California Coastal Act of 1976.
Summary
Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, establishes the California Coastal Commission and prescribes the powers and responsibilities of the commission with regard to the regulation of development along the California coast. The act requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, as defined, to obtain a coastal development permit, except as provided. This bill would make various nonsubstantive changes to the above act to, among other things, change pronouns, correct the names of various state entities, and delete obsolete language.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
Assembly Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Jul 2022
Introduced Mar 21, 2022
Signed Jul 1, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Apr 25, 2022 · Assembly Jun 16, 2022
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
Apr 25, 2022
D
Democratic29
100% Yea
R
Republican8
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Jul 1, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Jun 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5401.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 6).
lower
Apr 28, 2022
Committee
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
lower
Apr 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3496.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Apr 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3439.) (April 19).
upper
Mar 30, 2022
Committee
Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
upper
Mar 21, 2022
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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