Assembly adopts joint-rules resolution, clears consent calendar

SACRAMENTO — The California State Assembly adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, updating the joint rules that govern both houses for the 2025–26 session, and approved multiple consent-calendar items during the March 6 floor session.

Assemblymember Pacheco, presenting SCR 1 on behalf of Senator McGuire, said the changes include correcting legislative calendar dates, making a joint-rule change requiring an emergency ambulance employee preparedness act amendment to be published in its final form for 12 business days before passage, and other technical non‑substantive edits. "I respectfully ask for your aye vote on SCR 1," Assemblymember Pacheco said.

The clerk announced the roll call on SCR 1: Ayes 50, Nos 14. The resolution was adopted and, without objection, transmitted immediately to the Senate.

Why it matters: SCR 1 revises procedural joint rules that set deadlines and publication requirements used to govern bill handling between the Assembly and Senate for the upcoming two‑year session. The changes noted on the floor were described as technical, calendar adjustments, and a specific publication requirement tied to an amendment to an emergency ambulance employee preparedness act.

The Assembly also handled its second-day consent calendar and later the consent calendar for third-reading items. On the second-day consent calendar the clerk read Assembly Bill 565 by Assemblymember Dixon; later, the clerk reported the consent calendar vote for file items 37–39, which included Assembly Bill 565 and Assembly Bill 708 and Assembly Concurrent Resolution 42. The clerk announced the vote on the consent calendar as Ayes 71, No 0, and the consent calendar was adopted.

Before the consent vote, the clerk opened the roll to allow members to be added as co‑authors to Assembly Concurrent Resolution 42; the clerk later reported that 65 co‑authors were added to ACR 42.

There was no extended debate recorded on SCR 1 or the consent-calendar bills in the transcript excerpt; Pacheco made the floor presentation for SCR 1, the clerk managed roll calls and vote tallies, and the presiding officer recognized procedural motions. The Assembly adjourned the session with the quorum call lifted and set the next floor session for Monday, April 7 at 1 p.m.

Votes at a glance

- Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 (SCR 1): Adopted. Vote tally: Ayes 50, Nos 14. Presented on the floor by Assemblymember Pacheco; origin noted as Senator McGuire. Immediate transmittal to the Senate announced.

- Assembly Concurrent Resolution 42 (ACR 42): 65 co‑authors added on the consent calendar roll call; ACR 42 subsequently passed on the consent calendar. Consent vote tally for calendar items including ACR 42: Ayes 71, No 0.

- Assembly Bill 565 (AB 565): Passed on the second‑day/consent calendar; consent vote tally: Ayes 71, No 0. Author: Assemblymember Dixon.

- Assembly Bill 708 (AB 708): Passed on the consent calendar; consent vote tally: Ayes 71, No 0.

No additional substantive debate, amendments altering outcomes, or recorded divisions on these items appear in the provided transcript excerpt.