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CA AB 1162

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Challenges to housing and community-serving projects.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1162 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 1162 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 1162 about?

Existing law provides that in a civil action brought by a plaintiff to challenge a housing development project that meets or exceeds the requirements for low- or moderate-income housing, a defendant may seek an order requiring the plaintiff to furnish an undertaking as security for costs and damages that may be incurred by the defendant if the bringing of the action would result in preventing or delaying the project, as specified. Existing law authorizes the court to limit the amount of the undertaking or to decline to require the plaintiff to furnish an undertaking if the court determines that, based on evidence submitted by the plaintiff, furnishing an undertaking would cause the plaintiff to suffer undue economic hardship. This bill would expand the type of civil actions for which motions for undertaking may be filed to include actions that challenge a community-serving project, as defined.

Who sponsors CA AB 1162?

Bonta is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1162.

Description

Existing law provides that in a civil action brought by a plaintiff to challenge a housing development project that meets or exceeds the requirements for low- or moderate-income housing, a defendant may seek an order requiring the plaintiff to furnish an undertaking as security for costs and damages that may be incurred by the defendant if the bringing of the action would result in preventing or delaying the project, as specified. Existing law authorizes the court to limit the amount of the undertaking or to decline to require the plaintiff to furnish an undertaking if the court determines that, based on evidence submitted by the plaintiff, furnishing an undertaking would cause the plaintiff to suffer undue economic hardship. This bill would expand the type of civil actions for which motions for undertaking may be filed to include actions that challenge a community-serving project, as defined.

Introduced
2025-04-28
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bontaauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  3. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  4. 2025-03-19

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  5. 2025-04-28

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

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  6. 2025-04-29

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  7. 2025-05-06

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 6).

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  8. 2025-05-07

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  9. 2025-05-12

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1521.)

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  10. 2025-05-13

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

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  11. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

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  12. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2025-07-07

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  14. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-05-06 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Macedo: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Dixon: yes

  • AB 1162 Bonta Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-12 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Ellis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Nguyen: other
    • Stefani: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-24 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Niello: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Valladares: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-07-07 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1162

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