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CA AB 1061

enacted

Housing developments: urban lot splits: historical resources.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1061 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1061 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 505, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1061 about?

Under the Planning and Zoning Law, the legislative body of a county or city may adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land, as provided. The Subdivision Map Act vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency's processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps. Existing law requires a local agency to consider ministerially a specified proposed housing development or to ministerially approve a parcel map for an urban lot split if the development or parcel meets specified requirements, including, that the development or parcel is not located within a historic district or property included on the State Historic Resources Inventory or within a site that is designated or listed as a city or county landmark or historic property or district pursuant to city or county ordinance, as specified. Existing law authorizes a local agency to impose specified objective standards on the development or parcel created by an urban lot split, except as specified. With respect to ministerial review of a proposed housing development under the above-described provisions, this bill would, if the other specified requirements are met, instead require a local agency to consider ministerially the development that is not located in either a contributing structure within a historic district included on the State Historical Resources Inventory or within a historic property or district pursuant to city or county ordinance or in a parcel individually listed as a historical resource included in the State Historical Resources Inventory or within a property individually designated or listed as a city or county landmark under a city or county ordinance. The bill would also authorize a local agency to adopt objective standards for the purposes of maintaining the historical value of a historic district listed in the California Register of Historical Resources, as specified. With respect to an urban lot split under the above-described provisions, this bill would, if the other specified requirements are met, instead require a local agency to ministerially approve the urban lot split if the parcel is not located within a historic landmark property included on the State Historical Resources Inventory or within a site that is designated or listed as a city or county landmark pursuant to a city or county ordinance. The bill would additionally require that the proposed urban lot split not require demolition or alteration of specified structures. By imposing additional duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA AB 1061?

Quirk-Silva is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1061, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Under the Planning and Zoning Law, the legislative body of a county or city may adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land, as provided. The Subdivision Map Act vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency's processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps. Existing law requires a local agency to consider ministerially a specified proposed housing development or to ministerially approve a parcel map for an urban lot split if the development or parcel meets specified requirements, including, that the development or parcel is not located within a historic district or property included on the State Historic Resources Inventory or within a site that is designated or listed as a city or county landmark or historic property or district pursuant to city or county ordinance, as specified. Existing law authorizes a local agency to impose specified objective standards on the development or parcel created by an urban lot split, except as specified. With respect to ministerial review of a proposed housing development under the above-described provisions, this bill would, if the other specified requirements are met, instead require a local agency to consider ministerially the development that is not located in either a contributing structure within a historic district included on the State Historical Resources Inventory or within a historic property or district pursuant to city or county ordinance or in a parcel individually listed as a historical resource included in the State Historical Resources Inventory or within a property individually designated or listed as a city or county landmark under a city or county ordinance. The bill would also authorize a local agency to adopt objective standards for the purposes of maintaining the historical value of a historic district listed in the California Register of Historical Resources, as specified. With respect to an urban lot split under the above-described provisions, this bill would, if the other specified requirements are met, instead require a local agency to ministerially approve the urban lot split if the parcel is not located within a historic landmark property included on the State Historical Resources Inventory or within a site that is designated or listed as a city or county landmark pursuant to a city or county ordinance. The bill would additionally require that the proposed urban lot split not require demolition or alteration of specified structures. By imposing additional duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced
2025-03-27
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 505, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Quirk-Silvaauthor
  • Leecoauthor
  • Wienercoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  3. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-27

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (March 26).

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  5. 2025-03-28

    Read second time and amended.

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  6. 2025-04-01

    Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  7. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 30).

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  9. 2025-05-01

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-05-19

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 14. Page 1591.)

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  11. 2025-05-20

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  12. 2025-05-28

    Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.

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  13. 2025-06-18

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  14. 2025-06-23

    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.

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  15. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 9).

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  16. 2025-07-10

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2025-08-19

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  18. 2025-08-20

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-09-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 2435.).

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  20. 2025-09-04

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  21. 2025-09-08

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 18. Page 3021.).

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  22. 2025-09-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

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  23. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

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  24. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 505, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-28Compare
  • 06/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-23Compare
  • 07/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-10Compare
  • 09/10/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-10Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • AB1061Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-03-26 · pass · 8-2

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Gallagher: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-23 · pass · 9-1

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Ransom: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: no

  • Do pass.

    2025-04-30 · pass · 10-3

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Sanchez: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Ta: no
    • Pellerin: other
    • Hart: other

  • AB 1061 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-19 · pass · 45-14

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Solache: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Chen: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ta: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Davies: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Boerner: no
    • Zbur: other
    • Pellerin: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Bennett: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Hart: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Connolly: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Papan: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Calderon: other
    • Flora: other
    • Irwin: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-06-17 · pass · 7-2

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Padilla: other
    • Gonzalez: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-09 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wiener: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Choi: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB1061 Quirk-Silva et al. By Wiener

    2025-09-03 · pass · 24-10

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Jones: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Niello: no
    • Grove: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Choi: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Becker: other
    • Limón: other
    • Allen: other
    • Blakespear: other
    • Weber Pierson: other
    • Archuleta: other

  • AB 1061 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-08 · pass · 46-18

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Muratsuchi: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Boerner: no
    • Chen: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Pellerin: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Connolly: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Irwin: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Papan: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Hart: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Calderon: other
    • Zbur: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Flora: other

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