Legislative Review Committee
June 22, 2026

League and YIMBY, Legislative Summary
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
LEAGUE
AB 35 Alvarez, D HTML PDF
Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024:

Administrative Procedure Act: exemption: program guidelines and selection criteria.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/11/2026 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Calendar: 06/22/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Summary: This bill would exempt regulations needed to implement programs funded by the 2024 $10 billion Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act from the Administrative Procedure Act and would make the measure effective immediately as an urgency statute.

It would also require state entities administering competitive grant programs under the exemption to prepare draft solicitation and evaluation guidelines, share them with legislative committees, hold a noticed public meeting, and submit them to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency for posting online, while allowing certain previously developed guidelines and selection criteria to be used.

Location: 06/09/2026 -
Senate Appropriations
Introduced: 12/02/2024
Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/11/2026
AB 262 Caloza, D HTML PDF
California Housing and Homelessness Agency: PINK Alert.

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Position
Watch

Bill information
Status: 06/03/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

Calendar: 06/29/26 S-HUMAN SERVICES 3 p.m. or upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 BECKER, JOSH, Chair
Summary: The bill would require the California Housing and Homelessness Agency to study the needs of pregnant people experiencing homelessness and report recommendations to the Legislature by July 1, 2028 for creating a PINK Alert system.

The study and recommendations would focus on how such an opt-in notification system for nonprofits could help identify pregnant people in need of emergency housing or prenatal services, and how it could meet specified conditions.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Human
Services
Introduced: 01/16/2025
Current Text: 05/27/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/27/2026
AB 650 Papan, D HTML PDF
Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.

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Position
Watch
Bill information
Status: 01/22/2026 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

Summary: The text outlines legislative changes to the Planning and Zoning Law related to housing development. It mandates that cities and counties adopt a comprehensive plan, including a housing element, to promote fair housing. The Department of Housing and Community Development must develop a standardized reporting format by December 31, 2026. The timeline for assessing housing needs prior to plan revisions is extended from two to three years, and new consultation timelines with councils of governments are introduced.

Subregional entities, comprising multiple cities or counties, have increased time—from 28 to 34 months before housing plan revisions—to coordinate housing needs, while councils have additional time to allocate housing needs within subregions. The timeline for developing and distributing a housing needs methodology and draft allocation plan is also extended for specific housing element cycles.

Furthermore, any draft housing elements or amendments not in compliance must be reviewed by the Department, which will identify deficiencies and suggest required content adjustments. Changes also integrate with other legislative proposals (SB 340, AB 610, SB 486, AB 1275, AB 507) if they are enacted, affecting sections of the Government Code.

No reimbursement to local agencies for these additional duties is required under the bill, aligning with California's constitutional framework.

Location: 10/13/2025 -
Assembly VETOED
Introduced: 02/13/2025
Current Text: 10/13/2025 - Vetoed
Last Amend: 09/05/2025
AB 1407 Wallis, R HTML PDF

Planning and Zoning Law: housing elements: rezoning.

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Position
Watch
Bill information
Status: 02/02/2026 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

Summary: Under existing law, cities and counties must create a general plan, including a housing element that identifies adequate housing sites, assesses housing needs, and inventories resources and constraints. If these sites are insufficient for different income levels, rezoning is required. If a local government fails to adopt a compliant housing element within 120 days of the deadline, current law mandates rezoning within one year of this deadline. This bill proposes extending that rezoning deadline to one year and six months.

Location: 01/23/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Current Text: 03/28/2025 - Amended
Last Amend: 03/28/2025
AB 1421 Wilson, D HTML PDF
Vehicles: Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 01/29/2026 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 21.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Summary: Existing law mandates the Chair of the California Transportation Commission to set up a Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee with the Secretary of Transportation.

This committee is tasked with guiding a pilot program that explores replacing the gas tax system with mileage-based revenue collection. The Transportation Agency, in consultation with the commission, must implement this pilot, which is set to be repealed on January 1, 2027. This bill requires that the commission, alongside the Transportation Agency, compiles research and provides recommendations on implementing a road user charge or mileage-based fee system. The commission must submit a report detailing this research and recommendations to relevant legislative committees by January 1, 2027, after consulting with state agencies and other stakeholders.

Location: 01/29/2026 - Senate Rules
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Current Text: 01/05/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 01/05/2026
AB 1439 Garcia, D HTML PDF
Public retirement systems: development projects: labor standards.

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Position

Oppose
Bill information
Status: 06/11/2026 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Calendar: 06/22/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Summary: The bill would request an independent study of labor standards protections in California real estate and infrastructure projects funded through the real asset portfolios of PERS and STRS.

The University of California, Berkeley Labor Center would be asked to analyze these protections and submit a report to the Legislature and the Department of Finance by January 1, 2028.

Location: 06/10/2026 -
Senate Appropriations
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/11/2026
AB 1559 Calderon, D HTML PDF
Residential property insurance images.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 6.

Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.

Summary: The bill changes how residential property insurance policies are handled by admitted insurers. It requires insurers to tell policyholders that they may obtain aerial images of the insured property, but only for evaluating a claim, if no claim is submitted or pending. It also gives policyholders the right to request those aerial images, and the insurer must include instructions on how to make that request. The bill limits when insurers can use aerial images to decide to terminate coverage, generally prohibiting termination based on images taken more than 180 days before the insurer notifies the policyholder, with some exceptions. If an insurer does rely on aerial images to terminate, it must provide the image to the policyholder, notify them of the termination decision, and allow them to dispute the image’s accuracy and verify that any needed remediation has occurred before the termination becomes effective. These rules start on July 1, 2027.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Privacy,
Digital Technologies, and
Consumer Protection
Introduced: 01/08/2026
Current Text: 04/13/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/13/2026
AB 1564 Ahrens, D HTML PDF
Employer-employee relations: confidential communications.

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Position
Oppose
Bill information
Status: 05/27/2026 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Summary: The bill would prohibit public employers from questioning or compelling disclosure of confidential communications between public employees and their employee representatives, with limited exceptions.

It would add these protections to existing public-sector labor law, which already bars employers from interfering with employee rights and from denying employee organizations rights guaranteed by law. The bill would cover communications made in confidence in connection with representation on matters within the scope of the organization’s authority, but it would not apply to criminal investigations or certain investigations involving public safety officers.

Location: 05/27/2026 - Senate Rules
Introduced: 01/12/2026
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/18/2026
AB 1567 Ta, R HTML PDF
General plan: annual report: congregate and residential care for the elderly.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Calendar: 06/16/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary: The Planning and Zoning law mandates that every planning agency must develop, and each county and city legislative body must adopt, a comprehensive long-term general plan that includes various specified elements, such as a housing element. This housing element must be updated according to a defined schedule. Once any part of the general plan is adopted, the law requires the planning agency to submit an annual report by April 1 to certain entities, detailing specific information. The Department of Housing and Community Development, in collaboration with councils of governments, determines the current and future housing needs of each region. Each council, or the department for areas without councils, must create a final regional housing need plan that allocates the housing need share to each city and county, aligning with specified objectives. This bill allows planning agencies, starting from the 7th revision of the housing element, to report the number of units approved for elderly congregate care or residential care facilities, counting up to 15% towards a jurisdiction's regional housing need allocation for any income category.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 01/12/2026
Current Text: 03/16/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 03/16/2026
AB 1569 Davies, R HTML PDF
Pupil safety: electric bicycle: safety and training program.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE, Chair
Summary: The bill requires the State Department of Education, consulting with the California Highway Patrol, to create a standardized electric bicycle safety and training program for students in grades 7–12 by March 1, 2028. It allows the departments to work with local law enforcement or local governments that already run e‑bike training so the program uses proven best practices. The bill also encourages local school districts and parent organizations to offer training demonstrations for students and parents, in collaboration with local authorities.

Location: 06/10/2026 -
Senate Transportation
Introduced: 01/12/2026
Current Text: 04/13/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/13/2026
AB 1577 Bauer-Kahan, D HTML PDF
Data centers: reporting.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/11/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.

Calendar: 06/24/26 S-ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ALLEN, BENJAMIN, Chair
Summary: The bill would require data center owners and developers to report energy and operational information to the state and local agencies, and would direct the Energy Commission to publish aggregated data and include data center load trends in future energy reports.

It would also require disclosures when seeking permits for construction or operation, allow local agencies to use the information for planning and review, and prohibit public disclosure of identifiable customer or consumption data except as allowed.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Energy,
Utilities and Communications
Introduced: 01/12/2026
Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/11/2026
AB 1588 Stefani, D HTML PDF

Vehicles: Sideshow Accountability and Community Safety Act.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE, Chair
Summary: Current California law already makes it illegal to participate in, help, or encourage a “motor vehicle exhibition of speed” on a highway or in an off-street parking facility, with penalties of up to 90 days in county jail and a fine up to $500. Starting January 1, 2029, courts could also suspend a person’s driver privilege for 90 days to 6 months if the speed event happened as part of a “sideshow,” which is currently defined as two or more people blocking or impeding traffic to let spectators watch vehicle stunts, contests, speed demonstrations, or reckless driving. This bill would broaden the sideshow definition by explicitly including the use of any motor vehicle (such as motorcycles or off-highway vehicles) to barricade or obstruct traffic. It would also increase penalties for speed exhibitions tied to sideshow activities, including higher fines, a mandatory minimum jail term, and the possibility of the offense being treated as a misdemeanor or felony if the act proximately causes injury to someone. Because it increases punishment for an existing crime, it may create a state-mandated local program, but the bill states that no reimbursement is required under specified constitutional procedures.

Location: 06/03/2026 -
Senate Transportation
Introduced: 01/15/2026
Current Text: 04/16/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/16/2026
AB 1614 Dixon, R HTML PDF
Vehicles: bicycles.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/15/2026 - From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule

28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

Calendar: 06/18/26 #12 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE Summary: The California Bicycle Transportation Act defines four types of bikeways to promote bicycle travel. Current law mandates that anyone riding a bicycle, including electric bicycles, on a highway must use a permanent seat unless the bike was designed otherwise. Passengers must also ride on a specified seat. Violating these rules results in an infraction. The bill would extend these seating requirements to Class I bikeways. By doing so, it introduces a state-mandated local program, but it specifies that no reimbursement to local agencies is needed, despite the California Constitution's general requirement for state reimbursement of certain local costs.

Location: 06/15/2026 - Senate CONSENT

CALENDAR
Current Text: 01/21/2026 - Introduced

Introduced: 01/21/2026
AB 1621 Wilson, D HTML PDF
Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing Accountability Act.

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Position
Oppose
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 6. Noes

0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Summary: The bill would tighten and shorten procedures for postentitlement phase permits, limit plan check reviews to two, accelerate appeal deadlines for housing projects, and expand enforcement under the Housing Accountability Act.

It would also change tolling rules for outside agency reviews, allow applicants to seek a writ of mandate if appeals are denied or untimely, make related violations enforceable statewide, and declare that no state reimbursement is required.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 01/22/2026
Current Text: 06/03/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/03/2026
AB 1662 Wilson, D HTML PDF
Misdemeanor diversion.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and TRANS. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

Calendar: 06/16/26 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair
Summary: This bill would require notice to the Department of Motor Vehicles when a defendant receives diversion in a case that otherwise would have required an abstract of conviction to be sent, and it would make the prosecutor responsible for ensuring that notice is provided.

It also states that the measure creates a state-mandated local program because it increases duties for local officials, and any reimbursable costs would be paid under existing state reimbursement procedures if the Commission on State Mandates makes that determination.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Public
Safety
Current Text: 06/03/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/03/2026

Introduced: 01/29/2026
AB 1667 Boerner, D HTML PDF
Serious felonies: furnishing fentanyl to a minor.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 05/28/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 5/21/2026)
Summary: The bill would add knowingly furnishing fentanyl or fentanyl analogs to a minor to the definition of a serious felony, which would trigger existing limits on plea bargaining and a possible five-year sentence enhancement for repeat offenders.

Because this expansion would increase the scope of an existing enhancement, the bill would create a state-mandated local program, but it also states that no state reimbursement would be required for the resulting costs.

Location: 05/28/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Introduced: 01/29/2026
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/18/2026
AB 1685 Lackey, R HTML PDF
Driving privilege: points.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair
Summary: Existing law generally makes DMV records public unless another law requires confidentiality and requires the DMV to disclose conviction and accident-report abstracts for DUI-related offenses that occurred within the past 10 years. The bill would add gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated with gross negligence to the types of offenses whose abstracts must be disclosed within 10 years. It also changes driver-record point assessments: currently a conviction for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated without gross negligence carries 2 violation points; the bill would impose 3 violation points for a conviction of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated with gross negligence, which affects suspension or revocation of driving privileges.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Public
Safety
Introduced: 02/02/2026
Current Text: 04/13/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/13/2026

AB 1687 Lackey, R HTML PDF
Driver’s licenses: revocation.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair
Summary: The bill would let the Department of Motor Vehicles revoke a person’s driving privilege after three or more DUI-related convictions within 10 years and generally bar reinstatement for eight years.

It also creates an exception requiring reinstatement if the person meets specified conditions, including agreeing to install and maintain an ignition interlock device and satisfying other requirements.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Public
Safety
Introduced: 02/02/2026
Current Text: 06/04/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/04/2026
AB 1708 Solache, D HTML PDF
Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program: round 8: smaller jurisdictions.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR.

SUSPENSE FILE on 5/6/2026)
Summary: The Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) program provides grant funds to jurisdictions to coordinate regionally and expand local capacity to address homelessness. Funding has been allocated across multiple rounds: rounds 1–5 were administered by the Interagency Council on Homelessness, round 6 by the Department of Housing and Community Development, and round 7 was established with future legislative parameters anticipated. Existing law required non-tribal jurisdictions seeking round 5 or 6 base allocations to apply as part of a region and be signatories to a regionally coordinated homelessness action plan that meets specified requirements. The bill applies to round 8. It requires round 8 regional plans to describe programs and interventions provided by “smaller jurisdictions” (as defined), authorizes regions to set aside part of their round 8 funding for those smaller jurisdictions to support those programs, and establishes eligibility rules for smaller jurisdictions to receive such funds.

Location: 05/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Introduced: 02/04/2026
Current Text: 04/06/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/06/2026

AB 1740 Zbur, D HTML PDF
Coastal resources: local coastal program: coastal development permits: City of Santa Monica.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BECKER, JOSH, Chair
Summary: The bill would require the City of Santa Monica to submit a complete local coastal program for its coastal zone by January 1, 2029, and would set deadlines for Coastal Commission review, coordination, and reporting if action is delayed.

It would also expand and clarify procedures for converting road right-of-way into bicycle, transit, or pedestrian facilities by easing local coastal program amendment processing and permit requirements when public coastal access is improved, while requiring annual commission reporting through 2032 and providing for state reimbursement of mandated local costs if applicable.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Natural
Resources and Water
Introduced: 02/05/2026
Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/15/2026
AB 1751 Quirk-Silva, D HTML PDF
Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act.

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Oppose
Bill information
Status: 06/15/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.

Summary: The Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act would create a streamlined, mostly ministerial approval process for certain townhome housing projects, requiring local agencies to process related parcel and subdivision maps without discretionary review or public hearings while meeting specified objective standards.

Specifically, the bill would allow proponents to seek approval for qualifying townhome development projects under objective criteria, define “townhome” and “townhome development project,” and require ministerial consideration of parcel maps and tentative/final maps that meet requirements such as density limits and newly created parcels being at least 600 square feet, with disapproval allowed only through written findings that the project would cause a specified adverse impact to public health and safety that cannot be feasibly mitigated or avoided.

Location: 06/15/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/09/2026
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/18/2026

AB 1761 Rogers, D HTML PDF
Electricity: calculation methodology: data disclosure.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on E., U & C.

Summary: Existing law gives the Public Utilities Commission authority over public utilities, including the ability to set fair and reasonable rates for electrical corporations. The proposed bill mandates the commission to ensure transparency by making all data used for decisions or calculations on charges imposed on electricity customers accessible to load-serving entities and ratepayer advocates. This includes costs linked to contracts, corporationowned generation, and other resources. The bill requires this data to be publicly disclosed, except for market-sensitive information. Violations of these provisions would be considered a crime under the Public Utilities Act. Additionally, the bill states that it does not require state reimbursement to local agencies for costs, as per certain existing statutory provisions.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Energy,
Utilities and Communications
Introduced: 02/09/2026
Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 03/19/2026
AB 1768 Bryan, D HTML PDF
Transactions and use taxes: Counties of Contra Costa and Los Angeles.

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Oppose
Bill information
Status: 06/01/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 11, Statutes of 2026.

Summary: This bill would authorize Los Angeles County and Contra Costa County, until December 31, 2031, to levy voter-approved transactions and use taxes above the usual countywide 2 percent limit.

Los Angeles County could impose a tax of up to 0.5 percent for general and special purposes, and Contra Costa County could impose up to 0.625 percent for general or specific purposes. The bill would apply only to these counties, include findings supporting a special statute, and take effect immediately as an urgency measure.

Location: 06/01/2026 -
Assembly CHAPTERED
Introduced: 02/09/2026
Current Text: 06/01/2026 - Chaptered
Last Amend: 04/21/2026
Chapter No. 11

AB 1786 Harabedian, D HTML PDF
Public contracts: best value construction contracting for counties, cities, and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 05/20/2026 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

Calendar: 06/17/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Summary: Existing law allows counties to choose construction project bidders based on "best value" for projects over $1,000,000. It also permits counties to use this method for annual contracts up to $3,000,000 for repetitive work. The law outlines how to select a best value contractor, requiring bidders to verify information under oath, and mandates counties to report on these projects to the Legislature by March 1, 2029. This program is set to be repealed on January 1, 2030. The bill changes this by allowing counties, cities, and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments to select bidders on a best value basis for projects over $500,000 and extends the program until January 1, 2040. The new reporting deadline is March 1, 2031, and the reporting responsibility now includes more entities.

The bill also expands the legal obligations related to perjury and states that it does not require state reimbursement to local agencies for its mandates.

Location: 05/20/2026 - Senate Local
Government
Introduced: 02/10/2026
Current Text: 03/12/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 03/12/2026
AB 1812 Aguiar-Curry, D HTML PDF
Solid waste: compostable products.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on E.Q.

Summary: The bill would tighten California’s “compostable” labeling rules by requiring either OK compost HOME certification or a state-adopted standard, removing certain ASTM review and labeling requirements, and adding a new prohibition on selling plastic-containing products labeled “compostable” or “home compostable” after January 1, 2027.

Specifically, it would repeal the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery’s requirement to review revisions to an ASTM standard and instead allow the department to adopt an alternative standard recognized by the department; it would also change exemptions for fiber products that contain no plastics or polymers by conditioning label compliance on whether the department adopts a standard for compostable fiber products.

Beginning January 1, 2027, the bill would prohibit the sale of any product labeled “compostable” or “home compostable” that is made wholly or partly of plastic, and it would

eliminate existing labeling requirements for compostable bags that meet the current ASTM-based specification.

Location: 06/03/2026 -
Senate Environmental Quality
Introduced: 02/10/2026
Current Text: 03/23/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 03/23/2026
AB 1820 Schiavo, D HTML PDF
Electric vehicle charging stations: permit fees.

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Oppose
Bill information
Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

Calendar: 07/01/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Summary: Existing law mandates that local governments approve applications for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations through streamlined permitting processes, ensuring fees do not exceed the cost of providing services needed for the permits unless approved by voters.

Currently, there is a cap on fees for solar energy system permits until 2034, which cannot exceed specific limits without substantial justification. This bill extends similar regulations to EV charging stations until 2036, setting fee caps at $100 plus additional charges per kilowatt for residential and $500 plus per kilowatt charges for commercial stations. These fees should not surpass the reasonable cost unless justified with evidence. The bill, regarding a matter of statewide concern, applies to all cities, including charter cities, and does not require state reimbursement to local agencies for new obligations imposed by its provisions.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Local
Government
Introduced: 02/10/2026
Current Text: 03/16/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 03/16/2026
AB 1821 Pacheco, D HTML PDF
California Public Records Act: methods of submission, fees, and agency response time.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on JUD. From committee chair, with author's amendments:

Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

Summary: This bill would change California Public Records Act procedures by requiring agencies to designate official methods for record requests, imposing new fees and court procedures for certain commercial or malicious requests, and extending the response deadline to 10 business days with a possible 14-business-day extension.

It would require agencies to post any changes to request methods online, treat requests submitted through unauthorized methods as not properly filed, and allow fees for search and review time in commercial-use or malicious-intent cases, with exemptions for certain news media, educational, scientific, and government requesters. It also includes legislative findings to support the bill’s compliance with constitutional access requirements.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Judiciary
Introduced: 02/11/2026
Current Text: 06/10/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/10/2026
AB 1859 Ortega, D HTML PDF
Public works.

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Oppose
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.

Summary: The bill would expand enforcement of California prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements by allowing joint labor-management committee representatives to monitor job sites while authorizing penalties and denying access for safety violations.

It would require awarding bodies or owners to provide reasonable access, as defined, to committee representatives to check compliance; it would allow access to be denied or revoked if the representative does not follow specified job site safety rules, and it would permit the committee to sue an awarding body, contractor, or subcontractor that willfully blocks access. The bill would allow courts to impose civil penalties up to $1,000 and to award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs to the prevailing party, and it would exclude reimbursement of certain mandated local program costs for a specified reason.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Labor,
Public Employment and
Retirement
Introduced: 02/11/2026
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/18/2026
AB 1883 Bryan, D HTML PDF
Workplace surveillance tools.

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Oppose
Bill information
Status: 05/28/2026 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Summary: This bill would regulate employers’ use of workplace surveillance tools and worker data, prohibiting certain uses such as inferring protected information, emotional state, gait, neural data, or using facial recognition for discipline or termination.

It would assign enforcement to the Labor Commissioner, allow employee civil actions and public prosecution, and authorize civil penalties of up to $500 per violation. The bill also creates exemptions for certain federally required or necessary uses in aviation, national security, military space, or defense contexts, and declares the measure a matter of statewide concern that applies to all cities, including charter cities.

Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
Introduced: 02/12/2026
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/18/2026
AB 1899 Caloza, D HTML PDF
Office of Youth Homelessness Prevention.

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Support
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Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and HOUSING.

Summary: The bill would create an Office of Youth Homelessness Prevention within the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to reduce youth homelessness in California to functional zero and to oversee a statewide framework, dashboard, advisory committee, and annual reporting process.

It would require the office to develop a comprehensive plan by September 15, 2027, post a public progress dashboard by December 15, 2027, and submit reports to the Legislature and the council each year thereafter. The bill would also establish a dedicated fund for the office and make related findings and declarations.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Human
Services
Introduced: 02/12/2026 (Spot bill)
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/18/2026
AB 1924 Gabriel, D HTML PDF
Statewide homelessness prevention strategy.

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Support
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Status: 06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Calendar: 06/24/26 S-HOUSING 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary: The bill would require the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to develop and publish a statewide homelessness prevention strategy by July 1, 2027, and to review and update it each year.

The strategy would have to include a homelessness prevention action plan for certain

state agencies and evidence-based model prevention practices. The bill also defines several terms for these purposes.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/12/2026 (Spot bill)
Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/15/2026
AB 1934 Bennett, D HTML PDF
State Fire Marshal: home hardening certification program implementation plan.

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Support
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Status: 06/09/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.M.

Calendar: 06/16/26 S-EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 STERN, HENRY, Chair
Summary: The bill would direct the State Fire Marshal’s Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee to develop, by January 1, 2028, an implementation plan for a voluntary home hardening certification program and would require the State Fire Marshal to establish and implement the program by January 1, 2029.

The plan would identify home hardening measures, including defensible space, that can be used during renovation or property improvement projects to reduce fire risk and better align existing buildings with wildland-urban interface standards. The committee would also provide recommendations and report its findings to legislative committees, and the State Fire Marshal could use designated funds, subject to legislative appropriation, to develop the plan.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Emergency
Management
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Current Text: 06/09/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/09/2026
AB 1941 González, Mark, D HTML PDF
Organized metal theft.

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Support
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Status: 06/04/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair
Summary: The bill would create the crime of organized metal theft, covering coordinated theft, possession, receipt, or financing of stolen metal materials, and would punish violations as

either misdemeanors or felonies.

It also would expand reporting and information-sharing about commodity metal theft by allowing local law enforcement, public agencies, and private entities to provide theft information to the Department of Justice, which would then make it available to those groups. The bill would declare legislative findings and intent, create a state-mandated local program, and specify that no state reimbursement is required.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Public
Safety
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Current Text: 06/04/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/04/2026
AB 1954 Ward, D HTML PDF
Municipal golf courses: reservations.

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Support
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Status: 06/04/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

Calendar: 06/16/26 S-JUDICIARY 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 UMBERG, THOMAS, Chair
Summary: The bill would prohibit third-party golf reservation platforms from listing or selling reservations for golf courses owned by local public agencies without written authorization from the golf course operator, and it would treat violations as unlawful business practices under the Unfair Competition Law.

It would also allow resale at no more than the original price if the operator does not clearly post its cancellation policy online. The bill states that these rules address a statewide concern and therefore apply to all cities, including charter cities.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Judiciary
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Current Text: 06/04/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/04/2026
AB 1961 Ahrens, D HTML PDF
Civil actions: protective orders: workplace violence.

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Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on JUD.

Calendar: 06/16/26 S-JUDICIARY 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 UMBERG, THOMAS, Chair

Summary: Current law allows an employer or a collective bargaining representative to ask a court for a workplace violence restraining order (WVRO) when an individual employee has experienced harassment, unlawful violence, or a credible threat; the court can extend protection to additional employees. The bill expands that authority by letting an employer seek a WVRO on behalf of all employees at a particular workplace or at a location where a group of employees primarily work, whenever harassment, unlawful violence, or a credible threat is directed at that place. Employers would not be required to name any specific employees as protected parties when seeking relief for the whole workforce. The bill also requires the Judicial Council to adopt or update the relevant court forms by January 1, 2028.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Judiciary
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Current Text: 04/16/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/16/2026
AB 1976 Wicks, D HTML PDF
Streets and highways: pedestrian and bicycle facilities.

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Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV., TRANS. and E.Q.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Summary: The bill would restrict local efforts to reconsider or halt pedestrian and bicycle safety projects while also revising rules for establishing pedestrian malls, exempting certain mall projects from CEQA, and creating state reimbursement for any resulting state-mandated local costs.

Specifically, it would bar cities and counties from using community input meetings to delay or prevent implementation of approved pedestrian or bicycle safety projects included in an adopted circulation element, and it would prevent termination of such projects after construction is to begin unless specified findings are made at a public meeting; it would also limit resident petition requirements for traffic-calming measures to signatures from no more than a majority of nearby residents within 1,000 feet. Separately, the bill would replace the existing Pedestrian Mall Law with a Pedestrian Mall Law of 2026 that allows cities and counties, after specified public hearings, to adopt ordinances or resolutions to create pedestrian malls, permit certain private business use and improvements (while banning vehicular parking facilities), and allow pedestrian malls on certain state highways with state transportation approval; it would declare these malls consistent with the California Coastal Act’s public access requirements.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Local
Government
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Current Text: 05/21/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/21/2026
AB 1997 Lee, D HTML PDF
Land use: housing development approvals: timelines and processes.

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Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING.

Calendar: 06/17/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Summary: The bill would modify how California local agencies process housing development projects under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the Permit Streamlining Act by requiring faster approval or disapproval after an environmental impact report (EIR) is certified, while also addressing state reimbursement for related mandated costs.

It explains that CEQA generally requires lead agencies to prepare an environmental impact report (EIR) or a negative declaration based on whether a proposed project may significantly affect the environment, and it allows a mitigated negative declaration when revisions would avoid or lessen those effects without substantial evidence of remaining significant impacts. It then states that the Permit Streamlining Act already sets timelines for approving or disapproving development applications, and the bill would add a specific 30-day approval/disapproval requirement for housing projects after EIR certification under certain CEQA conditions. Because these added requirements would impose duties on local agencies, the measure would constitute a state-mandated local program, but it would also specify that no reimbursement is required for a stated reason.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Local
Government
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/18/2026
AB 2002 Solache, D HTML PDF
Local government assistance: Regional Early Action Planning Fund.

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Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Calendar: 06/16/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law mandates that counties and cities create comprehensive long-term plans for physical development, including a housing element. These plans must address housing needs as determined by the Department of Housing and Community Development in collaboration with councils of governments. The Local Government Planning Support Grants Program provides one-time funding to help regions and jurisdictions meet housing needs as per the regional housing need assessment. This bill establishes the Regional Early Action Planning Fund to provide one-time funding and grants for planning activities related to the 7th and future cycles of the housing need assessment. The Department of Housing and Community Development would allocate these funds, upon legislative appropriation, to councils of governments or regional entities that qualify. Funds can be used for developing methodologies for housing needs assessments and providing technical assistance, staffing, or consulting for updating local

planning documents. Jurisdictions that benefit from a suballocation must use these funds for housing-related planning activities. The bill also calls for the department to monitor compliance and to issue implementation guidelines exempt from the usual regulatory procedures.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Current Text: 02/17/2026 - Introduced
AB 2033 Papan, D HTML PDF
Local Agency Public Construction Act: job order contracting: cities.

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Support
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Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

Calendar: 07/01/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Summary: The bill would create a pilot program allowing a city to use job order contracting as a procurement method, subject to specified limits and procedures.

It would cap awards at $3,000,000 per contract and $750,000 per individual job order, limit the initial contract term to 12 months with possible extensions, require a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2030, and repeal the authorization on January 1, 2032.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Local
Government
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Current Text: 05/22/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/22/2026
AB 2038 Harabedian, D HTML PDF
Residential property insurance: cancellations and nonrenewals.

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Support
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Status: 06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Summary: Existing law mandates that insurers renew residential property insurance policies for at least two years following a total loss caused by a disaster. Additionally, insurers cannot cancel or refuse to renew policies in areas affected by wildfires for one year after a state of emergency is declared. The bill extends these requirements: insurers would need to renew policies for at least three years (36 months) after a total loss, and they would be prohibited from canceling or refusing to renew policies in fire-affected areas for two years after a state of emergency declaration.

Location: 06/10/2026 -
Senate Appropriations
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Current Text: 03/16/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 03/16/2026
AB 2041 Carrillo, D HTML PDF
Emergency medical services.

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Status: 06/11/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Calendar: 06/22/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Summary: Existing law requires local public agencies to maintain basic emergency telephone systems and sets standards for emergency response services, including a requirement that certain agencies provide prearrival medical instructions to 911 callers by January 1, 2027.

This bill would require any public safety agency that was not already providing those prearrival instructions by January 1, 2026, to report its compliance status to its local emergency medical services agency by January 31, 2027.

Location: 06/11/2026 -
Senate Appropriations
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/18/2026
AB 2076 Lowenthal, D HTML PDF
The Parent’s Accountability and Child Protection Act: online marketplaces: nitrous oxide.

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Support
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Status: 06/04/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

Calendar: 06/16/26 S-JUDICIARY 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 UMBERG, THOMAS, Chair
06/22/26 S-PRIVACY, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION 3 p.m. or upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CABALDON, CHRISTOPHER, Chair
Summary: The bill expands California age-verification and sales restrictions to include nitrous oxide, bars online sellers from accepting gift cards or store credit for illegal sales to minors, and increases penalties for violations.

It would keep the civil penalty at up to $7,500 per violation, but allow courts to raise it to as much as $250,000 per violation for large businesses with more than $25 million in annual gross revenue if needed to deter future violations. It would also let public prosecutors seek injunctive relief, attorney’s fees, and costs.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Judiciary
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Current Text: 06/04/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/04/2026
AB 2101 Gipson, D HTML PDF
Human trafficking: notice and training: disaster sites.

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Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on JUD.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-JUDICIARY 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 UMBERG, THOMAS, Chair
Summary: The bill expands existing requirements on posting anti-slavery and human-trafficking notices and providing employee training by adding privately operated entities working in disaster or mitigation sites, effective for training starting June 1, 2027.

Under current law, specified businesses and establishments must post Department of Justice-developed notices with information on slavery and human trafficking and resources, and certain transit-related businesses must provide at least 20 minutes of training to employees on recognizing trafficking signs and reporting them, including relevant definitions and risk-identification guidance. This bill would additionally require privately operated entities involved in response, recovery, rebuilding, cleanup, or disaster mitigation or prevention in designated disaster or mitigation sites to post the same notice (excluding telecommunications companies and internet service providers). Beginning June 1, 2027, these entities would also be required to provide at least 20 minutes of training to all employees performing specified disaster recovery or mitigation tasks, with training that may be developed or administered by a nonprofit or private entity experienced in human trafficking, delivered in the most widely spoken language among the employees receiving it, and including the same core training elements plus examples and case scenarios specific to how trafficking may occur in disaster or mitigation sites.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Judiciary
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/18/2026
AB 2180 Ward, D HTML PDF
Local government: Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act: proportional cost of service.

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Status: 06/11/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Calendar: 06/18/26 #78 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Arreguín) Summary: The bill would clarify how local governments may demonstrate that property-related fees and charges under California’s Proposition 218 requirements are proportional to the cost of service.

It would allow costs to be allocated by any reasonable method, and for water and sewer rates it would permit uniform or tiered pricing based on customer classes without requiring an exact parcel-by-parcel cost measure, so long as each tier does not exceed its reasonably allocated proportional cost. These provisions would not apply to water or sewer connection fees or capacity charges.

Location: 06/11/2026 - Senate THIRD

READING
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 05/22/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/22/2026
AB 2192 Gonzalez, Jeff, R HTML PDF
Sales and use taxes: farm equipment and machinery.

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Status: 04/27/2026 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.

Summary: The bill allows the existing state sales and use tax exemption for farm equipment, machinery, and parts used primarily to produce and harvest agricultural products to be incorporated into local sales and use taxes (including those under the Bradley‑Burns law) by deleting the current provision that excludes that incorporation; this change is temporary and would expire January 1, 2032. Because local tax revenues could be reduced, the bill also appropriates General Fund money to the State Controller to reimburse affected counties and cities for those revenue losses. It further tightens requirements for any new tax‑expenditure bill by adding additional information obligations on top of existing requirements (specific purposes, performance indicators, and data collection). The measure would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

Location: 04/21/2026 - Assembly Revenue
and Taxation
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 04/20/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/20/2026
AB 2218 Kalra, D HTML PDF
Water policy: California Native American tribes.

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Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BECKER, JOSH, Chair
Summary: The bill builds on existing state law that recognizes California’s sovereignty by requiring the state to support California Native Americans in preserving cultural and linguistic traditions, practicing ecosystem stewardship, and consulting in good faith with all California Native American tribes on policies that may affect them. It also responds to inequities by setting a statewide policy to recognize and address harms to Native tribes, particularly regarding water-related issues. The bill requires key state agencies, including the State Water Resources Control Board and other relevant boards and agencies, to incorporate this inequity-focused policy when they revise or create regulations, permits, and grant criteria, and to identify and provide financial assistance to tribes consistent with existing program rules. In addition, when the State Water Resources Control Board investigates water rights and a tribe requests it, the board must consult with the tribe whose ancestral territory includes the relevant water bodies.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Natural
Resources and Water
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 04/16/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/16/2026
AB 2253 Boerner, D HTML PDF
Solid waste: products: environmental marketing claims.

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Support
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Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on E.Q.

Summary: Current law requires manufacturers or suppliers who make recycled‑content claims for plastic food containers to keep written records showing the recycled material was diverted from the solid‑waste stream either during manufacturing (preconsumer) or after consumer use (postconsumer), and that the claim complies with the Federal Trade Commission’s Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims; cities, counties, or the state may impose civil penalties for violations. The bill expands these requirements to all products, updates the FTC‑guide reference to the version in effect on January 1, 2026, adds a requirement that documentation show the claim is based on the actual physical recycled content used in production calculated as specified (excluding certain accounting methods), and provides a definition of “postconsumer.”
Location: 06/10/2026 -
Senate Environmental Quality
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 04/08/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/08/2026
AB 2254 Addis, D HTML PDF
Coastal resources: monarch butterfly habitat.

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Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and L. GOV.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BECKER, JOSH, Chair
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the California Coastal Commission to identify monarch butterfly overwintering habitats in the coastal zone and develop model protection policies, after which affected local governments must adopt and implement enforceable habitat protection measures.

The bill sets deadlines of January 1, 2028, for identifying habitat sites and existing local plans, and July 1, 2028, for issuing model policies that address protection, restoration, and enhancement. It would impose new duties on local governments, creating a statemandated local program, and provides that any required reimbursement would follow the usual state mandate process if the Commission on State Mandates so determines.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Natural
Resources and Water
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/18/2026
AB 2296 Papan, D HTML PDF
Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.

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Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Calendar: 06/24/26 S-HOUSING 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary: The bill would extend several deadlines in the regional housing need and housing element allocation process, while stating legislative intent to consider future revision deadlines based on smaller regional groupings and jurisdiction size.

Specifically, it would give cities and counties more time to form subregional entities, give councils of governments more time to determine subregional housing need shares, and move earlier deadlines for developing allocation methodologies and draft plans, except for a specified 2027 cycle exception. It would also create a state-mandated local program but declare that no state reimbursement is required.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/18/2026
AB 2297 Stefani, D HTML PDF
Restitution: diversion.

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Status: 06/10/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Calendar: 06/18/26 #64 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE Summary: The bill requires courts to order victim restitution when a defendant enters a diversion program, provided the defendant is informed of the right to a judicial determination of restitution and either is given a hearing or waives/stipulates to the amount. If the court finds restitution is owed, it must order payment during the diversion period. A defendant’s indigence or mental disorder cannot be used to deny diversion or to count as noncompliance with diversion for failure to pay. If the defendant withdraws from or fails to complete diversion, the restitution order is suspended until the criminal case is resolved.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate THIRD

READING
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 03/26/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 03/26/2026
AB 2346 Wilson, D HTML PDF
Vehicles: electric bicycles and speed limits.

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Support
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Status: 06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE, Chair
Summary: This bill would add equipment, disclosure, and speed-limit requirements for electric bicycles and related bicycle and trail use, while making certain violations infractions and limiting penalties for some new rules.

Beginning January 1, 2029, class 2 electric bicycles would need speedometers, and all electric bicycles would need front and rear lamps, with sellers required to provide specified point-of-sale disclosures. The bill would also allow local speed limits on bicycle paths and multiuse trails, restrict riders under 16 from exceeding 15 miles per hour on electric bicycles, set a 10-mile-per-hour sidewalk speed limit without a point point system penalty, and state that no state reimbursement is required for local costs.

Location: 06/10/2026 -
Senate Transportation
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/15/2026
AB 2373 Dixon, R HTML PDF
The California Coastal Act: local coastal program: sea level rise plan: neighborhood-scale adaptation approach.

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Status: 05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR.

SUSPENSE FILE on 5/6/2026)
Summary: Under the California Coastal Act local governments within the coastal zone must prepare local coastal programs (LCPs) and submit them to the California Coastal Commission; current law also requires those governments to include a sea level rise plan in their LCPs by January 1, 2034, subject to Commission approval. This bill permits—rather than mandates—local governments to use a neighborhood-scale adaptation approach when developing LCP land use policies and sea level rise plans. That approach can identify specific areas and assets for the strategy and adopt policies that group places with similar planning needs and select preferred adaptation measures tailored to their geophysical and land‑use characteristics, with the goal of minimizing, mitigating, or avoiding coastal impacts.

Location: 05/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 04/22/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/22/2026
AB 2385 Petrie-Norris, D HTML PDF
Local reconstruction agencies.

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Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E.M.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Summary: The bill updates California’s disaster-recovery framework (building on the Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Act and the earlier Community Redevelopment Law) by renaming pre-disaster planning as a “disaster recovery plan,” requiring cities/counties that adopt such plans to amend their general plans for consistency, and expanding contingency planning to include intermediate recovery as well as short- and long-term recovery with specified optional elements. It directs the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, with other agencies, to assess statewide recovery needs and produce model ordinance language, and directs the Office of Emergency Services (with that Office) to issue guidance on disaster recovery plans. The bill authorizes local governments to adopt ordinances creating a local reconstruction agency (LRA) to coordinate recovery in defined reconstruction areas, requires procedures for setting those area boundaries, and allows LRAs many redevelopment-style powers (sue and be sued, contract, issue bonds, accept public/private funds). LRAs may receive certain tax revenues—including incremental property tax revenues from participating taxing entities if approved by resolution—to finance activities; must have a board made up of legislative members of participating taxing entities and public members; and are subject to the Brown Act, the Public Records Act, and the Political Reform Act.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Local
Government
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Current Text: 04/27/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/27/2026

AB 2469 Papan, D HTML PDF
Data centers: water use disclosures.

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Status: 06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BECKER, JOSH, Chair
Summary: The bill would restrict local approval of new or expanded data centers that increase peak water use unless applicants provide specified water planning documents and accept responsibility for related water infrastructure costs, and it would also direct the state to create a separate water-use classification for large consumptive facilities such as data centers.

It would amend planning and water-use rules by requiring a water scarcity plan, water supply assessment, and water use assessment before approval, while directing the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board to establish the new classification by 2028 and 2029. The bill declares these requirements a matter of statewide concern, applies them to all cities including charter cities, and states that no state reimbursement is required.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Natural
Resources and Water
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/15/2026
AB 2513 Petrie-Norris, D HTML PDF
Wildfire: Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program: local assistance grant program: regional landscape grants.

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Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BECKER, JOSH, Chair
Summary: Existing law requires a Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to develop and track implementation of California’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan and to update that plan by March 1, 2026 and every five years thereafter. The Department of Conservation runs a Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program that gives block grants to regional entities to create governance, assess wildfire risk, prioritize projects, and implement regional strategies; the department may authorize advance grant payments

through July 1, 2025. The bill would let the Director of Conservation directly award regional landscape grants to those regional entities, require the director and the Task Force to set grant-funding guidelines tied to the state action plan before issuing grants, and make the advance-payment authority permanent. It would also require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to allocate some landscape-scale funding to ecosystem-health projects and to regional landscape grants, allow the Cal Fire director to directly award those grants under Task Force-guided funding guidelines, expand a local assistance grant program to include vegetation modification and ignition-prevention activities (including addressing ignition risk along roads/driveways), and authorize the Wildlife Conservation Board to award regional landscape grants to local entities under Task Force-aligned funding guidelines.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Natural
Resources and Water
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Current Text: 04/16/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/16/2026
AB 2576 Harabedian, D HTML PDF
Transit-oriented development: exclusions: historic sites.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Summary: The bill would expand existing exclusions from transit-oriented housing development rules to include certain historic properties listed on the State Historic Resources Inventory before January 1, 2025.

Specifically, it would exempt contributing sites within historic districts on that inventory, as well as parcels individually listed as historical resources on that inventory, if they were designated before January 1, 2025.

Location: 05/13/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/15/2026
AB 2724 Bauer-Kahan, D HTML PDF
Catastrophe modeling: distressed areas.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 05/27/2026 - Referred to Com. on INS.

Summary: Current law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and generally regulates insurance in the state. Current law also establishes the California FAIR Plan Association, a joint reinsurance association of all

basic property insurers to ensure coverage for people unable to obtain it through normal channels. Regulations allow insurers in distressed areas and for FAIR Plan–insured properties exposed to wildfire risk to use catastrophe modeling; “distressed areas” currently include undermarketed ZIP Codes and distressed counties. The bill requires the department, on or before July 1, 2027 and annually thereafter, to review and update the list of distressed areas and to hold at least one public meeting for input; beginning January 1, 2028 and annually thereafter, the department must publish a bulletin listing distressed-area ZIP Codes on its website and provide that list to specified legislative committees.

Location: 05/27/2026 - Senate Insurance
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Current Text: 04/16/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/16/2026
SB 239 Arreguín, D HTML PDF
Crimes: criminal threats.

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Position
Watch
Bill information
Status: 06/01/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

Summary: The bill would allow courts to treat threats against county or city elections officials and local agency officials as an aggravating factor when sentencing felony threats to commit crimes causing death or great bodily injury.

It would expand existing sentencing rules, which already allow aggravation for threats against state constitutional officers, legislators, judges, and court commissioners, to also cover these local election and agency officials.

Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Public
Safety
Introduced: 01/30/2025
Current Text: 05/28/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/28/2026
SB 454 McNerney, D HTML PDF
State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.

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Position
Watch
Bill information
Status: 03/02/2026 - Stricken from file. Veto sustained.

Summary: The existing law assigns the State Water Resources Control Board to manage programs related to drinking water, such as the California Safe Drinking Water Act. The proposed bill would establish a program to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and create a PFAS Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury. The state board could use the fund, once approved by the Legislature, for specific purposes related to PFAS treatment and remediation. The state board may also pursue additional funding from

federal and private sources, with such funds continuously appropriated for designated uses. The bill allows the board to create accounts within the fund and to provide financial support in the form of grants, loans, or contracts to water suppliers and sewer system providers to help them meet state and federal PFAS standards. To qualify for funding, these providers must clearly state how the funds will benefit the community, particularly concerning safe drinking water and related services. The state board is tasked with developing guidelines to implement these measures.

Location: 10/01/2025 - Senate VETOED
Introduced: 02/19/2025
Current Text: 10/01/2025 - Vetoed
Last Amend: 09/02/2025
SB 496 Hurtado, D HTML PDF
Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation: appeals advisory committee: exemptions.

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Position
Watch
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Status: 02/02/2026 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

Summary: Current law requires the State Air Resources Board to manage vehicle emissions and fuel standards to control air pollution effectively, ensuring they are feasible and cost-effective.

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates this board to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Under this authority, the board implemented the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation, mandating that government and high-priority fleets transition to zero-emission vehicles, with some exemptions permitted. This bill proposes the establishment of an Appeals Advisory Committee to review denied exemption requests.

This committee, comprising specified government and non-government representatives, must meet monthly, with meetings recorded and accessible online. They must review appeals and provide recommendations within 60 days, which the board must consider publicly within another 60 days. Certain vehicles involved in emergency responses would be exempt from the regulations, and fleet owners will not be pressured to produce zeroemissions vehicle purchase agreements to delay transitioning mandates.

Location: 01/23/2026 - Senate DEAD
Introduced: 02/19/2025
Current Text: 04/07/2025 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/07/2025
SB 569 Blakespear, D HTML PDF
Bikeways: removal or reduction of the physical separation: required findings.

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Watch
Bill information
Status: 06/11/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

Calendar: 06/29/26 A-TRANSPORTATION 2:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WILSON, LORI, Chair

Summary: The bill would restrict local agencies from removing or reducing the physical separation of Class I, II, III, or IV bikeways unless they provide an equivalent or better replacement or make specified engineer-certified findings.

It would also require the findings to be adopted by resolution at a noticed public meeting, with supporting technical analysis available for public review at least 30 days in advance, and it would declare the measure a matter of statewide concern applicable to all cities, including charter cities.

Location: 06/11/2026 -
Assembly Transportation
Introduced: 02/20/2025
Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/11/2026
SB 866 Blakespear, D HTML PDF
Planning and zoning: housing element: unhoused population.

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Position
Oppose
Bill information
Status: 06/04/2026 - Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

Calendar: 06/24/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair
Summary: The bill affects local general plans by tightening requirements for the housing element:
cities and counties must assess housing needs and list resources and constraints, and for jurisdictions that do not receive Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) funds the housing assessment must now include specific data on people who are unhoused and a description of key actions to reduce homelessness based on that data.

Background: HHAP provides grants to support regional coordination and local capacity to address homelessness, with rounds 1–5 administered by the Interagency Council on Homelessness, round 6 by the Department of Housing and Community Development, and round 7 established pending further legislation. Because it adds duties for local governments the bill creates a state‑mandated local program, but it also declares that the changes address a statewide concern and apply to all cities, including charter cities, and states that no state reimbursement is required for a specified reason.

Location: 06/04/2026 - Assembly Housing
and Community Development
Introduced: 01/05/2026
Current Text: 04/28/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/28/2026
SB 1159 Cabaldon, D HTML PDF
Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance.

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Position
Support
Bill information

Status: 06/09/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

Calendar: 06/23/26 A-PRIVACY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 BAUER-KAHAN, REBECCA, Chair
Summary: The bill would clarify that artificial intelligence, autonomous agents, and robots are not included in terms such as “person” or “member of the public” for several California laws governing public records, open meetings, administrative procedure, coastal regulation, and environmental review.

It would also allow government agencies to use AI detection tools to identify AI involvement and would add legislative findings to support the bill under the California Constitution’s public access requirements.

Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly Privacy
and Consumer Protection
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Current Text: 06/09/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/09/2026
SB 1172 Hurtado, D HTML PDF
Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law: tax sharing agreements.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/01/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX.

Calendar: 06/17/26 A-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 CARRILLO, JUAN, Chair
Summary: Existing law bars local agencies from making agreements that directly or indirectly divert, rebate, or transfer Bradley-Burns sales and use tax revenue in a way that reduces the amount another local agency would otherwise receive, and requires proposed agreements that do reduce such revenue to be posted online for at least 30 days before approval. This bill adds a cap on consultant pay for a “tax sharing agreement” (any agreement that causes such diversion): a consultant cannot be paid more than the lower of 5% of the total tax revenues shared under the agreement or $250,000. It excludes agreements with the agency’s own staff or unpaid technical advisers, applies only to agreements entered on or after January 1, 2027, and includes findings that the rule is a statewide concern that applies to all cities, including charter cities.

Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Local
Government
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Current Text: 04/23/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/23/2026
YIMBY
AB 736 Wicks, D HTML PDF
The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 05/14/2026 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 14). Read second time.

Ordered to third reading.

Calendar: 06/18/26 #53 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE Summary: Under existing law, various assistance programs support emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership for very low-income and low-income households, and down payment assistance for first-time home buyers. The law also permits issuing bonds to fund these programs and related projects, like infill development and housing-related parks. The bill, the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, seeks to authorize $10 billion in bonds to support affordable rental and home ownership programs, such as the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna Jr.

Farmworker Housing Grant Program. To take effect, this bill needs to be approved by voters in the June 2, 2026, statewide primary election, and it has been declared an urgency statute to ensure immediate implementation if passed.

Location: 05/14/2026 - Senate THIRD

READING
Introduced: 02/18/2025
Current Text: 04/10/2025 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/10/2025
AB 1070 Ward, D HTML PDF
Residential developments: building standards: review.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/11/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Calendar: 06/24/26 S-HOUSING 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary: This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to study whether residential developments with 3 to 10 units can be designed and built under the California Residential Code, and to report its findings to the Legislature by December 31, 2028.

The department would have to begin the study by January 31, 2027, use outside experts or an independent third party, and, if needed, research and propose related building standard amendments to the commission. The bill would also require a separate review of construction cost pressures from building standards for single-family and multifamily housing, with findings due by December 31, 2027.

Location: 05/06/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/20/2025
Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/11/2026
AB 1406 Ward, D HTML PDF

Attached residential condominium sales: liquidated damages.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 05/06/2026 - Referred to Com. on JUD.

Summary: Existing law requires that if a buyer defaults on the initial sale of a newly built condominium unit, the seller can collect liquidated damages from the buyer. However, if the amount exceeds 3% of the unit's purchase price, certain requirements, like providing an accounting of costs and revenues, must be followed. This new bill proposes to raise that threshold from 3% to 6%, meaning sellers could collect up to 6% of the purchase price without needing to meet those additional requirements.

Location: 05/06/2026 - Senate Judiciary
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Current Text: 01/22/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 01/22/2026
AB 1556 Haney, D HTML PDF
Recovery residences: funding.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and HEALTH.

Summary: The bill would require recovery residences seeking state funding to meet specified Housing First, relapse support, safety, and privacy standards.

It defines a recovery residence as cooperative housing supporting personal recovery from substance use disorder and, to qualify for funding, the residence must follow Housing First principles, limit eviction for relapse unless another lease violation exists, provide relapse support, train staff and residents in emergency preparedness and overdose response, keep overdose reversal medication available on-site, protect consent and confidentiality, and maintain a written return-to-use policy.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 01/08/2026 (Spot bill)
Current Text: 05/22/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/22/2026
AB 1621 Wilson, D HTML PDF
Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing Accountability Act.

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Position
Support

Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 6. Noes

0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Summary: The bill would tighten and shorten procedures for postentitlement phase permits, limit plan check reviews to two, accelerate appeal deadlines for housing projects, and expand enforcement under the Housing Accountability Act.

It would also change tolling rules for outside agency reviews, allow applicants to seek a writ of mandate if appeals are denied or untimely, make related violations enforceable statewide, and declare that no state reimbursement is required.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 01/22/2026
Current Text: 06/03/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/03/2026
AB 1704 González, Mark, D HTML PDF
Greenhouse gases: embodied carbon building materials.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 05/27/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

Calendar: 06/17/26 S-ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BLAKESPEAR, CATHERINE, Chair
Summary: Current law requires the State Air Resources Board (CARB), working with stakeholders, to produce by Dec 31, 2026 a framework for measuring the average carbon intensity of materials used in new construction (including residential), and by Dec 31, 2028 a comprehensive strategy for the building sector to achieve a 40% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from building materials by no later than Dec 31, 2035. CARB is also authorized to create an embodied carbon trading system. This bill would make implementation conditional on CARB first finding that lower‑embodied‑carbon building materials have reached cost parity with conventional materials; if CARB finds they have not, the board must delay or suspend those requirements for at least five years and up to a total of ten years.

Location: 05/06/2026 -
Senate Environmental Quality
Introduced: 02/04/2026
Current Text: 04/08/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/08/2026
AB 1732 Alvarez, D HTML PDF
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: affordable housing projects: public university or public college housing projects.

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Position
Support
Bill information

Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and HOUSING.

Summary: The legislation would extend and expand a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption for certain affordable housing projects by extending its expiration date from January 1, 2033 to January 1, 2037 and adding specified public university or public college housing projects.

Under CEQA, lead agencies must prepare and certify an environmental impact report or adopt a negative declaration for projects that may significantly affect the environment, or a mitigated negative declaration when effects can be avoided or mitigated. The bill specifically revises the temporary exemption that applies to qualifying affordable housing actions meeting listed criteria, including public agency confirmation that the site satisfies requirements and that a vacant site does not contain tribal cultural resources that were found through consultation and cannot be mitigated. It also adds public university or public college housing projects that meet the defined requirements, which would expand lead agency obligations and create a state-mandated local program; however, the bill provides that reimbursement is not required for a specified reason.

Location: 06/10/2026 -
Senate Environmental Quality
Introduced: 02/05/2026
Current Text: 05/20/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/20/2026
AB 1738 Carrillo, D HTML PDF
State Housing Law: remote inspections.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

Calendar: 06/17/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Summary: The bill would require cities and counties to offer remote inspections for certain permit work in one- and two-family homes by 2028, while allowing local agencies to set technical rules and apply existing inspection immunities.

It would also let agencies conduct onsite audits, and temporarily bar homeowners or contractors from remote inspections if they willfully misrepresent the work. The bill would treat these requirements as a statewide concern, create a state-mandated local program, and state that no reimbursement is required.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Local
Government
Introduced: 02/05/2026
Current Text: 06/10/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/10/2026
AB 1740 Zbur, D HTML PDF
Coastal resources: local coastal program: coastal development permits: City of Santa Monica.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BECKER, JOSH, Chair
Summary: The bill would require the City of Santa Monica to submit a complete local coastal program for its coastal zone by January 1, 2029, and would set deadlines for Coastal Commission review, coordination, and reporting if action is delayed.

It would also expand and clarify procedures for converting road right-of-way into bicycle, transit, or pedestrian facilities by easing local coastal program amendment processing and permit requirements when public coastal access is improved, while requiring annual commission reporting through 2032 and providing for state reimbursement of mandated local costs if applicable.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Natural
Resources and Water
Introduced: 02/05/2026
Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/15/2026
AB 1815 Wicks, D HTML PDF
Factory-built housing: building standards.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Summary: Existing law places the California Building Standards Commission in charge of adopting the statewide Building Standards Code and, under the Factory‑Built Housing Law, requires factory‑built housing sold to first users in California to carry a Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) insignia, treats such housing as complying with applicable local construction ordinances, reserves certain local land‑use/zoning requirements to jurisdictions, and makes violations misdemeanors. This bill would bar cities and counties (including charter cities) from imposing or enforcing local building standards that exceed the state minimums in the California Building Standards Code on projects that use factory‑built housing, so long as at least 15% of each building’s hard costs are spent on factory‑built housing bearing the HCD insignia. Because it adds duties for local officials and expands criminal liability, the bill creates a state‑mandated local program; the bill declares the change a matter of statewide concern and states that no state reimbursement to local agencies is required for the mandate.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/10/2026
Current Text: 04/27/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/27/2026
AB 1903 Wicks, D HTML PDF

Construction defects.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 06/15/2026 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

Summary: The bill creates a new construction-defect process for certified condominium and townhouse projects built on or after January 1, 2027, allowing builders to obtain certified status through private inspections and repairs and then control later claims and inspections under stricter notice and filing rules.

It would require detailed evidence in defect notices, remove group notice provisions, make dismissal mandatory for noncompliance, tighten the claimant’s burden to prove actual physical damage caused by original construction, eliminate recovery of investigative costs, restrict extrapolated damages and testing, and allow releases or waivers after repairs in specified circumstances.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Judiciary
Introduced: 02/12/2026
Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/11/2026
AB 2005 Ahrens, D HTML PDF
Housing developments: urban lot split: owner-occupancy.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 5. Noes

1.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Calendar: 06/30/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary: This bill changes urban lot split rules by giving applicants two owner-occupancy options, adding notice and recording requirements for one option, and limiting local agencies from imposing extra conditions on urban lot split projects.

It would let an applicant either promise to live in one unit for at least three years or agree to sell both parcels with a three-year owner-occupancy requirement for the buyer, while also allowing certain LLC or trust representatives to qualify, creating civil penalties for some violations, and requiring disclosure of the occupancy requirement on sale.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Current Text: 05/07/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/07/2026
AB 2058 Harabedian, D HTML PDF
California Factory-Built Housing Law: inspection: permitting.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.

Calendar: 06/16/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair 06/23/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Summary: The California Factory-Built Housing Law mandates that factory-built housing sold to first users in the state must have an insignia of approval from the Department of Housing and Community Development, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations. The law requires this department to enforce its provisions, with local agencies conducting on-site inspections. It allows these agencies to charge inspection fees and the department to qualify quality assurance agencies for inspections. This bill changes the enforcement and inspection process by allowing first users to choose between local enforcement or a department-supervised quality assurance agency for these tasks. It limits local inspection fees to 50% of those for non-factory-built housing and prohibits any inspection fee if a quality assurance agency is chosen. Additionally, it restricts permitting fees to the same 50% limit and prevents destructive inspection practices. The bill also updates related legal language. This bill impacts local programs by expanding local officials' duties and broadening the scope of related crimes, highlighting that these changes address statewide concerns. It specifies that no state reimbursement is required for certain mandates, unless determined otherwise by the Commission on State Mandates, in which case reimbursement procedures should follow existing statutory guidelines.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 03/19/2026
AB 2074 Haney, D HTML PDF
Regional transit hub districts: downtown housing developments.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/15/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.

Summary: The bill expands existing Planning and Zoning Law by requiring major transit cities, by July 1, 2027, to designate one or more regional transit hub districts and to allow downtown housing developments in those districts if they meet prescribed objective planning standards and procedural requirements. It makes qualifying downtown housing eligible for streamlined ministerial approval and imposes specified labor standards for such projects.

The bill creates a continuously appropriated Downtown Revitalization Loan Fund, administered by the California Housing Finance Agency, to provide loans for eligible downtown housing developments, which the bill treats as an appropriation. Because it mandates city designations and streamlined approvals, the bill imposes a state-mandated local program and declares the changes a matter of statewide concern that apply to all cities, including charter cities. Regarding fiscal effects, the bill states that no reimbursement is required for certain specified mandates, and for any other mandated

costs the Commission on State Mandates would determine reimbursement under existing statutory procedures.

Location: 06/15/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/18/2026 (Spot bill)
Current Text: 04/09/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/09/2026
AB 2118 Hoover, R HTML PDF
Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: use by right: objective standards.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.

Calendar: 06/16/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair 06/23/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Summary: The bill temporarily (through January 1, 2033) implements the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022 to speed creation of mixed-income housing along commercial corridors: developers may apply for projects that meet specified site, affordability, and objective development standards and those projects are treated as a "use by right" subject to streamlined ministerial review rather than discretionary review. It prevents objective standards from forcing lower-than-required residential density or smaller unit sizes and also bars those standards from prohibiting or limiting mixed-use components.

The measure modifies some statutory definitions without changing substantive meaning, declares the changes a matter of statewide concern that apply to all cities (including charter cities), and thereby creates a state-mandated local program; however, it states no state reimbursement to local agencies or school districts is required for that mandate for a specified reason.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Current Text: 04/27/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/27/2026
AB 2166 Carrillo, D HTML PDF
Multifamily housing development: offsite housing factories: backstop financing.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and HOUSING.

Summary: The California Housing Finance Agency currently has the authority to issue loans for affordable housing projects. This bill proposes the creation of the Multifamily Backstop Financing Program, which would provide state-backed financial support for multifamily housing projects. This program would help surety companies issue payment and performance bonds to qualified offsite housing factories. The agency would be allowed to

offer credit backstops to these surety companies under specific guidelines. Additionally, the agency would be required to establish rules and regulations to implement the program, and the Legislature intends to include procedures for prioritizing and reviewing applications for this support.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Business,
Professions and Economic
Development
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Current Text: 04/27/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/27/2026
AB 2185 Quirk-Silva, D HTML PDF
Housing: multifamily affordable housing programs.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Summary: The Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025, effective from July 5, 2025, restructured certain state agencies, eliminating the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency by July 1, 2026. In its place, the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency were established. From July 1, 2026, the GRP outlines the duties of the California Housing and Homelessness Agency and related departments in implementing state housing policies, including support for multifamily, farmworker, and veteran housing programs. This bill mandates that by July 1, 2027, several Californian housing agencies must review and adjust their regulations to encourage the use of factory-built housing in multifamily affordable housing programs.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 03/19/2026
AB 2243 Haney, D HTML PDF
State Bank Act.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR.

SUSPENSE FILE on 5/6/2026)
Summary: The bill creates an Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to finance certain economic development projects. It also establishes a State Bank Commission (with prescribed membership) charged with developing a plan to create a state bank. The commission must hold at least two public hearings by January 1, 2028, produce the state bank plan (addressing items including a state guarantee of public deposits, including those held by public banks) by

June 1, 2028, and vote on adoption by July 1, 2028; if a majority adopts the plan, the commission must publish the plan and the adoption notice on its website.

Location: 05/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Introduced: 02/19/2026 (Spot bill)
Current Text: 04/20/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/20/2026
AB 2270 Arambula, D HTML PDF
Low-income housing tax credit: farmworker housing.

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Support
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Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Calendar: 06/16/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary: The bill would require the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) to consider amending its low-income housing tax credit scoring system to better account for farmworker housing projects, including points based on proximity to amenities.

This bill would direct CTCAC to consider establishing a farmworker housing category within the existing regulatory scoring framework and to consider applying the same point allocations used for rural set-aside projects when scoring farmworker housing according to amenity proximity. It would also make a statutory change that would increase the tax paid by a taxpayer under the meaning of California’s Proposition 13, requiring a two-thirds vote in each house of the Legislature for passage, and would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 04/30/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/30/2026
AB 2296 Papan, D HTML PDF
Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.

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Oppose
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Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Calendar: 06/24/26 S-HOUSING 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary: The bill would extend several deadlines in the regional housing need and housing element allocation process, while stating legislative intent to consider future revision deadlines based on smaller regional groupings and jurisdiction size.

Specifically, it would give cities and counties more time to form subregional entities, give councils of governments more time to determine subregional housing need shares, and

move earlier deadlines for developing allocation methodologies and draft plans, except for a specified 2027 cycle exception. It would also create a state-mandated local program but declare that no state reimbursement is required.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/18/2026
AB 2351 Bonta, D HTML PDF
General plan: annual report: shelter beds.

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Support
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Status: 05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR.

SUSPENSE FILE on 5/6/2026)
Summary: The bill amends Planning and Zoning Law reporting requirements: currently, after a legislative body adopts a general plan, the planning agency must file an annual report by April 1 on the plan’s status and implementation. Beginning with the April 1, 2028 report, the bill would require those reports to also list the number of temporary emergency shelter beds and the number of permanent housing units serving people experiencing or exiting homelessness in the jurisdiction, broken out by specified categories. Because it adds reporting duties for local planning agencies, the bill creates a state-mandated local program; if the Commission on State Mandates finds the bill imposes reimbursable costs, the state would reimburse local agencies under existing statutory procedures.

Location: 05/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 04/27/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/27/2026
AB 2433 Alvarez, D HTML PDF
Housing development: density bonus.

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Support
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Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV., HOUSING and E.Q.

Calendar: 06/23/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Summary: The bill overhauls California’s Density Bonus Law by shifting entitlement from a developer’s request to projects that a city or county determines meet specified affordability and senior-housing criteria, and by expanding the definition of “moderate‑income” to explicitly include lower-, very-low-, and extremely-low‑income households. It revises how density bonuses and related incentives/concessions/waivers are applied—requiring them to be available on sites within the same housing development—and updates the formulae for calculating eligible incentives. Local governments must provide an eligibility determination when an application is deemed complete, and proposed bonuses,

incentives, concessions, and standard waivers are made non‑discretionary and not to trigger general plan/zoning/coastal plan amendments, additional studies, or environmental review under CEQA. Housing projects that meet the bill’s affordability and consistency criteria would be treated as uses by right and processed ministerially (administratively) rather than through discretionary review. The bill declares these rules a matter of statewide concern applicable to all cities, creates a state‑mandated local program, and specifies that no state reimbursement is required for the mandate.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Local
Government
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Current Text: 04/22/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/22/2026
AB 2480 Ávila Farías, D HTML PDF
Housing development: density bonus: student housing developments.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Calendar: 06/16/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary: The Density Bonus Law currently requires cities and counties to grant developers density bonuses and concessions if a housing project includes specified affordable student units —for example, one option is dedicating 20% of units to lower‑income students, with all units reserved for full‑time students and rent for those lower‑income units set at 30% of 65% of area median income for single‑room occupancy. This bill revises how rents for lower‑income student units are calculated, and creates an additional density bonus for projects that dedicate 24% of units to lower‑income students and also add rentable units affordable to moderate‑income students, provided no more than 50% of units in the project are restricted to moderate‑ or lower‑income students. Because it imposes new obligations on local governments it is a state‑mandated local program and the bill declares the changes a matter of statewide concern applying to all cities, including charter cities; it also states that no state reimbursement to local agencies is required for the specified reason.

Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Current Text: 04/16/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/16/2026
AB 2576 Harabedian, D HTML PDF
Transit-oriented development: exclusions: historic sites.

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Oppose
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Status: 06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Summary: The bill would expand existing exclusions from transit-oriented housing development rules to include certain historic properties listed on the State Historic Resources Inventory before January 1, 2025.

Specifically, it would exempt contributing sites within historic districts on that inventory, as well as parcels individually listed as historical resources on that inventory, if they were designated before January 1, 2025.

Location: 05/13/2026 - Senate Housing
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/15/2026
AB 2741 Muratsuchi, D HTML PDF
Housing element: inventory of land: substantial compliance.

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Oppose
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Status: 04/30/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was L. GOV. on 4/22/2026)
Summary: The bill modifies California’s housing element and zoning requirements so cities/counties can meet mandated rezoning for housing by applying a zoning classification such as an overlay zone, mixed‑use zone, combining district, or similar zone that allows owner‑occupied and rental multifamily housing at specified minimum densities and development standards. Localities must include a written explanation of the housing and affordability incentives of that zoning and may allow a mix of uses if prescribed requirements are met; key terms are defined and the rules apply to the 6th housing element cycle retroactive to January 1, 2019. The bill also addresses conflicts between Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) findings and court rulings: if a court finds an adopted housing element out of compliance despite HCD’s prior substantial‑compliance finding, the element will still be treated as substantially compliant until either HCD finds a newly adopted element substantially compliant or 275 days after the court’s order—whichever is earlier. That timing rule affects when jurisdictions qualify under the Housing Accountability Act’s standards for approving or denying lower‑income housing projects.

Location: 04/30/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Introduced: 02/20/2026 (Spot bill)
Current Text: 04/23/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/23/2026
SB 299 Cabaldon, D HTML PDF
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: day care center: family daycare home: zoning.

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Support

Bill information
Status: 06/01/2026 - Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

Calendar: 06/22/26 A-NATURAL RESOURCES 2:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 BRYAN, ISAAC, Chair
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) mandates a lead agency to prepare and certify an environmental impact report for any project potentially affecting the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if the project is deemed not to have a significant environmental effect. If a project could have a significant effect but can be revised to mitigate this, a mitigated negative declaration must be prepared. Certain projects, like those involving only a daycare center not located in residential areas, are exempt from CEQA. This bill would broaden this exemption to include daycare centers or family daycare homes situated on land zoned exclusively for residential use, with some exceptions. This bill would assign new responsibilities to lead agencies to determine if these exemptions apply, thus creating a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local entities for specified state-mandated costs, but this bill states no reimbursement is needed for the costs it would impose.

Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Natural
Resources
Introduced: 02/10/2025
Current Text: 01/14/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 01/14/2026
SB 417 Cabaldon, D HTML PDF
The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 05/18/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Calendar: 06/18/26 #22 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS Summary: Current law includes programs that offer support for different types of housing needs such as emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, and home ownership for very low and low-income households. It also covers down payment assistance for firsttime home buyers. The law permits the issuance of bonds to fund these housing initiatives as well as related projects like infill development and brownfield cleanup. The proposed legislation, titled the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, seeks to authorize $10 billion in bonds, which will be used to finance affordable housing and home ownership programs.

These programs include the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. The bill will be presented to voters during the November 3, 2026, statewide general election and is designed to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly THIRD

READING
Introduced: 02/18/2025
Current Text: 01/22/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 01/22/2026
SB 677 Wiener, D HTML PDF
Land use: housing development approvals: tax-exempt private activity bonds: subdivisions: tentative and final maps: appeals.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/08/2026 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

Calendar: 06/24/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair
Summary: The bill would expand the Housing Accountability Act and change certain Subdivision Map Act appeal rules, while also limiting local agency obligations when tax-exempt private activity bonds are involved.

Specifically, it would treat a local agency’s failure to take required federal tax-regulatory actions for housing projects using tax-exempt private activity bonds as a form of project disapproval, but would not require any action that creates financial liability, debt, or obligation. It would also create an exception to local appeal authority for certain map appeals by interested persons, while exempting appeals by applicants, subdividers, tenants, advisory agencies, and certain public entities, and it states that no state reimbursement is required.

Location: 06/08/2026 - Assembly Housing
and Community Development
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Current Text: 06/08/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/08/2026
SB 908 Wiener, D HTML PDF
Residential windows: retrofitting: residential window replacement projects: California Building Code compliance.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/15/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

Calendar: 06/24/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair
Summary: This bill would protect and streamline residential window replacement projects by limiting restrictions in homeowners’ governing documents and requiring local governments to administratively approve such projects without discretionary review, hearings, or denial in most cases.

It also bars cities and counties from imposing certain conditions on California Energy Code-compliant windows in housing development projects, with exceptions for some historic properties. The bill applies statewide, including charter cities, declares a special statute for San Francisco, and states that no state reimbursement is required.

Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Housing
and Community Development
Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/15/2026

Introduced: 01/22/2026
SB 916 Ashby, D HTML PDF
Civil actions: housing development projects.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 05/18/2026 - Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

Calendar: 06/16/26 A-JUDICIARY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 KALRA, ASH, Chair Summary: Existing law allows a defendant in a civil action, involving a housing development for lowor moderate-income individuals, to request the plaintiff to provide a financial security (undertaking) to cover potential costs and damages. This is applicable if the lawsuit could prevent or delay the project. The court has the authority to reduce or waive this requirement if the plaintiff demonstrates that providing such a security would cause significant economic hardship. The bill extends these provisions to include student housing developments as well.

Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly Judiciary
Introduced: 01/27/2026
Current Text: 03/18/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 03/18/2026
SB 996 Padilla, D HTML PDF
Manufactured housing: classification as real property.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/01/2026 - Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

Calendar: 06/24/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair
Summary: The bill would expand and clarify California rules for installing manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial modular units on permanent or nonpermanent foundations, and it would create a process for classifying certain units as real property for title and security-interest purposes.

It would change permit and evidence requirements, direct the Department of Housing and Community Development to update regulations by January 1, 2028, require local agencies to accept new applications, and require cancellation of registration and notice to county assessors in some cases. The bill also includes related findings and local mandate provisions, with reimbursement for certain state-mandated costs governed by existing law.

Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Housing
and Community Development
Introduced: 02/09/2026
Current Text: 05/14/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 05/14/2026

SB 1014 Grayson, D HTML PDF
Development projects: preliminary estimate of required improvements: onsite and offsite improvements.

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Position
Support
Bill information
Status: 06/03/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

Calendar: 06/17/26 A-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 CARRILLO, JUAN, Chair
Summary: This bill would require local governments to provide housing project applicants with timely, itemized information about required improvements and related permit conditions during the application process.

It would let applicants request preliminary estimates or lists of potential improvements, require cities and counties to respond within set deadlines, and require itemized improvement lists before postentitlement permits are issued. The bill would impose new duties on local agencies, apply statewide including to charter cities, and state that no state reimbursement is required.

Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Local
Government
Introduced: 02/10/2026
Current Text: 06/03/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/03/2026
SB 1085 Durazo, D HTML PDF
Water supply planning: housing developments.

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Oppose
Bill information
Status: 05/26/2026 - Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and L. GOV.

Calendar: 06/16/26 A-WATER, PARKS AND WILDLIFE 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 444 PAPAN, DIANE, Chair
Summary: The bill amends California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) procedures by changing when and how cities/counties must involve public water systems for certain housing and development projects. Under the bill, when a qualifying housing project submits a preliminary application or a development application is deemed complete, the city or county must identify affected public water systems and, within 15 days, request each system to state whether the project’s projected water demand was included in the system’s most recently adopted urban water management plan. For those housing projects the bill shortens the water supply assessment (WSA) submission deadline from 90 to 45 days and eliminates the requirement that the WSA be approved at a public meeting. It also authorizes cities/counties to seek a writ of mandamus to compel a public water system that fails to provide the assessment. The bill imposes duties on local

agencies (a state-mandated local program) but states that no state reimbursement is required under the cited constitutional/procedural provisions.

Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Water,
Parks and Wildlife
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Current Text: 04/23/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/23/2026
SB 1116 Caballero, D HTML PDF
Planning and zoning: housing development projects: subdivisions.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 06/11/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

Calendar: 06/24/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair
Summary: This bill would expand and clarify California rules for ministerial approval of housing on subdivided lots, tighten limits on local restrictions and private covenants, and require additional reporting and state oversight beginning in 2027.

It would define height limits as limits on a building’s physical height only, restrict setbacks and density rules, broaden the interpretation of the law in favor of more housing units, and require local agencies to send implementing ordinances to HCD for review. It would also revise parcel map standards, lower some minimum parcel sizes, change floor area and vacancy definitions, require faster map decisions, add annual reporting on these projects, and make certain restrictive covenants unenforceable except in common interest developments.

Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Housing
and Community Development
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/11/2026
SB 1117 Cervantes, D HTML PDF
Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes

0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

Summary: This bill is related to the development of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in California.

Under existing law, local agencies can create ADUs via ordinance or ministerial approval if no ordinance is in place, following specific standards. Fees for constructing ADUs must adhere to the Mitigation Fee Act. Impact fees cannot be charged on ADUs with 750

square feet or less of livable space. For ADUs larger than 750 square feet, fees must be proportional to the main dwelling's size. The bill proposes that fees for ADUs only apply to the area beyond 750 square feet. This bill would change how local agencies calculate these fees, creating a state-mandated local program, and asserts that these changes are of statewide concern, affecting all cities, including charter cities. The bill also specifies that no state reimbursement is required for certain costs imposed by the act.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Assembly Local
Government
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Current Text: 02/17/2026 - Introduced
SB 1159 Cabaldon, D HTML PDF
Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 06/09/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

Calendar: 06/23/26 A-PRIVACY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 BAUER-KAHAN, REBECCA, Chair
Summary: The bill would clarify that artificial intelligence, autonomous agents, and robots are not included in terms such as “person” or “member of the public” for several California laws governing public records, open meetings, administrative procedure, coastal regulation, and environmental review.

It would also allow government agencies to use AI detection tools to identify AI involvement and would add legislative findings to support the bill under the California Constitution’s public access requirements.

Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly Privacy
and Consumer Protection
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Current Text: 06/09/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/09/2026
SB 1196 McNerney, D HTML PDF
Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units: electrical service connections.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - June 10 hearing postponed by committee.

Calendar: 06/24/26 A-UTILITIES AND ENERGY 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 PETRIENORRIS, COTTIE, Chair

Summary: The Powering Up Californians Act directs the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to define criteria and set reasonable average and maximum target energization timeframes to minimize delays in providing electrical service. This bill requires the CPUC, in a new or existing proceeding, to adopt by September 30, 2027 specific timelines for electrical corporations to respond to and process requests to energize accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and junior ADUs (JADUs), and to require utilities to meet certain compliance requirements when implementing those timelines. Because violations of CPUC orders are criminal under existing law, enforcing these timelines would create a state‑mandated local program. Although the state is generally required to reimburse local agencies for costs of state mandates, the bill states that no reimbursement is required for a specified reason.

Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Utilities
and Energy
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 04/20/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/20/2026
SB 1216 Laird, D HTML PDF
Budget Act of 2026.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 06/15/2026 - Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R.

Summary: The Budget Act of 2026 would appropriate funding for state government for the 2026–27 fiscal year and amend an existing appropriations section.

It would also declare itself an emergency Budget Bill, allowing it to take effect immediately upon enactment.

Location: 06/15/2026 - Senate Budget and
Fiscal Review
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/11/2026
SB 1258 Wiener, D HTML PDF
Hazardous waste: site remediation: residential suitability guidelines.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR.

SUSPENSE FILE on 5/4/2026)
Summary: Current law lets a responsible party request that a local officer supervise cleanup when waste is released, unless the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) or a regional water quality control board already oversees the site; the department or a regional board can also assume oversight. The bill requires the State Water Resources

Control Board, working with DTSC and consulting the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, to create guidelines for developers and agencies conducting developmentspecific cleanups and deciding whether sites are suitable for reuse. It also directs the board and DTSC to set contaminant "thresholds of significance" by contaminant source and intended future use, and declares sites exceeding those thresholds unsuitable for residential development.

Location: 05/14/2026 - Senate DEAD
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Current Text: 04/16/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/16/2026
SB 1296 Durazo, D HTML PDF
Real property: rentals: pet policy.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Calendar: 06/18/26 #30 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS Summary: The bill would require landlords who allow pets to keep a written pet policy, disclose it in specified online and application materials, and refund application fees in certain cases if the policy was not properly disclosed.

It would also require the policy or pet addendum to state the rights, duties, and requirements for pet owners, allow substantial compliance with correction of minor errors, preserve existing service and support animal protections, and take effect on April 1, 2027.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Assembly THIRD

READING
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Current Text: 06/03/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/03/2026
SB 1344 Cabaldon, D HTML PDF
Civil actions: housing development projects.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Calendar: 06/18/26 #31 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS Summary: The bill would raise the maximum liability for plaintiffs challenging certain qualifying housing projects from $500,000 to $1,000,000 and extend these rules to priority care developments.

It would apply existing provisions on undertakings for costs and damages, as well as special motions to strike in housing-related civil actions, to priority care developments that

provide supportive housing or other housing assistance linked to behavioral health services and other specified purposes.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Assembly THIRD

READING
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Current Text: 06/03/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 06/03/2026
SB 1361 Durazo, D HTML PDF
Transit-oriented housing developments: local governments: transit agencies and projects.

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Oppose
Bill information
Status: 06/10/2026 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L.

GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

Summary: This bill would extend existing transit-oriented housing development protections by also restricting certain actions by local governments that have existing or planned transitoriented development stops.

Under current law, housing projects that meet specified requirements must be allowed as transit-oriented housing developments, with some rules delayed for local agencies until July 1, 2026 unless they act sooner. The bill would further prohibit local governments with existing or planned transit-oriented development stops from taking specified actions affecting transit agencies and transit projects.

Location: 06/10/2026 - Assembly Local
Government
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Current Text: 04/30/2026 - Amended
Last Amend: 04/30/2026
SB 1415 Arreguín, D HTML PDF
Real property tax: welfare exemption: moderate-income housing.

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Support
Bill information
Status: 05/14/2026 - May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Summary: The existing property tax law, backed by constitutional authority, offers a "welfare exemption" for properties exclusively used for religious, hospital, scientific, or charitable purposes by certain nonprofit entities if they meet specific criteria. This exemption partially applies to residential rental properties used for lower-income households, calculated based on the proportion of such units within the property. The proposed bill seeks to extend this partial welfare exemption to residential rental properties serving low- and moderate-income households. The exemption would be proportional to the percentage of such units in the property. Property owners would need to certify their property's use to qualify. The bill includes measures that increase the responsibilities of local tax officials

and adjust legal provisions related to perjury, creating a state-mandated local program.

Although the California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain state-mandated costs, this bill states that no reimbursement is required for specific mandates, but if deemed necessary by the Commission on State Mandates, reimbursement will follow established procedures. Additionally, despite existing requirements for the state to reimburse local agencies annually for lost property tax revenues due to exemptions, this bill specifies no appropriation or reimbursement for lost revenues under its provisions. The bill would become effective immediately as a tax levy.

Location: 05/11/2026 - Senate APPR.

SUSPENSE FILE
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced
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