AB 697 is sponsored by Chau, Mullin, and Gabriel, Jesse (Democratic).

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California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 697 — Forest resources: national forest lands: Good Neighbor Authority Fund: ecological restoration and fire resiliency projects.

Last action September 23, 2021 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 232, Statutes of 2021.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
3 sponsors

1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law establishes in the State Treasury the Good Neighbor Authority Fund, to be administered by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection under the direction of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law makes the moneys in the fund available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, as authorized by specified federal law, and to the extent not in conflict with federal law or agreements, for state departments or agencies to undertake forest health and fuels reduction projects on federal lands executed through these agreements, and to fund costs associated with planning, implementing, and maintaining these projects, including administrative and operational costs. This bill would reorganize the law relating to the fund. The bill would require the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, under an agreement between the state and the federal government, to establish a program for purposes of conducting ecological restoration and fire resiliency projects on national forest lands, with priority given to forest restoration and fuels reduction projects that are landscape scale and are focused on ecological restoration and to community fire protection and protection of water and other infrastructure. The bill would require projects to be based on the best available science and emphasize the use of prescribed fire where appropriate. The bill would require projects with multiple benefits to be prioritized, as applicable and feasible. The bill would require projects to be designed, to the extent feasible, to prevent type conversion and the spread of invasive plants and grasses, provide for ecological restoration and fire resiliency projects appropriate to the landscape and vegetation being treated based upon the best available science, and provide ecologically appropriate treatment to native shrublands, as provided.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/23/21 - Chaptered Current pdf September 23, 2021
Enrolled 09/07/21 - Enrolled pdf September 07, 2021
Amended 08/26/21 - Amended Senate pdf August 26, 2021
Amended 07/15/21 - Amended Senate pdf July 15, 2021
Amended 06/17/21 - Amended Senate pdf June 17, 2021
Amended 05/27/21 - Amended Assembly pdf May 27, 2021
Introduced 02/16/21 - Introduced pdf February 16, 2021
AB697 View text html

Action History

September 23, 2021
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 232, Statutes of 2021.
September 23, 2021
Approved by the Governor.
September 10, 2021
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
September 02, 2021
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2730.).
September 02, 2021
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2703.)
September 01, 2021
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
September 01, 2021
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2298.).
August 30, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 26, 2021
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
August 26, 2021
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 26).
August 16, 2021
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
July 15, 2021
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
July 14, 2021
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 13).
June 17, 2021
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
June 09, 2021
Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
June 02, 2021
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
June 01, 2021
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1712.)
May 27, 2021
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1587.)
May 13, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 12, 2021
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 12).
May 03, 2021
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
March 25, 2021
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
February 25, 2021
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
February 17, 2021
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
February 16, 2021
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

Chau

Co-sponsors (2)

Mullin
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

March 21, 2023

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	4	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	8	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (8)

Member	Party	Vote
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea

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AB 697 Chau Concurrence in Senate Amendments

September 02, 2021

Passed 75 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	25	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	41	0	0	3
Republican	9	0	0	0
Total	75	0	0	4
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Not Voting
Mathis	—	Not Voting
Waldron	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Not Voting
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB697 Chau et al. By Laird

September 01, 2021

Passed 37 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	21	1	0	1
Democratic	12	0	0	1
Republican	4	0	0	0
Total	37	1	0	2
% of votes cast	93%	3%	0%	5%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Nay
Melendez	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended

August 26, 2021

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	3	0	0	1
Republican	0	0	0	1
Total	5	0	0	2
% of votes cast	71%	0%	0%	29%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Kamlager	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Bates	—	Not Voting
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Placed on suspense file

August 16, 2021

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Bradford	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

July 13, 2021

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	3	0	0	0
Democratic	4	0	0	0
Republican	0	0	0	2
Total	7	0	0	2
% of votes cast	78%	0%	0%	22%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Hueso	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Not Voting
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Not Voting

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AB 697 Chau Assembly Third Reading

June 01, 2021

Passed 66 Yea · 0 Nay · 13 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	26	0	0	2
Unaffiliated	37	0	0	4
Republican	3	0	0	7
Total	66	0	0	13
% of votes cast	84%	0%	0%	16%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Kiley	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Smith	—	Not Voting
Voepel	—	Not Voting
Mathis	—	Not Voting
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Not Voting
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Not Voting
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Not Voting
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Not Voting
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass.

May 12, 2021

Passed 13 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	1	0	0
Democratic	5	0	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	1
Total	13	1	0	2
% of votes cast	81%	6%	0%	13%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Levine	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Nay
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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

March 24, 2021

Passed 8 Yea · 2 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	1	0	0
Republican	1	1	0	0
Democratic	0	0	0	1
Total	8	2	0	1
% of votes cast	73%	18%	0%	9%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Friedman	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Nay
Chau	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Not Voting
Flora, Heath	Republican	Nay
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 697 do?: Existing law establishes in the State Treasury the Good Neighbor Authority Fund, to be administered by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection under the direction of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law makes the moneys in the fund available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, as authorized by specified federal law, and to the extent not in conflict with federal law or agreements, for state departments or agencies to undertake forest health and fuels reduction projects on federal lands executed through these agreements, and to fund costs associated with planning, implementing, and maintaining these projects, including administrative and operational costs. This bill would reorganize the law relating to the fund. The bill would require the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, under an agreement between the state and the federal government, to establish a program for purposes of conducting ecological restoration and fire resiliency projects on national forest lands, with priority given to forest restoration and fuels reduction projects that are landscape scale and are focused on ecological restoration and to community fire protection and protection of water and other infrastructure. The bill would require projects to be based on the best available science and emphasize the use of prescribed fire where appropriate. The bill would require projects with multiple benefits to be prioritized, as applicable and feasible. The bill would require projects to be designed, to the extent feasible, to prevent type conversion and the spread of invasive plants and grasses, provide for ecological restoration and fire resiliency projects appropriate to the landscape and vegetation being treated based upon the best available science, and provide ecologically appropriate treatment to native shrublands, as provided.
Who sponsors AB 697?: AB 697 is sponsored by Chau, Mullin, and Gabriel, Jesse (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 697?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2021. Enacted.
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Identifier: AB 697
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 16, 2021
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Chau

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