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type: "Bill"
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title: "Planning and zoning: general plan: safety element."
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description: "The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city and of any land outside its boundaries that bears relation to its planning. That law requires this general plan to include certain mandatory elements, including a safety element for the protection of the community from unreasonable risks associated with the effects of various geologic hazards, flooding, wildland and urban fires, and climate adaptation and resilience strategies. That law requires the safety element to address, among other things, evacuation routes related to identified fire and geologic hazards."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 747"
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citation: "California AB 747 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Planning and zoning: general plan: safety element."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-02-19"
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last_action: "2019-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee7f7657-c6a2-44c9-9efc-2938d8e5eab1"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB747"
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source_hash: "aef3a1ed5ff39dffd813ede172c624a3854d5f42a944edb4b1771e6c0bb83fc0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 747 (20192020) — Planning and zoning: general plan: safety element.
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The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city and of any land outside its boundaries that bears relation to its planning. That law requires this general plan to include certain mandatory elements, including a safety element for the protection of the community from unreasonable risks associated with the effects of various geologic hazards, flooding, wildland and urban fires, and climate adaptation and resilience strategies. That law requires the safety element to address, among other things, evacuation routes related to identified fire and geologic hazards.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB747&version=20190AB74799INT)
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2. **04/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB747&version=20190AB74798AMD)
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3. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB747&version=20190AB74797AMD)
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4. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB747&version=20190AB74795CHP)
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5. **AB747** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB747)
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6. **09/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB747&version=20190AB74796ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 747 Levine Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 747 Levine Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB747 Levine et al. By Jackson — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Levine — primary (person)
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- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-04-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1476.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2019-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-07-01** From Consent Calendar.
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- **2019-07-01** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2743.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2019-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
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- **2019-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3399.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2019-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 681, Statutes of 2019.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee7f7657-c6a2-44c9-9efc-2938d8e5eab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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