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Bill	Planning and zoning: general plan: zoning ordinance: conflicts.	(1) Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and of certain land outside its boundaries. Existing law requires that county or city zoning ordinances be consistent with the general plan of the county or city by January 1, 1974. Existing law authorizes any resident or property owner to bring an action or proceeding in the superior court to enforce compliance with these provisions within 90 days of the enactment of any new zoning ordinance or the amendment of any existing zoning ordinance. Existing law requires a zoning ordinance to be amended within a reasonable time so that it is consistent with the general plan in the event that the ordinance becomes inconsistent with the plan by reason of amendment to the plan.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 821	California AB 821 (20232024)	bill	Planning and zoning conflicts general plan zoning ordinance	enacted	Grayson	8	32	10	2023-02-13	2023-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/6786e468-cfb7-4872-9eee-1c649b31c694	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB821	be68c77fc64faaa0939e19f070d6ffbbf4c1fcb2825120065485f33f9514a45c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 821 (20232024) — Planning and zoning: general plan: zoning ordinance: conflicts.

(1) Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and of certain land outside its boundaries. Existing law requires that county or city zoning ordinances be consistent with the general plan of the county or city by January 1, 1974. Existing law authorizes any resident or property owner to bring an action or proceeding in the superior court to enforce compliance with these provisions within 90 days of the enactment of any new zoning ordinance or the amendment of any existing zoning ordinance. Existing law requires a zoning ordinance to be amended within a reasonable time so that it is consistent with the general plan in the event that the ordinance becomes inconsistent with the plan by reason of amendment to the plan.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/11/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/22/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB821 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 821 Grayson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 821 Grayson Assembly Third Reading — 79–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Grayson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2023-02-23 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2023-04-06 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
• 2023-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 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
• 2023-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2023-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 1872.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-06-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2417.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
• 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3046.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 748, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6786e468-cfb7-4872-9eee-1c649b31c694. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).