Housing developments: urban lot splits: historical resources.
Under the Planning and Zoning Law, the legislative body of a county or city may adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land, as provided. 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. Existing law requires a local agency to consider ministerially a specified proposed housing development or to ministerially approve a parcel map for an urban lot split if the development or parcel meets specified requirements, including, that the development or parcel is not located within a historic district or property included on the State Historic Resources Inventory or within a site that is designated or listed as a city or county landmark or historic property or district pursuant to city or county ordinance, as specified. Existing law authorizes a local agency to impose specified objective standards on the development or parcel created by an urban lot split, except as specified.
California AB 1061 (20252026) — Housing developments: urban lot splits: historical resources.
Under the Planning and Zoning Law, the legislative body of a county or city may adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land, as provided. 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. Existing law requires a local agency to consider ministerially a specified proposed housing development or to ministerially approve a parcel map for an urban lot split if the development or parcel meets specified requirements, including, that the development or parcel is not located within a historic district or property included on the State Historic Resources Inventory or within a site that is designated or listed as a city or county landmark or historic property or district pursuant to city or county ordinance, as specified. Existing law authorizes a local agency to impose specified objective standards on the development or parcel created by an urban lot split, except as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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 [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1061 Quirk-Silva et al. By Wiener — 24–10 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
AB 1061 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading — 45–14 (pass) · lower
AB 1061 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 46–18 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 8–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 10–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
Lee — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-03-10 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
2025-03-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (March 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-03-28 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 30). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 14. Page 1591.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-05-28 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. referral-committee
2025-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-07-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 2435.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 18. Page 3021.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 505, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37496fea-7b7a-4de6-9a09-619097e558d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).