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CA SB 856

enacted

California Coastal Act of 1976: filing fee waiver: Marine Invasive Species Act: biennial reports: semiannual updates.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 856 pass?

Yes. CA SB 856 has been enacted into law as of 2025-08-28. Latest recorded action (2025-08-28): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 102, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 856 about?

The California Coastal Act of 1976 establishes the California Coastal Commission and requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, as defined, 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, as provided. The act authorizes the commission to waive the filing fee for an application for a coastal development permit. This bill would clarify the commission is authorized to also waive the filing fee for an application for a coastal development permit amendment. The bill would authorize the commission to, when the commission waives the filing fee for an application for a coastal development permit or permit amendment for a project meeting certain criteria, specify whether the waiver also applies to future applications for an amendment to the permit. The bill would also make various nonsubstantive changes and update erroneous cross references. Existing law, the Marine Invasive Species Act, requires the State Lands Commission, in consultation with specific entities, to biennially submit to the Legislature a report that includes certain information, including, among other things, a summary of the information provided in the ballast water discharge report forms submitted to the commission, as provided. This bill would require the biennial report submitted to the Legislature to instead be submitted triennially and would require that report to instead include a summary of the information provided in the ballast water management report forms submitted to the commission, as provided. The bill would require the commission to publish on its internet website, on or before April 30, 2026, and updated semiannually, a summary of the information provided in those ballast water management report forms, as provided, and inspection and compliance rates for vessels, as available.

Who sponsors CA SB 856?

Committee on Natural Resources and Water is the primary sponsor of CA SB 856.

Description

The California Coastal Act of 1976 establishes the California Coastal Commission and requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, as defined, 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, as provided. The act authorizes the commission to waive the filing fee for an application for a coastal development permit. This bill would clarify the commission is authorized to also waive the filing fee for an application for a coastal development permit amendment. The bill would authorize the commission to, when the commission waives the filing fee for an application for a coastal development permit or permit amendment for a project meeting certain criteria, specify whether the waiver also applies to future applications for an amendment to the permit. The bill would also make various nonsubstantive changes and update erroneous cross references. Existing law, the Marine Invasive Species Act, requires the State Lands Commission, in consultation with specific entities, to biennially submit to the Legislature a report that includes certain information, including, among other things, a summary of the information provided in the ballast water discharge report forms submitted to the commission, as provided. This bill would require the biennial report submitted to the Legislature to instead be submitted triennially and would require that report to instead include a summary of the information provided in the ballast water management report forms submitted to the commission, as provided. The bill would require the commission to publish on its internet website, on or before April 30, 2026, and updated semiannually, a summary of the information provided in those ballast water management report forms, as provided, and inspection and compliance rates for vessels, as available.

Introduced
2025-03-11
Latest action
2025-08-28 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 102, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Natural Resources and Waterauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-11

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-03-12

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 11.

  3. 2025-03-19

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

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 22.

  5. 2025-04-21

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  6. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 840.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2025-04-25

    Set for hearing May 5.

  8. 2025-05-05

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

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  9. 2025-05-06

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  10. 2025-05-08

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1051.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  11. 2025-05-08

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  12. 2025-05-29

    Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

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  13. 2025-07-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16).

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  15. 2025-07-17

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  16. 2025-08-21

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2706.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  17. 2025-08-21

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  18. 2025-08-27

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  19. 2025-08-28

    Approved by the Governor.

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  20. 2025-08-28

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 102, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 03/11/25 - Introduced — 2025-03-11Compare
  • 04/21/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-21Compare
  • 08/25/25 - Enrolled — 2025-08-25Compare
  • 08/28/25 - Chaptered — 2025-08-28Compare
  • SB856Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-22 · pass · 6-0

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

  • Consent Calendar 2nd SB856 N.R. & W.

    2025-05-08 · pass · 36-0

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

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

    2025-07-07 · pass · 14-0

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

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-07-16 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Wicks: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pellerin: other
    • Arambula: other

  • SB 856 Natural Resources and Water Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-08-21 · pass · 77-0

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

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB856

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