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CA AB 940

enacted

Economic development: industry strategies.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 940 pass?

Yes. CA AB 940 has been enacted into law. 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

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-03

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-03

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-24

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-13

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3501.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-09-13

    Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)

  6. 2025-09-13

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2025-09-13

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3484.)

  8. 2025-09-12

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3003.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  9. 2025-09-12

    Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Page 2961.)

  10. 2025-09-12

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  11. 2025-09-11

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 11).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  12. 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.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  13. 2025-09-09

    Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)

  14. 2025-09-09

    Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2731.)

  15. 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.

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  16. 2025-09-09

    Withdrawn from committee.

    withdrawal

  17. 2025-09-09

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

    referral-committee

  18. 2025-09-09

    Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

    referral-committee

  19. 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.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  20. 2025-06-11

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  21. 2025-06-04

    Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-05-28

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  23. 2025-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1730.)

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  24. 2025-05-15

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  25. 2025-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2025-04-22

    Coauthors revised.

  27. 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.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  28. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.

    referral-committee

  29. 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.

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  30. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  32. 2025-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 09/09/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-09Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/03/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-03Compare
  • AB940Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

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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