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type: "Bill"
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title: "Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies."
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description: "Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, requires a public agency to determine whether an application for a development project is complete within specified time periods, as specified. The act requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county to proclaim a local emergency under certain circumstances, as specified, and grants political subdivisions various powers and authorities in periods of local emergency."
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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 818"
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citation: "California AB 818 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PermitStreamliningAct", "localemergencies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ávila Farías"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10d7df39-9161-493a-aa8b-a23d259efa74"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818"
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source_hash: "2a4c7d16ff4c6a738cc639f451f540e293d9b244c912f787a0c47a5e3665d296"
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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 818 (20252026) — Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies.
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Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, requires a public agency to determine whether an application for a development project is complete within specified time periods, as specified. The act requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county to proclaim a local emergency under certain circumstances, as specified, and grants political subdivisions various powers and authorities in periods of local emergency.
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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. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81899INT)
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2. **04/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81898AMD)
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3. **06/25/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81897AMD)
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4. **07/17/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81896AMD)
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5. **09/04/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81895AMD)
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6. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81893CHP)
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7. **AB818** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818)
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8. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB818&version=20250AB81894ENR)
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## Votes
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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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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 818 Ávila Farías Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB818 Ávila Farías et al. By Cabaldon — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 818 Ávila Farías Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ávila Farías — 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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- **2025-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2025-03-10** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `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 1662.) `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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- **2025-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-04** 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 2672.). `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 79. Noes 0. Page 3228.). `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 534, 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/10d7df39-9161-493a-aa8b-a23d259efa74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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