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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies."
+description: "Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, requires a public agency to determine whether an application for a development project is complete within specified time periods, as specified. The act requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county to proclaim a local emergency under certain circumstances, as specified, and grants political subdivisions various powers and authorities in periods of local emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20252026"
+identifier: "AB 818"
+citation: "California AB 818 (20252026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PermitStreamliningAct", "localemergencies"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ávila Farías"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2025-02-19"
+last_action: "2025-10-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10d7df39-9161-493a-aa8b-a23d259efa74"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818"
+source_hash: "2a4c7d16ff4c6a738cc639f451f540e293d9b244c912f787a0c47a5e3665d296"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 818 (20252026) — Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies.
+
+Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, requires a public agency to determine whether an application for a development project is complete within specified time periods, as specified. The act requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county to proclaim a local emergency under certain circumstances, as specified, and grants political subdivisions various powers and authorities in periods of local emergency.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81899INT)
+2. **04/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81898AMD)
+3. **06/25/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81897AMD)
+4. **07/17/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81896AMD)
+5. **09/04/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81895AMD)
+6. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81893CHP)
+7. **AB818** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818)
+8. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81894ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 818 Ávila Farías Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB818 Ávila Farías et al. By Cabaldon — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 818 Ávila Farías Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ávila Farías — primary (person)
+- Wicks — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
+- **2025-03-10** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-21** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1163.)
+- **2025-04-21** (Pending re-refer to Com. on H. & C. D.)
+- **2025-04-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-30** Coauthors revised.
+- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1662.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-04** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2672.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
+- **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3228.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 534, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10d7df39-9161-493a-aa8b-a23d259efa74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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