The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law, commonly referred to as the Housing Element Law, prescribes requirements for a city's or county's preparation of, and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially complies with the Housing Element Law, as specified.
California AB 610 (20252026) — Housing element: governmental constraints: disclosure statement.
The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law, commonly referred to as the Housing Element Law, prescribes requirements for a city's or county's preparation of, and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially complies with the Housing Element Law, as specified.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
AB 610 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading — 72–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Alvarez — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2025-03-03 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
2025-03-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2025-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2109.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-18 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. referral-committee
2025-07-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. 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 5. Noes 0.) (July 16). 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: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-04 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 39. Noes 0. Page 2811.). 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 73. Noes 1. Page 3295.). 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 494, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3442bb22-cadc-4fd0-b646-e75886143546. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).