Assembly clears dozens of bills in long floor session; NextGen 911 audit and multiple consumer, housing and public‑safety measures pass

The California State Assembly completed an extended floor calendar on May 7, advancing dozens of measures and recording a series of roll‑call votes.

Notable actions: AB 18‑05 (Ransom), calling for an audit and stronger oversight of the NextGen 911 project, passed on an urgency basis after members cited outages, cost overruns and life‑safety concerns; supporters said the bill requires a state audit, greater Department of Technology oversight and more frequent legislative reporting.

The Assembly also passed a series of bills that its members described as bipartisan and largely noncontroversial on the floor, including measures on housing, transportation and public safety. Examples recorded on the floor that day include votes cited by the clerk: AB 2,529 (claims attestation) passed (Clerk tally reported Aye 41, No 2); AB 2,689 (housing metrics — as read) and many others moved with voice or roll call votes and were recorded as passed.

A late, contested measure — AB 24‑97 (Johnson), a package of physical‑therapy scope changes and direct‑access reforms — faced sustained opposition from acupuncture practitioners and the API caucus, which raised cultural and scope‑of‑practice concerns. The author said the bill had been amended to remove dry‑needling language and to retain only diagnostic electrode‑needle provisions; nevertheless, the Assembly failed to pass the measure in the closing votes of the day.

Votes at a glance (selected floor tallies reported in the transcript):
- AB 17‑09 (Lowenthal) — social media safeguards: Aye 72, No 0 (passed)
- AB 18‑05 (Ransom) — NextGen 911 audit/oversight (urgency and bill): passed (reported tallies on the floor)
- AB 2,529 (Johnson) — attestation for claims against public agencies: Clerk reported tally Aye 41, No 2 (passed)
- AB 24‑97 (Johnson) — physical therapy modernization: failed on the floor in late voting

What this means: The Assembly completed more than 40 calendar items and adjourned to a future floor date with a mix of unanimous, bipartisan and contested outcomes. Many of the passed bills are next for Senate consideration; several items will return for further amendment or conference language later in the process.

The session ended with leadership noting completed business and announcing the next floor schedule.