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Bill	Coastal resources: research: landslides and erosion: early warning system.	Existing law requires the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to conduct research on coastal cliff landslides and erosion in the County of San Diego, to be completed by January 1, 2025. Existing law requires the institution to conduct real-time measurements of land deformation to identify and analyze conditions that precede catastrophic bluff failure on 2 specified sites as a condition of receiving funds. Existing law requires the institution to provide a report to the Legislature with recommendations for developing a coastal cliff landslide and erosion early warning system based on available research no later than March 15, 2025.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 72	California AB 72 (20232024)	bill	Coastal resources early warning system landslides and erosion research	enacted	Boerner	5	22	6	2022-12-13	2023-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/e58b9d04-b193-416c-92f7-717ab28b407e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB72	3b2561c19899bd7a70517d4fe6ebc160b0fc9b9f80d3b8a6731003ef02d11657	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 72 (20232024) — Coastal resources: research: landslides and erosion: early warning system.

Existing law requires the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to conduct research on coastal cliff landslides and erosion in the County of San Diego, to be completed by January 1, 2025. Existing law requires the institution to conduct real-time measurements of land deformation to identify and analyze conditions that precede catastrophic bluff failure on 2 specified sites as a condition of receiving funds. Existing law requires the institution to provide a report to the Legislature with recommendations for developing a coastal cliff landslide and erosion early warning system based on available research no later than March 15, 2025.

Version chain

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

1. 12/13/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/17/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/21/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB72 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/05/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar AB72 Boerner et al. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 72 Boerner Horvath Assembly Third Reading — 68–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 72 Boerner Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 67–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Boerner — primary (person)
• Blakespear — coauthor (person)
• Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
• Ward — coauthor (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-13 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-12-14 From printer. May be heard in committee January 13.
• 2023-01-04 Read first time. reading-1
• 2023-02-23 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 22). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 1074.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-04-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-04-20 Introduced measure version corrected. introduction
• 2023-05-03 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-06-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1826.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-07-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 2537.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-07-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-07-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 80, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e58b9d04-b193-416c-92f7-717ab28b407e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).