groh can you please comment on the bill that we are currently voting on Just saying the germaneness we wouldn have to do that bill if we had cheap reliable energy And the CPUC has estimated that this bill will increase cost to ratepayers The point is that we wouldn't have to increase cost to ratepayers if we would just provide electricity available that's out there just waiting to be approved. Thank you.

This bill will actually bring down rates if we get this load on the grid at times of the day when we have massive excess capacity. So that's really a point of this bill, not a project which may or may not be valuable in its own right. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Secretary please call the roll.

McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjabar. Aye, Nilo. Ochoa Bog. Aye, Padilla. Aye, Perez. Aye, Reyes. Aye, Richardson. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Cioto. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye, Stern. Aye, Strickland. Umber? Aye. Valadares? Wahab? Aye. Weber-Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye.

Joy? Limon? Nilo? Cillarto? Valadares?

Senate Bill 994 by Senator Cabaldon, an act relating to local government.

Thank you, Madam President. Could not agree with you more. SB 984 merely states that you cannot enter into a nondisclosure agreement as a city manager, for example, or a mayor or a council member, if that agreement says you're not allowed to tell anyone else in the city council what you've learned. In my district, we've had this issue come forward where folks, council members have said, I'd love to tell you the truth about what's really happening, but I'm not allowed to because of a nondisclosure agreement. This bill does not in any way change the scope of nondisclosure agreements. What's allowed simply says the democratically elected government of a city or county is the one that is entitled to the information, and no individual can sign away that right to an NDA. Urge an aye vote. Thank you.

Senate Bill 1012 by Senator Smallwood Cuevas, an act relating to corrections.

Thank you very much, Madam President, and thank you, colleagues. I'm proud to present SB 1012, the Fire Camp to Career Act, which creates a real pathway to stable, skilled careers for formerly incarcerated hand crew members who serve in California's conservation camps. For too long, California has relied on these individuals during our most dangerous emergencies. They fight wildfires, clear hazardous vegetation, take on dangerous cleanup, and work in real conditions. And yet, when they come home, that training too often does not count towards a stable career. California has made investments in rehabilitation and reentry, but too many people are still leaving this program without a real bridge to opportunities that they have earned. If we are willing to rely on this workforce in a moment of crisis, we should be willing to create a quality pathway to stability when service is over. That is what SB 1012 does. It requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to connect fire camp completers to state-approved apprenticeships, ensures prior fire camp training is recognized as participants do not start from square one, and it formally counts fire camp service toward apprenticeship eligibility. If someone is good enough to stand in front of the lines for us in California, they deserve a real chance at a union career. SB 1012 is about fairness and recognizing service with real opportunity, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Allen. Aye. aye, Arbolto Gil, aye, Archuleta, aye, Aragon, Ashby, aye, Becker, aye, Blakespear, aye, Cobaldon, aye, Caballero, aye, Cervantes, aye, Choi, aye, Cortese, aye, Dally, aye, Durazo, Gonzalez, aye, Grayson, aye, Grove, aye, Hurtado, aye, Jones, aye, Laird, aye, Limon, McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjabar. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa Bog. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Perez. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Aye. Richardson? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Cillarto? Aye. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? Aye. Umber? Aye. Valadares? Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye.

I present to you Senate Bill 1420, which will improve California's voting procedures and voter awareness on the various ways they can cast their ballots. With that, I ask for your aye vote on SB 1420 and break the record of the fastest presented bill of the day.

Allen Aye Avrata Gil Aye Archuleta Aye Aragon Ashby Aye Becker Aye Aye Blake Spear Aye Cabaldon 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. Aye. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjabar. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa Bogg. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Pérez. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Cioto. Aye. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Strickland. Aye. Umberg. Aye. Aye. Wahab? Aye. Weber-Pearson? Aye. Aye. Weiner? Aye.

Allen? Aye. Limon? Aye. Nilo? Rubio? Aye. Aye. Stern? Aye. Aye.

Aragon? Aye. Durazo? Aye. Limon? Aye.

Arrigin? Aye. Durazo? Aye. Limon? Aye. Milo? Aye.

Thank you, Madam President. I am moving for reconsideration of file item 300, SB 1392.

Allen. Alvarado Gil. Aye. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Aye. Blakespeare. Aye. Cabaldon. Caballero. Aye. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Aye. Choi. Aye. Cortese. Blake Spear, aye to know. Cortese, aye. Daly, aye. Durazo, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grayson, aye. Grove, Hurtado, aye. Jones, Laird, Aye, Limon, Aye, McGuire, Aye, McNerney, Aye, Menjivar, No, Nilo, Ochoa Pog, Aye, Padilla, No, Perez, Reyes, Aye, Richardson, Aye, Rubio, Aye, Ciarto? Aye. Small Urquivas? Aye. Stern? No. Strickland? Aye. Umbert? Aye. Valadares? Aye. Wahab? Weber Pearson? Grove, aye. Jones, aye. Wiener? No.

Allen, Cabaldon, Nilo, Perez, Wahab, Weber-Person.

Thank you, Madam President. Today I rise to adjourn the memory of Elizabeth Marie Sarkeesian, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, godmother, and cherished member of the Montebello community. She was known for her unwavering faith, deep love for her family, and her generosity and her spirit. Born in Stuttgart, Germany on March 21, 1944, Elizabeth was raised in East Los Angeles before making Montebello her lifelong home. Elizabeth lived a life grounded in faith, family, and service. She was devoted parishioner of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Armenian Catholic Church, where she faithfully attended Mass, served in the Ladies Guild, and volunteered with the Armenian Masrobian School Support Group in Pico Rivera. Her kindness, compassion, and generosity touched everyone who knew her. Her faith was not only something she believed in, but something she lived out daily through her actions, her words, and the way she carried herself with others. She dedicated more than 40 years of service as an executive secretary at the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau and also worked alongside her husband and her sons in the family business, Nassau Services, in Montebello. And through her leadership and involvement in the family business, it expanded and grew to one of the most professional companies in the industry, not only in the region. No matter her role, Elizabeth carried herself with strength, humanity, and unmatched work ethic. Above all, Elizabeth was devoted to her family. She created a home filled with faith, warmth, tradition, unconditional love. She will be remembered for her wisdom, humor, resilience, and the way she made everyone feel so very welcome, valued, and cared for. Her legacy will live on through her family, her faith, and the council's lives she touched. she will be deeply missed forever in the Armenian community at her mass it was over 500 people at her funeral almost a thousand people from across Montebello Pasadena, Glendale Pico Rivera everyone showed up and they were so proud of what she's given to us here in California but to the Armenian community so I ask that we adjourn in memory of Elizabeth Marie Sarkeesian thank you Madam President

Members, I ask that we adjourn today in memory of Sheriff Deputy Detective Randy Hoppert Jr., a devoted husband, father, veteran, and dedicated member of the Tulare County Sheriff's Office. On April 9th, Deputy Hoppert bravely responded to a call for backup while his sheriff colleague served an eviction notice in Porterville. Tragically, the eviction took a horrible turn and Deputy Hoppert was shot and killed in the gunfire. Detective Hoppert was born on February 11, 1991 in Visalia, California to Stacy Schwab and Randy Hoppert Sr. He was raised into Larry County, attended local schools and graduated from El Diamante High School in 2009. And according to reports, he was often referred to as Little Randy or Ran for short. But following high school, Deputy Detective Hopper answered the call to serve his country by joining the United States Navy in 2010. He proudly served until 2015 as a hospital horseman. He was and was attached to a Marine Force unit, providing medical care and support to fellow service members. After completing his military service, Detective Hopper returned home to Tulare County with a continued desire to serve his community. He attended the Tulare Kings Police Academy in 2019 and joined the Tulare County Sheriff's in 2020 as a deputy assigned to the patrol division at the Orozi substation. deputy hopper's commitment professionalism and leadership quickly became evident throughout his career he was promoted to deputy two in 2021 while serving at the pixley substation and in 2022 he was assigned to the tag net the to larry area gang and narcotics enforcement team unit as a detective And in 2025, he joined the Sheriff's Office CATCH, the county apprehension team tracking criminals and hiding unit. In addition to his investigative work, Deputy Detective Hoppert also served in the Sheriff's SWAT team as a SWAT medic, combining his law enforcement experience with the medical training and skills he gained during his military service. Those who knew Deputy Hopper remembered him fondly for his playful, lighthearted personality, especially valuable in the high-stress world of law enforcement. Lieutenant Kenny Jones of Tulare County Sheriff's Office said at his service, Randy had a way of making people laugh all the time. And his way of work, that's not a small thing. It's a gift. A gift of levity, a velvet touch, and some of the most harrowing moments for our brave first responders. His playful nature was front and center through the practical jokes amongst his fellow officers and family members. Whether it was playful teasing dropping a funny look during briefings or trying to unsuccessfully domesticate and adopt a possum as the official street crimes unit mascot Detective Hoppert led with joy a joy that he shared with the people who knew him best including his sons Austin and Everett Hoppert. They would play fight together in coordinated fashion, often with Mortal Kombat theme music playing in the background. these stories highlight how his humor mischievous at times but harmless helped build camaraderie in a tough job and helped connect with his two boys recent tributes also note that he balances with deep professionalism and care for his team and family above all else detective hopper was a family man with a lighthearted spirit and a personality that could uplift every room he was in, whether he was with his colleagues, friends, or family. Behind the badge was someone who genuinely enjoyed life and cherished the people closest to him. He is survived by his wife, Ashley, whom he married in 2019 and who is expecting their child this fall. His sons Austin and Everett of L'Amour, his mother Stacy Schwab of Visalia, and his father Randy Hoppert Sr. of Visalia. Those who knew him best say his greatest joy was simply being a husband, father, and provider for his family. Detective Hoppert lives behind more than a record of service. He leaves behind memories of laughter, kindness, and easygoing nature that made people feel comfortable around him. He served his community with courage and dedication, but he will also be remembered for the jokes he told, the smiles he brought to others, and the genuine care he showed the people in his life. His impact on Tulare County and beyond, and on everyone fortunate enough to know him, will not be forgotten. Please join me in a journey in memory of Detective Randy Harper Jr.