SB-563 • 2026

State parks: Off-highway Motor Vehicle Recreation: grants: eligible applicants.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Valladares
Last action: 2025-08-29
Official status: August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on funding availability or the impact of highway improvement rule changes.

Expanding Grant Eligibility for Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation

The bill expands who can get grants and help from the state for off-highway vehicle recreation areas to include special districts that have police officers.

What This Bill Does

Adds special districts with sworn personnel as eligible applicants for grants and cooperative agreements under the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Act of 2003.

Who It Names or Affects

Special districts with police officers
The Division of Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation

Terms To Know

Off-highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Act of 2003: A law that sets up a program to help with planning, building, and maintaining areas where off-road vehicles can be used.
Special districts: Local government units set up for specific purposes like water management or parks.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much funding will be available for these new eligible applicants.
It is unclear if the changes to highway improvement rules will have a significant impact on current practices.

Bill History

2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2025-07-02 California Legislative Information
July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-17 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-05 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
2025-05-29 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-05-29 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1327.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1204.) (May 23).
2025-05-16 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-05 California Legislative Information
May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-25 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 5.
2025-04-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 839.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-04 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-02 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
2025-03-26 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-03-05 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-02-20 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 563, as amended, Valladares.
Cooperative highway construction and improvement.
State parks: Off-highway Motor Vehicle Recreation: grants: eligible applicants.
Existing law, the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Act of 2003, creates the Division of Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation and requires the division to develop and implement a grant and cooperative agreement program for specified purposes, including to support the planning, acquisition, development, maintenance, administration, operation, enforcement, restoration, and conservation of trails, trailheads, areas, and other facilities associated with use of off-highway motor vehicles. Under existing law, eligible grant and cooperative agreement applicants include, among others, cities, counties, districts, state agencies, agencies of the United States, and federally recognized and state-recognized Native American tribes, as specified.
This bill would expand eligible grant and cooperative agreement applicants to include special districts that employ sworn personnel, as provided.
Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county, by a vote of not less than
3
5
of its membership, to petition the Department of Transportation to cooperate in the improvement of an existing highway or the construction of a proposed highway in that county when the existing highway connects, or the proposed highway will connect, a forest highway system road or national park road that is already built or under construction, with any state highway. Existing law requires that the connecting highway not exceed 50 miles in length.
Existing law requires, when any highway sought to be improved or constructed under these provisions is situated in 2 or more counties, that the petition, or the concurrence in that petition, be passed by a
3
5
vote of the membership of the board of supervisors of each of those counties to initiate the proceeding.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

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