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Yes: 112 • No: 25
CaliforniaAB 4392025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
California Coastal Act of 1976: local planning and reporting.
Sponsored By: Chris Rogers (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
Stronger Coastal Act penalties with cures
The Coastal Commission can fine you for Coastal Act violations. The fine can be up to 75% of the law’s maximum for each violation and can run each day for up to five years. Commissioners must vote at a public hearing and consider listed factors when setting the amount. If you fix a public‑access violation within 30 days, or a non‑access violation within 60 days, without work that needs a permit, no administrative penalty applies. You cannot be charged both a commission money penalty and a separate court money judgment for the same act. If you do not pay, the commission can record a lien that has the same priority as a court judgment. You can ask a court to review the commission’s action under the rules starting at Section 30800.
No Coastal penalties for official acts
State and local government bodies are not treated as “persons” for these administrative penalties when acting in a legislative or adjudicative role. The Coastal Commission cannot use the non‑public‑access penalty against those official acts.
Penalty money repairs coasts, regular reports
Penalty money from both public‑access and non‑access violations goes into the Violation Remediation Account of the Coastal Conservancy Fund. The money is spent as Section 30823 requires. Commission staff present a written enforcement report at the first hearing after January 1, 2024, and every five years. The report lists new violations, resolutions (including those without penalty), penalties and amounts, Attorney General referrals, pending cases, and example summaries, and is sent to the Legislature.
Local governments can enforce building codes
The Coastal Commission must let certified local governments enforce their building codes in ways that match their certified local coastal program. This can make enforcement faster and more consistent with local coastal rules.
Faster local plan changes, with limits
Local governments can use a de minimis path for certified local coastal program changes that do not change land or water uses. They must give at least 21 days’ public notice and send any comments; the executive director decides in 10 working days. If fewer than three commissioners object, the change is added when the meeting ends. The executive director can also label some amendments as minor or urgent; those take effect on the 10th working day. Local governments may send no more than three amendment submittals each year. A local approval that allows a use different from the certified permitted use counts as an amendment. The commission can adopt guidelines for these processes after a noticed hearing; those rules skip normal Office of Administrative Law review but must be filed with that office.
Faster port plan changes and rules
Ports get a de minimis and minor‑amendment process like the local program. Ports must give at least 21 days’ public notice, and the executive director decides de minimis status in 10 working days. Changes that alter land or water uses cannot be de minimis. If fewer than three commissioners object, a de minimis change is added when the meeting ends; minor designations take effect on the 10th working day. The commission can adopt guidelines after a hearing; those rules skip normal Office of Administrative Law review but must be filed.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Chris Rogers
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 9/3/2025
Item 74 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 31 • No: 8
legislature vote • 6/10/2025
Vote in CS55
Yes: 6 • No: 1
House vote • 4/28/2025
Item 46 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 54 • No: 13
legislature vote • 4/9/2025
Vote in CX25
Yes: 10 • No: 2
legislature vote • 3/24/2025
Vote in CX16
Yes: 11 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 556, Statutes of 2025.
10/10/2025SenateApproved by the Governor.
10/10/2025legislatureEnrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
9/9/2025legislatureIn Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
9/3/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2457.).
9/3/2025SenateRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
6/24/2025SenateFrom committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
6/23/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
6/10/2025SenateReferred to Com. on N.R. & W.
5/7/2025SenateIn Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
4/29/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 13. Page 1314.)
4/28/2025HouseRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
4/10/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 9).
4/9/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
3/25/2025HouseReferred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2/18/2025HouseFrom printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
2/7/2025HouseRead first time. To print.
2/6/2025House
Bill Text
Chaptered
10/10/2025
Enrolled
9/5/2025
Introduced
2/6/2025