Building standards: local rebuilding plans: state of emergency.
Existing law establishes a California Building Standards Commission in the Government Operations Agency. Existing law requires only those building standards approved by the commission, and that are effective at the local level at the time an application for a building permit is submitted, to apply to the plans and specifications for, and to the construction performed under, that building permit, except as provided, including for a city or county that has been subject to an emergency proclaimed pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act (CESA) .
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 2139
California AB 2139 (20212022)
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Building standards: local rebuilding plans: state of emergency.
California AB 2139 (20212022) — Building standards: local rebuilding plans: state of emergency.
Existing law establishes a California Building Standards Commission in the Government Operations Agency. Existing law requires only those building standards approved by the commission, and that are effective at the local level at the time an application for a building permit is submitted, to apply to the plans and specifications for, and to the construction performed under, that building permit, except as provided, including for a city or county that has been subject to an emergency proclaimed pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act (CESA) .
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar AB2139 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2139 Gallagher Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gallagher — primary (person)
Nielsen — principal coauthor (person)
Ward — coauthor (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-15 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2022-02-24 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2022-04-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2022-04-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
2022-05-18 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5035.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on HOUSING. referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4681.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-08 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-08-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-08-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-08-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6bc94717-7449-46b8-b390-902fd0dfb0ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).