---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Planning and Research."
description: "Existing law establishes the Office of Planning and Research as a coordinating agency in state government for environmental justice programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 342"
citation: "California AB 342 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Office of Planning and Research."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2012-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76cf5915-2a73-4365-89d4-64f975efe605"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB342"
source_hash: "188a6270e0d79f2e532bdce169cf3406dec2af1e6cbdad4fe62d8f44ccc9a4d4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 342 (20112012) — Office of Planning and Research.

Existing law establishes the Office of Planning and Research as a coordinating agency in state government for environmental justice programs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB342&version=20110AB34299INT)
2. **01/31/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB342&version=20110AB34298AMD)
3. **09/20/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB342&version=20110AB34296CHP)
4. **AB342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB342)
5. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB342&version=20110AB34297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB342 Atkins By Kehoe — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 342 ATKINS Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 342 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Butler — author (person)
- Cook — author (person)
- John A. Pérez — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1356.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-27** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-09-01** From consent calendar.
- **2011-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-01** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Liu.
- **2012-01-31** From inactive file.
- **2012-01-31** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-01-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-02-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4689.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 6360.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 395, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76cf5915-2a73-4365-89d4-64f975efe605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).