AB 35 CA

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Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, sets forth the requirements for the adoption, publication, review, and implementation of regulations by state agencies. The Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024 (act) , approved by the voters as Proposition 4 at the November 5, 2024, statewide general election, authorized the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, drought, flood, and water resilience, wildfire and forest resilience, coastal resilience, extreme heat mitigation, biodiversity and nature-based climate solutions, climate-smart, sustainable, and resilient farms, ranches, and working lands, park creation and outdoor access, and clean air programs. Existing law authorizes certain regulations needed to effectuate or implement programs of the act to be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, as provided. Existing law requires the emergency regulations to be filed with the Office of Administrative Law and requires the emergency regulations to remain in effect until repealed or amended by the adopting state agency. This bill, notwithstanding the above, would exempt the adoption of regulations for purposes of developing and adopting program guidelines and selection criteria needed to effectuate or implement programs of the act from the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, as provided. The bill would require a state entity that receives funding to administer a competitive grant program established using the Administrative Procedure Act exemption to do certain things, including, among other things, to develop draft project solicitation and evaluation guidelines, to transmit copies of the draft guidelines to the fiscal committees and to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, to hold a noticed public meeting on the draft guidelines, and to submit the final guidelines to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, except as provided. The bill would require the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to post an electronic form of the guidelines submitted by a state entity and the subsequent verifications on the Natural Resources Agency's internet website. The bill would authorize the use of certain previously developed program guidelines and selection criteria for these purposes, as provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

• Alvarez Democratic · author

1. Dec 2, 2024 Read first time. To print. · lower
2. Dec 3, 2024 From printer. May be heard in committee January 2. · lower
3. Feb 18, 2025 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD. · lower
4. Apr 21, 2025 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. · lower
5. Apr 22, 2025 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. · lower
6. Jan 5, 2026 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. · lower
7. Jan 6, 2026 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. · lower
8. Jan 13, 2026 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (January 12). · lower
9. Jan 14, 2026 Read second time and amended. · lower
10. Jan 15, 2026 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. · lower
11. Jan 22, 2026 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.) · lower
12. Jan 22, 2026 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 22). · lower
13. Jan 22, 2026 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. · lower
14. Jan 26, 2026 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3826.). · lower
15. Jan 27, 2026 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. · upper
16. May 6, 2026 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. · upper
17. Jun 10, 2026 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). · upper
18. Jun 11, 2026 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. · upper
19. Jun 22, 2026 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. · upper
20. Jun 23, 2026 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. · upper
21. Jun 25, 2026 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.). · upper
22. Jun 25, 2026 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. · lower
23. Jul 2, 2026 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5983.). · lower
24. Jul 15, 2026 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m. · legislature
25. Jul 16, 2026 Approved by the Governor. · legislature
26. Jul 16, 2026 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 89, Statutes of 2026. · legislature