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CA AB 9

dead

Budget Act of 2024.

California · 2025-2026 Special Session 1 · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 9 pass?

No. CA AB 9 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2025-02-03). Latest recorded action (2025-02-03): Died at Desk.

What is CA AB 9 about?

The Budget Act of 2024 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2024–25 fiscal year. This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2024 to specify that approval of a large electrical corporation's distribution infrastructure undergrounding plan is not a project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) , provided that environmental review otherwise required by CEQA occurs before any project approval that would authorize physical changes to the environment. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.

Who sponsors CA AB 9?

Essayli is the primary sponsor of CA AB 9, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Description

The Budget Act of 2024 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2024–25 fiscal year. This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2024 to specify that approval of a large electrical corporation's distribution infrastructure undergrounding plan is not a project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) , provided that environmental review otherwise required by CEQA occurs before any project approval that would authorize physical changes to the environment. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2025-02-03 — Died at Desk.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
2026-07-09T05:32:24.501061Z

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Essayliauthor
  • Alaniscoauthor
  • Daviescoauthor
  • DeMaiocoauthor
  • Floracoauthor
  • Gallaghercoauthor
  • Sanchezcoauthor
  • Castillocoauthor
  • Walliscoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-21

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-01-22

    From printer.

  3. 2025-02-03

    Died at Desk.

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520261AB9

Attribution

Data from ca_session_collision_repair/2026-09-02, retrieved 2026-09-03T02:10:57.630031Z

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