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Bill	Streamlined housing approvals: objective planning standards and subdivision applications.	(1) Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards, including, among others, that the development is subject to a requirement mandating a minimum percentage of below market rate housing based on, among other things, that (1) the locality's latest production report reflects that there were fewer units of housing issued building permits affordable to either very low income or low-income households by income category than were required for the regional housing needs assessment cycle for that reporting period and (2) the project seeking approval dedicates 50% of the total number of units, as specified, to housing affordable to households making at or below 80% of the area median income.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 3122	California AB 3122 (20232024)	bill	Streamlined housing approvals objective planning standards and subdivision applications	enacted	Kalra	7	25	8	2024-02-16	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/7c128708-e122-4fe3-80d9-a4c2200e89d7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3122	56c69c444d5e6be1aeff42db39c5904ce689c09063c19c770ce928dc9f967369	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3122 (20232024) — Streamlined housing approvals: objective planning standards and subdivision applications.

(1) Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards, including, among others, that the development is subject to a requirement mandating a minimum percentage of below market rate housing based on, among other things, that (1) the locality's latest production report reflects that there were fewer units of housing issued building permits affordable to either very low income or low-income households by income category than were required for the regional housing needs assessment cycle for that reporting period and (2) the project seeking approval dedicates 50% of the total number of units, as specified, to housing affordable to households making at or below 80% of the area median income.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/19/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/01/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB3122 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB3122 Kalra By Wiener — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 3122 Kalra Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 3122 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 72–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (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 Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). 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. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 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. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-27 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
• 2024-07-01 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
• 2024-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). 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 72. Noes 2.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 754, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c128708-e122-4fe3-80d9-a4c2200e89d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).