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 08/29/25 - Amended Senate
 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly
 03/13/25 - Amended Assembly
 02/20/25 - Introduced

 AB-1042 The Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995: Managed Honeybee Health Program.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 09/08/2025 09:00 PM

AB1042:v95#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Enrolled
 September 08, 2025

 Passed
 IN 
 Senate
 September 03, 2025

 Passed
 IN 
 Assembly
 September 04, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 August 29, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 May 23, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 13, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 1042

Introduced by Assembly Member Ransom
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Hadwick)

February 20, 2025

 An act to add Section 570.5 to the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to bees.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

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.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) Managed honeybees are essential to the health and productivity of California’s agriculture and ecosystems.

(2) California’s agricultural sector, the largest in the United States, depends on pollination for the successful cultivation of over 90 crops, including almonds, berries, melons, and many fruits and vegetables, which annually contribute billions of dollars to the state’s economy.

(3) Managed honeybees also play a critical role in
 sustaining plant populations, supporting biodiversity, and maintaining healthy ecosystems.

(4) Managed honeybee populations have experienced significant declines due