California Environmental Quality Act: university housing development projects: exemption.
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 (EIR) 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 it 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 SB 312 (20232024) — California Environmental Quality Act: university housing development projects: exemption.
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 (EIR) 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 it 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.
3rd Reading SB312 Wiener et al. — 34–1 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB312 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
SB 312 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Bryan — 66–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wiener — primary (person)
Allen — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
2023-02-15 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and E.Q. referral-committee
2023-03-07 Set for hearing March 28.
2023-03-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-03-21 March 28 hearing postponed by committee.
2023-03-22 Set for hearing April 11.
2023-04-11 April 11 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2023-09-13 Senate rules suspended.
2023-09-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-09-14 Withdrawn from committee.
2023-09-14 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2024-01-03 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
2024-01-03 Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2024-01-05 Set for hearing January 10.
2024-01-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2970.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-01-11 Set for hearing January 16.
2024-01-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-01-16 January 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2024-01-17 Set for hearing January 18.
2024-01-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3011.) (January 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-01-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-01-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 3035.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-01-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-05-13 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2024-05-24 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
2024-06-03 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
2024-06-10 June 10 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 6528.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5683.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 284, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea739932-e2c9-4e61-9224-eead06507329. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).