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May 14, 2026 · 20,229 words · 21 speakers · 106 segments

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. The assembly is now in session. Assembly member DeMaio notices the absence of a quorum. Sergeant of Arms will prepare the chamber and bring in the absent members. Clerk will call the roll. Addis, Aguirre-Curry, Ahrens, Alanis, Alvarez, Arambula, Avila Farias, Baines, Bauer-Cahan, Bennett, Berman, Berner, Bonta, Bryan, Calderon, Colosa, Carrillo, Castillo, Chen, Connelly, Davies, Demayo, Dixon, Elhuari, Ellis, Flora, Fong, Gabriel, Gallagher, Garcia, Gibson, Jeff Gonzalez, Mark Gonzalez, Hadwick, Haney, Harbedian, Hart, Hoover, Irwin, Jackson, Johnson, Kaurah, Krell, Lackey, Lee, Lowenthal, Macedo, McKinner, Murasuchi, Juan, Ortega, Pacheco, Pappin, Patel, Patterson, Pellerin, Petrie-Norris, Cork-Silva, Ramos, Ransom, Celeste Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Rogers, Rubio, Sanchez, Shavo, Schultz, Sharp-Collins, Solache, Soria, Stephanie, Ta, Tangapa, Valencia, Wallace, Word, Wicks, Wilson, Sabur, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Members, a quorum is present. We ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand for today's prayer. Assemblymember Wilson will offer today's prayer. Assemblymember Wilson.

Lori Wilsonassemblymember

Please join me in today's prayer. Gracious and sovereign God, We thank you for your faithfulness and for the wisdom found in your word Your word says that whatever you speak does not return to you empty but accomplished what it is intended for and brings prosperity. As the rain and snow come down from heaven to water the earth and bring forth growth, we pray that the word spoken and the work done in this chamber but also bear good fruit for the people we serve. Guide us so that our deliberations are thoughtful, our decisions are just and our actions accomplish the purposes of peace, equity, and the common good. Let every effort undertaken here return not empty, but prosper in ways that strengthen our communities and uplift those in need. Let us bring forth with joy and with peace. May division give way to understanding and may hope rise where there has been hardship. Where there are obstacles, bring renewal. Where there is discouragement, bring vision. And where there is conflict, plant wisdom and grace. May our service leave a lasting legacy of integrity, compassion, and stewardship for generations to come. Continue to grant us favor in your sight and let us remain a beacon not only to this nation, but to the world. Let our prayers be according to your will and acceptable in your sight. In your holy name we pray, amen.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

We ask our guests and visitors to remain standing, to join us in the flag salute. Assemblymember Pellerin will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Diane Papanassemblymember

Please join me in honoring our nation and the freedoms we cherish by reciting our Pledge of Allegiance. Ready, begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag. of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

You may be seated. To our guests and visitors today, the state law prohibits persons in the chamber from interfering with legislative proceedings or disrupting the orderly conduct of official business. Persons disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest, or other appropriate legal remedies. The reading of the previous day's journal. the governor there are none messages from the senate there are none moving on to motions and resolutions the opposite are as follows for legislative business assembly members celeste rodriguez in a rambula on to our procedural motions madam majority leader you are recognized for your procedural motions good morning mr speaker i request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 45.5 to allow Assembly Members Dixon and Gibson to speak on adjournment in memory today. Without objection, such shall be the order. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 118A to allow Assembly Members Haney, Brian, and Hadwick to have guests in the room of the chamber. Without objection, such shall be the order. Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96 I request unanimous consent to re SB 10 Padilla from the Transportation Committee to the Natural Resources Committee Without objection such will be the order At the request of the author please remove file item 162AB2486 Addis from the consent calendar Clerk will note. I request unanimous consent to suspend Joint Rule 62A, the file notice requirement to allow the Appropriations Committee to hear 153 bills at their hearing upon adjournment of session today. in the swing space, room 1100. The list of bills is at the desk. I ask the reading clerk to read the list of bills. Assembly Bill 1554, Calderon. Assembly Bill 1605, Ransom. Assembly Bill 16061. Assembly Bill 1620, Sanchez. Assembly Bill 1628, Michelle Rodriguez. Assembly Bill 1633, Haney. Assembly Bill 1643, 1. Assembly Bill 1668, Pellerin. Assembly Bill 1675, Lee. Assembly Bill 1679, Marc Gonzalez. Assembly Bill 1690, Aaron. Assembly Bill 1709, Lowenthal. Assembly Bill 1720, Haney. Assembly Bill 1725, Colosa. Assembly Bill 1726, Calderon. Assembly Bill 1727, Ta. Assembly Bill 1753, Stephanie. Assembly Bill 1770, Garcia. Assembly Bill 1771, Alvarez. Assembly Bill 1772, Pappin. Assembly Bill 1774, Berner. Assembly Bill 1790, Connolly. Assembly Bill 1795, Gibson. Assembly Bill 1806, Gabriel. Assembly Bill 1807, Gabriel. Assembly Bill 1810, Berman. Assembly Bill 1815, Wix. Assembly Bill 1825, Carl. Assembly Bill 1826, Lackey. Assembly Bill 1863, DeMaio. Assembly Bill 1864, Berman. Assembly Bill 1887 Sabura. Assembly Bill 1897 Haney. Assembly Bill 1899 Colosa. Assembly Bill 1902 Pellerin. Assembly Bill 1903 Wicks. Assembly Bill 1906 Aguirre-Curray. Assembly Bill 1915 Gabriel. Assembly Bill 1932 El Hawari. Assembly Bill 1942 Bauer-Cahan. Assembly Bill 1954 Ward. Assembly Bill 1967 Sabura. Assembly Bill 1971 Bennett. Assembly Bill 1975 Schultz. Assembly Bill 1979 Bonsa, Assembly Bill 1983 Blanca Rubio, Assembly Bill 1990 Gibson, Assembly Bill 1997 Lee, Assembly Bill 2000 Aguirre-Curray, Assembly Bill 2014 El Hawari, Assembly Bill 2015 Wicks, Assembly Bill 2018 Ramos, Assembly Bill 2022 Jeff Gonzalez, Assembly Bill 2023 Wicks, Assembly Bill 2026 Aguirre-Curray, Assembly Bill 2032 Ransom, Assembly Bill 2034 Addis, Assembly Bill 2047 Bauer, Kahan, Assembly Bill 2058 Herbagian, Assembly Bill 2069 Correll, Assembly Bill 2074 Haney, Assembly Bill 2083 Jackson, Assembly Bill 2084 Bauer, Kahan, Assembly Bill 2088 Pappen, Assembly Bill 2092 Bonsa, Assembly Bill 2093 Bauer, Kahan, Assembly Bill 2103 Irwin, Assembly Bill 2108 Sharp Collins, Assembly Bill 2122 Calra, Assembly Bill 2138 Correll, 2141 Patterson, Assembly Bill 2145 Garcia, Assembly Bill 2167 Masito, Assembly Bill 2169 Lowenthal, Assembly Bill 2182 Irwin, Assembly Bill 2186 McKenna, Assembly Bill 2190 Wallace, Assembly Bill 2193 Taw, Assembly Bill 2195 Celeste Rodriguez, Assembly Bill 2204 Gabriel, Assembly Bill 2205 Pork Silve, Assembly Bill 2213 Leah, Assembly Bill 221 Irwin, Assembly Bill 2222 Ward, Assembly Bill 2232 Patterson, Assembly Bill 2235 Pacheco, Assembly Bill 2244 Gabriel, Assembly Bill 2246 Wicks, Assembly Bill 2247 El Fawari, Assembly Bill 2258 Avila Farias, Assembly Bill 2266 Schultz, Assembly Bill 2267 Garcia, Assembly Bill 2270 Arambula, Assembly Bill 227 Assembly Bill 2278, Avila Farias. Assembly Bill 2282, Alanis. Assembly Bill 2283, Jeff Gonzalez. Assembly Bill 2302, Celeste Rodriguez. Assembly Bill 2311, Chavo. Assembly Bill 2313, Berman. Assembly Bill 2314, Rogers. Assembly Bill 2329, Fong. Assembly Bill 2330, Berner. Assembly Bill 2339, Gibson. Assembly Bill 2343, Patel. Assembly Bill 2344, Haney. Assembly Bill 2353, Assembly Bill 2354 Gabriel, Assembly Bill 2369 Rogers, Assembly Bill 2378 Gabriel, Assembly Bill 2383 Saburra, Assembly Bill 2384 Lowenthal, Assembly Bill 2385 Petrie Norris, Assembly Bill 2389 Irwin, Assembly Bill 2391 Ares, Assembly Bill 2395 Sharp Collins, Assembly 2398 Alvarez, Assembly Bill 2430 Marisucci, Assembly Bill 2444 Michelle Rodriguez, Assembly Bill 2461 Hart, As a believe of 24, 70, Shulte's a little 24, 90, Valencia's a little 25, 16. Petrie Norris, Assembly Bill 25, 35, gallery's a little 25, 25, Patel's a little 25, 62, Dixon, a little 25, 75, Ortega's a little 25, 79, Petrie Norris, Assembly Bill 25, 81, Soria's a little 26, the boat Bonta, Assembly Bill 2605, Arambula, Assembly Bill 2608, Patterson, Assembly Bill 26, 12, Schulte's a little 26, 24, Bonta's a little 26, 39, Soria's a little 26, 51, Bonta's a little 26, Assemblable Bill 27-10 Barrick Assemblable Bill 27-11 Ellis Assemblable Bill 27-17 Colosa Assemblable Bill 27-48 Quirk-Silva Assemblable Bill 27-74 Committee on Business and Professions Assemblable 27-75 Committee on Business and Professions Assemblable 27-90 Committee on Communications and Conveyance Assembly Concurrent Resolution 9, Borner, Assembly Constitucional Amendment 18, Colosa, and Senate Bill 417, Cabaldon. Thank you. Without objection, such shall be the order. Thank you, Madam Reading Clerk. Okay, members, we are going to move on to guest introductions. Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized for your guest introductions. Thank you, members. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. It is my honor to welcome Ms. Shannon Lee to the California State Assembly. Ms. Lee is an actress, producer, author, entrepreneur, and the daughter of the legendary martial artist and cultural icon, Bruce Lee. Lee. Although he is best known for his influence on martial arts, Bruce Lee's impact extends far beyond it. He broke barriers for Asian Americans in film and television at a time when AAPI representation was deeply limited and often defined by harmful stereotypes. Through his talent, discipline, and philosophy, he became one of the first Asian global superstars and inspired generations of Asian Americans to see themselves reflected with strength, confidence, and dignity. Ms. Lee has dedicated much of her life to preserving and advancing that legacy. She serves as a CEO of the Bruce Lee Family Companies and co-founded the Bruce Lee Foundation alongside her mother, Linda Lee Caldwell. Through her leadership, she has worked to ensure that Bruce Lee's philosophy, artistry, and cultural impact continue to inspire new generations. She has also built an accomplished career of her own as an actress producer and author served as executive producer on several documentaries and is the author of Be Water My Friend which shares the teachings and philosophy of Bruce Lee and encourages resilience, adaptability, and personal growth. I want to thank Ms. Lee for her help and guidance on AB 2455, legislation we are proud to be advancing to establish a Bruce Lee Day in California and recently passed out of our state assembly. This bill honors not only Bruce Lee's extraordinary achievements in martial arts and film, but his lasting cultural impact on California, the AAPI community, and millions of people around the world. California has long been central to Bruce Lee's story, and it is fitting that our state recognizes his enduring legacy. Ms. Lee, thank you for your leadership, your advocacy, and your commitment to preserving a legacy that continues to inspire people across generations. Welcome to the state capitol. Thank you. Thank you, members. We need to continue, please. Thank you. Members we have an extraordinary amount of business to take care of and dispense with today. I need your cooperation to continue moving forward. Member Jeff Gonzalez, you are recognized for your guest introduction. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. Today I rise to recognize some very special members of Team Gonzalez who are joining us in the rear of the chamber. My amazing district reps, Jasmine, Jacinto, and Bella work relentlessly on behalf of the people of the 36th Assembly District from Indio to Blythe, Needles to Anza, and all of Imperial County. Day in and day out, they are serving our constituents and make sure the voices of our communities are heard. Over the past couple of days, they have had the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of this building and see firsthand the work being done here in the state capitol. As many of you already know, our district teams are truly the heart of our operations, and I am incredibly thankful for all they do. Please join me in welcoming Jasmine, Jacinto, and Bella to the Assembly Four Thank you Assembly 4 Okay members, we are going to be moving on to Business on the Daily File. We're going to begin with our second reading, file items 1 through 43. The clerk will read. 22, 98, 23, 24, 24, 29, 25, 23, 25, 24, 26, 18, 27, 18, 27, 95. Assembly Bill 1732 with amendments and Senate Bill 73 with amendments. All bills will be deemed red and all amendments will be deemed adopted. We're moving to reconsideration. File items 44 through 46. All items shall be continued. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your procedural motion. I request unanimous consent to suspend the rules to allow Assemblymember Bryan to take up AJR 31 today without reference to file for the purpose of adoption. Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. That is seconded by Assemblymember Gibson. Assemblymember Sanchez, you are recognized. We withhold consent. Ask for a roll call vote. Members, this is a procedural vote on the suspension of the Constitution. Suspension of the rules, excuse me. The clerk will open the roll. The majority leader is asking for an aye vote. Assemblymember Sanchez is asking for a no vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 42, noes 18. The rules are suspended. Okay. Okay. Without reference to file, we are going to AJR 31 by Assemblymember Bryan. The clerk will read. Assembly Joint Resolution 31 by Assemblymember Bryan, relative to the restoration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Members, can I ask you to take your desk, please? You can take conversations off the floor, members. Assemblymember Bryan, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Colleague, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I rise to present AJR 31. I also think it's fitting, absolutely fitting, for this moment in history that Republicans on this floor just tried to stop us from even discussing the voting rights violations that are happening across this country. That alone is shameful to me. Last September, I was in Selma, Alabama, in Montgomery, Alabama, and I met a man named Nelson Malden. Nelson was Dr. King's barber, or Martin, as he called him. they organized together they protested together And as I was talking with Nelson and some of you on this floor were with me he showed me his first poll test from the first time he ever voted In fact, I took that poll test. With my master's degree in public policy from UCLA, I still struggled with it because it wasn't designed for us to pass it. It was designed to be a barrier to the vote, one of many barriers to the vote. barriers that were erected after black people in this country were given full personhood status something that was previously denied by the highest courts in our land the reason this resolution is important today is because we are seeing something that john lewis warned us about but believed wouldn't happen in this country and that is the rollback of voting rights and of representation of marginalized communities and specifically black communities across the country. In Tennessee right now, after the Supreme Court struck down portions of the Voting Rights Act, the Speaker of the House immediately passed maps that cracked Memphis, cracked Tennessee, took black population centers and split them up, preventing them from having representation, and they are not alone. Louisiana pulled back election results that had already happened, something I'd never heard of before with intentionality. What's different about this than the redistricting conversations we've been having, conversations, by the way, that I started two years ago when I proposed independent redistricting for every level of government in California and didn't get a single Republican vote on this floor, is that this isn't about partisanship. This is about racialized disenfranchisement. This is intentional. And when Tennessee lawmakers spoke up and resisted. They were stripped from all of their committees. We get complaints all the time about the supermajority on this floor. We have never stripped a member of the opposition party from every single one of their committees. We have never silenced their voices on the floor and required a vote for them to be able to speak. That has never happened. Every black member of the Tennessee House of Representatives has been removed from their seats. And when they protested, they were arrested, They were called boy. This is 2026. And we have gone backwards more than 50 years. And it's important in this moment that California stand very clear on where we are. Clear that voting rights are to be protected and preserved. Clear that marginalized communities should have representation, which is why the first person from California's indigenous community is here on this floor with us. next year there will only be two black men in the entire California legislature we can do better here but around this country erasure is alive and well and this is a moment where we have to be clear where do you stand I was born in 1992 my entire life I've never met a person who tells me that if they were alive during the civil rights era they wouldn't have protested everybody is pretty sure they would have marched on Selma. Everybody is pretty sure they would have gone to D.C. Well, this is that moment, and this resolution is asking you very clear what side do you stand on. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Bryan. Assemblymember DeMaio, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to this resolution that I think serves to divide us and is actually a complete affront to the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. which says we will treat everyone equally without regard to any immutable characteristics of gender, of skin color, of orientation, equal protection under the law, and that government shall not enact a law that treats people differently on the basis of their skin color, their gender, their orientation, or any other immutable characteristic. That is as fundamentally fair and American as anything. This resolution would say, no, let's throw away the 14th Amendment and let's actually have discriminatory policies. In order to support the position of those in favor of this opposition, you have to believe the worst in Californians. Believe the worst in Americans. That they vote for people based on their skin color. I don't see that. I don't believe that Americans or Californians judge people based on their skin color their orientation, their gender, or any other characteristic. Unfortunately, those of you who back this resolution are making the argument that yes, they do. What a low opinion you have of your constituents. The Supreme Court, I believe, made the right decision. Because when you look at the debate on this issue, one side says in order for African Americans or gays or Latinos or women, apparently, to win an office, we need to take all of those voters and pack them into one district. Well, that runs the risk of taking their voice out of all the other districts. When I ran for city council in 2008, the ban on gay marriage was on the ballot. It was a hot topic in San Diego and throughout the state of California, and it was a different era. It's just, what, 16, 17 years ago, my house, civil rights, has progressed. But during that campaign, I had people come to me from the Democrat side of the aisle. You're running in the wrong district, Carl. You should go run in the gay district. I didn't live in the gay district. I lived in District 5, the most conservative seat in the city. They said, no way that those homophobes are going to vote for you, Carl. I said, well, we'll see about that. It wasn't District 3, the gay district, that elected the first openly gay individual to the San Diego City Council. it was the most conservative district, District 5. Because I walked door to door and I laid out the merits of my candidacy. I know that some of you believe that you can't do that. That voters in this country and in California only look at skin color, not merit. I vehemently disagree with you. I think it is fundamentally offensive and un-American. I urge you to not only reconsider your position, but stop with the inflammatory divisive rhetoric. The idea that the author of this amendment said that somehow if you vote against it, you're for a poll tax? Insane. Offensive. No one on this side of the aisle, no one on your side of the aisle, well, maybe I won't speak for your side, no one believes in a poll tax. that's a dirty argument to be making on this floor but somehow you present that as something you're fighting against what it means is the fundamental reason why you want to pass this to divide us can't be defended on its own merits i urge a no vote i urge us to come together i urge us to support the 14th amendment and say that in america we don judge people based on anything but merit and what a great day it will be when we get to that point Thank you Assemblymember DeMaio Assemblymember Pellerin you are recognized Thank you, Speaker. Members, the right to vote is the foundation of every other right we hold dear in this democracy. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was born from the courage, the sacrifice and the unwavering belief that every American deserves an equal voice, regardless of race, zip code, or political power. For decades, that law helped open the doors of democracy to millions of Americans who had been systematically locked out. It stopped discriminatory maps before they could silence communities. It protected representation. It strengthened trust in our elections, and it moved this nation closer to its promise of equal justice. But today, we are watching those protections be dismantled in real time. In the wake of Louisiana v. Calais, states across the country are rushing to redraw maps, weaken minority representation, and dilute the voices of black voters and other historically marginalized communities. They are attempting to turn back the clock on decades of progress. But we cannot and we will not accept a democracy where politicians silence the voices of historically marginalized communities. As someone who spent more than 27 years administering elections, I know democracy is not self-executing. It survives only when people are willing to defend it. And now is one of those moments. California must continue to lead. We must stand firmly for free and fair elections, for equal access to the ballot, and for the principle that every voice deserves to be heard and every vote deserves to be counted. The history of voting rights in America has never been a straight line. It has always been a struggle between exclusion and inclusion, between fear and hope. And every generation is called upon to decide which side of history it will stand on. I know where California stands. We stand on the side of democracy. We stand on the side of justice. And we stand on the side of the people of this state. I urge your aye vote on AJR 31. Thank you, Assemblymember Pellerin. Assemblymember Tangipan, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, I find it funny that when this bill is being, or AJR is being presented, the author of the bill brought up what it's like to be stripped off of committees and how the intentions behind it are somehow racial in other areas. So then let's talk about race. Let's talk about this body stripping the first ever Polynesian elected to the state assembly, ever elected to the state legislature. This body stripped that individual of their voice. Not only did they do that they stripped the first Muslim ever elected to the state legislature They stripped the first openly gay man ever on the Republican side to the state legislature This body And now we chastised as somehow being bigoted Being bigoted. The Voter Rights Act is something that we all should celebrate as a necessary step in the United States that was needed to be done. But let us remember the history of the Voter Rights Act. It was the longest group filibuster in United States history. And who led it? The Democrat Party. It was the longest single filibuster in U.S. history until recently by Cori Bush, or Cori, Senator from New Jersey. led by a Democrat. It took Republicans and Democrats together to pass something that we all should cherish. The Voter Rights Act was meant to protect every American's access to the ballot. It was not intended to become a Democrat seat protection plan that segregates people by race, and it is insane today, the arguments being raised for it, is actually to keep segregating people by race. As one of the first Polynesians ever elected to a state house in the entire United States, I take pride and honor in that, because I do understand what representation looks like. what it sounds like and what it means to a lot of people. But that... Just a moment, Mr. Tangipa, Assemblymember Gibson, you are recognized. Yes, could you please instruct the member who's speaking to be accurate in his discourse because he made mention that members that he spoke about was taken off committees and he referenced what happened in Tennessee. what happened in Tennessee was not what happened here in California because members are still on committees. Mr. Gibson, I understand your concern. Your point is not well taken. Mr. Tangipa, please continue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If you were to ask somebody within the Voter Rights Act, when it comes to mapmaking, when it comes to the process, If you ask me, draw me a black district. Draw me a Latino district. Draw me a white district. Draw me a gay district. I ask you this. Which one of those is racist? It's a trick question, because they all are. And what the Supreme Court weighed in is that to be colorblind, to look at it under the merits and earn it, it doesn't matter what your race or your makeup should be. And what we arguing for right now under this recognition is to keep racial remedies to look at people and say let us write black districts white districts Latino districts When will we be race unconscious to where people earn it And it is where I do hold pride in that. As I represent one of the whitest districts in the entire state of California, I just so happen to also be Polynesian. But they voted for me because they believed we could do the right thing, not the race thing. and for those reasons, to be racially blind, I ask for your no vote. Okay, members, before we continue with debate, I'm going to remind everybody of Section 120, Parliamentary Essentials for Floor Session. Language used by members during debate should be temperate, decorous, respectful, and we do not impugn the motives of our colleagues. Assembly Member Ward, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And it's Senator Cory Booker, a black man from New Jersey. And I rise in strong support of AGR 31 and thank our author and our colleague from Los Angeles for bringing this full and important restoration of the full protections of the Voting Rights Act resolution forward to this body for discussion today because we are living in incredibly dangerous times where the Trump administration and its allies continue to attack democratic institutions, spread disinformation about our elections, and push policies designed to silence communities that they view as inconvenient or unworthy of political power. That's what's going on here. You talk about discriminatory policies. You should see that alive and well happening in record speed right now in legislatures across the South who are given the green light to be able to diminish political power. Canceling elections where people have already been casting ballots so that they can rush to redraw all these maps. Folks, Project 2025 is alive and well. Across the country, we are seeing coordinated efforts to roll back civil rights protections, restrict access to the ballot, erase diverse representation, and undermine the voices, particularly of black and also Latino, Asian American, Native, immigrant, disabled, and LGBTQ communities. These attacks are not isolated. They are connected. And when voting rights are weakened, our communities are pushed further to the margins. The Voting Rights Act remains one of the most important civil rights laws in our nation's history because it recognized that democracy only works when everyone has a fair and equal opportunity to participate. And the recent erosion of the Voting Rights Act through the Supreme Court decisions has emboldened states to pursue voter suppression tactics that disproportionately harm black communities and other historically marginalized voters. Congress cannot continue to stand by while these protections are dismantled. Congress should be a reflection of America. And today, even with all the advancements that so many have fought and died for, black representation is underrepresented. And what is going to happen as this lightning speed effort in front of us right now moves forward? Black representation will be cut out from the next Congress. And this cannot stand. We talk about being colorblind. I am not colorblind to the fact of the intentional outcome of what is trying to happen today because of these actions right now. AJR 31 sends a clear message that California won't be silent while fundamental rights are stripped away. We believe in a multiracial democracy, in fair representation, and in the simple principle that every eligible voter deserves to have their voice and their vote counted. and at a time When extremism and authoritarian rhetoric are gaining ground nationally, restoring the Voting Rights Act is not just a legal necessity, it is a moral imperative. Colleagues, I ask you to vote aye on AJR 31. Thank you, Assemblymember Ward. Assemblymember Gibson, you are recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and members. I want to thank my colleague from Los Angeles who wanted to bring AJR 31 before us today to have this very important and necessary conversation on this floor and this body and this time. As a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus, a proud co-author of this AJR, I rise in support of AJR 31. Two weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court opened the door on the attack of black people by gutting the rights of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the key provisions of this Voting Rights Act, and the vote was 6-3. 6-3. Klux Klan are no longer wearing white robes. Six of them are wearing black robes and serve on the Supreme Court. And I want to be clear, this decision touched on the legacy of our forefathers and mothers who toil and fought for the rights under 1965 Voting Rights Act. We remember the generations who paved the way forward, like Ida B. Wells, Mary Church, I almost said a bad word. Because this is personal. You see, my mother and my father grew up during this time. Although they didn't have to do a poll tax, a literacy tax. although my colleague talked about it on the other aisle. They didn't have to go through this. But damn it, they had to go through the struggles of seeing their friends where water hose was torn, were poured on them and dogs and their friends being attacked by police. We started to see the 60s roll back right in front of us. Although we didn't have to experience that during this time. and I see my brother from Tennessee in the back and it's like we're walking back in history in a slow pace and we're talking about, my colleagues are talking about like this stuff didn't happen in the past and we know we're not going to revisit that now under this administration but Project 2025 told us exactly what's happening And it's being revealed right now with the Voting Rights Act being gutted out. Black people are not going to have any representation in the South because they are redistricting us out trying to silence our voices. And then we're having a president. And the master plan is making sure that he remains a president past 2028. and continue to do the things that he doing right now not only to Latino people but black people as well Can you imagine us coming to this chamber on this green carpet and not having any person of color represent people of color in this state That's the reality. And this AJR is not just an AJR, but it's a wake-up call to making sure that California stand up and lead the rest of the nation. Doing what we can do under the law, within our authority, within our jurisdiction, and standing along the sides of our brothers and sisters in the South, and letting our voices be heard, and giving them the support, and being the wind beneath their wings. That's what it's all about. To making sure that we can strengthen them. Yes, we have a governor that's fighting all across this nation. And I'm proud to say I'm from California. because it means something. And it encourages our brothers and sisters all across the country. And so we're not taking what we're doing haphazardly or just doing, just be doing it. It means something. 30 seconds. It gives people hope and encourage that tomorrow will be better than today. So I'm encouraged what we're doing. So I ask for a strong-eyed vote on AJR 31. We're better than this. Thank you, Assemblymember Gibson. Dr. Sharp-Collins, you are recognized.

LaShae Sharp-Collinsassemblymember

Thank you, Speaker and Members. As a proud co-author and a member of the Legislative Black Caucus, I rise in support of AJR 31. This is heavy for me. Lifting our voices now is more important than ever given the attacks we are under at the federal level. Just last week, as was already stated, the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to the Voting Rights Act, one of the most important protections we had to undoing racist gerrymandering that that seeks to silence our voices. But let's be clear, the Voting Rights Act has not been erased from the books, but what remains is pretty hollow and unacceptable. The Voting Rights Act recognized the truth about what's supposed to be a system of democracy. It exposes the truth about discrimination. It is often neither loud nor is it obvious. It acknowledges that discrimination hides behind neutrality And it is fed by apathy and oblivion. These behaviors, both, they actually birthed Jim Crow era laws by way of intimidation, district maps, polling tax, voter ID laws, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, white primaries, good character clauses, and felony discrimination. While California does have a state voting rights act to help with states in local elections, this ruling deals a blow to our ability to make sure we are represented in the national elections. This is not just a problem for black Americans, but also for any number of minority voters. Because as we know, black people lead and others reap that benefit. So when we are unable to draw maps that represent the true political will of the people, we see white democratic voices silenced too. So let's take North Carolina, where the number of registered Republicans and Democrats are basically equal but until last year Republicans had a supermajority in that state legislature That is not fairness or equity This is an intentional attempt to silence us Already, Louisiana has moved to redraw maps that could remove the single congressional black seat despite a population that is one-third black. In addition, a number of states are trying to delay their primaries to redraw maps and silence minority voices. And this is all done in the name of race-neutral policies? The method used to redraw the district lines in Alabama, Louisiana, and other southern states is based off of what we know to be census data, which folks claim is race neutral. So to my colleagues from San Diego and also from Clovis, let me be clear that race neutral has never, ever been race neutral. When people fail to realize that census data has a profound impact on the balance of the political power, it's based on the population. The reality is, since this data is not race neutral, that data has, once again, an impact on a balance of power based on population identified by race and not political party. So let's continue to set the record straight. Just because everyone has to abide by the same rule, that does not excuse the unjust impact on certain populations. History has continued to show us this lesson. After the ratification in 1870 of the 15th Amendment, voting barriers that were racially neutral on face were used in Jim Crow South to disenfranchise black voters. The same continues today, even in California, where we face a ballot measure this year to require voter ID. Study after study have shown that in states as diverse as North Carolina, Texas, Michigan, North Dakota, and Indiana, ID requirements were more likely to deter voting amongst Black, Brown, and Native American than other groups. So we must remain forever vigilant and fight back against attempts to silence us and ignore our issues. Black California's issues? I'm tired of saying this over and over again. It's California's issues. This nation is under attack. Our voices are under attack. Our civil liberties are under attack. And the reality is we are now at war. If you don't think we're at war, I think you need to wake up. I never thought that in 2026, my children and I would face the resurgence of Jim Crow. I never thought that I would make it to the floor of the assembly, work to undo decades of discrimination and racism in the form of redlining, overpolicing, intentional diversion of resources and barriers to equal opportunities, all while watching fundamental rights get stripped away at a federal level. We're seeing the Jim Crow era laws that's hell-bent on assaulting black voting power and retaining white supremacy in the electoral process. So when we think about voting rights of 1965, we think about the elevation of our voices as people. As a black woman, I think about the power of our voices as it pertains to ensuring that we elect someone who actually listens. Someone who understands the black experience and lives the lies and understand that lies were lost and fought for justice. The fight for the filling of even moderately similar voting rights require Americans' deadliest war. 30 seconds. Okay. Well, let me skip all of that and get to this point. So when I'm asked to speak about the Rolling Black Voting Rights Act, I find it difficult. And I'm going to say this because it's not because I don't have words to say. Clearly I do. I am a college professor. But it's because I'm at the point of everything has been already said. What more can black Americans tell you to make clear about the frustrations of the pain and the fear and the feeling of our voice purposely being silenced If this is not something that you feel in your heart and in your soul as a clear and present threat to the very fundamental of our democracy then I suggest you ask yourself, why are you even here? Why did 500,000 constituents actually select you to represent you, to represent them? What is your overall purpose? Understand that purpose. And I'm going to close with this. I'm skipping a lot, but it's okay. Let me paraphrase a quote from activist Fannie Lou Hamer who organized the Freedom Summers and also SNCC. If I fall, I'll fall five feet, two inches forward in the fight for our freedom. I'm not backing down. My black voice will not be silenced and I will not be silenced. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AJR 31.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Dr. Sharp-Collins. Assemblymember Bauer-Cahan, you are recognized.

Rebecca Bauer-Kahanassemblymember

Thank you, Mr. Chair and members. And I want to thank our Legislative Black Caucus colleagues for their powerful words today. I was thinking, sitting here as a white woman on this floor, that I appreciate what our colleagues from Clovis said about how representation matters. This past summer, I had the privilege of traveling to Alabama with our Black Caucus. and I walked into the lynching memorial with our colleague from Carson side by side and he said to me, I wonder if my cousin is hanging here. And then he looked at me and he said, do you think you have family here? And I said, no, but let's see if yours is. And it hit me that that lived experience, it's not my lived experience, It was never going to be my lived experience. I have my own trauma. You've all heard about it. But to sit on this floor with people with those lived experiences, it changes us, it makes us better, and it makes the state better. I had the privilege of joining this legislature with Assemblymember Ramos, so I don't know of time when there wasn't a Native person on this floor. and yet I can feel the difference it has made to have him here educating us and raising the voice of California's first people and that is true of everybody on this floor. But I also think it's important to note the power of allies. Yesterday I held a hearing on LGBTQ plus issues and I was a little shy to do it at first because I'm a straight woman. But what was made clear to me pretty quickly was the power of our voice is so strong in these fights. We cannot remain silent. And so I didn't actually plan on speaking, but when our colleague from San Diego raised the Equal Protection Clause as a law professor, I couldn't sit silent because that's not actually what the Equal Protection Clause says. So permission to read, Mr. Speaker?

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Without objection.

Rebecca Bauer-Kahanassemblymember

So the Equal Protection Clause actually says that all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to jurisdiction thereof are citizens. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. Nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of a law, nor deny any person the equal protection of the law. Any student of constitutional law knows the precedent, Supreme Court precedent, teaches us that in order to protect people and to ensure they are given the same rights and privileges, the law is actually not race-blind. It is not gender-blind. And interestingly, one of the first cases that made that point was a case where the lawyer was Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the plaintiff was a man. And that man had been discriminated against. And he brought to the court and he said, I deserve equal protection, and that actually means I need to be treated differently in this context. And the court has repeatedly decided that states can do so in order to procure equal protection under the law. So that's a really critical point as we sit here and debate law on this floor. That not only did my colleagues speak better than I could about the fact that race blind doesn't ever mean race blind. But if we had a court that hadn't been politicized, but instead followed precedent as the law has taught us to do, none of this would be happening today. It is our job to make sure there is representation, to make sure every vote counts, to make sure every vote is heard. And when you draw lines for maps that look like no child in a kindergarten class would ever draw them because they're so insane, because you're trying to silence voices, you are not doing that. You are not ensuring the right to vote. You are not ensuring representation. And you are not ensuring that we will grow and make good laws by being on this floor with people who can teach us things that we never would have known. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

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

Mia Bontaassemblymember

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today on behalf of the beautiful people of Oakland, Alameda, and Emeryville in strong support of Assembly Joint Resolution 31 and inspired by a son of Oakland, Tennessee Representative Justin Jones, a freedom fighter leading the way in Tennessee for black voters who are being silenced as we speak. AJR 31 calls on Congress to enact legislation that restores and strengthens the full protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Let me start with the simple fact that Republicans in Washington seem to have forgotten. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was reauthorized by Republican presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George W. Bush. A mere 20 years ago, the United States Senate voted 98 to 0, 98 to 0 to restore the Voting Rights Act. This was never a partisan issue. protecting the right to vote was an American imperative. Under this president's, that United States is gone. What we are living through today harkens back to the Confederacy, back to the poll taxes, the literacy tests, the grandfather clauses, back to deliberate, systemic erasure. And let's call it what it is, the opposites of the Civil Rights Act and the acts around that. It is an attempt to erase black political power. Trump is using his court to achieve what Trump's party is too unpopular to achieve at the ballot box. In Louisiana v. Calais, six conservative justices gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the last meaningful shield protecting black voters from racial gerrymandering. The ink was barely dry when they started running at Trump's behest. Tennessee wiped out its only majority black congressional district. Alabama moved to reinstate maps that federal courts had already struck down as unconstitutional and racially discriminatory. This is beyond political tit for tat This is an attempt a coordinated attempt and consolidation of white nationalism The voters this court abandoned are the same voters whose grandparents were literally beaten back from the polls with poll taxes and literacy tests. The same voters whose right to participate in this democracy was purchased with the blood of Martin Luther King Jr., paid for by John Lewis and people whose bodies were hosed down at the Edmund Pettus Bridge and in the soil of this American South. Black elected officials in the United States rose from 1,500 people in 1970 to over 10,000 today. Every single one of those seats was made possible by the Voting Rights Act. That is what they are trying to take back. That is what this fight is about. Our party has been clear-eyed. Our plan to end this back and forth with fair maps for all but federal Republicans have blocked that path time and time again. Still, AJR 31 calls on Congress to do what only Congress can do, and what they have done before, to cross party lines, cross generations, and protect voters of all races. Today that means passing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. From Oakland to Memphis, from the hood to the holler, an attack on black voters anywhere is an attack on all of us. We will not look away, we will not stay quiet, and we will not go back. California will not be silent. I urge an aye vote.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

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

James Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. The hypocrisy in this room is...

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Excuse me, Mr. Gallagher. Do not impugn the motives of members.

James Gallagherassemblymember

I'm not talking about any member. I'm just saying the hypocrisy is thick in this room right now. Because even the example that you guys are using belies your hypocrisy. Tennessee. You did do exactly what they did in Tennessee. You did take people off of committees. You did chastise Mr. Assaili for banging on his desk when he was being deprived of his ability to make an argument in this body. And yet you're celebrating the guy who brought a megaphone onto the floor in Tennessee to disrupt the proceedings because he felt like his voice was not being heard. You did every bit of the same thing that Tennessee is doing. and now you come here and you chastise and you come and lecture us.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Excuse me, Mr. Gallagher. I'm going to say for a second time, do not impugn the motives of your colleagues. If I have to say it again, we're going to move on.

James Gallagherassemblymember

I will refrain from doing that, Mr. Speaker. I hope that's evenly applied because I heard a lot of things here impugning the motives of people on my side of the aisle as well. And I hope that will be evenly applied in this debate. And I sympathize with a lot of the passionate debates on this floor right now because I made them myself. When we were talking about Prop 50, about how you're diluting rural votes and the votes of my community members and people that I represent with Prop 50. The member from the East Bay talked about crazy, insane lines. How about MODOK to Marin? Does that sound like a crazy insane line You drew it and you pushed that through And let just it incumbent upon me a lot of times to just speak the truth on this floor and break through the BS that we too often hear here. Let's talk about Tennessee. You used the example. If this was really about race, if this was really about making sure that black people are represented, the only majority black district in Tennessee that you guys are decrying is represented by a white guy. But he's a Democrat, so it's okay. Because that's what this is really about. The author himself represents a majority white district, which belies the argument. Belies the argument.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Excuse me, Mr. Gallagher.

Isaac Bryanassemblymember

Somebody member, Brian, you are recognized. That's just literally not true about the makeup of my district.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

There's a difference between majority and plurality, and the plurality isn't even white.

James Gallagherassemblymember

Okay, excuse me, Mr. Gallagher.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Mr. Brian, your point is not well taken. Members and Mr. Gallagher, please stay to the merits of this resolution. I think that's the underlying concern that's being conveyed here. Let's stay to the merits of the written resolution.

James Gallagherassemblymember

It's a bit about party. All this is about making sure that either more Democrats get elected or more Republicans get elected. And all the other stuff is just subterfuge, and it needs to stop. and what the supreme court really said is not that the voting rights act is an important legislation it is and it has been supported in a bipartisan way it just simply said that voting rights act doesn't require you to draw districts based on race and let me try to chart a better path forward for all of us let's start drawing districts based on place instead of race let's Start drawing districts based on people instead of party. Because that's what this has really all been about. And the last time the gentleman from Tennessee was here, I talked about this. Super majorities are a really bad thing for democracy. Because when one party has all the power, they use it to shut down the minority party and not let them speak. They do things like drawing lines that are crazy that you guys just did. Instead of making sure that all places, and if we actually drew our districts just based on communities of interest, that's the principle. If we just drew them based on communities of interest alone, that would protect minority communities. That would protect rural communities. But instead, across this nation, and let's talk about where the redistricting battle really started. The entire Northeast run by Democrats was redistricted so that zero Republicans are represented in Congress. That's when it started. And then Texas did their redistricting. But even after Texas is redistricting, 17% are represented by Democrats. That's actually better than it is currently here in California for Republicans. And under Prop 50, you're taking us down to 4%. In the Northeast, it's zero. So who's the one that's drawing these districts so unequally and trying to deprive people of their voices and their rights? It sure as heck is not us. The leading candidate on the Republican Party side that going to represent Memphis is black Thank you Assemblymember Gallagher Thank you

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Assemblymember DeMaio, you were recognized.

Carl DeMaioassemblymember

Mr. Speaker, as you know, I...

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Mr. DeMaio, state your point of order.

Carl DeMaioassemblymember

Yes, Mr. Speaker.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

What is your point of order, Mr. DeMaio?

Carl DeMaioassemblymember

As you know, I do not interrupt.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Mr. DeMaio, what is your point of order?

Carl DeMaioassemblymember

As you know, I do not interrupt.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

State your point, Mr. DeMaio.

Carl DeMaioassemblymember

As you know, I do not interrupt any members.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Mr. DeMaio, we are going to move on. Assemblymember Berman, we are going to move on. Member Berman, you are recognized. We're going to move on, Mr. DeMaio. Mr. Berman, you are recognized.

Marc Bermanassemblymember

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know there's been a lot of theater and theatrics and misbehavior on the floor the last couple of minutes. I'm going to try to bring this back to the actual resolution.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Please continue.

Marc Bermanassemblymember

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. on behalf of the Legislative Jewish Caucus, I rise in strong support of AJR 31. Long before I became an assembly member or a city council member or a lawyer, I spent a summer as a college student working as an analyst in the voting section of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. My job was to review pre-clearance submissions, the voting changes that jurisdictions with a history of discrimination, including here in California, had to get approved before they could take effect. Poll site relocations, changes to registration procedures, voter ID requirements. It might sound bureaucratic, but it truly wasn't. Every submission represented real communities, real voters, often black and Latino voters in counties where not long before their parents or grandparents had been turned away from the polls by violence or by law. That's a story that we have heard so powerfully spoken by our current Secretary of State here in California, Dr. Shirley Weber, about her history growing up in Arkansas. Preclearance was the guardrail. It was government saying, we learned our lesson and we're not going back. Then came Shelby County in 2013, and the guardrail was gone. And last month, the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Calais gutted what remained of Section 2, the last meaningful check against discriminatory voting practices. Justin Kagan warned in dissent that the ruling renders Section 2 all but a dead letter. As a Jewish American, I think about this through the lens of our own history and our own values. The Torah commands us 36 times to love and protect the stranger because we know what it means to be excluded, to be othered, to be denied full participation in the life of a society. That teaching drove Jewish Americans to the front lines of the civil rights movement. It's why Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, two young Jewish men from New York, gave their lives during the Freedom Summer of 1964, working to register black voters in Mississippi. Their names are in this resolution. Their sacrifice is a part of this story. We're now living in the rainstorm that Justice Ginsburg warned us about after Shelby County in 2013, and Congress has now thrown away the umbrella. AJ31 calls on Congress to restore preclearance, codify a results-based standard under Section 2, and pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. It's the least we can do to honor everyone who bled and died for the right to vote. That's why I proudly and strongly urge your iVote on AJR31.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

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

Carl DeMaioassemblymember

Mr. Speaker, a point of parliamentary inquiry.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

State your point.

Carl DeMaioassemblymember

In reviewing the ruling you made an admonishment to Mr. Gallagher, I want to inquire as to whether ledge counsel, the parliamentarian, and the Speaker are aware of a May 2025 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the matter of Libby versus Maine House Representatives, which restricts the ability of the legislature to police free speech. I want to make sure that in our next convening of this body, if this is going to continue to be the opinion of the chair—

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you. I think you made your point. Just a moment, Mr. DeMaio. Mr. DiMaio, I did not make a ruling against Mr. Gallagher. I made an announcement of how I was going to be ruling over the House as a whole and making rules over the House. Thank you for your point of inquiry. We are going to continue on. Assemblymember Kalra, you are recognized.

Ash Kalraassemblymember

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On behalf of the API caucus, I stand in support of AJR 31. And I'd like to simply say that this is not about what we believe in. It's not about believing the best or worst in Americans, although I find it quite shocking if people believe that we truly live in a racially blind society. It's not about what we believe in. It's about what these white segregationists are showing us through their actions, along with those that are allies with these white segregationists who are people of color. We must know our history, and we're in 2026. I'm not going to pretend that people don't know our history anymore.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

They may choose to want to repeat it, but they cannot claim to not know it. So the highest proportion of black elected officials from mayors to U.S. senators that were elected was shortly after black men were given the right to vote. That was representative democracy. However, that was a shock to the system. and that's when you had post-Reconstruction and it will be decades before you saw black elected officials elected into office at any level again in many jurisdictions around this country. And yes, there was a mention made of a famous filibuster by Strom Thurmond in 1957 who was a Democrat, he was a Dixie-Crat who fought against his own party and a number of well-intentioned Republicans and Democrats coming together to eventually pass the Civil Rights Act. Strom Thurmond changed his party to Republican in 1964 This is about not just knowing our history and the 61 years of the Voting Rights Act It understanding why we still need it today If you still standing here saying that we don't need it, then you would have stood against it in 1965. You would have been standing alongside George Wallace in the schoolhouse doors, blocking black children from entering the schoolhouse, you would have stood alongside Bull Connor, turning his fire hoses and attack dogs on peaceful protesters. Now, excuse me, Mr. Kalra, Assemblymember Patterson, you were recognized. That is definitely impugning the motives of people on the floor that we're going to be standing with. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Thank you, Mr. Patterson. Your point is well taken. Mr. Kalra, please refrain from imputing the motives of your colleagues. Looks like I hit a nerve. For far too many generations, we have asked for the burden of the fight towards a more perfect union to be disproportionately borne by our black sisters and brothers. And they have paid a terribly painful price for leading the fight on behalf of all Americans, and yet still they rise. if you look at the civil rights movement it was our black brothers and sisters arm in arm with Latinos whites, Asians indigenous, everyone oh hi standing arm in arm together during the civil rights movement and it's time for us to do that again to stand arm in arm with one another We will not abandon fellow Americans in the South who are being stripped and disenfranchised of their vote. And it's not about whether a black electorate elects a black individual or a white electorate. I represent a community that's less than 2% Indian American registered voters. I think I represent them pretty well. The point is that they have self-determination to decide who they want to represent them. And that self-determination is being stripped. And yes, it did start with the President of the United States, who is led on policy by a white nationalist, calling up Texas and demanding five seats, not going to the voters, just doing it outright. And yet in these democratic states where it's been done, they've gone to the voters. And even that gets tossed out by the U.S. Supreme Court, whose majority has aligned with the White House. And so today, as I ask you to support AJR 31, this is not simply about standing up for the Voting Rights Act. It's about us telling all Americans that California stands for self-determination. California will not go back 100 years. California, you can yell at me all you want. Mr. Gallagher, excuse me, members, members, all members, all members. Excuse me, Mr. Berman. Okay, decorum. Mr. Gallagher, you are out of order. everyone let have a moment of reflection Take a deep breath Let do our best to celebrate the diversity of opinion in the state of California Let's not interrupt our colleagues. Let's speak respectfully. Please continue, Mr. Kalra. We will not stand down. We will not back down. We will not stop fighting for the promise of America, and we will not stop fighting alongside our black sisters and brothers. Thank you, Assemblymember Kalra. Assemblymember Patterson, you are recognized.

LaShae Sharp-Collinsassemblymember

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, my colleague said some things that made me want to speak on this measure. And until those things were said, I was planning on just listening to the debate like I've done most of the time this year. And I'm falling down the rankings of how many words I've spoken this year. But it's true. I don't look kindly upon being compared to racists or segregationists. And the fact that that continues to be allowed, those kinds of things, impugning the motives of Republicans all the time on this floor. It's not just today. It's a very regular basis.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Mr. Patterson, we're going to speak to the merits of the legislation.

LaShae Sharp-Collinsassemblymember

And I can hear my colleagues right now, as I'm discussing this, heckling, heckling things that I'm saying, just like when all my colleagues have spoken today or on other measures.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Mr. Patterson, I understand your frustration, and I just spoke about that. Please speak to the merits of the resolution.

LaShae Sharp-Collinsassemblymember

this resolution i don't think you can nobody here is denying racism exists in this country no one is denying that racism exists in the way seats are created in this country nobody's here denying any of that I just every time we go and we debate these very emotional important resolutions it's hard to clear out some of the things that are very obviously happening within this building and if you can't sit back and reflect on some of the things that have been discussed because of this resolution things that are pointed out in this resolution that happened right here in this building If we can't acknowledge that, I don't know what to tell you. You know, I, okay, I'm going to just say one more thing and then I'll stop. But there is no freedom of speech in this building. And I'm sorry that that makes you feel uncomfortable.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Mr. Patterson, this is the third warning. Please wrap up with the merits of the resolution. Thank you.

LaShae Sharp-Collinsassemblymember

That's what we're speaking on on the floor are the merits of the resolution. Well, I just ask kindly that you go back and you reflect on that this weekend, exactly what I said, and come back. And as we go through the year, we think about exactly that and just watch exactly what's happening. So I appreciate my colleagues bringing this resolution and bringing this debate. I hope it sparks interest way beyond this resolution in our own chambers.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you Assemblymember Patterson Assemblymember Ortega you are recognized I rise in support of AJR 31 As an immigrant Latina I know what it was like to have to struggle to get to this floor today but I didn do it alone

Rebecca Bauer-Kahanassemblymember

I did it because of my colleagues and the history behind the Voting Rights Act, because of the people that died for our ability to vote, to represent our communities, to have a voice. And this right here, this is what democracy looks like. This is what California looks like. And this is what the country, what this country is about. We are not going backwards. We are moving forward with everything that we have, and what makes America the greatest country on earth is the diversity of this body right here. For those reasons, I rise in support of AJR 31.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Assemblymember Ortega. seeing and hearing no further debate Assemblymember Bryan do you wish to close

Mia Bontaassemblymember

Thank you Mr. Speaker thank you to all of my colleagues who spoke on this across the aisle I think we've made it abundantly clear who we are all of us and I take the point of my colleague from Rockland well nobody likes to be characterized or lectured about who they are or what they believe, which is why I also agree with my colleague from Nicholas about what feels like at times hypocrisy. The last words my colleague from Nicholas said were, if you cared about black people. My colleague from Clovis, lecturing the Legislative Black Caucus about the intent of the Voting Rights Act and the 14th Amendment, despite not having a law degree. It wasn't Democrats or Republicans who passed the Voting Rights Act. Let's just be very clear about that. It was black people. It was black mothers, black sons, black preachers, black children who sacrificed everything. They never got tired. They were the ones who believed the best in this country despite seeing the worst. Many are still alive today, by the way, and they are seeing the worst. That is who is telling us what's happening in this moment. I knew John Lewis. Reverend Lawson was a mentor of mine. 20 of us were down with people who marched in Selma, marched in Montgomery just last year. The history and the record of this is clear. And I don't want to hear anything else about meritocracy. Not when somebody who's accused of sexual assault sits on the same Supreme Court as Ketanji Brown Jackson, who's been denied her accomplishments time and time again. Not when a TV reality host sits as president but the first black man to be the head of the Harvard Law Review has his credibility not every single day. There is nothing meritorious about the maps that are coming out of the South. They are racist. That is what they are. You couldn't disenfranchise black people more if you tried to. That's how we know that they tried to. We stand. With our brothers from Tennessee and Memphis and around the country, I can I also tell you that if you tried to disenfranchise the people of South L.A. and silence my voice and prevent us from being represented properly, you would get more than a protest from me. But today I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AJR 31.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Assemblymember Bryan. Assemblymember Bryan, do you wish for the first roll to be open for co-authors?

Mia Bontaassemblymember

Absolutely.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. Members, this is for co-authors. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. This is for co-authors. clerk will close the roll and tally the votes there are 57 co-authors added members this is an assembly joint resolution requires a roll call vote clerk will open the roll all members vote who desire to vote this is on the resolution all members vote who desire to vote All members vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 58, nos 8. Resolution passes. Assemblymember Bryan, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Mia Bontaassemblymember

Colleagues, we are joined by a member of the Tennessee State Assembly. He represents Nashville. He's a friend and a hero of mine and the Black Caucus. Please join me in welcoming Justin Jones back to the California Assembly. Thank you.

James Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you. Thank you Thank you Thank you. Thank you.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Take your desk, please. okay we're going to continue on our assembly third greeting file we're going to pass through tandem file items 47 48 49 50 51 52 decorum please file item 53 that's ab 2341 by assembly member fong the clerk will read assembly bill 2341 by assembly member fong an act relating to local government and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately. Thank you, members. Let's give our respectful attention to the author. Thank you, members. Thank you, thank you. Assemblymember Fong, you are recognized.

Isaac Bryanassemblymember

Good morning, Mr. Speaker and members. In 2023, the governor signed Assembly Bill 163 requiring local agencies to provide translations in certain languages during emergency situations. Some local agencies have indicated that the language on how to determine which languages must be translated is not very clear. Assembly Bill 2341 simply clarifies the language and adds a formula to ensure consistent implementation of the law. This is a support bill, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Assemblymember Fong. Members, this is a 54-vote bill. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll tally votes. Ayes 68 no zero on the urgency. Ayes 68 no zero on the measure The measure passes will pass and retain and file item 54 55 56 57 58 file item 59 is AB 1816 by Assemblymember Davies clerk will read

Carl DeMaioassemblymember

Assembly bill 1816 by Assemblymember Davies an act relating to probation Assemblymember Davies you are recognized Thank you Mr Speaker Members today I here to present AB 1816 Under a finding of necessity by a court, this bill provides a narrow one-year extension of court-ordered supervision to ensure that individuals required to register as sex offenders can fully complete essential rehabilitation programs and classes that are critical for successful reintegration. AB 1816 recognizes that the path to rehabilitation isn't always a straight line, and it shouldn't be cut short by existing rigid statutory deadlines, such as someone is finding their footing. This bill has received bipartisan support, has no, no votes, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Assemblymember Davies. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 56, no 0. The measure passes. We're going to pass through in tandem file item 60, 61, 62, 63, 64. That's file item 65 is AB 2561 by Assemblymember Valencia. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2561 by Assemblymember Valencia, an act relating to privacy.

Marc Bermanassemblymember

Assemblymember Valencia, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and muy buenos días, members. AB 2561 would ensure consumers maintain control over their preferred privacy settings on their phones and digital technologies by prohibiting any changes to a user setting without their consent. This bill does enjoy unanimous support. With that, I respectfully ask for a yes vote.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Assemblymember Valencia. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll, tally the vote. I 65, noes 0. The measure passes. Pass and retain on file item 66 all the way through 75. That brings us to file item number 76. That's ACR 167 by Assemblymember Hadwick. The clerk will read. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 167 by Assemblymember Hadwick relative to the World Agritourism Day. Assemblymember Hadwick, just a moment. Thank you, members.

Ash Kalraassemblymember

Assemblymember Hadwick, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise today to present ACR 167, recognizing World Agri-Tourism Day and celebrating the farms and ranches across California that open their gates to the public and create unforgettable experiences for families. I'd ask my colleagues, have you ever visited a vineyard, enjoyed a wine tasting, walked through a flower farm, taken your kids to a petting zoo or a pumpkin patch, or spent a fall afternoon at a U-Pick farm filling buckets with berries or apples straight from the field? Those experiences are more than just a fun day trip. They create memories that last a lifetime. They connect Californians to the people who grow our food and to the land that sustains our state. The California wine industry alone attracts an estimated 21 million tourists who roughly spend $2.1 billion annually statewide. As many of you know, my family runs the only pumpkin patch in Modoc County, and across my district, 11 counties, we are proud to have 26 pumpkin patches serving families and communities every fall. Agritourism is also an important economic driver for California, with millions of visitors participating every year from farm stays to harvest festivals to corn mazes and tours helping small farms and ranches diversify their income and remain viable for future generations In fact California farms welcome more than 2 million agritourism visitors in a single year and agritourism continues to grow as families seek authentic local experiences. For many small family farms, agritourism is not just a supplemental income. It is what keeps the farm operating. It allows farmers and ranchers to adapt, innovate, and continue contributing into California's agricultural heritage. Today, we recognize those farmers, ranchers, and small business owners who work tirelessly to provide these experiences and strengthen rural economies throughout our state.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Assemblymember Hadwick. Assemblymember, do you wish for the first roll to be open for co-authors?

Ash Kalraassemblymember

I do.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Members, all debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. Members, this is for co-authors. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. There are 66 co-authors added. Without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Assemblymember Hadwick, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Ash Kalraassemblymember

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm proud to introduce some of the best champions of agritourism in the state. Eleven years ago, my husband and I took an agritourism workshop put on by the UC Extension Office to learn about opening our business. We celebrated 10 years of business last year and have opened our farm to over 30,000 visitors in that time. Our small patch has become a community hub every fall for families to make memories, and we've had the pleasure to watch these kids grow up and be a little part of their family memories. Today I'm honored to have in the gallery some of the biggest advocates for agritourism, Ms. Penny Leff, retired UC Statewide Agritourism Coordinator, who is actually the teacher of our course, and Rachel Callahan, the current UC Statewide Agritourism Coordinator, and representing the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Ms. Sarah Anzal, and from my Assembly District, local business owner and farm operator, Justin Miller of Twin Peaks Orchards, and on the floor I have the California Farm Bureau President and my college classmate from Chico State College of Agriculture, Shannon Douglas. Please give them a warm welcome.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Okay, we are going to continue on with file item number 77, that's ACR 190 by Assemblymember Ortega. The clerk will read. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 190 by Assemblymember Ortega relative to the California Day of the Teacher.

Liz Ortegaassemblymember

Assemblymember Ortega, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. Today I rise to present ACR 190 to celebrate the California Day of the Teacher, which was yesterday, May 13th. Today we honor our teachers for their dedication, resilience, and the support they provide California's teachers, I mean children. The Day of the Teacher was recognized in 1982 as a collaboration between the California Teachers Association and the Association of Mexican-American Educators. It was inspired by the traditional El Dia del Maestro festivities observed in Mexico and other Latin American countries. The Day of the Teacher is a day for school district, parents, public officials, and the community to recognize the commitment of teachers who are educating our children, our future leaders. Schools are supposed to be safe, stable environments for students to learn and become well-rounded citizens. But today, worries about school funding, large class sizes, and lack of adequate resources detract from the quality of education our students receive and leave our teachers uncertain unsupported and overburdened. As we honor our teachers today, let's ensure we recommit to ensuring that our schools have the resources they need to educate our future leaders. Colleagues, please join me in celebrating this day of the teacher by supporting ACR 190.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

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

Sharon Quirk-Silvaassemblymember

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise in strong support of ACR 190 by Assemblymember Ortega recognizing California the day of the teacher. Today we honor educators across our state who dedicate their lives to shaping future generations and strengthening our communities through learning, mentorship, and compassion. Personal privilege.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Without objection.

Sharon Quirk-Silvaassemblymember

I wanted to personally share that today when I return to Fullerton in the school district that I've taught in for 30 years, I will be officially retiring as a teacher along with my husband. We both have taught more than 30 years, I in grades, kindergarten all the way up to junior high, and my husband a junior high teacher. And although you know me in my second chapter as a legislator, it is my first career in profession starting in 1987. Members, think back to 1987, what classrooms were like. without technology, with books in kids' hands, with paints in kindergarten and preschool children's hands, with clay and painting, with songs and poems. That's the education that I started with, and that's the education that we need to return to. There is too much information that we know is out there that shows that kids need to be talked to, kids need to be read to, kids need to have songs that are sung that they remember and that they memorize. And that is where I will find my final days, whereas one of my best joys now is my two-year-old grandson where I, in fact, am teaching some of the same things from reading Clifford to reading some of the stories that I read to my own children. But today is about recognizing teachers for what they are now enduring in many classrooms. We know that teachers don't always have the support that they've had in the past. And this is a plea for everybody on this floor to say thank you to the teachers that teach all day To recognize those teachers and to know that to be a great teacher in a classroom you have to have supportive families And parents part of it is your responsibility When we know that kids can come to school and understand rules and structure and understand that what they do in the classroom as children comes from parents. so parents say no parents set rules parents give your child chores these are the fundamentals that will help your child be successful in school and of course it helps teachers so for all of those teachers I want to end with saying education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire one child, one teacher one BILC, one PIN, and of course my cursive writing bill can change the world. And with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote on ACR 190.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, or Ms. Quirk-Silva to so many. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Ortega, do you wish to close?

Liz Ortegaassemblymember

I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Do you wish for the first roll to be open for co-authors?

Liz Ortegaassemblymember

Yes.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Okay, all debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll. Members, this is for co-authors. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. There are 69 co-authors added. Without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Assemblymember Ortega, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Liz Ortegaassemblymember

Today I had a guest in the gallery, a teacher, Mara Harvey. Unfortunately, she had to go, but I do want to recognize her. She began her career in education in 2002 as a high school social science teacher in Atomas, now serves on the CTA Board of Directors. She has worn many hats during her career as an advocate, a union leader, a civic champion, but like all teachers, her true passion lies in the well-being and education development of our children. For her and all the other teachers in this state, I would love to give a big hand. Thank you.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Okay, before we continue with Business on the Daily File, Assemblymember Soria, you're recognized for your guest introduction.

Esmeralda Soriaassemblymember

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. Today I rise to recognize three amazing interns that have been a big part of Team Soria over the last several months, all which are leaving us this week. I want to recognize Diana Campbell and Wendy Abrego Miranda. They both work in my Fresno district office, both Fresno State students, and we appreciate all their hard work over the last several months. And also Bridget Nuno from Sac State. She is a poli-sci student and a future lawyer.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Again, I wanna recognize these young women who are the future of California, our future psychologists, English professors, and lawyers. So welcome to the assembly floor, ladies, Thank you so much for your incredible work. Okay we are going to continue on and pass and retain on file item 78 File item 79, that's AB 1581 by Assemblymember Ramos. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1581 by Assemblymember Ramos and others, an act relating to pupils. Assemblymember Ramos, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise to present AB 1581. It focuses on ensuring Native American students are accurately identified in our public schools that has been overlooked here in the state of California. This misclassification equals incomplete data which makes it difficult to allocate resources effectively or tailor educational programs to specific cultural and academic needs. This common sense legislation would implement policies aimed at bringing our state in line with others to ensure California's Native American students are no longer overlooked. And this is why representation matters. I ask for your aye vote. Thank you Assemblymember Ramos. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally votes. They're ayes 69, no zero. The measure passes. Continuing on to file item number 80, that's AB 1586, also by Assemblymember Ramos. Members can you please sit? Members can you please take your desk? Assemblymember Ramos, you are recognized. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Today I rise to present. Excuse me, I'm sorry Mr. Ramos, my mistake. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1586 by Assemblymember Ramos, an act relating to people health. Assemblymember Ramos, my mistake, you are recognized. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Today I rise to present AB 1586. It focuses on our school's ability to respond quickly and effectively to an opioid overdose on campuses. AB 1586 would require school resource officers to receive opioid overdose prevention training every two years and directs the Department of Health Care Services to integrate overdose responses into school safety plans. The bill ultimately encourages both law enforcement and schools to have a greater access to remedies to the overdose that is happening and have more trained personnel on campuses within our schools. I ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Ramos. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the vote, size 68, no zero. The measure passes. We're going to pass your in tandem file items 81, 82. File item 83 is AB 1665 by Assemblymember Pacheco. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1665 by Assemblymember Pacheco and others, an act relating to school athletics. Assemblymember Pacheco, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. Today I rise to present AB 1665. part of a bill package focused on student mental health training for coaches The bill package is in partnership with Assemblymember Erwin and Assemblymember Gabriel and includes bipartisan co Children and teenagers are facing a mental health crisis More than 20% of children experience mental health issues and 3 in 10 teenagers report serious psychological distress. And these numbers are increasing. At the same time, the number of young people participating in school sports is on the rise. Athletics are intended to be a fun, physical, and mental outlet, but increased competition and pressure to perform can intensify stress for young athletes. California already recognizes the role that trusted adults play in supporting student mental health. Teachers receive youth mental health training as part of their credentialing process. Coaches also are trusted adults in students' lives. They often spend hours with student-athletes and may be among the first to notice when a young person is struggling. They have the unique opportunity to spot mental health crises and point students toward appropriate resources. School coaches are required to complete training to support student athlete physical health. Yet these safety courses do not include any instruction about how to support student athletes' mental health, even though physical and mental well-being are closely connected. AB 1665 requires sports coaches to complete an approved mental health training course. The bill will equip coaches who see and interact closely with student athletes to recognize when a student may need support. Thank you all, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Pacheco. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 62, noes 0. The measure passes. File item 84 is AB 1693 by Assemblymembers Boer. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1693 by Assemblymembers Subur and others, an act relating to retailers. Assemblymembers Boer, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I am proud to present AB 1693, which will support the state's diverse brick and mortar retail sector. Across California, small businesses and retail establishments face unpredictable local permitting processes for tenant improvements that create hardship, such as increased project costs, delayed business operations, and stagnant economic activity. When unnecessary permitting delays prevent business owners from taking on needed interior improvements to an existing building, it hurts not only the business, but the workforce and the surrounding community. Last year, in a bill authored by our Appropriations Chair, we created a streamlined approval process for restaurants seeking interior tenant improvements. And through the success of AB 1671, establishing a similar model for retail projects will help small businesses to thrive in California. AB 1693 aims to address this by requiring local building departments to allow a licensed architect or engineer serving as a qualified professional certifier to review tenant improvements and certify those improvements for applicable building health and safety codes. This legislation is critical as reducing these permitting delays will promote economic activity throughout the state while maintaining the state. appropriate safety and compliance standards. Members, this bill has been tagged a cost-cutter by the California Chamber of Commerce and has enjoyed significant bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you. So many members for all debate having ceased. Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 65, noes 1. The measure passes. We're going to go backwards, members, to file item number 74. That's AB 1768 by Assemblymember Bryan. This is a 54-vote bill. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1768 by Assemblymember Bryan and others, an act relating to taxation and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately. Assemblymember Brian, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. Today, the federal government has announced that they're withholding $1.6 billion in Medicaid reimbursements from California. That's in addition to other health infrastructure cuts that are disproportionately impacting our state, the poorest communities of our state, and Los Angeles County. The people of Los Angeles County are asking for the right to decide for themselves if they want to take care of their neighbors. And I think we should give them that right and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you Assemblymember Bryan. Assemblymember Wicks, you are recognized. Thank you Mr. Speaker and members. I just want to rise in support of this legislation. It also includes Contra Costa County. I represent one of the poorest parts of Contra Costa County. My constituents are asking for this. They need this. It is incumbent upon us to put this on the ballot, let them vote for it, ensure that it will pass the SNF test and we can make sure that we are providing that critical social safety net that folks need because of the federal cuts that are coming with that. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Wicks. Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With respect to this bill, you know, we have challenges here in this state, obviously. The challenge is specifically in my district is that we have a 20% unemployment rate. We have hospitals that are closing down. So I'm looking at this from the lens of, you know, I'm not in favor of more taxation, but we're in a place, a unique place where we have to, I have to think of my district and I have to start saying, what's the right thing? What's the right way in which we go about this? We don't want hospitals to close down. And if LA and Contra Costa County believe this is their fix for their specific region, then I'll support that. the rest of the state can come up with their own initial fixes as well. So with that, respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Gonzalez. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Bryan, do you wish to close? Respectfully ask for an aye vote. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Thank you Clerk will close the roll tally the votes Ayes 54, nos 12 on the urgency. Ayes 54, nos 12 on the measure. The measure passes. Immediate transmittal to the Senate. We're going to go back to file order where we left off. That's file item number 85. That's AB 1712 by Assemblymember Pacheco. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1712 by Assemblymember Pacheco, an act relating to local government. Members, can I have decorum, please? You may take your conversations off the floor. Let's please give our respectful attention to the authors that have been working so diligently over the course of this year on their bills. Thank you, members. Assemblymember Pacheco, you are recognized. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. Today I rise to present AB 1712, a district-specific bill to help the City of Santa Fe Springs address urgent needs in its water system. Santa Fe Springs owns a water system that faces groundwater contamination issues and requires urgent infrastructure upgrades. However, due to the system's small size, the city cannot afford to finance these upgrades without increasing customer rates by at least 300%. In contrast, if the city sells its system to a larger water provider, the cost of those upgrades will be spread across a much broader customer base, allowing rates to remain steady. However, under current law, a public entity must hold a municipal election before selling its water system to a PUC regulated provider adding cost and delay for the city and its residents. AB 1712 allows Santa Fe Springs to use a protest process instead giving residents a clear opportunity to weigh in while also facilitating a faster more affordable sale. After the sale the water system would be regulated by the PUC which will help ensure reasonable and stable rates for residents. A similar approach was successful in the nearby city of Montebello under AB 850 in 2021, where rates remain stable after the sale. Thank you all and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you Assemblymember Pacheco. Assemblymember DeMaio, you are recognized. Thank you Mr. Speaker. I plan on voting for AB 1712. I know the author is trying to take a a thoughtful approach to make sure we can have an efficient consolidation of districts. However, when I saw asset sales and water district, it's alarming. In the coming weeks, my office will raise issues about the outrageous sale of water. In the middle of California's drought, and we're never going to be drought-free, a major water system wants to sell our water to other states, wants to sell our water to Mexico, and MET refuses to buy the water. And this water district participates in the MET program, I believe. A question for the author on this bill, I don't believe this bill would involve the sale of water to other states, and if you could clarify that in your closing remarks. Thank you, Assemblymember DeMaio. Seeing and hearing no further debate Assemblymember Pacheco do you wish to close Thank you and I respectfully ask for your aye vote All debate having ceased the clerk will open the roll All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 68, noes 0. The measure passes. Pass and retain on file item 86. File item 87 is AB 1792 by Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1792 by Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez and others, an act relating to people instruction. Assemblymember Rodriguez, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. AB 1792 is a thoughtful and measured approach to how we combat the rise of sexually exploitive AI imaging in today's ever-changing technological and unscathed. Taking an education-first approach, AB 1792 asks the Instructional Quality Commission to consider updating the health education framework to reflect these digital threats such as deep fakes, sextortion, online grooming, and AI-generated exploitation. With your support, the bill ensures that instruction remains age-appropriate, expert-driven, and responsive to the evolving challenges facing students today. It gives educators the tools, the tools they need, and students the knowledge they deserve to safely navigate an increasingly digital world. I respectfully ask for my vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Rodriguez. All debate having ceased, Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 57, noes 4. The measure passes. Pass or retain on file item 88. File item 89 is AB 1822 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi. The clerk will read. Assembly vote 1822 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi, an act relating to school facilities. Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you are recognized. Thank you very much. As the lead author of Proposition 2 in 2024, the $10 billion statewide school bond measure, I bring forward Assembly Bill 1822, which would simply authorize the State Allocation Board, which administers the Proposition 2 funds, to prioritize projects that include an efficient response to extreme heat conditions faced by many of our schools. this bill has received bipartisan support. No, no votes. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you. Assembly Member Maratsuchi. All debate having ceased. Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll. Tally votes. I 67, no 0. The measure passes. Pass and retain them. File items 90, 91, 92. File item 93. AB 2005 by our friend Assemblymember Ahrens. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2005 by Assemblymember Ahrens, an act relating to land use. Assemblymember Ahrens, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. Today I rise to present AB 2005, which is a straightforward bill that aims to address the state's housing crisis by facilitating additional urban lot splits. By addressing unintended technical barriers to implementation of SB 9 while maintaining protection against investor speculation this bill is a crucial step forward in a state where we are in desperate need of more housing Respectfully ask for your aye vote Thank you Assemblymember Aaron Assemblymember Alvarez you are recognized Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of Assembly Bill 2005. I want to thank the author for the focus on tweaking a state law that has not produced housing, at least not what was expected, and identifying ways that actually individuals, people, can have access to housing opportunities. And for that reason, I respectfully ask for your aye vote for AB 2005. Thank you, Assemblymember Alvarez. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Ahrens, do you wish to close? I want to thank my colleague from San Diego, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Ahrens. All debate having ceased, Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. all members vote who desire to vote clerk will close the roll tally the votes ayes 63 knows one the measure passes pass and retain on file item number 94 file item 95 is ab2120 by assembly member solace the clerk will read assembly bill 2120 by assembly member solace an act relating to school district employees assembly member solace you are recognized Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As a former school board member and personal commissioner, I rise to present AB 1220. This bill simply removes the sunset on Los Angeles Unified School District's longstanding selective certification practice. The legislature has extended this practice seven times with unanimous support since 2005. This tool is also utilized by other large marriage system employees, including the federal government and the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Sacramento. The bill includes language to protect these specialized hires during potential reductions of forms, ensuring critical skill sets are not lost due to typical layoff patterns. AB 2120 is a support-support bill, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Solache. I'll debate having ceased. Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. I-69, no zero. The measure passes. That brings us to file item 96. AB-2121 by Assemblymember Berman. This is a 54-vote bill. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2121 by Assemblymember Berman, an act relating to community college and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately. Assemblymember Berman, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 2121 responds to federal cuts to minority-serving institutions by removing barriers that prevent community colleges from backfilling this loss in federal funding. Importantly, this bill maintains safeguards for faculty, such as not reducing spending on classroom instructors, adds transparency requirements, and includes a sunset after five years or upon restoration of federal funding, whichever occurs. First, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Berman. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote. Who desire to vote? All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally votes. I-62, Noes 1. The measure passes. File item number 97, that's AB 21. Excuse me. Thank you, Madam Clerk. I-62, Noes 1 on the urgency. I-62, Noes 1 on the measure. The measure passes. File item number 97, that's AB 2135 by Assemblymember Kalra. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2135 by Assemblymember Kalra, an act relating to public health. Assemblymember Kalra. Member Colburn, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 2135 makes improvements to the facility-initiated discharge notices residents receive in nursing homes and long-term health care facilities. AB 2135 builds upon federal regulations by setting clear discharge notice requirements when exceptions to the 30-day notice applies. The bill also requires that notices are translated in the language or format the resident can understand and strengthens enforcement of state readmission orders. The bill has enjoyed bipartisan support and is supported by nursing home resident advocates, ombudsmen, and senior and disability rights organizations. And I'm committed to continuing to work with stakeholders with any further concerns in the Senate. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Kalra. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tallying the votes. I-61, Nose 1, if the measure passes. Which brings us to file item number 98, 21, AB-2198, by Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2198, by Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez, an act relating to insurance. Assemblymember Rodriguez, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for allowing me to present Assembly Bill 2198. Current law requires title insurers and underwritten title companies to file rate schedules with the insurance commissioner. For decades, practice has been clear. Title insurers file title rates while underwritten title companies file escrow rates. Underwritten title companies do not set the title rates. They act as agents on title insurers. Recently, confusion has arisen about whether underwritten title companies must also file title rates. It also creates confusion for consumers trying to understand rate information. AB 2198 codifies longstanding practice and clarifies who is responsible for filing which rates. It also modernizes transparency by requiring rate schedules to be posted and readily available. This bill has received broad bipartisan support and known no votes throughout the process. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Rodriguez. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 68, no zero. The measure passes. We're going to pass or retain on file items 99 all the way through file item 107. That brings us to file item number 108. File item 108, that's AB 2518 by Assemblymember Sharp Collins. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2518 by Assemblymember Sharp Collins and others, an act relating to public utilities. Assemblymember Sharp Collins, just one second, please. You know, Bernie just let me know that although he did not notice the absence of a quorum, tomorrow is Mr. Wallace's birthday. Happy birthday, Mr. Wallace. We love you so much. 28, right? 28. Dr. Sharp-Collins, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise to present Assembly Bill 2518, which is a district-specific bill that creates a five pilot program in San Diego County to address the energization delays across sectors When these delays occur critical infrastructure projects such as affordable housing schools and hospitals sit empty despite being ready for public use This means families are left living on the street, children can't get access to the care that they need, and projects cost rise. The bill solves the problem by establishing three distinct project categories which stagger I cannot say the word today, timelines to ensure that we have timely connections. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Dr. Sharp-Collins. Assembly members of the board, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise today as a proud co-author of AB 2518, and I want to thank our colleague from San Diego for authoring this bill. This is an important pilot project that will speed up utility connections for affordable housing projects. When we have affordable units ready for occupancy, turning on the lights should not be the barrier to getting people into a new home. I'm appreciative of the electric utility in San Diego for working with the author to develop this pilot project so that affordable housing is expedited and advanced. Thank you again to our colleague from San Diego for bringing this important legislation. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you, Assemblymember Spohrer. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Dr. Sharp-Collins, do you wish to close? Yes, thank you so much for everyone's support of this bill, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Dr. Sharp-Collins. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 66, noes 0. The measure passes. We're on file item number 109. That's AB 2577 by Assemblymember Connolly. Members, this is a 54-vote bill. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2577 by Assemblymember Colony, an act relating to toxic substances. Assemblymember Connolly, you are recognized.

Damon Connolly

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. Proud to present AB 2577, which will strengthen judicial oversight and restore accountability to Proposition 65 enforcement by ensuring settlements deliver meaningful public health benefits. This bill will also give flexibility to courts in awarding attorney's fees without sending both parties back into costly and time-consuming further litigation. This bill reaffirms California's leadership in safeguarding consumers while promoting fairness and transparency in public health enforcement. AB 2577 will enhance public trust in Prop 65. It will ensure better protection for our safety and public health. This bill has received bipartisan support and no, no votes. Thank you, and I respectfully ask your aye vote.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Assemblymember Connolly. All debate having ceased, clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. I 67, no 0. Measure passes. Pass or retain on file items 110, 111. File item 112, AB 2706 by Assemblymember Soria. Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2706 by Assemblymember Soria, an act relating to food safety. Assemblymember Soria, you are recognized.

Esmeralda Soria

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members AB 2706 is a collaborative effort between Department of Public Health and Industry to reform California cannery law to make the law easier to comply with and the program more sustainable while maintaining California high health standards This bill has no opposition I respectfully ask for your aye vote Thank you Assemblymember Soria All debate having ceased clerk will open the roll

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 65, no 0. The measure passes. File item 113, that's AB 2751 by Assemblymember Alvarez. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2751 by Assemblymember Alvarez, an act relating to alcoholic beverages. Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized.

David Alvarez

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB 2751, which establishes parity for travelers entering California from outside the United States by standardizing the personal importation limit for alcoholic beverages to six liters every 31 days. Why does this matter right now? If you fly home from a trip abroad into California or through a seaport, state law allows you to bring back an amount of alcohol for your own personal consumption to share with your family. However, if you drive across into my district through the border at San Ysidro or Otay Mesa, you are not allowed to bring the same amount of alcohol as you do if you fly in or you come through a seaport. AB 2751 corrects that inconsistency by making it and establishing a clear standard for everyone entering into the state of California for Californians and for tourists. This change ensures that a pedestrian who's crossing at the San Ysidro Port of Entry has the same rights and the same limits as a passenger stepping off the international flight at LAX or a cruise ship at Long Beach. This is a priority bill for our California and Mexico Select Committee, and it's particularly important to strengthen our continued economic relationship with Mexico. AB 2751 ensures that a Californian entering and returning from a weekend of wine tasting, as I know our speaker pro tem often does in Baja, California, can reasonably bring back a few bottles without facing a confusing, more restrictive rule at the land border, simply because they drove instead of flying into California. Speculiastra, I vote.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Trust me, I could use some of that wine right now. Thank you, Assemblymember Alvarez. Assemblymember Gonzalez, you are recognized.

Mark Gonzalez

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to thank my colleague for his leadership on this. We share the Mexican border, and this is on the Imperial County side, is also an issue, and I'm thankful for his leadership. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Assemblymember Gonzalez. Assemblymember Alvarez, do you wish to close?

David Alvarez

Thank you to our colleague from the Coachella Valley and all those who serve on the California Mexico Select Committee for their support on this. Respectfully ask that the assembly joins us and voting aye. Thank you. Thank you Assemblymember. All debate having ceased,

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 65, No, zero. The measure passes. That brings us to file item number 114, AB 2771 by the Committee on Business and Professions, presented by Assemblymember Berman. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 2771 by the Committee on Business and Professions, an act relating to private post-secondary education and making an appropriation, therefore. Assemblymember Berman, you are recognized.

Marc Berman

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 2771 is the sunset bill for the Bureau for Private Post-Secondary Education. The bill makes various technical reforms and policy changes in response to issues raised during the Bureau sunset review process Respectfully ask for your aye vote Thank you Assemblymember Berman All debate having ceased Clerk will open the roll

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. I-64, no-0. The measure passes. We're going to pass and retain on file item 115, 116, 117. File item number 118, AB 1913 by Assemblymember Soria. The clerk will read. Assembly Bill 1913 by Assemblymember Soria, an act relating to vehicles. Assemblymember Soria, you are recognized.

Esmeralda Soria

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, AB 1913 allows peace officers and law enforcement volunteers to operate specified emergency equipment with a special endorsement. In emergency situations, first responders may be asked to operate specialty equipment, including mobile command posts, snow cats, and other heavy trailers. Current law allows firefighters to obtain an endorsement, which allows them to operate these vehicles with a Class C driver's license. AB 1913 simply extends this endorsement to peace officers that have received the specialized training. This will increase the pool of responders that can operate these vehicles and help keep our communities safe in emergencies, especially in rural communities like the ones that I represent. I respectfully request your aye vote.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Assemblymember Soria. All debate having ceased, Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. all members vote who desire to vote all members vote who desire to vote clerk will close the roll tally the votes ayes 68 no zero the measure passes just a moment members Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you. We're going to pass and retain file items 119, 120, 121, 122. That brings us to the Senate third reading file, file items 123 to 129. We're going to pass and retain on all items. Brings us to the second day consent calendar. We'll now move to the second day consent calendar. First, we're going to take up resolutions on the consent calendar for the purpose of adding co-authors. Clerk, we'll read the resolutions on the consent calendar. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 124 by Assemblymember Ta relative to Vietnam Human Rights Day. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 196 by Assemblymember Solace relative to California Small Business Month. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 198 by Assemblymember Patel relative to Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month. and House Resolution 95 by Assemblymember Colosa relative to National Public Works Week. Clerk will now open the roll to allow any members to add on as a co-author to the resolutions. All members vote who desire to vote. Members, this is for co-authors. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. There are 65 co-authors added. Moving to a vote on the consent calendar. file items 130 to 181. Does any member wish to remove an item from the second day consent calendar? Seeing and hearing none, the clerk will read the second day consent calendar. Assembly Bill 1559 by Assembly Member Calderon and others, an act relating to insurance. Clerk will open the roll on the consent calendar. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 66, no 0. Consent calendar is adopted. Clerk will read the remaining items on the consent calendar. Assembly Bill 1569. Ayes 66, no 0. Assembly Bill 1590. Ayes 66 no 0 Assembly Bill 1626 Ayes 66 no 0 Assembly Bill 1694 Ayes 66 no 0 Assembly Bill 1766 I no zero Assembly Bill 1766 I am 1 Mitor I 6 6 no 0 20 78 I 6 6 no 0 2127 I 6 6 no 0 2174 I 6 6 no 0 2191 I 6 6 no 0 ủ соверш religion with othersologia. 23r72, I 6 6, no 0, 24 21 I 6 6 no 0, 24 35 I 6 6 no zero, 24 37 I 6 6 no 0, 466, I 6 6 0, 24 76, I 6 6 no 0, 25 38, I 6 6 no 0, 25 65 I 6 6, no 0, 25 94, I 6 6 no 0, 25 52, Ayes 66, noes 0. Ayes 66, noes 0. Ayes 76, noes 0. Ayes 66, noes 0. Ayes 66, noes 0. Assembly bill 2786. Ayes 66, noes 0. Assembly bill 2789. Ayes 66, noes 0. Assembly bill 2794. Ayes 66, noes 0. Assembly concurrent resolution 124. I-66, no-0 Assembly Adm Platform Resolution 196 I-66, no-0 Assembly Adm vaccin resolution 198 I-66, no-0 House Resolution 95 I-66, no-0 Senate Communцен Resolution 123 I-66, no-0 Senate Commun 끝� resolution 128 I-66, no-0 Senate Communhit Resolution 130 I-66, no-0 Senate Communities Resolution 157 I-66, no-0 And Senate Congreading Resolution 161 I-66, no-0 Members, we will now move to adjournment of memory. The quorum call will be lifted. So you are free to take your conversations off the floor and be on your way. We will move to adjournment of memory. For those who are granted prior permission, assembly members Gibson and Dixon. Thank you.

Mike Gipson

Madam Speaker and members I rise to ask this body to adjourn in memory of William Kevin Mack McCasker a father grandfather and a dedicated public servant and he was also the father of Los Angeles City Councilmember Tim McCosker of the 15th Councilmatic District We call it the 1-5. Mr. McCosker was born on March the 6th, 1938. William touched many lives leaving a legacy of laughter generosity and deep-seated kindness the son of an Irish immigrant and a lifelong resident of San Pedro William McCosker cherished his heritage and held deep pride in his roots he was a good man who had a gift of meeting people with warmth and affection for celebrating life values. He spread it to those he loved. After joining the Los Angeles Fire Department in 1961, his dedication to service and sacrifice inspired two generations of his family to follow in his footsteps. His passionate commitment to kindness was unmatched to his love for his family. He was a devoted husband to his wife, Pat, father to his six children, Patrick, Tim, Danny, John, Kevin, Mike, grandfather to his 21 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He spent his joyful days embarking on camping, watching college football on Saturdays, and playing golf with his friends. William's laughter and kindness carried forward on through his family as they said goodbye. May his lifelong dedication to service remain a lasting inspiration to others. May he rest in peace and rest in power. William Kevin Mac MacOsker. And I just wanted to point out, he left this earth on Easter morning. May his memory and his life be a blessing to all who remember him. Thank you.

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Mr. Gibson. Ms. Dixon, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory.

Diane Dixon

Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. I rise today to adjourn in the memory of Ed Ashman. Ed, an 81-year-old retired Marine Corps captain, Vietnam veteran, and beloved substitute teacher, was tragically killed in Lake Forest after being struck by an e-motorcycle being ridden illegally. He passed away on April 30, 2026, from injuries sustained in the April 16 hit-and-run accident. A dedicated public servant and educator, Ed continued to serve his community as a substitute teacher at El Toro High School, touching the lives of countless students and colleagues. He was a fighter and an American hero who flew combat missions in Vietnam and brought that same sense of duty and resilience into the classroom. Ed was known for his dedication to service, from his distinguished military career to his work educating the next generation. His loss is a profound and heartbreaking blow to the Lake Forest community the veterans community local schools and all who knew him Thus it is with profound sadness that I ask you to join me to adjourn in the memory of Ed Ashman Thank you

Assemblymember Gallagherassemblymember

Thank you, Assemblymember Dixon. May their memories be for a blessing. Please bring the names to the desk to be printed in the journal. All requests to adjourn in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal. moving to announcements I'm ordering the desk yelled open to process committee reports members the appropriations committee is meeting in swing space room 1100 upon adjournment session schedule is as follows Friday May 15th no floor session no check-in session Monday May 18th we'll be back here 1 a 1 p.m. for floor session 1 a.m. all other remaining items will be passed and retained all motions shall be continued seeing hearing no further business I am ready to entertain a motion to adjourn miss ransom moves and miss Davies seconds that this house stands adjourned until Monday May 18th at 1 p.m. quorum call has been lifted and this we are adjourned our K hand vote change AB 2005 I to not voting vote change assembly member of our K hand assembly bill 20 oh five from a From A to not voting. From A to not voting. Davies AB 1792 from A to not voting. Vote change, Assembly Member Davies. Assembly Bill 1792 from A to not voting. Castillo, AB2005, from aye to not voting. Vote change. Assemblymember Castillo, Assembly Bill 2005, from aye to not voting. Connolly, vote change. AB1693, no to aye. Aye. Vote change. Assembly member Connolly, Assembly Bill 1692, from no to aye. Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you.

Source: Assembly Floor Session · May 14, 2026 · Gavelin.ai