---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building permit fees: waiver."
description: "The State Housing Law authorizes cities and counties to prescribe fees for permits required or authorized pursuant to the State Housing Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2132"
citation: "California AB 2132 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Building permit fees: waiver."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e0f7c1f-9994-4d0c-8494-4afda988e3cd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2132"
source_hash: "13502a818c3537a2c1a07c3d918bbbc7eb1d46f778bff9baccf25c641ed7615e"
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 2132 (20172018) — Building permit fees: waiver.

The State Housing Law authorizes cities and counties to prescribe fees for permits required or authorized pursuant to the State Housing Law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2132&version=20170AB213299INT)
2. **04/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2132&version=20170AB213298AMD)
3. **06/13/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2132&version=20170AB213297AMD)
4. **08/13/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2132&version=20170AB213296AMD)
5. **09/14/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2132&version=20170AB213294CHP)
6. **AB2132** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2132)
7. **08/24/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2132&version=20170AB213295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2132 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2132 Levine et al. By Wiener — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2132 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-04-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4893.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5447.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6497.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 386, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e0f7c1f-9994-4d0c-8494-4afda988e3cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).