California Environmental Quality Act: geothermal exploratory projects: lead agency.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if the lead agency finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
California AB 1359 (20232024) — California Environmental Quality Act: geothermal exploratory projects: lead agency.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if the lead agency finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1359 Papan Concurrence - Urgency Added — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1359 Schiavo Assembly Third Reading — 60–16 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1359 Papan et al. By Padilla Urgency Clause — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Papan — primary (person)
Garcia — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2023-03-16 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2023-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2023-04-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2023-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 1905.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-06-07 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-06-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-11 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Stern.
2024-05-29 From inactive file.
2024-05-29 Ordered to second reading.
2024-05-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-30 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
2024-06-05 Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. referral-committee
2024-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
2024-08-28 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2024-08-28 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2024-08-29 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage
2024-08-30 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 678, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8807d0f-a136-4c76-a793-1346e35f8844. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).