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Bill	Coastal protection: climate adaption: project prioritization: natural infrastructure: local general plans.	(1) Existing law establishes the State Coastal Conservancy, and prescribes the membership and functions and duties of the conservancy with regard to the protection, preservation, and enhancement of specified coastal lands in the state. Existing law authorizes the conservancy to address the impacts and potential impacts of climate change on resources within its jurisdiction, and to undertake certain projects within that designated area. Existing law authorizes the conservancy to award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for certain projects that address the effects of climate change, and, to the extent allowed, to prioritize projects that maximize public benefits, including, but not limited to, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, reducing hazards to harbors and ports, preserving and enhancing coastal wetlands and natural lands, conserving biodiversity, and providing recreational opportunities.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 65	California AB 65 (20192020)	bill	Coastal protection: climate adaption: project prioritization: natural infrastructure: local general plans.	enacted	Petrie-Norris	9	34	8	2018-12-03	2019-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/9c630128-b6ef-4c7d-8f3f-b78dc5eb26d6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB65	e30050f9824c1781717f386f10f6a5a7f2434c1852f54e7b4441710ced8bb5b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 65 (20192020) — Coastal protection: climate adaption: project prioritization: natural infrastructure: local general plans.

(1) Existing law establishes the State Coastal Conservancy, and prescribes the membership and functions and duties of the conservancy with regard to the protection, preservation, and enhancement of specified coastal lands in the state. Existing law authorizes the conservancy to address the impacts and potential impacts of climate change on resources within its jurisdiction, and to undertake certain projects within that designated area. Existing law authorizes the conservancy to award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for certain projects that address the effects of climate change, and, to the extent allowed, to prioritize projects that maximize public benefits, including, but not limited to, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, reducing hazards to harbors and ports, preserving and enhancing coastal wetlands and natural lands, conserving biodiversity, and providing recreational opportunities.

Version chain

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

1. 12/03/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/17/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/12/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/13/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/27/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB65 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/16/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB65 Petrie-Norris et al. By Hill — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 65 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 65 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
• Berman — coauthor (person)
• Bloom — coauthor (person)
• Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
• Daly — coauthor (person)
• Hill — coauthor (person)
• Holden — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)
• Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Smith — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
• 2019-01-17 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2019-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-04-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-08 From Consent Calendar.
• 2019-04-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-04-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1255.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-04-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-01 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and EQ. referral-committee
• 2019-06-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on EQ. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-26 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-31 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-08-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-22 From Consent Calendar.
• 2019-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2743.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
• 2019-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3393.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 347, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c630128-b6ef-4c7d-8f3f-b78dc5eb26d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).