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Assembly floor dispute over referrals: appeals sustain speaker and motions on SB 280/ACA 8 split the chamber
Summary
Multiple points of order, appeals and roll-call votes punctuated the Assembly's handling of SB 280 (Cervantes) and ACA 8 during the June 4 session. The speaker's referrals and subsequent motions drew repeated appeals that were sustained; a motion to re-refer ACA 8 to Elections ultimately passed while other re-referral efforts failed.
A contentious procedural sequence over committee referrals consumed a portion of the California Assembly floor on June 4, 2025, as members debated how to process SB 280 (Cervantes) and ACA 8.
Speaker Robert Rivas referred SB 280 to the Elections and Appropriations committees under Assembly Rule 77.2. Assemblymember DeMaio raised a point of order citing Article IV, Section 8(a) of the California Constitution and appealed the speaker's referral. The appeal required a second and was not debatable; the clerk recorded a roll-call vote that sustained the speaker's decision, Ayes 46, Nos 18, on the first appeal.
Later, Assemblymember Gallagher pressed points of order regarding germaneness under Rule 92…
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