CA AB 399
vetoedCoastal resources: coastal development permits: blue carbon demonstration projects.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 399 pass?
No. CA AB 399 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
What is CA AB 399 about?
Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or local government, as provided. This bill, upon appropriation, would authorize the commission to authorize blue carbon demonstration projects, as defined, in order to demonstrate and quantify the carbon sequestration potential of these projects to help inform the state's natural and working lands and climate resilience strategies. The bill, upon appropriation, would, among other things, authorize the commission to require an applicant with a nonresidential project that impacts coastal wetland, subtidal, intertidal, or marine habitats or ecosystems to build or contribute to a blue carbon demonstration project as mitigation for those impacts.
Who sponsors CA AB 399?
Boerner is the primary sponsor of CA AB 399, joined by 3 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or local government, as provided. This bill, upon appropriation, would authorize the commission to authorize blue carbon demonstration projects, as defined, in order to demonstrate and quantify the carbon sequestration potential of these projects to help inform the state's natural and working lands and climate resilience strategies. The bill, upon appropriation, would, among other things, authorize the commission to require an applicant with a nonresidential project that impacts coastal wetland, subtidal, intertidal, or marine habitats or ecosystems to build or contribute to a blue carbon demonstration project as mitigation for those impacts.
- Introduced
- 2025-06-24
- Latest action
- 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Boernerauthor
- Muratsuchicoauthor
- Bryancoauthor
- Kalracoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
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2025-10-01
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-01
Vetoed by Governor.
executive-veto
2025-09-15
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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2025-09-08
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 3025.).
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2025-09-04
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2519.).
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
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2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-07-07
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2025-06-25
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-24
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24).
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2025-06-11
Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
referral-committee
2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 1825.)
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).
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2025-04-09
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2025-03-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-03-25
Coauthors revised.
2025-02-18
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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2025-02-05
From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2025-02-04
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-03-24 · pass · 9-3
Member-level votes (14)
- Zbur: yes
- Haney: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Davies: no
- Sanchez: no
- Alanis: no
- Wicks: other
- Flora: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Sanchez: other
AB 399 Boerner Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-02 · pass · 54-18
Member-level votes (79)
- Addis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lee: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Krell: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ward: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Soria: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Hoover: no
- Gallagher: no
- Wallis: no
- Chen: no
- Lackey: no
- Ta: no
- Tangipa: no
- Ellis: no
- Flora: no
- Alanis: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Patterson: no
- Hadwick: no
- Macedo: no
- Castillo: no
- Dixon: no
- DeMaio: no
- Sanchez: no
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Wilson: other
- Davies: other
- Bains: other
- Pacheco: other
- Nguyen: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-06-24 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Laird: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Allen: yes
- Stern: yes
- Limón: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Grove: no
Placed on suspense file
2025-07-07 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: other
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
3rd Reading AB399 Boerner et al. By Padilla
2025-09-04 · pass · 29-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Niello: no
- Grove: no
- Jones: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Valladares: no
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Reyes: other
AB 399 Boerner Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-08 · pass · 58-18
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Lackey: no
- Macedo: no
- Gallagher: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Chen: no
- Castillo: no
- Ellis: no
- Alanis: no
- Wallis: no
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Davies: other
- Flora: other
- Nguyen: other
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