republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2579.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inspections: exterior elevated elements."
description: "Existing law provides authority for an enforcement agency to enter and inspect any buildings or premises whenever necessary to secure compliance with or prevent a violation of the building standards published in the California Building Standards Code and other rules and regulations that the enforcement agency has the power to enforce. Existing law requires an inspection, by January 1, 2025, and by January 1 every 6 years thereafter, of exterior elevated elements and associated waterproofing elements, as defined, including decks and balconies, for buildings with 3 or more multifamily dwelling units, as specified. Existing law that provides that, if the property was inspected within 3 years prior to January 1, 2019, as specified, no new inspection is required until January 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2579"
citation: "California AB 2579 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Inspections", "exterior elevated elements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-14"
last_action: "2024-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5f1cb65-d1dc-45ea-83bc-2a2262f7639d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2579"
source_hash: "3c8277567fae6feb1363625111eec5713e5e777261d705491e52cb46a75335ac"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2579 (20232024) — Inspections: exterior elevated elements.

Existing law provides authority for an enforcement agency to enter and inspect any buildings or premises whenever necessary to secure compliance with or prevent a violation of the building standards published in the California Building Standards Code and other rules and regulations that the enforcement agency has the power to enforce. Existing law requires an inspection, by January 1, 2025, and by January 1 every 6 years thereafter, of exterior elevated elements and associated waterproofing elements, as defined, including decks and balconies, for buildings with 3 or more multifamily dwelling units, as specified. Existing law that provides that, if the property was inspected within 3 years prior to January 1, 2019, as specified, no new inspection is required until January 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2579&version=20230AB257999INT)
2. **04/09/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2579&version=20230AB257998AMD)
3. **06/26/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2579&version=20230AB257997AMD)
4. **07/02/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2579&version=20230AB257996AMD)
5. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2579&version=20230AB257994CHP)
6. **AB2579** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2579)
7. **08/26/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2579&version=20230AB257995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2579 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2579 Quirk-Silva By Menjivar — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2579 Quirk-Silva Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quirk-Silva — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2024-03-18** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** 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`
- **2024-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5091.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-15** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-24** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 4666.)
- **2024-06-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E. D. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5208.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 6424.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-28** 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 835, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5f1cb65-d1dc-45ea-83bc-2a2262f7639d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).