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CA AB 1486

enacted

Climate resiliency: research farms: grant program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1486 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1486 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 879, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1486 about?

The Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024, approved by the voters as Proposition 4 at the November 5, 2024, statewide general election, authorized the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, drought, flood, and water resilience, wildfire and forest resilience, coastal resilience, extreme heat mitigation, biodiversity protection and nature-based climate solutions, climate-smart, sustainable, and resilient farms, ranches, and working lands, park creation and outdoor access, and clean air programs. Of these funds, the act makes $300,000,000 available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for improving climate resilience and sustainability of agricultural lands, including, among other things, by making $15,000,000 available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, for purposes of providing grants to public postsecondary educational institutions that are designated as Agricultural Experiment Stations or Agricultural Research Institutes, to develop research farms to improve climate resiliency, as specified. Existing law authorizes a state agency to furnish services, materials, or equipment to, or perform work for, any other state agency upon terms and conditions and for the consideration as they may determine, and to enter into agreements for that purpose, subject to approval of the Director of General Services. Existing law requires a state agency that furnishes the services, materials, or equipment to, or performs the work for, the other state agency to compute charges in a manner approved by the Director of Finance. Existing law authorizes a state agency to provide for the advancing of funds, as provided, to defray those charges. This bill would authorize the State Department of Education to advance a payment for a contract or agreement made with the Department of Food and Agriculture pursuant to the research farm provisions of Proposition 4, described above, in the 2026–27 and 2027–28 fiscal years. The bill would exempt those contracts and agreements from the above-described requirement of approval by the Director of General Services. The bill would provide, for purposes of those contracts and agreements, that developing a research farm pursuant to the research farm provisions of Proposition 4 includes constructing a new research farm and maintaining, altering, or improving an existing research farm previously constructed by the Agricultural Experiment Station or the Agricultural Research Institute. This bill would provide, for purposes of the research farm grants, that Agricultural Experiment Stations and Agricultural Research Institutes are designated by the University of California and the California State University.

Who sponsors CA AB 1486?

Soria is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1486, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

The Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024, approved by the voters as Proposition 4 at the November 5, 2024, statewide general election, authorized the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, drought, flood, and water resilience, wildfire and forest resilience, coastal resilience, extreme heat mitigation, biodiversity protection and nature-based climate solutions, climate-smart, sustainable, and resilient farms, ranches, and working lands, park creation and outdoor access, and clean air programs. Of these funds, the act makes $300,000,000 available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for improving climate resilience and sustainability of agricultural lands, including, among other things, by making $15,000,000 available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, for purposes of providing grants to public postsecondary educational institutions that are designated as Agricultural Experiment Stations or Agricultural Research Institutes, to develop research farms to improve climate resiliency, as specified. Existing law authorizes a state agency to furnish services, materials, or equipment to, or perform work for, any other state agency upon terms and conditions and for the consideration as they may determine, and to enter into agreements for that purpose, subject to approval of the Director of General Services. Existing law requires a state agency that furnishes the services, materials, or equipment to, or performs the work for, the other state agency to compute charges in a manner approved by the Director of Finance. Existing law authorizes a state agency to provide for the advancing of funds, as provided, to defray those charges. This bill would authorize the State Department of Education to advance a payment for a contract or agreement made with the Department of Food and Agriculture pursuant to the research farm provisions of Proposition 4, described above, in the 2026–27 and 2027–28 fiscal years. The bill would exempt those contracts and agreements from the above-described requirement of approval by the Director of General Services. The bill would provide, for purposes of those contracts and agreements, that developing a research farm pursuant to the research farm provisions of Proposition 4 includes constructing a new research farm and maintaining, altering, or improving an existing research farm previously constructed by the Agricultural Experiment Station or the Agricultural Research Institute. This bill would provide, for purposes of the research farm grants, that Agricultural Experiment Stations and Agricultural Research Institutes are designated by the University of California and the California State University.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 879, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Soriaauthor
  • Aguiar-Currycoauthor
  • Hadwickcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 879, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-30

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-08-28

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-24

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-08-24

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  6. 2026-08-24

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6400.).

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  7. 2026-08-20

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  8. 2026-08-20

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  9. 2026-08-20

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5588.).

  10. 2026-08-18

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  11. 2026-08-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  13. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  14. 2026-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2026-06-10

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q.

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  16. 2026-06-04

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.

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  17. 2026-05-06

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and E.Q.

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  18. 2026-01-29

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

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  19. 2026-01-29

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3879.)

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  20. 2026-01-26

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2026-01-22

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)

  22. 2026-01-22

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 22).

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  23. 2026-01-22

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  24. 2025-05-23

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  25. 2025-05-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  26. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  27. 2025-04-07

    Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-04-03

    Read second time and amended.

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  29. 2025-04-02

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26).

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  30. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and NAT. RES.

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  31. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  32. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  33. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 04/03/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-03Compare
  • 01/22/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-01-22Compare
  • 06/10/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-10Compare
  • 08/26/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-26Compare
  • 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB1486Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources]

    2025-03-26 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Irwin: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-21 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Alanis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Schultz: yes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2026-01-22 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Hoover: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Ta: other
    • Dixon: other

  • AB 1486 Soria Assembly Third Reading

    2026-01-29 · pass · 75-0

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

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-03 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Choi: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-07-01 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Dahle: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Allen: yes

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