Diane Papan
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 21
Author
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if the lead agency finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. Existing law establishes the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation, under the direction of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, who is required to supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells so as to permit the owners or operators of those wells to utilize all methods and practices known to the industry for the purpose of increasing the ultimate recovery of geothermal resources, as provided. Existing law requires the division to be the lead agency for all geothermal exploratory projects for purposes of CEQA, as specified, and authorizes the division to delegate its lead agency responsibility for geothermal exploratory projects to a county that has adopted a geothermal element for its general plan. Existing law requires the delegation to provide that the county complete its lead agency responsibility within 135 days of the receipt of the application for the project. This bill would delete the requirement of the delegation to provide that the county complete its lead agency responsibility within 135 days. The bill would specify, upon the request of an applicant of a geothermal exploratory project, that the county in which the project is located is to assume the responsibilities of a lead agency regardless of whether the county has adopted a geothermal element for its general plan. The bill would require the applicant to make the request to the county and the division. If a county assumes lead agency responsibility for a geothermal exploratory project, the bill would require the county and the division to confer regarding necessary information that should be included in the environmental review for the project to facilitate the division's exercise of its authority as a responsible agency. Because the bill would require a county, upon the request of an applicant, to assume the responsibilities of a lead agency under CEQA, and would, if a county assumes lead agency responsibility, require the county and division to confer, as specified, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program by increasing the duties of a county. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 678, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 29).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to second reading.
From inactive file.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Stern.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22).
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 1905.)
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1359 | HTML |
| 02/17/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/16/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/19/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/26/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/29/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/20/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/23/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/04/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/24/23- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 05/08/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/19/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/21/23- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 07/07/23- Senate Judiciary | |
| 08/11/23- Senate Appropriations | PDF PDF |
| 09/02/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/07/24- Senate Natural Resources and Water | |
| 07/01/24- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 08/07/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/26/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/28/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/29/24- Assembly Natural Resources | |
| 08/30/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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