California Assembly passes broad package of bills on Jan. 20 floor session

The California State Assembly on Jan. 20, 2026 passed a large package of bills during a Sacramento floor session, approving measures on energy exemptions, bond implementation, agriculture equity, education programs, public-safety placement rules and consumer protections.

Among the measures the Assembly approved were AB 34, which extends a renewable-portfolio-standard exemption for publicly owned utilities’ large hydroelectric resources; AB 35, a bill intended to speed implementation of the voter-approved Prop. 4 bond by exempting certain Administrative Procedures Act delays; AB 52, which codifies BIPOC and small-producer advisory roles at the California Department of Food and Agriculture; and AB 72, creating an electric vehicle economic opportunity zone in Riverside County. These and other measures were read on the floor, presented by their authors, and put to roll-call votes before the Clerk tallied the results.

The Clerk reported the following outcomes and vote tallies on key bills taken up on third reading and otherwise announced on the floor (each entry below reflects the Assembly’s roll-call tally as recorded during the session):

- AB 34 (Patterson) —…