California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 2341 — California Environmental Quality Act: aesthetic impacts.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 298, Statutes of 2018.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

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. This bill would, until January 1, 2024, specify that, except as provided, the aesthetic effects of projects meeting certain requirements are not significant effects on the environment for purposes of CEQA and that the lead agency is not required to evaluate the aesthetic effects of those projects.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 298, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 8. Page 6371.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 5289.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Withdrawn from committee.

  10. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ.

  11. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ.

  12. Referred to Com. on EQ.

  13. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 9. Page 4824.)

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  17. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 9).

  18. Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  19. From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  20. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 7 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Mathis

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 2341 MATHIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 65 Yea · 8 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 48604
Democratic 11203
Republican 6000
Total 65807
% of votes cast 81%10%0%9%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Not Voting
Brough — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gray — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Low — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Rivas — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Nay
Friedman — Nay
Chiu — Not Voting
Ting — Nay
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gloria — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Nay
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Nay
Limón, Monique Democratic Nay
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB2341 Mathis et al. By Wiener

Passed 27 Yea · 8 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25505
Democratic 2300
Total 27805
% of votes cast 68%20%0%13%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Nay
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Allen — Not Voting
De León — Not Voting
Chang — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Mitchell — Nay
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Leyva — Nay
Moorlach — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Nay
Wilk — Yea
Monning — Nay
Fuller — Not Voting
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Nay
McGuire, Mike Democratic Nay
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Nay
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended

Passed 4 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 0001
Unaffiliated 4002
Total 4003
% of votes cast 57%0%0%43%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Lara — Not Voting
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting

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AB 2341 MATHIS Assembly Third Reading

Passed 61 Yea · 9 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 43707
Democratic 12201
Republican 6000
Total 61908
% of votes cast 78%12%0%10%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Nay
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Medina — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Nay
Waldron — Yea
Chau — Yea
Burke — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Friedman — Not Voting
Gloria — Nay
Harper — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chiu — Not Voting
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Nazarian — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Not Voting
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Nay
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Nay
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Nay
Limón, Monique Democratic Nay
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 7 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5101
Democratic 1001
Republican 1000
Total 7102
% of votes cast 70%10%0%20%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bloom — Not Voting
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Limón, Monique Democratic Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2341 do?
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. This bill would, until January 1, 2024, specify that, except as provided, the aesthetic effects of projects meeting certain requirements are not significant effects on the environment for purposes of CEQA and that the lead agency is not required to evaluate the aesthetic effects of those projects.
Who sponsors AB 2341?
AB 2341 is sponsored by Baker, Mathis, and Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 2341?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2018. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 2341?
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