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Bill	Community colleges: housing: local zoning regulations: exemption.	Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state and authorizes them to operate campuses and provide instruction to students.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 648	California AB 648 (20252026)	bill	Communitycolleges exemption housing localzoningregulations	enacted	Zbur	7	21	7	2025-02-13	2025-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/4d92afca-9535-4d77-9f5d-0da9eb0e2760	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB648	f17d0babc7779d86addb9f4067bf3ce611fc040838c6837607b898009eed865b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 648 (20252026) — Community colleges: housing: local zoning regulations: exemption.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state and authorizes them to operate campuses and provide instruction to students.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/05/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/17/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/06/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB648 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 648 Zbur Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 61–8 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB648 Zbur et al. By Arreguín — 31–5 (pass) · upper
• AB 648 Zbur Assembly Third Reading — 63–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Zbur — primary (person)
• Arreguín — coauthor (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 HIGHER ED. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2025-03-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-05-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 5. Page 1726.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-04 Referred to Coms. on ED. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 2592.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 8. Page 3179.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d92afca-9535-4d77-9f5d-0da9eb0e2760. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).