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Bill	Land use: accessory dwelling units.	(1) 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 such an ordinance to impose standards on accessory dwelling units, including, among others, lot coverage. Existing law also requires such an ordinance to require the accessory dwelling units to be either attached to, or located within, the living area of the proposed or existing primary dwelling, or detached from the proposed or existing primary dwelling and located on the same lot as the proposed or existing primary dwelling.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 68	California AB 68 (20192020)	bill	Land use: accessory dwelling units.	enacted	Ting	9	34	11	2018-12-03	2019-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/9e873ab9-51e4-48d0-b587-a967c84c88ba	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB68	1ad7e34f1177ab0bfa6f2309e81aeec461a5110df8e55058af9be3bea2b50e25	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 68 (20192020) — Land use: accessory dwelling units.

(1) 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 such an ordinance to impose standards on accessory dwelling units, including, among others, lot coverage. Existing law also requires such an ordinance to require the accessory dwelling units to be either attached to, or located within, the living area of the proposed or existing primary dwelling, or detached from the proposed or existing primary dwelling and located on the same lot as the proposed or existing primary dwelling.

Version chain

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

1. 12/03/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/03/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/12/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/05/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/09/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/09/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB68 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/20/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB68 Ting et al. By Nielsen — 26–10 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 68 Ting Assembly Third Reading — 61–10 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 68 Ting Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ting — primary (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Gloria — coauthor (person)
• Grayson — coauthor (person)
• Nielsen — coauthor (person)
• Reyes — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
• 2019-01-17 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-03-27 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
• 2019-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 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
• 2019-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2019-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 10. Page 1784.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-29 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING, EQ. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2019-06-12 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
• 2019-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). 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 4. Noes 1.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-05 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
• 2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2690.)
• 2019-09-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 2925.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2019-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 5. Page 3561.). 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 655, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e873ab9-51e4-48d0-b587-a967c84c88ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).