(1) Existing law, 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, including that the development is a multifamily housing development that contains two or more residential units.
California AB 507 (20252026) — Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives.
(1) Existing law, 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, including that the development is a multifamily housing development that contains two or more residential units.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2025-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-01 Coauthors revised.
2025-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 1. Page 1651.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-04 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 5. Noes 2.) (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: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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 6. Noes 1.) (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
2025-09-05 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
2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2816.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 3293.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 493, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b3758b8-abf3-4c6e-a763-1865e4979ae0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).