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AB 172: State government.
What AB 172 does, verified August 8, 2026
The bill expresses the intent of the legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the budget act of 2025. This change aims to address and implement new policies and regulations that will impact the state's budget. The bill does not provide specific details on the changes, but rather sets the stage for future legislative action to address the needs and priorities of the state.
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| Aug. 06, 2026 | Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Laird. |
| Jun. 29, 2026 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Jun. 29, 2026 | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 29). |
| Jun. 26, 2026 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R. |
| Apr. 02, 2025 | Referred to Com. on B. & F. R. |
Latest bill textAmended version, June 26, 2026 · 8,458 words
| Amended IN Senate June 26, 2026 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 172
| Introduced by |
January 08, 2025 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 172, as amended, Committee on Budget. Budget Act of 2025. State government.
(1) Existing law, the Boxing Act, also known as the State Athletic Commission Act, creates within the Department of Consumer Affairs the State Athletic Commission. Existing law requires a person who conducts a contest or wrestling exhibition, within 72 hours after the determination of every contest or wrestling exhibition for which admission is charged and received, to furnish to the commission certain fees. One fee is based, in part, on the amount paid for admission to the contest or wrestling exhibition, as specified. Existing law requires the fee for a professional contest or exhibition to be at least $1,250.
This bill would increase the minimum amount of that fee to $2,500.
Existing law also requires a person who conducts a contest or wrestling exhibition to furnish to the commission another fee based, in part, on the gross price of the sale, lease, or exploitation of the broadcasting or television rights for the event. Existing law prohibits this fee from exceeding $35,000.
This bill would increase the maximum amount of that fee to $50,000.
(2) Existing law establishes the California Education Learning Laboratory, which is administered by the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, for purposes of increasing learning outcomes and closing equity and achievement gaps, using technologies involving learning science and adaptive learning, as defined, in online or hybrid college-level lower division courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and other disciplines. Existing law requires, in administering the California Education Learning Laboratory, the office to issue calls for, evaluate, and annually award funds to, competitive grant proposals from intersegmental faculty teams that apply principles of learning science and adaptive learning technologies in online or hybrid course series in STEM and other disciplines, as specified.
This bill would revise and recast the California Education Learning Laboratory to, among other things, instead establish the program for purposes of increasing learning outcomes and closing equity and achievement gaps using the science of human learning and adaptive learning technologies in STEM disciplines and other disciplines. The bill would require the program to be administered by the Government Operations Agency instead of the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation.
(3) Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture under the control of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. Existing law authorizes the secretary to charge a bureau, division, board, or other agency of the department that is not supported by appropriations from the General Fund its proportionate share of the administrative expenses of the department, or a share in an amount that is computed to reasonably compensate the department for the administrative services that it renders. Existing law prohibits the proportionate or computed share charged from exceeding 5% of the collections that are made by the department for the bureau, division, board, or other agency.
This bill would instead prohibit the proportionate or computed share charged to the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund from exceeding 5% of the total departmentwide expenditures, except for expenses associated with information technology, legal services, human resources, and the Office of Civil Rights, as specified. By increasing the amount of continuously appropriated moneys in the fund that may be expended for administrative purposes, the bill would make an appropriation.
(4) Existing law creates the State Race Track Leasing Commission and authorizes the commission to enter into leases or other agreements for the use of the Del Mar Race Track and any other property owned or controlled by the 22nd District Agricultural Association that the commission deems necessary to provide horse racing at the Del Mar Race Track. Existing law requires the Department of Finance to provide clerical services to the commission.
This bill would instead require the Department of Food and Agriculture to provide those clerical services to the commission.
(5) Existing law creates the Office of Farm to Fork within the Department of Food and Agriculture, and requires the office, to the extent that resources are available, to work with various entities, including, among others, the agricultural industry and other organizations involved in promoting food access, to increase the amount of agricultural products available to underserved communities and schools in the state.
This bill would establish the California Farm to School Program, to be developed, administered, and implemented by the office, as specified, for purposes of cultivating equity, nurturing students, building climate resilience, and creating scalable and sustainable change in the school food system. The bill would require that the program, among other things, increase procurement of foods that are grown or produced in California and are whole or are minimally processed from food producers in California for school meal programs, increase hands-on food education opportunities that engage pupils and connect the classroom with the cafeteria, and administer the California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program. The bill would authorize the office to implement initiatives under the program, including, but not limited to, initiatives that advance the California farm to school network and facilitate a California Farm to School Interagency Working Group, including, but not limited to, specified state agencies.
(6) The California Constitution authorizes state and local governmental entities to contract with private entities for architectural and engineering services. Existing statutory law requires the selection by a state or local agency for professional engineering, environmental, land surveying, or construction project management firms to be on the basis of demonstrated competence and on the professional qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performances of the services required, and further requires a state agency to adopt procedures by regulation that, among other things, assure that these services are engaged on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed.
This bill would authorize a state agency to use the procedures adopted by the Department of General Services until the state agency adopts their own procedures by regulation.
(7) Existing law, commencing January 1, 2028, requires state and local agencies, as defined, that collect demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians to use separate collection categories and tabulations for major Middle Eastern or North African groups, as specified, and, with certain exceptions, to include that data in every demographic report published on or after January 1, 2029, and to make the aggregated data available to the public.
This bill would, instead, commencing January 1, 2029, require state and local agencies, as defined, that collect demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians to use separate collection categories and tabulations for a major Middle Eastern or North African group, including minor groups, as specified, and, with certain exceptions, to include that data in every demographic report published on or after January 1, 2030. The bill would require each state and local agency to apply de-identification and privacy protection methods to demographic data collected pursuant to these provisions, as described. The bill would require a state or local agency that collects or reports demographic data in a manner that differs from the above-described provisions pursuant to federal program requirements to comply with the requirements of the above-described provisions, as specified. By imposing additional duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(8) Existing law establishes the Department of Technology. Existing law establishes the Office of Broadband and Digital Literacy within the department and requires the office to oversee the acquisition and management of contracts for the development and construction of, and for the maintenance and operation of, a statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network to provide an opportunity for last-mile providers, anchor institutions, and tribal entities to connect to, and interconnect with other networks and other appropriate connections to, the broadband network to facilitate high-speed broadband service, as specified. Existing law provides that the office has the powers and authorities necessary to implement these and related provisions, including, but not limited to, the authority to enter into contracts with one or more entities to acquire goods and services and to take actions it deems necessary and appropriate for the development, acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of a statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network, including the creation of rural exchange points.
This bill would prohibit the department or the office from entering into, amending, or assigning a contract related to the statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network if the contract is for an amount exceeding a total cost of $8,000,000 unless the contract is approved by the Director of Finance. The bill would prohibit the Director of Finance from approving that contract until at least 30 days after informing the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of the director’s intent to approve the contract unless that notification period is waived by the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee or the chairperson’s designee. The bill would require the approval of the Director of Finance to take effect immediately following either the completion of the 30-day notification period or the waiver of that period. The bill would specify that these provisions do not apply in the case of an emergency, as defined.
Existing law establishes the State Middle-Mile Broadband Enterprise Fund, consisting of fees for connection to the statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network, revenues payable to the department for activities undertaken by the department for maintenance, operation, repair, and expansion of the statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network, and proceeds from the disposition of fixed assets and leasehold interests related to the network. Existing law provides that funds deposited into the fund are continuously appropriated to the department for the maintenance, operation, repair, and expansion until July 1, 2027, and thereafter are available upon appropriation for those purposes.
This bill would extend the date the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to July 1, 2031. By extending the term of a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
(9) Existing law, the Financial Information System for California (FISCal) Act, establishes the Department of FISCal within the Government Operations Agency to implement a single integrated financial management system for use by state departments and agencies. The act requires the partner agencies to collaboratively develop enhancements to the system, utilize the system, and assist the department to maintain the system, and defines “partner agencies” to mean the Department of Finance, the Controller, the Department of General Services, and the Treasurer.
This bill would require the department to work in consultation with the Department of Finance and the Department of Technology in ongoing maintenance and roadmap activities of the system, as specified.
(10) Existing law creates the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) and requires GO-Biz to 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.
This bill would create the Office of Regional Economic Development Initiatives within GO-Biz. Under the bill, the Director of GO-Biz would oversee the office and a deputy director appointed by the Governor would administer the office. The bill would set forth the duties of the office, including, among other things, supporting regional partners in developing, maintaining, and implementing their regional economic development strategies.
(11) Existing law authorizes the court, in an action brought by the Attorney General under specified unfair competition and false advertising laws, to award the remedy of disgorgement. Existing law requires the funds recovered by the Attorney General under these provisions to be deposited into the Victims of Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund, and makes the funds available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Attorney General to provide restitution to victims of acts or practices for which consumer restitution has been ordered but not paid, as provided.
This bill would make an appropriation by making the money in the Victims of Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund continuously appropriated to the Attorney General for purposes of the restitution described above.
(12) Existing law, until December 31, 2030, establishes the Projected Surplus Temporary Holding Account in the State Treasury as a General Fund reserve to hold a portion of General Fund surplus moneys temporarily for use in future fiscal years, as an added responsible budgeting technique to counter tax revenue volatility. Existing law requires, in a year that a transfer is made to the account, that the transfer be provided for in the annual Budget Act, and requires the transferred funds to remain in the account for no more than one year from the date of deposit, after which time the funds are required to be transferred to the General Fund, except as specified. Existing law authorizes the Controller to use the funds in the account for cashflow loans to the General Fund, as specified.
This bill would eliminate the December 31, 2030, sunset date for the account, thereby making the account operative permanently.
(13) Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, sets forth the duties of the Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) with respect to specified emergency preparedness, mitigation, and response activities within the state. Existing law establishes the Public Safety Communications Division within the office and prescribes certain duties in regard to statewide public safety communications systems, including providing for coordination of, and comment on, plans, policies, and operational requirements from departments that utilize public safety communications in support of their principal function.
Existing law, the Warren-9-1-1-Emergency Assistance Act, establishes the State 911 Advisory Board to advise CalOES on specified subjects relating to the state’s 911 emergency telephone response system. Existing law provides that the board consists of 11 members appointed by the Governor, including the Chief of the Public Safety Communications Division, who serves as the nonvoting chair.
This bill would revise the board membership and, instead, make the Deputy Director of Public Safety Communications (deputy director) a nonvoting member of the board and require the deputy director to serve for the duration of their tenure. The bill would require the board, at its first meeting of each calendar year, or at another time the board deems appropriate, to elect one of its voting members to serve as chair by a majority vote. The bill would additionally authorize the board to make formal recommendations to CalOES. The bill would also authorize the board to enlist an independent technical expert for advisory purposes, as specified, and require Public Safety Communications to timely share all information with the board relevant to the board’s requirement to advise the office.
(14) Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, requires every local public agency to establish within its jurisdiction a basic emergency telephone system that includes, at a minimum, police, firefighting, and emergency medical and ambulance services. Existing law requires CalOES to develop a plan and timeline for the testing, implementation, and operation of a Next Generation 911 emergency communication system throughout the state, as provided.
This bill would require CalOES, on or before August 15, 2026, to enter into a contract with an independent evaluator, the Rand Corporation, for the purpose of performing an independent technical evaluation of the development and implementation of the Next Generation 911 system, as defined, subject to certain requirements. In this regard, the bill would require the independent technical evaluation to, among other things, describe the state’s options for delivering reliable Next Generation 911 system services to the state and the strengths and weaknesses of each option, as specified, and would require the independent evaluator, in carrying out the independent technical evaluation, to consider relevant factors, including the emergency communication systems implemented in other states. The bill would require the independent evaluator to provide a final report on the independent technical evaluation on or before May 1, 2027, and to provide an initial evaluation and preliminary report on the independent technical evaluation on or before December 15, 2026, as specified, simultaneously to certain entities, including CalOES.
The bill would require CalOES, the State 911 Advisory Board, public safety answering points, and state 911 system vendors to provide the independent evaluator with any requested assistance, as specified. The bill would require CalOES to also provide the independent evaluator with a primary point of contact and key stakeholders, as specified. The bill would prohibit CalOES from issuing a request for proposals or awarding a Next Generation 911 network services contract sooner than 60 days after the independent evaluator’s final report is complete and received by the required entities and CalOES has submitted the final report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analyst’s Office describing the actions that CalOES has taken or will take in response to the findings and recommendations in the independent evaluator’s preliminary and final reports. The bill would exempt the contract entered into by CalOES with the independent evaluator from the Public Contract Code, the State Contracting Manual, any other state contracting requirements, and the approval of the Department of General Services.
The bill would require CalOES to submit a quarterly report to the Legislature, beginning on or before October 1, 2026, regarding the development and implementation of, and the total and current year funding spent on, the Next Generation 911 system. The bill would require the report to include, among other specified information, documentation of the progress toward, and major challenges facing, statewide development and implementation of a Next Generation 911 system, as specified. The bill would require CalOES to also submit a copy of the quarterly reports to, among other specified entities, the chairs of the budget committees and emergency management committees of both houses of the Legislature, as specified.
(15) Existing law establishes the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation in the Governor’s office for the purpose of serving the Governor and the Governor’s cabinet as staff for long-range planning and research and constituting the comprehensive state planning agency.
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. That law requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to the legislative body, the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, and the Department of Housing and Community Development that includes, among other specified information, the agency’s progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs and the number of units approved and disapproved in the prior year.
This bill would require the remaining portion of the annual report, not required pursuant to specified provisions related to meeting regional housing needs, to be prepared through the use of standards, forms, and definitions adopted by the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, as prescribed. By imposing additional duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(16) Existing law authorizes any public entity to adopt methods and procedures to receive bids on public works or other contracts and supporting materials submitted over the internet. Existing law defines “supporting materials” for purposes of those provisions to include payment requests, shop drawings, schedules, notices of claims, and certified payrolls.
This bill would expand the authority of a public entity to adopt methods and procedures to receive supporting materials to include those supporting materials submitted pursuant to a contract other than a public works contract. The bill would also expand the definition of “supporting materials” to include resumes, references, licenses, specifications, certifications, and applications. The bill would authorize the Department of General Services to develop, implement, and maintain secure electronic procurement platforms for use by public entities. The bill would require posting solicitations and receiving bids through an electronic procurement platform to satisfy all statutory requirements for public advertising, bid submission, and document retention, and would require an electronic procurement platform to comply with specified requirements, including maintaining automated audit trails. The bill would authorize bid openings to be conducted electronically.
(17) Existing law, the Iran Contracting Act of 2010, generally makes a person engaged in investment activities in the energy sector of Iran, as specified, ineligible for a public contract for goods or services of $1,000,000 or more. In this regard, the act requires the Department of General Services to create a list of persons it determines engages in those investment activities, as specified. The act requires a public entity to require a person that submits a bid or proposal to a public entity with respect to a covered contract to certify that they are not identified on that list. Existing law requires a state agency to submit the certification information to the department.
This bill would delete the requirement that a state agency submit the certification information to the department.
(18) Existing law generally requires all public contracts for the acquisition or lease of goods in an amount of $25,000, or a higher amount as established by the Department of General Services, to be made with the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications and requires public contracts to be made pursuant to specified competitive bidding procedures.
This bill would make various technical changes relating to the physical submission of bids and the physical presence of bidders, including revising requirements referencing the physical presence of bidders and changing requirements for submitting sealed envelopes to sealed submissions.
(19) Existing law requires a state agency to provide 24-hour notification prior to awarding a contract to a bidder who is not the lowest bidder, as specified. If, prior to making the award, a bidder who has submitted a bid files a protest with the Department of General Services against the awarding of the contract on the ground that they are the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications, existing law prohibits the contract from being awarded until either the protest has been withdrawn or the department has made a final decision as to the action to be taken relative to the protest.
This bill would make those provisions applicable only if the bidder has submitted a bid that is subject to protest.
(20) Existing law establishes procedures for the procurement of information technology goods and services, and grants to the Department of General Services or the Department of Technology the final authority in the determination of information technology procurement procedures, depending on the type of acquisition or procurement.
This bill would authorize software license contracts allowing the use of the software for a specified time period with recurring payments to be paid in advance subject to procedures, terms, and conditions, as specified, that the controlling department deems necessary to protect the state’s interest. The bill would authorize a single payment for a lifetime license and would prohibit advance payments from exceeding 3 years.
(21) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
CEQA requires the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (office), formerly known as the Office of Planning and Research, to implement a public assistance and information program to ensure efficient and effective implementation of CEQA and that, among other things, establishes and maintains an online database for the collection, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of various documents prepared under CEQA. CEQA requires a lead agency to provide various environmental documents to the office in specified circumstances.
This bill would authorize the office to include additional information in the online database, including, but not limited to, information related to planning, permitting, grants, and procurement, as provided. The bill would authorize the office to charge a fee upon the submission of documents pursuant to CEQA to the database for the reasonable costs incurred in implementing the provisions relating to the establishment and maintenance of the database. The bill would create the State Clearinghouse Administrative Fund in the State Treasury and require this fee money to be deposited into the account. These moneys would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be available to the office for implementation of the provisions relating to the establishment and maintenance of the database.
(22) The California Constitution generally limits ad valorem taxes on real property to 1% of the full cash value of that property, defined as the county assessor’s valuation of real property as shown on the 1975–76 tax bill and, thereafter, the appraised value of the property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership occurs after the 1975 assessment, subject to an annual inflation adjustment not to exceed 2%. Existing property tax law authorizes, pursuant to constitutional authorization, on and after April 1, 2021, any person who is over 55 years of age, any severely and permanently disabled person, or a victim of wildfire or natural disaster who resides in property that is eligible for the homeowner’s exemption or the disabled veteran’s exemption to transfer the taxable value of that property to a replacement dwelling that is purchased or newly constructed as a principal residence within 2 years of the sale of the original property, as provided.
Existing property tax law provides for the payment of taxes on the secured roll in 2 installments, which are due and payable on November 1 and February 1, respectively. Under existing property tax law, unpaid property taxes become delinquent, and subject to a delinquent penalty of 10%, as provided. Existing property tax law, after the 2nd installment becomes delinquent, requires the tax collector to collect a cost of $55, but no more than the actual cost, for preparing the delinquent tax records and giving notice of delinquency and to prepare a delinquent roll, as provided. Under existing property tax law, the taxes, assessments, penalties, and costs on certain real property that have not been paid are declared to be in default at 12:01 a.m. on July 1.
Until January 1, 2026, former property tax law required, except as provided, payment of property taxes for a property to be deferred, without penalty or interest, if the property owner has claimed the property tax relief described above, but the county assessor has not completed its determination of the property’s eligibility for that relief, and the person requested deferment with the county assessor within one calendar year, but before January 1, 2024, of receiving the first tax bill for the property.
Existing property tax law requires a disclosure to be printed on each tax bill for properties that have been purchased, newly constructed, or changed ownership in the year preceding the tax bill and requires the disclosure to include information regarding the property tax relief and deferment procedures described above. Existing property tax law requires counties with a population of over 4,000,000, as specified, to comply with these disclosure requirements.
This bill would repeal the above-described disclosure requirements.
(23) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Rand Corporation.
(24) The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
(25) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
(26) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2025.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 18824 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:18824.
(a) Except as provided in Sections 18646 and 18832, every person who conducts a contest or wrestling exhibition shall, within 72 hours after the determination of every contest or wrestling exhibition that admission is charged and received, furnish to the commission the following:(1) A written report executed under penalty of perjury by one of the officers, showing the amount of the gross receipts, not to exceed four million dollars ($4,000,000), and the gross price for the contest or wrestling exhibition charged directly or indirectly and no matter by whom received, for the sale, lease, or other exploitation of broadcasting and television rights of the contest or wrestling exhibition, and without any deductions, except for expenses incurred for one broadcast announcer, telephone line connection, and transmission mobile equipment facility, which may be deducted from the gross taxable base when those expenses are approved by the commission.
(2) A fee of 5 percent, exclusive of any federal taxes paid thereon, of the amount paid for admission to the contest or wrestling exhibition, except that for any one contest, the fee shall not exceed the amount of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000). The commission shall report to the Legislature on the fiscal impact of the two-hundred-thousand-dollar ($200,000) limit on fees collected by the commission for admissions revenues during its next sunset review.
(A) The amount of the gross receipts upon which the fee provided for in this paragraph (2) is calculated shall not include any assessments levied by the commission under Section 18711.
(B) If the fee for any one boxing contest exceeds seventy thousand dollars ($70,000), the amount in excess of seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) shall be paid one-half to the commission and one-half to the Boxers’ Pension Fund.
(C) The fee shall apply to the amount actually paid for admission and not to the regular established price.
(D) A fee is not due in the case of a person admitted free of charge. However, if the total number of persons admitted free of charge to a boxing, kickboxing, or martial arts contest, or wrestling exhibition exceeds 33 percent of the total number of spectators, then a fee of one dollar ($1) per complimentary ticket or pass used to gain admission to the contest shall be paid to the commission for each complimentary ticket or pass that exceeds the numerical total of 33 percent of the total number of spectators.
(E) The minimum fee for an amateur contest or exhibition shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000). The minimum fee for a professional contest or exhibition shall not be less than one two thousand two five hundred fifty dollars ($1,250). ($2,500).
(3) A fee of up to 5 percent, to be established by the commission through regulations to become operative on or before July 1, 2008, and updated periodically as needed, of the gross price, exclusive of any federal taxes paid thereon, for the sale, lease, or other exploitation of broadcasting or television rights thereof, except that in no case shall the fee be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more than thirty-five fifty thousand dollars ($35,000). ($50,000).
(b) As used in this section, “person” includes a promoter, club, individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other organization, and “wrestling exhibition” means a performance of wrestling skills and techniques by two or more individuals, that admission is charged or is broadcast or televised, the participating individuals are not required to use their best efforts in order to win, and the winner may have been selected before the performance commences.
SEC. 2.
Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 99350) is added to Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:CHAPTER 7. California Education Learning Laboratory
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) “Adaptive learning” means a technology-mediated environment in which the learner’s experience is adapted to learner behavior and responses.
(b) “Agency” means the Government Operations Agency.
(c) “Learning lab” means the California Education Learning Laboratory established in this chapter.
(d) “Public postsecondary educational institution” means a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California.
(e) “Public postsecondary segment” means the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California.
(f) “STEM” means science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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(a) The California Education Learning Laboratory is hereby established as a program under the Government Operations Agency. The purpose of the learning lab is to increase learning outcomes and close equity and achievement gaps using the science of human learning and adaptive learning technologies in STEM disciplines and other disciplines.(b) (1) In administering this chapter, the agency shall issue calls for, evaluate, and annually award grants to competitive grant proposals from intersegmental faculty teams that apply principles of the science of human learning and adaptive learning technologies in STEM disciplines and other disciplines, based on, but not limited to, all of the following criteria:
(A) The potential for reducing achievement and equity gaps in the particular discipline or subject area that is the subject of the call for proposals.
(B) The depth and breadth of expertise in the discipline or subject area described in subparagraph (A).
(C) The prospects for increasing equity and accessibility in STEM disciplines and other subject areas that show high initial failure or dropout rates.
(D) The potential to incorporate real-time learning outcome data to improve the curriculum.
(E) The potential to use a common technology platform to deliver the course or course series.
(F) The representation of each public postsecondary segment on the proposal’s faculty team.
(G) The inclusion of career education and workforce pathways in the proposal.
(H) Opportunities to leverage nonstate funding.
(I) The quality of the concrete metrics and goals identified in the proposal.
(2) The agency shall monitor the progress of proposals awarded grants pursuant to this chapter.
(3) (A) The agency shall recruit an expert selection committee to score and recommend proposals to the agency.
(B) Members of the selection committee described in subparagraph (A) shall not have a financial interest in any contract, including any recommendation to award grants made by the selection committee described in subparagraph (A).
(C) The selection committee shall comply with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), except during the deliberative process as it relates to scoring, reviewing, and ranking proposals, and the making of final recommendations to the agency.
(c) The agency shall create, and post on its internet website, the guidelines for awarding grants described in subdivision (b). The guidelines shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) A competitive and merit-based application process that allows faculty from public postsecondary educational institutions to submit proposals. For the first three years that proposals are accepted, the agency shall select STEM disciplines from which to award proposals. The agency may limit the number of proposals submitted by a public postsecondary educational institution or solicit proposals by invitation only for limited calls for proposal.
(2) A peer-reviewed proposal selection process.
(3) Eligibility requirements, which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(A) A minimum number of public postsecondary segments shall be represented by each proposal’s intersegmental faculty team members.
(B) A minimum number of faculty team members shall commit to teaching or evaluating codeveloped or jointly redesigned curriculum during the grant period.
(C) A proposal may include faculty from independent institutions of higher education, as defined in Section 66010, or nonfaculty, as appropriate.
(4) Requirements regarding the use of awarded grants, including, but not limited to, a cap on indirect cost rates.
(5) Requirements regarding the use and sharing of research data and findings.
(6) Requirements for the protection of privacy and personal information.
(d) (1) The agency may, in addition to the grants awarded pursuant to this section, do both of the following:
(A) Award learning lab grants for professional development to faculty, including, but not limited to, grants to adopt a successful course or course series developed or redesigned through the learning lab.
(B) Curate a “best of” resource library of curricular and pedagogical assets, including from grants that have demonstrated successful outcomes.
(2) The agency shall create, and post on its internet website, guidelines for awarding grants pursuant to this chapter.
(e) The agency shall solicit public, nonprofit, and private sector input on any additional guidelines for awarding grants pursuant to this article.
(f) The agency shall establish terms and conditions that require learning lab courses and course series, and technology and technology platforms developed or redesigned with learning lab grants, to be available as open education resources.
(g) (1) The agency shall annually submit a report to the Legislature that summarizes the grants awarded pursuant to this chapter. The report shall include evaluations of completed proposal projects. Multiple project evaluations may be submitted in one report.
(2) A written report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(h) The agency may receive nonstate funds to support the operations of the learning lab, to make additional funds available for purposes of this chapter, or to increase the amount of grants previously awarded to a learning lab proposal.
(i) (1) The agency may use up to 5 percent of any amount appropriated to the agency for the learning lab for the administrative costs of implementing this chapter.
(2) The evaluation of a project for purposes of the report described in subdivision (g) is not an administrative cost for purposes of this subdivision.
(3) The curation of the resource library described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) is not an administrative cost for purposes of this subdivision.
(j) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11370), Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400), and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the agency may implement or interpret this chapter without taking any regulatory action.
(k) The agency may enter into an agreement with an entity, or with a nonprofit or not-for-profit organization, or a consortium of those organizations, for purposes of administering or jointly administering this chapter.
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The agency shall award learning lab funding in compliance with both of the following:(a) Learning lab funding shall be awarded to public postsecondary educational institutions geographically located in California.
(b) Recipients of learning lab funding shall include, but are not limited to, public postsecondary educational institutions in both northern and southern California.
SEC. 3.
Section 241 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:241.
TheSEC. 4.
Section 242 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:242.
(a) Apportionment of the expenses shall be made and determined by the(b) Apportionment of the expenses associated with information technology, legal services, human resources, and the Office of Civil Rights, as specified in the annual Budget Act, shall be excluded from the 5-percent limitation described in subdivision (a).
SEC. 5.
Section 4352 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:4352.
The Department ofSEC. 6.
Chapter 14.5 (commencing with Section 49025) is added to Division 17 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to read:CHAPTER 14.5. California Farm to School Act
49025.
This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Farm to School Act.49025.5.
(a) The California Farm to School Program is hereby established, under the administration of the Office of Farm to Fork, for purposes of cultivating equity, nurturing students, building climate resilience, and creating scalable and sustainable change in the school food system.(b) The California Farm to School Program shall do all of the following:
(1) Increase procurement of foods that are grown or produced in California and are whole or are minimally processed from food producers in California for school meal programs.
(2) Increase hands-on food education opportunities that engage pupils and connect the classroom with the cafeteria, such as activities in school gardens, on farms, in culinary classes, in settings that celebrate traditional foodways and cultivate food sovereignty, and through other experiential learning pathways.
(3) Use regional staff to provide technical assistance and resources, facilitate relationships between local producers and school personnel, and encourage opportunities to incorporate best practices related to scratch cooking, hands-on education, Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), food safety, infrastructure, climate-smart agricultural practices, certification, and insurance.
(4) Develop programming for the California Farm to School Program in consultation with the State Department of Education, the State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Public Health, and any other relevant departments as needed.
(5) Administer the California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program.
(6) Collect data to evaluate program goals and implementation progress.
(c) The office may implement initiatives under the California Farm to School Program, including, but not limited to, initiatives that do any of the following:
(1) Advance the California farm to school network.
(2) Facilitate a California Farm to School Interagency Working Group, including, but not limited to, all of the following state agencies:
(A) State Department of Education.
(B) California Environmental Protection Agency.
(C) California Health and Human Services Agency.
(D) Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
(3) Further workforce development and kitchen infrastructure.
(4) Expand youth leadership opportunities related to farm to school.
(5) Strengthen supply chain infrastructure and transparency related to institutional procurement.
(6) Support farm-to-institution projects that leverage the department’s expertise.
49025.8.
The department may adopt regulations necessary to implement and administer the California Farm to School Program.SEC. 7.
Section 4526 of the Government Code is amended to read:4526.
(a) (1) Notwithstanding any otherIn
(2) In
addition, these procedures shall specifically prohibit practices which might result in unlawful activity including, but not limited to, rebates, kickbacks, or other unlawful consideration, and shall specifically prohibit government agency employees from participating in the selection process when those employees have a relationship with a person or business entity seeking a contract under this section which would subject those employees to the prohibition of Section 87100.(b) For purposes of this section, a state agency may use the procedures adopted by the Department of General Services until the agency adopts their own procedures by regulation.
SEC. 8.
Section 8310.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:8310.4.
(a) This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Middle Eastern and North African Inclusion Act (MENA Inclusion Act).(b) A state or local agency that directly or by contract collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians shall use the following separate collection categories and tabulations for a major Middle Eastern or North African groups group, including the following minor groups, in any provided form that offers respondents the option of selecting one or more ethnic or racial designations or languages:
(1) A major minor Middle Eastern group, including, but not limited to, Afghan, Bahraini, Emirati, Iranian, Iraqi, Israeli, Jordanian, Kuwaiti, Lebanese, Omani, Palestinian, Qatari, Saudi Arabian, Syrian, Turkish, and Yemeni.
(2) A major minor North African group, including, but not limited to, Algerian, Djiboutian, Egyptian, Libyan, Mauritanian, Moroccan, Somali, Sudanese, and Tunisian.
(3) A major minor transnational Middle Eastern and North African group, including, but not limited to, Amazigh or Berber, Armenian, Assyrian, Chaldean, Circassian, and Kurdish.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), a state or local agency shall do both of the following with the data collected pursuant to subdivision (b):
(1) Include the data in every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of Californians by the state or local agency that is published on or after January 1, 2029. 2030.
(2) Make the aggregated data available to the public in accordance with state and federal law, including, but not limited to, by publishing the data on its internet website.
(d) (1) A state or local agency shall not disclose personal identifying information about any person whose demographic data is collected pursuant to this section. The state or local agency may, to prevent the identification of individuals, aggregate data categories at a state, county, city, census tract, or ZIP Code level to facilitate comparisons and identify disparities.
(2) A state or local agency shall not make data available that would result in statistical unreliability.
(3) (A) Each state and local agency shall apply de-identification and privacy protection methods to demographic data collected pursuant to this section, including but not limited to consistent minimum reporting thresholds across race and ethnicity categories, consistent with applicable federal and state privacy laws, programmatic requirements, and established data governance policies.
(B) The state and local agency may tailor de-identification methodologies as appropriate to the specific program, dataset, or reporting context, provided that such methodologies reasonably protect against the identification of individuals and maintain compliance with statewide data standards.
(C) The state and local agency may suppress or aggregate categories when counts fall below established privacy thresholds, using methodologies consistent with federal, statewide, and departmental data governance guidance and program-specific reporting requirements.
(e) Any state or local agency administering a multi-year grant program with an established end date that began collecting demographic data prior to January 1, 2029, will not be required to include or use the demographic categories specified in subdivision (b) for interim or final reports.
(f) A state or local agency may continue to collect and report demographic data in the form that the data was submitted if the data is collected through an application, intake, survey, contract, grant, or agreement that was in effect or authorized for use prior to January 1, 2029, and modifying the demographic categories would require amendment of that application, intake, survey, contract, grant, or agreement.
(g) A state or local agency that collects or reports demographic data in a manner that differs from subdivision (b) pursuant to federal program requirements shall comply with the requirements of subdivision (b) to the extent the manner data is collected and reported pursuant to subdivision (b) is authorized for use under the federal program.
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(h) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Local agency” means a city, county, or city and county, whether general law or chartered.
(2) “Personal identifying information” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 530.55 of the Penal Code.
(3) (A) “State agency” means a state agency, office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, or commission.
(B) “State agency” does not include the California State University or the University of California.
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