Assembly approves second-day consent calendar; AB 565, AB 708 and ACR 42 advance

The California State Assembly on March 6, 2025 approved its second-day consent calendar unanimously, with the clerk announcing the tally as 71 ayes and 0 noes. The consent calendar included Assembly Bill 565 and Assembly Bill 708 and Assembly Concurrent Resolution 42.

Assemblymember Dixon was identified as the sponsor of Assembly Bill 565 as read on the floor; the clerk read Assembly Bill 708 and Assembly Concurrent Resolution 42 as items on the consent calendar but did not read full texts on the floor. For ACR 42 (relative to adult education), the clerk opened the roll to allow members to add co-authors; the clerk later reported that 65 co-authors were added to the resolution before it was adopted. The clerk announced the consent-calendar vote result as "Ayes 71, no 0."

The clerk earlier noted that a group of bills on second reading would be "deemed read and all amendments deemed adopted;" the transcript lists multiple bill numbers at second reading but does not record further floor debate on those measures in this excerpt. Where the transcript provides only bill numbers and sponsors, the article notes those details are not specified in the floor remarks.