California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transportation-related projects.
(1) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
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SB 288
California SB 288 (20192020)
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California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transportation-related projects.
California SB 288 (20192020) — California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transportation-related projects.
(1) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
SB 288 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Friedman — 65–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 4–2 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading SB288 Wiener et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Redistricting] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 16–2 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB288 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 32–5 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wiener — primary (person)
Friedman — coauthor (person)
Mathis — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2019-02-21 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
2019-03-21 Set for hearing April 2.
2019-03-25 April 2 hearing postponed by committee.
2019-03-26 Set for hearing April 10.
2019-03-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 650.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2019-05-13 May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-05-14 Set for hearing May 16.
2019-05-17 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1095.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-05-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1246.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
2019-06-18 June 26 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2019-06-18 July 10 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
2019-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-20 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2019-06-24 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & R. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-08 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-07-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-19 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
2019-08-19 Re-referred to Coms. on E. & R. and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2019-09-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-06-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-06-15 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2020-07-27 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2020-07-27 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2020-07-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-07-27 July 29 hearing postponed by committee.
2020-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (August 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2020-08-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 2.) (August 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 3. Page 5288.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2020-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 5.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2020-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2020-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 200, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0656f992-b0b4-4a55-aa6e-96482f748974. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).