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Bill	Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies.	Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, requires a public agency to determine whether an application for a development project is complete within specified time periods, as specified. The act requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county to proclaim a local emergency under certain circumstances, as specified, and grants political subdivisions various powers and authorities in periods of local emergency.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 818	California AB 818 (20252026)	bill	PermitStreamliningAct localemergencies	enacted	Ávila Farías	8	29	8	2025-02-19	2025-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/10d7df39-9161-493a-aa8b-a23d259efa74	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818	2a4c7d16ff4c6a738cc639f451f540e293d9b244c912f787a0c47a5e3665d296	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 818 (20252026) — Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies.

Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, requires a public agency to determine whether an application for a development project is complete within specified time periods, as specified. The act requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county to proclaim a local emergency under certain circumstances, as specified, and grants political subdivisions various powers and authorities in periods of local emergency.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/25/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/17/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/04/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB818 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 818 Ávila Farías Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB818 Ávila Farías et al. By Cabaldon — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 818 Ávila Farías Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ávila Farías — primary (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2025-03-10 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2025-04-21 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1163.)
• 2025-04-21 (Pending re-refer to Com. on H. & C. D.)
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-24 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1662.) 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
• 2025-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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
• 2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-08-20 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
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2672.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3228.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 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 534, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10d7df39-9161-493a-aa8b-a23d259efa74. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).