2026 Preliminary Bill List Sorted by: Subject
Tuesday, 10/13/2026
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AB 35 (Alvarez, D) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024: Administrative Procedure Act: exemption: program guidelines and selection criteria.
Current Text: 07/16/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 07/16/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 89, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 07/16/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would exempt regulations needed to implement Proposition 4 bond programs from the Administrative Procedure Act and create a faster process for adopting related grant guidelines.
It would require funded state entities 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, who would post them online; it would also allow use of certain existing guidelines and make the bill effective immediately as an urgency statute.
AB 956 (Quirk-Silva, D) Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.
Current Text: 09/29/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/29/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 791, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/29/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill revises California accessory dwelling unit rules to broaden protections in single-family residential areas and to require local agencies to approve more detached accessory dwelling units on eligible lots.
It would change several references from lots zoned for single-family residential use to lots zoned to allow singlefamily residential use, and it would require ministerial approval of up to two detached new-construction accessory dwelling units on a lot with a proposed or existing single-family home. It also states that a junior accessory dwelling unit is not required on a lot where those two detached units have been built, while creating new local government duties that the bill says do not require state reimbursement.
AB 1088 (Bains, D) Public health: kratom.
Current Text: 06/08/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/01/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(13). (Last location was HEALTH on 6/10/2026) Location: 07/01/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: The bill would add kratom products to California’s food and drug law, requiring registration, labeling, age and flavor restrictions, and laboratory certification, while imposing a 15% retail tax on kratom purchases to fund public health and safety programs.
It would also authorize the Department of Public Health to deny, suspend, or revoke registrations for violations, require retailers to collect the tax, and create a continuously appropriated fund for the revenues. By expanding criminal and tax collection provisions, the bill would create a state-mandated local program, but it states that no reimbursement is required.
AB 1383 (McKinnor, D) Public employees’ retirement benefits.
Current Text: 09/20/2026 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Status: 09/20/2026 - Vetoed by Governor.
Calendar: 11/30/26 #26 A-GOVERNOR'S VETOES
Location: 09/20/2026 - Assembly VETOED
Summary: This bill would change pension rules for new public employees and safety members beginning January 1, 2027, by limiting pensionable compensation, adding new safety retirement formulas, and allowing certain negotiated changes under PEPRA.
It would apply new compensation caps for PERS and STRS members, require new STRS members to follow specified limits, and replace existing safety formulas with new options such as 2.5%, 2.7%, or 3% at age 55. The bill would also let employers and unions negotiate higher or lower safety plans in some cases and would increase appropriations from continuously funded retirement accounts.
AB 1546 (Schultz, D) Vehicles: driving under the influence.
Current Text: 09/25/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/25/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 444, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/25/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would increase penalties for repeat DUI offenses in California by making certain convictions punishable as wobblers or felonies depending on the number of prior violations within 10 years.
It would change sentencing for offenders with two prior DUI-related convictions to allow county jail or felony punishment, and for offenders with three or more prior violations to impose wobbler or felony treatment based on the number of priors. The bill also makes conforming changes, is contingent on related legislation, and states that no state reimbursement is required.
AB 1567 (Ta, R) General plan: annual report: congregate and residential care for the elderly.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Status: 09/27/2026 - Vetoed by Governor.
Calendar: 11/30/26 #49 A-GOVERNOR'S VETOES
Location: 09/27/2026 - Assembly VETOED
Summary: The bill would allow a planning agency, starting with the seventh housing element revision, to count approved units for certain elderly care facilities toward up to 15 percent of a jurisdiction’s regional housing need allocation in any income category, and would also expand annual reporting on surplus land disposal.
It updates existing housing element and surplus land reporting requirements under state law and includes contingent changes to Government Code Section 65400 that would take effect only if SB 1116 and this bill are both enacted, with this bill enacted last.
AB 1602 (Rubio, Blanca, D) Foster youth: disaster aid assistance.
Current Text: 09/20/2026 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Status: 09/20/2026 - Vetoed by Governor.
Calendar: 11/30/26 #28 A-GOVERNOR'S VETOES
Location: 09/20/2026 - Assembly VETOED
Summary: The bill would create a Child Welfare Disaster Response Program and a dedicated account to provide disaster-related support for foster children, youth, and their caregivers.
It would be administered by the State Department of Social Services, which would set eligibility rules and allow county child welfare agencies, county probation departments, and specified Indian tribes to apply for funds. The money could be used, with legislative appropriation, for housing, clothing, transportation, and other tangible needs
arising within 180 days after a local or state emergency proclamation, and the department could issue written guidance to implement the program.
AB 1621 (Wilson, D) Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing Accountability Act.
Current Text: 09/29/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/29/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 780, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/29/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would speed up and tighten local review of postentitlement building permits by limiting plan check reviews, shortening appeal deadlines, and allowing applicants to seek court relief if agencies miss required steps.
It would also change the Housing Accountability Act so failures to follow these permit rules count as violations, apply the rules statewide including to charter cities, and make related conforming changes while denying state reimbursement for mandated local costs.
AB 1662 (Wilson, D) Misdemeanor diversion.
Current Text: 06/03/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(14). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 6/29/2026)
Location: 08/14/2026 - Senate DEAD
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.
AB 1680 (Calderon, D) California FAIR Plan Association.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 540, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would strengthen oversight of the California FAIR Plan Association by requiring corrective action for identified violations, authorizing new civil penalties, and allowing the Insurance Commissioner to require changes to policy limits and additional renters’ coverage options.
It would make the association comply with corrective measures ordered after examinations or reports and impose penalties of up to $20,000 for failing to act within an agreed timeframe. It would also establish penalties of up to $10,000 per violation, or $20,000 if willful, and include contingent changes to the Insurance Code if AB 69 is also enacted and this bill is enacted last.
AB 1715 (Schiavo, D) Public utilities: reporting.
Current Text: 09/20/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/20/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/20/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would require electrical and gas corporations to report quarterly on certain taxpayer funding of $1 million or more, disclose related funding when seeking ratepayer funding, and pass financial benefits from such funding on to ratepayers.
It would also authorize the Public Utilities Commission to enforce these reporting requirements with penalties, require annual reports to the Legislature beginning in 2028, and repeal the provisions in 2037. Because violations would be crimes under the Public Utilities Act, the bill creates a state-mandated local program, but states that no reimbursement is required.
AB 1751 (Quirk-Silva, D) Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act.
Current Text: 09/29/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/29/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 781, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/29/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would create a new ministerial approval process for qualifying townhome development projects, allowing them to be reviewed without discretionary review or a hearing if they meet objective standards and procedural requirements.
It would also require local agencies to ministerially process tentative and final maps for eligible townhome projects, define key terms such as “townhome” and “townhome development project,” and permit denial only for specific adverse impacts on public health and safety that cannot be feasibly mitigated. The bill would expand CEQA’s ministerial exemption, authorize local implementation ordinances, exempt San Francisco, and state that no state reimbursement is required.
AB 1761 (Rogers, D) Electricity: calculation methodology: nonbypassable charges: data disclosure.
Current Text: 09/20/2026 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Status: 09/20/2026 - Vetoed by Governor.
Calendar: 11/30/26 #29 A-GOVERNOR'S VETOES
Location: 09/20/2026 - Assembly VETOED
Summary: This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to make available, and require parties to disclose, the data used to support certain decisions and proposals involving nonbypassable charges, while protecting personally identifying information and certain market-sensitive data.
It would apply to charges used to recover costs tied to contracts, utility-owned generation, or similar resources, and would ensure that load-serving entities and ratepayer advocates can access the underlying data; the bill also states that no state reimbursement is required for its mandated local program effects.
AB 1813 (Ward, D) Electricity: customer renewable energy subscription program.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Vetoed by Governor.
Calendar: 11/30/26 #75 A-GOVERNOR'S VETOES
Location: 09/30/2026 - Assembly VETOED
Summary: The bill revises California’s customer renewable energy subscription program to expand low-income participation, set limits on generator size and total program capacity, and create a process for identifying loadmodifying community renewable energy resources.
It requires the Energy Commission to evaluate whether these generators have load-modifying potential and, if so, to define qualifying attributes by December 1, 2027; the PUC must then update the program within 180 days, report annually to the Legislature, and implement the changes without state reimbursement for mandated local costs.
AB 1821 (Pacheco, D) California Public Records Act: agency response time.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 899, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would change the California Public Records Act so agencies must determine whether a request seeks disclosable records and notify the requester within 10 business days, with a possible 14-businessday extension.
It also makes legislative findings required by the California Constitution, stating that the measure supports public access to records and meetings and, where it limits access, identifies the protected interest and need for the limitation.
AB 1857 (Aguiar-Curry, D) Unlawfully restrictive covenants: grocery stores and supermarkets.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 901, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would make certain covenants restricting grocery stores or supermarkets on qualifying properties void and unenforceable, and would prohibit new such restrictions beginning January 1, 2027.
It applies when a grocery store or supermarket previously operated on the property and is no longer operating in a commercial project or shopping center, and it allows an interested party to challenge the restriction by recording a restrictive covenant modification document. The bill also imposes duties on county officials, creates related legislative findings, and states that no state reimbursement is required.
AB 1914 (Schiavo, D) General plan elements: childcare.
Current Text: 06/08/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(14). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/3/2026)
Location: 08/14/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: The bill would require each city, county, or city and county to adopt a childcare plan or include one in its general plan by January 1, 2033, and would declare that this requirement addresses a statewide concern and applies to all cities, including charter cities.
It would amend planning law to make childcare planning part of local general planning and specify that the state need not reimburse local agencies or school districts for the costs of this mandate.
AB 1941 (González, Mark, D) Organized metal theft.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 838, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would create a new offense of organized metal theft, covering coordinated theft, possession, purchase, or facilitation of stolen metal materials, and would allow the crime to be charged as either a misdemeanor or a felony.
It would also make related legislative findings and declarations, state the Legislature’s intent, and specify that no state reimbursement is required for local costs because the bill creates new crimes.
AB 1976 (Wicks, D) Streets and highways: pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 565, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would limit local governments’ ability to delay or cancel pedestrian and bicycle safety projects, restrict petition signature requirements for traffic-calming measures, and exempt the establishment or expansion of pedestrian malls from CEQA while applying existing labor and project requirements.
It would bar cities and counties from holding reconsideration meetings after a safety project reaches 90 percent design, or from terminating a project after contract award or construction direction unless a public finding is made.
It also declares the measure a matter of statewide concern, applies it to charter cities, and provides for state reimbursement if mandated local costs are found.
AB 1997 (Lee, D) Land use: housing development approvals: timelines and processes.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Vetoed by Governor.
Calendar: 11/30/26 #80 A-GOVERNOR'S VETOES
Location: 09/30/2026 - Assembly VETOED
Summary: The bill would require approval or disapproval of certain housing development projects within 30 days after EIR certification and would define “housing development project” for the Permit Streamlining Act.
It also makes related conforming changes to CEQA and permit review procedures, and it states that the new duties create a state-mandated local program for which no reimbursement is required.
AB 2005 (Ahrens, D) Housing developments: urban lot split: owner-occupancy.
Current Text: 08/28/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was THIRD READING on 8/30/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: The bill changes urban lot split owner-occupancy rules by requiring applicants to choose between two affidavit-based options and adding disclosure duties for certain sales, while also creating special limits for LLC applicants in fire-affected areas.
It would let an applicant either promise to live in one unit for at least three years or agree to sell both parcels within three years after occupancy permits are issued and keep one unit owner-occupied for three years after a sale; the home buyer would also need to sign an occupancy affidavit. The bill applies special rules to parcels in the 2025 Palisades and Eaton Fires area, adds civil penalties for certain LLC violations, requires sellers to disclose the three-year occupancy condition, sunsets in 2032, and states that no state reimbursement is required.
AB 2037 (Patterson, R) Wildfire Mitigation Aging and Disability Grant Pilot Program.
Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(14). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/3/2026)
Location: 08/14/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: The bill would create a Wildfire Mitigation Aging and Disability Grant Pilot Program, administered by the California Department of Aging and local area agencies, to provide competitive grants that help seniors and people with disabilities protect their own properties from wildfires.
It would require eligible applicants to submit specified information, including proof of need, and would allow grant funds to pay for contractors or other qualified service providers to complete wildfire mitigation work. Area agencies on aging would be required to keep certain records and report data to the department after the pilot ends, including the number of applicants and the total amount distributed, and the program would become inoperative on January 1, 2030, at which point the provisions would be repealed.
AB 2041 (Carrillo, D) Emergency medical services.
Current Text: 09/18/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/18/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 285, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/18/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would require certain public safety agencies to report their compliance status to local emergency medical services agencies if they were not already providing required prearrival medical instructions to 911 callers by January 1, 2027.
Under existing law, local public agencies must maintain basic emergency telephone systems, and specified agencies must provide prearrival medical instructions for emergency medical calls by January 1, 2027. The bill adds a reporting requirement for agencies that are not meeting that obligation, with the report due by January 31, 2027.
AB 2074 (Haney, D) Regional transit hub districts: downtown housing developments.
Current Text: 09/29/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/29/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 797, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/29/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would require major transit cities to create regional transit hub districts by July 1, 2027, allow certain downtown housing developments in those districts with streamlined ministerial approval, and direct the California Housing Finance Agency to study housing construction loans and financing.
It would also add these new requirements to the list of state housing law violations enforceable by the Department of Housing and Community Development, apply them to all cities including charter cities as a matter of statewide concern, and address possible state reimbursement for mandated local costs.
AB 2192 (Gonzalez, Jeff, R) Sales and use taxes: farm equipment and machinery.
Current Text: 04/20/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was REV. & TAX on 4/21/2026) Location: 08/31/2026 - Assembly DEAD
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.
AB 2296 (Papan, D) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.
Current Text: 09/29/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/29/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 798, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/29/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would extend and adjust several timelines for housing element and regional housing need planning, including subregional formation, methodology development, draft allocations, and housing element update schedules for affected local governments.
It would lengthen certain deadlines from 28 to 34 months and from 25 to 31 months for subregional actions, shift allocation and methodology deadlines later, revise housing element update timing for jurisdictions tied to metropolitan planning organizations and regional transportation planning agencies, require earlier notice of regional transportation plan adoption dates, and declare the measure a matter of statewide concern with no state reimbursement required.
AB 2313 (Berman, D) Gas corporations: gas distribution service line replacements: alternatives.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 934, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The Home Energy Choice Act would require the Public Utilities Commission to create a Gas Distribution Service Line Replacement Alternatives Program by January 1, 2028, giving certain residential gas customers monetary incentives to avoid gas line replacement by ending gas service and using alternatives instead.
The commission would have to exempt emergency replacements, review the program annually, and report to the Legislature beginning in 2029. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2035, and it would create a state-mandated local program but specify that no reimbursement is required.
AB 2346 (Wilson, D) Vehicles: electric bicycles and speed limits.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 842, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would add safety and disclosure requirements for electric bicycles, allow local governments to set certain trail speed limits, establish a 10-mile-per-hour sidewalk speed limit, and make related violations infractions.
Beginning January 1, 2029, class 2 electric bicycles would need speedometers, and all electric bicycles would need front and rear lamps, while sellers and distributors would have to disclose classification, maximum speed, and a warning about riders under 16. The bill also authorizes local speed limits of 10, 15, or 20 miles per hour on bicycle paths and multiuse trails, keeps earlier limits in place, sets a prima facie sidewalk speed limit of 10 miles per hour, and states that no state reimbursement is required for the local costs of enforcement.
AB 2415 (Hoover, R) Transit-oriented housing developments: alternative plans.
Current Text: 08/10/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was CONCURRENCE on 8/19/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: The bill would allow a transit-oriented development alternative plan to reduce housing capacity in one transit-oriented development zone by more than 50 percent, if specified conditions are met.
It would also make related changes to Government Code Section 65912.161 and would take effect only if this bill and AB 2576 are both enacted, with this bill enacted last.
AB 2463 (Petrie-Norris, D) Public Utilities Commission: rates: cost of capital proceeding: authorized return on equity.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 943, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to provide a more detailed explanation when setting the authorized return on equity for electrical and gas corporations in cost of capital proceedings issued on or after December 31, 2030.
The commission would have to assess party proposals, identify the financial models it used, analyze the relationship between utility credit quality and return on equity, and explain any material changes from prior methodology. It would also add credit rating trend analysis to the commission’s annual report to the Legislature, and the bill specifies that no state reimbursement is required for the resulting mandate.
AB 2493 (Petrie-Norris, D) Electrical corporations: interconnection: Public Utilities Commission: transmission development monitor.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 944, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would require large electrical corporations and certain transmission owners to submit project schedules to a new transmission development monitor, which would be created within the Public Utilities Commission by October 1, 2027, and would oversee progress, compliance, and remedial actions for transmission and interconnection projects.
The monitor would review project information, network upgrade progress, schedule compliance, and any corrective actions ordered by the commission, and would issue annual reports and notify the commission of material deficiencies within 15 days. The bill also makes related legislative findings and states that no state reimbursement is required for the local costs created by the act.
AB 2516 (Petrie-Norris, D) California Grid Manufacturing Initiative.
Current Text: 06/25/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(14). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/3/2026)
Location: 08/14/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: The bill would create the California Grid Manufacturing Initiative to reduce delays and costs for critical electricity grid components by promoting in-state manufacturing, joint procurement, and state financial assistance.
It would direct GO-Biz’s Energy Unit and the Public Utilities Commission to identify needed grid components, assess demand over 10 years, and, in some cases, require electrical corporations to participate in joint
procurement. The bill would also establish a revolving fund and authorize the I-Bank to issue revenue bonds and provide financing for qualifying projects, while limiting cost recovery to amounts found just and reasonable and requiring ratepayer credits if joint procurement prices are below market.
AB 2576 (Harabedian, D) Transit-oriented development: exclusions: historic sites.
Current Text: 09/15/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/14/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/14/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would expand existing exclusions from transit-oriented housing development rules to include certain historic properties, while also making related technical changes that depend on the enactment of AB 2415.
Under current law, qualifying housing projects are allowed uses in transit-oriented housing developments, with local agencies generally subject to these provisions starting July 1, 2026, and with penalties applying in certain cases beginning January 1, 2027. The bill would add two new exclusions: contributing sites in historic districts on the State Historic Resources Inventory designated before January 1, 2025, and parcels individually listed as historical resources on that inventory before that date.
SB 16 (Blakespear, D) Mental health: involuntary commitment.
Current Text: 09/18/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/18/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 314, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/18/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would require county behavioral health directors to establish and implement procedures for the designation and training of professionals involved in involuntary mental health detention and treatment under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act.
It would change existing law, which only authorizes such procedures to be developed, by making them mandatory.
Because this would add duties to county behavioral health directors, the bill would create a state-mandated local program and provide for reimbursement if state-mandated costs are found by the Commission on State Mandates.
SB 122 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Taxation.
Current Text: 06/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 06/29/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 23, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 06/29/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would expand California sales and use tax law to cover digital products, extend and modify several business tax credit limits and refund options, reduce a first-year tax for certain business entities, and impose a 100% tax on federal Anti-Weaponization Fund payments.
It also appropriates $750,000 for tax administration, requires reporting by the Franchise Tax Board on the reduced tax, includes no local reimbursement requirement, and would take effect immediately as a budget-related appropriation measure.
SB 222 (Wiener, D) Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.
Current Text: 09/28/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/28/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 738, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/28/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would expand state requirements for permitting, inspection, and installation of residential heat pump water heaters and heat pump HVAC systems, while also limiting local and association rules that block or restrict their use.
It would require local governments to provide asynchronous inspections and online real-time permitting, limit permit fees, and bar permits or inspections for certain plug-in ready window units. It would also make restrictive common-interest-development rules unenforceable, apply statewide including to charter cities, and address state reimbursement for any mandated local costs.
SB 327 (McNerney, D) Public utilities: review of accounts: electrical and gas corporations: rates: political influence activities.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 645, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would prohibit electrical and gas corporations from recovering ratepayer costs for activities opposing municipalization of utility service and would expand the Public Advocate’s authority to obtain information and review utility records.
It would also align the Public Advocate’s investigative powers with those of the Public Utilities Commission, change the timing of the office’s annual report to the Legislature, and make violations of the new requirements subject to existing criminal and state-mandate provisions.
SB 417 (Limón, D) The Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.
Current Text: 06/25/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 06/25/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 16, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 06/25/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would place the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, authorizing $11.25 billion in state bonds to support affordable housing and veteran home purchase assistance.
Of that amount, $10 billion would fund rental housing and homeownership programs such as the Multifamily Housing Program, CalHome, and the Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program, while $1.25 billion would provide additional support for farm, home, and mobilehome purchase assistance for veterans. The measure would take effect immediately as an urgency statute if adopted.
SB 492 (Becker, D) Wildfire.
Current Text: 08/29/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was THIRD READING on 9/1/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: The bill makes broad changes to California wildfire prevention, data sharing, insurance information access, claims processing, utility accountability, and funding structures, while also creating new reporting, preparedness, and fast-pay programs.
It would require state agencies to develop wildfire risk data standards and a statewide preparedness strategy, allow anonymized insurance data sharing for wildfire research, revise wildfire fund and bond rules, restrict certain wildfire claim transfers and attorney solicitation practices, expand closed-session and public-record exemptions for some claims matters, and strengthen executive compensation requirements for large electrical corporations.
SB 758 (Umberg, D) Public health: nitrous oxide.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 979, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would extend retail licensing rules to prohibit retailers from selling nitrous oxide in most retail locations, while allowing local governments to adopt stricter ordinances as long as legitimate uses are not restricted.
It would also create a state-mandated local program by expanding an existing crime, but state reimbursement to local agencies and school districts would not be required under the bill.
SB 837 (Reyes, D) Disaster and emergency preparedness.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 984, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would require Aging and Disability Resource Connection programs to provide disaster and emergency preparedness community education for older adults and people with disabilities.
This education would be designed to inform these populations about emergency readiness and to promote their safety before, during, and after natural disasters and other emergency events.
SB 868 (Wiener, D) Electricity: portable solar generation devices.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 985, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would temporarily exempt portable solar generation devices from many utility interconnection requirements through January 1, 2030, while limiting what electrical corporations and local publicly owned utilities may require of customers using such devices.
It would also allow utilities to require simple online registration information, prohibit certain fees and other demands, and later bar the sale of noncompliant portable photovoltaic devices; because it would create new duties and potential violations, it would establish a state-mandated local program without requiring reimbursement for specified reasons.
SB 886 (Padilla, D) California Technology Innovation and Ratepayer Protection Act.
Current Text: 09/21/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/21/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 438, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/21/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to create or update electric tariffs and rules by January 1, 2028 for participating customers, with special provisions for data centers and transmission-level interconnection.
It would require the commission to consider effects on nonparticipating customers, prevent stranded costs and cost shifts, separately identify certain generation-related charges for unbundled customers, and allow a new demand response program. It would also allow interim contracts for certain data centers before the tariff is approved, and violations of commission actions under the bill could create a state-mandated local program, though no reimbursement would be required.
SB 905 (Becker, D) Electricity.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 986, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would direct the Public Utilities Commission to evaluate ways to lower electrical utility costs, including reduced returns on equity for certain capital investments and alternative financing methods for distribution, generation, and transmission projects.
It would require a rulemaking, public data disclosure by large electrical corporations on grid utilization potential, and a report to the Legislature by December 31, 2028. The bill also notes that violations may create a statemandated local program, while stating that no reimbursement is required for a specified reason.
SB 907 (Archuleta, D) Driving under the influence and other driving offenses: comprehensive reform.
Current Text: 09/25/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/25/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 443, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/25/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would increase penalties for hit-and-run offenses involving injury, death, or serious injury, especially when committed by repeat offenders, and would expand court warnings for defendants in driving-underthe-influence cases.
It would make injury-related violations punishable as either misdemeanors or felonies, raise felony penalties for deaths or serious injuries committed within 10 years of certain prior offenses, and require courts to give murder advisements even when a person pleads to a lesser or different offense. Because it increases possible imprisonment, it would create a state-mandated local program, but the bill states that no reimbursement is required.
SB 922 (Laird, D) Vehicles: local agency charges: use of streets or highways.
Current Text: 08/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 08/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 148, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 08/27/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would clarify that local agencies may impose certain fees, charges, or surcharges on public service providers or ratepayers to recover street maintenance and related costs, and that these amounts are not prohibited taxes or permit fees under existing law.
It would also state that the Vehicle Code does not bar a local agency from imposing or collecting such charges, while removing obsolete references, making technical changes, and adding legislative findings and declarations.
SB 936 (Blakespear, D) Nitrous oxide: sales.
Current Text: 09/18/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/18/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 317, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/18/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would restrict the sale, distribution, and possession of certain nitrous oxide products and inhalation devices, and it would create new penalties, license actions, and seizure authority for violations. It would also update licensing and enforcement references to reflect the California Department of Tax and Fee
Administration rather than the State Board of Equalization.
More specifically, it would prohibit larger nitrous oxide containers, flavored products, and devices intended for inhalation; make violations infractions; allow civil penalties, license suspension or revocation, and recovery of enforcement costs; and require businesses selling cigarettes or tobacco products not to store or sell illegal nitrous oxide at those sites. It would also establish procedures for CDTFA enforcement and specify that no state reimbursement is required for the local costs created by the bill.
SB 1003 (Grayson, D) Prohousing enhanced infrastructure financing districts.
Current Text: 05/14/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 8/20/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: The bill would allow prohousing-designated cities and counties to create enhanced infrastructure financing districts under specified conditions and would provide greater incentives for jurisdictions and housing projects within those districts.
Specifically, it would authorize prohousing jurisdictions to establish “prohousing enhanced infrastructure financing districts,” set related district requirements, and expand the definition of “prohousing local policies” to include creating such a district. It would also require that the establishing jurisdiction and projects within the district receive enhanced scoring points or preference compared with the baseline given to other prohousing jurisdictions for certain program applications, thereby linking district creation to additional benefits for housing and other community projects.
SB 1005 (Caballero, D) Local agency: payment: rounding amount.
Current Text: 09/18/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/18/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 321, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/18/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would allow a local agency, if approved by majority vote of its governing body, to round cash payments, refunds, and other cash amounts to the nearest five cents.
It would apply only to local agencies that adopt a resolution making the bill effective for them, and it would define relevant terms for this purpose. The bill would also take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
SB 1014 (Grayson, D) Development projects: preliminary estimate of required improvements: onsite and offsite improvements.
Current Text: 09/29/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/29/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 806, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/29/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would require local agencies to provide housing development applicants with preliminary and itemized lists or estimates of required improvements within set deadlines, and it would apply these rules statewide as a matter of statewide concern.
It would allow applicants to request early information about likely onsite and offsite improvements for housing projects and postentitlement permits, while preserving existing requirements for imposing new improvements; because it creates new local duties, it is described as a state-mandated local program, though the bill says no reimbursement is required.
SB 1117 (Cervantes, D) Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.
Current Text: 09/29/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/29/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 809, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/29/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would change how fees for certain accessory dwelling units are calculated so that charges apply only to square footage above 750 square feet, and it would apply this rule statewide, including to charter cities.
It amends existing ADU fee rules under the Planning and Zoning Law and the Mitigation Fee Act, would create a state-mandated local program, and states that no state reimbursement is required for the costs of this change.
SB 1138 (Padilla, D) Load-serving entities: resource adequacy requirements.
Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(14). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/5/2026)
Location: 08/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to allow load-serving entities to meet up to 25 percent of their resource adequacy obligations through short-term transactions with other load-serving entities, subject to commission rules and possible suspension or adjustment.
It would also require those transactions to be measured in the same time unit used for resource adequacy compliance. Because violations of commission actions enforcing the bill could be crimes, the bill would create a state-mandated local program, but it states that no state reimbursement would be required.
SB 1167 (Blakespear, D) Vehicles: electric bicycles.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 846, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill revises California vehicle laws by redefining and regulating electric bicycles, mopeds, motordriven cycles, and off-highway electric motorcycles, while adding labeling, disclosure, battery safety, rental, and enforcement requirements.
It expands restrictions on how these vehicles may be advertised, sold, rented, or operated, requires additional labels and documentation, and authorizes enforcement actions for unauthorized high-speed electric two- and three-wheeled devices on highways and public lands. The bill also makes conforming changes, includes conditional provisions tied to other bills, and states that it creates a state-mandated local program without requiring reimbursement for a specified reason.
SB 1168 (McNerney, D) Data centers: rate structures.
Current Text: 09/21/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/21/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 440, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/21/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to examine rate structures so data centers pay a fair share of transmission and distribution costs, load-related increases, and related procurement costs while protecting residential ratepayers.
It would direct the commission to assess options that ensure rates remain just and reasonable and that data
centers contribute proportionately to the costs of reliably serving their electricity demand, consistent with existing integrated resource planning requirements.
SB 1172 (Hurtado, D) Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law: tax sharing agreements.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1013, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill limits consultant compensation related to certain tax sharing agreements to no more than 5 percent of shared tax revenues or $250,000, whichever is lower.
It applies to agreements involving the diversion, transfer, or rebate of Bradley-Burns sales and use tax revenue, with exceptions for certain local staff and unpaid technical advisors, and it takes effect for agreements entered into on or after January 1, 2027. The bill also declares that these rules address a matter of statewide concern and apply to all cities, including charter cities.
SB 1187 (Durazo, D) Open meetings.
Current Text: 09/18/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/18/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 324, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/18/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would remove several upcoming requirements for eligible local legislative bodies under the Ralph M. Brown Act, including electronic requests for agendas and documents and certain translation and interpretation duties, while declaring the measure an urgency statute.
It also makes legislative findings required to support limits on public access and to show that the bill furthers California constitutional requirements for open meetings and public records.
SB 1218 (Arreguín, D) Vehicle immobilization: illegal dumping violation penalties.
Current Text: 09/20/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/20/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 425, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/20/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would authorize law enforcement to immobilize a vehicle when its registered owner has accumulated a specified number of delinquent illegal dumping notices or notices for failure to pay or appear in court.
This would extend existing vehicle immobilization authority, which already applies to certain delinquent parking and traffic violations, to cases involving illegal dumping violations. The vehicle could remain immobilized until the owner provides the required information and satisfies the outstanding penalties.
SB 1233 (Allen, D) Public utilities: rates.
Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(14). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/5/2026)
Location: 08/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: This bill would require electrical and gas utilities seeking rate changes to provide specified information, and it would require the Public Utilities Commission to consider wildfire risk reduction efforts when approving electrical rate changes.
It would also expand the commission’s annual report on utility costs by adding five-year expenditure comparisons by functional category for each utility, require the underlying source data to be published online, and specify that no state reimbursement is required for the resulting mandate.
SB 1349 (Gonzalez, D) Taxation: tax expenditures: Legislative Analyst’s Office: assessment, report, and recommendation.
Current Text: 09/20/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Status: 09/20/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 433, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/20/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to review major state tax expenditures, publish annual reports with recommendations, and identify possible savings for the Legislature, beginning by January 1, 2028 and ending with a final report on January 1, 2032.
It would also require legislative tax committees to hold a joint public hearing on the reports, direct state tax agencies to provide anonymized taxpayer data with security protections as needed, and repeal the provisions on January 1, 2033. The bill includes findings and declarations supporting these requirements.
Total Measures: 59
Total Tracking Forms: 0