California Assembly Bill 685
Session 20252026
Small Business Resiliency and Innovation Act.
Active
Passed Assembly on Jan 26, 2026
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
685
State
California
Session
20252026
Motion Text
AB 685 Solache Third Reading Urgency
Assembly Roll Call Votes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ávila Farías
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Yes
Other
Yes
Other
Yes
Yes
Other
Other
Yes
Yes
Other
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Summary
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 a group of small business technical assistance centers to apply as a network if those centers are supported by contracts for the same program under the same funding authority.
This bill would establish the Small Business Resiliency and Innovation Act to provide assistance to small businesses. For this purpose, the bill would appropriate $26,000,000 from the General Fund to the Small Business Resiliency and Innovation Fund, which the bill would create in the State Treasury. The bill would require OSBA to administer the fund and to allocate moneys in the fund to both the CIP and the SB-TAP, and to OSBA for administrative purposes, as provided. The bill would require Go-Biz to submit a report to the Legislature detailing the allocation and expenditure of funds pursuant to these provisions on or before January 1, 2030.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
02/14/25 - Introduced
February 14, 2025
01/12/26 - Amended Assembly
January 12, 2026
06/03/26 - Amended Senate
June 3, 2026
01/12/26- Assembly Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact
January 12, 2026
01/21/26- Assembly Appropriations
January 21, 2026
01/23/26- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
January 23, 2026
06/05/26- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development
June 5, 2026
06/19/26- Senate Appropriations
June 19, 2026
Sort by most recent
06/22/2026
Senate
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
06/08/2026
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/03/2026
Senate
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.
05/06/2026
Senate
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
01/27/2026
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
01/26/2026
Assembly
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3838.).
01/22/2026
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
01/22/2026
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 22).
01/22/2026
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
01/22/2026
Assembly
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)
01/13/2026
Assembly
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.
01/13/2026
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.
01/12/2026
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. Read second time and amended.
03/03/2025
Assembly
Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.
02/15/2025
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
02/14/2025
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 15, 2025 5:54:34 AM
Record Updated
Jun 23, 2026 8:42:43 AM