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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 865: California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program.

Passed both chambers 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 865 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on January 5, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program. Primary sponsor: Angelique Ashby (D). Most recent recorded action (September 20, 2026): Vetoed by the Governor.

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 establishes the Office of Small Business Advocate “SBA”, within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as “GO-Biz,” and provides for the appointment by the Governor of the Small Business Advocate, also known as the Director of the Office of Small Business Advocate, to, among other things, serve as the principal advocate in the state on behalf of small businesses.

This bill would establish the California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program within the SBA, under the direct authority of the director, to provide grants to eligible independent live music events promoters to preserve large-scale music festivals and to support their continued ability to provide equitable access to the arts for all Californians. The bill would specify requirements for eligibility and, subject to appropriation by the Legislature, would require the office to allocate the sum of $20,000,000 in grants to eligible independent live music events promoters that meet those requirements, as specified.

The bill would exempt the SBA from the Administrative Procedure Act for purposes of implementing the program.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Angelique AshbyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8

“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. Vetoed by the Governor.
  2. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
  3. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  4. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6526.) Ordered to the Senate.
  6. Ordered to third reading.
  7. Read third time and amended.
  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).
  10. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
  11. August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Sources

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