Existing law requires the California Building Standards Commission to codify all building standards of adopting agencies or state agencies that propose the building standards and statutes defining building standards into one California Building Standards Code. Existing law provides that if no state agency has the authority or expertise to propose green building standards applicable to a particular occupancy, the commission shall adopt, approve, codify, update, and publish green building standards for those occupancies.
California AB 341 (20132014) — Green building standards.
Existing law requires the California Building Standards Commission to codify all building standards of adopting agencies or state agencies that propose the building standards and statutes defining building standards into one California Building Standards Code. Existing law provides that if no state agency has the authority or expertise to propose green building standards applicable to a particular occupancy, the commission shall adopt, approve, codify, update, and publish green building standards for those occupancies.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 341 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading — 76–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB341 Dickinson By Lieu — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 341 DICKINSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Dickinson — primary (person)
Gordon — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2013-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2013-03-19 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2013-03-19 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
2013-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2013-04-04 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
2013-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2013-04-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-04-23 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2013-05-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2013-05-15 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 1667.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-06-06 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E., U., & C. referral-committee
2013-06-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-06-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E., U., & C. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-06-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-08-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1976.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2013-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 2769.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2013-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 585, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d90de1bc-5477-4087-936b-c72ec8b76a33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).