---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hydrogen-fueling stations: expedited review."
description: "Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires every city, county, and city and county to administratively approve an application to install electric vehicle charging stations and hydrogen-fueling stations through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1418"
citation: "California SB 1418 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hydrogen-fueling stations", "expedited review"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archuleta"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e29d8108-ec76-4afb-9933-5871a0aa21e2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1418"
source_hash: "b250fe3dab869f8d13863f90f3a5498cf17eb1626ba0f5f62a5bf02dff1e8f1a"
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 1418 (20232024) — Hydrogen-fueling stations: expedited review.

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires every city, county, and city and county to administratively approve an application to install electric vehicle charging stations and hydrogen-fueling stations through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1418&version=20230SB141899INT)
2. **03/18/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1418&version=20230SB141898AMD)
3. **04/08/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1418&version=20230SB141897AMD)
4. **05/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1418&version=20230SB141896AMD)
5. **07/03/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1418&version=20230SB141895AMD)
6. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1418&version=20230SB141893CHP)
7. **SB1418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1418)
8. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1418&version=20230SB141894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Transportation] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1418 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris — **59–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1418 Archuleta et al. Concurrence — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1418 Archuleta et al. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archuleta — primary (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Newman — principal coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Set for hearing March 20.
- **2024-03-13** March 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-03-15** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2024-03-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3469.) (April 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3733.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-15** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4058.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-03** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (July 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 3. Page 6691.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 5645.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 607, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e29d8108-ec76-4afb-9933-5871a0aa21e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).