CA AB 679

enacted

Department of Parks and Recreation: Big Basin Redwoods, Año Nuevo, and Butano State Parks.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law designates all parks, public campgrounds, monument sites, landmark sites, and sites of historical interest established or acquired by the state, or that are under its control, as the state park system, except as specified. Under existing law, the Department of Parks and Recreation controls the state park system, which is made up of units. Existing law authorizes the department to acquire title to or any interest in real property, including personal property incidental to the purchase of real property and options to purchase property, that the department deems necessary or proper for the extension, improvement, or development of the state park system. Existing law requires that all land and other real property to be acquired by or for any state agency be acquired by the State Public Works Board, except as specified. This bill would additionally exempt from that requirement property acquired by the department for Big Basin Redwoods, Año Nuevo, and Butano State Parks, as specified, until January 1, 2033. The bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to submit a report, on or before January 1, 2028, January 1, 2030, and January 1, 2032, to the Legislature with specified content detailing the department's use of authority granted pursuant to the bill regarding the acquisition of real property interests without the State Public Works Board. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Big Basin Redwoods, Año Nuevo, and Butano State Parks. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 15853 of the Government Code and Section 5006.1 of the Public Resources Code proposed by SB 630 to be operative only if this bill and SB 630 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Introduced: 2025-03-25
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 275, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-14
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-02-15
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2025-03-03
Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
referral-committee
2025-03-25
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (March 25).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-03-26
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-03-27
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 9).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-10
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-05
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 13. Page 1419.)
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2025-05-06
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-14
Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
referral-committee
2025-07-16
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 16).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-08-13
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-08-25
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-08-26
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-29
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-09
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2727.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-09
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 3199.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-03
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-03
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 275, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
03/26/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-26Compare
07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
10/03/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-03Compare
AB679Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-03-25 · pass · 10-3
Member-level votes (13)
- Caloza: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hart: yes
- Papan: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Macedo: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Tangipa: no
Do pass.
2025-04-09 · pass · 10-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Hart: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Hadwick: no
- Pellerin: other
AB 679 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-05 · pass · 57-13
Member-level votes (79)
- Rivas: yes
- Haney: yes
- Papan: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Patel: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Solache: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Krell: yes
- Soria: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Lee: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Rogers: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Hart: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ward: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Berman: yes
- Castillo: no
- Bauer-Kahan: no
- Macedo: no
- Hadwick: no
- Hoover: no
- Sanchez: no
- Davies: no
- Ta: no
- Wallis: no
- Lackey: no
- DeMaio: no
- Tangipa: no
- Gallagher: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Chen: other
- Patterson: other
- Bains: other
- Kalra: other
- Dixon: other
- Ellis: other
- Flora: other
- Alanis: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-16 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Hurtado: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Grove: no
3rd Reading AB679 Pellerin et al. By Allen
2025-09-09 · pass · 30-10
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
- 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
- Dahle: no
- Grove: no
- Jones: no
- Valladares: no
- Seyarto: no
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
AB 679 Pellerin Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-11 · pass · 59-18
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Bauer-Kahan: no
- Lackey: no
- Macedo: no
- Alanis: no
- Gallagher: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Chen: no
- Castillo: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- Wallis: no
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Tangipa: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Flora: other

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