Existing law provides that the Capitol Area Plan is the official state master plan for development in the central city of the City of Sacramento. The Capitol View Protection Act requires specified height and setback requirements in specified areas surrounding Capitol Park. The act, among other things, requires a height limit of 120 feet for the blocks between L Street on the north, 17th Street on the east, N Street on the south, and 16th Street on the west.
California SB 1162 (20172018) — Capitol area planning: height limits.
Existing law provides that the Capitol Area Plan is the official state master plan for development in the central city of the City of Sacramento. The Capitol View Protection Act requires specified height and setback requirements in specified areas surrounding Capitol Park. The act, among other things, requires a height limit of 120 feet for the blocks between L Street on the north, 17th Street on the east, N Street on the south, and 16th Street on the west.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1162 Pan Senate Third Reading By MCCARTY — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar SB1162 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Pan — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2018-02-22 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2018-03-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2018-04-17 Set for hearing April 24.
2018-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 4785.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
2018-05-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5090.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-17 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-06-14 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6475.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-23 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2018-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
2018-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 415, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d2bdfec-b9ff-4bbb-a829-24b237caeeac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).