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California
Healthy soil legislation status for California
| State | Bill # | Year(s) | Chamber | First Sponsor | Title or Brief Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | AB-296 | 2020 | Assembly | Assembly Member Cooley | Climate Innovation Grant Program: voluntary tax contributions | Pending |
| California | SB-1028 | 2020 | Senate | Dodd, Bill (D) | Environmental Farming Incentive Program | Pending |
| California | SB-253 | 2020 | Senate | Dodd, Bill (D) | Environmental Farming Incentive Program | Pending |
| California | SB-859 | 2016 | Senate | Lois Wolk | Healthy Soils Program (HSP) | Passed |
| California | AB-252 | 2021 | Assembly | Robert Rivas (D) | Multibenefit Land Repurposing Incentive Program Act | Pending |
| California | SB-322 | 2021 | Senate | John Laird (D) | California Conservation Ranching Incentive Program; includes soil health | Pending |
| California | AB-352 | 2021 | Assembly | Robert Rivas (D) | Agricultural land conservation: California Farmland Conservancy Program Act | Pending |
| California | AB-1086 | 2021 | Assembly | Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) | An act relating to organic waste; includes soil health | Pending |
| California | AB-1500 | 2021 | Assembly | Eduardo Garcia (D) | Safe Drinking Water Act; includes $100M for soil health, etc. | Pending |
| California | AB 1508 | 2021 | Assembly | Health Flora | Health and Safety Code related to agriculture, included provision "to assess the co-benefits from healthy soil practices." | Pending |