California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill
AB 1711: Fairs: funding.
Enacted Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
AB 1711 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 4, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Fairs: funding. Primary sponsor: Damon Connolly (D). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 18, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2026.
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Official summary
Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.
Existing law appropriates certain unallocated moneys and other specified moneys deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture for capital outlay to California fairs for, among other things, fair projects involving public health and safety, fair projects involving major and deferred maintenance, and fair projects necessary due to any emergency, as specified.
This bill would instead appropriate those moneys described above to the secretary for capital outlay to California fairs for fair projects involving public health, fire and life safety, and emergency services improvement projects at fairs, California Code of Regulations compliance projects, and maintenance projects at fairgrounds, as specified. By expanding the purposes for which those moneys may be used, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require moneys deposited into the fund after November 1 of each year to be allocated within 90 days of the receipt of the moneys, as provided. The bill would require all available moneys in the fund to be allocated to the network of California fairs pursuant to an approved expenditure plan no later than December 31 of each calendar year, except that beginning January 1, 2027, and every year thereafter, a reasonable amount may be retained from year to year as a prudent reserve for contingencies, as specified.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 3
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damon Connolly | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Assembly | 12 |
| Cecilia Aguiar-Curry | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Assembly | 4 |
| Juan Alanis | Co-sponsor | Republican | Assembly | 22 |
| Jeff Gonzalez | Co-sponsor | Republican | Assembly | 36 |
| Heather Hadwick | Co-sponsor | Republican | Assembly | 1 |
| Esmeralda Soria | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Assembly | 27 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2026.
- Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2026.
- Approved by the Governor.
- Approved by the Governor.
- Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6315.).
- Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6315.).
- In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5559.).
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).