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• Members, we are moving on to adjournments in memory.
• I rise today to adjourn in memory of Justice Betty Dawson, someone in my community who served as a pioneer
• And today members, if you could help me adjourn in her memory, but also in the great legacy she has left
• Speaker I request to present part of this adjournment in memory in Spanish. Without objection.
• Thank you, and I again ask that we adjourn. In the memory of Durbin Jose Alvarado, go in silence.

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• So we will be holding quorum call for the adjournment in memory.
• Members, we will now move to that adjournment in memory. The quorum call is still in place.
• in memory.
• Assembly Member Jeff Gonzalez, you are recognized on this adjourn in memory.
• All requests to adjourn in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal.

Summary: The Assembly convened after an initial quorum call, then proceeded with prayer, the pledge, and routine motions. Members approved several procedural requests, including moving AB 362 to the inactive file and allowing the Natural Resources Committee to hear AB 34 on January 16. The chamber also recognized guests and paid tribute to retiring Republican caucus consultant Daryl Thomas, with remarks from multiple members praising his long service and legal analysis work. The main floor action centered on ACR 116, a resolution honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Members from several caucuses and both parties spoke in support, emphasizing King’s legacy of civil rights, economic justice, nonviolence, and unfinished work. After opening the roll for coauthors, the resolution received 67 coauthors and was adopted by voice vote. The Assembly then took up ACR 118, recognizing Korean American Day; members highlighted Korean American history, community contributions, solidarity with other communities, and the significance of Koreatown and Korean American civic life. That resolution also received 67 coauthors and was adopted by voice vote. The consent calendar was then adopted on a 64-0 vote, including ACR 115 on National Blood Donor Month. The chamber also held an adjournment in memory for former legislator David Kelly, with a tribute to his military service, agricultural background, and legislative work on water conservation and sustainable agriculture. The Assembly announced the upcoming Martin Luther King Day recess and adjourned until Tuesday, January 20 at 1 p.m.

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• Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Johnny Canales.
• Clifford Davis, and be it further. solved, that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory
• President Members, before we adjourn, I yield to Senator Miles for a memorial recognition.
• As we adjourn today, I request that we Do so in memory of Reverend Dr.
• Wednesday March 5th in memory of Reverend Dr. Willie William A.

Bills: SJR3 , SB5 , SJR36 , SJR3 , SB616 , SB565 , SB384 , SB5 , SB21 , SB72 , SB140 , SB262 , SB370 , SB372 , SB495 , SB627 , SB703 , SB764 , SB842 , SB971 , SB790 , SB767 , SB480 , SB1066

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• So in living memory, the Holocaust still goes on, but that living memory is going to pass away.
• The Senate Committee on Education will meet in E0128 upon adjournment. E1028.
• We have a memorial recognition upon adjournment.
• Before we adjourn, I yield to Senator Kochorst for a memorial recognition.
• I move that the Senate adjourn until 11 AM Wednesday, January 29th, in memory of Sergeant Mark Allen

Bills: SJR36 , SR8 , SR14 , SR15 , SR17 , HCR54

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• Members, I would respectfully ask to adjourn in today's session in memory of a beloved member of our
• Members, I rise today to adjourn in the memory of the great Dr. Harold K.
• I request that we adjourn in his memory today. Be forgotten.
• I request that we adjourn in his memory today.
• Madam Pro Tem, on your adjournment in memory. Madam Pro Tem, on your adjournment in memory.

Summary: The Senate session opened with a roll call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long series of floor recognitions and votes. Members spent substantial time honoring the Los Angeles Dodgers, celebrating their back-to-back World Series championship and highlighting the team’s history, community role, and connections to Jackie Robinson, Fernando Valenzuela, Vin Scully, and Jaime Jarrín. Senators also recognized summer interns and welcomed members of Kappa Alpha Psi’s Kappa League and Guide Right program to the floor. The chamber then took up several measures, beginning with AB 182 on ballot order and proposition numbering for the 2026 statewide ballot, which passed 38-8 after debate over whether placing legislatively referred measures first was fair. SR 113, commemorating the International Day of Peace and honoring Dr. Yongshik Cho’s role in proposing it, passed unanimously after supportive remarks about peace, education, and California’s diversity. The Senate also adopted SJR 16 urging Congress to restore commercial driver’s licenses for affected California truck drivers, and SCR 185 designating Probation Services Week. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to budget trailer bills. The Senate concurred in Assembly amendments to AB 112, AB 150, AB 152, AB 181, and AB 179, covering Medi-Cal, child care, human services, education governance, and housing. It also passed or concurred in SB 168, SB 169, SB 170, SB 171, SB 172, SB 174, SB 177, and SB 180, addressing public resources and energy, transportation, executive branch reorganization, labor, state government, courts, Medi-Cal financing, and taxation. Several of these drew opposition centered on energy costs, transparency, business impacts, or the proposed “fair share” approach to Medi-Cal costs for large corporations, but most measures passed on party-line or near-party-line votes. The Senate also confirmed three California Horse Racing Board appointments and ended with adjournment motions, including a request to adjourn in memory of Francis Lydia Limos of American Canyon.

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• When the Senate adjourn today, I would like them to join in memory of James Jefferson, who also had Jefferson
• When the Senate adjourn today, I would like them to join in memory of James Jefferson, who also had Jefferson
• Also, an adjournment<00:24:47.320><c> memory.</c> adjournment memory. adjournment memory.
• </c> >> Please proceed. >> When the Senate adjourns today, I ask that we do so in memory of Brigadier
• When the Senate adjourn today, I would like them to join in memory of James Jefferson, who also had Jefferson

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• Well, I'd like to do an adjourn in memory of Rebecca Becky Boyd.
• we'd like to adjourn in her memory.
• Also ask to be recognized for an adjourn in memory. Yes, sir.
• And certainly we would all join you and the Jackson County delegation in that adjourn in memory.
• Thank you, gentlemen, for that adjourn in memory. All right. That brings us to recess.

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• Senate Resolution 295, a resolution adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Brenda Holmes
• Senate Resolution 296, a resolution adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Levi Peterson
• Senate Resolution 166, a resolution adjourning the Senate in loving memory and honor of Venta Winters
• Senate Resolution 205, resolution adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Lori Ann Parker
• Senate Resolution 293, a resolution adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Karen Sue Spencer

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• Hearing none, all those in favor of House Joint Memorial 20 say aye. Those opposed say nay.
• What House Joint Memorial 19 does is it just tells, in fact I'll just read part of it, that at the bottom
• What House Joint Memorial 19 does is, in fact, I'll just read part of it: that at the bottom there, starting
• Majority having voted in favor of House Joint Memorial 19, House Joint Memorial 19 is passed by the House
• In other words, it only applies if the taxpayer opts in.

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• memorials in the 10th order of business as well.
• Senators, we made a correction of one word in Senate Joint Memorial 106.
• That is Senate Joint Memorial 108 that we have in the 10th order.
• In the Senate, Senate Joint Memorial 108 by the Resources and Environment Committee: a joint memorial
• You've heard the motion that we adjourn until 11 o'clock tomorrow. All in favor, say aye.

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• You were in support? I am in support. Very good. All right.
• House concurrent memorial, a concurrent memorial request in the Congress of the United States to consider
• House Concurrent Memorial 2007 has passed, signed in open session.
• Notices of the adjourned conference committees scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in Hearing Room 4: House Bill
• Those in favor, vote aye; opposed, vote no. The ayes have it. So ordered. We are adjourned.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a series of guest introductions recognizing Maricopa County Community Colleges Day at the Capitol, the Doctor of the Day, Glendale Community College leadership, and other visitors. The chamber also received a gubernatorial communication withdrawing Holly Prangman’s nomination to the State Board of Psychologist Examiners. The body then considered multiple bills in Committee of the Whole. Measures advanced included HB 2342 on planned communities/HOA-related provisions, HB 2456 on small modular reactors and energy siting, HB 2457 on power plant and transmission line siting, HB 2752 on Commerce Authority trade offices, and HB 2923 on mental health court-ordered treatment, with several floor amendments adopted. Additional bills were also advanced from later calendars, including HB 2249 on parents’ bill of rights remedies, HB 2482 on school facilities and building renewal grants, HB 2895 on Native American language instruction certification, HB 2661 and HB 2662 on family law/parenting issues, HB 2793 on annexation procedures, HB 2805 on electronic signatures and nomination petitions, HB 467 on voter registration status, HCM 2005 on foreign government property ownership, HCM 2006 on Endangered Species Act reform, HB 2641 on PFAS firefighting foam prohibition, HB 2673 on incarcerated persons and mental illness treatment, HB 2745 on legislative subpoena/contempt, HB 2763 on shooting range closure conditions, and HCM 2011 on Mexican wolf delisting. The Senate then took up third-reading votes on several measures. HB 2035 on child welfare and placement passed 17-10, with senators citing concerns about kinship care definitions and LGBTQ exclusions. HB 2109, HB 2189, HB 2244, HB 2440, HB 2594, and HB 2932 all passed by varying margins, and HCM 2007 on renaming State Route 69 also passed. HCR 2059, supporting county sheriffs, passed after debate over the “supreme constitutional authority” language, with some senators objecting to what they described as a conspiratorial framing and others defending sheriffs’ constitutional role. SB 1503 on first responders’ state death benefits passed with the required emergency and supermajority votes, and HB 2342 and HB 2456 later passed on third reading. The Senate also agreed to a free conference committee on HB 2000 and adjourned until April 16, 2026, after announcing several conference committee meetings.

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• I ask for a moment of silence in memory of the fallen police officers of Massachusetts.
• Collins from Boston, moves that when the Senate adjourns today, it do so in memory of Mrs.
• I ask for a moment of silence in memory of Mrs. Charlene Roberts Hayden.
• The same senator moves that the Senate now adjourn. All those in favor say aye; opposed, no.
• And the Senate stands adjourned in memory of Mrs.

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, adopted several congratulatory and commemorative resolutions, and welcomed sixth-grade students from Holy Name School in West Roxbury, along with guests and chaperones. The chamber then took up House No. 4100, a fiscal year 2025 supplemental appropriations bill, which was described as addressing a roughly $240 million shortfall in the Group Insurance Commission. Senator Tarr emphasized the urgency of funding the GIC while also urging lawmakers to examine the causes of the deficiency and consider longer-term cost controls. The Senate suspended the rules, ordered the bill to a third reading, passed it to be engrossed, and later received notice that the House had non-concurred in the Senate amendment and appointed a conference committee. The Senate then insisted on its amendment and appointed conferees. The chamber also passed Senate No. 2508, establishing a sick leave bank for Andrew Satera, an employee of the Trial Court. The Senate observed National Law Enforcement Memorial Day with remarks honoring fallen officers and a moment of silence, and later adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of Charlene Roberts Hayden, whose life and career in mathematics, software engineering, teaching, and public service were recognized. Finally, the Senate adopted the emergency preamble for H. 4100, passed the bill to be enacted, and adjourned to meet again the following Monday at 11 a.m.

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• And I have the Louisiana flag in my office as well. So Joe's memory will live...
• Brady Memorial Bridge. This gentleman was instrumental in getting the bridge.
• The family would really love to have this road right in front of that area named in his memory.
• The family would really love to have this road right in front of that area named in his memory.
• This will just rename a portion of the road in front of that establishment in his memory.

Bills: HB129 , HB130 , HB148 , HB149 , HB221 , HB346 , HB354 , HB355 , HB356 , HB358 , HB360 , HB384 , HB401 , HB657 , HB675 , HB716

Committee: House Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Summary: The House Committee on Transportation met on March 10 and took up a series of highway and bridge naming bills, beginning with House Bill 346, which redesignates a portion of U.S. Highway 171 as the Speaker Joe Salter Memorial Highway. The bill was presented with extensive tributes from the sponsor, former colleagues, and Secretary of State Nancy Landry, all praising Salter’s public service, education background, and character. The committee reported HB 346 favorably without objection. Members then heard House Bill 221, which names a proposed Mississippi River bridge connecting LA 1 and LA 30 as the President Donald J. Trump Expressway. The sponsor argued the naming would help draw attention and funding to a long-discussed, toll-free bridge project and described possible financing through development districts and federal programs. Some members questioned the political and practical logic of naming a bridge before it is built, while others supported the concept as a way to advance a needed infrastructure project. The committee adopted a roll-call vote and reported HB 221 favorably by 12-2. The committee also advanced several memorial highway and bridge designations, including HB 356 for the Elwood T. Brady Jr. Memorial Bridge, HB 149 for Senior Police Officer Trevor Abney Memorial Highway, HB 148 for the Eugene Washington Memorial Highway, HB 716 naming the Schaumet Ferry Terminal after Michael C. Ginnart Jr., HB 355 naming Highway 10 in Washington Parish as Veterans Park Memorial Highway, HB 675 naming part of U.S. 425 as the Bill Putt Linder Memorial Highway, HB 657 naming portions of LA 182 for Burrick B.J. Lejeune Jr. and Judge Richard T. Dickey Hike Sr., HB 354 renaming the Magnolia Bridge for Caleb Easterling, HB 358 naming a portion of LA 433 for Charles R. Bordelon Sr., and HB 384 naming part of U.S. 11 as the Dan de Blanc American Hero Memorial Highway. Several bills were amended to add or remove the word “Memorial.” The committee reported the measures favorably, with amendments where applicable, and then voluntarily deferred HB 129, HB 130, HB 360, and HB 401 to a later agenda before adjourning.

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• Moving on to the adjournments in memory, the quorum call is still in place.
• Moving on to the adjournments in memory, the quorum call is still in place.
• Assembly Member Hart, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory.
• Assembly Member Gibson, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory.
• All requests to adjourn in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, pledge, and a moment of silence for Marysville Police Officer Osmar Rodarte. Members then handled several procedural motions, including re-referring bills and moving items on the file, with AB 567 re-referred by a recorded vote of 42-17 and the remaining referral requests approved without objection. The chamber also heard a brief personal statement from Assembly Member Macedo thanking colleagues and staff for support during a health episode. On the floor, members presented and passed several measures. AB 310 by Assembly Member Alanis, requiring youth sports organizations to have AED access, emergency response plans, and coach training, passed 56-0. AB 437 by Assembly Member Lackey, expanding CIF reporting to include sports-related injuries and medical problems, passed 59-0. ACR 55 by Assembly Member Jeff Gonzalez, commemorating the 40th anniversary of ARC v. DDS and the Lanterman Act, received 62 co-authors and was adopted by voice vote. The Assembly also adopted HR 28 recognizing Major League Baseball Opening Day 2025, with extended lighthearted remarks about the Dodgers, Giants, and Athletics, and HR 23 honoring Cesar Chavez Day, which drew broad support from caucus leaders and members speaking to Chavez’s labor and civil rights legacy. Both resolutions were adopted by voice vote after adding co-authors. The chamber then approved the second-day consent calendar, including ACR 39 on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month and ACR 53 on Women’s Equal Pay Day, and later adjourned in memory of Ralph Miller after tributes from Assembly Members Hart and Gibson. The House adjourned until Tuesday, April 1 at 1 p.m.

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• Members, we’re moving on to adjournments in memory. Quorum call is still in place.
• I respectfully request that we adjourn in the memory of her.
• adjourning in her memory.
• Colleagues, today I rise to adjourn in the memory of Socorro Herrera, the owner of Yucas Tacos in Los
• The request to adjourn in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a busy floor session with several procedural motions and bill actions. Members suspended rules to allow speeches and guests, withdrew AB 362 from Appropriations to the second reading file, and voted 41-13 to suspend the rules for that motion. The body also took up a number of items on the daily and third reading files, with several measures passed, retained, or moved to inactive file. The main policy focus was ACR 70, designating September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Assembly Member Pellerin presented the resolution with a personal account of losing her husband to suicide and urged greater use of 988, secure firearm storage, and open conversations about mental health. Many members from both parties and caucuses spoke in support, sharing personal experiences with suicide and emphasizing stigma reduction, access to care, and the importance of checking in on others. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, Senate amendments were concurred in, and suicide awareness pins were distributed to members. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 977 on Native American human remains, with unanimous support and a 68-0 vote, and to AB 1510, the Assembly PERS Committee bill, which passed 66-1. Members then adopted H.R. 65, recognizing October as Filipino American History Month, after extensive remarks celebrating Filipino American history, labor organizing, public service, and community contributions; 63 co-authors were added without objection before the voice vote. Later, the chamber passed SB 81, protecting access to health care facilities from immigration enforcement, and SB 98, requiring schools and campuses to notify communities when immigration enforcement is present; both were framed as part of a broader package to protect immigrant communities and passed on urgency votes. The session concluded with debate on SJR 9, a resolution condemning mass immigration raids and defending civil liberties, which drew sharply divided remarks from supporters and opponents, with no final action shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• Members, we're moving on to adjournments in memory. Quorum call is still in place.
• I respectfully request that we adjourn in her memory.
• adjourning in her memory.
• Colleagues, today I rise to adjourn in the memory of Socorro Herrera, the owner of Yuca's Tacos in Los
• Adjournment in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a heavy floor schedule with several procedural motions and unanimous-consent actions, including withdrawing AB 362 from Appropriations, moving SB 494 to the inactive file, and rescinding prior action on SB 400. Members also adopted a motion suspending the rules to withdraw AB 362 from Appropriations and place it on second reading, with the roll showing 41 ayes and 13 noes. The chamber then took up ACR 70, proclaiming September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Assembly Member Pellerin presented the resolution with a personal account of losing her husband to suicide and urged use of the 988 lifeline, safe firearm storage, and open conversations about mental health. Many members from both parties and caucuses shared personal stories and support. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, Senate amendments were concurred in, and suicide awareness pins were distributed. Members next concurred in Senate amendments to AB 977 on Native American human remains, with broad support and a 68-0 vote, and to AB 1510 on public employees, which passed 66-1. HR 65, designating October as Filipino American History Month, drew extensive remarks on Filipino American history, labor, public service, and community contributions; it was adopted by voice vote with 63 co-authors added. The Assembly also passed SB 81 and SB 98, both urgency measures aimed at protecting immigrant communities in health care facilities and schools from immigration enforcement activity, and both were sent immediately to the Senate after 54-10 and 54-8 votes, respectively. Finally, the chamber debated SJR 9 condemning immigration raids; supporters described fear and family disruption, while one Republican member argued for secure borders and criticized the bill and related policies. The transcript ends during that debate without showing a final vote on SJR 9.

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• We're going to move into adjournment in memory.
• Senator Ochoa Bogh, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory when you are ready.
• Senator Ochoa Bogh, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory when you are ready.
• I would be honored if the body would adjourn in his memory of Dan Hughes.
• Senator, please bring the name of your adjournment in memory to the desk to be properly memorialized.

Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then took up several floor items. AB 108, a budget bill, was presented as a one-time $25 million grant program through HCAI to help severely distressed nonprofit and public hospitals with less than 10 days cash on hand and limited other options, along with a technical fix for the property tax postponement program. Senators Laird and Jones spoke in support, and the bill passed 36-0 with immediate transmittal granted. The chamber then adopted a series of resolutions recognizing CASA Appreciation Day (SCR 162), California Wildfire Preparedness Week (SCR 165), California Rail Month (SCR 84), the National Day of Prayer (SCR 153), and Mother’s Day (SCR 167). Floor remarks highlighted the role of CASA volunteers, year-round wildfire risk and local preparedness efforts, rail’s importance to mobility and climate goals, faith and prayer as sources of guidance, and the contributions of mothers and mother figures. All of these resolutions passed, with SCR 153 receiving one no vote and the others passing unanimously or near-unanimously. The Senate also passed SB 1175, which moves lobbyist registration and related filings directly to the Secretary of State to improve timeliness and transparency; SB 949, designating the Santa Cruz Mountains as a landscape of statewide significance; SB 1038, strengthening CalPERS audit notice requirements for unions; and SB 965, making it easier for 16- and 17-year-olds to obtain library cards without a parent physically present. Each measure received supportive remarks and passed on strong roll calls. Later, the Senate adopted SR 106 marking Black April Memorial Month and honoring Vietnamese refugees and the Vietnamese American community, with members speaking about the fall of Saigon, refugee sacrifice, and the community’s contributions. The session concluded with committee announcements and an adjournment in memory of Dan Hughes, a former reserve officer, firefighter paramedic, and longtime parks district board member. The Senate announced it would reconvene on Monday, May 11, 2026.

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• It encompasses more than a mere cognitive act of memory and must be rooted in moral commitment.
• Today, we for whom the memory is burned in our hearts and in our flesh gather to pass the torch to the
• the memory is burned in our hearts whom the memory is burned in our hearts and<01:32:26.239><c> in</
• </c><01:38:43.040><c> overpasses</c><01:38:44.000><c> in</c> Cleave Senior memorial overpasses in Cleave
• Senior memorial overpasses in Jefferson<01:38:44.880><c> County.

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• Adjournments in memory, the quorum call is still in place.
• in memory.
• I respectfully request we adjourn in the memory of John E Bryson.
• Assemblymember Connolly, you're recognized for your adjournment in memory. Thank you, Mr.
• All requests to adjourn in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal.

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• We have three adjournments in memory. Senator Choi. Three adjournments in memory. Senator Choi.
• Senator Niello, on this adjournment in memory. Thank you, Madam President.
• I join in the motion to adjourn in the memory of Lee Hajan.
• So please join me in an adjournment in memory of Doris Fisher. What an icon and an amazing legacy.
• Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, please help me in adjourning in the memory of James Leslie Barbie