Laura Friedman
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 44
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 it 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. CEQA requires each state agency to establish, by resolution or order, time limits for completing the environmental review of a project where the state agency is the lead agency for the project, as specified. This bill, until January 1, 2031, would require a state agency, acting as the lead agency, to complete its environmental review for an electrical infrastructure project and to approve or deny the project within 2 years of the submission and acceptance of a complete application for the issuance of a lease, permit, license, certificate, or other entitlement for use for electrical infrastructure to the state agency. If the state agency fails to meet this deadline, the bill would require the state agency to submit to the Legislature a report setting forth the reasons that the review could not be completed within the time period and identifying potential impacts to the electrical system that could result from the delay.
In committee: Held under submission.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 10).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U. & C. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1883.)
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 26).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
(pending re-refer to Com. on U. & E.)
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1291.)
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1291.)
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and U. & E.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB914 | HTML |
| 02/14/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/09/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/10/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/01/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/13/23 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/24/23- Assembly Natural Resources | |
| 04/25/23- Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy | |
| 05/15/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/19/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 07/03/23- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 07/07/23- Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications | |
| 08/18/23- Senate Appropriations |
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