Housing element: inventory of land: substantial compliance: rebuttable presumptions.
(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law, commonly referred to as the Housing Element Law, prescribes requirements for a city's or county's preparation of, and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially complies with the Housing Element Law, as specified.
California AB 2023 (20232024) — Housing element: inventory of land: substantial compliance: rebuttable presumptions.
(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law, commonly referred to as the Housing Element Law, prescribes requirements for a city's or county's preparation of, and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially complies with the Housing Element Law, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2023 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading — 56–7 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2023 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 58–9 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 11–3 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2023 Quirk-Silva et al. By Umberg — 21–12 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
Alvarez — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-31 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
2024-02-12 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
2024-03-21 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
2024-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2024-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-05-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 7. Page 5315.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-29 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD. referral-committee
2024-06-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-06-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-07-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-07-31 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2024-08-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 12.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
2024-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 9.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2024-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 269, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8af1fbc0-97ab-47c8-b220-8c12aeccd121. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).