California State Assembly adopts consent calendar, re-refers AB 42 and AB 253 and adjourns to March 3

The California State Assembly adopted its consent calendar and approved several procedural motions during a Feb. 11, 2025, floor session in Sacramento, then adjourned until Monday, March 3, at 1 p.m.

The consent calendar — which the clerk opened and the Assembly voted on as a single package — was adopted by a roll call tally of 60 yes, 19 no. The consent calendar included Senate Concurrent Resolution 16 by Senator Alvarado Gill; the resolution was described in the roll call as relating to thyroid health awareness month.

Why it matters: Consent-calendar adoption bundles noncontroversial measures for a single vote, speeding floor business and sending adopted resolutions or measures to their next procedural destination without separate debate.

On procedure, the chamber approved several requests by unanimous consent. Assistant Majority Leader Garcia requested suspension of Assembly Rule 118(a) to allow guests for Assembly Member Gallagher and to allow guests seated at Assembly Member Wicks’s desk; the presiding officer granted that request “without objection.” Under the same unanimous-consent request the Assembly re‑referred two bills: AB 42 (listed on the floor as authored by Bridal) was re‑referred from the Revenue and Taxation Committee to the Human Services Committee; AB 253 (listed as authored by Ward) was re‑referred from the Local Government Committee to the Housing and Community Development Committee and then back to the Local Government Committee. The Assembly recorded the re‑referrals as ordered without objection.

Earlier on the roll, Assembly Member Garcia moved and Assembly Member Lackey seconded that the reading of the previous day’s journal be dispensed with; the transcript records the motion and second but does not record an explicit roll call or chair ruling on that motion in the provided excerpt.

The final formal action of the session was a motion by Assistant Majority Leader Garcia, seconded by Assembly Member Lackey, that the Assembly stand adjourned until Monday, March 3, at 1 p.m.; the chair closed the session and the Assembly was adjourned.

Administrative notes recorded on the floor included a reminder that the deadline to submit annual Form 700 to the Statewide Ethics, Pay-to-Play, and Campaign (SEPC) office is Monday, March 3, and that forms should be submitted electronically with questions directed to Patrick Fitzgerald, chief counsel to the Assembly Legislative Ethics Committee.

No substantive floor debate on policy was recorded in the excerpted transcript. The session included a ceremonial recognition of a retiring staff member and customary prayer and pledge; those items were noted on the record but did not affect the formal motions and votes summarized above.