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type: "Bill"
title: "Sea level rise: planning and adaptation."
description: "Existing law creates within the Ocean Protection Council the California Sea Level Rise State and Regional Support Collaborative to provide state and regional information to the public and support to local, regional, and other state agencies for the identification, assessment, planning, and, where feasible, the mitigation of the adverse environmental, social, and economic effects of sea level rise within the coastal zone, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "California SB 272 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sea level rise", "planning and adaptation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ef29181-6f0e-41ad-87d4-e969ad11fcbd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB272"
source_hash: "abb18f5808c97071dc80ffd49b0f50d123fe2c7994c6b045e3e61a5f2b6a85e4"
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 SB 272 (20232024) — Sea level rise: planning and adaptation.
Existing law creates within the Ocean Protection Council the California Sea Level Rise State and Regional Support Collaborative to provide state and regional information to the public and support to local, regional, and other state agencies for the identification, assessment, planning, and, where feasible, the mitigation of the adverse environmental, social, and economic effects of sea level rise within the coastal zone, as provided.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/31/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB272&version=20230SB27299INT)
2. **05/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB272&version=20230SB27298AMD)
3. **06/06/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB272&version=20230SB27297AMD)
4. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB272&version=20230SB27296AMD)
5. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB272&version=20230SB27294CHP)
6. **SB272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB272)
7. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB272&version=20230SB27295ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **101** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **90** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **371** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **131** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB272 Laird Concurrence — **351** (pass) · upper
- SB 272 Laird Senate Third Reading By Bennett — **721** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **51** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Laird — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-31** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2023-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 546.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2023-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 938.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2023-05-08** May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1163.) (May 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 1263.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 3151.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 2625.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 384, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ef29181-6f0e-41ad-87d4-e969ad11fcbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).