California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1666: Forest management: biomass innovation parks: wood products.
Status: Vetoed, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 4820) to Part 2.5 of Division 4 of, and to repeal Section 4825 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry. forestry Forest management: biomass innovation parks: wood products. Existing law establishes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL-FIRE) in the Natural Resources Agency and requires CAL-FIRE to coordinate programs of fire protection, fire prevention, pest control, and forest and range maintenance and enhancement…
From the enrolled text, August 30, 2026:
An act to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 4820) to Part 2.5 of Division 4 of, and to repeal Section 4825 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry. forestry Forest management: biomass innovation parks: wood products. Existing law establishes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL-FIRE) in the Natural Resources Agency and requires CAL-FIRE to coordinate programs of fire protection, fire prevention, pest control, and forest and range maintenance and enhancement. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to establish a working group on expanding wood product markets that can utilize woody biomass, especially biomass removed from high fire hazard zones, as determined by CAL-FIRE. This bill would enact the Biomass Innovation Parks Act, which would establish the Biomass Innovation Park Grants and Financing Program, to be administered by the agency. The bill would require the agency, in coordination with the Department of Food and Agriculture (department) and CAL-FIRE, on or before September 30, 2027, to identify one or more biomass innovation parks, as provided. The bill would require the agency, in coordination with the department and CAL-FIRE, to develop guidelines and solicit proposals from an eligible applicant, as defined, to develop, operate, and manage a biomass innovation park, as provided. The bill would require the guidelines to include specified things, including, among other …
Sponsors
- Chris Rogers (D, AD02) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Vetoed by Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6632.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Votes
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1666 Rogers By McNerney (August 26, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 1666 Rogers Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 26, 2026): 78 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 as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (July 1, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 1666 Rogers Assembly Third Reading (May 27, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB1666?
- AB1666 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Forest management: biomass innovation parks: wood products.
- What does AB1666 do?
- In its own words: An act to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 4820) to Part 2.5 of Division 4 of, and to repeal Section 4825 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry. forestry Forest management: biomass innovation parks: wood products. Existing law establishes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL-FIRE) in the Natural Resources Agency and requires CAL-FIRE to coordinate programs of fire protection, fire prevention, pest control, and forest and range maintenance and enhancement…
- What is the status of AB1666?
- Vetoed as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Vetoed by Governor. (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB1666?
- Chris Rogers (D, AD02).
- Where is the official record for AB1666?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1666
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