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Bill	Office of Planning and Research.	Existing law establishes the Office of Planning and Research as a coordinating agency in state government for environmental justice programs.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 342	California AB 342 (20112012)	bill	Office of Planning and Research.	enacted	Atkins	5	27	8	2011-02-10	2012-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/76cf5915-2a73-4365-89d4-64f975efe605	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB342	188a6270e0d79f2e532bdce169cf3406dec2af1e6cbdad4fe62d8f44ccc9a4d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 342 (20112012) — Office of Planning and Research.

Existing law establishes the Office of Planning and Research as a coordinating agency in state government for environmental justice programs.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/31/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/20/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB342 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB342 Atkins By Kehoe — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 342 ATKINS Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 342 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Atkins — primary (person)
• Butler — author (person)
• Cook — author (person)
• John A. Pérez — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2011-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1356.) 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 Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2011-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-27 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-08-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2011-09-01 From consent calendar.
• 2011-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-01 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Liu.
• 2012-01-31 From inactive file.
• 2012-01-31 Ordered to second reading.
• 2012-01-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-02-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4689.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 6360.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
• 2012-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 395, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76cf5915-2a73-4365-89d4-64f975efe605. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).