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Measure AB 900
Authors Papan  
Subject Environmental protection: 30x30 goals: land conservation: stewardship.
Relating To relating to environmental protection.
Title An act to add Section 71453 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental protection.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-06
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
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2025-10-06     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 385, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-06     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-11     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-04     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-04     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2933.).
2025-09-03     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2441.).
2025-09-02     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-29     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-07-07     In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-25     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-24     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24).
2025-06-11     Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
2025-06-03     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1909.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-04-23     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-04-08     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-25     Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2025-03-24     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-10     Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2025-02-20     From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-02-19     Read first time. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-06
Enrolled     2025-09-08
Amended Senate     2025-08-29
Amended Senate     2025-06-25
Amended Assembly     2025-05-23
Amended Assembly     2025-03-24
Introduced     2025-02-19
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			 would, to further specified findings of the Pathways to 30x30 Report, require the agency to develop strategies to reduce barriers and increase support for stewardship of conserved lands. The bill would require the
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				Section 71453 is added to the 
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								The Natural Resources Agency shall develop strategies to reduce barriers and increase support for stewardship of conserved lands in order to further the findings from the Pathways to 30x30 Report, which provided that designating an area as conserved is only the beginning of effective conservation and that protected areas require ongoing stewardship and monitoring.
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								The Natural Resources Agency shall collaborate with stakeholders, California Native American tribes, and relevant state agencies to prepare a section on
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								An estimate of backlogged, critical, recurring, and future stewardship needs throughout the state with associated costs. The Natural Resources Agency may use datasets, that are in existence on or before March 31, 2027, from federal, state, and local governments,
						California Native American tribes, private entities, and tribal landowners and managers to complete this estimate.
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								Case studies of effective stewardship.
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								A review of stewardship best practices for conserved lands that includes, but is not limited to, new technology and innovative practices that improve outcomes and cost-effectiveness.
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								A valuation of the benefits of stewardship on biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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								Identification of the ecological workforce needs for stewardship and opportunities to support workforce training.
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								A review of the
						cobenefits of stewardship that includes, but is not limited to, recreation and public access, the provision of habitat and resources for wildlife, carbon sequestration, water and air purification, and climate regulation.
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								Recommendations to increase and improve stewardship of 30x30 lands, including innovative ways to reduce barriers and increase federal, state, and local support for stewardship.
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								Recommendations to increase ancestral land return.
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								Recommendations to increase consultation and partnership with California Native American tribes and tribal cultural
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								The update required pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be posted on the Natural Resources Agency’s internet website.
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Last Version Text Digest By Executive Order No. N-82-20, Governor Gavin Newsom directed the Natural Resources Agency to combat the biodiversity and climate crises by, among other things, establishing the California Biodiversity Collaborative and conserving at least 30% of the state’s lands and coastal waters by 2030. Existing law provides that it is the goal of the state to conserve at least 30% of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030, known as the 30x30 goal. On April 22, 2022, the Natural Resources Agency issued the “Pathways to 30x30 California: Accelerating Conservation of California’s Nature” report and existing law requires the Secretary of Natural Resources Agency to prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature on progress made toward achieving the 30x30 goal, as provided. This bill would, to further specified findings of the Pathways to 30x30 Report, require the agency to develop strategies to reduce barriers and increase support for stewardship of conserved lands. The bill would require the agency to collaborate with stakeholders, California Native American tribes, and relevant state agencies to prepare a section on stewardship as part of the 2027 annual report on progress made toward achieving the 30x30 goal, which the bill would require to include, among other things, recommendations to increase and improve stewardship of 30x30 lands, including innovative ways to reduce barriers and increase federal, state, and local support for stewardship, as specified. The bill would require the update to be posted on the agency’s internet website.