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Bill	State government: Office of Permit Assistance.	Previously existing law established the Office of Permit Assistance within the Trade and Commerce Agency to, among other things, provide information to developers relating to the permit approval process. Under existing law, a state agency which is the lead agency for a development project is required to inform the applicant for a permit that the Office of Permit Assistance has been created for this purpose.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2605	California AB 2605 (20152016)	bill	State government: Office of Permit Assistance.	enacted	Nazarian	7	25	6	2016-02-19	2016-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/a04f3343-d69a-4112-a6a2-0fc3b889067b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2605	5fa08fb4b66b6d369888e1877443c934b390ae115db29f638974d923d39465fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2605 (20152016) — State government: Office of Permit Assistance.

Previously existing law established the Office of Permit Assistance within the Trade and Commerce Agency to, among other things, provide information to developers relating to the permit approval process. Under existing law, a state agency which is the lead agency for a development project is required to inform the applicant for a permit that the Office of Permit Assistance has been created for this purpose.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/06/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/20/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/22/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2605 (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/07/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2605 NAZARIAN Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nazarian — primary (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
• 2016-03-17 Referred to Coms. on J., E.D., & E. and E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2016-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 5). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-06 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4687.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2016-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-27 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2016-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4651.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2016-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2016-07-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-07-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 78, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a04f3343-d69a-4112-a6a2-0fc3b889067b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).