Scott Wiener
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 11
Author
Existing law establishes various grant and loan programs for research, including, among others, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, California Firefighter Cancer Prevention and Research Program, and the Public Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration Program. This bill would establish the California Foundation for Science and Health Research within the Government Operations Agency. The bill would create the California Foundation for Science and Health Research Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, and require the moneys in the fund to be used by the foundation to award grants and make loans to public or private research companies, universities, institutes, and organizations for scientific research and development, in specific areas of research, including, but not limited to, biomedical, behavioral, and climate research. This bill would create the California Foundation for Science and Health Research Council, as specified. The bill would require the council to, among other things, develop the strategic objectives and priorities of the foundation and determine the research projects that will be funded by the California Foundation for Science and Health Research Fund, as specified. The bill would require a majority vote by the appointed members for the council for the approval of funding for any research project or proposal presented for funding. The bill would authorize the council to establish one or more scientific peer review panels consisting of experts in specified fields of research for the purposes of reviewing and prioritizing proposals on the basis of the track record of the investigators, scientific merit of the proposal, and potential benefit to the health and well-being of the population, natural resources, and environment of the state. This bill would require all research and development funded by the California Foundation for Science and Health Research Fund to be conducted under established standards of open scientific exchange, peer review, and public oversight. The bill would require the funds to be awarded on the basis of the research priorities established for the foundation by the council and the scientific merit of the proposed research, as determined by an open, competitive, scientific peer review process that ensures objectivity, consistency, and high quality. This bill would enact the California Science and Health Research Bond Act, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $23,000,000,000, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, to finance grants and loans to fund research and construct, operate, and maintain facilities for research. The bill would provide for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the next statewide general election. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Ordered to second reading.
From inactive file.
Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2999.)
Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Wiener.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
(Corrected May 28).
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 1206.) (May 23).
Set for hearing May 23.
May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing May 19.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 968.) (April 30).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 867.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Set for hearing April 30 in L. GOV. pending receipt.
Set for hearing April 23.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
April 2 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing April 2.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB607 | HTML |
| 02/20/25 - Introduced | |
| 03/24/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/01/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/13/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/28/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/12/25 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/21/25- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 04/25/25- Senate Local Government | |
| 05/17/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/23/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/28/25- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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