republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-485.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: economic development subsidies."
description: "Existing law requires each local agency, as defined, to provide specified information to the public before approving an economic development subsidy within its jurisdiction, and to, among other things, hold hearings and report on those subsidies, as provided. Existing law defines \"economic development subsidy\" for these purposes to mean any expenditure of public funds or loss of revenue to a local agency in the amount of $100,000 or more, for the purpose of stimulating economic development within the jurisdiction of a local agency, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 485"
citation: "California AB 485 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: economic development subsidies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6d4b07d-d3f7-45c2-91a5-df38ab531f8c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB485"
source_hash: "4fedc99ebe787987726b4bfa595cea8174f24c501b7856d2628dddb4c04f0154"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 485 (20192020) — Local government: economic development subsidies.

Existing law requires each local agency, as defined, to provide specified information to the public before approving an economic development subsidy within its jurisdiction, and to, among other things, hold hearings and report on those subsidies, as provided. Existing law defines "economic development subsidy" for these purposes to mean any expenditure of public funds or loss of revenue to a local agency in the amount of $100,000 or more, for the purpose of stimulating economic development within the jurisdiction of a local agency, as provided.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/12/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB485&version=20190AB48599INT)
2. **06/17/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB485&version=20190AB48598AMD)
3. **08/19/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB485&version=20190AB48597AMD)
4. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB485&version=20190AB48595CHP)
5. **AB485** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB485)
6. **09/06/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB485&version=20190AB48596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB485 Medina By McGuire — **29–11** (pass) · upper
- AB 485 Medina Assembly Third Reading — **58–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 485 Medina Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Medina — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 1470.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 2447.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 16. Page 3016.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 803, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6d4b07d-d3f7-45c2-91a5-df38ab531f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).