CA SB 484
enactedCoastal resources: coastal development permits: infill area categorical exclusion.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 484 pass?
Yes. CA SB 484 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 416, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 484 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 a local government, as provided. The act provides that a coastal development permit is not required for specified types of development in specified areas, as provided. Existing law provides that a coastal development permit is not required for any category of development, or any category of development within a specified geographic area, if the commission, after a public hearing, and by a 23 vote of its appointed members, finds that there is no potential for any significant adverse effect, as specified, on coastal resources or on public access to, or along, the coast and, where the exclusion precedes certification of the applicable local coastal program, that the exclusion will not impair the ability of local government to prepare a local coastal program. Existing regulation, before a categorical exclusion becomes effective, requires specified things to occur, including that the public agency issuing the permit accepts and agrees to the terms and conditions to which the categorical exclusion has been made subject. This bill would require the commission, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, by July 1, 2027, to identify, based on specified considerations, infill areas within at least 3 local jurisdictions that do not have a certified local coastal program for a categorical exclusion from the coastal development permitting requirement. Specifically, until June 30, 2037, if a development in one of those identified infill areas is a residential housing project comprised only of units that are deed restricted for persons of very low, low, or moderate income, as specified, this bill would categorically exclude the development from that requirement. The bill would exempt the categorically excluded infill areas from the above-described regulation. The bill would require, before commencing development, a proponent of the development to request from the commission, and for the commission to issue, a notice of exclusion. This bill would require the commission, on or before August 1, 2027, to post on its internet website clearly defined maps of the categorical exclusion areas. The bill would also require the commission, on or before January 1, 2035, to report to the Legislature the number of projects that were constructed or are currently under construction pursuant to this categorical exclusion.
Who sponsors CA SB 484?
Laird is the primary sponsor of CA SB 484.
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 a local government, as provided. The act provides that a coastal development permit is not required for specified types of development in specified areas, as provided. Existing law provides that a coastal development permit is not required for any category of development, or any category of development within a specified geographic area, if the commission, after a public hearing, and by a 23 vote of its appointed members, finds that there is no potential for any significant adverse effect, as specified, on coastal resources or on public access to, or along, the coast and, where the exclusion precedes certification of the applicable local coastal program, that the exclusion will not impair the ability of local government to prepare a local coastal program. Existing regulation, before a categorical exclusion becomes effective, requires specified things to occur, including that the public agency issuing the permit accepts and agrees to the terms and conditions to which the categorical exclusion has been made subject. This bill would require the commission, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, by July 1, 2027, to identify, based on specified considerations, infill areas within at least 3 local jurisdictions that do not have a certified local coastal program for a categorical exclusion from the coastal development permitting requirement. Specifically, until June 30, 2037, if a development in one of those identified infill areas is a residential housing project comprised only of units that are deed restricted for persons of very low, low, or moderate income, as specified, this bill would categorically exclude the development from that requirement. The bill would exempt the categorically excluded infill areas from the above-described regulation. The bill would require, before commencing development, a proponent of the development to request from the commission, and for the commission to issue, a notice of exclusion. This bill would require the commission, on or before August 1, 2027, to post on its internet website clearly defined maps of the categorical exclusion areas. The bill would also require the commission, on or before January 1, 2035, to report to the Legislature the number of projects that were constructed or are currently under construction pursuant to this categorical exclusion.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-19
- Latest action
- 2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 416, Statutes of 2025.
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Action timeline
2025-02-19
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-20
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-26
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-03-26
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-04-02
Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and HOUSING.
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2025-04-03
Set for hearing April 8.
2025-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 707.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
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2025-04-24
Set for hearing April 29.
2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 936.) (April 29).
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2025-05-01
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-09
Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-19
May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-20
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1202.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1283.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-05
Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and H. & C.D.
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2025-06-24
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23).
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2025-06-25
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-04
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2907.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-04
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-08
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2607.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-16
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-06
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-06
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 416, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
- 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
- 05/01/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-01Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
- 06/25/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-25Compare
- 09/10/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-10Compare
- 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing]
2025-04-08 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Laird: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grove: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Arreguín: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-19 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: other
- Dahle: other
Do pass as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading
2025-05-28 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Choi: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grove: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: other
- Reyes: other
- Cervantes: other
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-06-23 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Hoover: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Flora: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Zbur: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-16 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ta: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Haney: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Garcia: yes
Do pass.
2025-08-29 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Ta: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
SB 484 Laird Senate Third Reading By Haney
2025-09-04 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Mark González: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bains: yes
- Krell: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Berman: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hart: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Soria: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Flora: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Haney: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Fong: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Chen: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Addis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Davies: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Irwin: other
- DeMaio: other
- Ahrens: other
Unfinished Business SB484 Laird Concurrence
2025-09-08 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Wahab: yes
- Niello: yes
- Jones: yes
- Laird: yes
- Choi: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Limón: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grove: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Becker: yes
- Stern: other
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