republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-325.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land use and planning: cause of actions: time limitations."
description: "The Planning and Zoning Law requires an action or proceeding against local zoning and planning decisions of a legislative body to be commenced and the legislative body to be served within a year of accrual of the cause of action, if it meets certain requirements. Where the action or proceeding is brought in support of, or to encourage or facilitate the development of, housing that would increase the community's supply of affordable housing, a cause of action accrues 60 days after a certain notice is filed or the legislative body takes a final action in response to the notice, whichever occurs first."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 325"
citation: "California AB 325 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Land use and planning: cause of actions: time limitations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alejo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52027e88-59ee-4565-b258-d225485f714b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB325"
source_hash: "f4790768476235b2a606ddb5e724982d144e5293d9412f94f60fdda07887c42c"
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 325 (20132014) — Land use and planning: cause of actions: time limitations.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires an action or proceeding against local zoning and planning decisions of a legislative body to be commenced and the legislative body to be served within a year of accrual of the cause of action, if it meets certain requirements. Where the action or proceeding is brought in support of, or to encourage or facilitate the development of, housing that would increase the community's supply of affordable housing, a cause of action accrues 60 days after a certain notice is filed or the legislative body takes a final action in response to the notice, whichever occurs first.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB325&version=20130AB32599INT)
2. **05/29/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB325&version=20130AB32598AMD)
3. **09/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB325&version=20130AB32597AMD)
4. **10/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB325&version=20130AB32595CHP)
5. **AB325** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB325)
6. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB325&version=20130AB32596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 325 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB325 Alejo By DeSaulnier — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 325 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — **41–30** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 325 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading Amend By ALEJO Set #1 — **51–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alejo — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 1722.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-30** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 1809.)
- **2013-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 30. Page 1883.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 2313.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3195.)
- **2013-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 3217.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 767, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52027e88-59ee-4565-b258-d225485f714b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).