Existing law provides that in a civil action brought by a plaintiff to challenge a housing development project that meets or exceeds the requirements for low- or moderate-income housing, a defendant may seek an order requiring the plaintiff to furnish an undertaking as security for costs and damages that may be incurred by the defendant if the bringing of the action or seeking by the plaintiff of particular relief, including injunctive relief, would result in a delay in carrying out the development project. Existing law requires this motion to be made on the grounds that (1) the action was brought in bad faith, vexatiously, to delay or thwart the low- or moderate-income nature of the housing development project and (2) the plaintiff will not suffer undue economic hardship by filing the undertaking. If the court determines, after hearing, that the grounds for the motion have been established, existing law requires the court to order the plaintiff to file an undertaking that may not exceed $500,000 as security for the defendant's costs and damages.
California SB 393 (20232024) — Civil actions: housing development projects.
Existing law provides that in a civil action brought by a plaintiff to challenge a housing development project that meets or exceeds the requirements for low- or moderate-income housing, a defendant may seek an order requiring the plaintiff to furnish an undertaking as security for costs and damages that may be incurred by the defendant if the bringing of the action or seeking by the plaintiff of particular relief, including injunctive relief, would result in a delay in carrying out the development project. Existing law requires this motion to be made on the grounds that (1) the action was brought in bad faith, vexatiously, to delay or thwart the low- or moderate-income nature of the housing development project and (2) the plaintiff will not suffer undue economic hardship by filing the undertaking. If the court determines, after hearing, that the grounds for the motion have been established, existing law requires the court to order the plaintiff to file an undertaking that may not exceed $500,000 as security for the defendant's costs and damages.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 393 Glazer Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Glazer — primary (person)
Dahle — coauthor (person)
Nguyen — coauthor (person)
Niello — coauthor (person)
Seyarto — coauthor (person)
Stern — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
2023-02-22 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. referral-committee
2023-02-27 Set for hearing March 15.
2023-03-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 353.) (March 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-03-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-03-29 Set for hearing April 18.
2023-04-10 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
2023-04-14 April 18 hearing postponed by committee.
2023-04-18 Set for hearing May 2.
2023-05-03 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1011.) (May 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-04 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1077.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-05-26 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-06 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2024-06-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-13 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2024-06-17 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
2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-19 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6504.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-26 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2024-08-26 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5416.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-08-28 Set for hearing August 28.
2024-08-28 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 5622.) committee-passage
2024-08-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5746.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 285, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d871885b-b361-4495-b2d3-de151c906a21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).