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Senate clears wide package of bills, appointments and awareness resolutions in packed floor session
Summary
On May 23, 2025, the California Senate approved a broad set of measures including awareness resolutions, dozens of bills on housing, transportation, environment and public health, and several gubernatorial appointments; most measures passed on unanimous or large bipartisan votes.
The California Senate on May 23, 2025 approved a broad slate of legislation, two awareness resolutions and multiple gubernatorial appointments during a lengthy floor session that produced a mix of unanimous and recorded roll-call outcomes.
Notable approvals included resolutions recognizing GM1 gangliosidosis awareness day (SCR 33) and ALS Awareness Month (SR 42); confirmation votes for several governor appointments; and more than two dozen bills spanning housing, transportation, public health, local government and business. Many of the measures were placed on unanimous roll-call and passed with no recorded opposition; a handful attracted recorded opposition as noted below.
Votes at a glance (selection of file items considered and final outcomes recorded on the floor):
- SCR 33 (Padilla) — Designated May 23, 2025 as GM1 gangliosidosis awareness day. Outcome: adopted (roll call recorded on floor as ayes; counted in roll). Vote: not specified on the transcript summary.
- SR 42 (Choi) — Recognized May as ALS awareness month. Outcome: adopted (unanimous voice/roll call; ayes recorded). Vote: not specified on transcript summary.
- Appointment: Catherine Rivera to Cannabis Control Appeals Panel (file item 1_20). Senators questioned the panel’s workload and salary; record of the roll call shows members recorded ayes and noes in the roll but specific final tally was not summarized on the floor as a single consolidated number in the transcript excerpts. Outcome: confirmed (floor roll call recorded).
- Appointment: Victoria Hassid, reappointment to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (file item 1_21). Outcome: confirmed (roll call recorded; roll lists ayes and noes in transcript entries).
- SB 8 (Ashby) — Extended workers’ compensation and disability protections to Sacramento County park rangers. Outcome: passed by unanimous consent/roll call (ayes 38, no 0 as recorded on the floor).
- SB 480 (Archuleta) — Allowed automated driving system marker lamps on autonomous vehicles starting Jan. 1, 2026. Outcome: passed…
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