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Bill	Economic development: industry strategies.	Existing law establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as "GO-Biz," to, among other duties, 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 940	California AB 940 (20252026)	bill	Economicdevelopment industrystrategies	enacted	Wicks	6	32	8	2025-02-19	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/de4da531-87ca-4642-bc19-ef9ad4b115be	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB940	ceb04c7cc65b5e84df82562bfc7090c6a2e0d4f195226e58ca85d079cb7ce95f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 940 (20252026) — Economic development: industry strategies.

Existing law establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as "GO-Biz," to, among other duties, 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.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/09/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB940 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 940 WICKS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• 2nd Reading AB940 Wicks et al. By Grayson — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 940 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wicks — primary (person)
• Arreguín — principal coauthor (person)
• Ellis — author (person)
• Grayson — principal coauthor (person)
• Hoover — author (person)
• Patel — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2025-03-24 Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 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
• 2025-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1730.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-04 Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2025-06-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-09-09 Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)
• 2025-09-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-09-09 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2025-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2025-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2025-09-09 Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2731.)
• 2025-09-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-09-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-12 Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Page 2961.)
• 2025-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3003.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-13 Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
• 2025-09-13 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3484.)
• 2025-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3501.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de4da531-87ca-4642-bc19-ef9ad4b115be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).