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CA AB 818

enacted

Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 818 pass?

Yes. CA AB 818 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 534, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 818 about?

Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, requires a public agency to determine whether an application for a development project is complete within specified time periods, as specified. The act requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county to proclaim a local emergency under certain circumstances, as specified, and grants political subdivisions various powers and authorities in periods of local emergency. This bill would require a city, county, or city and county to approve or deny a complete application, within 10 business days of receipt of the application, for a building permit or an equivalent permit for any of the specified structures intended to be used by a person until the rebuilding or repair of an affected property is complete. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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. 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 818?

Ávila Farías is the primary sponsor of CA AB 818, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, requires a public agency to determine whether an application for a development project is complete within specified time periods, as specified. The act requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county to proclaim a local emergency under certain circumstances, as specified, and grants political subdivisions various powers and authorities in periods of local emergency. This bill would require a city, county, or city and county to approve or deny a complete application, within 10 business days of receipt of the application, for a building permit or an equivalent permit for any of the specified structures intended to be used by a person until the rebuilding or repair of an affected property is complete. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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. 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
2025-04-23
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 534, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ávila Faríasauthor
  • Wickscoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  3. 2025-03-10

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

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-21

    (Pending re-refer to Com. on H. & C. D.)

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-21

    Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1163.)

  6. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23).

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  7. 2025-04-24

    Read second time and amended.

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  8. 2025-04-28

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

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  9. 2025-04-30

    Coauthors revised.

  10. 2025-04-30

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

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  11. 2025-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  12. 2025-05-15

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  13. 2025-05-23

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1662.)

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  14. 2025-05-23

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

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  15. 2025-06-04

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

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  16. 2025-06-25

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

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  17. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

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  18. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 15).

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  19. 2025-07-17

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

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  20. 2025-08-19

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  21. 2025-08-20

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  22. 2025-09-04

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  23. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  24. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2672.).

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  25. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  26. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3228.).

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  27. 2025-09-22

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

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  28. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

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  29. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 534, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 04/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-24Compare
  • 06/25/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-25Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 09/04/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-04Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • AB818Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-23 · pass · 10-0

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

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-30 · pass · 10-0

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

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-05-14 · pass · 15-0

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

  • AB 818 Ávila Farías Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-23 · pass · 71-0

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

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

    2025-07-02 · pass · 7-0

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

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

    2025-07-15 · pass · 10-0

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

  • 3rd Reading AB818 Ávila Farías et al. By Cabaldon

    2025-09-09 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Weber Pierson: 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
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes

  • AB 818 Ávila Farías Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 79-0

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

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