republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1485.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing development: streamlining."
description: "(1) The Planning and Zoning Law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards. Existing law requires, among other objective planning standards, that the development be subject to a requirement mandating a minimum percentage of below market rate housing based on one of 3 specified conditions. Existing law requires, among those conditions, a development to dedicate a minimum of 10% of the total number of units to housing affordable to households making below 80% of the area median income, if the project contains more than 10 units of housing and the locality did not timely submit its latest production report to the Department of Housing and Community Development, or that production report reflects that there were fewer units of above moderate-income housing issued building permits than were required for the regional housing needs assessment cycle for that reporting period. Existing law also requires a development proponent to commit to record a land use restriction or covenant providing that any lower income housing units required pursuant to these provisions will remain affordable, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1485"
citation: "California AB 1485 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing development: streamlining."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wicks"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f246645-0c5a-46c8-8848-74da7cbd8d14"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1485"
source_hash: "c216892f4c0b32c92872117e7761f07c7d1be0b9711db0bf5c2ea5e9b7db5173"
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 1485 (20192020) — Housing development: streamlining.

(1) The Planning and Zoning Law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards. Existing law requires, among other objective planning standards, that the development be subject to a requirement mandating a minimum percentage of below market rate housing based on one of 3 specified conditions. Existing law requires, among those conditions, a development to dedicate a minimum of 10% of the total number of units to housing affordable to households making below 80% of the area median income, if the project contains more than 10 units of housing and the locality did not timely submit its latest production report to the Department of Housing and Community Development, or that production report reflects that there were fewer units of above moderate-income housing issued building permits than were required for the regional housing needs assessment cycle for that reporting period. Existing law also requires a development proponent to commit to record a land use restriction or covenant providing that any lower income housing units required pursuant to these provisions will remain affordable, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1485&version=20190AB148599INT)
2. **03/26/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1485&version=20190AB148598AMD)
3. **04/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1485&version=20190AB148597AMD)
4. **06/05/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1485&version=20190AB148596AMD)
5. **06/24/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1485&version=20190AB148595AMD)
6. **07/03/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1485&version=20190AB148594AMD)
7. **08/13/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1485&version=20190AB148593AMD)
8. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1485&version=20190AB148592AMD)
9. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1485&version=20190AB148590CHP)
10. **AB1485** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1485)
11. **09/20/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1485&version=20190AB148591ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1485 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1485 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1485 Wicks By McGuire — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wicks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1571.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2900.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2019-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 3. Page 3546.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 663, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f246645-0c5a-46c8-8848-74da7cbd8d14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).