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Bill Housing Accountability Act: housing development projects. Existing law, the Housing Accountability Act, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households unless the local agency makes written findings as to one of certain sets of conditions, as specified. Existing law defines, for its purposes, a housing development project as a use consisting of, among other things, mixed-use developments consisting of residential and nonresidential uses meeting one of several conditions, including that at least 23 of the new or converted square footage is designated for residential use. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 838 California SB 838 (20252026)
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California SB 838 (20252026) — Housing Accountability Act: housing development projects.

Existing law, the Housing Accountability Act, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households unless the local agency makes written findings as to one of certain sets of conditions, as specified. Existing law defines, for its purposes, a housing development project as a use consisting of, among other things, mixed-use developments consisting of residential and nonresidential uses meeting one of several conditions, including that at least 23 of the new or converted square footage is designated for residential use.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/26/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/01/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/03/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/05/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  7. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  8. SB838 (committee substitute) — source
  9. 09/18/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended. — 9–1 (pass) · lower
  • SB 838 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Carrillo — 58–17 (pass) · lower
  • Unfinished Business SB838 Durazo Concurrence — 26–9 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading — 23–11 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 8–2 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Durazo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
  • 2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
  • 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2025-03-12 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-26 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
  • 2025-03-27 Withdrawn from committee.
  • 2025-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
  • 2025-04-02 Re-referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. referral-committee
  • 2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 22.
  • 2025-04-08 Set for hearing May 7 in L. GOV. pending receipt.
  • 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 832.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-05-01 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
  • 2025-05-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1039.) (May 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 1386.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2025-06-09 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-30 July 2 hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2025-07-07 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
  • 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-17 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
  • 2025-07-17 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
  • 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 58. Noes 17. Page 3273.) 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 26. Noes 9. Page 2988.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  • 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 789, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e93aea3-79a4-4d09-9780-0199cae2d3a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).

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