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Bill	Urban forestry: statewide strategic plan.	Existing law, the California Urban Forestry Act of 1978, among other things, promotes the use of urban forest resources for the purposes of increasing integrated projects with multiple benefits in urban communities and promotes policies and incentives that advance improved maintenance of urban forest canopy to optimize multiple benefits.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2251	California AB 2251 (20212022)	bill	Urban forestry: statewide strategic plan.	enacted	Calderon	8	25	6	2022-02-16	2022-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/1f649efe-e213-4e0a-b0b7-3d22d5e82bd0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2251	702a64747cbebcaf558a1d3e23ddbdb4b51893c54c1993255d4a6ca1cf0a6a72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2251 (20212022) — Urban forestry: statewide strategic plan.

Existing law, the California Urban Forestry Act of 1978, among other things, promotes the use of urban forest resources for the purposes of increasing integrated projects with multiple benefits in urban communities and promotes policies and incentives that advance improved maintenance of urban forest canopy to optimize multiple benefits.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/19/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/21/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/26/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2251 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/16/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 2251 Calderon Assembly Third Reading — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2251 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar AB2251 — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Calderon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2022-03-21 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-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2022-04-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 4). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-04-18 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4986.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-08 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2022-06-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4681.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5876.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2022-08-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-08-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 186, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f649efe-e213-4e0a-b0b7-3d22d5e82bd0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).