California AB2152: California Environmental Quality Act: essential local fire station projects: infrastructure project streamlining.

What the bill says

An act to amend Sections 21189.81, 21189.81.1, and 21189.82 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. environmental quality California Environmental Quality Act: essential local fire station projects: infrastructure project streamlining…

From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:

An act to amend Sections 21189.81, 21189.81.1, and 21189.82 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. environmental quality California Environmental Quality Act: essential local fire station projects: infrastructure project streamlining. 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 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. Existing law authorizes the Governor to certify projects meeting certain requirements as infrastructure projects and provide those certified projects with certain streamlining benefits, including requiring the lead agency to prepare the record of proceedings concurrently with the environmental review process and requiring the resolution of an action or proceeding challenging the certification of an EIR for certified projects or the granting of any project approvals, to the extent …

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Sponsors

• Mark González (D, AD54) · primary sponsor
• Buffy Wicks (D, AD14) · primary sponsor
• Heather Hadwick (R, AD01)
• John Harabedian (D, AD41)
• Michelle Rodriguez (D, AD53)
• Greg Wallis (R, AD47)
• Caroline Menjivar (D, SD20)

Latest actions

1. September 29, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 767, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 29, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 10, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
4. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 6917.).
5. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1.).
6. August 30, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
7. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
8. August 30, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
9. August 28, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
10. August 27, 2026: Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2152 Mark González et al. By Pérez (August 30, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 2152 Mark González Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 30, 2026): 76 yea, 1 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Placed on suspense file (August 10, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 30, 2026): 13 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (June 24, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB2152?

AB2152 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): California Environmental Quality Act: essential local fire station projects: infrastructure project streamlining.

What does AB2152 do?

In its own words: An act to amend Sections 21189.81, 21189.81.1, and 21189.82 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. environmental quality California Environmental Quality Act: essential local fire station projects: infrastructure project streamlining…

What is the status of AB2152?

Chaptered as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 767, Statutes of 2026. (September 29, 2026).

Who sponsored AB2152?

Mark González (D, AD54), with 6 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for AB2152?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2152