HBC Full Bill List
1/30/2026
AB 11 (Lee D) The Social Housing Act.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/2/2024 html pdf
Status: 7/17/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was HOUSING on 6/11/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 7/17/2025-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Social Housing Act and would create the California Housing Authority as an independent state body, the mission of which would be to ensure that social housing developments that are produced and acquired align with the goals of eliminating the gap between housing production and regional housing needs assessment targets and preserving affordable housing. The bill would prescribe a definition of social housing that would describe, in addition to housing owned by the authority, housing owned by other entities, as specified, provided that all social housing developed or authorized by the authority would be owned by the authority.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 84 (Muratsuchi D) School accountability: Office of the Education Inspector General: school financial and performance audits: charter school authorization, oversight, funding, operations, networks, and contracting: data systems: local educational agency contractor background checks and contracting.
Current Text: Amended: 9/9/2025 html pdf
Status: 9/12/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/12/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 9/12/2025-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires county superintendents of schools to provide for an audit of all funds under their jurisdiction and control, and requires the governing board of each local educational agency to either provide for an audit of the books and accounts of the local educational agency or make arrangements with county superintendents of schools to provide for that auditing. Current law requires the governing board of each school district and each office of the county superintendent of schools to include specified provisions in their contracts for audits and requires financial and compliance audits to be performed in accordance with specified standards. If the governing board of a school district has entered into a contract for an independent audit of its financial statements and the audited financial statements have not been filed with the county superintendent of schools on or before a specified due date, current law authorizes the county superintendent of schools to, among other things, investigate the causes for the delay, as provided. This bill would expressly apply the above-described provisions to educational joint powers authorities and charter schools. The bill, among other things, would require those financial and compliance audits of local educational agencies to be conducted in accordance with specified filing deadlines and would revise requirements regarding which entity is responsible for providing an audit if a local educational agency has not provided for an audit of their respective books and accounts to include the Controller or a chartering authority, as provided. The bill would require, instead of authorize, a county superintendent of schools to investigate the causes for an above-described delay.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Oppose
Notes: 7.28.25 HBC letter to Sen. Approps
6.19.25 HBC letter to Sen. Ed
AB 105 (Gabriel D) Budget Acts of 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Current Text: Amended: 9/8/2025 html pdf
Status: 9/13/2025-Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Grayson.
Location: 9/13/2025-S. INACTIVE FILE
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Budget Acts of 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25, and 2025–26 fiscal years, respectively. This bill would amend those budget acts by amending, adding, and repealing items of appropriation and making other changes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 259 (Rubio, Blanca D) Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences.
Current Text: Amended: 4/21/2025 html pdf
Status: 7/17/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was JUD. on 5/14/2025) (May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 7/17/2025-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. Current law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes the legislative body of a local agency to use alternative teleconferencing if, during the teleconference meeting, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participates in person from a singular physical location clearly identified on the agenda that is open to the public and situated within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, and the legislative body complies with prescribed requirements. Current law requires a member to satisfy specified requirements to participate in a meeting remotely pursuant to these alternative teleconferencing provisions, including that specified circumstances apply. Current law establishes limits on the number of meetings a member may participate in solely by teleconference from a remote location pursuant to these alternative teleconferencing provisions, including prohibiting such participation for more than 2 meetings per year if the legislative body regularly meets once per month or less. This bill would extend the alternative teleconferencing procedures until January 1, 2030.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 306 (Schultz D) Building regulations: state building standards.
Current Text: Amended: 6/23/2025 html pdf
Status: 6/23/2025-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Location: 4/23/2025-S. HOUSING
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (department) in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. The California Building Standards Law establishes the California Building Standards Commission (commission) within the Department of General Services. Current law requires the commission to approve and adopt building standards and to codify those standards in the California Building Standards Code (code). The State Housing Law establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Current law requires, among other things, the building standards adopted and submitted by the department for approval by the commission, as specified, to be adopted by reference, with certain exceptions. Current law authorizes any city or county to make changes in those building standards that are published in the code, including to green building standards. Current law requires the governing body of a city or county, before making modifications or changes to those green building standards, to make an express finding that those modifications or changes are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions. This bill would, from October 1, 2025, to June 1, 2031, inclusive, prohibit a city or county from making changes that are applicable to residential units to the above-described building standards unless a certain condition is met, including that the commission deems those changes or modifications necessary as emergency standards to protect health and safety.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 590 (Lee D) Social Housing Bond Act of 2026.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/12/2025 html pdf
Status: 3/3/2025-Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 3/3/2025-A. H. & C.D.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Under current law, there are programs providing assistance for, among other things, emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership, and downpayment assistance for first-time home buyers. Current law also authorizes the issuance of bonds in specified amounts pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law and requires that proceeds from the sale of these bonds be used to finance various existing housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development, and housing-related parks. This bill would enact the Social Housing Bond Act of 2026 which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the
issuance of bonds in the amount of $950,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, to fund social housing programs, as specified. The bill would create the California Housing Authority, which would be governed by the California Housing Authority Board, to ensure that social housing developments that are produced and acquired align with specified goals and would authorize the authority to issue the bonds and, upon appropriation of the Legislature, utilize funds from other sources to build more low, very low, and extremely low income housing. The bill would create the Social Housing Revolving Loan Fund to be used, upon appropriation of the Legislature, to provide zero- interest loan for the purpose of constructing housing to accommodate a mix of household incomes.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 609 (Wicks D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.
Current Text: Amended: 5/5/2025 html pdf
Status: 5/20/2025-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 5/20/2025-S. RLS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts from its requirements various projects, including, but not limited to, housing projects that meet certain requirements. This bill would exempt from the requirements of CEQA a housing development project, as defined, that meets certain conditions relating to, for example, size, density, and location, including specific requirements for any housing on the project site located within 500 feet of a freeway. The bill would require a local government, as a condition of approval for the development, to require the development proponent to complete a specified environmental assessment regarding hazardous substance releases. If a recognized environmental condition is found, the bill would require the development proponent to complete a preliminary endangerment assessment and specified mitigation based on that assessment. Because a lead agency would be required to determine whether a housing development project qualifies for this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 736 (Wicks D) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.
Current Text: Amended: 4/10/2025 html pdf
Status: 6/4/2025-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 6/4/2025-S. RLS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance programs to fund affordable rental housing and home ownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 750 (Quirk-Silva D) Homeless shelters: safety regulations.
Current Text: Amended: 6/10/2025 html pdf
Status: 7/17/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was JUD. on 6/24/2025) (May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 7/17/2025-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires a city or county that receives a complaint from an occupant of a homeless shelter, as defined, or an agent of an occupant, alleging that a homeless shelter is substandard to inspect the homeless shelter, as specified. Current law requires a city or county that determines a homeless shelter is substandard to issue a notice to correct the violation to the owner or operator of the homeless shelter, as specified. Current law makes the owner or operator of a homeless shelter responsible for correcting any violation cited pursuant to these provisions. This bill would require a city or county to additionally perform an annual inspection of every homeless shelter located in its jurisdiction, as prescribed. The bill would authorize the above-described inspection or annual inspection to be announced or unannounced. The bill would require homeless shelters to
prominently display notice of an occupant's rights, the process for reporting a complaint alleging a homeless shelter is substandard, and prescribed information, including specified contact information.
The bill would require the homeless shelter to provide the same notice in writing to new occupants upon intake.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 782 (Quirk-Silva D) Subdivisions: security.
Current Text: Amended: 7/16/2025 html pdf
Status: 9/12/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/12/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 9/12/2025-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Subdivision Map Act requires prescribed security from a developer if the act or a local ordinance authorizes or requires the furnishing of security in connection with the performance of any act or agreement. Current law requires the Real Estate Commissioner to make an examination of any subdivision, and to, unless there are grounds for denial, issue to the subdivider a public report authorizing the sale or lease of the lots or parcels within the subdivision. Current law specifies the grounds for denial, including, among other things, the inability to demonstrate that adequate financial arrangements have been made for all offsite improvements included in the offering or the inability to demonstrate that adequate financial arrangements have been made for any community, recreational, or other facilities included in the offering. This bill would prohibit the Real Estate Commissioner, in issuing a public report for a residential development or project, from requiring the furnishing of a security in connection with the performance of any act or agreement related to an improvement if the Real Estate Commissioner determines that security sufficient to protect the interests of purchasers, owners, and lessees, as necessary, has been furnished to a local agency for the same improvement pursuant to the provisions above requiring security under the Subdivision Map Act.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 906 (González, Mark D) Planning and zoning: housing elements: affirmatively furthering fair housing.
Current Text: Amended: 6/23/2025 html pdf
Status: 8/28/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. on 7/2/2025) (May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 8/28/2025-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element. Current law requires the housing element to include, among other things, an inventory of land suitable and available for residential development, including specified sites, an analysis of the relationship of zoning and public facilities and services to these sites (first analysis), and an analysis of the relationship of the sites identified in the land inventory to the jurisdiction’s duty to affirmatively further fair housing (2nd analysis). This bill would remove the requirement on cities and counties to include the 2nd analysis in their housing elements.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 942 (Calderon D) Electricity: climate credits.
Current Text: Amended: 7/17/2025 html pdf
Status: 8/29/2025-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 8/29/2025-S. RLS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Current law requires the PUC to continue a program of assistance to low-income electric and gas customers with annual household incomes that are no greater than 200% of the federal poverty guidelines, as specified, which is referred to as the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program. Current law also requires the PUC to continue a program of assistance to residential customers of the state’s 3 largest electrical corporations consisting of households of 3 or more persons with total household annual gross income levels between 200% and 250% of the federal poverty guideline level, which is referred to as the Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) program. Current law, except as provided, requires revenues received by an electrical
corporation as a result of the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to be credited directly to residential, small business, and emissions-intensive trade-exposed retail customers of the electrical corporation, commonly known as the California Climate Credit. This bill would exclude residential customers from receiving the California Climate Credit if they are not enrolled in the CARE or FERA program and their total electricity bills for the previous year were less than $300.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Oppose
Notes: 6.9.25 HBC Letter to Sen. EU&C
AB 956 (Quirk-Silva D) Accessory dwelling units: ministerial approval: single-family dwellings.
Current Text: Amended: 3/17/2025 html pdf
Status: 7/17/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was HOUSING on 6/4/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 7/17/2025-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires a local agency to ministerially approve building permit applications within a residential or mixed-use zone to create, among others, one detached, new construction, accessory dwelling unit that does not exceed 4-foot side and rear yard setbacks for a lot with a proposed or existing single-family dwelling, as specified. This bill would increase the number of detached, new construction, accessory dwelling units that a local agency is required to ministerially approve on lots with a proposed or existing single-family dwelling, as described above, to 2. By imposing new duties on local governments with respect to the approval of accessory dwelling units, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 1070 (Ward D) Residential developments: building standards: review.
Current Text: Amended: 1/5/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/27/2026-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 1/27/2026-S. RLS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Building Standards Law, establishes the California Building Standards Commission within the Department of General Services and sets forth its powers and duties, including approval and adoption of building standards and codification of those standards into the California Building Standards Code. Current law requires the commission to publish, or cause to be published, editions of the code in its entirety once every 3 years. Current law requires the building standards and rules and regulations to impose substantially the same requirements as are contained in the most recent editions of specified international or uniform industry codes, including the International Residential Code of the International Code Council. Current law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (department) and requires the department to submit an annual report to the Governor and both houses of the Legislature on the operations and accomplishments during the previous fiscal year of the housing programs administered by the department. This bill would require the department to convene a working group no later than December 31, 2027, to research and consider identifying and recommending amendments to state building standards allowing residential developments of between 3 and 10 units to be built under the requirements of the California Residential Code, as specified. The bill would require the department, no later than December 31, 2028, to provide a one-time report of its findings to the Legislature in the annual report described above.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 1165 (Gipson D) California Housing Justice Act of 2025.
Current Text: Amended: 1/22/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/29/2026-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 12.) In Senate.
Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 1/29/2026-S. RLS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program administered by the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency for the purpose of providing jurisdictions, as defined, with one-time grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address homelessness challenges, as specified. Current law also establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the agency and makes the department
responsible for administering various housing programs throughout the state, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the Housing for a Healthy California Program, and the California Emergency Solutions Grants Program. This bill would enact the California Housing Justice Act of 2025, which would require the department to create, by January 1, 2028, and in collaboration with specified entities, including local entities, finance plans to solve homelessness and to solve the housing unaffordability crisis, and related statewide performance metrics.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 1276 (Carrillo D) Housing developments: ordinances, policies, and standards.
Current Text: Amended: 7/14/2025 html pdf
Status: 8/29/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/25/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 8/28/2025-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Housing Accountability Act prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project, as defined for purposes of the act, for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. The act provides that for its purposes, a housing development project or emergency shelter shall be deemed consistent, compliant, and in conformity with an applicable plan, program, policy, ordinance, standard, requirement, or other similar provision if there is substantial evidence that would allow a reasonable person to conclude that the housing development project or emergency shelter is consistent, compliant, or in conformity. The act requires a housing development project to be subject only to the ordinances, policies, and standards adopted and in effect when a preliminary application, as specified, was submitted, except as otherwise provided. The act defines “ordinances, policies, and standards” to include general plan, community plan, specific plan, zoning, design review standards and criteria, subdivision standards and criteria, and any other rules, regulations, requirements, and policies of a local agency, as defined, including those relating to development impact fees, capacity or connection fees or charges, permit or processing fees, and other exactions. This bill would include in the definition of “ordinances, policies, and standards” materials requirements, postentitlement permit standards, and any rules, regulations, determinations, and other requirements adopted or implemented by other public agencies, as defined
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 1557 (Papan D) Vehicles: electric bicycles.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/8/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/9/2026-From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
Location: 1/8/2026-A. PRINT
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law defines an electric bicycle as a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor that does not exceed 750 watts of power. This bill would clarify that an electric bicycle is a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor that is not capable of exceeding 750 watts of peak power.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 1569 (Davies R) Pupil safety: electric bicycle parking: safety program.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/12/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/13/2026-From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
Location: 1/12/2026-A. PRINT
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law prohibits a person from driving or parking a vehicle or animal upon the driveways, paths, parking facilities, or grounds of specific public entities, including a public school or an educational institution exempted, in whole or in part, from taxation, except with the permission of, and subject to any condition or regulation that may be imposed by, the governing body of the specified public entity. Current law authorizes a public agency to adopt rules or regulations to restrict, or specify the conditions for, the use of bicycles, motorized bicycles, electric bicycles, skateboards, electrically motorized boards, and roller skates on public property under the jurisdiction of that agency. This bill would require each school that allows pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to park a class 1, 2, or 3 electric bicycle, as defined, on campus during regular school hours to require pupils to
complete the electric bicycle safety and training program developed by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, as provided, or a related safety course, as specified, as a condition for parking on campus. The bill would also require a pupil to submit proof of completion of the above- described course to their school before parking their class 1, 2, or 3 electric bicycle on the school campus during school hours. The bill would exempt schools that adopted a policy related to electric bicycle safety, on or before January 1, 2027, from the above-described requirements.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 1573 (Bryan D) Land use: housing elements: target population.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/12/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/13/2026-From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
Location: 1/12/2026-A. PRINT
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element containing specified information, including an analysis of its special housing, emergency shelter, and supportive housing needs, as defined. Current law defines the term “target population” for purposes of requirements applicable to the housing element to include certain persons, including persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities and individuals eligible for specified developmental disability services. This bill would expand the definition of the term “target population” for the purposes of requirements applicable to the housing element, as described above, to include victims of domestic violence, as specified.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 1578 (Jackson D) State and local officials: antihate speech training.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/12/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/13/2026-From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
Location: 1/12/2026-A. PRINT
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires each state agency to offer at least semiannually, and certain state officials to attend once every 2 years, an orientation course on the relevant ethics statutes and regulations that govern the official conduct of state officials. Current law requires each state agency to maintain records indicating the specific attendees, each attendee’s job title, and dates of their attendance for each orientation course offered for a period of not less than 5 years after each course is given. This bill would require, beginning on January 1, 2028, a state official to complete at least one hour of antihate speech training and education within 6 months of taking office and subsequently every 4 years thereafter.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 1614 (Dixon R) Vehicles: bicycles.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/21/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/22/2026-From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
Location: 1/21/2026-A. PRINT
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Bicycle Transportation Act establishes 4 classifications of facilities, referred to as bikeways, that provide primarily for, and promote, bicycle travel. Current law requires a person operating a bicycle, which includes an electric bicycle, upon a highway to ride the bicycle upon or astride a permanent and regular seat unless the bicycle was designed by the manufacturer to be ridden without a seat. Current law requires a person riding as a passenger on a bicycle upon a highway to be upon or astride a seat attached to the bicycle, as specified. This bill would make those provisions applicable to the operation of a bicycle upon a Class I bikeway.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 1621 (Wilson D) Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing Accountability Act.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/22/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/23/2026-From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
Location: 1/22/2026-A. PRINT
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a local agency or state agency to compile one or more lists that specify in detail the information required from any applicant for a postentitlement phase permit, as defined. Current law also establishes time limits for completing reviews regarding whether an application for a postentitlement phase permit is complete and compliant, and whether to approve or deny an application. Current law requires the time limits to be tolled, if the local agency or state agency requires review of the application by an outside entity, until the outside entity completes the review and returns the application, as specified. This bill would prohibit a local agency or state agency from requiring or requesting more than 2 plan check and specification reviews in connection with an application for a building permit, as part of its review, except as specified. The bill would authorize a local agency or state agency to deny an application that is not compliant with the permit standards following 2 plan check and specification reviews. The bill would also authorize an applicant to request additional submittals of applications that are not compliant with the permit standards. The bill, if a local agency or state agency finds that a complete application is noncompliant, would prohibit a local agency or state agency from requesting or requiring any action or inaction as a result of a building inspection undertaken to assess compliance with the applicable building permit standards that would represent a deviation from a previously approved building plan or similar approval for the building permit, except as specified.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
AB 1623 (Davies R) Planning and zoning: regional housing needs allocation and annual report: student housing quarters.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/22/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/23/2026-From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
Location: 1/22/2026-A. PRINT
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each city, county, or city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan for its jurisdiction that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Under current law, a part of the housing element is an assessment of housing needs, which includes the locality’s share of the regional housing need. Under current law, the appropriate council of governments, or for cities and counties without a council of governments, the Department of Housing and Community Development, adopts a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each locality in the region. Current law authorizes a local government to conduct a review or appeal regarding allocation data provided by the department or the council of governments regarding, among other things, the locality’s share of the regional housing need. This bill would require certain types of student housing quarters, as determined by the department, that are built within the jurisdiction of a local government, as defined, regardless of whether they have been issued a completed entitlement, a building permit, or a certificate of occupancy, to count toward a local government’s share of the locality’s lower income regional housing needs allocation.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 35 (Umberg D) Alcohol and drug programs.
Current Text: Amended: 7/17/2025 html pdf
Status: 8/28/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/20/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 8/28/2025-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law provides for the licensure and regulation of adult alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities by the State Department of Public Health and prohibits the operation of one of those facilities without a current valid license. Current law requires the department, if a facility is alleged to be in violation of that prohibition, to conduct a site visit to investigate the allegation.
Current law requires, if the department’s employee or agent finds evidence that the facility is providing services without a license, the employee or agent to take specified actions, including, among others, submitting the findings of the investigation to the department and issuing a written notice to the facility that includes the date by which the facility is required to cease providing services. This bill would require the department, if it determines it has jurisdiction over the allegation, to initiate that investigation within 10 days of receiving the allegation and, except as specified, complete the investigation within 60 days of initiating the investigation. The bill would require the department, if it receives a complaint that does not fall under its jurisdiction, to notify the complainant that it does not investigate that type of complaint. The bill would require the employee or agent to provide the notice described above within 10 days of the employee or agency submitting their findings to the department
and to conduct a followup site visit to determine whether the facility has ceased providing services as required. The bill would authorize, in counties that elect to administer the Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery system and that provide optional recovery housing services, the county behavioral health agency to request approval from the department to conduct a site visit of a recovery residence that is alleged to be operating without a license.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Support
Notes: 8.14.25 HBC letter to Asm. Approps
7.3.25 HBC letter to Asm. Health
SB 149 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Public resources trailer bill.
Current Text: Amended: 9/9/2025 html pdf
Status: 9/12/2025-Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET pursuant to Assembly Rule 97.
Location: 9/12/2025-A. THIRD READING
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, until January 1, 2030, generally prohibits a person from possessing, importing, shipping, or transporting in the state, or from placing, planting, or causing to be placed or planted in any water within the state, dreissenid mussels, and authorizes the Director of Fish and Wildlife or the director’s designee to engage in various enforcement activities with regard to dreissenid mussels.
Current law requires any person, or federal, state, or local agency, district, or authority that owns or manages a reservoir, as defined, where recreational, boating, or fishing activities are permitted, except as specified, to develop and implement a program designed to prevent the introduction of nonnative dreissenid mussel species, as provided. Under current law, except as otherwise provided, any violation of the Fish and Game Code, or of any rule, regulation, or order made or adopted under the code, is a crime. This bill would expand the scope of the above-described provisions relating to dreissenid mussels to instead apply to invasive mussels, defined to mean any nonnative detrimental mussel species, as provided.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 154 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Greenhouse gases: climate corporate accountability:
climate-related financial risk: regulations: California Environmental Quality Act exemption.
Current Text: Amended: 9/8/2025 html pdf
Status: 9/13/2025-Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET pursuant to Assembly Rule 97.
Location: 9/13/2025-A. BUDGET
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. The Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act requires, on or before July 1, 2025, the State Air Resources Board to develop and adopt regulations to require a reporting entity, defined to mean a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity with total annual revenues in excess of $1 billion, as specified, to annually disclose to the emissions reporting organization, as defined, or the state board all of the reporting entity’s scope 1 emissions, scope 2 emissions, and scope 3 emissions, as defined.
Current law requires the state board to adopt regulations that authorize it to seek administrative penalties for nonfiling, late filing, or other failure to meet the requirements of the act, as provided. This bill would exempt those regulations from CEQA.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 239 (Arreguín D) Open meetings: teleconferencing: subsidiary body.
Current Text: Amended: 4/7/2025 html pdf
Status: 1/27/2026-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 11.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.
Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/27/2026-A. DESK
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. The act generally requires for teleconferencing that the legislative body of a local agency that elects to use teleconferencing post agendas at all teleconference locations, identify each teleconference location in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and have each
teleconference location be accessible to the public. Current law also requires that, during the teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, except as specified. Current law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes specified neighborhood city councils to use alternate teleconferencing provisions related to notice, agenda, and public participation, as prescribed, if, among other requirements, the city council has adopted an authorizing resolution and 2/3 of the neighborhood city council votes to use alternate teleconference provisions, as specified This bill would authorize a subsidiary body, as defined, to use alternative teleconferencing provisions and would impose requirements for notice, agenda, and public participation, as prescribed. The bill would require the subsidiary body to post the agenda at each physical meeting location designated by the subsidiary body, as specified. The bill would require the members of the subsidiary body to visibly appear on camera during the open portion of a meeting that is publicly accessible via the internet or other online platform, as specified.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 299 (Cabaldon D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: day care center: family daycare home: zoning.
Current Text: Amended: 1/14/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/26/2026-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.
Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/26/2026-A. DESK
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. Current law exempts specified projects from CEQA, including a project that consists exclusively of a day care center, as defined, that is not located in a residential area. This bill would exempt from CEQA a project that consists exclusively of a day care center or a family daycare home, as defined, that is located on a parcel of land zoned exclusively for residential use, except as provided. By imposing additional duties on a lead agency to determine the applicability of these exemptions, the bill would impose a state- mandated local program.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 329 (Blakespear D) Alcohol and drug recovery or treatment facilities: investigations.
Current Text: Amended: 3/28/2025 html pdf
Status: 8/28/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/2/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 8/28/2025-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law provides for the licensure and regulation of alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities by the State Department of Health Care Services. Current law prohibits operating an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility to provide recovery, treatment, or detoxification services within this state without first obtaining a current valid license. If a facility is alleged to be providing those services without a license, existing law requires the department to conduct a site visit to investigate the allegation. Current law also authorizes the department to conduct announced or unannounced site visits to licensed facilities for the purpose of reviewing them for compliance, as specified. This bill would require the department to assign a complaint under its jurisdiction regarding an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility to an analyst for investigation within 10 days of receiving the complaint. If the department receives a complaint that does not fall under its jurisdiction, the bill would require the department to notify the complainant, in writing, that it does not investigate that type of complaint.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Support
Notes: 7.1.25 HBC letter to ASM Approps
6.17.25 HBC letter to ASM Health
4.7.25 HBC letter to SEN Approps
4.3.25 HBC letter to author
SB 417 (Cabaldon D) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.
Current Text: Amended: 1/22/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/27/2026-Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.) Ordered to
the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/27/2026-A. DESK
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Under current law, there are programs providing assistance for, among other things, emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership for very low and low- income households, and downpayment assistance for first-time home buyers. Current law also authorizes the issuance of bonds in specified amounts pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law and requires that proceeds from the sale of these bonds be used to finance various existing housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development, and housing-related parks. This bill would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance programs to fund affordable rental housing and home ownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr.
Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 423 (Gonzalez D) Housing: real property transfer taxes: affordability covenants.
Current Text: Amended: 9/9/2025 html pdf
Status: 9/11/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was L. GOV. on 9/10/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 9/11/2025-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Zenovich-Moscone-Chacon Housing and Home Finance Act establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development and requires it to administer various programs intended to promote the development of housing and to provide housing assistance and home loans. Current law sets forth various general powers of the department in implementing these programs, including authorizing the department to enter into long-term contracts or agreements of up to 30 years for the purpose of servicing loans or grants or enforcing regulatory agreements or other security documents.
Current law creates the California Housing Finance Agency within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and authorizes the agency to make loans to finance affordable housing. This bill would allow a state or local agency administering an affordable housing program to enter into or modify a provision of a regulatory agreement regarding curing an event of default, if prescribed conditions apply. The bill would exempt a regulatory agreement entered into or altered pursuant to its provisions from any conflicting land use restriction, declaration of restrictive covenants, deed restriction, or similar instrument, as provided. The bill would specify that its provisions are not to be construed to supersede any other law governing the foreclosure of deeds of trust or mortgages and the extinguishment of junior interests.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 457 (Becker D) Housing element compliance: committed assistance: in-kind services.
Current Text: Amended: 1/8/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/26/2026-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.
Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/26/2026-A. DESK
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires that the housing element of a city or county sets forth a schedule of actions during the planning period that the local government is undertaking or intends to undertake to implement the policies and achieve the goals of the housing element, as provided. Current law authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to allow a city or county to substitute the provision of units pursuant to this schedule of actions if the community includes in its housing element a program committing the local government to provide specified units that will be made available through the provision of committed assistance to lower income households at affordable housing costs or rents, as defined. Current law requires a unit to meet specified requirements to qualify for inclusion in the program. Existing law defines “committed assistance” for these purposes to mean that the city or county enters into a legally enforceable agreement during a specified time period that obligates sufficient available funds or other in-kind services to provide the assistance necessary to make the identified units affordable and that requires that the units be made available for occupancy within 2 years of the execution of the agreement. This bill would define “in-kind services” for these purposes.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 476 (Valladares R) Short-term residential therapeutic programs.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2025 html pdf
Status: 2/26/2025-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 2/19/2025-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires a short-term residential therapeutic program to prepare and maintain a current, written plan of operation that includes a program statement containing, among other things, a description of how the short-term residential therapeutic program will meet specified standards established by the department in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services.
Current law requires a short-term residential therapeutic plan to ensure the availability of licensed nursing staff, as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 479 (Arreguín D) Homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel teams.
Current Text: Amended: 1/5/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/26/2026-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.
Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/26/2026-A. DESK
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law authorizes a county to establish a homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team with the goal of facilitating the expedited identification, assessment, and linkage of homeless individuals to housing and supportive services within that county, and to allow provider agencies and members of the personnel team to share confidential information for the purpose of coordinating housing and supportive services to ensure continuity of care. Current law requires the sharing of confidential information to be governed by protocols developed in each county describing how and what information may be shared by the homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team, and requires each county to provide a copy of its protocols to the State Department of Social Services. This bill would additionally authorize a city that is designated as a local health jurisdiction to similarly establish a homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 677 (Wiener D) Housing development: transit-oriented development.
Current Text: Amended: 1/8/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/26/2026-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 10.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.
Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/26/2026-A. DESK
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires that a housing development project, as defined, within a specified distance of a transit-oriented development (TOD) stop, as defined, be an allowed use as a transit- oriented housing development on any site zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development, if the development complies with certain applicable requirements, as provided. Among these requirements, current law establishes requirements concerning height limits, density, and residential floor area ratio in accordance with a development’s proximity to specified tiers of TOD stops, as provided, and requires a development to meet specified labor standards that require that a specified affidavit be signed under penalty of perjury, under specified circumstances. Current law specifies that a development proposed pursuant to these provisions is eligible for streamlined, ministerial approval, as provided. Current law defines, among other terms, the term “high-frequency commuter rail” for purposes of these provisions to mean a commuter rail service operating a total of at least 48 trains per day across both directions, not including temporary service changes of less than one month or unplanned disruptions, and not meeting the standard for very high frequency commuter rail, at any point in the past three years. Current law also defines the term “Tier 2 transit-oriented development stop” for these purposes to mean a TOD stop within an urban transit county, as defined, excluding a Tier 1 transit-oriented development stop, as defined, served by light rail transit, by high-frequency commuter rail, or by bus service meeting specified standards. This bill would revise the definition of “high-frequency commuter rail” to instead mean a public commuter or intercity rail station with a total of at least 48 passenger trains on average per weekday across all directions, not including temporary service changes of less than one month or unplanned disruptions, and not meeting the standard for very high frequency commuter rail, at any point in the past three years.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 681 (Wahab D) Housing.
Current Text: Amended: 5/23/2025 html pdf
Status: 7/17/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was H. & C.D. on 6/16/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 7/17/2025-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: (1)Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency to provide for the creation of accessory dwelling units in single-family and multifamily residential zones by ordinance, and sets forth standards the ordinance is required to impose with respect to certain matters, including, among others, maximum unit size, parking, and height standards. Existing law authorizes a local agency to provide by ordinance for the creation of junior accessory dwelling units, as defined, in single- family residential zones and requires the ordinance to include, among other things, standards for the creation of a junior accessory dwelling unit, required deed restrictions, and occupancy requirements.
This bill would prohibit fees and other financial requirements from being included in the above- described reasonable restrictions.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 692 (Arreguín D) Vehicles: homelessness.
Current Text: Amended: 7/16/2025 html pdf
Status: 8/28/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. on 7/15/2025) (May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 8/28/2025-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law makes it unlawful for a peace officer or an unauthorized person to remove an unattended vehicle from a highway, except as provided. Current law authorizes a city, county, or city and county to adopt an ordinance establishing procedures for the abatement and removal, as public nuisances, of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts of vehicles from private or public property. Current law requires that any ordinance for the removal of abandoned vehicles contain certain provisions, including a provision exempting vehicles under certain circumstances, and a provision providing no less than a 10-day notice of intention to abate and remove the vehicle or part thereof as a public nuisance, unless the property owner and the owner of the vehicle sign releases.
Current law also exempts from the 10-day notice prior to removal provision, a vehicle meeting specified requirements, including being valued at less than $200 and being determined to be a public nuisance, if the property owner has signed a release. This bill would specifically authorize a local government to perform emergency summary abatement of vehicles creating imminent health and safety hazards. The bill would modify the exemption from prior 10-day notice of intention to abate and remove a vehicle to no longer require that both the vehicle be determined to be a public nuisance and that the property owner sign a release.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 722 (Wahab D) Transit-oriented housing development: excluded parcels and sites.
Current Text: Amended: 1/15/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/26/2026-Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/26/2026-A. DESK
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires that a housing development project, as defined, within a specified distance of a transit-oriented development stop, as defined, be an allowed use as a transit-oriented housing development on any site zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development, if the development complies with certain, applicable requirements, as provided. Among these requirements, current law prohibits a proposed development under these provisions from being located on sites where the development would require demolition of housing, or that was previously used for housing, that is subject to rent or price controls, as provided. This bill would additionally prohibit the development from being located on an existing parcel of land or site governed under the Mobilehome Residency Law, the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law, the Mobilehome Parks Act, or the Special Occupancy Parks Act. This bill contains other related provisions.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 866 (Blakespear D) Emergency and interim shelters.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/5/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/6/2026-From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 5.
Location: 1/5/2026-S. RLS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law authorizes a governing body to declare a shelter crisis, as specified, and to take such action as is necessary to carry out the provisions relating to shelter crises, upon a finding by that governing body that a significant number of persons within the jurisdiction of the governing body are without the ability to obtain shelter, and that the situation has resulted in a threat to the health and safety of those persons. Current law authorizes a political subdivision, upon a declaration described above, to allow persons unable to obtain housing to occupy designated public facilities during the duration of the state of emergency. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact the Emergency and Interim Shelter Capacity Act.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 874 (Weber Pierson D) Voter identification.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/6/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/7/2026-From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 6.
Location: 1/6/2026-S. RLS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to voter identification requirements.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 909 (Smallwood-Cuevas D) Public works.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/26/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/27/2026-From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 26.
Location: 1/26/2026-S. RLS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages be paid to workers employed on public works and imposes misdemeanor penalties for a willful violation of this requirement. Current law defines “public works” for the purposes of regulating public contracts as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for, in whole or in part, out of public funds. Current law generally requires a contractor or subcontractor to be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations to be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or engage in the performance of any public work contract. Current law requires a contractor or subcontractor to meet specific conditions to qualify for this registration, including that a contractor or subcontractor pay an initial application fee and an annual renewal fee set by the Director of Industrial Relations. Current law authorizes the department to establish and adjust annual registration and renewal fees up to $800 by publishing the fees on the department’s internet website. This bill would exempt the establishment and adjustment of those fees from the Administrative Procedure Act and would remove the $800 fee limit.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 922 (Laird D) Vehicles: local agency charges: use of streets or highways.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/28/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/29/2026-From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
Location: 1/28/2026-S. RLS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law prohibits a local agency from imposing a tax, permit fee, or other charge for the privilege of using its streets or highways, other than a permit fee for an extralegal load unless the local agency had imposed the fee prior to June 1, 1989. This bill would expressly limit this prohibition to charges based on weight. The bill would also explicitly state that a fee, charge, or surcharge imposed by or for a local agency to recover the cost of street maintenance and repair and other costs associated with the use of its streets, roads, or highways to provide public services or public works is not a tax, permit fee, or other charge that is prohibited by the provision above.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
SB 926 (Strickland R) Public safety: funding.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/29/2026 html pdf
Status: 1/29/2026-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Location: 1/29/2026-S. RLS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law generally provides financial support for cities and counties to provide public safety services, including, among other funding, moneys allocated through the Local Revenue Fund 2011 and its accounts. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide cities and counties funding to support public safety services and pay public safety services costs.
Organization Position Assigned
HBC Watch
Total Measures: 43
Total Tracking Forms: 43