---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historical resources."
description: "The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. That law requires the city or county's planning agency, after the legislative body has adopted a general plan, to submit an annual report to the legislative body, the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2580"
citation: "California AB 2580 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Historical resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wicks"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-14"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0124b4c1-af63-4cd0-a849-4c0d3b9794e4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2580"
source_hash: "3be657bd388b44a8f3fe4c4cfc1cff3b713607c9f0a388e80ff9567b8c5539bb"
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 2580 (20232024) — Historical resources.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. That law requires the city or county's planning agency, after the legislative body has adopted a general plan, to submit an annual report to the legislative body, the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2580&version=20230AB258099INT)
2. **03/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2580&version=20230AB258098AMD)
3. **04/15/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2580&version=20230AB258097AMD)
4. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2580&version=20230AB258096AMD)
5. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2580&version=20230AB258094CHP)
6. **AB2580** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2580)
7. **09/04/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2580&version=20230AB258095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2580 Wicks et al. By Blakespear — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2580 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2580 Wicks Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wicks — primary (person)
- Quirk-Silva — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2024-03-18** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5444.) `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 Com. on HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 2.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 723, 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/0124b4c1-af63-4cd0-a849-4c0d3b9794e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).