republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-1320.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Climate change: California Climate Change Assessment."
description: "Existing law requires the Director of State Planning and Research to establish the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program under the administration of the Office of Planning and Research to coordinate regional and local efforts with state climate adaptation strategies to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Existing law requires the office, in coordination with appropriate entities, to establish a clearinghouse for climate adaptation information for use by state, regional, and local entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 1320"
citation: "California SB 1320 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Climate change: California Climate Change Assessment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stern"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64fa7425-b826-4217-adf1-25f6d04eaddc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1320"
source_hash: "bb3d1465eec08c38c5ff59918d51d5b206487bc08c8ff922706d5202563632bf"
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 1320 (20192020) — Climate change: California Climate Change Assessment.

Existing law requires the Director of State Planning and Research to establish the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program under the administration of the Office of Planning and Research to coordinate regional and local efforts with state climate adaptation strategies to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Existing law requires the office, in coordination with appropriate entities, to establish a clearinghouse for climate adaptation information for use by state, regional, and local entities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1320&version=20190SB132099INT)
2. **06/18/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1320&version=20190SB132098AMD)
3. **07/27/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1320&version=20190SB132097AMD)
4. **08/11/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1320&version=20190SB132096AMD)
5. **08/24/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1320&version=20190SB132095AMD)
6. **09/24/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1320&version=20190SB132093CHP)
7. **SB1320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1320)
8. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1320&version=20190SB132094ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1320 Stern Senate Third Reading By Robert Rivas — **60–11** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **32–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1320 Stern et al. Concurrence — **33–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stern — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Durazo — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12** Set for hearing April 14.
- **2020-04-06** April 14 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-12** Referral to Com. on EQ. rescinded due to the shortened 2020 Legislative Calendar.
- **2020-05-15** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2020-05-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3596.) (May 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
- **2020-06-09** June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2020-06-11** Set for hearing June 18.
- **2020-06-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3771.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 3881.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-29** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** July 29 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** August 18 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 11. Page 5227.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 5.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2020-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 136, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64fa7425-b826-4217-adf1-25f6d04eaddc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).