CA AB 1857

in committee

Unlawfully restrictive covenants: grocery stores and supermarkets.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law makes void and unenforceable any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in real property that effectively prohibits or restricts certain land uses, including the installation or use of a solar energy system or construction or use of an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit on certain lots. Existing law authorizes a person who holds or is acquiring an ownership interest of record in property that the person believes is the subject of an unlawfully restrictive covenant, as specified, to record a restrictive covenant modification document. Before recording the document, existing law requires the county recorder to submit the modification document and the original document to the county counsel, who is required to determine whether the original document contains an unlawful restriction. This bill would make void and unenforceable against an interested party any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, lease, or other recorded or unrecorded instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in real property that effectively prohibits or restricts the use of that property as a grocery store or supermarket, as defined, if a grocery store or supermarket either previously operated on the property and has ceased operations or is no longer in actual operation within a commercial project or shopping center and an approved restrictive covenant modification document has been recorded in the public record. The bill would entitle an interested party, as defined, to establish that an existing restrictive covenant is unenforceable by submitting a restrictive covenant modification document to the county recorder, in accordance with certain procedures, to allow the grocery store or supermarket development to proceed. By imposing additional duties on county officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings and declarations relating to these provisions. 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: 2026-02-23
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-24 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

2026-02-11
Read first time. To print.
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2026-02-12
From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2026-02-23
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2026-02-23
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
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2026-02-24
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-03-11
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-04-09
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-13
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-04-15
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 14).
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2026-04-16
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-20
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-29
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 14).
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-21
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5199.)
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2026-05-21
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-06-03
Referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-06-15
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Versions

02/11/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-11Compare
02/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-02-23Compare
04/09/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-09Compare
04/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-16Compare
06/15/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-15Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-14 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Zbur: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Papan: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: 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
- Tangipa: other
AB 1857 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-21 · pass · 72-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Soria: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Papan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Solache: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Davies: yes
- Lee: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bains: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hart: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Flora: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Ramos: other
- Tangipa: other
- Garcia: other
- Lackey: other
- Arambula: other
- Gabriel: other
- Chen: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-23 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Ashby: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Allen: yes
- Niello: yes

Related bills

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