California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1711: Fairs: funding.
Status: Chaptered, September 18, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 3204 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to fairs, and making an appropriation therefor. fairs, and making an appropriation therefor Fairs: funding…
From the chaptered text, September 18, 2026:
An act to amend Section 3204 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to fairs, and making an appropriation therefor. fairs, and making an appropriation therefor Fairs: funding. Existing law appropriates certain unallocated moneys and other specified moneys deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture for capital outlay to California fairs for, among other things, fair projects involving public health and safety, fair projects involving major and deferred maintenance, and fair projects necessary due to any emergency, as specified. This bill would instead appropriate those moneys described above to the secretary for capital outlay to California fairs for fair projects involving public health, fire and life safety, and emergency services improvement projects at fairs, California Code of Regulations compliance projects, and maintenance projects at fairgrounds, as specified. By expanding the purposes for which those moneys may be used, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require moneys deposited into the fund after November 1 of each year to be allocated within 90 days of the receipt of the moneys, as provided. The bill would require all available moneys in the fund to be allocated to the network of California fairs pursuant to an approved expenditure plan no later than December 31 of each calendar year, except that …
Sponsors
- Damon Connolly (D, AD12) · primary sponsor
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D, AD04)
- Juan Alanis (R, AD22)
- Jeff Gonzalez (R, AD36)
- Heather Hadwick (R, AD01)
- Esmeralda Soria (D, AD27)
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6315.).
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5559.).
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
Votes
- AB 1711 Connolly Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 20, 2026): 77 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1711 Connolly et al. By McNerney (August 19, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended (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 (June 30, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 1711 Connolly Assembly Third Reading (May 21, 2026): 74 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB1711?
- AB1711 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Fairs: funding.
- What does AB1711 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Section 3204 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to fairs, and making an appropriation therefor. fairs, and making an appropriation therefor Fairs: funding…
- What is the status of AB1711?
- Chaptered as of September 18, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2026. (September 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB1711?
- Damon Connolly (D, AD12), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for AB1711?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1711
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