Catherine Blakespear
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 38
Author
Proposition 117, an initiative measure approved by the electors at the June 5, 1990, direct primary election, enacted the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990. The act creates the Habitat Conservation Fund and requires the moneys in the fund to be used for specified purposes generally relating to the acquisition, enhancement, or restoration of wildlife habitat. The act requires the Controller, until June 30, 2020, to annually transfer $30,000,000 from the General Fund to the Habitat Conservation Fund, less any amount transferred to the Habitat Conservation Fund from specified accounts and funds. The act, until July 1, 2020, continuously appropriates specified amounts from the Habitat Conservation Fund to the Department of Parks and Recreation, the State Coastal Conservancy, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and the California Tahoe Conservancy, and continuously appropriates the balance of the fund to the Wildlife Conservation Board. Chapter 31 of the Statutes of 2019 requires the Controller to continue to annually transfer $30,000,000 from the General Fund, less any amount transferred to the Habitat Conservation Fund from specified accounts and funds, to the Habitat Conservation Fund until June 30, 2030, and continuously appropriates that amount on an annual basis in the same proportions to the specified entities until July 1, 2030. This bill would require the Controller to continue to annually transfer $30,000,000 from the General Fund, less any amount transferred to the Habitat Conservation Fund from specified accounts and funds, to the Habitat Conservation Fund until June 30, 2035, and would continuously appropriate that amount on an annual basis in the same proportions to the specified entities described above until July 1, 2035.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 317, Statutes of 2025.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3074.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (August 29).
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1407.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1199.) (May 23).
Set for hearing May 23.
April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing April 21.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 707.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 8.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB427 | HTML |
| 02/18/25 - Introduced | |
| 05/23/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/12/25 - Enrolled | |
| 10/03/25 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/04/25- Senate Natural Resources and Water | |
| 04/18/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/23/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/27/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/27/25- Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife | |
| 07/11/25- Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife | |
| 08/18/25- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 09/02/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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