---
type: "Bill"
title: "Planning and zoning: permitted use: community clinic."
description: "The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a housing development that is subject to a specified streamlined, ministerial approval process not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies certain objective planning standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2085"
citation: "California AB 2085 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Planning and zoning", "community clinic", "permitted use"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00dc437e-d689-4eea-98b4-c18d7689371b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2085"
source_hash: "afda9deea34ab7264ce72a1fd308e9fba8ae256c7ab1fccc26ed54a7bb5a4a37"
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 2085 (20232024) — Planning and zoning: permitted use: community clinic.

The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a housing development that is subject to a specified streamlined, ministerial approval process not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies certain objective planning standards.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2085&version=20230AB208599INT)
2. **04/09/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2085&version=20230AB208598AMD)
3. **06/11/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2085&version=20230AB208597AMD)
4. **07/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2085&version=20230AB208596AMD)
5. **08/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2085&version=20230AB208595AMD)
6. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2085&version=20230AB208593CHP)
7. **AB2085** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2085)
8. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2085&version=20230AB208594ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2085 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–6** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2085 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2085 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Atkins — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Pellerin — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-04-09** 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`
- **2024-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4775.)
- **2024-04-15** (Pending re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES.)
- **2024-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 8. Page 5414.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 6.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 820, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00dc437e-d689-4eea-98b4-c18d7689371b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).