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Bill	Planning and zoning: housing development: higher education institutions and religious institutions.	The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for its physical development, and the development of certain lands outside its boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. That law allows a development proponent to submit an application for a development that is subject to a specified streamlined, ministerial approval process not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies certain objective planning standards.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 4	California SB 4 (20232024)	bill	Planning and zoning higher education institutions and religious institutions housing development	enacted	Wiener	10	32	10	2022-12-05	2023-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/e25eacd3-4794-4e42-a86b-e3492e95abab	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB4	4b3adbc4a4cb99d807a7c0d849868554c74f9cf1752c99f97c3156d173fa6e31	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 4 (20232024) — Planning and zoning: housing development: higher education institutions and religious institutions.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for its physical development, and the development of certain lands outside its boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. That law allows a development proponent to submit an application for a development that is subject to a specified streamlined, ministerial approval process not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies certain objective planning standards.

Version chain

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

1. 12/05/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/22/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/28/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/18/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/30/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/14/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/11/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB4 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/13/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SB4 Wiener et al. — 33–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB4 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 32–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 9–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 4 Wiener Senate Third Reading By McKinnor — 73–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wiener — primary (person)
• Alvarez — coauthor (person)
• Becker — coauthor (person)
• Berman — principal coauthor (person)
• Cortese — coauthor (person)
• Eggman — coauthor (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• McKinnor — principal coauthor (person)
• Menjivar — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Ward — coauthor (person)
• Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-12-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
• 2023-02-01 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2023-02-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 Set for hearing March 21.
• 2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 452.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-03-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2023-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 937.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-05 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2023-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-16 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1156.) (May 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 1356.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-08 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2023-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 3008.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 2596.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 771, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e25eacd3-4794-4e42-a86b-e3492e95abab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).