MEETING AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 5, 2025

Meeting Notice

Meeting of the California Commission on Uniform State Laws

California Commission on Uniform State Laws

Meeting Date: November 5th, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Location: 925 L Street, 1st floor Conference Room

                   Sacramento, CA 95814

Agenda

1. Introductions
2. Approval of June 30, 2025 meeting minutes
3. Consideration of the state of our legislative appointments and potential new quorum rule
4. Discussion of Senate Bill 25 (2025): Antitrust: premerger notification
5. Update on teleconferencing: Senate Bill 470 (2025)
6. Discussion and vote on acts going final at the 2025 ULC Annual Meeting
   • Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act
   • Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act
   • Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act
   • Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act
7. Election of Chair and Vice Chair

California Commission on Uniform State Laws

November 5th, 2025 - Meeting Minutes

Chair Carr called the meeting to order at 1:07 p.m.

1. Introductions 
   • Commissioners attending in person: Chair Marty Carr, Diane Boyer-Vine, David Clark, and Cara Jenkins.
   • Commissioners attending via Zoom: Vice Chair Nanci Nishimura, Senator Umberg, Nat Sterling, Dan Robbins, Honorable Elena Duarte, and Elihu Harris.
   • Commissioners not present: Pam Bertani
   • Members of the public attending via Zoom: Ben Orzeske ULC Staff, Kaitlin Wolff ULC Staff, Jane Sternecky ULC Staff, Bob Toyofuku ULC Staff, Jim Hayes, Geoff Berman, Peter Califano, Chase Stone, Laura Coordes, Saul Bercovitch
      
2. Approval of June 30, 2025 meeting minutes. A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes. Vote: 7-0. Commissioners Senator Umberg and Sterling abstained due to not attending that meeting. Commissioner Harris was not present for the vote.
    
3. Consideration of the state of our legislative appointments and potential new quorum rule. Commissioners Boyer-Vine and Jenkins will work on legislative appointments, both Senate and Assembly. Commissioner Sterling confirms the quorum rule is based the current active members. Commissioners Sterling and Carr confirmed Bob Cornell’s resignation. With the current eleven active members, the number of Commissioners needed to establish a quorum would be six. A motion was made and seconded to the new quorum rule. Vote: 9-0. Commissioner Harris was not present for the vote.
    
4. Discussion of Senate Bill 25 (2025): Antitrust: premerger notification. Commissioner Senator Umberg discussed that this bill is on the Assembly floor, but with some opposition. Commissioner Robbins discussed compromises being made, which make it hopeful that it will pass in the upcoming legislative session.
    
5. Update on teleconferencing: Senate Bill 470 (2025). Commissioner Jenkins discussed Senate Bill 470 (2025) was enacted, which allows the Commission to conduct hybrid meetings through the end of 2029.
    
6. Discussion of ongoing acts
   • Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act. A motion was made and seconded: with the assistance of Commissioners Boyer-Vine and Clark, the California Lawyer Associations will work within the coming months with the National ULC experts on the ABC Act to investigate and determine what provision, if any, ought to be considered for adoption in California. Commissioners will reconsider at the summer CCUSL meeting. Vote: 10-0. The motion was adopted unanimously.
   • Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act, Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act. The Commission approved to move forward with each act last year. Commissioners will continue to seek legislative sponsors.
      
7. Election of Chair and Vice Chair. A nomination to select Commissioner Boyer-Vine as Vice Chair was motioned and seconded. Commissioner Boyer-Vine accepted the nomination. Vote: 9-0. The motion was adopted unanimously. A nomination to select Commissioner Nishimura as Chair was motioned and seconded. Commissioner Nishimura accepted the nomination. Vote 9-0. The motion was adopted unanimously.
    

Adjournment. Commissioner Marty Carr made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 2:09 p.m. and the motion was seconded. The motion was adopted unanimously.

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