AB 170 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025: codification.

AB 170 is a procedural bill that expresses the California Legislature's intent to later enact statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2025. It does not make any immediate budget changes or affect specific programs, individuals, or local governments. The bill simply declares the Legislature's future plan to update budget-related laws, without specifying what those changes will be. This is a standard procedural step to signal upcoming legislative action on budget statutes.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Assembly Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Aug 6, 2026

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06/26/26 - Amended Senate → AB170 · 5 edits

MODERATE

AB 170 is California's Budget Act of 2025, which codifies Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025 by splitting the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency into two separate agencies: the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency. The diff shows the transition from a Senate-amended version with markup to a clean enrolled version. All statutory references across numerous codes are updated to reflect the new agency structure, with changes taking effect July 1, 2026.

Scope change

The bill's scope is unchanged in terms of policy substance. It continues to codify the Governor's reorganization plan by updating agency names and references across state law. The structural change is that one agency (Business, Consumer Services, and Housing) is split into two distinct agencies with separate secretaries, effectively changing which agency oversees housing versus consumer protection functions.

SCOPE

The Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency is eliminated as of July 1, 2026 and replaced by two agencies: the Business and Consumer Services Agency (retaining consumer protection, cannabis control, financial regulation, real estate, and alcoholic beverage functions) and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency (receiving housing-related departments).

DEFINITION

All statutory references to the 'Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing' are updated to either 'Secretary of Business and Consumer Services' or the new housing agency secretary, depending on which function is referenced. This affects definitions in the Business and Professions Code, Civil Code, Financial Code, Health and Safety Code, and other codes.

FISCAL

An appropriation of $300,000 is made to the Department of Housing and Community Development to supplement existing contracts for translating specified guidelines, as required by statute.

TIMELINE

All agency reorganization amendments become operative on July 1, 2026. Section 26180.5 of the Business and Professions Code (regarding cash payment collection for cannabis taxes) is set to expire and be repealed as of July 1, 2026.

TECHNICAL

The diff primarily reflects a transition from a marked-up Senate amendment version (showing old text struck through and new text inserted) to a clean enrolled bill version. The substantive policy content remains the same; the formatting changes resolve the amendment markup into final statutory text.

01/08/25 - Introduced → 06/26/26 - Amended Senate · 5 edits · Jun 26, 2026

MODERATE

AB 170 was introduced as a one-line intent bill with no substantive content. The Senate amendment transforms it into a comprehensive codification of Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025, which eliminates the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency effective July 1, 2026 and splits its functions into two new agencies: the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency. The amended bill amends dozens of sections across at least ten different codes to update agency names, titles, and references throughout state law.

Scope change

The bill expands from a single-section intent statement with no operative effect to a multi-hundred-section codification bill amending at least ten different codes (Business and Professions, Civil, Financial, Food and Agricultural, Government, Health and Safety, Military and Veterans, Public Resources, Unemployment Insurance, and Welfare and Institutions Codes) to implement the executive branch reorganization.

SCOPE

The bill now codifies Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025, eliminating the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency as of July 1, 2026 and establishing two successor agencies: the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency.

FISCAL

A $300,000 appropriation is made to the Department of Housing and Community Development to supplement existing contracts for translating specified guidelines. The bill's fiscal committee designation changes from 'no' to 'yes' and appropriation status changes from 'no' to 'yes.'

DEFINITION

Throughout multiple codes, references to the 'Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency' are replaced with either the 'Business and Consumer Services Agency' or the 'California Housing and Homelessness Agency' depending on which department is being referenced. The title 'Secretary' of the old agency is replaced with 'Commissioner' in several contexts.

TIMELINE

All substantive amendments become operative on July 1, 2026, aligning with the date the reorganization plan takes effect. Some provisions (like Section 513 of the Food and Agricultural Code) are set to become inoperative on that same date.

REQUIREMENT

The Cannabis Control Appeals Panel composition is updated, and references to the 'Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act' are directed to be construed as referring to the current division. The Department of Cannabis Control is reassigned under the new Business and Consumer Services Agency.

Floor votes · Assembly Mar 20, 2025

How they voted

52–17

Passed · 10 other

Total votes 79

Mar 20, 2025

D Democratic59

52 Yea 7

88% Yea

R Republican20

17 Nay 3

85% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Amendments

Jun 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 29).

upper

Jun 26, 2026

Introduced

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.

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 748.)

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

lower

Jan 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.

lower

0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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