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Bill Planning and zoning: general plan: safety element. The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city and of any land outside its boundaries that bears a relation to its planning. Existing law requires the general plan to include a safety element that addresses, among other things, evacuation routes related to identified fire and geologic hazards. Existing law, upon the next revision of a local hazard mitigation plan on or after January 1, 2022, or beginning on or before January 1, 2022, if a local jurisdiction has not adopted a local hazard mitigation plan, requires the safety element to be reviewed and updated as necessary to identify evacuation routes and their capacity, safety, and viability under a range of emergency scenarios. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 1409 California AB 1409 (20212022)
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California AB 1409 (20212022) — Planning and zoning: general plan: safety element.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city and of any land outside its boundaries that bears a relation to its planning. Existing law requires the general plan to include a safety element that addresses, among other things, evacuation routes related to identified fire and geologic hazards. Existing law, upon the next revision of a local hazard mitigation plan on or after January 1, 2022, or beginning on or before January 1, 2022, if a local jurisdiction has not adopted a local hazard mitigation plan, requires the safety element to be reviewed and updated as necessary to identify evacuation routes and their capacity, safety, and viability under a range of emergency scenarios.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/19/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 10/04/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. AB1409 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 09/01/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • AB 1409 Levine Consent Calendar Second Day — 770 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Consent Calendar AB1409 — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 160 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Levine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
  • 2021-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
  • 2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2021-03-11 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E.M. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on E.M. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2021-04-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-29 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-05-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1338.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2021-05-19 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
  • 2021-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2021-07-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2021-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2239.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-08-31 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2021-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2021-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 481, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30c80d5f-2475-43fc-910e-38935bb10eb9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).