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Votes at a glance: Assembly passes measures on health care, tenant internet choice, foster youth residency and other bills
Summary
During the March 6 floor session the Assembly passed a package of bills covering insurance-rate review authority, emergency reproductive health services, tenant protections for internet service, foster youth residency, litigation finance rules and several other measures. Vote tallies are listed for each bill.
The California State Assembly on March 6 passed a series of bills spanning consumer protection, health care access, tenant rights and local governance. Several measures were debated briefly on the floor and approved by recorded roll calls or voice votes. Below are the items taken up with the final vote tallies reported on the record.
AB 789 (Bonta) — Strengthens state authority to review and block unreasonable health insurance premium increases by removing a statutory tie to the federal definition of “unreasonable rate increase.” Vote: Ayes 53, Noes 4. AB 789 passed.
ACR 56 (Michelle Rodriguez) — Designates April as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month and recognized research and advocacy organizations; the measure recorded 68 coauthors and passed by voice vote (coauthor roll 68; final adoption announced by presiding officer).
AB 652 (Alvarez) — Permits appointing authorities to designate alternate members to act when regular members of the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District are absent or disqualified; requires alternates meet the same qualifications as regular members. Vote: Ayes 58, Noes 2. AB 652 passed.
AB 1414 (Ransom) — Prohibits landlords from forcing tenants to subscribe to a particular internet service provider; allows tenants a rent deduction remedy if a landlord imposes a subscription. Vote: Ayes 72, Noes 0. AB 1414 passed.
AB 931 (Carlra) — Establishes disclosure and consumer protections for litigation finance agreements, including a five-day revocation period, plain-English disclosure, and prohibitions on nonlawyer control of litigation tactics. Vote: Ayes 53, Noes 0. AB 931 passed.
AB 890 (Lee) — Reduces the residency requirement for nonminor dependents in extended foster care from one year to six months to ease access to services when youth move counties. Vote: Ayes 69, Noes 0. AB 890 passed.
AB 40 (Bonta) — Clarifies that state law defining emergency services includes reproductive health services, including abortion, to ensure emergency care is provided when necessary; bill included an urgency clause requiring 54 votes. Vote on urgency: Ayes 54, Noes 9; final vote on the measure: Ayes 54, Noes 9. AB 40 passed and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
AB 322 (Ward) — Directs the California Department of Education to encourage local education agencies to participate in programs that reimburse school-based health and mental-health services to expand access. Vote: Ayes 56, Noes 0. AB 322 passed.
AB 639 (Soria) — Narrowly exempts certain weir operators from the definition of “dams” to avoid added regulation on facilities used for short-term impoundment to support water deliveries; sponsor said provision applies to 10 facilities statewide. Vote: Ayes 70, Noes 0. AB 639 passed.
Other consent-calendar items and second-day consent calendar bills were adopted as announced; the clerk recorded routine tallies (for a representative consent item the roll showed Ayes 67, Noes 0). The Assembly moved on to its announced committee meetings following adjournment.
The summaries above reflect floor statements and the roll-call tallies as read into the legislative record on March 6. For measures that included competing or extended debate, the Assembly proceeded by recorded roll call; for noncontroversial resolutions and some consent items the record reflects coauthor roll calls and voice votes.
