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type: "Bill"
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title: "California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential building permits."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 253"
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citation: "California AB 253 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CaliforniaResidentialPrivatePermittingReviewAct", "residentialbuildingpermits"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-01-15"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e67fd626-2ff3-4b62-aee2-72edcc091715"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB253"
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source_hash: "f22fbf6a94fd88a97a3973ccd5a483260a071cc6d09afe8c915a2d8762288392"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 253 (20252026) — California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential building permits.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/15/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB253&version=20250AB25399INT)
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2. **03/13/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB253&version=20250AB25398AMD)
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3. **07/03/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB253&version=20250AB25397AMD)
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4. **07/17/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB253&version=20250AB25396AMD)
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5. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB253&version=20250AB25395AMD)
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6. **09/04/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB253&version=20250AB25394AMD)
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7. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB253&version=20250AB25392CHP)
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8. **AB253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB253)
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9. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB253&version=20250AB25393ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB253 Ward et al. By Wiener Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 253 Ward Third Reading Urgency — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 253 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ward — primary (person)
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- Patel — coauthor (person)
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- Patterson — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk-Silva — author (person)
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- Rivas — author (person)
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- Wallis — coauthor (person)
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- Wicks — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
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- **2025-02-10** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27** Re-referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 511.)
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- **2025-03-03** (Pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2025-03-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-13** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 616.)
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- **2025-03-13** (Pending re-refer to Com. on APPR.)
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- **2025-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-23** Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **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`
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- **2025-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3369.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 487, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e67fd626-2ff3-4b62-aee2-72edcc091715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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