California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill
AB 415: Office of Small Business Advocate: internet website: information.
Passed one chamber Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
AB 415 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Office of Small Business Advocate: internet website: information. Primary sponsor: Phillip Chen (R). Most recent recorded action (June 23, 2025): In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written
Official summary
Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.
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.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Chen | Primary sponsor | Republican | Assembly | 59 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
- In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1661.)
- Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
- From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
- 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.
- Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.
- From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- Read first time. To print.