republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-911.md

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Bill	Unlawfully restrictive covenants: affordable housing.	Existing law permits a person who holds or is acquiring an ownership interest of record in property that the person believes is the subject of an unlawfully restrictive covenant based on, among other things, the number of persons or families who may reside on the property, to record a restrictive covenant modification. Existing law entitles the owner of an affordable housing development to establish that an existing restrictive covenant is unenforceable by submitting a restrictive covenant modification document that modifies or removes any existing restrictive covenant language. Before recording the modification document, existing law requires the owner to submit to the county recorder a copy of the original restrictive covenant and any documents the owner believes necessary to establish that the property qualifies as an affordable housing development for purposes of these provisions. As part of this process, existing law requires the county counsel to determine, among other things, if the property qualifies as an affordable housing development and if a modification document may be recorded. If the county counsel has authorized the county recorder to record the modification document, that authorization is required to be noted on the face of the modification or on a cover sheet affixed to it.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 911	California AB 911 (20232024)	bill	Unlawfully restrictive covenants affordable housing	enacted	Schiavo	8	28	8	2023-02-14	2023-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/1d74984e-71e4-40df-8f4c-317e9f113b0f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB911	3fa67a853286866c7127b61fa947042c4aeaed02a0ab65157c209a779da0678f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 911 (20232024) — Unlawfully restrictive covenants: affordable housing.

Existing law permits a person who holds or is acquiring an ownership interest of record in property that the person believes is the subject of an unlawfully restrictive covenant based on, among other things, the number of persons or families who may reside on the property, to record a restrictive covenant modification. Existing law entitles the owner of an affordable housing development to establish that an existing restrictive covenant is unenforceable by submitting a restrictive covenant modification document that modifies or removes any existing restrictive covenant language. Before recording the modification document, existing law requires the owner to submit to the county recorder a copy of the original restrictive covenant and any documents the owner believes necessary to establish that the property qualifies as an affordable housing development for purposes of these provisions. As part of this process, existing law requires the county counsel to determine, among other things, if the property qualifies as an affordable housing development and if a modification document may be recorded. If the county counsel has authorized the county recorder to record the modification document, that authorization is required to be noted on the face of the modification or on a cover sheet affixed to it.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/13/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/19/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB911 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 911 Schiavo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 64–13 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB911 Schiavo By Blakespear — 33–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 911 Schiavo Assembly Third Reading — 64–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Schiavo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2023-02-23 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-03-01 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
• 2023-03-02 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 17). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 14. Page 1994.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2023-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 2549.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
• 2023-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 13. Page 3238.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 750, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d74984e-71e4-40df-8f4c-317e9f113b0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).