republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-611.md

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Bill	Planning and zoning: community plans: review under the California Environmental Quality Act.	The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for its physical development and the development of any land outside its boundaries that, in the planning agency's judgment, bears relation to its planning, as provided. After the legislative body has adopted a general plan, that law also authorizes, or if so directed by the legislative body, requires, the planning agency to prepare specific plans for the systematic implementation of the general plan for all or part of the area covered by the general plan, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 611	California SB 611 (20252026)	bill	Planningandzoning communityplans reviewundertheCaliforniaEnvironmentalQualityAct	enacted	Richardson	8	27	7	2025-02-20	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/dcc00ecc-67e4-44d4-b6fe-e6d229c99b49	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB611	dd57c291370ceb4f96fe1b4a63b881214a05d25ae061d546336d604277736884	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 611 (20252026) — Planning and zoning: community plans: review under the California Environmental Quality Act.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for its physical development and the development of any land outside its boundaries that, in the planning agency's judgment, bears relation to its planning, as provided. After the legislative body has adopted a general plan, that law also authorizes, or if so directed by the legislative body, requires, the planning agency to prepare specific plans for the systematic implementation of the general plan for all or part of the area covered by the general plan, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/07/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/09/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/14/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB611 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/02/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 611 Richardson Third Reading Urgency By Zbur — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB611 Richardson et al. Urgency Clause — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richardson — primary (person)
• Zbur — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2025-03-05 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 Set for hearing April 2.
• 2025-03-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 637.) (April 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-08 Set for hearing May 6.
• 2025-05-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1027.) (May 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1241.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-14 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-07-14 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-07-17 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2592.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-07-17 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-08-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2287.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 228, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dcc00ecc-67e4-44d4-b6fe-e6d229c99b49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).