CA AB 155
withdrawnGovernor's Office of Business and Economic Development: California Civic Media Program.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 155 pass?
No. CA AB 155 was withdrawn on 2025-09-13 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2025-09-13): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Grayson.
What is CA AB 155 about?
Existing law establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to serve the Governor as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth. In this regard, existing law authorizes GO-Biz to make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature on new state policies and to provide data, information, and assistance, as specified. This bill would establish the California Civic Media Program to be administered by GO-Biz in the advancement of specified goals, including enhancing the public good through supporting a robust and dynamic California press corps, as provided. The bill would establish the California Civic Media Fund, as a continuously appropriated fund, and would appropriate $10,000,000 from the General Fund to the California Civic Media Fund, for use by GO-Biz for purposes of the program. The bill would require GO-Biz to direct allocations of public moneys in the fund, and the director of GO-Biz to establish and appoint a 9-person advisory board comprising designated membership to provide recommendations to GO-Biz for the allocation of private moneys in the fund, as specified. The bill would prohibit, in any fiscal year, the total expenditure of public money from the fund from exceeding the total aggregate expenditure of funds from private sources, as provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors CA AB 155?
Committee on Budget is the primary sponsor of CA AB 155.
Description
Existing law establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to serve the Governor as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth. In this regard, existing law authorizes GO-Biz to make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature on new state policies and to provide data, information, and assistance, as specified. This bill would establish the California Civic Media Program to be administered by GO-Biz in the advancement of specified goals, including enhancing the public good through supporting a robust and dynamic California press corps, as provided. The bill would establish the California Civic Media Fund, as a continuously appropriated fund, and would appropriate $10,000,000 from the General Fund to the California Civic Media Fund, for use by GO-Biz for purposes of the program. The bill would require GO-Biz to direct allocations of public moneys in the fund, and the director of GO-Biz to establish and appoint a 9-person advisory board comprising designated membership to provide recommendations to GO-Biz for the allocation of private moneys in the fund, as specified. The bill would prohibit, in any fiscal year, the total expenditure of public money from the fund from exceeding the total aggregate expenditure of funds from private sources, as provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
- Introduced
- 2025-09-08
- Latest action
- 2025-09-13 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Grayson.
- Bill type
- bill,appropriation
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Committee on Budgetauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-01-08
Read first time. To print.
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2025-01-09
From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
2025-02-03
Referred to Com. on BUDGET.
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2025-03-17
Ordered to second reading.
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2025-03-17
(Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 643.)
2025-03-17
Withdrawn from committee.
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2025-03-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-03-20
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 740.)
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2025-03-20
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-04-02
Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
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2025-09-08
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
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2025-09-08
Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)
2025-09-10
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (September 10).
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2025-09-11
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-13
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Grayson.
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Votes
AB 155 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading
2025-03-20 · pass · 53-17
Member-level votes (80)
- Gipson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Patel: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Haney: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Solache: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Fong: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Addis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bains: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Hart: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Berman: yes
- Soria: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Hadwick: no
- Flora: no
- DeMaio: no
- Macedo: no
- Alanis: no
- Ellis: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Castillo: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Gallagher: no
- Chen: no
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Lackey: no
- Davies: no
- Patterson: no
- Calderon: other
- Hoover: other
- Ahrens: other
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Papan: other
- Wallis: other
- Essayli: other
- Irwin: other
- Alvarez: other
- Krell: other
Do pass
2025-09-10 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (18)
- McNerney: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Niello: other
- Grove: other
- Seyarto: other
- Choi: other
Related bills
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