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AB-655 • 2026

California-Mexico Border Relations Council.

California-Mexico Border Relations Council.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Alvarez
Last action
2025-07-14
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 41, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the duties of the new members or how their addition might affect costs and funding.

California-Mexico Border Relations Council

This law adds two members from the Assembly and Senate to the California-Mexico Border Relations Council to help improve cross-border efforts.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds two non-voting members, one each from the Assembly and Senate, who represent districts near the Mexican border, to serve on the California-Mexico Border Relations Council.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State agencies involved in cross-border programs
  • Members of the Assembly and Senate representing border districts

Terms To Know

ex officio
A person gets a position because of their job, not by being elected or chosen.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the exact duties or activities of the new members.
  • It is unclear how this will impact costs and funding for cross-border efforts.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-14 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 41, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-07-14 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-07-03 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

  4. 2025-06-27 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. 2025-06-27 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1809.).

  6. 2025-06-24 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  7. 2025-06-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

  8. 2025-06-09 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. 2025-05-28 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

  10. 2025-05-15 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  11. 2025-05-15 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1569.)

  12. 2025-05-08 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  13. 2025-05-07 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).

  14. 2025-04-22 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. 2025-04-21 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.

  16. 2025-04-10 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. Read second time and amended.

  17. 2025-03-17 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.

  18. 2025-02-14 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  19. 2025-02-13 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 655, Alvarez.
California-Mexico Border Relations Council.
Existing law establishes the California-Mexico Border Relations Council in state government, and prescribes the membership and functions and duties of the council with respect to coordinating the activities of state agencies that are related to cross-border programs, initiatives, projects, and partnerships that exist within state agencies, to improve the effectiveness of state and local efforts that are of concern between California and Mexico.
This bill would authorize the Speaker of the Assembly to appoint a Member of the Assembly
and the President pro Tempore to appoint a Member of the Senate who each represent a district that shares a border with Mexico to the council to serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member, as specified.

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