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CA AB 1385

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Unlawfully restrictive covenants: housing developments: Palisades Fire.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1385 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 1385 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 1385 about?

Existing law makes specified recorded covenants, conditions, restrictions, or private limits on the use of land contained in specified instruments affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in real property unenforceable against the owner of an affordable housing development, as defined, if an approved restrictive covenant affordable housing modification document has been recorded in the public record, as specified. As part of this process, existing law requires the owner to submit to the county recorder a copy of the original restrictive covenant, among other documents, and requires the county counsel to determine, among other things, if a modification document may be recorded. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, as specified. This bill would expand the provisions making a recorded restrictive covenant unenforceable against the owner of an affordable housing development to additionally apply to a development located on property that is the subject of a recorded restrictive covenant and is located within a county subject to the state of emergency declared by the Governor on January 7, 2025, related to the Palisades Fire and windstorm conditions. The bill would make conforming changes in this regard. By imposing additional duties on county officials, the 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 1385?

Petrie-Norris is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1385.

Description

Existing law makes specified recorded covenants, conditions, restrictions, or private limits on the use of land contained in specified instruments affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in real property unenforceable against the owner of an affordable housing development, as defined, if an approved restrictive covenant affordable housing modification document has been recorded in the public record, as specified. As part of this process, existing law requires the owner to submit to the county recorder a copy of the original restrictive covenant, among other documents, and requires the county counsel to determine, among other things, if a modification document may be recorded. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, as specified. This bill would expand the provisions making a recorded restrictive covenant unenforceable against the owner of an affordable housing development to additionally apply to a development located on property that is the subject of a recorded restrictive covenant and is located within a county subject to the state of emergency declared by the Governor on January 7, 2025, related to the Palisades Fire and windstorm conditions. The bill would make conforming changes in this regard. By imposing additional duties on county officials, the 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
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
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Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Petrie-Norrisauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

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  1. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

  2. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  3. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  4. 2025-07-03

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

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  5. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 1).

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  6. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HOUSING.

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  7. 2025-06-03

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

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  8. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 10. Page 1890.)

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  9. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).

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  11. 2025-04-23

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  12. 2025-04-10

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2025-04-09

    Read second time and amended.

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  14. 2025-04-08

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 8).

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  15. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  16. 2025-03-24

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

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  17. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  18. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  19. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  20. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 04/09/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-09Compare
  • 07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
  • AB1385Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-08 · pass · 10-2

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Sanchez: no

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-3

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

  • AB 1385 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 63-10

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

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

    2025-07-01 · pass · 11-1

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Valladares: other

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

    2025-07-15 · pass · 8-2

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

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

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

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