republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2117.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Development permit expirations: actions or proceedings."
description: "Existing law, the Planning and Zoning law, generally requires that an action or proceeding challenging a public agency's decision on a variance, conditional use permit, or any other permit, among other decisions, be commenced, and service made on the legislative body of the agency, within 90 days after the legislative body's decision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2117"
citation: "California AB 2117 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Development permit expirations", "actions or proceedings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Patterson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67dec070-b13d-44ca-beca-bdae10976722"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2117"
source_hash: "caf318a82a2edeee96f8f3004648ca07f8c404609046d54e1c528989b209d019"
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 2117 (20232024) — Development permit expirations: actions or proceedings.

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning law, generally requires that an action or proceeding challenging a public agency's decision on a variance, conditional use permit, or any other permit, among other decisions, be commenced, and service made on the legislative body of the agency, within 90 days after the legislative body's decision.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2117&version=20230AB211799INT)
2. **06/12/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2117&version=20230AB211798AMD)
3. **09/19/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2117&version=20230AB211796CHP)
4. **AB2117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2117)
5. **08/19/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2117&version=20230AB211797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2117 Joe Patterson et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2117 Joe Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2117 Joe Patterson Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joe Patterson — primary (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5043.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6307.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67dec070-b13d-44ca-beca-bdae10976722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).