--- type: "Bill" title: "California Environmental Quality Act: administrative and judicial procedures: record of proceedings: judicial streamlining." description: "The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 149" citation: "California SB 149 (20232024)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["California Environmental Quality Act", "administrative and judicial procedures", "judicial streamlining", "record of proceedings"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"] version_count: 6 action_count: 23 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-01-18" last_action: "2023-07-10" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fab1d26-4af9-4284-9aa9-f89feb10807d" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB149" source_hash: "1b88ff60b3c842bae60aa4db4cf7d77161dfa399b0de33de67913eeb11cc1fc3" 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 149 (20232024) — California Environmental Quality Act: administrative and judicial procedures: record of proceedings: judicial streamlining. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/18/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB149&version=20230SB14999INT) 2. **06/26/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB149&version=20230SB14998AMD) 3. **06/28/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB149&version=20230SB14997AMD) 4. **07/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB149&version=20230SB14995CHP) 5. **SB149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB149) 6. **07/05/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB149&version=20230SB14996ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB149 Caballero et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - SB 149 Caballero Third Reading Urgency Amend By DAVIES Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES — **56–13** (pass) · lower - SB 149 Caballero Third Reading Urgency By BAUER-KAHAN — **68–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading SB149 B. & F.R. — **29–8** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Caballero — primary (person) - Becker — author (person) - Robert Rivas — author (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18. - **2023-01-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 357.) - **2023-03-16** Ordered to second reading. - **2023-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-03-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 501.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-03-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-03-30** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-06-27** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-27** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. - **2023-06-28** 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` - **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-07-03** Amendments by Assembly Member Davies tabled on motion by Assembly Member Reyes. (Ayes 56. Noes 13. Page 2539.) - **2023-07-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 2540.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-07-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2023-07-05** Urgency clause adopted. - **2023-07-05** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1897.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2023-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 60, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fab1d26-4af9-4284-9aa9-f89feb10807d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).