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Assembly grants unanimous consent to re-refer multiple bills and suspends rules for governor's guests

California State Assembly (joint convention) · January 8, 2026

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Summary

During a joint convention on Sept. 12, the Assembly agreed without objection to multiple unanimous-consent requests from Majority Leader Agar Curry to suspend rules for guests and re-refer a batch of AB files to alternate committees and notice hearings, and later moved to adjourn the House.

The Assembly, acting through Majority Leader Agar Curry, used unanimous-consent procedures on Sept. 12, 2025, to suspend rules and re-refer a series of Assembly bills ahead of committee hearings. "I request unanimous consent to suspend assembly rule 118(a) to allow Speaker Rivas to have guests on the floor," Agar Curry said; the presiding officer recorded the request and stated, "Without objection, such shall be the order."

Curry also requested re-referrals for multiple files (examples cited on the floor included AB277, AB710, AB739 and others) to alternate committees and asked committees to notice pending re-referrals for January hearing dates. The requests to re-refer were recorded and entered by the Clerk as ordered "without objection." The Clerk read the previous day's journal and the Majority Leader moved—with Ms. Sanchez seconding—that the reading be dispensed with; that motion was carried by unanimous consent.

After the governor's address and the return to regular session, the Assembly ordered the desk held open for introduction of the budget bill and agreed to print the governor's address in the journal as a special appendix. The Majority Leader moved—and Ms. Sanchez seconded—that the House stand adjourned; the presiding officer announced the next floor session and adjourned the meeting.

The actions on the floor were procedural and completed by unanimous consent; no roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript text for these items.