republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1530.md

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Bill	Urban forestry.	The California Urban Forestry Act of 1978 has as a stated purpose the promotion of the use of urban forest resources for purposes of increasing integrated projects with multiple benefits in urban communities.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1530	California AB 1530 (20172018)	bill	Urban forestry.	enacted	Gonzalez Fletcher	8	28	8	2017-02-17	2017-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/a3f2d312-99ac-4c03-a9f5-4b1b5dff670c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1530	0bd8fadbaf3c6a1f592f514e3a3739c37a63d8e35004d357380676c13bd58416	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1530 (20172018) — Urban forestry.

The California Urban Forestry Act of 1978 has as a stated purpose the promotion of the use of urban forest resources for purposes of increasing integrated projects with multiple benefits in urban communities.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/18/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/15/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/05/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/12/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1530 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1530 Gonzalez Fletcher Special Consent Calendar 1st Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1530 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent Calendar # AB1530 — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gonzalez Fletcher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2017-03-16 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2017-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-16 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1859.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2017-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-07-13 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-09-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2906.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2017-09-14 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3426.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2017-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 720, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3f2d312-99ac-4c03-a9f5-4b1b5dff670c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).