CA SB1358 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-05-14 - May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Pending: Senate Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 20 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-05-14 - May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Pending: Senate Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
An act to amend Section 65054 of, and to repeal and add Section 65054.3 of, the Government Code, and to add Chapter 2.6 (commencing with Section 11100) to Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, relating to news outlets.
Title
News outlets: state expenditures on ethnic and community media outlets.
Sponsors
| Sen. Susan Rubio [D] |
Roll Calls
2026-04-27 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-14 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-14 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | Senate | May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. |
| 2026-05-08 | Senate | Set for hearing May 14. |
| 2026-04-27 | Senate | April 27 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. |
| 2026-04-17 | Senate | Set for hearing April 27. |
| 2026-04-14 | Senate | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 3866.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| 2026-04-09 | Senate | Set for hearing April 14. |
| 2026-04-08 | Senate | Re-referred to Com. on G.O. |
| 2026-04-06 | Senate | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. |
| 2026-03-25 | Senate | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | Referred to Com. on RLS. |
| 2026-02-23 | Senate | Read first time. |
| 2026-02-23 | Senate | From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23. |
| 2026-02-20 | Senate | Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Code | 65054 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| Government Code | 65054.3 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| Public Contract Code | 11100 | New Code | See Bill Text |
