Existing law requires every city, county, and city and county to administratively approve an application to install electric vehicle charging stations through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit and requires the review of an application to install an electric vehicle charging station to be limited to the building official's review of whether it meets all health and safety requirements of local, state, and federal law. Existing law prohibits a city, county, or city and county from denying an application for a use permit to install an electric vehicle charging station unless it makes written findings that the proposed installation would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety, and there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific, adverse impact. Existing law requires that any conditions imposed on an application to install an electric vehicle charging station be designed to mitigate the specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety at the lowest cost possible.
California SB 1291 (20212022) — Hydrogen-fueling stations: administrative approval.
Existing law requires every city, county, and city and county to administratively approve an application to install electric vehicle charging stations through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit and requires the review of an application to install an electric vehicle charging station to be limited to the building official's review of whether it meets all health and safety requirements of local, state, and federal law. Existing law prohibits a city, county, or city and county from denying an application for a use permit to install an electric vehicle charging station unless it makes written findings that the proposed installation would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety, and there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific, adverse impact. Existing law requires that any conditions imposed on an application to install an electric vehicle charging station be designed to mitigate the specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety at the lowest cost possible.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Archuleta — primary (person)
Newman — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-18 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-22 From printer.
2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2022-03-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-23 Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F., TRANS., and E.Q. referral-committee
2022-03-24 Referral to Com. on E.Q. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
2022-03-30 Set for hearing April 7.
2022-03-31 April 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-04-05 Set for hearing April 21.
2022-04-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-08 Set for hearing April 26 in TRANS. pending receipt.
2022-04-13 April 21 hearing postponed by committee.
2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 20.
2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3460.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 3522.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2022-05-09 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3901.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS. referral-committee
2022-06-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-08 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
2022-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-18 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6003.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5342.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 373, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/366e122d-7fe2-4eab-ad2d-72608ac2dca3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).