Plain English Breakdown
The official status shows the bill was vetoed. The source notes that lawmakers might override a veto later, but does not confirm if an override happened.
Managed Honeybee Health Program
This proposed law would create a new program to help keep managed honeybees in California healthy by offering grants for projects that support bee health and research.
What This Bill Does
- Authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture, with advice from an existing advisory panel, to start and run the Managed Honeybee Health Program.
- Allows the department to give money (grants) if funds are available for projects that directly help honeybees used in pollination or indirectly support them through research and training.
- Creates a new special fund account inside the Climate Smart Agriculture Account to hold federal, private, and nonstate money collected for this program.
- Lets the department set rules and priorities for choosing which grant applications get funded.
Who It Names or Affects
- The California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Groups or people who apply for grants to help honeybees used in pollination services
Terms To Know
- Grants
- Money given by the government to support a specific project that does not need to be paid back.
- Pollination services
- The work bees do when they move pollen between plants, which helps crops grow food and fruit.
Limits and Unknowns
- Grants can only be given if money is available in the special fund.
- The program cannot start unless the Legislature approves funding for it in a budget law or another statute.
- This bill was vetoed by the governor, so it did not become active law at that time.