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Bill California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential building permits. Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law authorizes a county's or city's governing body to prescribe fees for permits, certificates, or other forms or documents required or authorized under the State Housing Law. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 AB 253 California AB 253 (20252026)
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California AB 253 (20252026) — California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential building permits.

Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law authorizes a county's or city's governing body to prescribe fees for permits, certificates, or other forms or documents required or authorized under the State Housing Law.

Version chain

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

  1. 01/15/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/13/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 07/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 07/17/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/29/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/04/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  7. 10/10/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  8. AB253 (committee substitute) — source
  9. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 110 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 100 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB253 Ward et al. By Wiener Urgency Clause — 400 (pass) · upper
  • AB 253 Ward Third Reading Urgency — 760 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing] — 60 (pass) · upper
  • AB 253 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 770 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 130 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 100 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 70 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ward — primary (person)
  • Patel — coauthor (person)
  • Patterson — coauthor (person)
  • Quirk-Silva — author (person)
  • Rivas — author (person)
  • Wallis — coauthor (person)
  • Wicks — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2025-01-16 From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
  • 2025-02-10 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
  • 2025-02-27 Re-referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-03 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 511.)
  • 2025-03-03 (Pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)
  • 2025-03-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-13 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-03-13 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 616.)
  • 2025-03-13 (Pending re-refer to Com. on APPR.)
  • 2025-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-04-01 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 952.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-04-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2025-04-23 Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING. referral-committee
  • 2025-07-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 2). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2025-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2025-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-11 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2906.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  • 2025-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3369.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 487, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e67fd626-2ff3-4b62-aee2-72edcc091715. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).