republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2913.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building standards: building permits: expiration."
description: "A provision of the California Building Standards Law specifies that a local ordinance adding or modifying building standards for residential occupancies, published in the California Building Standards Code, applies only to an application for a building permit submitted after the effective date of the ordinance and to plans and specifications for, and the construction performed under, that permit, unless, among other reasons, the permit is subsequently deemed expired because the building or work authorized by the permit is not commenced within 180 days from the date of the permit, or the permittee has suspended or abandoned the work authorized by the permit at any time after the work is commenced."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2913"
citation: "California AB 2913 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Building standards: building permits: expiration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wood"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd0ea5ae-7257-4689-aea0-9d21e2e17825"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2913"
source_hash: "b2e3d266cc41662c47fbeb4a87ff6c07f42ebbec4e6b14ae1dad2074cfad4fff"
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 2913 (20172018) — Building standards: building permits: expiration.

A provision of the California Building Standards Law specifies that a local ordinance adding or modifying building standards for residential occupancies, published in the California Building Standards Code, applies only to an application for a building permit submitted after the effective date of the ordinance and to plans and specifications for, and the construction performed under, that permit, unless, among other reasons, the permit is subsequently deemed expired because the building or work authorized by the permit is not commenced within 180 days from the date of the permit, or the permittee has suspended or abandoned the work authorized by the permit at any time after the work is commenced.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2913&version=20170AB291399INT)
2. **05/15/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2913&version=20170AB291398AMD)
3. **08/06/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2913&version=20170AB291397AMD)
4. **08/09/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2913&version=20170AB291396AMD)
5. **08/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2913&version=20170AB291395AMD)
6. **09/21/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2913&version=20170AB291393CHP)
7. **AB2913** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2913)
8. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2913&version=20170AB291394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2913 WOOD Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2913 WOOD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2913 Wood By Wiener — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5252.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-07-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5776.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6858.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 655, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd0ea5ae-7257-4689-aea0-9d21e2e17825`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).