republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-66.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coastal resources: research: landslides and erosion: early warning system: County of San Diego."
description: "Existing law establishes the Climate Ready Program in the State Coastal Conservancy to address the impacts and potential impacts of climate change on resources within the conservancy's jurisdiction. Existing law authorizes the conservancy to undertake projects within its jurisdiction, including projects related to beach and bluff erosion and other coastal hazards that threaten coastal communities, infrastructure, and natural resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 66"
citation: "California AB 66 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coastal resources: research: landslides and erosion: early warning system: County of San Diego."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boerner Horvath"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8b9e0df-0a8c-4ef3-a416-a2f681b40bf1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB66"
source_hash: "d9c7c7f3cd85c44611fbf5bf61a8a53efab988bd4a7d9be73fd8fbf1251b39ff"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 66 (20212022) — Coastal resources: research: landslides and erosion: early warning system: County of San Diego.

Existing law establishes the Climate Ready Program in the State Coastal Conservancy to address the impacts and potential impacts of climate change on resources within the conservancy's jurisdiction. Existing law authorizes the conservancy to undertake projects within its jurisdiction, including projects related to beach and bluff erosion and other coastal hazards that threaten coastal communities, infrastructure, and natural resources.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB66&version=20210AB6699INT)
2. **04/05/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB66&version=20210AB6698AMD)
3. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB66&version=20210AB6697AMD)
4. **07/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB66&version=20210AB6696AMD)
5. **10/04/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB66&version=20210AB6694CHP)
6. **AB66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB66)
7. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB66&version=20210AB6695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 66 Boerner Horvath Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB66 Boerner Horvath et a By Laird — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 66 Boerner Horvath Assembly Third Reading — **70–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boerner Horvath — primary (person)
- Akilah Weber — coauthor (person)
- Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Ward — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (March 24). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 1748.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Coms. on ED., JUD. and N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2294.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2703.)
- **2021-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 2723.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-10** 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 456, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8b9e0df-0a8c-4ef3-a416-a2f681b40bf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).