Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development: local economic development liaison services.
Existing law establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development in state government. Existing law requires that the office 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. Existing state regulation defines a "Federal Promise Zone" as any area with a continuous boundary and a population of not more than 200,000 that is nominated by a local government or Indian tribe and designated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to receive priority for federal funding on the basis of its unemployment, poverty, vacancy, and crime rates. Existing federal law allows for the designation of certain census tracts as opportunity zones, and provides that specified investments in these zones receive beneficial tax treatment.
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California Legislature
20172018
SB 635
California SB 635 (20172018)
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Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development: local economic development liaison services.
California SB 635 (20172018) — Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development: local economic development liaison services.
Existing law establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development in state government. Existing law requires that the office 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. Existing state regulation defines a "Federal Promise Zone" as any area with a continuous boundary and a population of not more than 200,000 that is nominated by a local government or Indian tribe and designated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to receive priority for federal funding on the basis of its unemployment, poverty, vacancy, and crime rates. Existing federal law allows for the designation of certain census tracts as opportunity zones, and provides that specified investments in these zones receive beneficial tax treatment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 34–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
SB 635 Hueso Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 14–2 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB635 Hueso et al. Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hueso — primary (person)
Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2017-04-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2017-04-07 Set for hearing April 24.
2017-04-18 April 24 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-12-21 Set for hearing January 8.
2018-01-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-01-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 3098.) (January 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-01-10 Set for hearing January 16.
2018-01-16 January 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-01-17 Set for hearing January 18.
2018-01-22 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4056.) (January 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-01-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-01-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 4114.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-01-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-04-19 Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. referral-committee
2018-06-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-16 Coauthors revised.
2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 6172.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2018-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 888, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b677183c-8acc-42d6-8ab5-3f9ebf5cb87e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).