---
type: "Bill"
title: "Development fees: impact fee nexus study."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each public agency to provide a development project applicant with a list that specifies the information that will be required from any applicant for a development project. The Mitigation Fee Act requires a local agency that establishes, increases, or imposes a fee as a condition of approval of a development project to, among other things, determine a reasonable relationship between the fee's use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed. Existing law requires a city, county, or special district that has an internet website to make available on its internet website certain information, as applicable, including its current schedule of fees and exactions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 602"
citation: "California AB 602 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Development fees: impact fee nexus study."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grayson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/943bf3c3-d422-4b72-8a88-f44fd417b9a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB602"
source_hash: "8e4b36fe973e5c9ec956690c4a51148bc41cb2b39b3685edafa6b05f1314dd86"
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 602 (20212022) — Development fees: impact fee nexus study.

(1) Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each public agency to provide a development project applicant with a list that specifies the information that will be required from any applicant for a development project. The Mitigation Fee Act requires a local agency that establishes, increases, or imposes a fee as a condition of approval of a development project to, among other things, determine a reasonable relationship between the fee's use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed. Existing law requires a city, county, or special district that has an internet website to make available on its internet website certain information, as applicable, including its current schedule of fees and exactions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB602&version=20210AB60299INT)
2. **03/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB602&version=20210AB60298AMD)
3. **04/06/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB602&version=20210AB60297AMD)
4. **04/19/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB602&version=20210AB60296AMD)
5. **05/04/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB602&version=20210AB60295AMD)
6. **07/05/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB602&version=20210AB60294AMD)
7. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB602&version=20210AB60293AMD)
8. **09/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB602&version=20210AB60291CHP)
9. **AB602** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB602)
10. **09/10/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB602&version=20210AB60292ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 602 Grayson Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 602 Grayson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB602 Grayson et al. By Caballero — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grayson — primary (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1607.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2457.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2875.)
- **2021-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2905.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2021-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 347, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/943bf3c3-d422-4b72-8a88-f44fd417b9a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).