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CA AB 996

enacted

Public Resources: sea level rise plans.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 996 pass?

Yes. CA AB 996 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-03. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 286, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 996 about?

Existing law requires local governments lying in whole or in part within the coastal zone or within the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to, on or before January 1, 2034, develop a sea level rise plan with specified required content as part of a local coastal program that is subject to approval by the California Coastal Commission or the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. This bill would authorize the applicable commission, when approving a local coastal plan or an amendment to a local coastal plan, to deem existing sea level rise information or plans prepared by a local government to satisfy the content requirements for a sea level rise plan. The bill would provide that local governments are encouraged, on or before January 1, 2029, to consult with the California Coastal Commission, in a voluntary early consultation, regarding sea level rise plans in the preparation of a local coastal program or an amendment to a local coastal program.

Who sponsors CA AB 996?

Pellerin is the primary sponsor of CA AB 996.

Description

Existing law requires local governments lying in whole or in part within the coastal zone or within the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to, on or before January 1, 2034, develop a sea level rise plan with specified required content as part of a local coastal program that is subject to approval by the California Coastal Commission or the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. This bill would authorize the applicable commission, when approving a local coastal plan or an amendment to a local coastal plan, to deem existing sea level rise information or plans prepared by a local government to satisfy the content requirements for a sea level rise plan. The bill would provide that local governments are encouraged, on or before January 1, 2029, to consult with the California Coastal Commission, in a voluntary early consultation, regarding sea level rise plans in the preparation of a local coastal program or an amendment to a local coastal program.

Introduced
2025-03-10
Latest action
2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 286, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pellerinauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  3. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-10

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-03-11

    Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-04-21

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

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  7. 2025-04-22

    Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

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  8. 2025-04-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 28).

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  9. 2025-04-30

    Read second time and amended.

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  10. 2025-05-01

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  12. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  13. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  14. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  15. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1913.)

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  17. 2025-06-03

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  18. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  19. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. 2025-07-07

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  21. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  22. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  23. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  24. 2025-09-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2522.).

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  25. 2025-09-04

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  26. 2025-09-11

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  27. 2025-10-03

    Approved by the Governor.

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  28. 2025-10-03

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 286, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-10Compare
  • 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
  • 04/30/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-30Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 09/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-08Compare
  • 10/03/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-03Compare
  • AB996Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-28 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Haney: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Connolly: yes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0

    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: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 996 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 75-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ellis: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Macedo: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-24 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Limón: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-07-07 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: other
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • Special Consent

    2025-09-04 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Reyes: other

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