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Senate committee backs bill to create quantum innovation zones to keep industry in California
Summary
AB 940 would authorize localities to form 'quantum innovation zones' to concentrate state support, workforce training, and incentives for quantum computing; the committee voted the measure out to Senate Local Government with bipartisan backing and discussion about equitable workforce development.
The Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee on June 23 voted to advance AB 940, a bill that would allow two or more cities and counties to form quantum innovation zones to coordinate state incentives, grants and workforce programs aimed at retaining and growing quantum-computing businesses in California.
Assemblymember Wicks, the bill’s author, said the measure is designed to keep quantum research and…
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