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CA AB 648

enacted

Community colleges: housing: local zoning regulations: exemption.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 648 pass?

Yes. CA AB 648 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 648 about?

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state and authorizes them to operate campuses and provide instruction to students. This bill would provide that a community college district is not required to comply with the zoning ordinances of a city, county, or city and county, for a university housing development project constructed on property owned or leased by a community college district if specific requirements are met. If the project includes units for faculty and staff, the bill would require the community college district to ensure that a portion of the units of the project are made available at affordable rents to extremely low income faculty and staff and lower income faculty and staff. 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.

Who sponsors CA AB 648?

Zbur is the primary sponsor of CA AB 648, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state and authorizes them to operate campuses and provide instruction to students. This bill would provide that a community college district is not required to comply with the zoning ordinances of a city, county, or city and county, for a university housing development project constructed on property owned or leased by a community college district if specific requirements are met. If the project includes units for faculty and staff, the bill would require the community college district to ensure that a portion of the units of the project are made available at affordable rents to extremely low income faculty and staff and lower income faculty and staff. 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.

Introduced
2025-05-01
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zburauthor
  • Arreguíncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-22

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

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 8. Page 3179.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-09-08

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 2592.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-09-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-09-02

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

    amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  9. 2025-07-17

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

    amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  10. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 16).

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  11. 2025-06-18

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  12. 2025-06-04

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

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  13. 2025-05-28

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

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  14. 2025-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 5. Page 1726.)

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  15. 2025-05-06

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-05-05

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

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  17. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30).

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  18. 2025-03-19

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  19. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and L. GOV.

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  20. 2025-02-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  21. 2025-02-13

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/13/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-13Compare
  • 05/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-05Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 09/02/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-02Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • AB648Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-03-18 · pass · 7-3

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Boerner: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Essayli: no

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-04-30 · pass · 9-0

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

  • AB 648 Zbur Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-27 · pass · 63-5

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

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

    2025-06-18 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Choi: no
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cortese: yes

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-07-16 · pass · 5-2

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

  • 3rd Reading AB648 Zbur et al. By Arreguín

    2025-09-08 · pass · 31-5

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

  • AB 648 Zbur Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-10 · pass · 61-8

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: 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
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stefani: 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
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Wallis: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Hart: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Chen: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Flora: other
    • Ta: other

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