CA AB 1156
enactedWilliamson Act contracts: cancellation fees: photovoltaic solar facilities.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1156 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1156 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 875, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1156 about?
The California Land Conservation Act of 1965 (act) , otherwise known as the Williamson Act, authorizes a city or county to contract with a landowner to limit the use of agricultural land to agricultural use if the land is located in an agricultural preserve designated by the city or county, as specified. Existing law authorizes the county or city to cancel a contract under certain circumstances and conditions. Existing law requires the city or county to determine the amount of the cancellation fee, based on the assessor's determination of the fair market value of the land as though it were free of the contractual restriction, that the landowner shall pay if the city and county approves a cancellation of a contract, as specified. Existing law authorizes the city or county to waive the payment or extend the time for making payment if the cancellation is caused by an involuntary transfer or change in the use which may be made of land, the county or city has determined that it is in the best interest of the program to conserve agricultural land use that the payment be either deferred or not required, and the extension is approved by the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, as provided. This bill would remove the ability of a city or county to waive payment or extend the time for making payment, as described above. The bill would instead authorize the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, upon application by the landowner, to waive payment or extend the time for making payment, as described above, if either the cancellation is caused by an involuntary transfer or change in the use which may be made of the land, as described above, or the cancellation is to facilitate a photovoltaic solar facility that meets specified conditions. The bill, until January 1, 2037, would require the secretary to approve a completed application for extension of making the payment by a landowner if it includes certain items, as provided, and would require the secretary to waive payment if the landowner attests and provides proof to the secretary that a solar project has been constructed on the property. The act deems a contract null and void upon acquisition of the land subject to the contract in an eminent domain action or upon acquisition of land in lieu of eminent domain, as provided. The Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021 authorizes the Governor, until January 1, 2032, to certify, among other projects, a clean renewable energy project that generates electricity exclusively through wind or solar, as specified, for certain streamlining benefits. This bill would additionally deem a contract null and void when that land is approved for use as a photovoltaic solar facility certified under the Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021, as provided.
Who sponsors CA AB 1156?
Wicks is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1156.
Description
The California Land Conservation Act of 1965 (act) , otherwise known as the Williamson Act, authorizes a city or county to contract with a landowner to limit the use of agricultural land to agricultural use if the land is located in an agricultural preserve designated by the city or county, as specified. Existing law authorizes the county or city to cancel a contract under certain circumstances and conditions. Existing law requires the city or county to determine the amount of the cancellation fee, based on the assessor's determination of the fair market value of the land as though it were free of the contractual restriction, that the landowner shall pay if the city and county approves a cancellation of a contract, as specified. Existing law authorizes the city or county to waive the payment or extend the time for making payment if the cancellation is caused by an involuntary transfer or change in the use which may be made of land, the county or city has determined that it is in the best interest of the program to conserve agricultural land use that the payment be either deferred or not required, and the extension is approved by the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, as provided. This bill would remove the ability of a city or county to waive payment or extend the time for making payment, as described above. The bill would instead authorize the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, upon application by the landowner, to waive payment or extend the time for making payment, as described above, if either the cancellation is caused by an involuntary transfer or change in the use which may be made of the land, as described above, or the cancellation is to facilitate a photovoltaic solar facility that meets specified conditions. The bill, until January 1, 2037, would require the secretary to approve a completed application for extension of making the payment by a landowner if it includes certain items, as provided, and would require the secretary to waive payment if the landowner attests and provides proof to the secretary that a solar project has been constructed on the property. The act deems a contract null and void upon acquisition of the land subject to the contract in an eminent domain action or upon acquisition of land in lieu of eminent domain, as provided. The Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021 authorizes the Governor, until January 1, 2032, to certify, among other projects, a clean renewable energy project that generates electricity exclusively through wind or solar, as specified, for certain streamlining benefits. This bill would additionally deem a contract null and void when that land is approved for use as a photovoltaic solar facility certified under the Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021, as provided.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-20
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 875, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Wicksauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 875, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-14
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-31
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-31
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-31
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 6.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-31
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 7068.)
2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 6. Page 7068.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-28
From committee: That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 28)
committee-passage
2026-08-28
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-28
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 (b).
referral-committee
2026-08-28
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 (b). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-08-27
(Ayes 30. Noes 10.)
2026-08-27
Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-27
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-27
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2026-06-04
In Senate. Held at Desk.
2026-06-04
Ordered to the Senate.
2026-06-04
From inactive file.
2025-09-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3477.)
2025-09-13
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Wicks.
2025-09-13
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 2963.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-10
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-09
Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)
2025-09-09
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 29).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-29
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-07-22
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 16).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-07-22
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-06-18
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E.Q.
referral-committee
2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 5. Page 2015.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-23
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-05-21
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
2025-05-21
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-14
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-05-06
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-05
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-01
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 30).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-04-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-10
(Pending re-refer to Com. on U. & E.).)
referral-committee
2025-04-10
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1114.)
2025-03-24
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2025-03-20
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-10
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and AGRI.
referral-committee
2025-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
Versions
- 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
- 03/20/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-20Compare
- 05/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-05Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
- 07/22/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-22Compare
- 09/09/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-09Compare
- 08/27/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-27Compare
- 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
- 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy]
2025-04-23 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Ransom: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Wilson: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Agriculture]
2025-04-23 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Chen: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ta: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Papan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hart: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Patterson: other
- Irwin: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-30 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (8)
- Soria: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Aguiar-Curry: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
- Dixon: other
AB 1156 Wicks Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 66-5
Member-level votes (79)
- Berman: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Fong: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Flora: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Soria: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bains: yes
- Addis: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Davies: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Gipson: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Hart: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ellis: no
- Gallagher: no
- DeMaio: no
- Macedo: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Patterson: other
- Castillo: other
- Jackson: other
- Lackey: other
- Ransom: other
- Aguiar-Curry: other
- Wilson: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
2025-07-09 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wiener: yes
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Choi: other
- Cabaldon: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-16 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Menjivar: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Hurtado: other
- Valladares: other
- Dahle: 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 · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: no
- Cabaldon: other
3rd Reading AB1156 Wicks By Laird
2025-09-12 · pass · 25-8
Member-level votes (40)
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Strickland: no
- Cabaldon: no
- Caballero: no
- Niello: no
- Valladares: no
- Hurtado: no
- Cortese: no
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: other
- Choi: other
- Jones: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Grove: other
- Gonzalez: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
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