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SB856Introduced in the Senate

California Coastal Act of 1976: filing fee waiver: Marine Invasive Species Act: biennial reports: semiannual updates.

Passed

Introduced by Natural Resources and Water

What does this bill do?

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Official description

An act to amend Sections 30166, 30168, 30340.6, 30517, 30600.5, 30620, 30625, 30714, and 71212 of, to add Section 71212.1 to, and to repeal Sections 30103.5 and 30108.1 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to the coastal zone.

Where it stands

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 102, Statutes of 2025.

August 28, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

Assembly votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

AssemblyStage: SB 856 Natural Resources and Water Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session · August 21, 2025

77

Yes

0

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

79 assemblymembers recorded in this Assembly vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each assemblymember voted

AssemblymemberDistrictVote
Heather Hadwick1Yes
Chris Rogers2Yes
James Gallagher3Yes
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry4Yes
Joe Patterson5Yes
Maggy Krell6Yes
Josh Hoover7Yes
David Tangipa8Yes
Heath Flora9Yes
Stephanie Nguyen10Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

  2. From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 11.

  3. Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  4. Set for hearing April 22.

  5. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  6. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 840.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  7. Set for hearing May 5.

  8. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  10. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1051.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  11. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  12. Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16).

  15. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2706.) Ordered to the Senate.

  17. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  18. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

  19. Approved by the Governor.

  20. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 102, Statutes of 2025.

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