California 2009-2010, 1st Special Session Status: To Executive

SB 4 — Environmental quality: surplus state property.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor.

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

This bill died with 2009-2010, 1st Special Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

(1) Existing law, 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. Other provisions of existing law authorize the Department of General Services to dispose of real property that the Legislature has declared surplus, and has directed the disposal of, by the Department of General Services. This bill would exempt from CEQA, unless a specified condition exists, the disposition of a parcel of surplus state real property if the project consists exclusively of the sale or transfer of that property by a state agency. (2) Existing law requires each state agency, on or before December 31 of each year, to review certain proprietary state lands over which the state agency has jurisdiction to determine what land is in excess and to report the determination, in writing, to the Department of General Services. Existing law requires the Department of General Services to annually report to the Legislature, lands that are declared to be in excess. This bill would require each state agency, before making the above determination, to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act. The bill would require the Department of General Services to report annually to the Legislature lands that are determined to be excess and those that are determined not to be excess. (3) This bill would provide that its provisions would become operative only if AB 2 of the 2009–10 First Extraordinary Session is enacted and becomes effective. (4) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 1, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 1, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Vetoed by Governor.

  2. Enrolled. To Governor at 2:30 p.m.

  3. Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 34.) To enrollment.

  4. In Senate.

  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 20. Page 38.) To Senate.

  6. Amended. (Page 35.)

  7. Read second time.

  8. Held at desk.

  9. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 26.)

  10. Art. IV, Sec. 8(b), of Constitution dispensed with.

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

  12. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 10.) To Assembly.

  13. Read second time.

  14. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 8.)

  15. Art. IV, Sec. 8(b), of Constitution dispensed with.

  16. Withdrawn from committee.

  17. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS.

Sponsors

  • Ducheny · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Ducheny

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 121 →

"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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

SB4 Ducheny Senate Third Reading By EVANS First Extraordinary Session

Passed 63 Yea · 22 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 5000
Unaffiliated 562206
Republican 2001
Total 632207
% of votes cast 68%24%0%8%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Cook — Not Voting
Emmerson — Nay
Feuer — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Furutani — Yea
Gilmore — Nay
Carter — Yea
Eng — Yea
Evans — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Coto — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Conway — Nay
Duvall — Not Voting
Bill — Nay
Berryhill — Nay
Tom — Nay
Berryhill — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Fuentes — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Fletcher — Not Voting
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Hagman — Nay
Hall — Yea
Bass — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Nay
Swanson — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Not Voting
Adams — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Blakeslee — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Krekorian — Yea
Ma — Yea
Miller — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Silva — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Villines — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Not Voting
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

W/O REF. TO FILE SB4 Ducheny Concurrence

Passed 35 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31302
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 35302
% of votes cast 88%8%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Cogdill — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea
Yee — Nay
Cedillo — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Huff — Yea
Runner — Yea
Negrete — Nay
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Leno — Yea
McLeod — Nay
Oropeza — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Harman — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Romero — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

W/O REF. TO FILE SB4 Ducheny

Passed 34 Yea · 1 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30105
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 34105
% of votes cast 85%3%0%13%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Not Voting
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Cedillo — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Florez — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Huff — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Leno — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Correa — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Benoit — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Romero — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Not Voting
Maldonado — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

environment
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does SB 4 do?
(1) Existing law, 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. Other provisions of existing law authorize the Department of General Services to dispose of real property that the Legislature has declared surplus, and has directed the disposal of, by the Department of General Services. This bill would exempt from CEQA, unless a specified condition exists, the disposition of a parcel of surplus state real property if the project consists exclusively of the sale or transfer of that property by a state agency. (2) Existing law requires each state agency, on or before December 31 of each year, to review certain proprietary state lands over which the state agency has jurisdiction to determine what land is in excess and to report the determination, in writing, to the Department of General Services. Existing law requires the Department of General Services to annually report to the Legislature, lands that are declared to be in excess. This bill would require each state agency, before making the above determination, to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act. The bill would require the Department of General Services to report annually to the Legislature lands that are determined to be excess and those that are determined not to be excess. (3) This bill would provide that its provisions would become operative only if AB 2 of the 2009–10 First Extraordinary Session is enacted and becomes effective. (4) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 1, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 1, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution.
Who sponsors SB 4?
SB 4 is sponsored by Ducheny.
What is the current status of SB 4?
This bill died with 2009-2010, 1st Special Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 4?
Track SB 4 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on SB 4

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of SB 4

Last checked for changes 2 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →