General plans: safety element: emergency evacuation routes.
The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various elements, including a housing element and a safety element for the protection of the community from unreasonable risks associated with the effects of various geologic and seismic hazards, flooding, and wildfires. Existing law requires the safety element to address, among other things, evacuation routes related to identified fire and geologic hazards. Existing law requires the housing element to be revised according to a specific schedule. Existing law requires the planning agency to review and, if necessary, revise the safety element upon each revision of the housing element or local hazard mitigation plan, but not less than once every 8 years, to identify new information relating to flood and fire hazards and climate adaptation and resiliency strategies applicable to the city or county that was not available during the previous revision of the safety element.
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SB 99
California SB 99 (20192020)
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General plans: safety element: emergency evacuation routes.
California SB 99 (20192020) — General plans: safety element: emergency evacuation routes.
The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various elements, including a housing element and a safety element for the protection of the community from unreasonable risks associated with the effects of various geologic and seismic hazards, flooding, and wildfires. Existing law requires the safety element to address, among other things, evacuation routes related to identified fire and geologic hazards. Existing law requires the housing element to be revised according to a specific schedule. Existing law requires the planning agency to review and, if necessary, revise the safety element upon each revision of the housing element or local hazard mitigation plan, but not less than once every 8 years, to identify new information relating to flood and fire hazards and climate adaptation and resiliency strategies applicable to the city or county that was not available during the previous revision of the safety element.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB99 Nielsen et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 99 Nielsen Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Nielsen — primary (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-01-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-01-11 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
2019-01-24 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2019-03-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-03 Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and G.O. referral-committee
2019-04-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-08 Withdrawn from committee.
2019-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2019-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2019-04-12 Set for hearing April 24.
2019-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 845.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2019-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1059.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-30 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2019-06-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-06-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-07-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2627.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-07-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-08-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2133.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-08-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-08-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 202, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f2aaae7-a729-4ab9-8184-528c7c5429aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).