California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB 1486
Climate resiliency: research farms: grant program.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Soria (Democratic)
Cosponsors (2)
- Aguiar-Curry (Democratic)
- Hadwick (Republican)
Summary
Official abstract published by the California legislature· 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.
Existing law authorizes a state agency to furnish services, materials, or equipment to, or perform work for, any other state agency upon terms and conditions and for the consideration as they may determine, and to enter into agreements for that purpose, subject to approval of the Director of General Services. Existing law requires a state agency that furnishes the services, materials, or equipment to, or performs the work for, the other state agency to compute charges in a manner approved by the Director of Finance. Existing law authorizes a state agency to provide for the advancing of funds, as provided, to defray those charges.
This bill would authorize the State Department of Education to advance a payment for a contract or agreement made with the Department of Food and Agriculture pursuant to the research farm provisions of Proposition 4, described above, in the 2026–27 and 2027–28 fiscal years. The bill would exempt those contracts and agreements from the above-described requirement of approval by the Director of General Services. The bill would provide, for purposes of those contracts and agreements, that developing a research farm pursuant to the research farm provisions of Proposition 4 includes constructing a new research farm and maintaining, altering, or improving an existing research farm previously constructed by the Agricultural Experiment Station or the Agricultural Research Institute.
This bill would provide, for purposes of the research farm grants, that Agricultural Experiment Stations and Agricultural Research Institutes are designated by the University of California and the California State University.
Text versions
- 09/30/26 - Chaptered· Sep 30, 2026
- 08/26/26 - Enrolled· Aug 26, 2026
- 06/10/26 - Amended Senate· Jun 10, 2026
- 01/22/26 - Amended Assembly· Jan 22, 2026
- 04/03/25 - Amended Assembly· Apr 3, 2025
- 02/21/25 - Introduced· Feb 21, 2025
- AB1486
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 8:01 AM.
Actions
- Sep 30, 2026 · Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 879, Statutes of 2026. - Sep 30, 2026 · Legislature
Approved by the Governor. - Aug 28, 2026 · Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - Aug 24, 2026 · House
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6400.). - Aug 20, 2026 · House
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - Aug 20, 2026 · Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). - Aug 18, 2026 · Senate
Ordered to special consent calendar. - Aug 13, 2026 · Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading. - Aug 13, 2026 · Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13). - Aug 3, 2026 · Senate
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. - Jul 2, 2026 · Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. - Jun 10, 2026 · Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. - Jun 4, 2026 · Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. - May 6, 2026 · Senate
Referred to Coms. on ED. and E.Q. - Jan 29, 2026 · Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. - Jan 29, 2026 · House
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3879.) - Jan 26, 2026 · House
Read second time. Ordered to third reading. - Jan 22, 2026 · House
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. - Jan 22, 2026 · House
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 22). - Jan 22, 2026 · House
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.) - May 23, 2025 · House
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - May 7, 2025 · House
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. - Apr 22, 2025 · House
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. - Apr 7, 2025 · House
Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. - Apr 3, 2025 · House
Read second time and amended. - Apr 2, 2025 · House
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26). - Mar 17, 2025 · House
Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and NAT. RES. - Feb 24, 2025 · House
Read first time. - Feb 22, 2025 · House
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24. - Feb 21, 2025 · House
Introduced. To print.