CA AB734 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Assembly Bill 734

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Vetoed on October 1 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-01-22 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Summary

An act to add Sections 25544 and 25545.17 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental protection.

Title

Environmental protection: biological resources data: State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: powerplants: power lines: applications.

Roll Calls

2025-09-03 - Senate - Assembly 3rd Reading AB734 Schultz et al. By Allen (Y: 31 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-08-29 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-08-18 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-07-08 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 5 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-07-01 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] (Y: 14 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-06-02 - Assembly - AB 734 Schultz Assembly Third Reading (Y: 61 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-05-23 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-29 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 8 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-01-22	Assembly	Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
2025-10-01	Assembly	Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-01	Assembly	Vetoed by Governor.
2025-09-09		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-03	Assembly	In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-09-03	Senate	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 2449.).
2025-08-29	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
2025-08-18	Senate	In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-09	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-01	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
2025-06-11	Senate	Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and N.R. & W.
2025-06-03	Senate	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 1849.)
2025-05-27	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).
2025-05-14	Assembly	In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-04-30	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-30	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2025-04-22	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
2025-04-21	Assembly	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W. P., & W. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-28	Assembly	Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
2025-02-19	Assembly	From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-02-18	Assembly	Read first time. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Public Resources Code	25544	New Code	See Bill Text
Public Resources Code	25545.17	New Code	See Bill Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB734
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB734#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB734#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB734#97ENR
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB734