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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 556: Habitat enhancement and restoration: floodplains.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 556 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Habitat enhancement and restoration: floodplains. Primary sponsor: Melissa Hurtado (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (August 29, 2025): August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

Existing law establishes the Wildlife Conservation Board within the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Under existing law, the board administers various habitat conservation and restoration programs.

This bill would require, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of $21,500,000 to be allocated to the board for floodplain acquisition, habitat restoration, and associated conservation projects on floodplains in the Counties of Kern, Kings, and Tulare, as provided.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for Counties of Kern, Kings, and Tulare.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Melissa HurtadoPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Alexandra MacedoCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly33

“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. August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
  2. August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  3. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  4. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 15).
  5. Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
  6. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 152.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  8. Ordered to special consent calendar.
  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  11. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1204.) (May 23).
  12. Set for hearing May 23.

Sources

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