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Senate adopts awareness resolutions, confirms appointments and dispatches committee amendments
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Summary
At its Aug. 18 session the California State Senate adopted multiple concurrent resolutions recognizing observances, confirmed several governor appointments, and adopted a series of committee amendments to assembly bills. Leadership also moved and won suspensions to permit expedited committee hearings on redistricting measures.
The California State Senate on Aug. 18 adopted several concurrent resolutions honoring awareness weeks and service observances, confirmed multiple gubernatorial appointments and advanced a slate of committee amendments across numerous assembly bills.
The chamber unanimously adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 80 recognizing "Frontal (Frontotemporal) Degeneration Awareness Week" (Sept. 21–28). Senator Nilo, the author, described the disease as a terminal, incurable neurodegenerative condition that commonly affects people in their 40s through 60s; the clerk recorded the vote Ayes 36, No 0 and declared the resolution adopted. The gallery included advocates and caregivers who joined the delegates.
The Senate also adopted SCR 28, recognizing Sept. 28 as Gold Star Mothers and Families Day (Ayes 35, No 0), and SCR 61 honoring military and veterans suicide prevention awareness (Ayes 37, No 0). Several senators spoke in support of those measures during third reading before unanimous adoption.
In addition to resolutions, the Senate confirmed multiple governor appointments. The chamber confirmed Deborah Gore to the State Bar Board of Trustees and Mark Krause to the Public Employees’ Relations Board, among others; those confirmations were recorded as Ayes 37, No 0. A broader set of reappointments and confirmations (file item 11) was approved by similar margins.
The floor also processed a substantial number of committee amendments to assembly bills. The clerk repeatedly recorded votes of Ayes 27, No 0 on committee‑reported amendments for a sequence of bills; the floor record lists committee amendments taken up and adopted for bills reported from Appropriations (e.g., AB 667, AB 625, AB 561, AB 586, AB 740, AB 863, AB 1206, AB 1520, AB 524, AB 747, AB 362, AB 246, AB 899, AB 593 and others). Those amendments were adopted and the bills were sent back to committee for further processing.
Motions to temporarily suspend joint rule 62(a) to permit committee hearings on redistricting measures were carried by roll calls recorded 27–10; the actions authorized the Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments and the Committee on Appropriations to receive and consider published amendments without the usual daily‑file notice, and set up informational hearings on companion measures.
Ending: The Senate adjourned after completing the evening’s business; the presiding officers said the chamber will reconvene for more floor business and committee hearings later in the week.
