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Votes at a glance: Senate adopts awareness resolutions, confirms two water board appointments and moves dozens of bills to second reading
Summary
On March 17, 2025, the California State Senate adopted several ceremonial and recognition resolutions unanimously, confirmed two regional water board appointments, and approved a procedural motion to move Senate bills 100'0 through 219 from the Budget and Fiscal Review Committee to second reading. Vote counts are summarized below.
The California State Senate considered a mix of recognition resolutions, confirmations and procedural motions on March 17, 2025. The following actions were recorded on the floor with the vote results shown as taken during the session.
Votes at a glance
- SCR 29 (Sen. McNerney) — Designating March 2025 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Adopted (Ayes 37, Noes 0). Sponsor urged screening and noted disparities affecting Indigenous Americans, Alaska Natives, Black and Hispanic communities and rural residents.
- SCR 31 (Sen. Allen) — Recognizing the 20th anniversary of California Poetry Out Loud and honoring state competition finalists. Adopted (Ayes 37, Noes 0). The Senate invited the competition's top three finishers to the chamber.
- SCR 37 (Sen. Wiener) — Recognizing Family Physician Week. Adopted (Ayes 37, Noes 0). Sponsor highlighted the role of family physicians in primary care and public-health response.
- Motion by Sen. Wiener — Requesting that Senate bills 100 through 219 be withdrawn from the Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and ordered to second reading. Adopted (Ayes 27, Noes 10). Sen. Nilo objected to using the budget process to pass non-budget policy; floor roll call resulted in 27 ayes and 10 noes.
- Confirmation of appointments (Sen. Laird presented) — Anne Hoskins to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board and Asu Sena Beltran Serrano to the Colorado River Basin Regional Water Board. Confirmed (Ayes 27, Noes 10). Both nominees had been approved previously by the Rules Committee. The transcript identifies Hoskins as a climate tech advisor for SWIFT Solar and Beltran Serrano as a project manager with UC Santa Cruz's Community Economic Mobilization Initiative.
Context and notes
Several of the items were presented with brief floor remarks and then carried by unanimous roll-call procedure; the recognition resolutions drew guests and finalists to the chamber for photos. The motion to move bills into the budget-related sequence drew a recorded objection and a consequential roll-call vote. The appointments were confirmed following the committee recommendation.
Provenance: Transcript excerpts for each item are cited below.
