Rhodesia Ransom
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 13
Author
The Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995 requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish and oversee various programs, including an environmental farming program and the Healthy Soils Program, and requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to convene a 9-member Scientific Advisory Panel on Environmental Farming to advise the secretary on the implementation of the Healthy Soils Program and the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program and to assist federal, state, and local government agencies, as appropriate or necessary, on issues relating to the impact of agricultural practices on air, water, and wildlife habitat, as specified. Existing law creates the Climate Smart Agriculture Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, consisting of moneys made available from federal, state, industry, philanthropic, and private sources, and continuously appropriates the moneys in the account to the department for purposes of the act. This bill would, as part of the act, authorize the department, in consultation with the panel, to establish and oversee the Managed Honeybee Health Program for the purpose of enhancing the health and well-being of managed honeybees in California, which are necessary to support the economic viability of California agriculture. The bill would authorize the department, to the extent that moneys are available, to provide grants to eligible recipients for health intervention projects that directly enhance the health and well-being of managed honeybees used in pollination services and for projects that indirectly support health interventions through research, extension, and technical assistance. The bill would authorize the department to determine priorities for the program and to consider, when awarding grants, whether a project applicant or project meets specified criteria, in addition to criteria developed to address the program priorities. The bill would authorize the department to collect nonstate, federal, and private funds for the purpose of the program, require those funds to be deposited into the Managed Honeybee Health Special Fund Subaccount, which this bill would create within the Climate Smart Agriculture Account, and continuously appropriate moneys in the subaccount to the department for the purpose of the program. The bill would make operation of these provisions contingent ​upon an appropriation by the Legislature for the program in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
Vetoed by Governor.
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2934.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2466.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 29).
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1914.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1042 | HTML |
| 02/20/25 - Introduced | |
| 03/13/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/29/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/08/25 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/08/25- Assembly Agriculture | |
| 04/21/25- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/28/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 07/10/25- Senate Agriculture | |
| 08/15/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/29/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 09/02/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/04/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 10/23/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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