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 03/24/26 - Amended Senate
 01/05/26 - Introduced

 SB-865 California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 06/16/2026 04:00 AM

SB865:v96#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 June 15, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 April 14, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 March 24, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 865

Introduced by Senator Ashby

January 05, 2026

 An act to add Section 12098.9 to the Government Code, relating to music festivals. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 865, as amended, Ashby.
 California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program.

Existing law establishes the Office of Small Business Advocate within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as “GO-Biz,” and provides for the appointment by the Governor of the Small Business Advocate, also known as the Director of the Office of Small Business Advocate, to, among other things, serve as the principal advocate in the state on behalf of small businesses.

This bill would establish the California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program within the office, under the direct authority of the director, to provide grants to eligible independent live music events promoters to preserve large-scale music festivals and to support their continued ability to provide equitable access to the arts for all Californians. The bill would specify requirements for eligibility
 and, subject to appropriation by the Legislature, would require the office to allocate the sum of $20,000,000 in grants to eligible independent live music events promoters that meet those requirements.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 12098.9 is added to the Government Code, to read:

12098.9.

 (a) The California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program is hereby established within the office.

(b) For purposes of this section, a “host jurisdiction” means a governmental entity or political subdivision of the state that owns or has an interest in the venue or region where the multiday music festival occurs. Region includes a physical or cultural region.

(b)

(c) The program California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program shall be under the direct authority of the director, and the office shall administer grants to eligible independent live music events promoters in accordance with this section.

(c)

(d) The purpose of the program
 California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program is to provide grants to eligible independent live music events promoters in order to support their continued ability to provide equitable access to the arts for all
 Californians, and to preserve large-scale music festivals that generate significant cultural, tourism, and economic benefits for the state and its local communities.

(d)For purposes of this section:

(1)“Eligible independent live music events promoter” means an entity that satisfies
 all of the following:

(e) To be eligible to receive a grant under the California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program, an independent live music festival promoter shall satisfy all of the following requirements:

(A)

(1) The entity is privately owned.

(B)

(2) The entity is organized as a sole proprietor, proprietorship, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, or a nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Code.

(C)

(3) The entity, as a principal business activity, organizes, promotes, produces, manages, or hosts a multiday music
 at least one festival featuring
 persons or groups that perform live musical entertainment at a venue in California on publicly owned lands where all of the following take place: are met:

(i)A front door cover charge or
 admission fee through ticketing is applied.

(ii)Performers are compensated.

(A) Admission to the festival performances requires a paid ticket or cover charge.

(B) Performing artists are compensated and do not perform without compensation or solely for tips.

(iii)

(C) The multiday music fes