republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1259.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley."
description: "Existing law requires each city and county within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley, within 24 months of the adoption of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, to amend its general plan to include specified data, policies, and implementation measures. The city or county is also required, within 36 months of the adoption of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, but not more than 12 months after the amendment of its general plan, to amend its zoning ordinance to be consistent with the general plan, as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1259"
citation: "California AB 1259 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Olsen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60b177fd-4519-4b2b-b792-dcc6820ff5ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1259"
source_hash: "8f4ceafa68e2bd5a876f40426edc7f47b81d53011b32649256fb34a8a7972ca7"
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 AB 1259 (20132014) — Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley.

Existing law requires each city and county within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley, within 24 months of the adoption of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, to amend its general plan to include specified data, policies, and implementation measures. The city or county is also required, within 36 months of the adoption of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, but not more than 12 months after the amendment of its general plan, to amend its zoning ordinance to be consistent with the general plan, as amended.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1259&version=20130AB125999INT)
2. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1259&version=20130AB125998AMD)
3. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1259&version=20130AB125996CHP)
4. **AB1259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1259)
5. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1259&version=20130AB125997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1259 OLSEN Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governance and Finance Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governance and Finance Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government to Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1259 Olsen By Berryhill — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Olsen — primary (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`
- **2013-03-21** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1223.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-27** From consent calendar.
- **2013-06-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-06-27** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-11** From consent calendar.
- **2013-07-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1887.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 246, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60b177fd-4519-4b2b-b792-dcc6820ff5ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).