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CA AB 1738

enacted

State Housing Law: remote inspections.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1738 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1738 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-18): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 271, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1738 about?

Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires the building department of every city or county to enforce the provisions of the State Housing Law, the State Building Standards Code, and other specified rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law pertaining to standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law authorizes an officer, employee, or agent of an enforcement agency to enter and inspect any building or premises whenever necessary to secure compliance with, or prevent a violation of, any provision of the State Housing Law, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of the State Housing Law. Existing law provides certain immunities to a public entity or employee immunity relative to an inspection or license, as provided. This bill would require a city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, except as specified, to offer a homeowner or contractor, as described, the option of requesting remote inspections for all or a subset of an inspection required by a building permit for specified works in one- or 2-family dwelling units, by either January 1, 2028, or July 1, 2028, as provided. The bill would authorize these local agencies to adopt reasonable protocols governing the technical conduct of a remote inspection, as specified. The bill would apply the above-described immunities to remote inspections. The bill would authorize these local agencies to temporarily ban the homeowner or contractor from using the remote inspection if a homeowner is found to have willfully misrepresented the work, as provided. By imposing new duties on local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. 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 1738?

Carrillo is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1738, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires the building department of every city or county to enforce the provisions of the State Housing Law, the State Building Standards Code, and other specified rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law pertaining to standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law authorizes an officer, employee, or agent of an enforcement agency to enter and inspect any building or premises whenever necessary to secure compliance with, or prevent a violation of, any provision of the State Housing Law, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of the State Housing Law. Existing law provides certain immunities to a public entity or employee immunity relative to an inspection or license, as provided. This bill would require a city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, except as specified, to offer a homeowner or contractor, as described, the option of requesting remote inspections for all or a subset of an inspection required by a building permit for specified works in one- or 2-family dwelling units, by either January 1, 2028, or July 1, 2028, as provided. The bill would authorize these local agencies to adopt reasonable protocols governing the technical conduct of a remote inspection, as specified. The bill would apply the above-described immunities to remote inspections. The bill would authorize these local agencies to temporarily ban the homeowner or contractor from using the remote inspection if a homeowner is found to have willfully misrepresented the work, as provided. By imposing new duties on local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. 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
2026-03-16
Latest action
2026-09-18 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 271, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Carrilloauthor
  • Wicksprincipal coauthor
  • Harabediancoauthor
  • Quirk-Silvacoauthor
  • Tangipacoauthor
  • Allencoauthor
  • Sterncoauthor
  • Wienercoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-18

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 271, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-18

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-08-28

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. 2026-08-24

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-08-24

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 6402.).

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  6. 2026-08-20

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-20

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 6.).

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  8. 2026-08-20

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 5580.).

  9. 2026-08-04

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-03

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

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  11. 2026-07-02

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

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  12. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 30).

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  13. 2026-06-22

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

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  14. 2026-06-18

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 17).

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  15. 2026-06-10

    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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  16. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING.

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-05-22

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

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  18. 2026-05-22

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 5256.)

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  19. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2026-05-18

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5141.)

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  21. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  22. 2026-04-29

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

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  23. 2026-04-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2026-04-06

    Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  25. 2026-03-26

    Read second time and amended.

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  26. 2026-03-25

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25).

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  27. 2026-03-17

    Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

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  28. 2026-03-16

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

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  29. 2026-02-23

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

    referral-committee

  30. 2026-02-06

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.

  31. 2026-02-05

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/05/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-05Compare
  • 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
  • 03/26/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-26Compare
  • 05/18/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-18Compare
  • 06/10/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-10Compare
  • 06/22/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-22Compare
  • 07/02/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-07-02Compare
  • 08/26/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-26Compare
  • AB1738Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-25 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Patterson: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes

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

    2026-04-15 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ta: yes

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • AB 1738 Carrillo Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-22 · pass · 62-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • McKinnor: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Chen: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Ransom: other
    • Schiavo: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Connolly: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Jackson: other
    • Irwin: other
    • Rogers: other
    • Ta: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Davies: other

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

    2026-06-17 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Ashby: other
    • Choi: other

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

    2026-06-30 · pass · 7-2

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Padilla: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Gonzalez: other

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