---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: broadband permit applications."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, governs the approval process that a city or county is required to follow when approving, among other things, a permit for construction or reconstruction for a development project for a wireless telecommunications facility and a collocation or siting application for a wireless telecommunications facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 965"
citation: "California AB 965 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government", "broadband permit applications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Juan Carrillo"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/343e04f7-0c5a-4e8c-af09-d11d133692ac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB965"
source_hash: "cff26eb8f3d6895d718a3c972dfc679b9a9c1df97cdfc94249da85949dbdde02"
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 965 (20232024) — Local government: broadband permit applications.

(1) Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, governs the approval process that a city or county is required to follow when approving, among other things, a permit for construction or reconstruction for a development project for a wireless telecommunications facility and a collocation or siting application for a wireless telecommunications facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB965&version=20230AB96599INT)
2. **03/16/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB965&version=20230AB96598AMD)
3. **04/24/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB965&version=20230AB96597AMD)
4. **05/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB965&version=20230AB96596AMD)
5. **06/07/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB965&version=20230AB96595AMD)
6. **08/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB965&version=20230AB96594AMD)
7. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB965&version=20230AB96592CHP)
8. **AB965** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB965)
9. **09/12/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB965&version=20230AB96593ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB965 Juan Carrillo By Dodd — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 965 Juan Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 965 Juan Carrillo Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Juan Carrillo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and C. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** 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`
- **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Coms. on C. & C. and L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1167.)
- **2023-04-17** (Pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)
- **2023-04-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1699.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-31** Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2400.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
- **2023-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3178.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 553, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/343e04f7-0c5a-4e8c-af09-d11d133692ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).