AB-1042 • 2026

The Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995: Managed Honeybee Health Program.

Agriculture Budget

Vetoed

The latest official action shows the governor vetoed this bill. Check the bill history to see whether lawmakers later overrode that veto.

Sponsor: Ransom
Last action: 2026-01-22
Official status: Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the Scientific Advisory Panel will be involved in the Managed Honeybee Health Program's operations.

Managed Honeybee Health Program

This act authorizes California's Department of Food and Agriculture to establish a Managed Honeybee Health Program, which provides grants for projects that enhance the health and well-being of managed honeybees used in agriculture.

What This Bill Does

Authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish and oversee the Managed Honeybee Health Program.
Allows the department to provide grants to eligible recipients for projects that directly or indirectly support the health of managed honeybees.
Requires funds collected from nonstate, federal, and private sources to be deposited into a special fund within the Climate Smart Agriculture Account.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Food and Agriculture in California
Eligible recipients who apply for grants to support honeybee health

Terms To Know

Managed Honeybee Health Program: A program established by the state to enhance the health and well-being of managed honeybees used in agriculture.
Climate Smart Agriculture Account: An account that holds money from various sources for programs related to climate and farming, including a special subaccount for the Managed Honeybee Health Program.

Limits and Unknowns

The program can only operate if the Legislature appropriates funds in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
It is not clear how much funding will be available from nonstate, federal, and private sources.

Bill History

2026-01-22 California Legislative Information
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
2025-10-11 California Legislative Information
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-11 California Legislative Information
Vetoed by Governor.
2025-09-11 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2934.).
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-03 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2466.).
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-18 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-15 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-11 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on AGRI.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1914.)
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-04-23 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2025-03-17 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
2025-03-13 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-13 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on AGRI.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1042, Ransom.
The Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995: Managed Honeybee Health Program.
The Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995 requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish and oversee various programs, including an environmental farming program and the Healthy Soils Program, and requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to convene a 9-member Scientific Advisory Panel on Environmental Farming to advise the secretary on the implementation of the Healthy Soils Program and the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program and to assist federal, state, and local government agencies, as appropriate or necessary, on issues relating to the impact of agricultural practices on air, water, and wildlife habitat, as specified. Existing law creates the Climate Smart Agriculture Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, consisting of moneys made available from federal, state, industry, philanthropic, and private sources, and continuously
appropriates the moneys in the account to the department for purposes of the act.
This bill would, as part of the act, authorize the department, in consultation with the panel, to establish and oversee the Managed Honeybee Health Program for the purpose of enhancing the health and well-being of managed honeybees in California, which are necessary to support the economic viability of California agriculture. The bill would authorize the department, to the extent that moneys are available, to provide grants to eligible recipients for health intervention projects that directly enhance the health and well-being of managed honeybees used in pollination
services and for projects that indirectly support health interventions through research, extension, and technical assistance. The bill would authorize the department to determine priorities for the program and to consider, when awarding grants, whether a project applicant or project meets specified criteria, in addition to criteria developed to address the program priorities. The bill would authorize the department to collect nonstate, federal, and private funds for the purpose
of the program, require those funds to be deposited into the Managed Honeybee Health Special Fund Subaccount, which this bill would create within the Climate Smart Agriculture Account, and continuously appropriate moneys in the subaccount to the department for the purpose of the program. The bill would make operation of these provisions contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for the program in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

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