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Bill	Housing: junior accessory dwelling units.	The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a local agency to provide by ordinance for the creation of 2nd units in single-family and multifamily residential areas, as prescribed.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2406	California AB 2406 (20152016)	bill	Housing: junior accessory dwelling units.	enacted	Thurmond	9	29	6	2016-02-19	2016-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/309cc934-09d1-486c-8834-31436a39e4e2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2406	560e932aee915adeaedea8bf6cc1359f31f8379431de8e014991b68d83e08497	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2406 (20152016) — Housing: junior accessory dwelling units.

The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a local agency to provide by ordinance for the creation of 2nd units in single-family and multifamily residential areas, as prescribed.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/18/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/28/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/08/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/09/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/28/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2406 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/30/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2406 THURMOND Concurrence - Urgency Added — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2406 Thurmond By McGuire Urgency Clause — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2406 THURMOND Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Thurmond — primary (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-08 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2016-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2016-04-21 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4448.)
• 2016-04-21 (pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)
• 2016-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-28 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2016-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4778.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-19 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2016-06-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-23 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5285.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-29 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6380.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 755, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/309cc934-09d1-486c-8834-31436a39e4e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).