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CA AB 1600

enacted

Disadvantaged communities: farmworker communities.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1600 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1600 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 529, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1600 about?

Existing law defines "disadvantaged communities" and requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to identify disadvantaged communities for investment opportunities from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and for other purposes. This bill would require the agency to do specified things regarding farmworker communities for purposes of identifying disadvantaged communities including, among other things, assessing whether designating farmworker communities as disadvantaged communities would increase those communities' access to investment opportunities and identifying potential barriers faced by low-income farmworker communities in accessing investment opportunities, as specified. The bill would require the agency to make its findings publicly available on its internet website and consider those findings when identifying disadvantaged communities. The bill would require the agency and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to develop and implement a strategy for engaging with farmworker communities on environmental, health, and socioeconomic burdens, as provided.

Who sponsors CA AB 1600?

Arambula is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1600, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law defines "disadvantaged communities" and requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to identify disadvantaged communities for investment opportunities from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and for other purposes. This bill would require the agency to do specified things regarding farmworker communities for purposes of identifying disadvantaged communities including, among other things, assessing whether designating farmworker communities as disadvantaged communities would increase those communities' access to investment opportunities and identifying potential barriers faced by low-income farmworker communities in accessing investment opportunities, as specified. The bill would require the agency to make its findings publicly available on its internet website and consider those findings when identifying disadvantaged communities. The bill would require the agency and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to develop and implement a strategy for engaging with farmworker communities on environmental, health, and socioeconomic burdens, as provided.

Introduced
2026-03-17
Latest action
2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 529, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Arambulaauthor
  • Garciacoauthor
  • Quirk-Silvacoauthor
  • Arreguíncoauthor
  • Reyescoauthor
  • Rubiocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-27

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 529, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-27

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-30

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. 2026-08-30

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 12.).

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

  6. 2026-08-30

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 12. Page 6886.).

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

  7. 2026-08-28

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  8. 2026-08-27

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

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  9. 2026-08-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-21

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  11. 2026-08-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2026-08-13

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

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  13. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  14. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  15. 2026-07-02

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

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  16. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Com. on E.Q.

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-05-27

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  18. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 10.)

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  19. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 10. Page 5294.)

  20. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  21. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).

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  22. 2026-04-08

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

    referral-committee

  23. 2026-03-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2026-03-18

    Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.

    referral-committee

  25. 2026-03-17

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. Read second time and amended.

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  26. 2026-02-09

    Referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.

    referral-committee

  27. 2026-01-17

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.

  28. 2026-01-16

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 01/16/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-16Compare
  • 03/17/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-17Compare
  • 08/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-13Compare
  • 08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
  • 09/03/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-03Compare
  • 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB1600Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-24 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Papan: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ellis: no
    • Castillo: other

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 11-4

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hoover: no

  • AB 1600 Arambula Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-26 · pass · 60-10

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ward: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Hadwick: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Davies: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Ta: no
    • Flora: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Chen: other
    • DeMaio: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Alanis: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    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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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1600

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