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CA AB 632

vetoed

Local ordinances: administrative fines or penalties.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 632 pass?

No. CA AB 632 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

What is CA AB 632 about?

Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a local agency, as defined, to, by ordinance, make any violation of an ordinance subject to an administrative fine or penalty. Existing law requires a local agency to set forth, by ordinance, the administrative procedures that govern the imposition, enforcement, collection, and administrative review of those administrative fines or penalties, as specified. This bill would, for specified administrative fines or penalties, authorize a local agency to, subject to specified requirements, file a certified copy of a final administrative order or decision that directs payment of the administrative fine or penalty with the clerk of the superior court of any county, as specified, and require the clerk to enter judgment immediately in conformity with the decision or order. The bill would also authorize a local agency to, by ordinance, establish a procedure to collect administrative fines or penalties by lien upon the parcel of land on which the violation occurred if the ordinance meets specified requirements. The bill would specify that the remedies or penalties provided by these provisions are cumulative of the remedies or penalties available under any other law.

Who sponsors CA AB 632?

Hart is the primary sponsor of CA AB 632, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a local agency, as defined, to, by ordinance, make any violation of an ordinance subject to an administrative fine or penalty. Existing law requires a local agency to set forth, by ordinance, the administrative procedures that govern the imposition, enforcement, collection, and administrative review of those administrative fines or penalties, as specified. This bill would, for specified administrative fines or penalties, authorize a local agency to, subject to specified requirements, file a certified copy of a final administrative order or decision that directs payment of the administrative fine or penalty with the clerk of the superior court of any county, as specified, and require the clerk to enter judgment immediately in conformity with the decision or order. The bill would also authorize a local agency to, by ordinance, establish a procedure to collect administrative fines or penalties by lien upon the parcel of land on which the violation occurred if the ordinance meets specified requirements. The bill would specify that the remedies or penalties provided by these provisions are cumulative of the remedies or penalties available under any other law.

Introduced
2025-04-10
Latest action
2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hartauthor
  • Pachecocoauthor
  • Papancoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-22

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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  2. 2025-10-11

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  3. 2025-10-11

    Vetoed by Governor.

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  4. 2025-09-23

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

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  5. 2025-09-11

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 12. Page 3297.).

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  6. 2025-09-10

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2025-09-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2807.).

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  8. 2025-08-19

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (July 15).

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  10. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  11. 2025-05-28

    Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD.

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  12. 2025-05-15

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

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  13. 2025-05-15

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 7. Page 1562.)

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  14. 2025-05-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-05-07

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

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  16. 2025-05-06

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 6).

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  17. 2025-04-22

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  18. 2025-04-21

    Read second time and amended.

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  19. 2025-04-10

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9).

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  20. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD.

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  21. 2025-02-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  22. 2025-02-13

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/13/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-13Compare
  • 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
  • 05/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-07Compare
  • 08/19/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-19Compare
  • 09/15/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-15Compare
  • AB632Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-04-09 · pass · 8-0

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

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-06 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Macedo: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other

  • AB 632 Hart Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-15 · pass · 57-7

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

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-07-02 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Choi: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-07-15 · pass · 10-2

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Valladares: no
    • Niello: no
    • Caballero: other

  • 3rd Reading AB632 Hart et al. By Arreguín

    2025-09-10 · pass · 28-9

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

  • AB 632 Hart Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 60-12

    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
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: 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
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Ta: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Hoover: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Chen: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Flora: other

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