California Coastal Act of 1976: enforcement: penalties.
The California Coastal Act of 1976 requires a person undertaking development in the coastal zone to obtain a coastal development permit in accordance with prescribed procedures. Existing law authorizes the superior court to impose civil liability on a person who performs or undertakes development that is in violation of the act or that is inconsistent with a previously issued coastal development permit, and on a person who violates the act in any other manner. Existing law authorizes the California Coastal Commission to impose specified administrative civil penalties on a person, including a landowner, who is in violation of the public access provisions of the act for each violation of the act.
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SB 433
California SB 433 (20212022)
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California Coastal Act of 1976: enforcement: penalties.
California SB 433 (20212022) — California Coastal Act of 1976: enforcement: penalties.
The California Coastal Act of 1976 requires a person undertaking development in the coastal zone to obtain a coastal development permit in accordance with prescribed procedures. Existing law authorizes the superior court to impose civil liability on a person who performs or undertakes development that is in violation of the act or that is inconsistent with a previously issued coastal development permit, and on a person who violates the act in any other manner. Existing law authorizes the California Coastal Commission to impose specified administrative civil penalties on a person, including a landowner, who is in violation of the public access provisions of the act for each violation of the act.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2021-03-25 Set for hearing April 27.
2021-04-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 938.) (April 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-05-07 Set for hearing May 17.
2021-05-17 May 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-18 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1191.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 1255.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-06-03 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2021-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-06-30 June 30 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2916.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2557.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2021-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 643, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b9c964a-c87f-45fe-b123-4c9b33999955. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).