---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building standards: building permits."
description: "Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, provides for the adoption and administration of zoning laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations by counties and cities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1226"
citation: "California SB 1226 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Building standards: building permits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d10c99c8-d2d4-45a4-872d-bd91b94444c6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1226"
source_hash: "94a6328291de99c7d43354af1de1240889e02b06290ed171406982b5cfc02997"
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 1226 (20172018) — Building standards: building permits.

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, provides for the adoption and administration of zoning laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations by counties and cities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1226&version=20170SB122699INT)
2. **04/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1226&version=20170SB122698AMD)
3. **05/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1226&version=20170SB122697AMD)
4. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1226&version=20170SB122695CHP)
5. **SB1226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1226)
6. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1226&version=20170SB122696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB1226 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1226 Bates Senate Third Reading By GLORIA — **77–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-25** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 4904.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2018-05-14** May 14 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-05-18** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4306.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4455.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-11** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** June 27 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1010, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d10c99c8-d2d4-45a4-872d-bd91b94444c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).