California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 118 — California Environmental Quality Act: public higher education: campus population.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 10, Statutes of 2022.

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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 January 08, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · 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.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 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 (EIR) on a project that the lead agency 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. Existing law makes the selection of a location for a particular campus of public higher education and the approval of a long-range development plan subject to CEQA, requires preparation of an EIR, and requires environmental effects relating to changes in enrollment levels to be considered for each campus or medical center of public higher education in the EIR prepared for the long-range development plan. Existing law makes the approval of a project on a particular campus or medical center of public higher education subject to CEQA and authorizes it to be addressed in a tiered environmental analysis based upon a long-range development plan EIR. This bill would delete the provision requiring the environmental effects relating to changes in enrollment levels be considered in the EIR prepared for the long-range development plan. The bill would provide that enrollment or changes in enrollment, by themselves, do not constitute a project for purposes of CEQA. The bill would authorize the court, if the court determines that increases in campus population exceed the projections adopted in the most recent long-range development plan and analyzed in the supporting EIR, and those increases result in significant environmental impacts, to order the campus or medical center to prepare a new, supplemental, or subsequent EIR. The bill would authorize the court, if a new, supplemental, or subsequent EIR has not been certified within 18 months of the court's order, to enjoin increases in campus population that exceed the projections adopted in the most recent long-range development plan and analyzed in the supporting EIR, as provided. The bill would specify that any injunction or judgment in effect as of the effective date of this bill suspending or otherwise affecting enrollment is unenforceable. The bill would specify that the above provisions apply retroactively to any decision related to enrollment or changes in enrollment made before the effective date of this bill. This bill would appropriate $50,000 from the General Fund to the Regents of the University of California for purposes of this act for the 2021–22 fiscal year. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 10, Statutes of 2022.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3091.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 3815.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Withdrawn from committee.

  9. Assembly Rule 96 and 63 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 15. Page 3812.)

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

  11. (Corrected May 14).

  12. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

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

  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 274.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. Ordered to second reading.

  17. Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 26. Noes 5. Page 201.)

  18. Referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  19. Read first time.

  20. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.

  21. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 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

Unfinished Business SB118 B. & F.R. (Skinner) Concurrence

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19004
Democratic 12001
Republican 3001
Total 34006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Portantino — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Min — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Newman — Yea
Roth — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Leyva — Not Voting
Bates — Not Voting
Melendez — Not Voting
Borgeas — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Not Voting
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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SB 118 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING

Passed 70 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 28000
Unaffiliated 35004
Republican 7002
Total 70006
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (76)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Wood — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Levine — Not Voting
Quirk — Not Voting
Waldron — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Smith — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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3rd Reading SB118

Passed 29 Yea · 8 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 12001
Unaffiliated 17401
Republican 0400
Total 29802
% of votes cast 74%21%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Leyva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Min — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Pan — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Newman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Bates — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Borgeas — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Nay

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Subjects

environment education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 118 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 (EIR) on a project that the lead agency 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. Existing law makes the selection of a location for a particular campus of public higher education and the approval of a long-range development plan subject to CEQA, requires preparation of an EIR, and requires environmental effects relating to changes in enrollment levels to be considered for each campus or medical center of public higher education in the EIR prepared for the long-range development plan. Existing law makes the approval of a project on a particular campus or medical center of public higher education subject to CEQA and authorizes it to be addressed in a tiered environmental analysis based upon a long-range development plan EIR. This bill would delete the provision requiring the environmental effects relating to changes in enrollment levels be considered in the EIR prepared for the long-range development plan. The bill would provide that enrollment or changes in enrollment, by themselves, do not constitute a project for purposes of CEQA. The bill would authorize the court, if the court determines that increases in campus population exceed the projections adopted in the most recent long-range development plan and analyzed in the supporting EIR, and those increases result in significant environmental impacts, to order the campus or medical center to prepare a new, supplemental, or subsequent EIR. The bill would authorize the court, if a new, supplemental, or subsequent EIR has not been certified within 18 months of the court's order, to enjoin increases in campus population that exceed the projections adopted in the most recent long-range development plan and analyzed in the supporting EIR, as provided. The bill would specify that any injunction or judgment in effect as of the effective date of this bill suspending or otherwise affecting enrollment is unenforceable. The bill would specify that the above provisions apply retroactively to any decision related to enrollment or changes in enrollment made before the effective date of this bill. This bill would appropriate $50,000 from the General Fund to the Regents of the University of California for purposes of this act for the 2021–22 fiscal year. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors SB 118?
SB 118 is sponsored by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
What is the current status of SB 118?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2021. Enacted.
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