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 05/18/26 - Amended Assembly
 04/08/26 - Amended Assembly
 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly
 02/19/26 - Introduced

 AB-2254 Coastal resources: monarch butterfly habitat.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 07/02/2026 09:00 PM

AB2254:v95#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 July 02, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 May 18, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 08, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 16, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 2254

Introduced by Assembly Member Addis
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Zbur and Hart)

February 19, 2026

An act to add Section 1021.5 to the Fish and Game Code, and to add Section 30505 to the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2254, as amended, Addis.
 Coastal resources: monarch butterfly habitat.

Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Wildlife and sets forth the duties of that department, which include administering various programs for the protection and conservation of fish and wildlife. Existing law authorizes the department to take feasible actions to conserve monarch butterflies and the unique habitats they depend upon for successful migration.

Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, establishes the California Coastal Commission and provides for planning and regulation of development in the coastal zone, as defined.

This bill would require, on or before January July
 1, 2028, the department, in coordination with the commission, to identify known monarch butterfly overwintering habitat sites in the coastal zone and current local government monarch butterfly overwintering habitat management plans or policies. The bill would also require, on or before July 1, 2028, 2029, the department, in coordination with the commission, to develop and provide guidance on model policies to be used by a local government for the protection of monarch butterfly overwintering habitat, including habitat restoration and enhancement. The bill would require, after the above-described guidance on model policies is finalized, a local government with a monarch butterfly overwintering habitat
 site located within their
 its jurisdiction and the coastal zone, as described, to
 to, on or before July 1, 2031, develop and implement enforceable monarch butterfly overwintering habitat site protection policies, as provided. By imposing additional duties on a local government, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

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

Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 1021.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:

1021.5.

 (a) On or before January July 1, 2028, the department, in coordination with the California Coastal Commission, shall identify both of the following:

(1) Monarch Known monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) overwintering habitat sites in the
 coastal zone.

(2) Current local government monarch butterfly overwintering habitat management plans or policies.

(b) On or before July 1, 2028,
 2029, the department, in coordination with the California Coastal Commission, shall develop and provide guidance on model policies that can be used by a local government for the protection of monarch butterfly overwintering habitat, including habitat restoration and enhancement, to address gaps in habitat protection plans in the coastal zone.

(1) (A) Model policies developed pursuant to this subdivision may include, but are not limited to, enforceable habitat management plans with measurable outcomes, local coastal program updates, and other local policies, such as ordinances, for protecting
 monarch butterflies that are locally enforceable with measurable outcomes.

(B) If the