Bill > AB1553

This bill expresses the California Legislature's intent to pass future laws that would ensure projects currently exempted from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), such as certain daycare centers, health clinics, food banks, and advanced manufacturing facilities, would still need to comply with all other state laws designed to protect public health, safety, and the environment. CEQA is a state law that requires government agencies to assess and disclose the environmental impacts of proposed projects before approving them, and it has specific exemptions for certain types of projects. This bill also indicates an intent to ensure that the implementation of another upcoming bill, Senate Bill 131 of the 2025-26 session, will safeguard human health and the environment, particularly for communities that might be more vulnerable to environmental damage.

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1553