Land use: general plan: safety element: fire hazard impacts.
(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various elements, including, among others, a safety element for the protection of the community from unreasonable risks associated with, among other things, wildland and urban fires. The safety element includes requirements for state responsibility areas, as defined, and very high fire hazard severity zones, as defined.
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20112012
SB 1241
California SB 1241 (20112012)
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Land use: general plan: safety element: fire hazard impacts.
California SB 1241 (20112012) — Land use: general plan: safety element: fire hazard impacts.
(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various elements, including, among others, a safety element for the protection of the community from unreasonable risks associated with, among other things, wildland and urban fires. The safety element includes requirements for state responsibility areas, as defined, and very high fire hazard severity zones, as defined.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — 7–1 (pass) · lower
SB 1241 Kehoe Senate Third Reading By ATKINS — 55–22 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 29–9 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governance and Finance. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1241 Kehoe Concurrence — 27–9 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Kehoe — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2012-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
2012-03-08 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and N.R. & W. referral-committee
2012-03-12 Withdrawn from committee.
2012-03-12 Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
2012-03-20 Set for hearing March 27.
2012-03-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3022.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-03-29 Set for hearing April 18.
2012-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-04-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 3206.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-04-27 Set for hearing May 7.
2012-04-30 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2012-05-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
2012-05-14 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2012-05-18 Set for hearing May 24.
2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3594.) (May 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 3708.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2012-06-07 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
2012-06-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-08 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 6183.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2012-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 4851.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 p.m.
2012-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 311, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca21f307-a09f-4b0d-b275-bbbe170bc1ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).