---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urban forestry: California Community and Neighborhood Tree Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund."
description: "The California Urban Forestry Act of 1978 requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to implement a program in urban forestry to encourage better tree management and planting in urban areas. Under the act, the department has established a grant program to provide grants for, among other projects, projects for urban forest management activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 347"
citation: "California SB 347 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Urban forestry: California Community and Neighborhood Tree Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/079bd234-56bd-41fd-b3c5-ca66e1a697d3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB347"
source_hash: "32e29549f0758b73648b3bce4d748df5b42e94d36665ecf74d37c0303622426c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 347 (20212022) — Urban forestry: California Community and Neighborhood Tree Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.

The California Urban Forestry Act of 1978 requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to implement a program in urban forestry to encourage better tree management and planting in urban areas. Under the act, the department has established a grant program to provide grants for, among other projects, projects for urban forest management activities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/09/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB347&version=20210SB34799INT)
2. **03/07/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB347&version=20210SB34798AMD)
3. **03/17/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB347&version=20210SB34797AMD)
4. **07/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB347&version=20210SB34795CHP)
5. **SB347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB347)
6. **07/12/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB347&version=20210SB34796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB347 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 347 Caballero Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caballero — primary (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-02-23** Set for hearing March 16.
- **2021-03-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 519.) (March 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2021-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 633.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2021-04-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 886.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2278.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-08** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2021-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 104, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/079bd234-56bd-41fd-b3c5-ca66e1a697d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).