Senate Appropriations Committee moves 26 bills to suspense at final regular hearing

The Senate Appropriations Committee moved 26 Assembly bills to the committee's suspense file without objection during its final regular-order hearing in Room 2200 of the 0 Street Building, the chair said.

The committee's action sent the measures to the suspense file — a step that keeps bills under fiscal review pending further consideration — after most authors waived formal presentation. Committee members said they would accept public testimony limited to fiscal impacts on each bill.

Jennifer Ferring, on behalf of Community Alliance with Family Farmers, urged support for AB 524, a bill she said would implement a new land-access program funded by Proposition 4. "We urge your support of AB 524, which implements a new program, which is funded by Prop 4 approved by voters in November and addressing a serious issue in the farming community, and that's land…