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Bill	California Coastal Act of 1976: filing fee waiver: Marine Invasive Species Act: biennial reports: semiannual updates.	The California Coastal Act of 1976 establishes the California Coastal Commission and requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, as defined, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit, as provided. The act authorizes the commission to waive the filing fee for an application for a coastal development permit.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 856	California SB 856 (20252026)	bill	CaliforniaCoastalActof1976 MarineInvasiveSpeciesAct biennialreports filingfeewaiver semiannualupdates	enacted	Committee on Natural Resources and Water	5	20	5	2025-03-11	2025-08-28	openstates	ocd-bill/20f8849f-fb66-4009-aff8-5423b796cc5c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB856	e38ca0ac9e66946e886568da0e6f1801b5c57771d11b990d6627087ec5cc20a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 856 (20252026) — California Coastal Act of 1976: filing fee waiver: Marine Invasive Species Act: biennial reports: semiannual updates.

The California Coastal Act of 1976 establishes the California Coastal Commission and requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, as defined, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit, as provided. The act authorizes the commission to waive the filing fee for an application for a coastal development permit.

Version chain

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

1. 03/11/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/21/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/28/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB856 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/25/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 856 Natural Resources and Water Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB856 N.R. & W. — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Natural Resources and Water — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-11 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-12 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 11.
• 2025-03-19 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2025-04-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 840.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
• 2025-05-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1051.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-08 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-05-29 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2706.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-21 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2025-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2025-08-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-08-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 102, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20f8849f-fb66-4009-aff8-5423b796cc5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).