CA SB 1256
enactedSubdivision Map Act: action or proceeding.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 1256 pass?
Yes. CA SB 1256 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1024, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 1256 about?
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA requires that an action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul specified acts or decisions of a public agency on the grounds of noncompliance with CEQA be commenced in accordance with specified timeframes. Existing law, the Subdivision Map Act, vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency's processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps, and the modification thereof. The act requires an action or proceeding against a decision of a local agency taken pursuant to that act to be commenced within a certain time period, as specified. This bill would prohibit an action or proceeding to enforce the Subdivision Map Act from being maintained if certain criteria exist, including that the action or proceeding to enforce the Subdivision Map Act includes substantially similar claims or issues to claims or issues raised in an action or proceeding to enforce CEQA and the defendant in the action or proceeding to enforce the Subdivision Map Act was the defendant in the action or proceeding to enforce CEQA. The bill would provide that its provisions do not prohibit or abrogate specified actions, including the filing of timely objections to an agency's return to a writ seeking to enforce its specific mandates or timely filing of a separate action relating to the same project, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.
Who sponsors CA SB 1256?
Jones is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1256.
Description
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA requires that an action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul specified acts or decisions of a public agency on the grounds of noncompliance with CEQA be commenced in accordance with specified timeframes. Existing law, the Subdivision Map Act, vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency's processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps, and the modification thereof. The act requires an action or proceeding against a decision of a local agency taken pursuant to that act to be commenced within a certain time period, as specified. This bill would prohibit an action or proceeding to enforce the Subdivision Map Act from being maintained if certain criteria exist, including that the action or proceeding to enforce the Subdivision Map Act includes substantially similar claims or issues to claims or issues raised in an action or proceeding to enforce CEQA and the defendant in the action or proceeding to enforce the Subdivision Map Act was the defendant in the action or proceeding to enforce CEQA. The bill would provide that its provisions do not prohibit or abrogate specified actions, including the filing of timely objections to an agency's return to a writ seeking to enforce its specific mandates or timely filing of a separate action relating to the same project, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-19
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1024, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Jonesauthor
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1024, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-08
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-30
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-30
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-30
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 1.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 1. Page 6845.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-07-02
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 1).
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2026-06-24
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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2026-06-23
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-12
June 16 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-06-08
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. GOV.
referral-committee
2026-05-27
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4481.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-04-30
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-04-29
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4095.) (April 29).
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2026-04-22
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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2026-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3979.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-17
Set for hearing April 29 in L. GOV. pending receipt.
2026-04-10
Set for hearing April 21.
2026-04-08
Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. GOV.
referral-committee
2026-03-26
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2026-03-26
April 8 hearing postponed by committee.
2026-03-26
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-03-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
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2026-03-10
Set for hearing April 8.
2026-03-04
Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and E., U & C.
referral-committee
2026-02-20
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
- 03/25/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-25Compare
- 04/22/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-22Compare
- 04/30/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-30Compare
- 06/24/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-24Compare
- 09/02/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-02Compare
- 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-04-21 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Reyes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Allen: yes
- Stern: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Niello: yes
- Valladares: yes
Do pass as amended
2026-04-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Choi: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
3rd Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 33-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Grayson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Jones: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Choi: yes
- Grove: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Reyes: other
- Gonzalez: other
- Laird: other
- Dahle: other
- Allen: other
- Durazo: other
- Smallwood-Cuevas: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
2026-06-23 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Stefani: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Papan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Zbur: other
Do pass.
2026-07-01 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Stefani: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ward: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ramos: other
- Ransom: other
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