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Votes at a glance: Senate Rules Committee approves routine appointments, refers ACA 7 and waives blackout rule for budget subcommittees
Summary
The Senate Rules Committee approved several governor appointments (including four housing finance and two mining board nominees earlier) mostly unanimously, referred ACA 7 as listed in the agenda after a failed motion to add a third referral, and granted a rule waiver to allow budget subcommittees to meet during the blackout period.
The Senate Rules Committee handled several procedural and non-controversial items before taking up the five required appearances. Key committee votes included unanimous approvals and a split referral vote on a constitutional amendment.
- Governor's appointments not required to appear: item 2f (Jim Cervantes, California Housing Finance Agency board) approved 5–0; item 2g (Martin Moto, California Housing Finance Agency board) approved 5–0; item 2h (Preston Prince, California Housing Finance Agency board) approved 3–2; item 2i (Stephanie Landrigan, State Mining and Geology Board) approved 3–2; item 2j (Larry Sheingold, State Mining and Geology Board) approved 5–0. Those motions were made and recorded by the clerk during the morning session.
- Reference of bills to committees: Senator Jones moved to also refer ACA 7 (Jackson) to labor, public employment and retirement (in addition to education and elections). That motion failed on a 2–3 vote. A follow-up motion to refer ACA 7 as listed on the agenda to two committees passed, 3–2.
- Rule waiver request: The committee granted a rule waiver from JR 61(b)(10) to permit Budget and Fiscal Committee subcommittees 1–5 to hold hearings during the blackout period on May 28. The motion passed unanimously, 5–0.
All recorded roll calls and tallies are taken from the committee transcript and clerk's readings during the hearing.
Next steps: Items that were advanced will be transmitted or returned to the relevant committee or to the full Senate as appropriate.
