---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal zone: coastal development."
description: "The California Coastal Act of 1976 prescribes procedures for the approval and certification of a local coastal program by the California Coastal Commission, and provides for the delegation of development review authority to a local government, as defined, with a certified local coastal program. Under the act, an action taken by a local government after certification of its local coastal program on a coastal development permit application may be appealed to the commission only on specified grounds and only for certain types of developments, including any development approved by a coastal county that is not designated as the principal permitted use under the zoning ordinance or zoning district map, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 951"
citation: "California SB 951 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Coastal Act of 1976", "coastal development", "coastal zone"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44736d16-0dc2-455c-8d35-374d552bcb48"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951"
source_hash: "5bb1a4ef40fa5018f91e56be98c1f509020a57843c612c82a2b13ceffa78d14e"
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 951 (20232024) — California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal zone: coastal development.

The California Coastal Act of 1976 prescribes procedures for the approval and certification of a local coastal program by the California Coastal Commission, and provides for the delegation of development review authority to a local government, as defined, with a certified local coastal program. Under the act, an action taken by a local government after certification of its local coastal program on a coastal development permit application may be appealed to the commission only on specified grounds and only for certain types of developments, including any development approved by a coastal county that is not designated as the principal permitted use under the zoning ordinance or zoning district map, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951&version=20230SB95199INT)
2. **03/19/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951&version=20230SB95198AMD)
3. **04/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951&version=20230SB95197AMD)
4. **06/05/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951&version=20230SB95196AMD)
5. **06/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951&version=20230SB95195AMD)
6. **06/27/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951&version=20230SB95194AMD)
7. **08/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951&version=20230SB95193AMD)
8. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951&version=20230SB95191CHP)
9. **SB951** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951)
10. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951&version=20230SB95192ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 951 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Haney — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB951 Wiener Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiener — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2024-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3532.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3633.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2024-04-29** April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3965.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4088.) 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 NAT. RES. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6523.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5684.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 775, 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/44736d16-0dc2-455c-8d35-374d552bcb48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).