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Bill	Land use: local ordinances: energy systems.	Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, requires the legislative body of each county and city to adopt a general plan for the physical development of the county or city and authorizes the adoption and administration of zoning laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations by counties and cities.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 546	California AB 546 (20172018)	bill	Land use: local ordinances: energy systems.	enacted	Chiu	7	25	7	2017-02-14	2017-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/22af801a-a6c4-42d4-a24c-6136689f2700	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB546	959abff11fc5ea40642da137d7a3f2559969b61d54367db865955c810be6333e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 546 (20172018) — Land use: local ordinances: energy systems.

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, requires the legislative body of each county and city to adopt a general plan for the physical development of the county or city and authorizes the adoption and administration of zoning laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations by counties and cities.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/12/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/29/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB546 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/08/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 546 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 546 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB546 Chiu By Allen — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chiu — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2017-02-27 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and U. & E. referral-committee
• 2017-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-30 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1776.)
• 2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1955.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2017-07-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-08-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-29 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2460.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3017.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 380, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22af801a-a6c4-42d4-a24c-6136689f2700. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).