republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1395.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shelter crisis: Low Barrier Navigation Center: use by right: building standards."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes a governing body of a political subdivision, as those terms are defined, to declare a shelter crisis if the governing body makes a specified finding. Upon declaration of a shelter crisis, existing law, among other things, suspends certain state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances to the extent that strict compliance would prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the shelter crisis and allows a city, county, or city and county, in lieu of compliance, to adopt by ordinance reasonable local standards and procedures for the design, site development, and operation of homeless shelters and the structures and facilities therein. Existing law, among other things, exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act specified actions by a state agency or a city, county, or city and county to lease, convey, or encumber land owned by a city, county, or city and county, or to facilitate the lease, conveyance, or encumbrance of land owned by the local government for, or to provide financial assistance to, a homeless shelter constructed or allowed by these provisions. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1395"
citation: "California SB 1395 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Low Barrier Navigation Center", "Shelter crisis", "building standards", "use by right"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ffe3d95-2654-4860-97af-a878f7928e40"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1395"
source_hash: "3f1526de4b8588917fb6bdee87cadc80fd4bdf9fccf70a0cdcd06b847a9b0019"
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 SB 1395 (20232024) — Shelter crisis: Low Barrier Navigation Center: use by right: building standards.

(1) Existing law authorizes a governing body of a political subdivision, as those terms are defined, to declare a shelter crisis if the governing body makes a specified finding. Upon declaration of a shelter crisis, existing law, among other things, suspends certain state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances to the extent that strict compliance would prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the shelter crisis and allows a city, county, or city and county, in lieu of compliance, to adopt by ordinance reasonable local standards and procedures for the design, site development, and operation of homeless shelters and the structures and facilities therein. Existing law, among other things, exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act specified actions by a state agency or a city, county, or city and county to lease, convey, or encumber land owned by a city, county, or city and county, or to facilitate the lease, conveyance, or encumbrance of land owned by the local government for, or to provide financial assistance to, a homeless shelter constructed or allowed by these provisions. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2026.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1395&version=20230SB139599INT)
2. **04/18/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1395&version=20230SB139598AMD)
3. **09/19/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1395&version=20230SB139596CHP)
4. **SB1395** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1395)
5. **08/21/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1395&version=20230SB139597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1395 Becker Senate Third Reading By Hart — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- Blakespear — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Hart — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Set for hearing March 19.
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3350.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3661.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2024-04-29** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3894.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-03** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-05** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Hart.
- **2024-08-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6376.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2024-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 297, 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/9ffe3d95-2654-4860-97af-a878f7928e40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).