Bill Sponsor
California Assembly Bill 1486
Session 20252026
Climate resiliency: research farms: grant program.
Active
Active
Passed Assembly on Jan 29, 2026
First Action
Feb 21, 2025
Latest Action
Jan 29, 2026
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1486
State
California
Session
20252026
Sponsorship by Party
Summary
The Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024, 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 protection and nature-based climate solutions, climate-smart, sustainable, and resilient farms, ranches, and working lands, park creation and outdoor access, and clean air programs. Of these funds, the act makes $300,000,000 available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for improving climate resilience and sustainability of agricultural lands, including, among other things, by making $15,000,000 available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, for purposes of providing grants to public postsecondary educational institutions that are designated as Agricultural Experiment Stations or Agricultural Research Institutes, to develop research farms to improve climate resiliency, as specified. This bill would provide, for purposes of the grants, that Agricultural Experiment Stations and Agricultural Research Institutes are designated by the University of California and the California State University.
Actions (16)
01/29/2026
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
01/29/2026
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.)
01/26/2026
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
01/22/2026
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
01/22/2026
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 22).
01/22/2026
Assembly
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
05/23/2025
Assembly
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
05/07/2025
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
04/22/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/07/2025
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
04/03/2025
Assembly
Read second time and amended.
04/02/2025
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26).
03/17/2025
Assembly
Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and NAT. RES.
02/24/2025
Assembly
Read first time.
02/22/2025
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
02/21/2025
Assembly
Introduced. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 22, 2025 6:03:10 AM
Record Updated
Jan 30, 2026 8:43:50 AM