CA AB 648

enacted

Community colleges: housing: local zoning regulations: exemption.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-13
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-02-14
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2025-03-03
Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and L. GOV.
referral-committee
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.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-05-01
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30).
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2025-05-05
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-05-06
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 5. Page 1726.)
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2025-05-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-04
Referred to Coms. on ED. and L. GOV.
referral-committee
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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2025-07-16
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 16).
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2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-02
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-08
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 2592.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-08
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 8. Page 3179.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-06
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-06
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

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
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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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