CA AB 35

enacted

Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024: Administrative Procedure Act: exemption: program guidelines and selection criteria.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 35 pass?

Yes. CA AB 35 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-16): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 89, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 35 about?

Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, sets forth the requirements for the adoption, publication, review, and implementation of regulations by state agencies. The Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024 (act) , 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 and nature-based climate solutions, climate-smart, sustainable, and resilient farms, ranches, and working lands, park creation and outdoor access, and clean air programs. Existing law authorizes certain regulations needed to effectuate or implement programs of the act to be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, as provided. Existing law requires the emergency regulations to be filed with the Office of Administrative Law and requires the emergency regulations to remain in effect until repealed or amended by the adopting state agency. This bill, notwithstanding the above, would exempt the adoption of regulations for purposes of developing and adopting program guidelines and selection criteria needed to effectuate or implement programs of the act from the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, as provided. The bill would require a state entity that receives funding to administer a competitive grant program established using the Administrative Procedure Act exemption to do certain things, including, among other things, to develop draft project solicitation and evaluation guidelines, to transmit copies of the draft guidelines to the fiscal committees and to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, to hold a noticed public meeting on the draft guidelines, and to submit the final guidelines to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, except as provided. The bill would require the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to post an electronic form of the guidelines submitted by a state entity and the subsequent verifications on the Natural Resources Agency's internet website. The bill would authorize the use of certain previously developed program guidelines and selection criteria for these purposes, as provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA AB 35?

Alvarez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 35, joined by 30 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-04-21
Latest action: 2026-07-16 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 89, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-07-16
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 89, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-07-16
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-07-15
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
executive-receipt
2026-07-02
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5983.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-25
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-06-25
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-06-25
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5014.).
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-06-23
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-22
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-11
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-10
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-05-06
Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
referral-committee
2026-01-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-26
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3826.).
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-01-22
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-01-22
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 22).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-22
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)
2026-01-15
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-01-14
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-01-13
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (January 12).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-01-06
Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
referral-committee
2026-01-05
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-22
Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
referral-committee
2025-04-21
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-18
Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD.
referral-committee
2024-12-03
From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-02
Read first time. To print.
reading-1

Versions

12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
01/05/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-01-05Compare
01/14/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-01-14Compare
06/11/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-11Compare
07/07/26 - Enrolled — 2026-07-07Compare
07/16/26 - Chaptered — 2026-07-16Compare
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Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-01-12 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Schultz: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Haney: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Wicks: other
Do pass.
2026-01-22 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Hoover: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ta: yes
- Dixon: yes
AB 35 Alvarez Third Reading Urgency
2026-01-26 · 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
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: 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
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Papan: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Arambula: other
- Ta: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-09 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Laird: yes
- Grove: yes
- Becker: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Reyes: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd AB35 Alvarez et al. Urgency Clause
2026-06-25 · pass · 36-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Reyes: other
- Jones: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Gonzalez: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Grove: yes
- Laird: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Niello: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Choi: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Stern: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: other
AB 35 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2026-07-02 · pass · 68-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Fong: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Haney: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Soria: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Addis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Krell: yes
- Hart: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Schultz: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lee: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Davies: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Flora: yes
- Papan: other
- Sanchez: other
- Bryan: other
- Ransom: other
- Patterson: other
- Calderon: other
- Chen: other
- Ellis: other
- Ramos: other
- Elhawary: other
- Bains: other

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