California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: financial assistance: residential housing.
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 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 406 (20232024) — California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: financial assistance: residential housing.
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 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.
Special Consent SB406 Cortese et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
SB 406 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Cortese — primary (person)
Seyarto — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
2023-02-22 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and HOUSING. referral-committee
2023-02-27 Set for hearing March 15.
2023-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 353.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-03-30 Set for hearing May 2.
2023-05-02 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 981.) (May 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1025.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-08 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-05-18 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
2023-06-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-06-29 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-07-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2572.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-07-06 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-08-15 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2023-08-17 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2142.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2023-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 150, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18ab0da6-5f66-47fe-9d54-195a92f70101. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).