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AB-2404 • 2026

State advisory groups, boards, and committees: San Joaquin Valley.

State advisory groups, boards, and committees: San Joaquin Valley.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Tangipa
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
In committee: Set, second hearing. Failed passage.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's status indicates it failed to pass both chambers, but details about why and future implications are not provided.

San Joaquin Valley Representation on State Advisory Groups

AB-2404 requires at least one member of several state advisory groups, boards, and committees to be from the San Joaquin Valley.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires at least one member of the State Board of Education to come from the San Joaquin Valley.
  • Ensures that an advisory group for career technical education includes a representative from the San Joaquin Valley.
  • Adds a requirement for the Financial Solvency Standards Board to have a member from the San Joaquin Valley.
  • Requires at least one member of the Citizen’s Financial Accountability Oversight Committee to be from the San Joaquin Valley.
  • Includes a provision that at least one member of the California Veterans Board must come from the San Joaquin Valley.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Members of state advisory groups, boards, and committees.
  • The San Joaquin Valley residents who will be represented on these bodies.

Terms To Know

San Joaquin Valley
A region in California that includes parts of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Benito, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne counties.
State Board of Education
An advisory body appointed by the Governor to oversee education policies in California.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass both chambers as it failed during committee hearings.
  • It is unclear how this requirement will be enforced or what qualifications are needed for these members from the San Joaquin Valley.
  • There is no specific effective date mentioned in the summary.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, second hearing. Failed passage.

  2. 2026-04-06 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  3. 2026-03-16 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH.

  4. 2026-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  5. 2026-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2404, as introduced, Tangipa.
State advisory groups, boards, and committees: San Joaquin Valley.
(1) Existing law establishes the State Board of Education consisting of 10 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of 2/3 of the Senate, as provided.
This bill would require at least one member of the State Board of Education to be from the San Joaquin Valley.
(2) Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to coordinate the development, on a cyclical basis, of model curriculum standards for required courses of study, including a career technical education course of study for pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, as specified. Existing law requires the Superintendent, upon adoption of those model curriculum standards, to develop a curriculum framework for career technical education, working in consultation and coordination
with an advisory group consisting of classroom teachers, school administrators, parents, postsecondary educators, and representatives of business and industry. Existing law encourages the Superintendent, in convening the membership of the advisory group, to seek representation that is broadly reflective of the state population.
This bill would require the Superintendent, in convening the membership of the advisory group, to ensure at least one member is from the San Joaquin Valley.
(3) Existing law establishes the Department of Managed Health Care, which, among other duties, ensures the financial stability of managed care plans. Existing law establishes within the department the Financial Solvency Standards Board for the purpose of, among other things, developing and recommending to the director of the department financial solvency requirements and standards relating to health care service plan
operations. Existing law requires the board to be composed of the director, or their designee, and 10 members appointed by the director, and authorizes the director to appoint individuals with training and experience in specified subject areas or fields.
This bill would require at least one member of the Financial Solvency Standards Board to be from the San Joaquin Valley.
(4) The California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election as Proposition 71, establishes the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the purposes of which include making grants and loans for stem cell research, for research facilities, and for other vital research opportunities to realize therapies, protocols, and medical procedures that will result in the cure for, or substantial
mitigation of, diseases and injuries. Existing law establishes the Citizen’s Financial Accountability Oversight Committee that is required to review, among other things, the annual financial audit of CIRM. Existing law requires the Controller, the Treasurer, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Chairperson of the Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee to each appoint a public member of the committee.
This bill would require at least one member of the Citizen’s Financial Accountability Oversight Committee to be from the San Joaquin Valley.
(5) Existing law establishes the California Veterans Board, comprising 7 members appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, whose duties include determining the policies for all operations of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Existing law requires all members of the board to be veterans and requires one of
the members to be a resident of a California veterans home.
This bill would require at least one member of the California Veterans Board to be from the San Joaquin Valley.

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