Small Business Recovery Fund Act.

In the legislative counsel's digest, 'would authorize the funds to be used for' was changed to 'would require the funds to be used for,' and 'would authorize OSBA to award grants' was changed to 'would require OSBA to award grants.' This shifts the obligation from permissive to mandatory.

Section 12100.85(a) introductory text was changed from 'the following entities are eligible to apply for funds under the small business and nonprofit recovery grant program' to language referencing 'a small business, as defined in Section 14837, may apply.' This appears to be a drafting artifact because the subsection still lists both small businesses and qualified nonprofit organizations as eligible categories below it.

Section 12100.89(b) ends with 'Section 9795 of the Government Code. 9795.' where the number 9795 appears to be accidentally duplicated, likely a clerical error.

The document was reformatted from an official enrolled legislative document (with Governor's receipt line, page numbers, and signature blocks) to a web page layout with navigation menus, bill status tracking, and search functionality. No policy content was altered.

Qualified nonprofit organizations (501(c)(3) or state tax-exempt entities) are no longer eligible to apply for grants under the recovery fund program. Only small businesses as defined in Section 14837 of the Government Code may now apply.

The bill was renamed from 'Small Business and Nonprofit Recovery Fund Act' to 'Small Business Recovery Fund Act,' reflecting the removal of nonprofits from the program's scope. All references to 'small business and nonprofit recovery grant program' were changed to 'small business recovery grant program.'

The bill was renamed from 'Small Business Recovery Fund Act' to 'Small Business and Nonprofit Recovery Fund Act,' explicitly elevating nonprofits to equal standing with small businesses in the title, fund name, and grant program name.

The definition of eligible nonprofit organizations was broadened. Previously limited to private nonprofits with federal 501(c)(3) exempt status, it now also includes organizations exempt from state income taxation under Section 23701d of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and allows OSBA to establish additional eligibility criteria.

The 'Capitol Infusion Program' was renamed to 'Capitol Capital Infusion Program,' a minor naming clarification for the program receiving 5% of fund allocations.

Multiple coauthors were added: Assembly Member Solache as principal coauthor, along with Assembly Members Fong, Garcia, Gipson, Harabedian, Pacheco, and Schiavo, and Senator Cortese.

The $100,000,000 appropriation from the General Fund (former Section 12100.82) was entirely removed. The bill now only takes effect upon future appropriation by the Legislature, meaning no money is allocated until a separate funding action occurs.

The bill's appropriation status changed from 'yes' to 'no' in the fiscal summary, and the phrase 'and making an appropriation therefor' was removed from the bill title, reflecting the removal of the specific funding amount.

Eligible triggering events were expanded from only 'a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor' to also include 'a local emergency proclaimed by the governing body of a city, county, or city and county, or other state of emergency, including earthquakes, natural or man-made disasters specific to that jurisdiction, conditions of extreme peril to persons or property, or a state of war emergency.' This significantly broadens which emergencies can trigger grant eligibility.

The legislative vote requirement was changed from two-thirds majority to simple majority, lowering the threshold needed for the bill to pass.

Assembly Member Bonta was added as a coauthor of the bill.