republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1505.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land use: zoning regulations."
description: "The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the legislative body of any county or city to adopt ordinances regulating zoning within its jurisdiction, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1505"
citation: "California AB 1505 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Land use: zoning regulations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/948b5777-8941-438b-88e2-e3d4ca1a959e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1505"
source_hash: "9d8ec3035fc3f56ef4d70868f9dfebad9d64c875e302d5205004308421d61dc0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1505 (20172018) — Land use: zoning regulations.

The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the legislative body of any county or city to adopt ordinances regulating zoning within its jurisdiction, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1505&version=20170AB150599INT)
2. **05/01/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1505&version=20170AB150598AMD)
3. **05/30/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1505&version=20170AB150597AMD)
4. **07/10/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1505&version=20170AB150596AMD)
5. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1505&version=20170AB150595AMD)
6. **09/29/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1505&version=20170AB150593CHP)
7. **AB1505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1505)
8. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1505&version=20170AB150594ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1505 Bloom et al. By Atkins — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- AB 1505 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — **47–24** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bloom — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — principal coauthor (person)
- Chiu — author (person)
- Gloria — author (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-16** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 24. Page 1383.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (June 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-10** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 2961.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2017-09-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3507.)
- **2017-09-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 27. Page 3514.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 376, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/948b5777-8941-438b-88e2-e3d4ca1a959e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).