Melissa Hurtado
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 16
Author
Existing law provides that all property has an owner, whether that owner is the state, and the property is public, or the owner is an individual, and the property is private. Existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to promote and protect the agricultural industry of the state. Existing law requires the department to enhance, protect, and perpetuate the ability of the private sector to produce food and fiber in a way that benefits the general welfare and economy of the state. This bill would prohibit a foreign government from purchasing, acquiring, leasing, or holding an interest, as defined, in agricultural land within the State of California. The bill would exempt land held by foreign governments before January 1, 2023, from that prohibition, and would specify that it does not apply to federally recognized Indian tribes or their government units and enterprises. Existing federal law requires any foreign person, defined to include foreign governments, who acquires or transfers any interest, other than a security interest, in agricultural land to submit to the United States Secretary of Agriculture a report containing specified information relating to, among other things, the type of interest the foreign person acquired or transferred and their legal name, address, and citizenship or country in which they are created or organized. Existing federal law requires the secretary every 6 months to transmit to each state department of agriculture a copy of each report that was submitted to the secretary in the most recent 6-month period and that involved agricultural land located in that state. This bill would require the Department of Food and Agriculture, in consultation with the appropriate boards or departments and based on the above-described reports from the United States Secretary of Agriculture, and other information the department deems appropriate, to compile an annual report containing, among other information, the total amount of agricultural land that is under foreign ownership, how that land is currently being put to use, and any legislative, regulatory, or administrative policy recommendations in light of the information from the annual report. The bill would require the department to publish the inaugural annual report on its website by March 31, 2023, and on March 31 every year thereafter. The bill would require the department to deliver copies of any recommendations for legislative policy changes contained in the report to the Governor and the Assembly and Senate Committees on Agriculture. The bill would require the department to be reimbursed for costs incurred for compiling data, printing, and mailing the report, as specified. The bill would make its provisions operative upon appropriation by the Legislature. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Vetoed by the Governor.
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5387.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Urgency clause adopted.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6030.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
(Corrected August 16).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11).
August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 14).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 3878.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3782.) (May 19).
Set for hearing May 19.
May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 16.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3539.) (April 27).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3325.) (April 5).
Set for hearing April 5.
March 29 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing March 29.
From printer.
Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB1084 | HTML |
| 02/15/22 - Introduced | |
| 04/18/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/03/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/08/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/15/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/30/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/09/22 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/01/22- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/22/22- Senate Agriculture | |
| 05/13/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/21/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/10/22- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 06/28/22- Assembly Agriculture | |
| 08/01/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/17/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/23/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 10/13/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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