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Bill	Accessory dwelling units.	The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, 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 a local ordinance to require an accessory dwelling unit to be either attached to, or located within, the proposed or existing primary dwelling, as specified, 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	20212022	AB 2221	California AB 2221 (20212022)	bill	Accessory dwelling units.	enacted	Quirk-Silva	11	33	8	2022-02-15	2022-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/e735ea58-acb3-49e0-ade6-277c61395b3c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2221	12075d3dff9036d2a9c4b4685a9c643f51bb3232a295898b11692a18da1547a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2221 (20212022) — Accessory dwelling units.

The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, 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 a local ordinance to require an accessory dwelling unit to be either attached to, or located within, the proposed or existing primary dwelling, as specified, 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. 02/15/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/03/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/29/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/02/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/06/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/01/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/24/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/28/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB2221 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2221 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2221 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2221 Quirk-Silva By Wieckowski — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Quirk-Silva — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2022-03-03 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2022-03-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-07 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2022-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2022-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2022-04-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-05-02 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4920.) 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 Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2022-06-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-08-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 5197.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 650, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e735ea58-acb3-49e0-ade6-277c61395b3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).