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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Accessory dwelling units: sale or separate conveyance."
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description: "The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a local agency to provide, by ordinance, for the creation of accessory dwelling units in single-family and multifamily residential zones and requires a local agency that has not adopted an ordinance to ministerially approve an application for an accessory dwelling unit, and sets forth required ordinance standards, including that the ordinance prohibit the sale or conveyance of the accessory dwelling unit separately from the primary residence."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 587"
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citation: "California AB 587 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Accessory dwelling units: sale or separate conveyance."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-02-14"
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last_action: "2019-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a275a0ec-e173-4e09-a12e-6475f3c2238c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB587"
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source_hash: "fc1e1d4e99eec2cc4feb07ddd8be36c703169b40fb532e64f11fb98cf5e0b791"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 587 (20192020) — Accessory dwelling units: sale or separate conveyance.
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The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a local agency to provide, by ordinance, for the creation of accessory dwelling units in single-family and multifamily residential zones and requires a local agency that has not adopted an ordinance to ministerially approve an application for an accessory dwelling unit, and sets forth required ordinance standards, including that the ordinance prohibit the sale or conveyance of the accessory dwelling unit separately from the primary residence.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/14/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB587&version=20190AB58799INT)
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2. **04/02/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB587&version=20190AB58798AMD)
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3. **04/22/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB587&version=20190AB58797AMD)
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4. **06/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB587&version=20190AB58796AMD)
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5. **08/21/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB587&version=20190AB58795AMD)
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6. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB587&version=20190AB58794AMD)
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7. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB587&version=20190AB58792CHP)
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8. **AB587** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB587)
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9. **09/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB587&version=20190AB58793ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 587 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 587 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB587 Friedman et al. By Gonzalez — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Friedman — primary (person)
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- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk-Silva — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
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- **2019-02-25** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-27** Coauthors revised.
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- **2019-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-04-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1357.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-08** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-06-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2778.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2019-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
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- **2019-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3379.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2019-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 657, Statutes of 2019.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a275a0ec-e173-4e09-a12e-6475f3c2238c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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