When OEHHA's item came up, Assemblymember Nielsen requested more time to review the proposal. The committee decided to postpone the discussion and action of the OEHHA item, but did not say when the committee would revisit the OEHHA budget proposal. On June 15, 2009 the Budget Conference Committee voted 6-4 along party lines to approve funding OEHHA's entire budget with fee- and penalty-based special funds. The conference committee's plan will be considered by the full Assembly and Senate as part of the budget package. The final ruling on OEHHA will not be available until after the budget is passed by the state legislature and signed by the Governor. As of June 25, 2009, it does not appear that the Democratic budget plan will be passed. Senate Environmental Quality Committee Hearing On June 10, 2009, The Senate Environmental Quality Committee voted to recommend that OEHHA be kept intact and expanded with the addition of California Department Pesticide Regulation's risk assessment activities, California Department of Toxic Substances Control's hazard evaluation functions, and lead roles in the children's health initiative and the Cal/EPA portion of the biomonitoring program. The recommendation will be forwarded to the Budget Conference Committee. Public testimony and discussion on behalf of OEHHA continued for over an hour and included 16 people who spoke in favor of keeping OEHHA intact. Two others spoke in opposition to transferring Department Pesticide Regulation's risk assessment activities to OEHHA, but neither of them commented on the larger issue of OEHHA's future. The vote was 3-2. Senator Ashburn voted against the expansion recommendation but also said, "The expertise that resides in OEHHA ought not to be dissipated throughout state government as the Governor proposes." Speakers in support of OEHHA included: Bill Magavern, Sierra Club California Dr. Amy Kyle, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health Dr. Sarah Janssen, Natural Resources Defense Council Shankar Prasad, Coalition for Clean Air Dr. Janice Kim, representing the American Academy of Pediatrics Dr. Tracy Woodruff, Director, UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment Andrea Ventura, Clean Water Action Gretchen Lee, policy director of the Breast Cancer Fund Lauren Ornelas, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Martha Guzman, California Rural Legal Assistance Suzanne Murphy, executive director of Worksafe Bonnie Holmes-Gen, American Lung Association and California Thoracic Society Kyle Gardner, Center for Environmental Health Bill Allayaud, Environmental Working Group Speakers against expansion of OEHHA: Patrick Moran, legislative advocate, California Association of Professional