California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Natural Resources Committee Mar 24th, 2025

Assembly Natural Resources Committee

Event Log

  • Nick Schultz — Schultz is invited to close out the item, then introduces the next bill item, describing it as a Laura Friedman-related bill and noting that it was authored by his predecessor, Assembly Member Friedman.
  • Nick Schultz — Nick Schultz is repeatedly called during a roll-call vote and recorded as voting aye across several consecutive items, including an explicit reference to item 2, AB 43, and a likely misspelled final call that still indicates an aye vote.
  • Buffy Wicks — Called during the roll as present.
  • Buffy Wicks — Buffy Wicks is repeatedly called during the roll call vote and is recorded as voting aye.
  • Buffy Wicks — Recorded as not voting on the motion.
  • Buffy Wicks — Name appears in the roll call as the vote remains open/on call.
  • Buffy Wicks — Recorded as voting aye.
  • Buffy Wicks — Buffy Wicks is repeatedly called during the roll-call/vote sequence, with the transcript listing her name multiple times as part of the ongoing vote count/absent-member tally.
  • Rick Zbur — Called during the roll as present.
  • Rick Zbur — Rick Zbur was repeatedly called during the roll call and consent calendar vote sequence and was recorded as voting aye.
  • Rick Zbur — Referenced as having asked earlier questions that Muratsuchi is following up on.
  • Rick Zbur — Recorded as not voting on the motion.
  • Rick Zbur — The speaker says they have already taken amendments based on Rick Zbur’s language, including language from several years ago, and expresses a willingness to keep working with him.
  • Rick Zbur — Name appears in the roll call as the vote remains open/on call.
  • Rick Zbur — Recorded as voting aye on the motion.
  • Rick Zbur — Recorded as voting aye.
  • Rick Zbur — Recorded as voting aye; name is misspelled in transcript.
  • Rick Zbur — Recorded as voting aye.
  • Jackie Onus — Speaks on behalf of the California Fuels and Convenience Alliance in support.
  • Josh Baker — Speaks for the California Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States in support.
  • Juanita Martinez — Speaks on behalf of several organizations in support.
  • Yolanda Benson — Speaks in support on behalf of the California Association of County Veterans Service Officers.
  • Chris Rosa — Speaks in support on behalf of the Marine Corps League Department of California and the Association of U.S. Army, Southern California.
  • Austin Hayworth — Austin Hayworth testified on behalf of the Marine Corps/Pearson Fuels in support of the measure, urging lawmakers to go further by expanding access to E85 fuels and noting that higher ethanol blends could improve affordability.
  • Jerry Desmond — Testified in opposition on behalf of Recreational Boaters of California, raising concerns about E-15 use in recreational vessels.
  • Mark Smith — Testified in opposition on behalf of the National Marine Manufacturers Association and referenced the Off-Road Vehicle Legislative Caucus.
  • Beau Bill — Testified on behalf of the Marine Recreation Association and aligned its comments with RBOC and NMMA.
  • Stan Ellis — During the procedural transition on the bill, Stan Ellis is addressed as Vice Chair and then responds by thanking the chair, expressing support for the measure, noting he is proud to be a co-author, and moving the bill forward.
  • Mr. Alvarez — Closed by thanking the committee and requesting an aye vote.
  • Robert Garcia — Robert Garcia was called during the roll call and voted aye.
  • Robert Garcia — Recorded as voting aye on the motion.
  • Robert Garcia — Recorded as voting aye in the roll call.
  • Robert Garcia — Listed among absent members for the vote on AB 30.
  • Robert Garcia — Recorded as voting aye among absent members.
  • Matt Haney — Matt Haney was mentioned during the roll call vote sequence, where his name was called and his aye vote was recorded.
  • Matt Haney — Voted aye on the motion.
  • Matt Haney — Recorded as voting aye on the motion.
  • Matt Haney — Recorded as voting aye.
  • Matt Haney — Matt Haney is repeatedly called during the roll-call and absent-member vote sequence and is recorded as voting aye each time.
  • Ash Kalra — Ash Kalra is repeatedly called during the roll call vote and records an aye vote as part of the same voting sequence.
  • Ash Kalra — Recorded as not voting on the motion.
  • Ash Kalra — Name appears in the roll call, but the vote is garbled/omitted in the transcript.
  • Ash Kalra — Referenced as a comparison in praising the bill and the author's work.
  • Ash Kalra — Recorded as voting aye on the motion.
  • Ash Kalra — Ash Kalra is repeatedly referenced during successive roll-call vote sequences, with the transcript showing him recorded at different points as voting aye, being called in an absent-member sequence, marked as not voting, and later again recorded as voting aye.
  • Al Muratsuchi — Al Muratsuchi is repeatedly called during roll-call and consent-calendar voting, with his responses recorded as aye across the sequence.
  • Al Muratsuchi — Raises questions about whether the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection would be involved in land-use decisions in his district.
  • Al Muratsuchi — Recorded as not voting on the motion.
  • Al Muratsuchi — Thanks the author for persistence, requests to be added as a co-author again, and moves the bill.
  • Al Muratsuchi — During the vote exchange, the speaker notes that four members have supported the bill each time it has been brought and asks to be added as a co-author. In the same sequence, Al Muratsuchi is then recorded as voting aye.