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type: "Bill"
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title: "Economic development: industry strategies."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 940"
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citation: "California AB 940 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Economicdevelopment", "industrystrategies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wicks"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-10-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de4da531-87ca-4642-bc19-ef9ad4b115be"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB940"
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source_hash: "ceb04c7cc65b5e84df82562bfc7090c6a2e0d4f195226e58ca85d079cb7ce95f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 940 (20252026) — Economic development: industry strategies.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB940&version=20250AB94099INT)
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2. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB940&version=20250AB94098AMD)
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3. **09/09/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB940&version=20250AB94097AMD)
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4. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB940&version=20250AB94095CHP)
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5. **AB940** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB940)
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6. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB940&version=20250AB94096ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 940 WICKS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2nd Reading AB940 Wicks et al. By Grayson — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 940 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Wicks — primary (person)
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- Arreguín — principal coauthor (person)
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- Ellis — author (person)
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- Grayson — principal coauthor (person)
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- Hoover — author (person)
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- Patel — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22** Coauthors revised.
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- **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`
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- **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1730.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-04** Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **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`
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- **2025-09-09** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)
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- **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`
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- **2025-09-09** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2025-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-09-09** Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2731.)
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- **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`
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- **2025-09-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-12** Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Page 2961.)
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- **2025-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3003.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-13** Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
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- **2025-09-13** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3484.)
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- **2025-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3501.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de4da531-87ca-4642-bc19-ef9ad4b115be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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