republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-584.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal development: emergency waiver."
description: "The California Coastal Act of 1976 requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, as defined, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit, as provided. The act requires the issuance of a coastal development permit if the proposed development is in conformity with the certified local coastal program. The act provides for the certification of local coastal programs by the California Coastal Commission. The act authorizes the requirement of having to obtain a permit to be waived when immediate action by a person or public agency performing a public service is required to protect life and public property from imminent danger, or to restore, repair, or maintain public works, utilities, or services destroyed, damaged, or interrupted by natural disaster, serious accident, or in other cases of emergency, as specified. The act provides that this waiver provision does not authorize the permanent erection of structures valued at more than $25,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 584"
citation: "California AB 584 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Coastal Act of 1976", "coastal development", "emergency waiver"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hart"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2e9a27d-ce0f-49b5-9bc9-86dca0c7b69a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB584"
source_hash: "c89cc2a83613853c8094566e85e827c008fd01f971059b3207f66130dd5365d6"
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 584 (20232024) — California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal development: emergency waiver.

The California Coastal Act of 1976 requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, as defined, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit, as provided. The act requires the issuance of a coastal development permit if the proposed development is in conformity with the certified local coastal program. The act provides for the certification of local coastal programs by the California Coastal Commission. The act authorizes the requirement of having to obtain a permit to be waived when immediate action by a person or public agency performing a public service is required to protect life and public property from imminent danger, or to restore, repair, or maintain public works, utilities, or services destroyed, damaged, or interrupted by natural disaster, serious accident, or in other cases of emergency, as specified. The act provides that this waiver provision does not authorize the permanent erection of structures valued at more than $25,000.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB584&version=20230AB58499INT)
2. **03/06/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB584&version=20230AB58498AMD)
3. **07/27/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB584&version=20230AB58496CHP)
4. **AB584** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB584)
5. **07/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB584&version=20230AB58497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 584 Hart Consent Calendar Second Day — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** 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`
- **2023-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 1008.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-07-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2036.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-07-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-07-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 118, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2e9a27d-ce0f-49b5-9bc9-86dca0c7b69a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).