---
type: "Bill"
title: "Development fees: impact fee nexus studies: connection fees and capacity charges."
description: "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 local agency that conducts an impact fee nexus study to follow certain standards and practices, as specified. Existing law also requires a local agency to hold at least one open and public meeting prior to levying a new fee or service charge, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2536"
citation: "California AB 2536 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Development fees: impact fee nexus studies: connection fees and capacity charges."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grayson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f5e8206-5a47-4743-aae5-0e5e6fb22fb1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2536"
source_hash: "c92088decdba89bf613a6d2ced59dac85797fc8ceb64441430b871ef9297a4a6"
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 2536 (20212022) — Development fees: impact fee nexus studies: connection fees and capacity charges.

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 local agency that conducts an impact fee nexus study to follow certain standards and practices, as specified. Existing law also requires a local agency to hold at least one open and public meeting prior to levying a new fee or service charge, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2536&version=20210AB253699INT)
2. **04/26/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2536&version=20210AB253698AMD)
3. **07/19/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2536&version=20210AB253696CHP)
4. **AB2536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2536)
5. **07/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2536&version=20210AB253697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB2536 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2536 Grayson Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grayson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** 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`
- **2022-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4699.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4573.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2022-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f5e8206-5a47-4743-aae5-0e5e6fb22fb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).