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The measure, introduced on the floor by Assemblymember Schultz and carried by multiple coauthors, passed on a roll call vote of Aye 72, No 0. The bill now proceeds to the Senate.

AB 379 tightens sentencing for solicitation and related conduct. The bill authorizes felony punishment for solicitation of any minor by an adult more than three years older than the minor; a second or subsequent violation is punishable as a felony. It creates a misdemeanor for loitering with intent to purchase commercial sex and requires persons convicted of solicitation who are granted probation to attend a mandatory educational program on human trafficking and child exploitation. \"If we can set aside the rhetoric, every child in California deserves protection,\" Assemblymember Schultz said when he introduced the bill.

The bill also targets businesses that are complicit in trafficking. AB 379 authorizes the California Attorney General to enforce existing requirements that hotels and other establishments post human‑trafficking notices and to pursue civil remedies against establishments that allow trafficking to occur. The legislation raises the penalty range for hotels and similar establishments that intentionally turned a blind eye from the current $1,000–$10,000 to $3,000–$25,000 per violation, increases fines for failing to post mandatory notices (from $500–$1,000 to $1,000–$2,000), and requires an additional $1,000 fine for those convicted of the new loitering offense.

To support victims, AB 379 directs the California Victim Compensation Board to establish a grant program for community‑based organizations that provide direct services and outreach to trafficking survivors; the bill specifies that the fines and fees it increases will deposit into a survivor support fund. It also creates a vertical prosecution grant program, intended to incentivize local district attorneys' offices to assign prosecutors and investigators to specialized trafficking units.

Debate on the floor was broadly supportive of AB 379''but not unanimous about every provision. Assemblymember Sharp Collins, who said she supported stronger protections for 16‑ and 17‑year‑olds, voiced sustained concerns about the bill's loitering provision, calling it vague and warning it could be used to profile and overpolice people of color and people experiencing poverty. \"When laws are vague, they are ripe for profiling,\" Sharp Collins said, citing Los Angeles arrest data she said show disproportionate enforcement. She told colleagues she would not support the bill if the loitering provision remained \"underdeveloped\" as it moves through the process.

Other members urged passage while committing to further refinement. Assemblymember Avila Farias, a coauthor, said the bill \"does not criminalize victims\" and that the survivor support fund will direct fines to frontline organizations. Leader Gallagher and others described the measure as a bipartisan, improved product after earlier amendments. \"As messy as it was, the process worked,\" Schultz said in his closing remarks, promising continued work to fine‑tune the provision Sharp Collins flagged.

Assemblymember Crowell, who recounted preparing a survivor to testify in court, emphasized demand reduction and victim services, saying, \"There is no such thing as a child prostitute.\" Several members who spoke said demand is a primary driver of the trafficking industry and argued the bill gives law enforcement additional tools to pursue predators and buyers.

The Assembly clerk recorded the roll call and the measure passed with 72 ayes and no recorded no votes. With the passage, AB 379 will go to the Senate for consideration, and the author pledged to continue working with colleagues and stakeholders on the loitering language and other refinements.

Votes and next steps: AB 379 passed the Assembly 72–0 and will move to the Senate for further consideration. The author and several coauthors said they will continue negotiations there, particularly regarding the loitering provision.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Assembly Floor Session","oneSentenceSummary","SACRAMENTO — The California State Assembly on Thursday passed AB 379, a package of changes to the state's anti‑human trafficking laws that increases criminal penalties for adults who solicit minors, raises civil and administrative fines for businesses that enable trafficking, and creates a fund to support survivors.","taxTitle","California State Assembly, House, Legislative, California","taxId",17099,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":42,"_43":44,"_45":46,"_47":48,"_49":50,"_51":79,"_53":80,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":81,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":82,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6563782,"Votes at a glance: Assembly roll calls and brief toelines from May 1, 2025 session","/articles/6563782/California/Votes-at-a-glance-Assembly-roll-calls-and-brief-toelines-from-May-1-2025-session","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6563782-bf1e1b52922bf1a944d0eae63913e4f6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448258&Signature=SdZpiYcitbQjqoaihBG56gRV~xrmFU5X4U18eKJEvtSZcxFUkyUcAhbm-qWSMVPaJsegSkfUB0WZTKPGd-JqbZweBnmG~jxTqSgzItrOnZ8ruDW72QO9rgdsldi9EUg7POv-WQD9zVwJesikImG6tUZA0xtNoAGKko6ehwdkr4w8nw5Vbbo8IrBNrZ0ohlI206Nd3bvJF7TFoetHE7gq5TLliShZ-4-hTSaTnDSpK6337VFbeF7Uv~jkAQgbZK95xabbbVdraCTVrUAxchlswsnIFo0V2CH1Y7ZAxMHDlBnnVnCwKbrc1NqMG4IONqD7wSBRKhZE~tx97ymsasB9mA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","SACRAMENTO — The California State Assembly took roll‑call votes on numerous bills during its Thursday session. Below are the measures the clerk tallied on the floor, followed by the result recorded in the transcript and a one‑line description drawn from the author's floor remarks.

- AB 379 (Schultz): Passed Aye 72, No 0. Strengthens penalties for solicitation of minors, increases fines for establishments that enable trafficking and creates a survivor support fund and vertical prosecution grants.

- AB 1415 (Bonta): Passed Aye 41, No 16. Expands the Office of Health Care Affordability's data and merger‑review authority to include major health systems, private equity acquisitions and managed service organizations (MSOs).

- AB 711 (Chen): Passed Aye 55, No 0. Requires parties to make a good‑faith effort to meet and confer and encourages use of a single certified shorthand reporter for motion hearings to reduce duplication and cost.

- AB 1142 (Hoover): Passed Aye 52, No 0. Updates maximum entry fees for small public equestrian events to reflect current costs (authors said fees had not been updated since 1971).

- AB 309 (Zabor): Passed Aye 42, No 13. Preserves access to sterile syringes for adults without a prescription and removes 2026 sunsets related to syringe access, the author said, to prevent HIV and hepatitis transmission.

- AB 358 (Alvarez): Passed (clerk recorded Ayes 58; transcript text: \"Ayes 58. Noes won. The measure passes.\") The bill creates a narrowly tailored victim‑centered exemption to electronic privacy rules to allow law enforcement to access unauthorized surveillance devices found in private spaces, the author said.

- AB 592 (Gabriel): Passed Aye 62, No 0. Supports outdoor dining by reducing permitting barriers for restaurants, the author said.

- AB 1166 (Valencia): Passed Aye 61, No 0. Extends consumer‑protections in debt settlement law to commercial financing to help small businesses, the author said.

- AB 806 (Connolly): Passed Aye 50, No 0. Grants mobile home park residents the right to install cooling systems within homes and requires parks to maintain reasonable cooling in indoor common areas during extreme heat events.

- AB 972 (Wilson): Passed Aye 46, No 5. Codifies protections in higher education policy to explicitly include pregnancy and parenting as protected categories for postsecondary institutions, the author said.

- AB 416 (Krell): Passed Aye 57, No 0. Authorizes emergency room physicians to place patients on 5150 holds in behavioral‑health crises under specified conditions.

- AB 632 (Hart): Passed Aye 47, No 6. Allows local governments to collect penalties for egregious code violations via an expedited process after administrative procedures are complete, according to the author.

- AB 672 (Kolozha): Passed Aye 52, No 4. Requires public employers to notify the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) of certain court actions and allows PERB to intervene in specified cases; the transcript records substantial debate for and against expanding PERB's role.

- AB 876 (Flora): Passed Aye 56, No 1. Clarifies scope of practice for certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and affirms authorization to deliver anesthesia services independently in specified settings; the author and committee chairs said they would continue working with opposition groups on language.

- AB 760 (Ta): Passed Aye 63, No 0. Allows mobile‑home parks to offer homes owned by the park for temporary rent to disaster‑impacted households for up to three years, the author said, limited to disasters such as fires, floods and earthquakes.

- Remaining bill votes on the floor (consent calendar and remaining third reading items) were recorded on the transcript as adopted by the clerk with unanimous or near‑unanimous tallies; the transcript records multiple additional Aye/No tallies for consent items and resolutions (e.g., assorted resolutions with recorded \"I 66, no 0\" or similar roll calls) but did not include floor debate for many of those items.

Methodology and caveats: This roundup lists each bill the clerk read on the Assembly floor and for which the transcript recorded a roll‑call tally during the May 1 session. Descriptions are based on the floor remarks recorded in the transcript and do not substitute for the final bill text; any technical amendments occurring off the floor or in subsequent committee reports are not reflected here. If a tally in the transcript was ambiguous (for example, the clerk recorded \"Ayes 58. Noes won. The measure passes\"), the article reproduces the clerk's recorded tally text verbatim and flags it as reported from the floor.","The Assembly recorded roll‑call votes on dozens of measures during Thursday's session. This roundup lists bills called and their recorded floor outcomes, with one‑line descriptions based on the authors' floor statements.",{"_33":84,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":85,"_41":86,"_43":87,"_45":88,"_47":89,"_49":90,"_51":91,"_53":92,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":93,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":94,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6563787,"Assembly advances AB 1415 to broaden oversight of health care cost drivers, including private equity",320,3369000,3689000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3326292-1c8c082a5d176c9d8d3cba118cc7da00&start=3369&end=3689","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3326292-1c8c082a5d176c9d8d3cba118cc7da00/thumbnail_3369000.jpg","/articles/6563787/California/Assembly-advances-AB-1415-to-broaden-oversight-of-health-care-cost-drivers-including-private-equity","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6563787-a5f89fc165b6a636960a3cda4a281aea/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448258&Signature=LaDK0wwuOFpz9daP-VeHqb3FLjZml~v5TzXnJRisLCKbQWGMHDpJks4K5C5lI5KrKet-CesHjTW1RZdFEqbR3pJkogHNLwA7rOEL3YF3BoDFugYYe2n-hcDKpbrz~~Q8xR8C1zOexSbjgq1T9boGk-X-Cn2ta1-~MsFQnRGgoQ9bYZiPLZ8reXBiTmBNM~RMVteUXZzkFEwq3qc9ZHcKy03686dsthWliKwzMJ~V1pbSCLIgWziW3DPMVKD5IienKsda~Mtw9v~0ngwUFG5IibDJBlw5UQdY9iFdjzYOnf~9elashQez~ffGkp6NsAJ6EP1kY1QO1B2VEQej8v~g1Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","SACRAMENTO — The Assembly on Thursday passed AB 1415, a bill that expands the Office of Health Care Affordability's (OCA) authority to monitor spending and review market consolidation, including transactions involving private equity and managed service organizations.

Assemblymember Bonta told colleagues during floor remarks that families on a median income face rising health care costs and growing medical debt, and that OCA needs additional tools to identify cost drivers. \"AB 1415 ensures that OCA has the full picture of the cost drivers in our health care and provides needed authority over private equity and health care entities impacting costs in our care system,\" Bonta said.

Specifically, AB 1415 would add large health systems such as Dignity, Sutter and Adventist to the set of entities OCA collects information on and for which it sets cost targets. The bill would also add private equity and hedge fund transactions in physician practices and other health care providers to OCA's merger review authority, and bring managed service organizations (MSOs) into that review because MSOs supply billing, IT and utilization management functions that can influence market behavior and pricing.

Bonta cited recent private equity activity in California'private equity acquisitions of health care providers totaled $4,310,000,000 over five years, he said'and argued those deals can aggravate price increases and disrupt access and quality. The bill is intended to give the state better data and regulatory tools to enforce spending targets and assess system performance.

The Assembly clerk recorded Aye 41, No 16. The bill passed and will move to the Senate. Bonta asked members to consider the bill \"the next time you hold the hand of somebody who's being crushed by medical debt,\" noting the Office of Health Care Affordability was created in 2022 to set spending targets, monitor performance and assess consolidation.

AB 1415 adds private equity, hedge fund activity and MSOs to merger review and extends OCA's analytic reach to additional health systems. The bill's supporters said it will improve oversight of consolidation that can drive up prices; no floor debate reported opposition speakers during the presentation.

Next steps: The Assembly passed AB 1415 41–16; the bill now heads to the Senate for consideration and possible amendments.","AB 1415 passed the Assembly after a floor presentation from Assemblymember Bonta; the bill expands reporting and spending‑target authority at the Office of Health Care Affordability to include large systems, private‑equity‑backed acquisitions and managed service organizations (MSOs). Vote: Aye 41, No 16.","actionData","errors"]

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