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CA AB 902

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Transportation projects: barriers to wildlife movement.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 902 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 902 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 902 about?

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) , for any project on the state highway system in a connectivity area that adds a traffic lane or that has the potential to significantly impair wildlife connectivity, to perform an assessment, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) , to identify potential wildlife connectivity barriers and any needs for improved permeability, as specified. Existing law requires the implementing agency to remediate barriers to wildlife connectivity in conjunction with the project if any structural barrier to wildlife connectivity exists or will be added by the project for target species in the connectivity area, as provided. Existing law authorizes Caltrans to use compensatory mitigation credits to satisfy this requirement if DFW concurs with the use of those credits. This bill would require a lead agency to incorporate appropriate wildlife passage features into a transportation infrastructure project in a connectivity area, as specified. By requiring a lead agency to expand the scope of its transportation project, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would exempt a project on the state highway system from this requirement if Caltrans is the lead agency. The bill would authorize a lead agency to use compensatory mitigation credits to satisfy this requirement, as specified. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Who sponsors CA AB 902?

Schultz is the primary sponsor of CA AB 902.

Description

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) , for any project on the state highway system in a connectivity area that adds a traffic lane or that has the potential to significantly impair wildlife connectivity, to perform an assessment, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) , to identify potential wildlife connectivity barriers and any needs for improved permeability, as specified. Existing law requires the implementing agency to remediate barriers to wildlife connectivity in conjunction with the project if any structural barrier to wildlife connectivity exists or will be added by the project for target species in the connectivity area, as provided. Existing law authorizes Caltrans to use compensatory mitigation credits to satisfy this requirement if DFW concurs with the use of those credits. This bill would require a lead agency to incorporate appropriate wildlife passage features into a transportation infrastructure project in a connectivity area, as specified. By requiring a lead agency to expand the scope of its transportation project, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would exempt a project on the state highway system from this requirement if Caltrans is the lead agency. The bill would authorize a lead agency to use compensatory mitigation credits to satisfy this requirement, as specified. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Introduced
2025-04-10
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Schultzauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  3. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and L. GOV.

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  4. 2025-04-10

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

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  5. 2025-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  6. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 21).

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  7. 2025-04-23

    Read second time and amended.

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  8. 2025-04-24

    Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  9. 2025-04-24

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

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  10. 2025-05-14

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

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  11. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  12. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23).

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  13. 2025-05-23

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

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  14. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 14. Page 1910.)

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  16. 2025-06-03

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

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  17. 2025-06-11

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

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  18. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  19. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 8).

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  20. 2025-07-10

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  22. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 04/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-23Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 07/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-10Compare
  • AB902Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-21 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Davies: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Lackey: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Papan: other

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other

  • AB 902 Schultz Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 56-14

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: 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
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: no
    • Davies: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Castillo: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Chen: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Flora: other
    • Stefani: other
    • Bains: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Valencia: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water]

    2025-06-24 · pass · 12-2

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Valladares: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-08 · pass · 5-2

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

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

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

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