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CA SB 155

enacted

Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development: California Civic Media Program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 155 pass?

Yes. CA SB 155 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-11. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 649, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 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 consisting of 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 SB 155?

Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review is the primary sponsor of CA SB 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 consisting of 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
2025-01-23
Latest action
2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 649, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill,appropriation
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Reviewauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-23

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.

  3. 2025-02-05

    Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-17

    Ordered to second reading.

    reading-1,reading-2

  5. 2025-03-17

    Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 384.)

    withdrawal

  6. 2025-03-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  7. 2025-03-20

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 448.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  8. 2025-03-20

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  9. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-09-08

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

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  11. 2025-09-10

    Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-09-10

    Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 3164.)

  13. 2025-09-10

    Withdrawn from committee.

    withdrawal

  14. 2025-09-11

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 20. Page 3324.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  15. 2025-09-12

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  16. 2025-09-13

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 3030.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  17. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  18. 2025-10-11

    Approved by the Governor.

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  19. 2025-10-11

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 649, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 01/23/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-23Compare
  • 09/08/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-08Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/11/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-11Compare
  • SB155Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading SB155 B. & F.R.

    2025-03-20 · pass · 28-10

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Choi: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Grove: no
    • Niello: no
    • Jones: no
    • Stern: other
    • Reyes: other

  • SB 155 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL

    2025-09-12 · pass · 60-20

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: 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
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Ta: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Chen: no
    • Flora: no

  • Unfinished Business SB155 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    2025-09-13 · pass · 29-7

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McGuire: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Strickland: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Jones: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Grove: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Niello: other
    • Choi: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Gonzalez: other

Related bills

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