republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-996.md

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Bill	Public Resources: sea level rise plans.	Existing law requires local governments lying in whole or in part within the coastal zone or within the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to, on or before January 1, 2034, develop a sea level rise plan with specified required content as part of a local coastal program that is subject to approval by the California Coastal Commission or the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 996	California AB 996 (20252026)	bill	PublicResources sealevelriseplans	enacted	Pellerin	8	28	7	2025-02-20	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/c13dd1c9-1b4e-4353-854f-bb6a32be800e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB996	c51903acdff737ffbe7dd1ae1b68d6e2550cd47f20d1d159fbaf92ec0e035936	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 996 (20252026) — Public Resources: sea level rise plans.

Existing law requires local governments lying in whole or in part within the coastal zone or within the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to, on or before January 1, 2034, develop a sea level rise plan with specified required content as part of a local coastal program that is subject to approval by the California Coastal Commission or the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/10/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/30/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB996 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 996 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pellerin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2025-03-10 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2025-03-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-11 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2025-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2025-04-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1913.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-07 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2522.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 286, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c13dd1c9-1b4e-4353-854f-bb6a32be800e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).