republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1291.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hydrogen-fueling stations: administrative approval."
description: "Existing law requires every city, county, and city and county to administratively approve an application to install electric vehicle charging stations through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit and requires the review of an application to install an electric vehicle charging station to be limited to the building official's review of whether it meets all health and safety requirements of local, state, and federal law. Existing law prohibits a city, county, or city and county from denying an application for a use permit to install an electric vehicle charging station unless it makes written findings that the proposed installation would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety, and there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific, adverse impact. Existing law requires that any conditions imposed on an application to install an electric vehicle charging station be designed to mitigate the specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety at the lowest cost possible."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1291"
citation: "California SB 1291 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hydrogen-fueling stations: administrative approval."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archuleta"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/366e122d-7fe2-4eab-ad2d-72608ac2dca3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1291"
source_hash: "02e89add49dbb25d66252b86a856845d9a2350e16bac69f36973e2b6b1ced307"
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 1291 (20212022) — Hydrogen-fueling stations: administrative approval.

Existing law requires every city, county, and city and county to administratively approve an application to install electric vehicle charging stations through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit and requires the review of an application to install an electric vehicle charging station to be limited to the building official's review of whether it meets all health and safety requirements of local, state, and federal law. Existing law prohibits a city, county, or city and county from denying an application for a use permit to install an electric vehicle charging station unless it makes written findings that the proposed installation would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety, and there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific, adverse impact. Existing law requires that any conditions imposed on an application to install an electric vehicle charging station be designed to mitigate the specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety at the lowest cost possible.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1291&version=20210SB129199INT)
2. **03/14/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1291&version=20210SB129198AMD)
3. **04/05/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1291&version=20210SB129197AMD)
4. **06/20/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1291&version=20210SB129196AMD)
5. **06/29/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1291&version=20210SB129195AMD)
6. **08/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1291&version=20210SB129194AMD)
7. **09/16/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1291&version=20210SB129192CHP)
8. **SB1291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1291)
9. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1291&version=20210SB129193ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1291 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB1291 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1291 Archuleta et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Archuleta — primary (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-22** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14** 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`
- **2022-03-23** Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F., TRANS., and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Referral to Com. on E.Q. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
- **2022-03-30** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2022-03-31** April 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2022-04-05** 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`
- **2022-04-08** Set for hearing April 26 in TRANS. pending receipt.
- **2022-04-13** April 21 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-04-14** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3460.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 3522.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2022-05-09** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3901.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-02** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, 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`
- **2022-08-08** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2022-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-18** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6003.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5342.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 373, 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/366e122d-7fe2-4eab-ad2d-72608ac2dca3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).