News outlets: state expenditures on ethnic and community media outlets.

Legislative status

1. Introduced
2. In Committee
3. Reported by Committee
4. Floor Vote Scheduled
5. Passed One Chamber
6. Passed Both Chambers
7. Sent to Executive
8. Signed into Law

Summary

The bill extends current rules so the Office of Community Partnerships must keep a searchable database of ethnic and community media outlets, train staff, and publish yearly spending reports. State agencies are required to direct at least 40% of their advertising dollars to those outlets, and contracts worth $5,000‑$350,000 must be awarded to small businesses, nonprofits or listed media outlets. It also removes newspaper distributors from the ABC worker‑classification test, applying the Borello test instead.

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Vote

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 3866.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. · Apr 14, 2026

Hearings

• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · May 14, 2026
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Apr 27, 2026
• Governmental Organization Committee Hearing
  Governmental Organization · Apr 14, 2026
• Governmental Organization
  Senate Governmental Organization Committee · Apr 14, 2026

History

1. May 14, 2026May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2. May 8, 2026Set for hearing May 14.
3. Apr 27, 2026April 27 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
4. Apr 17, 2026Set for hearing April 27.
5. Apr 14, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 3866.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
6. Apr 9, 2026Set for hearing April 14.
7. Apr 8, 2026Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
8. Apr 6, 2026From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
9. Mar 25, 2026From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
10. Mar 4, 2026Referred to Com. on RLS.
11. Feb 23, 2026Read first time.
12. Feb 23, 2026From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

The 12 most recent of 13 recorded actions.

Sponsors

• Rubio · sponsor

Bill text

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