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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Civil Actions: writs: housing development projects."
+description: "Existing law sets forth an expedited procedure for judicial review of decisions by a local public agency regarding the issuance, revocation, suspension, or denial of a permit involving expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, as specified."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20252026"
+identifier: "SB 808"
+citation: "California SB 808 (20252026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CivilActions", "housingdevelopmentprojects", "writs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2025-02-21"
+last_action: "2025-10-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed47ab69-44fd-442a-8dda-c37b0587ec2a"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB808"
+source_hash: "c9cdd7eef731596bcf8ac0bb06ead6f06943c436e9b50dd862bf3ca43557f406"
+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 SB 808 (20252026) — Civil Actions: writs: housing development projects.
+
+Existing law sets forth an expedited procedure for judicial review of decisions by a local public agency regarding the issuance, revocation, suspension, or denial of a permit involving expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, as specified.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB808&version=20250SB80899INT)
+2. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB808&version=20250SB80898AMD)
+3. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB808&version=20250SB80896CHP)
+4. **SB808** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB808)
+5. **09/05/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB808&version=20250SB80897ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 808 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Wicks — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caballero — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
+- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
+- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-27** Set for hearing April 8.
+- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 707.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 21.
+- **2025-04-21** April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
+- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1214.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1292.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-16** July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2875.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2025-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
+- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 527, 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/ed47ab69-44fd-442a-8dda-c37b0587ec2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+