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CA AB 518

enacted

Low-impact camping areas.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 518 pass?

Yes. CA AB 518 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 157, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 518 about?

Existing law, the Special Occupancy Parks Act, establishes requirements for the construction, maintenance, occupancy, use, and design of special occupancy parks. Existing law defines "special occupancy park" to mean a recreational vehicle park, temporary recreational vehicle park, incidental camping area, or tent camp. This bill would specify that, for purposes of that act, a special occupancy park does not include a low-impact camping area, as specified, that is located in a county that has enacted an ordinance, as specified, authorizing low-impact camping and meeting specified requirements. The bill would impose specified requirements on owners of private property offering low-impact camping area sites and on online hosting platforms. The bill would define a "low-impact camping area" to mean any area of private property that provides for the transient occupancy rental of a temporary sleeping accommodation, as defined, for recreational purposes that is not a commercial lodging facility. The bill would specify that a low-impact camping area is not a special occupancy park if, among other things, it meets certain requirements, including compliance with applicable local requirements relating to waste disposal and quiet hours, as specified. The bill would require that a county that has authorized low-impact camping to take specified actions, including, among others, to establish a registry of low-impact camping areas, as specified, and to notify the Department of Housing and Community Development of the county's choice to authorize low-impact camping areas. The bill would also require all state and local eviction processes applicable to a special occupancy park to apply to a low-impact camping area.

Who sponsors CA AB 518?

Ward is the primary sponsor of CA AB 518, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law, the Special Occupancy Parks Act, establishes requirements for the construction, maintenance, occupancy, use, and design of special occupancy parks. Existing law defines "special occupancy park" to mean a recreational vehicle park, temporary recreational vehicle park, incidental camping area, or tent camp. This bill would specify that, for purposes of that act, a special occupancy park does not include a low-impact camping area, as specified, that is located in a county that has enacted an ordinance, as specified, authorizing low-impact camping and meeting specified requirements. The bill would impose specified requirements on owners of private property offering low-impact camping area sites and on online hosting platforms. The bill would define a "low-impact camping area" to mean any area of private property that provides for the transient occupancy rental of a temporary sleeping accommodation, as defined, for recreational purposes that is not a commercial lodging facility. The bill would specify that a low-impact camping area is not a special occupancy park if, among other things, it meets certain requirements, including compliance with applicable local requirements relating to waste disposal and quiet hours, as specified. The bill would require that a county that has authorized low-impact camping to take specified actions, including, among others, to establish a registry of low-impact camping areas, as specified, and to notify the Department of Housing and Community Development of the county's choice to authorize low-impact camping areas. The bill would also require all state and local eviction processes applicable to a special occupancy park to apply to a low-impact camping area.

Introduced
2025-04-10
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 157, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Wardauthor
  • Connollycoauthor
  • Ortegacoauthor
  • Rogerscoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-10

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-11

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

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  4. 2025-04-10

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 9).

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  5. 2025-04-21

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  6. 2025-04-22

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. 2025-05-07

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-05-12

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 1508.)

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  9. 2025-05-13

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

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  10. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

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  11. 2025-06-23

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

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  12. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15).

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  13. 2025-07-17

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

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  14. 2025-08-20

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2025-08-25

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  16. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  17. 2025-08-29

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  18. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 2660.).

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  20. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  21. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3220.).

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  22. 2025-09-22

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

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  23. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

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  24. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 157, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/10/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-10Compare
  • 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
  • 05/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-07Compare
  • 06/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-23Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
  • AB518Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-04-09 · pass · 10-1

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gallagher: no
    • Wilson: other

  • AB 518 Ward Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-12 · pass · 63-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ellis: other
    • Addis: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Flora: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Wilson: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Pellerin: other
    • Stefani: other
    • DeMaio: other
    • Soria: other
    • Chen: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Hadwick: other

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

    2025-07-15 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Cabaldon: other
    • Seyarto: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-25 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: other

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: other
    • Cabaldon: other
    • Dahle: other

  • 3rd Reading AB518 Ward et al. By Limón

    2025-09-09 · pass · 35-1

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Cabaldon: no
    • Weber Pierson: other
    • Ashby: other
    • Allen: other
    • Laird: other

  • AB 518 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 67-0

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

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