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type: "Bill"
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title: "Residential building permits: inspections: Housing Accountability Act."
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description: "(1) Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires a county's or city's building department to enforce the State Housing Law and the California Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law pertaining to standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires a county or city, upon the applicant's request, to contract with or employ temporarily a private entity or person to check the plans and specifications submitted with an application for a residential building permit to comply with the State Housing Law or local ordinances adopted pursuant to the State Housing Law, when the building department takes more than 30 days, as specified, to complete the plan check. Existing law authorizes an enforcement agency to inspect any building to secure compliance with the State Housing Law and the California Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 1308"
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citation: "California AB 1308 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HousingAccountabilityAct", "Residentialbuildingpermits", "inspections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hoover"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57b012b4-1e6b-4946-be43-044eb49c7981"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1308"
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source_hash: "d44aeb2bba3c4f6a1a06b0866194c9ed10c8e0561c739b1af1e9d86646859277"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1308 (20252026) — Residential building permits: inspections: Housing Accountability Act.
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(1) Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires a county's or city's building department to enforce the State Housing Law and the California Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law pertaining to standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires a county or city, upon the applicant's request, to contract with or employ temporarily a private entity or person to check the plans and specifications submitted with an application for a residential building permit to comply with the State Housing Law or local ordinances adopted pursuant to the State Housing Law, when the building department takes more than 30 days, as specified, to complete the plan check. Existing law authorizes an enforcement agency to inspect any building to secure compliance with the State Housing Law and the California Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1308&version=20250AB130899INT)
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2. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1308&version=20250AB130898AMD)
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3. **04/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1308&version=20250AB130897AMD)
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4. **07/10/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1308&version=20250AB130896AMD)
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5. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1308&version=20250AB130895AMD)
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6. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1308&version=20250AB130893CHP)
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7. **AB1308** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1308)
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8. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1308&version=20250AB130894ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1308 Hoover et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1308 Hoover Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1308 Hoover et al. By Jones — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1308 Hoover Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hoover — primary (person)
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- Wicks — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
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- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-24** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** 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`
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- **2025-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-21** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1163.)
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- **2025-04-21** (Pending re-refer to Com. on H. & C. D.)
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- **2025-04-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1665.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-04** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2252.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-08-28** Ordered to the Senate.
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- **2025-08-28** In Senate. Held at Desk.
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- **2025-09-05** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2738.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3253.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 509, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57b012b4-1e6b-4946-be43-044eb49c7981`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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