republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1214.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Planning and zoning: local planning."
description: "Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, establishes in each city and county a planning agency with the powers necessary to carry out the purposes of the law. Existing law requires the legislative body of each city and county to by ordinance assign the functions of the planning agency to a planning department, one or more planning commissions, administrative bodies or hearing officers, the legislative body itself, or any combination thereof, as it deems appropriate and necessary. Existing law authorizes a legislative body to establish for its planning agency any rules, procedures, or standards that do not conflict with state or federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1214"
citation: "California SB 1214 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Planning and zoning: local planning."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e239dc55-3283-4451-87b9-634406655331"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1214"
source_hash: "a2d7ea8653becef18e8053ec0ef8c5fa4dc7b69d14c90eb7eea86050a15f202b"
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 1214 (20212022) — Planning and zoning: local planning.

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, establishes in each city and county a planning agency with the powers necessary to carry out the purposes of the law. Existing law requires the legislative body of each city and county to by ordinance assign the functions of the planning agency to a planning department, one or more planning commissions, administrative bodies or hearing officers, the legislative body itself, or any combination thereof, as it deems appropriate and necessary. Existing law authorizes a legislative body to establish for its planning agency any rules, procedures, or standards that do not conflict with state or federal law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1214&version=20210SB121499INT)
2. **03/03/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1214&version=20210SB121498AMD)
3. **03/24/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1214&version=20210SB121497AMD)
4. **04/28/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1214&version=20210SB121496AMD)
5. **08/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1214&version=20210SB121494CHP)
6. **SB1214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1214)
7. **08/12/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1214&version=20210SB121495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1214 Jones Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB1214 — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-18** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Set for hearing March 31.
- **2022-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3292.) (March 31). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3514.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2022-05-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3842.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-27** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5828.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2022-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 226, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e239dc55-3283-4451-87b9-634406655331`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).