CA SB 1375
enactedCalifornia Environmental Quality Act: exemption: urban intermodal rail station project.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 1375 pass?
Yes. CA SB 1375 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1030, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 1375 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. Existing law exempts from CEQA a public project for the improvement, institution, or increase of passenger rail service, including the maintenance, construction, or rehabilitation of stations, terminals, or existing operations facilities that will be exclusively used by zero-emission trains or specified rolling stock or locomotives, as provided. This bill would exempt from CEQA, except as specified, a public urban, intermodal rail station project within a long-urbanized area within the statewide passenger rail network, at which high-capacity light, commuter, and intercity rail services converge that meets specified conditions, including, among other requirements, a requirement for compliance with various environmental laws and for the adoption of a plan for how any displacement from the project will be fully addressed, as provided. The bill would require a lead agency, if it determines that a project is not subject to CEQA pursuant to this exemption, and it determines to carry out the project, to file a notice of exemption with the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation and the county clerk of the county in which the project is located, as provided. The bill would permit exemption only for projects for which a notice of exemption is filed before January 1, 2032. Because a lead agency would be required to determine the applicability of this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA SB 1375?
Cortese is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1375, joined by 1 cosponsor.
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. Existing law exempts from CEQA a public project for the improvement, institution, or increase of passenger rail service, including the maintenance, construction, or rehabilitation of stations, terminals, or existing operations facilities that will be exclusively used by zero-emission trains or specified rolling stock or locomotives, as provided. This bill would exempt from CEQA, except as specified, a public urban, intermodal rail station project within a long-urbanized area within the statewide passenger rail network, at which high-capacity light, commuter, and intercity rail services converge that meets specified conditions, including, among other requirements, a requirement for compliance with various environmental laws and for the adoption of a plan for how any displacement from the project will be fully addressed, as provided. The bill would require a lead agency, if it determines that a project is not subject to CEQA pursuant to this exemption, and it determines to carry out the project, to file a notice of exemption with the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation and the county clerk of the county in which the project is located, as provided. The bill would permit exemption only for projects for which a notice of exemption is filed before January 1, 2032. Because a lead agency would be required to determine the applicability of this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-20
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1030, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Corteseauthor
- Kalracoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1030, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-21
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-18
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-18
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-18
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5515.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-13
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-13
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-13
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6151.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-06
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-06
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-06
Read third time and amended.
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2026-08-05
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).
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2026-07-02
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 22).
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2026-07-02
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-01
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
referral-committee
2026-05-20
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2026-05-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4354.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-12
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-11
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2026-05-04
Set for hearing May 11.
2026-04-30
May 4 hearing postponed by committee.
2026-04-24
Set for hearing May 4.
2026-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3985.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-16
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
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2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3900.) (April 15).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-14
Set for hearing April 21 in TRANS. pending receipt.
2026-04-09
Set for hearing April 15.
2026-04-08
Re-referred to Coms. on E.Q. and TRANS.
referral-committee
2026-03-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-03-04
Referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2026-02-23
Read first time.
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2026-02-23
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2026-02-20
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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- 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
- 03/25/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-25Compare
- 04/16/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-16Compare
- 07/02/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-07-02Compare
- 08/06/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-06Compare
- 08/19/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-19Compare
- 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Transportation]
2026-04-15 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Hurtado: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Valladares: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Menjivar: other
3rd Reading
2026-05-19 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Laird: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Niello: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-22 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Zbur: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Muratsuchi: other
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