(1) Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Existing law requires that the housing element consist of an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing, as specified. Existing law requires that the housing element include, among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints that are relevant to the meeting of these needs, including an inventory of land suitable for residential development, as provided. Existing law, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified, and requires the appropriate council of local governments, or the department for cities and counties without a council of governments, to adopt a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each locality in the region. Existing law requires the inventory of land to be used to identify sites throughout the community that can be developed for housing within the planning period and that are sufficient to provide for the jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need. Existing law requires each local government to revise its housing element in accordance with a specified schedule.
California SB 79 (20252026) — Housing development: transit-oriented development.
(1) Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Existing law requires that the housing element consist of an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing, as specified. Existing law requires that the housing element include, among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints that are relevant to the meeting of these needs, including an inventory of land suitable for residential development, as provided. Existing law, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified, and requires the appropriate council of local governments, or the department for cities and counties without a council of governments, to adopt a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each locality in the region. Existing law requires the inventory of land to be used to identify sites throughout the community that can be developed for housing within the planning period and that are sufficient to provide for the jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need. Existing law requires each local government to revise its housing element in accordance with a specified schedule.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 79 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Quirk-Silva — 43–19 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 21–13 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 9–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–3 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 8–6 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB79 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 21–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 6–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 4–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wiener — primary (person)
Haney — coauthor (person)
Lee — coauthor (person)
Wicks — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-01-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-01-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 15.
2025-01-29 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2025-03-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-03-12 Re-referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. referral-committee
2025-04-09 Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-22 Set for hearing April 30 in L. GOV. pending receipt.
2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 831.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 3. Page 967.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-05 May 12 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-05-09 Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-05-19 May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-20 Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1191.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-28 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-29 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-29 Ordered to second reading.
2025-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 1474.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-16 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D., L. GOV., and NAT. RES. referral-committee
2025-06-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-06-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-17 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2025-07-17 (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
2025-07-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 6.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-05 Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 43. Noes 19. Page 3318.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 21. Noes 8. Page 2967.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 512, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbd61197-cc35-496d-8384-f390b7ba92a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).