(1) Existing law, the Employee Housing Act, generally regulates employee housing, as defined. Among other things, the act authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial process, as specified, and is not subject to a conditional use permit if certain requirements are met, including that the development is located on land designated as agricultural in the applicable city or county general plan, and that the development is an eligible agricultural employee housing development. The act defines eligible agricultural housing development as, among other things, an agricultural employee housing development that consists of no more than 36 units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household and is not ineligible for state funding under a provision that prohibits state funding from being provided to an employer who employs at least one H-2A worker, as specified.
California AB 3035 (20232024) — Farmworker housing.
(1) Existing law, the Employee Housing Act, generally regulates employee housing, as defined. Among other things, the act authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial process, as specified, and is not subject to a conditional use permit if certain requirements are met, including that the development is located on land designated as agricultural in the applicable city or county general plan, and that the development is an eligible agricultural employee housing development. The act defines eligible agricultural housing development as, among other things, an agricultural employee housing development that consists of no more than 36 units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household and is not ineligible for state funding under a provision that prohibits state funding from being provided to an employer who employs at least one H-2A worker, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB3035 Pellerin et al. By Cortese — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
AB 3035 Pellerin Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
AB 3035 Pellerin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Pellerin — primary (person)
Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
Lee — principal coauthor (person)
Robert Rivas — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2024-03-21 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. 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
2024-04-24 Coauthors revised.
2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-26 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
2024-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-22 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
2024-08-26 Joint Rule 61 suspended.
2024-08-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 524, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06cfa344-05b0-4dfc-9a1d-dcc166f31710. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).