---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local ordinances and regulations: drought-tolerant landscaping."
description: "Existing law prohibits a city, including a charter city, county, and city and county, from enacting or enforcing any ordinance or regulation that prohibits the installation of drought-tolerant landscaping, synthetic grass, or artificial turf on residential property, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 676"
citation: "California SB 676 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local ordinances and regulations", "drought-tolerant landscaping"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec702ba6-422c-4613-9e9a-022f9a6188b8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB676"
source_hash: "10250e420d8c417a7f7ddabb7fb4428ddee2454fc6fe153d86109517eb3f2e30"
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 676 (20232024) — Local ordinances and regulations: drought-tolerant landscaping.

Existing law prohibits a city, including a charter city, county, and city and county, from enacting or enforcing any ordinance or regulation that prohibits the installation of drought-tolerant landscaping, synthetic grass, or artificial turf on residential property, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB676&version=20230SB67699INT)
2. **04/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB676&version=20230SB67698AMD)
3. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB676&version=20230SB67696CHP)
4. **SB676** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB676)
5. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB676&version=20230SB67697ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 676 Allen Senate Third Reading By Schiavo — **66–10** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2023-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 939.) (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 1274.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 10. Page 3251.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 498, 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/ec702ba6-422c-4613-9e9a-022f9a6188b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).