Agriculture: Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995.
Existing law, the Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995, requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish and oversee an environmental farming program to provide incentives to farmers whose practices promote the well-being of ecosystems, air quality, and wildlife and their habitat. Existing law establishes the Climate Smart Agriculture Account, the moneys in which are continuously appropriated for purposes of the act.
California AB 947 (20252026) — Agriculture: Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995.
Existing law, the Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995, requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish and oversee an environmental farming program to provide incentives to farmers whose practices promote the well-being of ecosystems, air quality, and wildlife and their habitat. Existing law establishes the Climate Smart Agriculture Account, the moneys in which are continuously appropriated for purposes of the act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 947 Connolly Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Connolly — primary (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-03-10 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2025-03-27 Coauthors revised.
2025-03-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26). 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 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1866.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2025-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-14 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2453.). 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.
2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 283, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3c20825-297e-47ae-97cd-43ef594a4678. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).