California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1486: Climate resiliency: research farms: grant program.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Section 33319.1 to the Education Code, and to amend Section 93570 of the Public Resources Code, relating to climate resiliency. climate resiliency Climate resiliency: research farms: grant program…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to add Section 33319.1 to the Education Code, and to amend Section 93570 of the Public Resources Code, relating to climate resiliency. climate resiliency Climate resiliency: research farms: grant program. 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 …
Sponsors
- Esmeralda Soria (D, AD27) · primary sponsor
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D, AD04)
- Heather Hadwick (R, AD01)
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 879, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6400.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5588.).
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
- : Ordered to special consent calendar.
Votes
- AB 1486 Soria Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 24, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Special Consent AB1486 Soria et al. (August 20, 2026): 39 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (July 1, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (June 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB1486?
- AB1486 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Climate resiliency: research farms: grant program.
- What does AB1486 do?
- In its own words: An act to add Section 33319.1 to the Education Code, and to amend Section 93570 of the Public Resources Code, relating to climate resiliency. climate resiliency Climate resiliency: research farms: grant program…
- What is the status of AB1486?
- Chaptered as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 879, Statutes of 2026. (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB1486?
- Esmeralda Soria (D, AD27), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for AB1486?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1486
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