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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 155: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development: California Civic Media Program.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 155 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development: California Civic Media Program. Primary sponsor: Committee on Budget. Most recent recorded action (September 13, 2025): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Grayson.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

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 comprising 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.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on BudgetPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)Assembly—

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Grayson.
  2. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  3. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (September 10).
  4. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
  5. Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)
  6. Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
  7. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  8. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 740.)
  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  10. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 643.)
  11. Ordered to second reading.
  12. Withdrawn from committee.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page