CA AB 254

in committee

California-Ireland Trade Commission.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 254 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 254 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 254 about?

Existing law establishes the Governor as the primary state officer representing California's interest in international affairs, to the extent that representation is not in conflict with federal law or the California Constitution. Existing law establishes the Lieutenant Governor as the Chair of the Commission for Economic Development to improve trade opportunities for California, and develop international partnerships for foreign companies to do business in the state and for California. Existing law requires the Office of Planning and Research to maintain and update a list of all state agreements made with foreign governments. Existing law additionally requires the Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to provide the Legislature with an updated strategy for international trade and investment, that includes, at a minimum, specified components, once every 5 years. This bill would require the Governor to establish the California-Ireland Trade Commission within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development as an advisory body to the Governor and the Legislature, consisting of specified appointed members, upon availability of sufficient funding resources for this purpose, as provided. The bill would establish the various purposes of the commission, which would include advancing bilateral trade and investment between California and Ireland. This bill would require the commission to report its findings, results, and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature within one year of its initial organizational meeting and by February 1 of each succeeding year, as specified. The bill would require the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to consider the commission's recommendations when updating its strategy for international trade and investment. The bill would include related legislative findings.

Who sponsors CA AB 254?

Gallagher is the primary sponsor of CA AB 254, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-05-23
Latest action: 2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

California-IrelandTradeCommission

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-15
Read first time. To print.
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2025-01-16
From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
2025-02-10
Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.
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2025-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-22
Coauthors revised.
2025-05-07
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2025-05-23
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2028.)
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2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
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2025-07-07
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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2025-08-29
In committee: Held under submission.

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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-22 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Solache: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Soria: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bonta: yes
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: other
AB 254 Gallagher Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Sanchez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Haney: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Soria: yes
- Arambula: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ward: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hart: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Flora: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Chen: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Krell: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Solache: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Patel: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Lee: other
- McKinnor: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-07 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Niello: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Choi: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB254

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