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Bill	Land use: general plan: safety element: fire hazard impacts.	The Subdivision Map Act requires the legislative body of a city or county to deny approval of a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, unless it makes certain findings. Under that act, the legislative body of a county is required to make 3 specified findings before approving a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, for an area located in a state responsibility area or a very high fire hazard severity zone, as defined.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 644	California AB 644 (20152016)	bill	Land use: general plan: safety element: fire hazard impacts.	enacted	Wood	7	20	6	2015-02-24	2015-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1ca4f289-c1a9-4cc2-ba06-8d7f171d342e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB644	82d6607af96d9e9ec25c44159a4fabf41fea107aabe235a93e3030ac091d2efb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 644 (20152016) — Land use: general plan: safety element: fire hazard impacts.

The Subdivision Map Act requires the legislative body of a city or county to deny approval of a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, unless it makes certain findings. Under that act, the legislative body of a county is required to make 3 specified findings before approving a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, for an area located in a state responsibility area or a very high fire hazard severity zone, as defined.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/01/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB644 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/26/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 644 WOOD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 644 WOOD Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2015-03-09 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-04-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-13 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1214.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2015-06-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2117.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2553.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 402, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ca4f289-c1a9-4cc2-ba06-8d7f171d342e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).