republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1425.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open-space element: updates."
description: "Existing law requires cities and counties to prepare, adopt, and amend general plans and elements of those plans, as specified. Existing law requires the general plan to include a housing element and an open-space element, which is also called an open-space plan. Existing law sets forth various deadlines for updates to the housing element."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1425"
citation: "California SB 1425 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open-space element: updates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stern"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e346f596-ac67-4d12-a20c-e5e30db2639c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1425"
source_hash: "79d739f2fd51c32ea76357baf436d5920d6ced21631e017d4a15c2e50efd86d1"
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 1425 (20212022) — Open-space element: updates.

Existing law requires cities and counties to prepare, adopt, and amend general plans and elements of those plans, as specified. Existing law requires the general plan to include a housing element and an open-space element, which is also called an open-space plan. Existing law sets forth various deadlines for updates to the housing element.

## 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=202120220SB1425&version=20210SB142599INT)
2. **03/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1425&version=20210SB142598AMD)
3. **03/31/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1425&version=20210SB142597AMD)
4. **04/18/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1425&version=20210SB142596AMD)
5. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1425&version=20210SB142594CHP)
6. **SB1425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1425)
7. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1425&version=20210SB142595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1425 Stern et al. — **31–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- SB 1425 Stern Senate Third Reading By Luz Rivas — **58–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stern — primary (person)
- Hertzberg — 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.
- **2022-03-09** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** 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 Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2022-03-31** 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`
- **2022-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3377.) (April 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2022-04-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 3824.) 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 Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 14. Page 5996.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 997, 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/e346f596-ac67-4d12-a20c-e5e30db2639c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).