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AB-733 • 2026

Agency reports.

Agency reports.

Budget
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Tangipa
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how the Legislature will enforce withholding appropriations.

State Agency Reports

This law requires state agencies to report on overdue legislative reports by April 1 each year and allows the Legislature to withhold funding for agencies that do not submit timely reports.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires each state agency required to send reports to the Legislature to give a list of all late reports by April 1 every year, along with an explanation for why they are overdue and a compliance plan.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State agencies required to send reports to the Legislature
  • Members of the California State Legislature

Terms To Know

appropriations
Money given by the government for specific purposes.
compliance plan
A plan to follow rules and laws.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if an agency follows its compliance plan but still misses deadlines.
  • It is unclear how the Legislature will decide which agencies lose funding for late reports.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

  4. 2025-02-19 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  5. 2025-02-18 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 733, as introduced, Tangipa.
Agency reports.
Existing law specifies how reports required or requested by law to be submitted by a state or local agency to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally are to be submitted.
This bill would require each state agency that is required to submit one or more reports to the Legislature to submit, by April 1 of each year, a list of all reports the agency has not yet submitted to the Legislature along with a status summary for each report, including a statement explaining why any overdue report has not yet been submitted and a compliance plan, as specified. The bill would also provide that the Legislature may withhold appropriations for an agency that fails to submit timely reports.

Current Bill Text

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