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Bill	Planning and zoning: annual report: housing development: streamlined approvals.	(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city or county and specified lands outside its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. That law requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to the legislative body of the city or county, the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development that includes, among other specified information, the status of the general plan and progress in its implementation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 168	California AB 168 (20192020)	bill	Planning and zoning: annual report: housing development: streamlined approvals.	enacted	Aguiar-Curry	9	38	8	2019-01-08	2020-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/743a0d0b-f16a-4729-b5a9-b68429c699b9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB168	36fe931e151e33a9e5d9f82f77101012b61faf2860d974920c268866a6602cd1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 168 (20192020) — Planning and zoning: annual report: housing development: streamlined approvals.

(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city or county and specified lands outside its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. That law requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to the legislative body of the city or county, the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development that includes, among other specified information, the status of the general plan and progress in its implementation.

Version chain

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

1. 01/08/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/08/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/23/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/25/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/25/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB168 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/04/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB168 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Wieckowski Urgency Clause — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 168 AGUIAR-CURRY Concurrence - Urgency Added — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 168 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)
• Ramos — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-01-09 From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
• 2019-01-24 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2019-04-22 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-05-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-08 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1624.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-22 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING, EQ. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2019-05-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-06-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-07-01 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
• 2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-08-13 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
• 2019-09-09 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Wiener.
• 2020-06-23 From inactive file.
• 2020-06-23 Ordered to second reading.
• 2020-06-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-24 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). referral-committee
• 2020-07-01 Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2020-08-07 From committee: That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 6) committee-passage
• 2020-08-07 Ordered to third reading.
• 2020-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-09-01 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2020-09-01 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 5523.)
• 2020-09-01 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5523.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2020-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 166, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/743a0d0b-f16a-4729-b5a9-b68429c699b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).