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CA AB 524

vetoed

Farmland Access and Conservation for Thriving Communities Act.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 524 pass?

No. CA AB 524 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

What is CA AB 524 about?

Existing law, the California Farmland Conservancy Program Act, establishes within the Department of Conservation the California Farmland Conservancy Program. Existing law authorizes the program to offer financial assistance, including grants or contracts, for projects and activities on agricultural lands, as defined, that support agricultural conservation and sustainable land management. This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force, to establish the Farmland Access and Conservation for Thriving Communities Program in the department to provide financial and technical assistance to support agricultural land acquisition and protection. The bill would require the department, subject to specified requirements, to provide financial assistance under the program to qualified entities for the purpose of acquiring agricultural lands to transfer or provide long-term leases to qualified farmer participants, as specified. The bill would establish the Farmland Access Fund in the State Treasury and would make moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for program expenditures. The bill would authorize the department to contract with one or more nonprofit organizations to administer the program. The bill would make the operation of the program contingent upon the Legislature making an appropriation for purposes of the program.

Who sponsors CA AB 524?

Wilson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 524, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law, the California Farmland Conservancy Program Act, establishes within the Department of Conservation the California Farmland Conservancy Program. Existing law authorizes the program to offer financial assistance, including grants or contracts, for projects and activities on agricultural lands, as defined, that support agricultural conservation and sustainable land management. This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force, to establish the Farmland Access and Conservation for Thriving Communities Program in the department to provide financial and technical assistance to support agricultural land acquisition and protection. The bill would require the department, subject to specified requirements, to provide financial assistance under the program to qualified entities for the purpose of acquiring agricultural lands to transfer or provide long-term leases to qualified farmer participants, as specified. The bill would establish the Farmland Access Fund in the State Treasury and would make moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for program expenditures. The bill would authorize the department to contract with one or more nonprofit organizations to administer the program. The bill would make the operation of the program contingent upon the Legislature making an appropriation for purposes of the program.

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

  • Wilsonauthor
  • Aguiar-Currycoauthor
  • Alaniscoauthor
  • Jeff Gonzalezcoauthor
  • Hadwickcoauthor
  • Irwincoauthor
  • Ransomcoauthor
  • Soriacoauthor
  • Cortesecoauthor
  • Hurtadocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-22

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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  2. 2025-10-01

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  3. 2025-10-01

    Vetoed by Governor.

    executive-veto

  4. 2025-09-22

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

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  5. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3195.).

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  6. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 2746.).

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  8. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2025-08-29

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

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  10. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 29).

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  11. 2025-08-25

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  12. 2025-08-18

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

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  13. 2025-08-18

    (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2172.)

  14. 2025-08-13

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  15. 2025-07-15

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

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  17. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and AGRI.

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  18. 2025-06-03

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

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  19. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1834.)

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  20. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  22. 2025-05-14

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

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  23. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2025-05-01

    Coauthors revised.

  25. 2025-04-23

    Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

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  26. 2025-04-22

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

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  27. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

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  28. 2025-03-24

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

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  29. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Com. on AGRI.

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  30. 2025-02-11

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.

  31. 2025-02-10

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/10/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-10Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 04/22/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-22Compare
  • 08/18/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-18Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • AB524Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-30 · pass · 8-0

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

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

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

  • AB 524 Wilson Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 76-0

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

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

    2025-06-24 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Seyarto: no

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

    2025-07-15 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Cortese: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-25 · pass · 6-0

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

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB524 Wilson et al. By Hurtado

    2025-09-09 · pass · 31-5

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Jones: other
    • Grove: other
    • Alvarado-Gil: other
    • Valladares: other

  • AB 524 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 77-0

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

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