CA AB 940
enactedEconomic development: industry strategies.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 940 pass?
Yes. CA AB 940 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-03. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 940 about?
Existing law establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as "GO-Biz," to, among other duties, 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. This bill would require GO-Biz to develop industry strategies for the strategic sectors identified in the California Jobs First State Economic Blueprint to ensure an industry-specific approach that builds on the strategies outlined in the blueprint and outlines the activities and investments necessary to ensure that these sectors continue to grow in California. The bill would require each industry strategy to include specified elements, including an industry overview outlining the current state of the industry, why it is critical to California, and the specific strategies that would lead to increased jobs and capital investments. This bill would also require GO-Biz to develop an industry strategy for the quantum technology subsector identified in the blueprint and would authorize the department to develop industry strategies for the other subsectors identified in the blueprint. The bill would require GO-Biz to prioritize the industry strategy for quantum technology and submit a copy of the completed industry strategy to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2026, as provided.
Who sponsors CA AB 940?
Wicks is the primary sponsor of CA AB 940, joined by 5 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as "GO-Biz," to, among other duties, 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. This bill would require GO-Biz to develop industry strategies for the strategic sectors identified in the California Jobs First State Economic Blueprint to ensure an industry-specific approach that builds on the strategies outlined in the blueprint and outlines the activities and investments necessary to ensure that these sectors continue to grow in California. The bill would require each industry strategy to include specified elements, including an industry overview outlining the current state of the industry, why it is critical to California, and the specific strategies that would lead to increased jobs and capital investments. This bill would also require GO-Biz to develop an industry strategy for the quantum technology subsector identified in the blueprint and would authorize the department to develop industry strategies for the other subsectors identified in the blueprint. The bill would require GO-Biz to prioritize the industry strategy for quantum technology and submit a copy of the completed industry strategy to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2026, as provided.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-24
- Latest action
- 2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Wicksauthor
- Ellisauthor
- Hooverauthor
- Arreguínprincipal coauthor
- Graysonprincipal coauthor
- Patelcoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-19
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-03-24
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-24
Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.
referral-committee
2025-03-25
Re-referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.
referral-committee
2025-04-22
Coauthors revised.
2025-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
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2025-05-15
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1730.)
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2025-05-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-04
Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and L. GOV.
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2025-06-11
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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2025-09-09
Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)
2025-09-09
Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2731.)
2025-09-09
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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2025-09-09
Withdrawn from committee.
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2025-09-09
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-09-09
Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
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2025-09-10
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-09-11
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 11).
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2025-09-12
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3003.).
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2025-09-12
Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Page 2961.)
2025-09-12
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-13
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3501.).
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2025-09-13
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-13
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3484.)
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-03
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-03
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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.
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 940 Wicks Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-27 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Carrillo: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Fong: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Haney: yes
- Flora: yes
- Patel: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Addis: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Chen: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Papan: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Hart: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Garcia: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Soria: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Krell: yes
- Davies: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Lee: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ta: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bains: yes
- Nguyen: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
2025-06-23 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Niello: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Choi: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Menjivar: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-09-10 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Umberg: yes
- Choi: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Niello: other
- Menjivar: other
Do pass
2025-09-11 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: other
- Grayson: other
2nd Reading AB940 Wicks et al. By Grayson
2025-09-12 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grove: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Choi: other
- Valladares: other
- Gonzalez: other
AB 940 WICKS Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-13 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- McKinnor: other
- Ta: other
- Garcia: other
- Elhawary: other
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