CA AB 415

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Office of Small Business Advocate: internet website: information.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 415 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 415 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-06-23): In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

What is CA AB 415 about?

Existing law creates the Office of Small Business Advocate within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as GO-Biz, to be led by the Small Business Advocate to advocate the causes of small business and to provide small businesses with the information they need to survive in the marketplace. Existing law requires the office to post on its internet website information to assist an individual to start a nonprofit corporation and to assist nonprofit corporations to achieve compliance with the state's statutory and regulatory requirements. This bill would additionally require the office to post information on its internet website to assist an individual on starting a small business in the state.

Who sponsors CA AB 415?

Chen is the primary sponsor of CA AB 415.

Description

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-06-23 — In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-06-23
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-11
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-04
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
referral-committee
2025-05-23
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-23
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1661.)
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2025-05-15
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-05-14
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
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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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2025-02-18
Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.
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2025-02-05
From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2025-02-04
Read first time. To print.
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Versions

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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. To Consent Calendar.
2025-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Hart: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Ta: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
AB 415 Chen Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-05-23 · pass · 71-0
Member-level votes (79)
- DeMaio: yes
- Davies: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Soria: yes
- Lee: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Haney: yes
- Flora: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hart: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Papan: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bains: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Krell: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Caloza: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bryan: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Nguyen: other
- Ellis: other
- Schultz: other
- Sanchez: other
- Chen: other
- Wicks: other

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