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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1024: Department of Fish and Wildlife: San Gabriel Valley Bear Management and Community Safety Act.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1024 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Department of Fish and Wildlife: San Gabriel Valley Bear Management and Community Safety Act. Primary sponsor: John Harabedian (D). Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Under existing law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife has jurisdiction over the conservation, protection, and management of fish, wildlife, native plants, and habitat necessary for biologically sustainable populations of those species.

This bill would establish the San Gabriel Valley Bear Management and Community Safety Act, which would require, on or before January 1, 2027, the department to develop a regional plan specific to the cities located within the San Gabriel Valley in the County of Los Angeles to address issues relating to bears in the community. The bill would require the plan to include various components, including, among other things, an overview of the behaviors of the bears in the San Gabriel Mountains. The bill would require the department to establish measurable performance goals for reducing bear encounters within the cities located in the San Gabriel Valley in the County of Los Angeles, and to report those goals to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027. The bill would require the department to tag and track any bear that enters a residential neighborhood in a city located within the San Gabriel Valley in the County of Los Angeles using innovative technologies, as specified.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Los Angeles.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John HarabedianPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly41

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
  2. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
  3. In committee: Held under submission.
  4. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
  5. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  6. Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
  7. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
  8. Read first time. To print.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page