republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-644.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land use: general plan: safety element: fire hazard impacts."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 644"
citation: "California AB 644 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Land use: general plan: safety element: fire hazard impacts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wood"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-24"
last_action: "2015-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ca4f289-c1a9-4cc2-ba06-8d7f171d342e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB644"
source_hash: "82d6607af96d9e9ec25c44159a4fabf41fea107aabe235a93e3030ac091d2efb"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB644&version=20150AB64499INT)
2. **04/13/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB644&version=20150AB64498AMD)
3. **06/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB644&version=20150AB64497AMD)
4. **07/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB644&version=20150AB64496AMD)
5. **10/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB644&version=20150AB64494CHP)
6. **AB644** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB644)
7. **08/26/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB644&version=20150AB64495ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ca4f289-c1a9-4cc2-ba06-8d7f171d342e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).