Planning and zoning: housing element: enforcement.
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. The Planning and Zoning Law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to determine whether the housing element is in substantial compliance with specified provisions of that law. The Planning and Zoning Law requires HCD to notify a city, county, or city and county, and authorizes HCD to notify the office of the Attorney General, that the city, county, or city and county is in violation of state law if the local government has taken action in violation of specified provisions of law. The Planning and Zoning Law also requires, among other things, that an application for a housing development be subject to a specified streamlined, ministerial approval process if the development satisfies certain objective planning standards. The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to bring its general plan into substantial compliance with provisions regulating general plans and specifies timelines under which the city or county is required to bring its zoning ordinance into consistency if the court finds in favor of a plaintiff in an action challenging the validity of a general plan, or any mandatory element thereof, as specified.
California SB 1037 (20232024) — Planning and zoning: housing element: enforcement.
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. The Planning and Zoning Law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to determine whether the housing element is in substantial compliance with specified provisions of that law. The Planning and Zoning Law requires HCD to notify a city, county, or city and county, and authorizes HCD to notify the office of the Attorney General, that the city, county, or city and county is in violation of state law if the local government has taken action in violation of specified provisions of law. The Planning and Zoning Law also requires, among other things, that an application for a housing development be subject to a specified streamlined, ministerial approval process if the development satisfies certain objective planning standards. The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to bring its general plan into substantial compliance with provisions regulating general plans and specifies timelines under which the city or county is required to bring its zoning ordinance into consistency if the court finds in favor of a plaintiff in an action challenging the validity of a general plan, or any mandatory element thereof, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
SB 1037 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Wicks — 46–16 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1037 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 23–9 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 24–9 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wiener — primary (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
2024-02-14 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2024-03-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-03 Re-referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD. referral-committee
2024-04-05 Set for hearing April 16.
2024-04-09 Set for hearing April 23 in JUD. pending receipt.
2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 3633.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 3725.) (April 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2024-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 4083.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. referral-committee
2024-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-07-02 Coauthors revised.
2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 16. Page 7109.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 5799.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 293, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91e352e7-6dc6-4f16-b9c4-0a2a2b07f5d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).