republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1881.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Coastal Commission: scientific panel expertise: coastal erosion."
description: "The California Coastal Act of 1976 establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the California Coastal Commission and provides for the planning and regulation of development in the coastal zone, as defined. The act requires the commission, if it determines that it has sufficient resources, to establish one or more scientific panels to review technical documents and reports, among other things. The act authorizes the panel or panels to be composed of, but not limited to, persons with expertise and training in specified topics, including coastal geomorphology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1881"
citation: "California AB 1881 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Coastal Commission", "coastal erosion", "scientific panel expertise"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davies"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08e1a9af-53bc-4842-bb44-8311ec18420c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1881"
source_hash: "86f833cbd35f61738ea48696ca947640d3bcb1e541714c63ba72da1edc4fd589"
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 AB 1881 (20232024) — California Coastal Commission: scientific panel expertise: coastal erosion.

The California Coastal Act of 1976 establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the California Coastal Commission and provides for the planning and regulation of development in the coastal zone, as defined. The act requires the commission, if it determines that it has sufficient resources, to establish one or more scientific panels to review technical documents and reports, among other things. The act authorizes the panel or panels to be composed of, but not limited to, persons with expertise and training in specified topics, including coastal geomorphology.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1881&version=20230AB188199INT)
2. **03/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1881&version=20230AB188198AMD)
3. **07/15/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1881&version=20230AB188196CHP)
4. **AB1881** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1881)
5. **06/24/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1881&version=20230AB188197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1881 Davies Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davies — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2024-03-21** Ordered to Second Reading and Consent Calendar. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-01** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4630.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4530.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-17** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 88, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08e1a9af-53bc-4842-bb44-8311ec18420c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).