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Votes at a glance: Assembly passes public-safety, health and environmental measures on April 20, 2025
Summary
On April 20, 2025 the California Assembly passed a series of bills on third reading and adopted procedural orders. Highlights include AB 390 (highway slow-down/move-over law), AB 50 (Medi-Cal access to over-the-counter contraceptives), and several other measures; recorded vote tallies are listed below.
The California State Assembly on April 20, 2025 passed a set of bills on third reading, adopted procedural rule suspensions, and handled multiple consent-calendar and committee referrals. Several bills received recorded roll-call votes and passed with the tallies shown below.
Key items passed or acted on:
- AB 390 (Wilson) — highway safety: A bill to strengthen California’s “slow down, move over” requirements for drivers passing stationary vehicles with emergency/amber lights or other warning signals. Vote: Ayes 64, Noes 0. The measure passed on third reading.
- AB 439 (Rogers) — California Coastal Act amendments: Modifies a 10-day waiting period for de minimis changes and aligns reporting to best practices. Vote: Ayes 44, Noes 11. The bill passed despite floor opposition arguing the Coastal Commission needs continued oversight.
- AB 50 (Bonta) — Equity in Birth Control Act (Medi-Cal access to over-the-counter contraceptives): Urgency measure passed. Roll-call tallies recorded: Urgency vote I 67, No 0; measure vote I 67, No 0. The bill is an urgency measure to take immediate effect upon the governor’s signature.
- AB 55 (Bonta) — licensing for alternative birth centers: Streamlines licensing and removes a 30-minute hospital-distance limit for certain alternative birthing centers. Vote: Ayes 68, Noes 0.
- AB 596 (McKinner) — workplace masking protections: Restores a worker’s right to wear a face covering or respirator at work unless it creates a direct safety hazard. Vote: Ayes 53, Noes 8.
- AB 631 (Lee) — animal shelter data reporting: Requires animal shelters to post intake and outcome data online. Vote: Ayes 60, Noes 0.
- AB 792 (Lee) — court interpreter negotiations consolidation: Allows consolidation of negotiations across regions in certain circumstances. Vote: Ayes 52, Noes 1.
- AB 867 (Lee) — prohibition on cat declawing: Bans declawing of cats in California; vote recorded: Ayes 68, Noes 0.
Other procedural and floor actions:
- Assembly took and granted multiple unanimous-consent requests to suspend assembly or joint rules (examples include suspending Assembly Rule 45.5 to allow additional members to speak and joint rule 62a to change committee meeting notices). Several such suspensions were approved “without objection.”
- Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, the Assembly agreed to re-refer AB 557 (McKinner) from the Local Government Committee to the Appropriations Committee (unanimous-consent order recorded on the floor).
- The Clerk reported addition of 76 coauthors to ACR 59 without objection.
- The second-day consent calendar and other consent items were adopted (consent calendar roll call reported I 71, No 0).
Outcomes and next steps: Bills that passed the Assembly will proceed as required (to the Governor for signature, to the Senate for concurrence where applicable, or to committee assignment per the procedural actions noted). AB 50 included an urgency clause and therefore would take effect immediately upon the governor’s signature if signed.
The Assembly then returned to guest introductions and adjourned until May 1, 2025.
