republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1162.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capitol area planning: height limits."
description: "Existing law provides that the Capitol Area Plan is the official state master plan for development in the central city of the City of Sacramento. The Capitol View Protection Act requires specified height and setback requirements in specified areas surrounding Capitol Park. The act, among other things, requires a height limit of 120 feet for the blocks between L Street on the north, 17th Street on the east, N Street on the south, and 16th Street on the west."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1162"
citation: "California SB 1162 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Capitol area planning: height limits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d2bdfec-b9ff-4bbb-a829-24b237caeeac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1162"
source_hash: "fbeec7c4bc30e4522495a26a4d21d33742291bbe42c93ede0641c087759f97d2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1162 (20172018) — Capitol area planning: height limits.

Existing law provides that the Capitol Area Plan is the official state master plan for development in the central city of the City of Sacramento. The Capitol View Protection Act requires specified height and setback requirements in specified areas surrounding Capitol Park. The act, among other things, requires a height limit of 120 feet for the blocks between L Street on the north, 17th Street on the east, N Street on the south, and 16th Street on the west.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1162&version=20170SB116299INT)
2. **03/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1162&version=20170SB116298AMD)
3. **09/14/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1162&version=20170SB116296CHP)
4. **SB1162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1162)
5. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1162&version=20170SB116297ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1162 Pan Senate Third Reading By MCCARTY — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB1162 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 4785.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2018-05-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5090.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6475.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2018-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 415, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d2bdfec-b9ff-4bbb-a829-24b237caeeac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).