Existing law, the California Building Standards Law, provides for the adoption of building standards by state agencies by requiring all state agencies that adopt or propose adoption of any building standard to submit the building standard to the California Building Standards Commission for approval and adoption. Existing law requires the commission to publish, or cause to be published, editions of the code in its entirety once every 3 years. Existing law, the State Housing Law, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to propose the adoption, amendment, or repeal of building standards to the California Building Standards Commission.
California SB 280 (20192020) — Building standards: fall prevention.
Existing law, the California Building Standards Law, provides for the adoption of building standards by state agencies by requiring all state agencies that adopt or propose adoption of any building standard to submit the building standard to the California Building Standards Commission for approval and adoption. Existing law requires the commission to publish, or cause to be published, editions of the code in its entirety once every 3 years. Existing law, the State Housing Law, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to propose the adoption, amendment, or repeal of building standards to the California Building Standards Commission.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB280 Jackson et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
SB 280 Jackson Senate Third Reading By Friedman — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent SB280 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Jackson — primary (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2019-02-21 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and HOUSING. referral-committee
2019-03-05 Set for hearing March 25.
2019-03-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 437.) (March 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-03-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 22.
2019-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 774.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
2019-05-06 May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1094.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-21 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1273.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-06-06 Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
2019-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-26 Coauthors revised.
2019-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-21 August 21 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3266.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-09-11 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2019-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2866.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2019-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 640, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccf16342-79bb-45a8-ad99-317b958b033c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).