The Revenue and Taxation Committee sent the corporate tax bill to Appropriations on a 7-0 vote after supporters said it could raise $3 billion to $4 billion a year and opponents warned about compliance and retaliation risks.
AB 2231 moved out of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and to Appropriations, with supporters saying the measure would help speed two Bay Area hospital projects while preserving care access and seismic compliance timelines.
The Assembly Higher Education Committee sent the constitutional amendment to Appropriations after amending it on April 28.
The committee approved the bill after testimony that 32 of 157 associations reviewed would face special assessments in 2025.
AB 2771 cleared the Assembly Higher Education Committee on a due-pass vote and would extend the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education’s sunset date to Jan. 1, 2031.
The Higher Education Committee moved the hunger-data bill forward and tied it to funding for the California Health Interview Survey after lawmakers said federal hunger data collection had been cut.
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee voted 8-0 to advance SB 417, which would put a $10 billion housing bond on the November ballot.
AB 2499 moved to the Appropriations Committee after advocates and labor groups described dangerous heat inside California prisons.
At an April 22 budget hearing, CDFA officials tied a proposed 28% USDA cut to several agricultural risks while pressing for local food procurement and climate-smart program funding.
The bill would require registration and conduct standards for certain small-business financing providers and bar confessions of judgment and related provisions before default.
AB 2243 would create a state bank commission to study whether California should pursue a state bank or other public financing tools.
Staff said Decision 25-11-003 adds a tribal pathway in the consortia account, broadens eligible uses and speeds some smaller grants, while the line-extension pilot has already awarded about $2 million and connected more than 250 households.
The April 21 Health and Welfare Committee agenda includes a state-required plan covering child welfare services and probation from 2026 through 2031.
Supervisors used restricted county funds to meet a local match requirement tied to the planned Willow Glen residential treatment project.
Board materials show supervisors advancing a voter initiative to replace the 1997 County Service Area F special parcel tax and recommending an Aug. 4, 2026 special election.
AB 1974 cleared the Assembly on a 65-0 vote, advancing a proposal that would let local law enforcement agencies offer temporary firearm storage programs.
Supporters cast the bill as a child-safety response to addictive platform design, while opponents warned of speech, privacy and access harms.
An April 20 committee packet lays out a July 1, 2026 transition from the NET5 narcotics task force to a new Special Investigations Unit involving four agencies.
The April 23 Public Works/Support Services Committee agenda includes a Natomas Basin mitigation-fee update, a reduced cemetery district reimbursement, a steep special-events fee increase and a $52,000 annual agreement with Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corporation.
The Health and Welfare Committee agenda calls for a budget adjustment tied to the county’s maintenance-of-effort requirement for In-Home Supportive Services.
A committee agenda would send the annual fee update to the Board of Supervisors, with the proposed rate rising modestly and taking effect July 12 if adopted.
AB 1977 and AB 1987 cleared the Assembly on recorded votes, advancing a notary-law update tied to 2030 implementation and a measure keeping wildlife-area fee revenue on site for upkeep.
Supporters said the measure would create a commission to study whether California should pursue a publicly owned bank, while opponents warned the idea could lead to costly state commitments.
At an April 13 public hearing, commissioners heard residents object to Suburban Water Systems’ proposed 2027-2029 rate increases, while the assigned judge said the commission is scheduled to vote later this year.
