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• I ask unanimous consent consent and<00:48:24.400> I<00:48:24.559> will<00:48:24.720>
• Consent to address one.
• Consent to address seek recognition? Consent to address one. one. one.
• Ask me consent to address recognition.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• We have one item on the proposed consent calendar, Item 5, SB 985, Strickland.
• So we could, let's do consent. So we could, let's do consent.
• Consent is out. We'll leave the roll open for other members to add on.
• This is for the consent item SB 985. Hoover. Hoover aye. Hoover aye. This is for SB 1190.
• Consent calendar, SB 985, Strickland. That bill is out 9 to 0. This is for SB 1190, Grove.

Summary: The Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee met with several bills on the agenda, beginning with SB 739 (Arreguín) on the Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program for transportation network companies. The author and supporters from Lyft, Uber, and TechNet said the bill would update EV miles traveled and greenhouse gas targets to reflect current market conditions, add flexibility for CARB and the CPUC, and protect drivers from losing platform access while also creating a path for future electrification. Opponents including the American Lung Association, Sierra Club California, and NRDC argued the bill would weaken a program meant to accelerate EV adoption and should retain stronger targets. Members discussed affordability, charging infrastructure, and the need to balance climate goals with feasibility. The committee approved SB 739 as amended and re-referred it to Appropriations, later recording a 9-0 vote when the roll was completed. The committee then heard SB 1190 (Grove), the “Safe Passage for Youth Act,” which would regulate private youth transport services used for out-of-state residential placements. The author and sponsor testimony described abusive practices such as nighttime pickups, blindfolds, restraints, and emotional trauma, and said the bill would require CPUC permitting, TrustLine background checks, training, parental consent, and bans on certain practices. Support came from youth and disability advocates, with no opposition testimony. The bill was moved on a due pass as amended recommendation and later passed 9-0. SB 1191 (Ochoa Bogh) would extend the sunset for California High Cost Fund A and B universal service programs that help provide affordable telephone service in rural and high-cost areas. Supporters from rural telecom companies and industry groups said the funds are essential for maintaining service, 911 access, and emergency communications in remote communities. There was no opposition, and the committee advanced the bill on a due pass recommendation; it later passed 9-0. The consent item, SB 985 (Strickland) on the 911 emergency system, was also approved. Finally, the committee heard SB 1246 (Cortese) on autonomous vehicles and emergency response. The author and supporters from SEIU California and the California Professional Firefighters said the bill would require AV companies to provide incident response, notify local jurisdictions during system failures, ensure U.S.-based remote drivers, and prevent public safety workers from having to manage AV breakdowns. Industry opponents argued the bill intrudes on federal vehicle standards, gives local governments enforcement authority they should not have, and could create overly broad notification and response requirements. Members raised questions about local control, response times, and whether the bill was premature given existing DMV regulations. Despite those concerns, the committee passed SB 1246 on a due pass as amended recommendation, later recording a 7-1 vote. The committee then recessed and returned to complete roll calls before adjourning.

Transcript Highlights:

• Let's go ahead and take the consent calendar as we wait for other authors. Okay.
• Consent calendar is out. We will leave the roll open for absent members. All right.
• Consent calendar? Okay. File item number two, SB... Consent calendar.
• Motion is do pass and re-refer to Committee on Judiciary with recommendation to consent calendar.
• The motion is do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with the recommendation to the consent

Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard several bills focused on worker protections, AI in the workplace, bereavement leave, and construction labor standards. SB 909 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would increase public works contractor registration fees, raise prevailing wage and related penalties, and direct half of collected penalties back into the Public Works Enforcement Fund. Supporters said the bill would help combat wage theft and misclassification and strengthen enforcement; opponents argued the higher fees and penalties would burden contractors without fixing enforcement backlogs. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass motion to Appropriations. The committee also approved SB 951 by Senator Reyes, which would require 60-day notice when 25 or more workers are displaced by technology and require reporting on AI-related job impacts. Supporters framed it as a response to rapid AI-driven layoffs and a way to gather real-time data; opponents raised concerns about small employers, proprietary information, and litigation. SB 947 by Senator McNerney, the “No Robo Bosses Act,” would require human review of automated discipline, termination, or deactivation decisions and restrict predictive behavior analysis. Supporters said it would prevent biased or mistaken automated decisions; opponents objected to the inclusion of independent contractors, private rights of action, and other provisions. Both bills were advanced to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection. The committee also passed SB 1149 by Senator Durazo, which would expand bereavement leave to cover a “designated person,” including chosen family relationships. Supporters, including AARP and a witness who described losing a long-term partner, said the bill reflects modern family structures; there was no opposition. In addition, SB 1185 by Senator Cortese, applying skilled and trained workforce standards to pharmaceutical facility construction, was approved despite opposition from business and construction groups who said there was no demonstrated safety problem and that the mandate could raise costs and reduce competition. Several other bills on the consent calendar were also approved, and all measures were reported out of committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have 15 bills to hear today, nine of which will be on consent.
• Secretary, please call the roll for consent. Items on the consent calendar.
• All right, we'll move forward to the consent calendar minus Was it $10.75?
• The consent calendar, mine is $10.75. It was Bennett and Baines and Hadley.
• I have not voted on the consent calendar. On the consent calendar, Bennett. Aye. Bennett, aye.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Unanimous consent we go to that order of business: introduction of legislation.
• President, unanimous consent we go to that order of business: messages from the House.
• Unanimous consent, we go without our business: announcements. Senator Wirth. Thank you, Mr.
• Unanimous consent, we go without our business: announcements in miscellaneous, and I yield to Senator
• Unanimous consent. The Senate is standing in recess until 9 o'clock on the dot. We'll be back.

Transcript Highlights:

• On consent, there are five. So on... On consent, there are five.
• On consent, we have H.R. 120. Motion is to be by Senator, or Assembly Member Elanese.
• Motion is to be adopted to consent calendar.
• S.J.R. 14, by Senator Cabaldon, motion is to be adopted to consent calendar.
• S.J.R. 17, motion by Senator Choy, motion is to be adopted to consent calendar. Schiavo? Aye.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Tonight we have eight bills that are eligible today, four of which are on consent.
• On consent, we have SB 837. Next item, which is our consent calendar.
• Secretary, please call the vote on the items on the consent calendar.
• Items on the consent calendar: SB 837 Reyes, SB 894.
• On the consent calendar: SB 837 Reyes, SB 894 Allen, SB 973 Becker, and SB 1079 Stern.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We are moving to the consent calendar.
• We have two consent calendars: the consent calendar and the special consent calendar.
• Does any member wish to remove an item from the consent calendar? Seeing none.
• We will call one roll for both consent calendars.
• Ayes 38, noes 0 on the remainder of the items on both consent calendars.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then proceeded through appointments, resolutions, and consent items. Three gubernatorial appointments were confirmed: Irena Ortega to the Public Employment Relations Board, Monica Erickson as director of the Department of Human Services, Armin Mayor as senior deputy commissioner in the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, and Uca Dunkay to the California State Lottery Commission. All four confirmations passed by wide margins after brief presentations from Senator Grove. The chamber then took up several commemorative resolutions. SCR 152, by Senator Reyes, designated April 10, 2026 as Dolores Huerta Day; multiple senators spoke in support, highlighting Huerta’s farmworker organizing, civil rights work, and continued activism, and the resolution was adopted unanimously. SR 91 recognized Cambodian Genocide Memorial Week, and SCR 149 marked World Autism Awareness Day; both were adopted unanimously. SCR 150, honoring National Librarian Day, also passed unanimously after remarks emphasizing librarians’ role in access to information and public service. SR 98, recognizing Heat Pump Week in California, passed on a 29-5 vote. The Senate also considered SB 1078 by Senator Laird, an urgency measure allowing Santa Cruz County voters to consider a local tax increase above the 2% threshold to help fund services, including medical services. The bill passed 29-9, with the urgency clause and the bill itself both approved. The consent calendar and special consent calendar were then adopted without objection, covering numerous additional bills and resolutions. The session concluded with committee announcements and an adjournment in memory of Deanna Mooney, a nurse and community leader, before the Senate recessed until its next meeting on Monday, April 20, 2026.

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• Madam Chairman, I move that we do advise and consent. The motion is that we do advise and consent.
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• I move that we do advise and consent. I move that we do advise and consent.
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Keywords: Corrections - Room 210, 24 March, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee met to consider the confirmation of Donna Rogers Perkins of Brandon, Mississippi, to the State Parole Board, effective November 17, 2025. Early in the meeting, members exchanged remarks about Chairman Barnett’s recovery and noted that the committee could continue operating under the current provision until next year, when any needed statutory changes could be addressed. Ms. Perkins testified that she has 19 years of experience with the Department of Public Safety, where she maintained law enforcement records, vetted officers from other jurisdictions, and worked with the Attorney General’s Office and State Auditor’s Office on investigations. Members raised and resolved a question about whether she was still employed elsewhere; Perkins explained she had adjusted her last day of employment to avoid a conflict, and the committee indicated the issue had been rectified. A Rankin County supporter also spoke in her favor, saying her public safety background would make her effective on the board. Members questioned Perkins about the role of the parole board and whether she understood the need to balance public safety with reducing incarceration costs. Perkins said the board does not re-sentence offenders, but determines whether they are fit to return to society, and that she would carefully review background, psychological evaluations, and behavior while incarcerated. One member asked about statutory training requirements, and Perkins said she was scheduled to attend training for newly appointed parole board members in June. The committee then voted to advise and consent to the appointment, and the motion passed. A subsequent motion to advise and report was also made and approved, and Perkins was congratulated and thanked for her service.

Transcript Highlights:

• President, your name is consent to the Senate stand in recess till 4 p.m.
• Your name, his consent to return to the fourth order of business.
• Request unanimous consent to briefly address the Senate. Is there objection? Hearing none.
• Unanimous consent that the remarks by the senior senator from the 13th, Senator from Lewis.
• I ask unanimous consent to return to the second order of business. Is there objection?

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate took up a series of House amendments to enrolled bills and, in each case, accepted the amendments and passed the bills, often with effective dates set by separate motions. Measures approved included pay increases for the judiciary (SB 29), regulation of homemade food sales (SB 44), protections against financial exploitation of eligible adults (SB 617), involuntary hospitalization changes (SB 742), transfer of the court security fund (SB 952), asbestos and silica statute-of-limitations changes (SB 1008), cooperation with bordering states by law enforcement agencies (SB 723), birth certificate access for homeless minors (SB 947), personal income tax reduction (SB 392), criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults (SB 54), child abuse investigation technology and a caseworker aid pilot program (SB 228), value-based payment requirements (SB 231), workforce readiness and micro-credential provisions (SB 402), contractor license transfer rules for immediate family members (SB 553), refusal review hearings (SB 575), coal code modernization and minors protection (SB 686), lawful prescription of crystalline polymorph psilocybin under FDA recommendations (SB 906), penalties for disturbing religious worship (SB 1026), the Sustaining Opportunities for Academics and Rural Schools Act (SB 63), women’s collegiate sports protections (SB 502), and modernization funding for Workforce West Virginia (SB 153). Most of these bills passed with unanimous or near-unanimous votes; SB 392 passed 31-2 on the first vote and was later reconsidered and passed again 32-2. Several bills were made effective from passage or on July 1, 2026. The Senate also considered Senate Executive Message No. 4 from the Committee on Confirmations. The chamber confirmed all nominees except number 54 in one vote, then separately confirmed nominee 54 by a 30-3 vote. After the confirmation business, the Senate briefly recessed and later returned to additional floor business. During the session, the majority leader also delivered remarks on affordability, citing prior tax reductions, a personal property tax rebate, elimination of state income tax on Social Security for seniors, and efforts to increase homestead exemptions. He urged the governor to explore ways to address rising gasoline prices. The remarks were entered into the journal by unanimous consent.

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• President, your name is consent to the Senate stand in recess till 4 p.m.
• President, your name is consent to the Senate stand in recess till 4 p.m. Is there objection?
• Your name is consent to return to the fourth order of business.
• I request unanimous consent to briefly address the Senate. Is there objection?
• I ask unanimous consent to return to the second order of business. Is there objection?

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• Unanimous consent to allow cameras on the Senate floor and in the Senate gallery today.
• I ask for unanimous consent to introduce my guests. Thank you, Senator.
• Unanimous consent. We go to our business committee reports.
• Unanimous consent, we go to that. Our business committee reports.
• Unanimous consent, we go without our business announcements and miscellaneous.

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• I would like to dispense with the consent calendar.
• We will take up the bills on the consent calendar in two separate motions.
• The first motion, do pass to consent...
• and are eligible for the Assembly Floor consent calendar, consistent with Assembly rules.
• Consent part two.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Unanimous consent, we go without our business announcements and miscellaneous.
• Unanimous consent to allow cameras on the Senate floor.
• Unanimous consent to excuse Senators Maestas and Hickey until they return to the chamber.
• Unanimous consent will go without our business committee reports.
• You have my consent, we go without our business announcements.

Transcript Highlights:

• Let me just say that we have one, two bills on that we'll be hearing; the remainder are on consent.
• With that, we'll take a vote on this one, and then we'll do our consent calendar in the previous bill
• Let's do the consent calendar and then we'll do the McGuire bill.
• Do we have a motion on the consent calendar? Thank you. We got a second. Let's take it.
• Consent calendar items: Item number one, AJR 9 is do pass.

Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first but proceeded with presentations and testimony. SB 31 by Senator McNerney would expand uses of tertiary treated recycled water, including for toilet and urinal flushing in food handling facilities, outdoor irrigation in certain settings, decorative lakes and ponds, and HOA common-area irrigation, while clarifying regulatory definitions and reducing the need for dual plumbing in some cases. The author and witness said the bill would help California reduce reliance on imported water and improve drought resilience. Multiple water agencies, cities, and related organizations testified in support, and no opposition was presented. SB 650 by Senator Cabaldon would make technical changes to the Delta Stewardship Act, including setting an appeals timeline, clarifying who may file appeals, and adding a severability clause. The author and a county supervisor witness described it as a good-governance and due-process measure with no impact on Delta conveyance projects. Support came from water district and statewide water association representatives, and there was no opposition. The committee also took up a consent calendar including AJR 9, SB 55, and SB 563, all of which were approved. Once a quorum was established, SB 650 was passed to the Judiciary Committee, and SB 31 was passed to the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee. The committee then adjourned after leaving the roll open briefly for additional members to vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• laid out House Bill 3073, the Summer Willis Act, which closes the gap in the statutory definition of consent
• The previous substitute used this language: the actor knows that the other person cannot consent because
• is intoxicated or impaired by any substance to the extent that the other person is incapable of consenting
• The previous substitute used this language: the actor knows that the other person cannot consent because
• is intoxicated or impaired by any substance to the extent that the other person is incapable of consenting

Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice met and took up House Bill 3073, the Summer Willis Act, by Senator Paxton. The committee first removed the previously adopted committee substitute from consideration and adopted a new committee substitute. Senator Paxton explained that the revised language is intended to clarify the statutory definition of consent in sexual assault cases involving intoxication or impairment, changing the wording to state that the actor knows the other person is intoxicated or impaired to the extent that they are incapable of consenting. He said the change was clarifying only and did not alter the bill’s intent. No questions were raised by committee members. The chair then moved that HB 3073 do not pass but that the committee substitute be reported to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation and be printed. The motion passed on a roll call vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays, with Senators Flores, Parker, Hinojosa, Huffman, and Hagenbuch voting aye; Senators Miles and King were present but did not vote. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a consent agenda.
• Can I wish to pull up to consent?
• I was supposed to remove item 18 from consent, but I've been voted on separately.
• Okay, and there is a motion on the remainder of the consent agenda by Assembly Member Burr and a second
• Is there a motion on the item that was pulled from consent?

Summary: The Rules Committee met in afternoon session, called the meeting to order, and confirmed a quorum. The committee noted that AB 915 had been added to the referral list and would be sent to the Utilities and Energy Committee. Members also requested that items 18 and 22 be removed from the consent agenda for separate consideration. The committee then approved the remainder of the consent agenda by roll call vote. Item 18, SCR 39 by Senator DeRzo, was taken up separately and passed on a roll call vote, with Assembly Member Flora voting no. Item 22, SCR 57 by Senator Reyes, was also approved by roll call vote. After completing those actions, the committee adjourned.

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• Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to >> Mr.
• They didn't even put it on the floor for consent. They just said, "Stop it.
• They didn't even put it on the floor for consent. They just said, "Stop it.
• They didn't even put it on the floor for consent. They just said, "Stop it.
• . consent. consent.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, April 30, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• I heard consent moved. Is there an objection to consent?
• Is there an objection to consent moved. Is there an objection to consent? consent? consent?
• I heard a motion for consent. Is there any objection to consent? Seeing none, consented it will be.
• Is there any objection to consent. Is there any objection to consent? consent? consent?
• Did I hear a motion to consent? Any objection to consent? Seeing none, that's where it'll be.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, leaves of absence, guest introductions, and memorial remarks honoring former Representative Carolyn Gargas of Hollis, who was remembered for her long House service, work on child and family issues, and community involvement. The House then adopted a consent calendar and approved a motion to withdraw House Bill 431, which would have created a commission to review draft rules on minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards; the motion failed after a roll call vote, so the bill remained in play. The House next took up House Bill 109-FN, relative to false reports to law enforcement. The majority supported the bill as a way to add penalties for knowingly false reports about law enforcement officers, arguing officers deserve protection from false accusations and that the knowingly standard is a high bar. The minority opposed it as duplicative of existing law and warned it could chill legitimate complaints against police. After debate and a division vote, the majority committee report of ought to pass was adopted, 198-173. The House also considered House Bill 218-FN, which would provide victims of crime a free police report. The committee amendment changed the bill so victims would receive a written confirmation that a crime occurred rather than the initial police report, to avoid conflicts with right-to-know law and active-investigation confidentiality. Supporters said the change was a small but important clarification agreed to by law enforcement and domestic violence advocates, while opponents argued the original language was already workable and that the floor amendment was unnecessary. A division vote was requested on the amendment, and the transcript ends during that debate before the final outcome on HB 218 is shown.