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Bill Conservation easements: forest lands: California Conservation Corps. (1) Existing law establishes conservation easements as interests in real property that are voluntarily created and freely transferable and that are created to retain land predominantly in its natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, forested, or open-space condition. Existing law requires for any conservation easement purchased with state funds on or after January 1, 2019, wherein land subject to the easement includes some forest lands, or consists completely of forest lands, to the extent not in conflict with federal law, the terms of any applicable bond, or the requirements of any other funding source, that the landowner agree, as part of the easement management plan, to maintain and improve forest health through promotion of a more natural tree density, species composition, structure, and habitat function, to make improvements that increase the land's ability to provide resilient, long-term carbon sequestration and net carbon stores as well as watershed functions, to provide for the retention of larger trees and a natural range of age classes, and to ensure the growth and retention of the larger trees over time. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 2966 California AB 2966 (20212022)
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California AB 2966 (20212022) — Conservation easements: forest lands: California Conservation Corps.

(1) Existing law establishes conservation easements as interests in real property that are voluntarily created and freely transferable and that are created to retain land predominantly in its natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, forested, or open-space condition. Existing law requires for any conservation easement purchased with state funds on or after January 1, 2019, wherein land subject to the easement includes some forest lands, or consists completely of forest lands, to the extent not in conflict with federal law, the terms of any applicable bond, or the requirements of any other funding source, that the landowner agree, as part of the easement management plan, to maintain and improve forest health through promotion of a more natural tree density, species composition, structure, and habitat function, to make improvements that increase the land's ability to provide resilient, long-term carbon sequestration and net carbon stores as well as watershed functions, to provide for the retention of larger trees and a natural range of age classes, and to ensure the growth and retention of the larger trees over time.

Version chain

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

  1. 03/14/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 07/19/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. AB2966 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 07/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 140 (pass) · lower
  • Consent Calendar AB2966 NAT. RES. — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 110 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 90 (pass) · upper
  • AB 2966 NAT. RES. Consent Calendar Second Day — 650 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Committee on Natural Resources — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-03-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2022-03-15 From printer. May be heard in committee April 14.
  • 2022-03-24 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
  • 2022-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4660.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2022-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2022-05-25 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
  • 2022-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-27 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2022-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4576.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2022-06-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2022-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
  • 2022-07-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-07-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 131, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18a4a218-d10b-4b4d-8f0d-9a2eff369fd2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).