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CA SB 262

enacted

Housing element: prohousing designations: prohousing local policies.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 262 pass?

Yes. CA SB 262 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 513, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 262 about?

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine whether the housing element is in substantial compliance with those provisions. Existing law requires the department to designate jurisdictions as prohousing pursuant to emergency regulations adopted by the department, as prescribed. Existing law requires that jurisdictions that are prohousing and that are in substantial compliance with specified provisions be awarded additional points or preference in the scoring of applications for specified state programs. Existing law defines "prohousing local policies" for these purposes and specifies a nonexhaustive list of examples of those policies, including local financial incentives for housing and adoption of zoning allowing for use by right for residential and mixed-use development. This bill would include in the definition of "prohousing local policies" policies that keep people housed, and would include additional examples of prohousing local policies under the above-described provisions, as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65589.9 of the Government Code proposed by AB 36 to be operative only if this bill and AB 36 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Who sponsors CA SB 262?

Wahab is the primary sponsor of CA SB 262, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine whether the housing element is in substantial compliance with those provisions. Existing law requires the department to designate jurisdictions as prohousing pursuant to emergency regulations adopted by the department, as prescribed. Existing law requires that jurisdictions that are prohousing and that are in substantial compliance with specified provisions be awarded additional points or preference in the scoring of applications for specified state programs. Existing law defines "prohousing local policies" for these purposes and specifies a nonexhaustive list of examples of those policies, including local financial incentives for housing and adoption of zoning allowing for use by right for residential and mixed-use development. This bill would include in the definition of "prohousing local policies" policies that keep people housed, and would include additional examples of prohousing local policies under the above-described provisions, as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65589.9 of the Government Code proposed by AB 36 to be operative only if this bill and AB 36 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Introduced
2025-02-03
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 513, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Wahabauthor
  • Garciacoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-03

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-04

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.

  3. 2025-02-14

    Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

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  4. 2025-03-06

    Set for hearing March 18.

  5. 2025-03-18

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 411.) (March 18).

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  6. 2025-03-19

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

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  7. 2025-03-28

    Set for hearing April 7.

  8. 2025-04-07

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

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  9. 2025-04-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-05-29

    Read third time and amended.

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  11. 2025-05-29

    Ordered to second reading.

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  12. 2025-06-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 1467.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  14. 2025-06-04

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  15. 2025-06-09

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

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  16. 2025-07-03

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (July 2).

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  17. 2025-07-07

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

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  18. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  19. 2025-08-20

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 20).

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  20. 2025-08-21

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-08-28

    Ordered to third reading.

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  22. 2025-08-28

    Read third time and amended.

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  23. 2025-09-03

    Ordered to third reading.

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  24. 2025-09-03

    Read third time and amended.

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  25. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 2984.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  26. 2025-09-08

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  27. 2025-09-09

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2711.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  28. 2025-09-16

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

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  29. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

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  30. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 513, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/03/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-03Compare
  • 03/19/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-19Compare
  • 05/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-29Compare
  • 07/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-07Compare
  • 08/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-28Compare
  • 09/03/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-03Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • SB262Compare
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Documents

Votes

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

    2025-03-18 · pass · 7-2

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Grayson: other
    • Caballero: other

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 24-13

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

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

    2025-07-02 · pass · 10-2

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: no

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

    2025-07-16 · pass · 8-2

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Ward: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Ta: no

  • Do pass.

    2025-08-20 · pass · 11-4

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Fong: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Dixon: no

  • SB 262 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Ahrens

    2025-09-08 · pass · 57-15

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: 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
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: 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
    • Hoover: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Soria: other
    • Chen: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Flora: other
    • Bains: other

  • Unfinished Business SB262 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-09 · pass · 27-11

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

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