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type: "Bill"
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title: "Habitat Conservation Fund."
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description: "Proposition 117, an initiative measure approved by the electors at the June 5, 1990, direct primary election, enacted the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990. The act creates the Habitat Conservation Fund and requires the moneys in the fund to be used for specified purposes generally relating to the acquisition, enhancement, or restoration of wildlife habitat. The act requires the Controller, until June 30, 2020, to annually transfer $30,000,000 from the General Fund to the Habitat Conservation Fund, less any amount transferred to the Habitat Conservation Fund from specified accounts and funds. The act, until July 1, 2020, continuously appropriates specified amounts from the Habitat Conservation Fund to the Department of Parks and Recreation, the State Coastal Conservancy, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and the California Tahoe Conservancy, and continuously appropriates the balance of the fund to the Wildlife Conservation Board."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 427"
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citation: "California SB 427 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["HabitatConservationFund"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blakespear"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-02-18"
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last_action: "2025-10-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a90c8ab-7d80-478b-864e-ba7a3e3db539"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB427"
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source_hash: "5c13936a0ad9a2dd720eaa62ef88cedbed34c272a4a17f2a9d8eb02f6ee84dc2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 427 (20252026) — Habitat Conservation Fund.
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Proposition 117, an initiative measure approved by the electors at the June 5, 1990, direct primary election, enacted the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990. The act creates the Habitat Conservation Fund and requires the moneys in the fund to be used for specified purposes generally relating to the acquisition, enhancement, or restoration of wildlife habitat. The act requires the Controller, until June 30, 2020, to annually transfer $30,000,000 from the General Fund to the Habitat Conservation Fund, less any amount transferred to the Habitat Conservation Fund from specified accounts and funds. The act, until July 1, 2020, continuously appropriates specified amounts from the Habitat Conservation Fund to the Department of Parks and Recreation, the State Coastal Conservancy, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and the California Tahoe Conservancy, and continuously appropriates the balance of the fund to the Wildlife Conservation Board.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB427&version=20250SB42799INT)
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2. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB427&version=20250SB42798AMD)
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3. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB427&version=20250SB42796CHP)
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4. **SB427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB427)
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5. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB427&version=20250SB42797ENR)
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## Votes
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- SB 427 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Connolly — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **14–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB427 Blakespear et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blakespear — primary (person)
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- Allen — coauthor (person)
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- Connolly — coauthor (person)
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- Hart — coauthor (person)
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- Jeff Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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- Kalra — coauthor (person)
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- Stern — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
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- **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **2025-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 707.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2025-04-21** April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1199.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1407.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-09** Referred to Com. on W. P., & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-15** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3074.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-10** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2025-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 317, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a90c8ab-7d80-478b-864e-ba7a3e3db539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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