WHO'S THIS GUY? GOOD UH, EVENING
. IT'S WORKING. OKAY I AM
CALLING THIS HEARING THE
ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE TO
ORDER WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL TO ESTABLISH
QUORUM? NO. YEAH. MURATSUCHI
HERE, DOLLY! DOLLY! HERE ONE
CARILLO ONE CARILLO HERE. HOOVER
HOOVER. HERE LEAVE MCCARTY
QUIRK-SILVA. OKAY QUORUM HAS
BEEN ESTABLISHED. WE HAVE ONE
BILL ON FILE. SOME ASSEMBLY BILL
14 33 BY SPEAKER EMERITUS
RENDON. UM YES, I WILL. SKIP ALL
THE FORMALITIES. UH, SPEAKER
EMERITUS WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR MEMBERS 80 14 33 WILL MAKE
CERTAIN THAT SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND
DOLLARS EMPLOY PREQUALIFIED
CONTRACTORS WHO WILL PERFORM
SAFE AND RELIABLE WORK ON OUR
SCHOOLS. IN 2020, A PORTION OF
LYNNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN MY
DISTRICT COLLAPSED DUE TO POOR
CONSTRUCTION WORK. WE'RE WORKING
TO REBUILD IN WHAT HIGH SCHOOL
THROUGH A GENERAL FUND
APPROPRIATION AND PREQUALIFIED
CONTRACTORS. HOWEVER CURRENT LAW
DOES NOT EXPLICITLY REQUIRED
THIS STANDARD. PREQUALIFICATION
WILL COMPEL CONTRACTORS TO
DISCLOSE INFORMATION, INCLUDING
THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, BUSINESS
HISTORY OR EVEN POTENTIAL
VIOLATIONS THEY MAY HAVE
COMMITTED. THIS BILL WILL WILL
REQUIRE THAT REGARDLESS OF THE
STATE FUNDING SOURCE TRUSTWORTHY
CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING ON
SCHOOL FACILITY PROJECTS. BY
DOING SO WE CAN PROTECT OUR
STUDENTS AND STAFF BY HELPING TO
GUARANTEE THAT INCIDENTS LIKE
THE ONE AT LINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN IN ANY PART
OF OUR STATE LIKE TO ADD THAT,
UM, THE COLLAPSE OF THE SCHOOL
STRUCTURE HAPPENED, UH DURING
THE MIDDLE OF COVID. AND IF, UH
, WASN'T FOR THAT STUDENTS HAD
BEEN STUDENTS AND FACULTY HAD
BEEN ON THE CAMPUS. WOULD HAVE
BEEN FAR WORSE, HMM. UH, ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU, UM, DO
YOU? YOU GOTTA CALL MISTY TO
WITNESS. NO WITNESSES. NO
WITNESSES. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU ONE, BUT THEY'RE NOT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME.
THEY'RE NOT COMING. I THOUGHT I
COULD HANDLE THIS, OKAY? ALRIGHT
ARE THERE I DON'T SEE ANY
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ANY PUBLIC
COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
SEEING NONE. ARE THERE ANY
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION? SAYING
NONE PUBLIC COMMENT AND
OPPOSITION SEEING NONE BRING IT
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS, ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO
COMMENT. SPEAKER EMERITUS. WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE MY BOOK? THANK
YOU MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. A B 14 33. THE
MOTION IS THAT THE SENATE
AMENDMENTS BE CONCURRED IN
MURATSUCHI GI DOLLY DOLLY. I WON
CARILLO ONE CARILLO I HOOVER
HOOVER. I LI MCCARTY QUIRK-SILVA
. BILLERS OUT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU MEMBERS VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT
THIS HEARING IS A CHARGE. HMM.
MIGHT GIRLFRIEND. ONE OF 81 OF
THEM. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK WE
SHOULD WAIT?