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CA AB 1089

vetoed

Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act: industrial projects and commercial projects: tree removal and trimming.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1089 pass?

No. CA AB 1089 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2026-01-22. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

What is CA AB 1089 about?

(1) Existing law, the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act, prohibits any person or public agency from importing into the state, exporting out of the state, or taking, possessing, purchasing, or selling within the state, a western Joshua tree or any part or product of the tree, except as provided. Under existing law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may authorize, by permit, the taking of a western Joshua tree if certain conditions are met, including, among other conditions, that the permittee mitigates all impacts to, and the taking of, the western Joshua tree. Existing law authorizes the department to enter into an agreement with any county or city to delegate to the county or city the ability to authorize the taking of a western Joshua tree associated with developing single-family residences, multifamily residences, accessory structures, and public works projects concurrent with its approval of the project if certain conditions are met. Existing law authorizes any person or public agency receiving a take authorization for a project to pay specified fees in lieu of satisfying the mitigation obligation on several bases, including if the project receives a permit issued by a county or city. This bill would additionally authorize the department to enter into an agreement with any city to delegate to the city the ability to authorize the taking of western Joshua trees associated with developing commercial and industrial projects. The bill would, relative to other project types subject to delegated local mitigation authority, limit the bases for commercial or industrial projects to pay specified fees in lieu of satisfying the mitigation obligation, as provided. (2) Existing law authorizes the department to issue a permit to authorize either the removal or trimming of a dead western Joshua tree or the trimming of a live western Joshua tree. This bill would remove the reference to a dead or live western Joshua tree, thereby authorizing the department to issue a permit to authorize either the removal or trimming of any western Joshua tree. Existing law authorizes the department to issue a permit for these purposes, without the payment of fees or other mitigation, provided that a dead western Joshua tree or any limbs to be removed meet at least one of a specified list of conditions. This bill would revise and recast this provision to instead authorize the department to issue a permit, without the payment of fees or other mitigation, if either the western Joshua tree is located within 100 feet of an existing single-family home and any associated accessory structure or that removal or trimming is necessary for the homeowner to meet defensible space requirements, as provided.

Who sponsors CA AB 1089?

Carrillo is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1089.

Description

(1) Existing law, the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act, prohibits any person or public agency from importing into the state, exporting out of the state, or taking, possessing, purchasing, or selling within the state, a western Joshua tree or any part or product of the tree, except as provided. Under existing law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may authorize, by permit, the taking of a western Joshua tree if certain conditions are met, including, among other conditions, that the permittee mitigates all impacts to, and the taking of, the western Joshua tree. Existing law authorizes the department to enter into an agreement with any county or city to delegate to the county or city the ability to authorize the taking of a western Joshua tree associated with developing single-family residences, multifamily residences, accessory structures, and public works projects concurrent with its approval of the project if certain conditions are met. Existing law authorizes any person or public agency receiving a take authorization for a project to pay specified fees in lieu of satisfying the mitigation obligation on several bases, including if the project receives a permit issued by a county or city. This bill would additionally authorize the department to enter into an agreement with any city to delegate to the city the ability to authorize the taking of western Joshua trees associated with developing commercial and industrial projects. The bill would, relative to other project types subject to delegated local mitigation authority, limit the bases for commercial or industrial projects to pay specified fees in lieu of satisfying the mitigation obligation, as provided. (2) Existing law authorizes the department to issue a permit to authorize either the removal or trimming of a dead western Joshua tree or the trimming of a live western Joshua tree. This bill would remove the reference to a dead or live western Joshua tree, thereby authorizing the department to issue a permit to authorize either the removal or trimming of any western Joshua tree. Existing law authorizes the department to issue a permit for these purposes, without the payment of fees or other mitigation, provided that a dead western Joshua tree or any limbs to be removed meet at least one of a specified list of conditions. This bill would revise and recast this provision to instead authorize the department to issue a permit, without the payment of fees or other mitigation, if either the western Joshua tree is located within 100 feet of an existing single-family home and any associated accessory structure or that removal or trimming is necessary for the homeowner to meet defensible space requirements, as provided.

Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Carrilloauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  3. 2025-03-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W. P., & W. Read second time and amended.

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  4. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.

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  5. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W.

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  6. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23).

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  8. 2025-04-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2025-04-28

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 1319.)

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  10. 2025-04-29

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  11. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  12. 2025-07-21

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2025-07-21

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 16).

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  14. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  15. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  16. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-09-11

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2921.).

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  18. 2025-09-12

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3386.).

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  19. 2025-09-12

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  20. 2025-09-24

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  21. 2025-10-03

    Vetoed by Governor.

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  22. 2025-10-03

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  23. 2026-01-22

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 07/21/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-21Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • AB1089Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-08 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Bennett: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Boerner: other
    • Caloza: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-04-23 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes

  • AB 1089 Carrillo Assembly Third Reading

    2025-04-28 · pass · 65-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Sanchez: other
    • Zbur: other
    • Bonta: other
    • Elhawary: other
    • Flora: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Jackson: other
    • Schultz: other
    • Caloza: other
    • Krell: other
    • Bryan: other
    • Kalra: other
    • Boerner: other
    • Connolly: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-16 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Grove: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB1089 Carrillo By Laird

    2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Valladares: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes

  • AB 1089 Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-12 · pass · 76-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Jackson: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Boerner: other
    • Kalra: other

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