California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 16 — Renewable energy: Department of Fish and Game: expedited permitting.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 311, Statutes of 2011.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 06, 2010. Enacted.

Prognosis

Advancing 56% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Mixed recorded votes

    8 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and requires the Department of Fish and Game to recommend, and the commission to adopt, criteria for determining if a species is endangered or threatened. CESA authorizes the department to authorize the take of threatened species, endangered species, or candidate species by permit if certain requirements are met. CESA authorizes the department, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and, to the extent practicable, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Bureau of Land Management, to design and implement actions to protect, restore, or enhance the habitat of plants and wildlife that can be used to fully mitigate the impacts of the take of endangered, threatened, or candidate species resulting from certain solar thermal and photovoltaic powerplants in the planning area of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. Existing law requires the department to collect, and requires the owner or developer of certain solar thermal powerplants or photovoltaic powerplants to pay, a one-time permit application fee of $75,000. Existing law requires the department to utilize the permit application fee to pay for all or a portion of the department's cost of processing incidental take permit applications pursuant to CESA. This bill would require the department to take prescribed procedural steps regarding applications for certain eligible renewable energy projects, including determining whether the application is complete or incomplete, notifying the applicant of its determination, and approving or rejecting an incidental take permit application for an eligible project within specified timeframes. The bill would require the department to provide an accounting to the Legislature on incidental take permit applications for eligible renewable energy projects, and to report to the Legislature on the extent to which it arranges for entities other than itself to provide all or part of the environmental review of eligible renewable energy projects. (2) This bill would declare that it is to become operative only if AB 13 of the 2011–12 First Extraordinary Session is enacted. (3) The bill would also declare that it is to become operative on the effective date of AB 13 of the 2011–12 First Extraordinary Session. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 311, Statutes of 2011.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 2271.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 2792.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 50. Noes 21. Page 2787.)

  8. Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member V. Manuel Pérez.

  9. Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 52. Noes 6. Page 2756.)

  10. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Read third time and amended. (Page 2589.)

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  14. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 17).

  15. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28).

  17. Referred to Com. on W., P. & W.

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

  19. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 4. Page 1230.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  20. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  21. Ordered to second reading.

  22. Read third time and amended.

  23. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  24. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 3. Page 599.) (April 11).

  25. Set for hearing April 11.

  26. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  27. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 416.) (March 22).

  28. Set for hearing March 22.

  29. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  30. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  31. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  32. From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 6.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB16 Rubio Urgency Clause Concurrence

Passed 34 Yea · 2 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31204
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 34204
% of votes cast 85%5%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Runner — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Huff — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Dutton — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Not Voting
Blakeslee — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

SB 16 Rubio Third Reading Urgency By PÉREZ, V.M.

Passed 57 Yea · 17 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 551606
Republican 1100
Democratic 1000
Total 571706
% of votes cast 71%21%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Gordon — Yea
Hall — Yea
Butler — Yea
Eng — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Carter — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Fong — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Conway — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Valadao — Yea
Williams — Yea
Campos — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Gorell — Not Voting
Halderman — Nay
Bonilla — Not Voting
Harkey — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Knight — Nay
Lara — Yea
Logue — Nay
Block — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Cook — Nay
Davis — Not Voting
Donnelly — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nestande — Not Voting
Norby — Nay
Pan — Yea
Silva — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Miller — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Smyth — Not Voting
Swanson — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Feuer — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

SB 16 Rubio Motion to Reconsider By PÉREZ, V.M.

Passed 50 Yea · 21 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1100
Unaffiliated 482009
Democratic 1000
Total 502109
% of votes cast 63%26%0%11%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Butler — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fong — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Allen — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Ma — Yea
Perea — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hall — Yea
Monning — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Beall — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Pan — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Yamada — Not Voting
Gorell — Not Voting
Hagman — Nay
Halderman — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Bonilla — Not Voting
Knight — Nay
Conway — Nay
Cook — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Lara — Not Voting
Logue — Nay
Miller — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Norby — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Smyth — Not Voting
Valadao — Not Voting
Wagner — Nay
Achadjian — Not Voting
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Huber — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Silva — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eng — Yea
Davis — Not Voting
Garrick — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

SB 16 Rubio Third Reading Urgency By PÉREZ, V.M.

Failed 52 Yea · 6 Nay · 22 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 515021
Democratic 1000
Republican 0101
Total 526022
% of votes cast 65%8%0%28%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Gorell — Not Voting
Halderman — Not Voting
Lara — Yea
Butler — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Carter — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Ma — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Block — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Williams — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Garrick — Not Voting
Fletcher — Not Voting
Campos — Yea
Hagman — Not Voting
Harkey — Nay
Conway — Not Voting
Donnelly — Nay
Miller — Not Voting
Morrell — Nay
Nestande — Not Voting
Nielsen — Not Voting
Olsen — Not Voting
Valadao — Not Voting
Wagner — Not Voting
Achadjian — Not Voting
Alejo — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Jeffries — Not Voting
Knight — Nay
Logue — Not Voting
Mansoor — Not Voting
Monning — Yea
Norby — Not Voting
Silva — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cook — Not Voting
Davis — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Yamada — Not Voting
Gatto — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11500
Democratic 1000
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Campos — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Norby — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9003
Republican 1000
Total 10003
% of votes cast 77%0%0%23%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Halderman — Not Voting
Gatto — Yea
Campos — Yea
Fong — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Lara — Not Voting
Olsen — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Yamada — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

Passed 36 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33400
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 36400
% of votes cast 90%10%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Dutton — Nay
Huff — Nay
Blakeslee — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 5 Yea · 3 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5301
Total 5301
% of votes cast 56%33%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Kehoe — Yea
Runner — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Lieu — Not Voting
Emmerson — Nay

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 16 do?
(1) The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and requires the Department of Fish and Game to recommend, and the commission to adopt, criteria for determining if a species is endangered or threatened. CESA authorizes the department to authorize the take of threatened species, endangered species, or candidate species by permit if certain requirements are met. CESA authorizes the department, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and, to the extent practicable, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Bureau of Land Management, to design and implement actions to protect, restore, or enhance the habitat of plants and wildlife that can be used to fully mitigate the impacts of the take of endangered, threatened, or candidate species resulting from certain solar thermal and photovoltaic powerplants in the planning area of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. Existing law requires the department to collect, and requires the owner or developer of certain solar thermal powerplants or photovoltaic powerplants to pay, a one-time permit application fee of $75,000. Existing law requires the department to utilize the permit application fee to pay for all or a portion of the department's cost of processing incidental take permit applications pursuant to CESA. This bill would require the department to take prescribed procedural steps regarding applications for certain eligible renewable energy projects, including determining whether the application is complete or incomplete, notifying the applicant of its determination, and approving or rejecting an incidental take permit application for an eligible project within specified timeframes. The bill would require the department to provide an accounting to the Legislature on incidental take permit applications for eligible renewable energy projects, and to report to the Legislature on the extent to which it arranges for entities other than itself to provide all or part of the environmental review of eligible renewable energy projects. (2) This bill would declare that it is to become operative only if AB 13 of the 2011–12 First Extraordinary Session is enacted. (3) The bill would also declare that it is to become operative on the effective date of AB 13 of the 2011–12 First Extraordinary Session. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors SB 16?
SB 16 is sponsored by Rubio, Susan (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 16?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 06, 2010. Enacted.
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