---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: broadband infrastructure development project permit processing: microtrenching permit processing ordinance."
description: "Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, governs the approval process that a city or county is required to follow when approving, among other things, a permit for construction or reconstruction for a development project for a wireless telecommunications facility and a collocation or siting application for a wireless telecommunications facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 378"
citation: "California SB 378 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: broadband infrastructure development project permit processing: microtrenching permit processing ordinance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a7edd6e-1de2-4a4c-9450-e4086d118ebb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB378"
source_hash: "8298b9c209ec0c7361164bbdd388a11ab0cb305a7a74d0d83b84a190d7ee3ff0"
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 SB 378 (20212022) — Local government: broadband infrastructure development project permit processing: microtrenching permit processing ordinance.

Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, governs the approval process that a city or county is required to follow when approving, among other things, a permit for construction or reconstruction for a development project for a wireless telecommunications facility and a collocation or siting application for a wireless telecommunications facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB378&version=20210SB37899INT)
2. **04/12/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB378&version=20210SB37898AMD)
3. **05/04/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB378&version=20210SB37897AMD)
4. **06/14/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB378&version=20210SB37896AMD)
5. **06/29/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB378&version=20210SB37895AMD)
6. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB378&version=20210SB37893CHP)
7. **SB378** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB378)
8. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB378&version=20210SB37894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Communications and Conveyance] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 378 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By Quirk — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB378 Gonzalez et al. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB378 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez — primary (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-24** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2021-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E., U. & C. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 727.) (April 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2021-05-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 915.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Set for hearing May 17.
- **2021-05-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1129.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-28** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and C. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2569.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2350.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2021-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 677, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a7edd6e-1de2-4a4c-9450-e4086d118ebb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).