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Bill	Accessory dwelling units: junior accessory dwelling units: unpermitted developments.	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 prohibits a local agency from denying a permit for an unpermitted accessory dwelling unit that was constructed before January 1, 2018, because the accessory dwelling unit is in violation of building standards or state or local standards applicable to accessory dwelling units, unless the local agency makes a finding that correcting the violation is necessary to protect the health and safety of the public or the occupants of the structure. Existing law makes those provisions inapplicable to a substandard building, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2533	California AB 2533 (20232024)	bill	Accessory dwelling units junior accessory dwelling units unpermitted developments	enacted	Juan Carrillo	7	31	8	2024-02-13	2024-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/6d5be9b5-fe28-44c7-b890-6ff4cd83516f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2533	734b8ddfebd473cd33d1453461ef11173c0fc0a7c98698fbdab827e8a78402d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2533 (20232024) — Accessory dwelling units: junior accessory dwelling units: unpermitted developments.

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 prohibits a local agency from denying a permit for an unpermitted accessory dwelling unit that was constructed before January 1, 2018, because the accessory dwelling unit is in violation of building standards or state or local standards applicable to accessory dwelling units, unless the local agency makes a finding that correcting the violation is necessary to protect the health and safety of the public or the occupants of the structure. Existing law makes those provisions inapplicable to a substandard building, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/30/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/19/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/28/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2533 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2533 Juan Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2533 Juan Carrillo et al. By Blakespear — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2533 Juan Carrillo Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Juan Carrillo — primary (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2024-03-21 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-04-15 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4775.)
• 2024-04-15 (Pending re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D.)
• 2024-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-08 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-05-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-05-30 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
• 2024-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-12 From Consent Calendar.
• 2024-08-12 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 834, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d5be9b5-fe28-44c7-b890-6ff4cd83516f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).