Senate Rules Committee clears multiple gubernatorial appointments and authorizes authorship changes under Rule 26

The Senate Committee on Rules took and closed a series of procedural items, including a set of governor's appointments not required to appear and a referral of certain bills to committee, and approved authorship changes pursuant to Senate Rule 26.

On consent items 2c through 2k the committee recorded motions and roll calls for nominees such as Jay Bradshaw (Transportation Commission), Kylie Bolser (Valley Flood Protection Board), and several appointments to the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. After absent members returned the committee recorded final roll calls showing 5–0 approvals on those measures.

The committee also considered two Rule 26 requests (items 4 and 5) to transfer authorship of AB 2676 and AB 2700 (measures previously authored by former Assemblymember James Gallagher) to new authors; Vice Chair Grove clarified the committee's action was limited to changing authorship and any amendments will be handled later by the authors and subsequent committees. The committee approved the authorship changes.

The committee adjourned after completing the votes and leaving on‑the‑record tallies open briefly for absent members to add their votes, then closing the roll with unanimous committee approvals.