Existing law establishes the California Environmental Protection Agency under the supervision of the Secretary for Environmental Protection, and vests the agency with authority over various environmental matters. Existing law requires the agency to address heat and heat reduction by, among other things, identifying the extent and severity of the urban heat island effect for cities to set quantifiable goals for heat reduction.
California AB 2238 (20212022) — Extreme heat: statewide extreme heat ranking system.
Existing law establishes the California Environmental Protection Agency under the supervision of the Secretary for Environmental Protection, and vests the agency with authority over various environmental matters. Existing law requires the agency to address heat and heat reduction by, among other things, identifying the extent and severity of the urban heat island effect for cities to set quantifiable goals for heat reduction.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2238 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2238 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent AB2238 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Luz Rivas — primary (person)
Arambula — coauthor (person)
Bryan — coauthor (person)
Calderon — coauthor (person)
Cristina Garcia — author (person)
Eduardo Garcia — author (person)
Eggman — coauthor (person)
Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)
Hurtado — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Quirk — coauthor (person)
Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
Stern — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2022-03-03 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and INS. referral-committee
2022-03-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-03-23 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-24 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2022-03-30 Coauthors revised.
2022-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4836.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-01 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and INS. referral-committee
2022-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on INS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5367.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2022-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 264, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52541c8d-b195-443f-a727-f65f091cd0be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).