California Environmental Quality Act: biogas pipelines: exemption.
(1) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project, as defined, that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment, as defined, or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA provides some exemptions from its requirements for specified projects, including for a project that consists of the inspection, maintenance, repair, restoration, reconditioning, relocation, replacement, or removal of an existing pipeline, as defined, if specified conditions are met.
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20132014
AB 1104
California AB 1104 (20132014)
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California Environmental Quality Act: biogas pipelines: exemption.
California AB 1104 (20132014) — California Environmental Quality Act: biogas pipelines: exemption.
(1) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project, as defined, that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment, as defined, or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA provides some exemptions from its requirements for specified projects, including for a project that consists of the inspection, maintenance, repair, restoration, reconditioning, relocation, replacement, or removal of an existing pipeline, as defined, if specified conditions are met.
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 Appropriations. — 2–2 (fail) · upper
Be referred to Committee on Natural Resources. — 7–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1104 Salas By Lara — 33–1 (pass) · upper
AB 1104 SALAS Assembly Third Reading — 77–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–3 (pass) · upper
Set, second hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Salas — primary (person)
Gatto — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2014-01-06 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2014-01-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-01-07 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2014-01-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-01-08 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2014-01-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2014-01-09 (Ayes 50. Noes 22. Page 3534.)
2014-01-09 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (January 9). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-01-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (January 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-01-17 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-01-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2014-01-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-01-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-01-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-01-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3725.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-01-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-02-06 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2014-06-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2014-06-18 In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
2014-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-08-04 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2014-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 4499.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-14 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2014-08-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2014-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 534, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9cedb3d-ec05-49d6-81ae-2c96b199e3ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).