republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-976.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Accessory dwelling units: owner-occupancy requirements."
description: "The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation of accessory dwelling units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Existing law requires a local ordinance to require an accessory dwelling unit to be either attached to, or located within, the proposed or existing primary dwelling, as specified, or detached from the proposed or existing primary dwelling and located on the same lot as the proposed or existing primary dwelling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 976"
citation: "California AB 976 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accessory dwelling units", "owner-occupancy requirements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fc8dad2-cb40-447b-8b4e-86f1a7b08942"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB976"
source_hash: "2df3aa1d5dfc152cfedfcdbe617f4e4ed5c0c9d4d16f2941878764274e685785"
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 976 (20232024) — Accessory dwelling units: owner-occupancy requirements.

The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation of accessory dwelling units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Existing law requires a local ordinance to require an accessory dwelling unit to be either attached to, or located within, the proposed or existing primary dwelling, as specified, or detached from the proposed or existing primary dwelling and located on the same lot as the proposed or existing primary dwelling.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB976&version=20230AB97699INT)
2. **08/17/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB976&version=20230AB97698AMD)
3. **08/28/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB976&version=20230AB97697AMD)
4. **10/11/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB976&version=20230AB97695CHP)
5. **AB976** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB976)
6. **09/12/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB976&version=20230AB97696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 976 Ting Assembly Third Reading — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB976 Ting et al. By Skinner — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 976 Ting Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 2030.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 9. Page 2436.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
- **2023-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 3. Page 3176.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-15** Enrolled measure version corrected.
- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 751, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fc8dad2-cb40-447b-8b4e-86f1a7b08942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).