republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-655.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California-Mexico Border Relations Council."
description: "Existing law establishes the California-Mexico Border Relations Council in state government, and prescribes the membership and functions and duties of the council with respect to coordinating the activities of state agencies that are related to cross-border programs, initiatives, projects, and partnerships that exist within state agencies, to improve the effectiveness of state and local efforts that are of concern between California and Mexico."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 655"
citation: "California AB 655 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California-MexicoBorderRelationsCouncil"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc344bc8-2e4a-40d3-b93d-0af9341b8303"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB655"
source_hash: "91b7cdb64b675ae5738f3cc7d8e27fb12e40f43bcb666a031d0e895bd28f235b"
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 655 (20252026) — California-Mexico Border Relations Council.

Existing law establishes the California-Mexico Border Relations Council in state government, and prescribes the membership and functions and duties of the council with respect to coordinating the activities of state agencies that are related to cross-border programs, initiatives, projects, and partnerships that exist within state agencies, to improve the effectiveness of state and local efforts that are of concern between California and Mexico.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB655&version=20250AB65599INT)
2. **04/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB655&version=20250AB65598AMD)
3. **07/14/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB655&version=20250AB65596CHP)
4. **AB655** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB655)
5. **07/01/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB655&version=20250AB65597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 655 Alvarez Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** 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. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1569.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1809.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-07-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 41, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc344bc8-2e4a-40d3-b93d-0af9341b8303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).