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Bill	Accessory dwelling units: junior accessory dwelling units.	(1) Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency, by ordinance or ministerial approval, to provide for the creation of accessory dwelling units in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. Existing law authorizes a local agency to impose standards on accessory dwelling units that include, but are not limited to, parking, height, setback, landscape, architectural review, and maximum size of a unit.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 897	California SB 897 (20212022)	bill	Accessory dwelling units: junior accessory dwelling units.	enacted	Wieckowski	12	38	10	2022-02-01	2022-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/c9bed948-44a5-419d-80c2-5bca675dd285	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB897	8172d70594b64d8da338393e12d99cd87b2421be421f43a8bf5383c550c17f95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 897 (20212022) — Accessory dwelling units: junior accessory dwelling units.

(1) Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency, by ordinance or ministerial approval, to provide for the creation of accessory dwelling units in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. Existing law authorizes a local agency to impose standards on accessory dwelling units that include, but are not limited to, parking, height, setback, landscape, architectural review, and maximum size of a unit.

Version chain

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

1. 02/01/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/19/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/16/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/20/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/30/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/01/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/25/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/28/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. SB897 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/08/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 897 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Quirk-Silva — 47–22 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB897 Wieckowski Concurrence — 23–11 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 24–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 10–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wieckowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-01 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
• 2022-02-07 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2022-02-07 (Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
• 2022-02-07 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
• 2022-02-09 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Set for hearing March 24.
• 2022-03-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-03-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3218.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-03-30 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2022-04-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3377.) (April 7). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-04-19 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2022-04-25 April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3774.) (May 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 3919.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-06-02 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-08-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 5384.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 664, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9bed948-44a5-419d-80c2-5bca675dd285. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).