CA AB 301
enactedPlanning and zoning: housing development projects: postentitlement phase permits: state agencies.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 301 pass?
Yes. CA AB 301 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 488, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 301 about?
Existing law relating to housing development approval requires a local agency to compile a list of information needed to approve or deny a postentitlement phase permit, to post an example of a complete, approved application and an example of a complete set of postentitlement phase permits for at least 5 types of housing development projects in the jurisdiction, as specified, and to make those items available to all applicants for these permits no later than January 1, 2024. Existing law establishes time limits for completing reviews regarding whether an application for a postentitlement phase permit is complete and compliant and consequences for a local agency that fails to meet that timeline, as provided. Existing law defines "postentitlement phase permit" to, among other things, include a range of permits issued by a local agency. This bill would require a state agency to comply with the above-described provisions relating to postentitlement phase permits applicable to a local agency. The bill would require a state agency to make the information list, as described above, and the above-described examples of a complete, approved application and a complete set of postentitlement phase permits available on the agency's internet website by January 1, 2026. The bill would deem a postentitlement phase permit approved, and all related reviews complete, if a state agency fails to meet the time limits for review of an application for that permit. The bill would revise the definition of "postentitlement phase permit" for purposes of these provisions to, among other things, include permits issued by a state agency and any postentitlement review by a state agency that is necessary to begin construction of a development that is intended to be at least 23 residential, excluding certain discretionary and ministerial permits and reviews and subject to specified exceptions, and would define the term "state agency" for these purposes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors CA AB 301?
Schiavo is the primary sponsor of CA AB 301, joined by 3 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law relating to housing development approval requires a local agency to compile a list of information needed to approve or deny a postentitlement phase permit, to post an example of a complete, approved application and an example of a complete set of postentitlement phase permits for at least 5 types of housing development projects in the jurisdiction, as specified, and to make those items available to all applicants for these permits no later than January 1, 2024. Existing law establishes time limits for completing reviews regarding whether an application for a postentitlement phase permit is complete and compliant and consequences for a local agency that fails to meet that timeline, as provided. Existing law defines "postentitlement phase permit" to, among other things, include a range of permits issued by a local agency. This bill would require a state agency to comply with the above-described provisions relating to postentitlement phase permits applicable to a local agency. The bill would require a state agency to make the information list, as described above, and the above-described examples of a complete, approved application and a complete set of postentitlement phase permits available on the agency's internet website by January 1, 2026. The bill would deem a postentitlement phase permit approved, and all related reviews complete, if a state agency fails to meet the time limits for review of an application for that permit. The bill would revise the definition of "postentitlement phase permit" for purposes of these provisions to, among other things, include permits issued by a state agency and any postentitlement review by a state agency that is necessary to begin construction of a development that is intended to be at least 23 residential, excluding certain discretionary and ministerial permits and reviews and subject to specified exceptions, and would define the term "state agency" for these purposes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-04
- Latest action
- 2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 488, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Schiavoauthor
- Rivasauthor
- Haneyprincipal coauthor
- Wicksprincipal coauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-01-23
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-01-24
From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
2025-02-18
Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
referral-committee
2025-03-04
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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2025-03-05
Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
referral-committee
2025-03-12
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-03-19
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-03-19
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 19).
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2025-03-20
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-04-01
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 953.).
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2025-04-02
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-07
Referred to Com. on HOUSING.
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2025-06-18
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 17).
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2025-06-19
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-07
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2025-07-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-07-17
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-08-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-11
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2917.).
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2025-09-12
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3371.).
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2025-09-12
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-10
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 488, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-03-12 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Kalra: yes
- Ta: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lee: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Gabriel: other
Do pass.
2025-03-19 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Hart: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ta: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Dixon: yes
AB 301 Schiavo Third Reading Urgency
2025-04-01 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Haney: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Chen: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Fong: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bains: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Soria: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Addis: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Essayli: yes
- Flora: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Berman: yes
- Boerner: other
- Alvarez: other
- Wicks: other
- Davies: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-06-17 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cabaldon: other
- Padilla: other
- Gonzalez: other
3rd Reading AB301 Schiavo et al. By Grayson Urgency Clause
2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
AB 301 Schiavo Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-12 · pass · 78-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Flora: other
- Boerner: other
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