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AB 200

Budget Act of 2025.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Jesse Gabriel

AB 200 expresses the Legislature’s intent to enact future statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2025, with no current appropriations or enacted changes.

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Bill Summary · AB 200

Summary of AB 200 (Budget Act of 2025)

Overview

  • Bill number & title: AB 200, Budget Act of 2025
  • Sponsor: Assembly Member Gabriel
  • Introduced: January 8, 2025
  • Current status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review (B. & F. R.). The bill has also progressed through several readings in the Legislature, with Assembly action including a third-reading passage and transmission to the Senate; in the Senate, actions show assignment to Rules for further handling.

Purpose and intent

  • The bill is a statutory-intent measure relacionado to the Budget Act of 2025. Specifically, the Legislative Counsel’s Digest states that AB 200 “would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2025.”
  • Substantive provisions are not presented in the current text available. There are no specific appropriation items proposed in AB 200 as introduced.

Key provisions (as introduced)

  • Section 1: Declares the Legislature’s intent to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2025.
    • This is a declarative, non-appropriative statement.
  • No current appropriations are included in AB 200 at this stage (Digest Key indicates: Vote Majority; Appropriation: NO; Fiscal Committee: NO; Local Program: NO).

Legislative history and timeline (highlights)

  • Jan 8, 2025: Introduced (read first time).
  • Jan 9, 2025 – Feb 8, 2025: From printer; may be heard in committee February 8.
  • Feb 3, 2025: Referred to Assembly Committee on Budget.
  • Mar 17–Mar 20, 2025: Assembly actions include multiple readings (second and third readings) and a passage by the Assembly (third reading) with a vote of 53 ayes, 17 noes, before being ordered to the Senate.
  • Mar 20, 2025: In the Senate, read first time and to Committee on Rules for assignment.
  • The documents also note actions such as withdrawal from a committee in the Senate on March 17, indicating ongoing procedural moves.

Who would be affected

  • At this stage, AB 200 does not enact new programs or funding. The bill’s stated purpose is to set up the possibility of future statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2025. Consequently:
    • State agencies would be the primary administration target once substantive changes are enacted.
    • Stakeholders awaiting Budget Act-related policy changes would be participants in subsequent developments.

Financial and fiscal considerations

  • The bill does not contain appropriations and is not associated with a fiscal committee action at introduction. Any fiscal impact would depend on future statutory changes enacted under the Budget Act of 2025.

Next steps and potential impact

  • If the Legislature advances AB 200, it would move through Senate committees and floor votes, potentially culminating in a act that authorizes or prescribes statutory changes tied to the Budget Act of 2025.
  • Until substantive provisions are added, AB 200 remains a framework bill indicating legislative intent for future budget-related statutory changes.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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