California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 440 — Environmental education: curriculum.

Last action — Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Existing law establishes the Office of Education and the Environment in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to implement the statewide environmental educational program and requires the office, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, to develop and implement a unified education strategy on the environment for elementary and secondary schools in the state. Existing law requires the office to develop a model environmental curriculum incorporating certain environmental principles and to submit the model curriculum for consideration and approval, as prescribed. This bill would expressly authorize the office to revise the model curriculum, as needed, and would provide for the review of and comment on a revision. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to make the curriculum available electronically and requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to assume the costs associated with the printing of the approved model curriculum. This bill would instead require CalRecycle to make the curriculum available electronically and would delete the requirement with regard to the assumption of those costs. The bill would require CalRecycle to coordinate with specified state agencies to facilitate use of the model environmental curriculum and would authorize CalRecycle and those state agencies to collaborate with other specified entities to implement the program. Existing law establishes the Environmental Education Account in the State Treasury and authorizes the California Environmental Protection Agency to expend the moneys in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of the program. Existing law authorizes the California Environmental Protection Agency to enter into an agreement with an external fiscal agent with regard to contributions received for the purpose of the program, until January 1, 2013, and requires an annual report to the Legislature in this regard. This bill would instead authorize CalRecycle to expend the funds in the account and would repeal the authorization for the agreement with an external fiscal agent.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).

  2. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  3. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  4. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  5. Ordered to second reading.

  6. From inactive file.

  7. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Simitian.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (August 25).

  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  11. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (July 6).

  13. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.

  14. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  15. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  16. Referred to Com. on ED.

  17. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 1664.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 27).

  21. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. Referred to Com. on ED.

  24. From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  25. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Brownley · Primary
  • Pavley · Cosponsor
  • Simitian · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Brownley

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Pavley
  • Simitian

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Do pass as amended.

Passed 8 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8100
Total 8100
% of votes cast 89%11%0%0%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Kehoe — Yea
Runner — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Emmerson — Yea

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8001
Total 8001
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Runner — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Price — Yea
Emmerson — Yea

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AB 440 BROWNLEY Assembly Third Reading

Passed 51 Yea · 27 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 0200
Unaffiliated 512501
Democratic 0001
Total 512702
% of votes cast 64%34%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Butler — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Hill — Yea
Fong — Yea
Allen — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Williams — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Beall — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Atkins — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Fletcher — Nay
Lara — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Conway — Nay
Cook — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Smyth — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Valadao — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Halderman — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Miller — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Norby — Nay
Ma — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Huber — Yea
Knight — Nay
Mansoor — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Silva — Nay
Torres — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Davis — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 11 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10501
Democratic 1000
Total 11501
% of votes cast 65%29%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Lara — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Campos — Not Voting
Donnelly — Nay
Norby — Nay
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 6 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6302
Total 6302
% of votes cast 55%27%0%18%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Gorell — Not Voting
Butler — Yea
Halderman — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Carter — Yea
Norby — Nay
Williams — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Not Voting
Wagner — Nay
Eng — Yea

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Subjects

environment education
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 440 do?
Existing law establishes the Office of Education and the Environment in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to implement the statewide environmental educational program and requires the office, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, to develop and implement a unified education strategy on the environment for elementary and secondary schools in the state. Existing law requires the office to develop a model environmental curriculum incorporating certain environmental principles and to submit the model curriculum for consideration and approval, as prescribed. This bill would expressly authorize the office to revise the model curriculum, as needed, and would provide for the review of and comment on a revision. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to make the curriculum available electronically and requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to assume the costs associated with the printing of the approved model curriculum. This bill would instead require CalRecycle to make the curriculum available electronically and would delete the requirement with regard to the assumption of those costs. The bill would require CalRecycle to coordinate with specified state agencies to facilitate use of the model environmental curriculum and would authorize CalRecycle and those state agencies to collaborate with other specified entities to implement the program. Existing law establishes the Environmental Education Account in the State Treasury and authorizes the California Environmental Protection Agency to expend the moneys in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of the program. Existing law authorizes the California Environmental Protection Agency to enter into an agreement with an external fiscal agent with regard to contributions received for the purpose of the program, until January 1, 2013, and requires an annual report to the Legislature in this regard. This bill would instead authorize CalRecycle to expend the funds in the account and would repeal the authorization for the agreement with an external fiscal agent.
Who sponsors AB 440?
AB 440 is sponsored by Brownley, Pavley, and Simitian.
What is the current status of AB 440?
This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 440?
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