CA AB 946
in committeeNatural resources: equitable outdoor access: 30x30 goal: urban nature-based projects.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 946 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 946 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 946 about?
By Executive Order No. N-82-20, Governor Gavin Newsom directed the Natural Resources Agency to combat the biodiversity and climate crises by, among other things, establishing the California Biodiversity Collaborative and conserving at least 30% of the state's lands and coastal waters by 2030. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to prepare and submit, on or before March 31, 2024, and annually thereafter, a report to the Legislature on the progress made in the prior calendar year toward achieving the goal to conserve 30% of California's lands and coastal waters by 2030. Existing law provides that it is the goal of the state to conserve at least 30% of California's lands and coastal waters by 2030, known as the 30x30 goal. Existing law establishes the Equitable Outdoor Access Act, which sets forth the state's commitment to ensuring all Californians can benefit from, and have meaningful access to, the state's rich cultural and natural resources. Existing law declares that it is state policy, among other things, to ensure that all Californians have equitable opportunities to safe and affordable access to nature and access to the benefits of nature, and to prevent and minimize the intentional and unwarranted limitation of sustainable public access to public lands, where appropriate, including, but not limited to, local, regional, state, and federal parks, rivers, lakes, beaches, forests, mountain ranges, deserts, and other natural landscapes. Existing law requires specified state agencies to consider and incorporate, as appropriate, the state policy when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regulations, or grant criteria, or making expenditures, as specified. Existing law requires all state agencies implementing the above-described state policy to do so in a manner consistent with the mission of their agency and that protects the health and safety of the public and conserves natural and cultural resources. This bill would provide that, to advance and promote environmental, conservation, and public access policies and budget actions, the Governor's office, state agencies, and the Legislature, when distributing resources, shall recognize the coequal goals and benefits of the 30x30 goal and the Outdoors for All initiative, and, to the extent practical, maximize investment in historically underserved urban communities consistent with those initiatives. The bill would encourage decisionmakers, when distributing resources to achieve the goals and benefits of the 30x30 goal and the Outdoors for All initiative, to consider factors that are unique to urban settings, including, among other things, higher land value acquisition and development costs per acre, the acute health needs of a local population due to historic lack of greenspace access and development externalities, local park needs assessment plans, current or impending loss of parks or greenspace as a result of state or federal infrastructure projects, and the availability of mobility options near a proposed land conservation site. The bill would encourage regulatory agencies, including the Department of Toxic Substances Control, to work with local communities to restore degraded lands that could contribute to a more equitable strategy for meeting the state's environmental, conservation, and public access goals. The bill would require state funding agencies, including certain state conservancies and the Wildlife Conservation Board, to allow, to the extent consistent with the funding source, the funding program's authorizing statutes, and the state's goals, for urban nature-based projects on degraded lands to be eligible and competitive for state funds.
Who sponsors CA AB 946?
Bryan is the primary sponsor of CA AB 946, joined by 3 cosponsors.
Description
By Executive Order No. N-82-20, Governor Gavin Newsom directed the Natural Resources Agency to combat the biodiversity and climate crises by, among other things, establishing the California Biodiversity Collaborative and conserving at least 30% of the state's lands and coastal waters by 2030. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to prepare and submit, on or before March 31, 2024, and annually thereafter, a report to the Legislature on the progress made in the prior calendar year toward achieving the goal to conserve 30% of California's lands and coastal waters by 2030. Existing law provides that it is the goal of the state to conserve at least 30% of California's lands and coastal waters by 2030, known as the 30x30 goal. Existing law establishes the Equitable Outdoor Access Act, which sets forth the state's commitment to ensuring all Californians can benefit from, and have meaningful access to, the state's rich cultural and natural resources. Existing law declares that it is state policy, among other things, to ensure that all Californians have equitable opportunities to safe and affordable access to nature and access to the benefits of nature, and to prevent and minimize the intentional and unwarranted limitation of sustainable public access to public lands, where appropriate, including, but not limited to, local, regional, state, and federal parks, rivers, lakes, beaches, forests, mountain ranges, deserts, and other natural landscapes. Existing law requires specified state agencies to consider and incorporate, as appropriate, the state policy when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regulations, or grant criteria, or making expenditures, as specified. Existing law requires all state agencies implementing the above-described state policy to do so in a manner consistent with the mission of their agency and that protects the health and safety of the public and conserves natural and cultural resources. This bill would provide that, to advance and promote environmental, conservation, and public access policies and budget actions, the Governor's office, state agencies, and the Legislature, when distributing resources, shall recognize the coequal goals and benefits of the 30x30 goal and the Outdoors for All initiative, and, to the extent practical, maximize investment in historically underserved urban communities consistent with those initiatives. The bill would encourage decisionmakers, when distributing resources to achieve the goals and benefits of the 30x30 goal and the Outdoors for All initiative, to consider factors that are unique to urban settings, including, among other things, higher land value acquisition and development costs per acre, the acute health needs of a local population due to historic lack of greenspace access and development externalities, local park needs assessment plans, current or impending loss of parks or greenspace as a result of state or federal infrastructure projects, and the availability of mobility options near a proposed land conservation site. The bill would encourage regulatory agencies, including the Department of Toxic Substances Control, to work with local communities to restore degraded lands that could contribute to a more equitable strategy for meeting the state's environmental, conservation, and public access goals. The bill would require state funding agencies, including certain state conservancies and the Wildlife Conservation Board, to allow, to the extent consistent with the funding source, the funding program's authorizing statutes, and the state's goals, for urban nature-based projects on degraded lands to be eligible and competitive for state funds.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-05
- Latest action
- 2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Bryanauthor
- Bennettcoauthor
- Boernercoauthor
- Calozacoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-13
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-06-22
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-06-10
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-09
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (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. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3833.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-01-22
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 22).
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2026-01-22
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)
2026-01-22
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-01-22
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-01-13
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-01-13
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W. P., & W. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-01-13
Coauthors revised.
2026-01-08
(Pending re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W.)
referral-committee
2026-01-08
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 3717.)
2026-01-05
Re-referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and W. P., & W. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
referral-committee
2026-01-05
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-01-05
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-22
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-02
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-27
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-10
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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 and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-01-13 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Alvarez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hart: yes
- Papan: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Tangipa: other
- Ávila Farías: 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 946 Bryan Assembly Third Reading
2026-01-26 · pass · 71-0
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
- 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
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Hadwick: other
- Arambula: other
- Papan: other
- Tangipa: other
- Ávila Farías: other
- Gallagher: other
- Flora: other
- Ta: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-09 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Laird: yes
- Grove: yes
- Becker: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Reyes: yes
Placed on suspense file
2026-06-22 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: other
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