(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires each city, county, and city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan that contains certain mandatory elements, including a land use element and an open-space element. Existing law requires the land use element to, among other things, designate the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of the land for agricultural use. Existing law requires the open-space element to include a plan for the comprehensive and long-range preservation and conservation of open-space land within the city or county that prepares it.
California SB 732 (20172018) — General plan: agricultural land.
(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires each city, county, and city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan that contains certain mandatory elements, including a land use element and an open-space element. Existing law requires the land use element to, among other things, designate the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of the land for agricultural use. Existing law requires the open-space element to include a plan for the comprehensive and long-range preservation and conservation of open-space land within the city or county that prepares it.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 732 Stern Senate Third Reading By CABALLERO — 56–18 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 10–5 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB732 Stern Concurrence — 28–12 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 28–11 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Stern — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2017-03-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-17 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2017-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2017-04-21 Set for hearing April 26.
2017-05-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 735.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-05-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
2017-05-11 May 15 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-05-16 Set for hearing May 22.
2017-05-22 May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-05-23 Set for hearing May 25.
2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1189.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-05-26 Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 1335.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-15 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and AGRI. referral-committee
2017-06-19 Re-referred to Coms. on AGRI. and L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-07-13 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-08-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-08-28 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (August 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
2017-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 3163.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 12. Page 2836.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2017-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 434, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1eac0a53-8487-49f2-abb6-58c1f537cf83. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).