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Votes at a glance: Senate adopts resolutions and confirms state appointments

California State Senate · February 5, 2026

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Summary

During the floor session the Senate confirmed three executive appointments and passed several ceremonial resolutions, including recognitions for heart health month and CalEITC awareness week; roll-call tallies are listed below.

The California State Senate took a series of formal actions during its floor session, approving ceremonial resolutions and confirming several governor appointments. Key outcomes and vote tallies from the session follow.

Votes and confirmations - SR 71 (recognizing affordable homeownership): Adopted. Roll-call result announced as Ayes 35, No 0. (Introduced by Senator Adegin.) - File item 52 — Trista Gonzales, appointment as Director of the Department of Tax and Fee Administration: Confirmed. Roll-call result announced as Ayes 36, No 0. - File item 53 — Aaron McGuire, appointment as Executive Director for the Board of State and Community Corrections: Confirmed. Roll-call result announced as Ayes 36, No 0. - File item 58 — Reappointment of Lee Herrick as California Poet Laureate: Confirmed. Roll-call result announced as Ayes 35, No 0. - SCR 115 (Heart Health Month): Adopted. Roll-call result announced as Ayes 37, No 0. (Presented by Senator Dolly; supporters emphasized women's cardiovascular risk and early detection.) - SR 75 (California Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Week): Adopted. Roll-call result announced as Ayes 29, No 0. (Presented by Senator Rubio to encourage outreach about the CalEITC.)

Context and next steps Most items were ceremonial recognitions or confirmations approved by roll call. Several senators used the debates accompanying those measures to highlight policy priorities (homeownership, heart-health awareness, CalEITC outreach) and to urge follow-up at the committee level. The Senate scheduled the next floor session for Monday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m.

Votes provenance: each action appears in the Senate floor transcript and was accompanied by roll-call tallies as recorded by the Secretary.