republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1789.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Outdoor recreation: California Recreational Trails System Plan."
description: "Existing law establishes within the Natural Resources Agency the Department of Parks and Recreation, which is under the control of the Director of Parks and Recreation. Existing law requires the director to cause to be prepared, and continuously maintained, a comprehensive plan for the development and operation of a statewide system of recreation trails, which is known as the California Recreational Trails System Plan. Existing law requires the plan to be continuously reviewed, revised, and updated by the director. Existing law requires the director to submit a report every 2 years to the Legislature describing the progress in carrying out the plan, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1789"
citation: "California AB 1789 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Outdoor recreation: California Recreational Trails System Plan."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6027839-a95a-4869-bbe5-ef5e4796a651"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1789"
source_hash: "4cd685711281b725ed59ec4edd106cac2939b9286d8c95aba8704098242f1e31"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1789 (20212022) — Outdoor recreation: California Recreational Trails System Plan.

Existing law establishes within the Natural Resources Agency the Department of Parks and Recreation, which is under the control of the Director of Parks and Recreation. Existing law requires the director to cause to be prepared, and continuously maintained, a comprehensive plan for the development and operation of a statewide system of recreation trails, which is known as the California Recreational Trails System Plan. Existing law requires the plan to be continuously reviewed, revised, and updated by the director. Existing law requires the director to submit a report every 2 years to the Legislature describing the progress in carrying out the plan, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1789&version=20210AB178999INT)
2. **04/06/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1789&version=20210AB178998AMD)
3. **05/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1789&version=20210AB178997AMD)
4. **06/21/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1789&version=20210AB178996AMD)
5. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1789&version=20210AB178995AMD)
6. **09/25/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1789&version=20210AB178993CHP)
7. **AB1789** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1789)
8. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1789&version=20210AB178994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1789 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1789 Bennett Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB1789 — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-08** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4984.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-24** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 522, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6027839-a95a-4869-bbe5-ef5e4796a651`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).