California SB887: California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal powerplant projects.

What the bill says

An act to amend Sections 21084, 21180, and 21183.6 of, and to add Sections 21061.6 and 21080.08 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. environmental quality California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal powerplant projects…

From the chaptered text, September 21, 2026:

An act to amend Sections 21084, 21180, and 21183.6 of, and to add Sections 21061.6 and 21080.08 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. environmental quality California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal powerplant projects. (1) 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. CEQA requires the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation to prepare and develop proposed guidelines for the implementation of CEQA by public agencies and requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to certify and adopt the guidelines. CEQA requires the guidelines to include a list of classes of projects that have been determined not to have a …

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Sponsors

• Padilla, Stephen (D, SD18) · primary sponsor
• Damon Connolly (D, AD12)
• Akilah Weber Pierson (D, SD39)
• Jesse Arreguín (D, SD07)
• Lena Gonzalez (D, SD33)
• Reyes, Eloise Gómez (D, SD29)

Latest actions

1. September 21, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 439, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 21, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 9, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
4. August 31, 2026: Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 11. Page 6977.) Ordered to the Senate.
5. August 31, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
6. August 31, 2026: In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
7. August 31, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
8. August 27, 2026: Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 1. Page 6727.)
9. August 27, 2026: Ordered to third reading.
10. August 27, 2026: Read third time and amended.

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB887 Padilla et al. Concurrence (August 31, 2026): 30 yea, 8 nay, passed
• SB 887 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Connolly (August 31, 2026): 59 yea, 11 nay, passed
• Do pass. (August 13, 2026): 11 yea, 4 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 24, 2026): 14 yea, 1 nay, passed
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] (June 22, 2026): 10 yea, 3 nay, passed
• Senate 3rd Reading SB887 Padilla et al. (May 26, 2026): 29 yea, 9 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SB887?

SB887 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal powerplant projects.

What does SB887 do?

In its own words: An act to amend Sections 21084, 21180, and 21183.6 of, and to add Sections 21061.6 and 21080.08 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. environmental quality California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal powerplant projects…

What is the status of SB887?

Chaptered as of September 21, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 439, Statutes of 2026. (September 21, 2026).

Who sponsored SB887?

Padilla, Stephen (D, SD18), with 5 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB887?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB887