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CA AB 610

enacted

Housing element: governmental constraints: disclosure statement.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 610 pass?

Yes. CA AB 610 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 494, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 610 about?

The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law, commonly referred to as the Housing Element Law, prescribes requirements for a city's or county's preparation of, and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially complies with the Housing Element Law, as specified. Existing law requires the housing element to include an analysis of potential and actual governmental constraints upon the maintenance, improvement, or development of housing for all income levels, including, among others, locally adopted ordinances that directly impact the cost and supply of residential development. Existing law also requires the analysis to demonstrate local efforts to remove governmental constraints that hinder the locality from meeting its share of the regional housing need. For adoption of the 7th and all subsequent revisions of the housing element, this bill would require the housing element to include, in addition to the above-described analysis, a potential and actual governmental constraints disclosure statement that contains, among other things, an identification of each new or amended potential or actual governmental constraint, or revision increasing the stringency of a governmental constraint, that was adopted after the due date of the previous housing element and before submittal of the current draft housing element to the department. By imposing new requirements upon local governments submitting a housing element, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make related findings and declarations. 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. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65583 of the Government Code proposed by SB 340 and AB 650, to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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 610?

Alvarez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 610.

Description

The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law, commonly referred to as the Housing Element Law, prescribes requirements for a city's or county's preparation of, and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially complies with the Housing Element Law, as specified. Existing law requires the housing element to include an analysis of potential and actual governmental constraints upon the maintenance, improvement, or development of housing for all income levels, including, among others, locally adopted ordinances that directly impact the cost and supply of residential development. Existing law also requires the analysis to demonstrate local efforts to remove governmental constraints that hinder the locality from meeting its share of the regional housing need. For adoption of the 7th and all subsequent revisions of the housing element, this bill would require the housing element to include, in addition to the above-described analysis, a potential and actual governmental constraints disclosure statement that contains, among other things, an identification of each new or amended potential or actual governmental constraint, or revision increasing the stringency of a governmental constraint, that was adopted after the due date of the previous housing element and before submittal of the current draft housing element to the department. By imposing new requirements upon local governments submitting a housing element, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make related findings and declarations. 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. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65583 of the Government Code proposed by SB 340 and AB 650, to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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
2025-04-10
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 494, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Alvarezauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-13

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-18

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  5. 2025-04-10

    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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  6. 2025-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-04-24

    (Pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-04-24

    Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1265.)

  9. 2025-04-28

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  10. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  12. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  13. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2025-06-05

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2109.)

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  15. 2025-06-09

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

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  16. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.

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  17. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).

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  18. 2025-07-03

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

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  19. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 16).

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  20. 2025-07-17

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

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  21. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  22. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  23. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  24. 2025-09-03

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  25. 2025-09-04

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  26. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  27. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  28. 2025-09-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2811.).

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  29. 2025-09-10

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  30. 2025-09-11

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 3295.).

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  31. 2025-09-23

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  32. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

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  33. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 494, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/13/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-13Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 09/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-03Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/15/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-15Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • AB610Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-04-24 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Lee: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Tangipa: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-30 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Hoover: yes

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sanchez: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 610 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-05 · pass · 72-1

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Boerner: no
    • Sanchez: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Addis: other
    • Ortega: other

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

    2025-07-01 · pass · 7-0

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

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

    2025-07-16 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: other
    • Choi: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

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

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

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

  • 3rd Reading AB610 Alvarez By Grayson

    2025-09-10 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Umberg: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Jones: other

  • AB 610 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 73-1

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: 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
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Castillo: 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
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Boerner: no
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Addis: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Chen: other
    • Flora: other

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