Parliamentary Inquiry

Assembly Member Cox [R., Fair Lawn] arose to a point of parliamentary inquiry whereupon he requested unanimous consent to dispense with the Call of the Assembly on the Shirley Horton motion for a suspension of the Rules as relates to Assembly Bill No. 3 [Cox's VLF backfill bill] and made remarks in debate relative to the bill.

Point of Order

Assembly Member Firebaugh [D., South Gate] arose to the following point of order:

Assembly Member Cox is making remarks in debate, not in order under the Rules, when arising to a point of parliamentary inquiry.

The Speaker pro Tempore ruled the point of order well-taken.

Motion to Appeal from the Decision of the Chair

Assembly Member Cox moved to appeal from the decision of the Chair.

The question being: Shall the decision of the Chair that Assembly Member Cox’s remarks debating Assembly Bill No. 3 are not in order when arising to a point of parliamentary inquiry or in moving to dispense with a Call of the Assembly, be overruled?

The roll was opened and the decision of the Chair sustained by the following vote:

AYES: 29

Aghazarian, Bates, Benoit, Bogh, Campbell, Cogdill, Cox, Daucher, Dutton, Garcia, Harman, Haynes, Horton, Shirley Houston, Keene, La Malfa, La Suer, Leslie, Maldonado, Maze, McCarthy Nakanishi, Plescia, Richman, Runner, Samuelian, Spitzer, Strickland, Wyland

NOES: 48

Berg, Bermudez, Calderon, Canciamilla, Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cohn, Corbett, Correa, Diaz, Dutra, Dymally, Firebaugh, Frommer, Goldberg, Hancock, Horton, Jerome. Jackson, Kehoe, Koretz, Laird, Leno, Levine. Lieber, Liu, Longville, Lowenthal, Matthews, Montanez, Mullin, Nakano, Nation, Negrete McLeod, Nunez, Oropeza, Parra, Pavley, Reyes. Ridley-Thomas, Salinas, Simitian. Steinberg, Vargas, Wiggins, Wolk, Yee, Mr. Speaker

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Haynes Motion to Dispense with Call of the Assembly

Assembly Member Haynes moved to dispense with the Call of the Assembly on his motion to suspend the Rules to permit consideration of Assembly Bill No. 7 [], without reference to file.

Assembly Member Cox seconded the motion.

Motion lost by the following vote:

AYES: 31

Aghazarian, Bates, Benoit, Bogh, Campbell, Cogdill, Cox, Daucher, Dutton, Garcia, Harman, Haynes, Horton, Shirley, Houston, Keene, La Malfa, La Suer, Leslie, Maddox, Maldonado, Maze, McCarthy, Nakanishi, Pacheco, Plescia, Richman, Runner, Samuelian, Spitzer, Strickland, Wyland

NOES: 46

Berg, Bermudez, Calderon, Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cohn, Corbett, Correa, Diaz, Dutra, Dymally, Firebaugh, Frommer, Goldberg, Hancock, Horton, Jerome, Jackson, Kehoe, Koretz. Laird. Leno, Levine, Lieber, Liu, Longville, Lowenthal, Matthews, Montanez, Mullin, Nakano, Nation, Negrete McLeod, Nunez, Oropeza, Parra, Pavley, Reyes, Salinas, Simitian, Steinberg, Vargas, Wiggins, Wolk, Yee, Mr. Speaker

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CALL OF THE ASSEMBLY DISPENSED WITH ON HAYNES MOTION TO SUSPEND RULES RELATIVE TO ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 7

At 9:37 p.m., on motion of Assembly Member Firebaugh, and in the absence of any objection, further proceedings under the call of the Assembly were dispensed with.

The Haynes motion to suspend the Rules to permit consideration of Assembly Bill No. 7 [Lowenthal], without reference to file, lost by the following vote:

AYES: 33

Aghazarian, Bates, Benoit, Bogh, Campbell, Cogdill, Correa, Cox, Daucher. Dutton, Garcia, Harman, Haynes, Horton, Shirley, Houston, Keene, La Malfa, La Suer, Leslie, Maddox, Maldonado, Maze, McCarthy, Mountjoy, Nakanishi, Pacheco, Plescia, Richman, Runner, Samuelian, Spitzer, Strickland, Wyland

NOES: 42

Berg, Bermudez, Calderon, Canciamilla. Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cohn, Corbett, Dymally, Firebaugh, Frommer, Goldberg, Hancock, Horton, Jerome, Jackson, Kehoe, Koretz, Laird, Leno, Levine, Lieber, Liu, Longville, Montanez, Mullin, Nakano, Nation, Negrete McLeod, Nunez, Oropeza, Pavley, Reyes, Ridley-Thomas, Salinas, Simitian, Steinberg, Vargas, Wiggins, Wolk, Yee, Mr. Speaker

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CALL OF THE ASSEMBLY DISPENSED WITH ON SHIRLEY HORTON MOTION TO SUSPEND RULES RELATIVE TO ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 3

At 9:38 p.m., on motion of Assembly Member Firebaugh, and in the absence of any objection, further proceedings under the call of the Assembly were dispensed with.

The Shirley Horton motion to suspend the Rules to permit consideration of Assembly Bill No. 3 [Cox], without reference to file, lost by the following vote:

AYES: 33

Aghazarian, Bates, Benoit, Bogh, Campbell, Cogdill, Correa, Cox, Daucher, Dutton, Garcia, Harman, Haynes, Horton, Shirley, Houston, Keene, La Malfa, La Suer, Leslie, Maddox, Maldonado, Maze, McCarthy, Mountjoy, Nakanishi, Pacheco, Plescia, Richman, Runner, Samuelian, Spitzer, Strickland, Wyland

NOES: 40

Berg, Bermudez, Calderon, Canciamilla, Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cohn, Corbett, Dymally, Firebaugh, Frommer, Goldberg, Hancock, Jackson, Kehoe, Koretz, Laird, Leno, Levine. Lieber, iu Longville, Montanez, Mullin, Nakano, Nation, Negrete McLeod, Nunez, Oropeza, Reyes, Ridley-Thomas, Salinas, Simitian, Steinberg, Vargas, Wiggins, Wolk, Yee, Mr. Speaker