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Bill	Land use: accessory dwelling units: ministerial approval.	Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency, by ordinance, to provide for the creation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. That law prohibits, if a local agency adopts an ordinance to create ADUs in those zones, the local agency from requiring the replacement of offstreet parking spaces if a garage, carport, or covered parking structure is demolished in conjunction with the construction of, or is converted to, an ADU.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 1211	California SB 1211 (20232024)	bill	Land use accessory dwelling units ministerial approva	enacted	Skinner	7	28	8	2024-02-15	2024-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/3a3f9dc6-ebb2-4519-ae3f-703a8b03a7c0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1211	b3c178d7bd176de1b5b7ed48dbc10d171f9fcc7d14b3cd755274270e5c8a017c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1211 (20232024) — Land use: accessory dwelling units: ministerial approval.

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency, by ordinance, to provide for the creation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. That law prohibits, if a local agency adopts an ordinance to create ADUs in those zones, the local agency from requiring the replacement of offstreet parking spaces if a garage, carport, or covered parking structure is demolished in conjunction with the construction of, or is converted to, an ADU.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/19/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1211 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB1211 Skinner et al. Concurrence — 30–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government] — 8–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 1211 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Alvarez — 57–9 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 10–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 29–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Skinner — primary (person)
• Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
• 2024-02-29 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 Set for hearing March 19.
• 2024-03-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 3350.) (March 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2024-04-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3663.) (April 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
• 2024-05-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 4080.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-05-28 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 9. Page 6806.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5649.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-09 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 296, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a3f9dc6-ebb2-4519-ae3f-703a8b03a7c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).