---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land use: accessory dwelling units: ministerial approval."
description: "Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency, by ordinance, to provide for the creation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. That law prohibits, if a local agency adopts an ordinance to create ADUs in those zones, the local agency from requiring the replacement of offstreet parking spaces if a garage, carport, or covered parking structure is demolished in conjunction with the construction of, or is converted to, an ADU."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1211"
citation: "California SB 1211 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Land use", "accessory dwelling units", "ministerial approva"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a3f9dc6-ebb2-4519-ae3f-703a8b03a7c0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1211"
source_hash: "b3c178d7bd176de1b5b7ed48dbc10d171f9fcc7d14b3cd755274270e5c8a017c"
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 1211 (20232024) — Land use: accessory dwelling units: ministerial approval.

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency, by ordinance, to provide for the creation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. That law prohibits, if a local agency adopts an ordinance to create ADUs in those zones, the local agency from requiring the replacement of offstreet parking spaces if a garage, carport, or covered parking structure is demolished in conjunction with the construction of, or is converted to, an ADU.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1211&version=20230SB121199INT)
2. **03/21/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1211&version=20230SB121198AMD)
3. **04/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1211&version=20230SB121197AMD)
4. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1211&version=20230SB121196AMD)
5. **09/19/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1211&version=20230SB121194CHP)
6. **SB1211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1211)
7. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1211&version=20230SB121195ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1211 Skinner et al. Concurrence — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government] — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 1211 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Alvarez — **57–9** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **29–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Set for hearing March 19.
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 3350.) (March 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2024-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3663.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 4080.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 9. Page 6806.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5649.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 296, 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/3a3f9dc6-ebb2-4519-ae3f-703a8b03a7c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).