CA AB 2576
enactedTransit-oriented development: exclusions: historic sites.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2576 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2576 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-15): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2576 about?
Existing law provides that a housing development project shall be an allowed use as a transit-oriented housing development if specified conditions and requirements are met. Existing law provides that these provisions do not apply to a local agency until July 1, 2026, unless the local agency adopts an ordinance or local transit-oriented development alternative plan, as defined, deemed compliant by the Department of Housing and Community Development before July 1, 2026. Existing law specifies that, beginning on January 1, 2027, a local government that denies a housing development project meeting the requirements referenced above that is located in a high-resource area is presumed to be in violation of specified law and immediately liable for specified penalties. Existing law specifies exclusions from the provisions described above, including, among other sites prior to one year following the adoption of the 7th revision of the housing element, a site with a historic resource designated as of January 1, 2025, on a local register. This bill would also exclude from the provisions described above, a contributing site within a historic district included on the State Historic Resources Inventory designated before January 1, 2025, and a parcel individually listed as a historical resource included on the State Historic Resources Inventory designated before January 1, 2025. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65912.161 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2415 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2415 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Who sponsors CA AB 2576?
Harabedian is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2576, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law provides that a housing development project shall be an allowed use as a transit-oriented housing development if specified conditions and requirements are met. Existing law provides that these provisions do not apply to a local agency until July 1, 2026, unless the local agency adopts an ordinance or local transit-oriented development alternative plan, as defined, deemed compliant by the Department of Housing and Community Development before July 1, 2026. Existing law specifies that, beginning on January 1, 2027, a local government that denies a housing development project meeting the requirements referenced above that is located in a high-resource area is presumed to be in violation of specified law and immediately liable for specified penalties. Existing law specifies exclusions from the provisions described above, including, among other sites prior to one year following the adoption of the 7th revision of the housing element, a site with a historic resource designated as of January 1, 2025, on a local register. This bill would also exclude from the provisions described above, a contributing site within a historic district included on the State Historic Resources Inventory designated before January 1, 2025, and a parcel individually listed as a historical resource included on the State Historic Resources Inventory designated before January 1, 2025. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65912.161 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2415 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2415 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-19
- Latest action
- 2026-09-15 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Harabedianauthor
- Pérezprincipal coauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-15
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-15
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-14
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-14
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-27
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2026-08-20
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).
2026-08-20
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
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2026-08-20
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6327.).
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2026-08-19
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5552.).
2026-08-11
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-10
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-07-02
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).
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2026-06-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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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 HOUSING.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-28
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-13
Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.
referral-committee
2026-05-05
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4907.)
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2026-04-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-04-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22).
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2026-04-20
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2026-04-16
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4663.)
2026-04-16
(Pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)
referral-committee
2026-04-16
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-15
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 15).
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2026-03-23
Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
referral-committee
2026-03-19
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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2026-03-19
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
referral-committee
2026-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
- 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
- 04/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-16Compare
- 05/28/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-05-28Compare
- 06/15/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-15Compare
- 08/10/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-10Compare
- 08/24/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-24Compare
- 09/14/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-14Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
2026-04-15 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Patterson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lee: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ta: other
Do pass.
2026-04-22 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Carrillo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Ta: other
AB 2576 Harabedian Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-04 · pass · 75-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Jackson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Krell: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Davies: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Lee: yes
- Solache: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Flora: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lackey: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bains: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Papan: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Addis: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Hart: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Arambula: other
- Chen: other
- Bennett: other
- Garcia: other
- Caloza: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
2026-06-24 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Arreguín: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Padilla: yes
Do pass
2026-07-01 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Laird: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Choi: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Durazo: yes
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