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Bill	Natural resources: biodiversity and conservation report.	By Executive Order No. N-82-20, Governor Gavin Newsom directed the Natural Resources Agency to combat the biodiversity and climate crises by, among other things, establishing the California Biodiversity Collaborative and conserving at least 30% of the state's lands and coastal waters by 2030.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2278	California AB 2278 (20212022)	bill	Natural resources: biodiversity and conservation report.	enacted	Kalra	7	26	8	2022-02-16	2022-09-16	openstates	ocd-bill/f618c78c-6098-437a-8e70-77da6031088f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2278	e582a091264168dc3d07efe940898d89adceea36ff3a5c870e88823fd112ebc4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2278 (20212022) — Natural resources: biodiversity and conservation report.

By Executive Order No. N-82-20, Governor Gavin Newsom directed the Natural Resources Agency to combat the biodiversity and climate crises by, among other things, establishing the California Biodiversity Collaborative and conserving at least 30% of the state's lands and coastal waters by 2030.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/29/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/16/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2278 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2278 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2278 Kalra By Allen — 33–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2278 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kalra — 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.
• 2022-03-24 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2022-03-24 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
• 2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2022-04-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2022-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4838.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 5056.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 349, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f618c78c-6098-437a-8e70-77da6031088f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).