CA AB 2118
enactedAffordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: use by right: objective standards.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2118 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2118 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 579, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2118 about?
The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, until January 1, 2033, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a mixed-income housing development along a commercial corridor that satisfies specified site criteria, affordability criteria, and objective development standards, and deems a housing development that meets those requirements a use by right and subject to streamlined, ministerial review. Existing law prohibits the objective standards from precluding a development from being built at specified residential density required and from requiring the development to reduce unit size to meet the objective standards. This bill would also prohibit the objective standards from prohibiting or otherwise limiting mixed-use development, as defined, in a housing development project. By changing the criteria local agencies must follow for the approval of certain development projects, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022 defines various terms for purposes of the act. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those definition provisions. 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 2118?
Hoover is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2118, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, until January 1, 2033, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a mixed-income housing development along a commercial corridor that satisfies specified site criteria, affordability criteria, and objective development standards, and deems a housing development that meets those requirements a use by right and subject to streamlined, ministerial review. Existing law prohibits the objective standards from precluding a development from being built at specified residential density required and from requiring the development to reduce unit size to meet the objective standards. This bill would also prohibit the objective standards from prohibiting or otherwise limiting mixed-use development, as defined, in a housing development project. By changing the criteria local agencies must follow for the approval of certain development projects, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022 defines various terms for purposes of the act. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those definition provisions. 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
- 2026-04-23
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 579, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Hooverauthor
- Seyartocoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 579, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-08
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-28
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 1.).
2026-08-28
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6781.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-26
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-21
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-06
From Consent Calendar.
2026-08-06
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-04
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-08-03
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-29
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-25
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-10
Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.
referral-committee
2026-05-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 5440.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-07
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-06
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-28
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-04-27
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-04-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 20).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-09
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and NAT. RES.
referral-committee
2026-02-19
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2026-02-18
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources]
2026-04-08 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ward: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wicks: yes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-20 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Zbur: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Haney: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Muratsuchi: other
- Pellerin: other
Do pass.
2026-05-06 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Solache: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Krell: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Arambula: other
AB 2118 Hoover Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 73-1
Member-level votes (80)
- Bennett: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Davies: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ta: yes
- Bains: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Flora: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Chen: yes
- Soria: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Haney: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Boerner: no
- Addis: other
- Pellerin: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Lee: other
- Jackson: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
2026-06-16 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Arreguín: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-23 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Choi: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Laird: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: yes
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