republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2234.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Planning and zoning: housing: postentitlement phase permits."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each public agency to provide a development project applicant with a list that specifies the information that will be required from any applicant for a development project. The act requires public agencies to approve or disapprove of a development project within certain specified timeframes. Existing law requires a city, county, or special district to provide specified information, including a current schedule of fees, exactions, and affordability requirements applicable to a proposed housing development project, and an archive of impact fee nexus studies, cost of service studies, or equivalent studies, conducted by the city, county, or special district, on its internet website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2234"
citation: "California AB 2234 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Planning and zoning: housing: postentitlement phase permits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Rivas"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c06ac83-99c9-462c-88fd-0d854c234513"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2234"
source_hash: "bb30009abda65693548f263563ec779a3be2452ff51ccbb99e7b5f1caeb82434"
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 2234 (20212022) — Planning and zoning: housing: postentitlement phase permits.

(1) Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each public agency to provide a development project applicant with a list that specifies the information that will be required from any applicant for a development project. The act requires public agencies to approve or disapprove of a development project within certain specified timeframes. Existing law requires a city, county, or special district to provide specified information, including a current schedule of fees, exactions, and affordability requirements applicable to a proposed housing development project, and an archive of impact fee nexus studies, cost of service studies, or equivalent studies, conducted by the city, county, or special district, on its internet website.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2234&version=20210AB223499INT)
2. **03/29/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2234&version=20210AB223498AMD)
3. **04/06/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2234&version=20210AB223497AMD)
4. **05/02/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2234&version=20210AB223496AMD)
5. **06/08/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2234&version=20210AB223495AMD)
6. **06/23/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2234&version=20210AB223494AMD)
7. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2234&version=20210AB223493AMD)
8. **08/18/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2234&version=20210AB223492AMD)
9. **09/28/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2234&version=20210AB223490CHP)
10. **AB2234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2234)
11. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2234&version=20210AB223491ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2234 Robert Rivas Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2234 Robert Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2234 Robert Rivas et al. By Kamlager — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Rivas — primary (person)
- Grayson — author (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4921.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 5061.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-25** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 651, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c06ac83-99c9-462c-88fd-0d854c234513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).