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type: "Bill"
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title: "Accessory dwelling units."
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description: "(1) The Planning and Zoning Law provides for the creation of accessory dwelling units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Existing law requires the ordinance to designate areas where accessory dwelling units may be permitted and authorizes the designated areas to be based on criteria that includes, but is not limited to, the adequacy of water and sewer services and the impact of accessory dwelling units on traffic flow and public safety."
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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 881"
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citation: "California AB 881 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Accessory dwelling units."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2019-02-20"
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last_action: "2019-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f5b6a8c-d199-4ac7-bf03-c22c3f19af13"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB881"
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source_hash: "1afa852a2bfee77dd6b1dd50b6a07fc8742e91afd91ad148ff06fba551e0a096"
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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 881 (20192020) — Accessory dwelling units.
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(1) The Planning and Zoning Law provides for the creation of accessory dwelling units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Existing law requires the ordinance to designate areas where accessory dwelling units may be permitted and authorizes the designated areas to be based on criteria that includes, but is not limited to, the adequacy of water and sewer services and the impact of accessory dwelling units on traffic flow and public safety.
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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. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB881&version=20190AB88199INT)
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2. **04/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB881&version=20190AB88198AMD)
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3. **04/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB881&version=20190AB88197AMD)
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4. **07/08/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB881&version=20190AB88196AMD)
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5. **08/12/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB881&version=20190AB88195AMD)
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6. **09/09/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB881&version=20190AB88194AMD)
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7. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB881&version=20190AB88192CHP)
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8. **AB881** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB881)
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9. **09/20/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB881&version=20190AB88193ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB881 Bloom By Wieckowski — **30–6** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 881 Bloom Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
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- AB 881 Bloom Assembly Third Reading — **71–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bloom — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
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- **2019-03-04** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2019-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2019-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 1618.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-22** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-07-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-07-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-08-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2019-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-08-19** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-09-09** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2690.)
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- **2019-09-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2925.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2019-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3563.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 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 659, 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/7f5b6a8c-d199-4ac7-bf03-c22c3f19af13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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