Land use: streamlined approval processes: development projects of 10 or fewer residential units on urban lots under 5 acres.
Existing law, the Subdivision Map Act, vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency's processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps, and the modification thereof. The act generally requires a subdivider to file a tentative map or vesting tentative map with the local agency, as specified, and the local agency, in turn, to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the map within a specified time period.
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California Legislature
20232024
SB 684
California SB 684 (20232024)
bill
Land use
development projects of 10 or fewer residential units on urban lots under 5 acres
California SB 684 (20232024) — Land use: streamlined approval processes: development projects of 10 or fewer residential units on urban lots under 5 acres.
Existing law, the Subdivision Map Act, vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency's processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps, and the modification thereof. The act generally requires a subdivider to file a tentative map or vesting tentative map with the local agency, as specified, and the local agency, in turn, to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the map within a specified time period.
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 [Local Government] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB684 Caballero et al. Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
SB 684 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Boerner — 79–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Caballero — primary (person)
Boerner — principal coauthor (person)
Garcia — coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2023-03-22 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
2023-03-28 Set for hearing April 12.
2023-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 684.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. referral-committee
2023-04-20 Set for hearing April 24.
2023-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 875.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
2023-05-04 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
2023-05-05 Set for hearing May 15.
2023-05-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1268.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-01 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
2023-06-21 Coauthors revised.
2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-08-16 August 16 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 Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
2023-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
2023-09-07 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2023-09-11 Action rescinded whereby bill was re-referred to H. & C.D. pursuant to Assembly rule 77.2. referral-committee
2023-09-11 Ordered to third reading.
2023-09-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3526.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2825.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-21 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 783, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/664e20af-b746-44fe-b20c-9f5ade7f45df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).