CaliforniaFarmland Access and Conservation for Thriving Communities Act.
What it does
Existing law, the California Farmland Conservancy Program Act, establishes within the Department of Conservation the California Farmland Conservancy Program. Existing law authorizes the program to offer financial assistance, including grants or contracts, for projects and activities on agricultural lands, as defined, that support agricultural conservation and sustainable land management.
More detail
This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force, to establish the Farmland Access and Conservation for Thriving Communities Program in the department to provide financial and technical assistance to support agricultural land acquisition and protection. The bill would require the department, subject to specified requirements, to provide financial assistance under the program to qualified entities for the purpose of acquiring agricultural lands to transfer or provide long-term leases to qualified farmer participants, as specified. The bill would establish the Farmland Access Fund in the State Treasury and would make moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for program expenditures. The bill would authorize the department to contract with one or more nonprofit organizations to administer the program. The bill would make the operation of the program contingent upon the Legislature making an appropriation for purposes of the program.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jan 22Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.Latest
- 2025
- Oct 1Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
- Oct 1Vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom.Major
- Sep 22Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 11
- Vote recorded AB 524 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 10Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3195.).Major
- Sep 9In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB524 Wilson et al. By Hurtado. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 9Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 2746.).Passed Senate
- Sep 2Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 29Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 29From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 29).Major
- Aug 25In committee: Referred to suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 18(Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2172.)
- Aug 18From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Aug 13In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Jul 15From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 24From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Agriculture]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 11Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and AGRI.Minor
- Jun 3In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Jun 2Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1834.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 524 Wilson Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 27Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 23From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- May 14In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.Minor
- May 1From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- May 1Coauthors revised.
- Apr 30
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 23Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.Minor
- Apr 22From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 25Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.Minor
- Mar 24From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 24Referred to Com. on AGRI.Minor
- Feb 11From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- Feb 10Read first time. To print.Introduced