Existing law requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to take specified actions relating to the addition of rivers or segments of rivers to the state's wild and scenic rivers system if, among other things, the federal government enacts a statute that, upon enactment, would require the removal or delisting of any river or segment of a river in the state that was included in the national wild and scenic rivers system and not in the state wild and scenic rivers system. Existing law authorizes, only until December 31, 2025, the secretary to take action under these provisions to add a river or segment of a river to the state wild and scenic rivers system. Existing law requires those actions to remain in effect until December 31, 2025, except as otherwise provided.
California AB 43 (20252026) — Wild and scenic rivers.
Existing law requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to take specified actions relating to the addition of rivers or segments of rivers to the state's wild and scenic rivers system if, among other things, the federal government enacts a statute that, upon enactment, would require the removal or delisting of any river or segment of a river in the state that was included in the national wild and scenic rivers system and not in the state wild and scenic rivers system. Existing law authorizes, only until December 31, 2025, the secretary to take action under these provisions to add a river or segment of a river to the state wild and scenic rivers system. Existing law requires those actions to remain in effect until December 31, 2025, except as otherwise provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
AB 43 Schultz Assembly Third Reading — 57–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Schultz — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-12-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-12-03 From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2025-02-03 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2025-03-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 3. Page 1775.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2025-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-07 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2457.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 431, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3239e53-b2ad-40b3-bd0b-f7464b2db882. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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