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California 20252026

AB 685

Small Business Development Technical Assistance.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
SmallBusinessDevelopmentTechnicalAssistance
Introduced / first action
2025-02-14 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Los Angeles and Ventura Wildfire Small Business Recovery Act.
  • Small Business Resiliency and Innovation Act.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law establishes the Office of Small Business Advocate (OSBA) within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as GO-Biz, to advocate for causes of small business and to provide small businesses with the information they need to survive in the marketplace. Existing law also establishes the California Small Business Technical Assistance Program (SB-TAP) within OSBA, under the direct authority of the Small Business Advocate, for the purpose of assisting small businesses through free or low-cost one-on-one consulting and low-cost training by entering into grant agreements with one or more small business technical assistance centers. Under existing law, OSBA administers the Capital Infusion Program (CIP) pursuant to the SB-TAP, as specified. Existing law sets forth the criteria that an applicant must meet to be eligible to participate in these programs, which can vary depending on whether the applicant is receiving funding from federal or private sources. This bill would revise certain eligibility criteria for the small business technical assistance center grant programs, as specified. The bill would create uniform eligibility requirements for applicants with funding from a nonstate source. The bill would also authorize multiple small business technical assistance centers to apply as a network with a single fiscal agent if their active contracts are under the same funding authority. The bill would also require the OSBA to establish standardized performance metrics, reporting requirements, and outcome measures applicable to all grant recipients participating in the SB-TAP and would require the OSBA to monitor grant recipients during the grant performance period to ensure their compliance with SB-TAP requirements, as provided. The bill would include findings and declarations by the Legislature relating to the administration of the CIP and would require the OSBA to report its findings and actions and aggregate program outcomes to the Legislature.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  13. Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  14. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  15. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3838.).

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  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 22).

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  18. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  19. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. Re-referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.

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  22. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. Read second time and amended.

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  23. Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.

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  24. From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  25. Read first time. To print.

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