[11:44] Testing 123. It's been a while
[11:47] since I've chaired a committee
[11:48] hearing in this room, but I
[11:49] think this is working. Jill,
[11:51] are we good? All right. Thank
[11:53] you. Good morning. Good
[11:56] afternoon everyone. Yeah. That
[11:58] place. Welcome to today's
[12:00] meeting of the assembly
[12:01] business and professions
[12:02] committee to consider bills
[12:02] that have been referred to the
[12:04] committee pursuant to assembly
[12:05] rule 77.2. I'd like to start by
[12:08] thanking committee staff for
[12:09] all their hard. I was going to
[12:11] do that at the end. And you put
[12:13] that at the beginning. You
[12:14] tricked me. You tricked me. You
[12:17] got me. All right. I guess
[12:20] we're going to start by
[12:21] thanking committee staff. I was
[12:22] going to end by thanking
[12:23] committee staff, but I'd like
[12:25] to start by thanking committee
[12:26] staff for all of their hard
[12:27] work throughout this past year.
[12:29] that's on both both sides of
[12:30] the aisle. Our committee staff
[12:33] do an incredibly large amount
[12:35] of work behind the scenes, in
[12:37] particular on all the bills,
[12:38] but in particular on the sunset
[12:40] bills that that are really
[12:42] important, even if they're not
[12:43] always the sexiest bills in the
[12:44] world. And so really appreciate
[12:46] all the work that bnp staff
[12:48] have done this year. And for
[12:50] the last five years or so that
[12:51] I've been chair. Before we
[12:53] begin with our agenda, I would
[12:54] like to remind everyone that
[12:56] the assembly has rules to
[12:57] ensure we maintain order and
[12:58] run an efficient and I can't
[12:59] believe you put that in my
[13:01] talking points. That that the
[13:03] prior thing, not this thing. I
[13:05] would like to remind everyone
[13:06] that the assembly has rules to
[13:07] ensure we maintain order and
[13:09] run an efficient and fair
[13:10] hearing. We apply these rules
[13:11] consistently to all people who
[13:13] participate in our proceedings,
[13:15] regardless of the viewpoint
[13:16] they express, in order to
[13:18] facilitate the goal of hearing
[13:19] as much from the public within
[13:21] the limits of our time, we will
[13:23] not permit conduct that
[13:24] disrupts, disturbs or otherwise
[13:25] impedes the orderly conduct of
[13:26] legislative proceedings. That
[13:27] was an admonition for all my
[13:29] colleagues. No disrupting for
[13:32] each of the measures being
[13:33] presented today. We will be
[13:34] allowing primary witnesses here
[13:35] in the room to speak for two
[13:37] minutes each, with up to two
[13:39] primary witnesses per side. You
[13:40] don't need that. Any additional
[13:41] witnesses will be limited to
[13:42] name position on the bill and
[13:44] organization they represent, if
[13:45] any. For those wishing to
[13:46] provide further comments, we
[13:47] are accepting written testimony
[13:48] through the position letter
[13:49] portal on the committee's
[13:50] website. And with that, we are
[13:52] going to begin today's hearing.
[13:53] but before we begin today's
[13:55] hearing, let's remember, davies,
[13:56] come on up because you're first
[13:57] on the agenda. But we have a
[13:59] quorum, so we're going to
[14:00] establish a quorum. Mr.
[14:01] secretary, please call the roll.
[14:02] berman here. Johnson here.
[14:06] addis aaron's here. Allen here.
[14:09] bains. B¢o. Khn here. Chen.
[14:13] el-hawary. Hardwick. Haney.
[14:17] hart. Irwin. Jackson here.
[14:22] lowenthal here. Macedo. Nguyen.
[14:26] pellerin. Great. We have a
[14:28] quorum member. Davies. Ready
[14:30] when you are. All right. Thank
[14:31] you, mr. Chair. Members, today
[14:33] I'm here to present a b 1707. I
[14:35] first want to thank committee
[14:36] staff for working with my staff
[14:38] on this bill. Members. Ab 1707
[14:41] transfers authority over the
[14:44] certification authority
[14:45] certification of electricians
[14:46] from the division of labor
[14:47] standards enforcement to the
[14:49] contractors state license board
[14:51] beginning july 1st, 2028.
[14:53] shifting administration away
[14:54] from dls removes interagency
[14:58] bureaucracy. Consolidating,
[15:00] testing, licensing and
[15:02] compliance under a single roof.
[15:03] streamlining this license
[15:05] pipeline directly addresses our
[15:06] trades and labor shortage,
[15:08] keeping critical commercial,
[15:10] residential and green
[15:11] infrastructure projects on
[15:12] schedule across the state. This
[15:14] bill has received unanimous
[15:15] support the entire process, and
[15:17] with me here to testify on
[15:18] behalf of the sponsors, ibew.
[15:20] scott welch, I respectfully ask
[15:22] for an aye vote. Mr. Welch. Mr.
[15:24] chairman and members. Scott, on
[15:25] behalf of the state association
[15:26] of electrical workers, I'll
[15:28] just speak to the portion of
[15:29] the bill that was recently
[15:31] amended. When when we sponsored
[15:33] the original electrician
[15:35] certification program during
[15:36] the davis administration, we
[15:38] did not have an enforcement
[15:39] component. 2 or 3 years later,
[15:42] we came back during the davis
[15:43] administration. And at that
[15:45] time, the governor insisted
[15:47] that the enforcement be done by
[15:50] cslb, not by the dir. That's
[15:51] why this program has been
[15:53] bifurcated for all these years.
[15:56] unfortunately, the department
[15:57] of industrial relations has
[15:59] done an abysmal job of
[16:01] administering this program. It
[16:03] has been one problem after
[16:05] another. This culminated last
[16:07] year when they had an eight
[16:09] month backlog on processing
[16:13] renewals. So what was happening
[16:14] is a journeyman would send in
[16:16] their $125 renewal and the
[16:19] paperwork and not get their
[16:21] license for eight months. And
[16:22] they were losing work. They
[16:23] were being turned away and told
[16:25] to go home because they didn't
[16:26] have this. It was a catastrophe.
[16:28] the administration stepped into
[16:30] it and redirected staff to get
[16:34] rid of the backlog. And as an
[16:36] outgrowth of that, they
[16:37] determined that this program
[16:39] would better be administered at
[16:42] cslbcslb. That's what they do.
[16:45] they do licenses. They're very
[16:47] proficient at doing testing, at
[16:49] working with the industry to
[16:50] update tests. It makes sense
[16:52] that enforcement and
[16:54] administration be together. So
[16:55] for that reason we would ask
[16:56] for an aye vote. Thank you.
[16:58] thank you. Any additional
[16:59] witnesses in support of the
[17:00] bill? Any primary witnesses in
[17:03] opposition to the bill? Bill
[17:04] got a motion. Got a bunch of
[17:06] seconds. Any additional
[17:09] witnesses in opposition to the
[17:10] bill? Seeing none. Colleagues
[17:12] questions or comments? Seeing
[17:15] none. Assemblymember, would you
[17:15] like to respectfully ask for an
[17:18] aye vote? All right. We're
[17:19] going to give it to you. Thank
[17:21] you for the bill. Happy to
[17:22] support the bill today. Look
[17:23] forward to working with
[17:24] colleagues and stakeholders
[17:25] next year to make sure we have
[17:27] a smooth transition. I bundled
[17:30] the vote. We're batching this.
[17:34] mr. Mr. Secretary, please call
[17:36] the vote. I thought we were
[17:38] serious. She was very worried
[17:40] constitutionally. Yeah. Does
[17:41] anybody here. I'm getting
[17:45] really nervous. You should be
[17:47] áp 1707. The motion is with
[17:49] recommendation that senate
[17:50] amendments be concurred in.
[17:51] berman ã berman aye. Johnson.
[17:53] johnson. Aye. Addis. Addis. Aye.
[17:56] aarons. Aarons. Aye. Alanis.
[17:58] alanis. Aye. Baines. Bauer.
[18:00] khn. Bauer. Khn. Aye. Closer.
[18:03] aye. Chen. El-hawary. Hardwick.
[18:07] hardwick. Aye. Heaney. Hart.
[18:10] hart. Aye. Irwin. I irwin. Aye.
[18:13] jackson. Jackson. Aye.
[18:15] lowenthal. Lowenthal. Aye.
[18:16] mosquito. Nguyen. Pellerin.
[18:21] that bill is out. Next up,
[18:23] agenda item number two, mr.
[18:25] rogers. I do I do never gets
[18:31] old. Never gets old hearing it.
[18:36] I think you're lying. Y'all
[18:42] good? I'm ready. Let's go. Well,
[18:44] thank you, mr. Chair. Here
[18:47] presenting ab 1811. This bill
[18:48] would preserve hsas which are
[18:51] health professional shortage
[18:52] areas that were eliminated
[18:54] under h.r. One, essentially
[18:56] helping to make sure that we
[18:57] get health professionals going
[18:59] into areas that are more rural,
[19:01] that have fewer resources. This
[19:06] bill might sound new to many
[19:08] folks, not because it's a gut
[19:09] demand, but because the first
[19:10] time it came through this
[19:11] committee, it was on consent
[19:12] and then on the floor, it was
[19:14] on consent. And then it went
[19:16] over to the senate and was on
[19:17] consent. And then technical
[19:19] amendments pulled it into this
[19:20] committee because it added
[19:21] additional reporting
[19:21] requirements for boards of
[19:22] healing art licensees and
[19:24] registrants from the
[19:25] administration. With that, I
[19:26] ask for an aye vote. No good
[19:28] deed goes unpunished, mister
[19:29] rogers. Gotta make sure we get
[19:30] it right. That's right. Any
[19:32] problem? Got a motion? Got a
[19:33] second? Any primary witnesses
[19:34] in support of the bill? Any
[19:37] people want to add on in
[19:38] support of the bill? Good
[19:40] afternoon, mr. Chair. And
[19:41] members. Connie delgado, on
[19:42] behalf of the district hospital
[19:43] leadership forum in support.
[19:44] thank you. Thank you. Nizet
[19:48] short on behalf of adventist
[19:49] health and peach, representing
[19:51] community safety net hospitals.
[19:53] thank you. Any primary
[19:54] witnesses in opposition to the
[19:56] bill? Dun dun dun dun. Seeing
[19:59] none. Any any witnesses you
[20:00] want to add on in opposition to
[20:02] the bill? Seeing none. Bring it
[20:04] back to colleagues for
[20:05] questions or we got the motion.
[20:06] we got the second. We're
[20:08] doubling down. We're doubling
[20:09] down. Some member. Rogers,
[20:13] would you like to close just
[20:14] with a stat for folks? About
[20:16] 20% of the state's population
[20:17] lives in rural communities,
[20:18] only about 9% of its health
[20:20] professionals. So with that,
[20:21] let's get more of them. It's a
[20:23] very helpful stat. Thank you to
[20:24] the author for bringing this
[20:25] bill forward. Apologies that
[20:27] your amendments dragged it in
[20:28] here for an extra hearing.
[20:30] increasing access to health
[20:31] care continues to be a top
[20:32] priority for this committee,
[20:33] and this bill will ensure our
[20:35] laws to support equity and
[20:36] accessibility remain effective,
[20:37] regardless of what happens at
[20:38] the federal level. Happy to
[20:40] recommend support for the bill,
[20:42] mr. Secretary. Please call the
[20:44] vote. Ab 1811. The motion is
[20:46] with recommendation. The senate
[20:47] amendments be concurred in.
[20:48] berman ã berman aye. Johnson.
[20:51] johnson. Aye. Addis. Addis. Aye.
[20:53] aarons. Aarons. Aye. Alanis. I.
[20:56] alanis. Aye. Baines. Baines.
[20:57] aye. Barrett. Khn. I can I. I
[21:02] too find it offensive. Carlos.
[21:04] aye. Chen. Chen. Aye. Al-hawari.
[21:08] hardwick. Haddock. Aye. Haney.
[21:11] heart. Heart. Aye. Irwin. Irwin.
[21:13] aye. Jackson. Jackson. Aye.
[21:16] lowenthal. Lowenthal. Aye.
[21:17] mosquito a mosquito. Aye.
[21:19] nguyen. Pellerin. The very
[21:24] dramatic. That bill is out. I
[21:28] heard a wiener okay. So we're
[21:33] going to hang out for a couple
[21:35] of minutes because at least one
[21:37] colleague has texted asking me
[21:38] to, even though I know there's
[21:40] a beep. Thank you, thank you,
[21:41] thank you, thank you, thank you,
[21:43] thank you. We're not bnp a geo.
[21:49] yeah yeah we got folks. So
[21:51] let's take it from the top for
[21:52] people who missed votes earlier.
[21:54] committee members just help me
[21:55] focus. Yes. If you voted for
[21:57] two bills, you are done. If you
[21:59] have not voted for two
[22:01] colleagues, if you have not
[22:01] voted for two bills, hang out
[22:03] for a minute. Mr. Secretary,
[22:05] please take it from the top.
[22:08] last meeting, ab 1707 davies,
[22:10] baines. Baines. Aye. Chen. Chen.
[22:13] aye. El-hawary. Hany. Hany aye.
[22:18] mosquito a mosquito. Aye.
[22:19] nguyen. Pellerin. And then
[22:25] pellerin said she's on her.
[22:27] excuse me. We can do mr. Haney
[22:30] on 1811. Correct. Ab 1811.
[22:34] rogers. Haney. Haney. Aye, sir.
[22:38] thank you. All right. Hang out
[22:41] for. Louis again. Yeah. We
[22:45] could. Let's take it from the
[22:46] top again, mr. Secretary,
[22:47] please take it. Take it from
[22:50] the top. Ab 1707. Davies.
[22:52] pellerin. Aye. Pellerin. Aye.
[22:56] ab 1811 rogers. Pellerin.
[22:59] pellerin. Aye. All. Hopefully
[23:02] that's what the chair
[23:03] recommended. So we're going to
[23:06] keep the roll open for another
[23:08] three minutes. So let's say 352
[23:09] which will be five minutes from
[23:10] when we ended. Because I know
[23:13] we have another committee
[23:14] hearing after this in this room,
[23:16] in this room. In this. I bet
[23:25] you sorry, my friend, I told.
[23:41] mr. Secretary, please take it
[23:43] from the top. That's not a
[23:45] technical term, but act like it
[23:46] is for the third time. Might be
[23:48] fourth. Yeah. Amy. 1707 davies
[23:51] nguyen nguyen aye ab 1811
[23:55] rogers nguyen nguyen aye. Thank
[23:57] you. That's it, that's it,
[23:58] that's it. Thank you. All over.
[24:01] we're waiting on one other
[24:03] possible committee member. Oh,
[24:07] hawaii.
[29:21] hearings adjourned.