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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

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

Enacted 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

SB 155 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on January 23, 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 and Fiscal Review. Most recent recorded action (October 11, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 649, Statutes of 2025.

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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 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.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on Budget and Fiscal ReviewPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)Senate—

“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. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 649, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 3030.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 20. Page 3324.) Ordered to the Senate.
  7. Ordered to third reading.
  8. Withdrawn from committee.
  9. Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 3164.)
  10. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.
  11. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.
  12. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Sources

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