--- type: "Bill" title: "California Coastal Act of 1976: enforcement: penalties." description: "The California Coastal Act of 1976 requires a person undertaking development in the coastal zone to obtain a coastal development permit in accordance with prescribed procedures. Existing law authorizes the superior court to impose civil liability on a person who performs or undertakes development that is in violation of the act or that is inconsistent with a previously issued coastal development permit, and on a person who violates the act in any other manner. Existing law authorizes the California Coastal Commission to impose specified administrative civil penalties on a person, including a landowner, who is in violation of the public access provisions of the act for each violation of the act." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 433" citation: "California SB 433 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["California Coastal Act of 1976: enforcement: penalties."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Allen"] version_count: 7 action_count: 30 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2021-02-12" last_action: "2021-10-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b9c964a-c87f-45fe-b123-4c9b33999955" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB433" source_hash: "654f2528e6d82a3d55add1d0889185eafa1fe00aee7e84dd07f6e5439b8cd13c" 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 433 (20212022) — California Coastal Act of 1976: enforcement: penalties. The California Coastal Act of 1976 requires a person undertaking development in the coastal zone to obtain a coastal development permit in accordance with prescribed procedures. Existing law authorizes the superior court to impose civil liability on a person who performs or undertakes development that is in violation of the act or that is inconsistent with a previously issued coastal development permit, and on a person who violates the act in any other manner. Existing law authorizes the California Coastal Commission to impose specified administrative civil penalties on a person, including a landowner, who is in violation of the public access provisions of the act for each violation of the act. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/12/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB433&version=20210SB43399INT) 2. **05/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB433&version=20210SB43398AMD) 3. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB433&version=20210SB43397AMD) 4. **09/03/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB433&version=20210SB43396AMD) 5. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB433&version=20210SB43394CHP) 6. **SB433** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB433) 7. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB433&version=20210SB43395ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - SB 433 Allen Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris — **75–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **36–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB433 Allen Concurrence — **33–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Allen — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2021-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. - **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.) - **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee` - **2021-03-25** Set for hearing April 27. - **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 938.) (April 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-05-03** 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** May 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2021-05-18** Set for hearing May 20. - **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1191.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-05-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 1255.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-06-03** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee` - **2021-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-06-30** June 30 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-09-03** Ordered to third reading. - **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2916.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2021-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2557.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m. - **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 643, 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/1b9c964a-c87f-45fe-b123-4c9b33999955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).