Environmental quality: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): determination: dispute.
(1) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, which includes a local agency, to prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project, as defined, 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 requires a lead agency to file a notice of approval or a notice of determination containing specified information with the Office of Planning Research or the county clerk of each county in which the project is located, as appropriate. CEQA provides a procedure by which a party may attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the determination, finding, or decision of a public agency on specified grounds and requires that a petitioner or plaintiff name, as a real party in interest, a recipient of an approval that is the subject of an action or proceeding challenging the determination, finding, or decision of a public agency pursuant to CEQA.
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California Legislature
20112012
AB 320
California AB 320 (20112012)
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Environmental quality: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): determination: dispute.
California AB 320 (20112012) — Environmental quality: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): determination: dispute.
(1) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, which includes a local agency, to prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project, as defined, 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 requires a lead agency to file a notice of approval or a notice of determination containing specified information with the Office of Planning Research or the county clerk of each county in which the project is located, as appropriate. CEQA provides a procedure by which a party may attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the determination, finding, or decision of a public agency on specified grounds and requires that a petitioner or plaintiff name, as a real party in interest, a recipient of an approval that is the subject of an action or proceeding challenging the determination, finding, or decision of a public agency pursuant to CEQA.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB320 Hill By Wolk — 22–15 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 3–2 (pass) · upper
AB 320 HILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 49–28 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — 6–3 (pass) · lower
AB 320 HILL Assembly Third Reading — 46–27 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
2011-02-24 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD. referral-committee
2011-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) (April 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-12 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 27. Page 1348.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-05-26 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. referral-committee
2011-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-11 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2011-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2188.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-09-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 28. Page 2930.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2011-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 570, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0add0bee-2591-4500-9c3b-50cd6c9cfb8c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).