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Bill	Forest resources: national forest lands: Good Neighbor Authority Fund: ecological restoration and fire resiliency projects.	Existing law establishes in the State Treasury the Good Neighbor Authority Fund, to be administered by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection under the direction of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law makes the moneys in the fund available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, as authorized by specified federal law, and to the extent not in conflict with federal law or agreements, for state departments or agencies to undertake forest health and fuels reduction projects on federal lands executed through these agreements, and to fund costs associated with planning, implementing, and maintaining these projects, including administrative and operational costs.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 697	California AB 697 (20212022)	bill	Forest resources: national forest lands: Good Neighbor Authority Fund: ecological restoration and fire resiliency projects.	enacted	Chau	8	25	8	2021-02-16	2021-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/fe0f278f-18de-42a5-9cfc-51cad7c310c0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB697	3a91ba377c76c8a5050f4de88d306f24c2d12e8ea399f7c9c941d819175f5a99	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 697 (20212022) — Forest resources: national forest lands: Good Neighbor Authority Fund: ecological restoration and fire resiliency projects.

Existing law establishes in the State Treasury the Good Neighbor Authority Fund, to be administered by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection under the direction of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law makes the moneys in the fund available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, as authorized by specified federal law, and to the extent not in conflict with federal law or agreements, for state departments or agencies to undertake forest health and fuels reduction projects on federal lands executed through these agreements, and to fund costs associated with planning, implementing, and maintaining these projects, including administrative and operational costs.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/27/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/17/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/23/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB697 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/07/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 697 Chau Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 697 Chau Assembly Third Reading — 66–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB697 Chau et al. By Laird — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chau — primary (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-05-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-27 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1587.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1712.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2021-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 13). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2298.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-02 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2703.)
• 2021-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2730.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2021-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 232, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe0f278f-18de-42a5-9cfc-51cad7c310c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).