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Authors Alvarez  
Principle Coauthors: Hadwick   Arreguín  
Coauthors: Alanis   Ávila Farías   Berman   Boerner   Carrillo   Connolly   Davies   Jeff Gonzalez   Mark González   Hoover   Kalra   Patel   Pellerin   Petrie-Norris   Rogers   Solache   Stefani   Wallis   Ward   Wicks   Zbur   Allen   Blakespear   Grayson   Jones   Padilla   Seyarto   Valladares  
Subject Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024: Administrative Procedure Act: exemption: program guidelines and selection criteria.
Relating To relating to environmental protection.
Title An act to amend Section 90135 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental protection, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Last Action Dt 2026-01-14
State Amended Assembly
Status Pending Referral
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Vote Req Approp Fiscal Cmte Local Prog Subs Chgs Urgency Tax Levy Active?
Two Thirds No Yes No None Yes No Y
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2026-01-27     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-01-26     Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).
2026-01-22     Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-01-22     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 22).
2026-01-22     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-01-15     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-01-14     Read second time and amended.
2026-01-13     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (January 12).
2026-01-06     Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2026-01-05     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
2025-04-22     Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2025-04-21     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
2025-02-18     Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD.
2024-12-03     From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-02     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Amended Assembly     2026-01-14
Amended Assembly     2026-01-05
Amended Assembly     2025-04-21
Introduced     2024-12-02
Analyses TBD
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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 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 develop draft project solicitation and evaluation guidelines and to submit those 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.