California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Rules Committee Apr 7th, 2025

Assembly Rules Committee

Event Log

  • Blanca Pacheco — Blanca Pacheco was present for the Rules Committee roll call and then voted aye on the consent agenda during the same opening procedural sequence.
  • Blanca Pacheco — Roll call vote recorded Pacheco as aye.
  • Tom Lackey — Tom Lackey was present for the roll call and voted aye on the consent agenda.
  • Tom Lackey — Roll call vote recorded Lackey as aye.
  • Mark González — Mark González was noted as present during the roll call and again during the consent vote, with the transcription unclear but consistently indicating his attendance.
  • Mark González — Assembly Member Arons thanked the author for bringing and introducing the resolution, noting that it is important to the Armenian community and to constituents in Little Armenia/Hollywood. The exchange then moved directly into the roll call vote, where Arons was recorded as voting aye.
  • Jacqui Irwin — Jacqui Irwin was noted as present during the roll call and consent vote, with the transcription of her name appearing in slightly different forms.
  • Jacqui Irwin — The transcript says 'Assembly Member Erins,' likely referring to Jacqui Irwin, who then thanked the author for the resolution.
  • Rick Zbur — Rick Zbur is noted as having seconded the motion and is then recorded as voting aye on the consent calendar.
  • Assembly Member Herbedian — Introduced H.R. 25 and spoke in support of recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
  • David Ojakian — David Ojakian of the Armenian Assembly of America was introduced as a witness and then testified in support of recognizing the Armenian Genocide, referencing Artsakh and the importance of genocide prevention.
  • Karahan Mette — Identified himself as president of the Turkish College in California and began opposition testimony.
  • Bogos Nubar Pasha — Cited by the witness as an Armenian representative at the Paris Conference in 1919.
  • Robert Garcia — The witness said he emailed an Assembly Member but did not hear back; the specific member is unclear, so this identification is uncertain and not asserted.
  • Michelle Rodriguez — Michelle Rodriguez was present in the roll call and voted aye on the consent agenda.
  • Kate Sanchez — Kate Sanchez was listed during the roll call and consent vote.
  • Rick Zbur — Rick Zbur was listed in the roll call as present during the consent vote; the transcription rendered his name as "Zabur" in one instance and "Zbur" in another.