(1) The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, 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 relates to its planning. That law authorizes the legislative body, if it deems it to be in the public interest, to amend all or part of an adopted general plan, as provided. That law also authorizes the legislative body of any county or city, pursuant to specified procedures, to adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land as between industry, business, residences, open space, and other purposes.
California AB 2798 (20212022) — Freight: development projects.
(1) The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, 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 relates to its planning. That law authorizes the legislative body, if it deems it to be in the public interest, to amend all or part of an adopted general plan, as provided. That law also authorizes the legislative body of any county or city, pursuant to specified procedures, to adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land as between industry, business, residences, open space, and other purposes.
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] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2798 Fong Third Reading Urgency — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2798 FONG, V. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Fong — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2022-03-31 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-04-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-04-21 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2022-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). 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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4825.). 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 Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2022-06-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-08-02 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
2022-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5409.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2022-08-31 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 535, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79f373dc-04f0-4744-acd1-463b2a3d5419. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).