Bill Commons

CA SB 499

enacted

Residential projects: fees and charges.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 499 pass?

Yes. CA SB 499 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 543, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 499 about?

Existing law, the Mitigation Fee Act, imposes various requirements with respect to the establishment, increase, or imposition of a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a development project. If a local agency imposes any fees or charges on designated residential developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities, existing law imposes various conditions on the fees and charges. Among these conditions, existing law prohibits the local agency from requiring the payment of those fees or charges until the date the first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs first, except as specified. Existing law, for designated residential development projects, authorizes the local agency to collect utility service fees related to connections at the time an application for service is received if those fees do not exceed the costs incurred by the utility provider resulting from the connection activities. This bill would additionally authorize a local agency to collect utility service charges related to connections at the time an application is received, as described above. Existing law also authorizes a local agency to require the payment of fees or charges on designated residential developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities earlier than the date the first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued if the local agency determines that the fees or charges will be collected for public improvements or facilities related to providing water, sewer, or wastewater service to the residential development. This bill would also require the fees or charges to be consistent with an existing provision of law prohibiting a local agency from imposing fees or charges for water or sewer connections that exceed the estimated reasonable cost for providing the service for which the fee or charge is imposed, except as specified. Existing law also authorizes a local agency to require the payment of fees or charges on designated residential developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities earlier than the date the first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued if the local agency determines that the fees or charges will be collected for public improvements or facilities related to providing fire, public safety, and emergency services to the residential development. This bill would revise that provision to specify that those public improvements or facilities related to providing fire, public safety, and emergency services include parkland and recreational facilities identified in the local agency's safety element or local hazard mitigation plan for an emergency purpose, as specified.

Who sponsors CA SB 499?

Stern is the primary sponsor of CA SB 499.

Description

Existing law, the Mitigation Fee Act, imposes various requirements with respect to the establishment, increase, or imposition of a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a development project. If a local agency imposes any fees or charges on designated residential developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities, existing law imposes various conditions on the fees and charges. Among these conditions, existing law prohibits the local agency from requiring the payment of those fees or charges until the date the first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs first, except as specified. Existing law, for designated residential development projects, authorizes the local agency to collect utility service fees related to connections at the time an application for service is received if those fees do not exceed the costs incurred by the utility provider resulting from the connection activities. This bill would additionally authorize a local agency to collect utility service charges related to connections at the time an application is received, as described above. Existing law also authorizes a local agency to require the payment of fees or charges on designated residential developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities earlier than the date the first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued if the local agency determines that the fees or charges will be collected for public improvements or facilities related to providing water, sewer, or wastewater service to the residential development. This bill would also require the fees or charges to be consistent with an existing provision of law prohibiting a local agency from imposing fees or charges for water or sewer connections that exceed the estimated reasonable cost for providing the service for which the fee or charge is imposed, except as specified. Existing law also authorizes a local agency to require the payment of fees or charges on designated residential developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities earlier than the date the first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued if the local agency determines that the fees or charges will be collected for public improvements or facilities related to providing fire, public safety, and emergency services to the residential development. This bill would revise that provision to specify that those public improvements or facilities related to providing fire, public safety, and emergency services include parkland and recreational facilities identified in the local agency's safety element or local hazard mitigation plan for an emergency purpose, as specified.

Introduced
2025-02-19
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 543, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sternauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 543, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-10

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 2817.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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

  5. 2025-09-03

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-03

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 12. Page 2877.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-08-20

    Read third time and amended.

    amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3

  8. 2025-08-20

    Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-3

  9. 2025-07-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  10. 2025-07-07

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

    amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2

  11. 2025-07-03

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2).

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

  12. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    reading-1

  14. 2025-05-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 1. Page 1270.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  15. 2025-05-08

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

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

  16. 2025-05-07

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1038.) (May 7).

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

  17. 2025-04-30

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  18. 2025-04-08

    Set for hearing May 7.

  19. 2025-04-07

    April 30 hearing postponed by committee.

  20. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 30.

  21. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-03-27

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

    referral-committee

  23. 2025-03-27

    Withdrawn from committee.

    withdrawal

  24. 2025-03-27

    April 8 hearing postponed by committee.

  25. 2025-03-26

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  26. 2025-03-24

    Set for hearing April 8.

  27. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  29. 2025-02-19

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

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 04/30/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-30Compare
  • 05/08/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-08Compare
  • 07/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-07Compare
  • 08/20/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-20Compare
  • 09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • SB499Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-05-07 · pass · 6-1

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

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-05-28 · pass · 29-1

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

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-07-02 · pass · 7-0

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

  • SB 499 Stern Senate Third Reading By Ransom

    2025-09-03 · pass · 46-12

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

  • Unfinished Business SB499 Stern Concurrence

    2025-09-10 · pass · 31-1

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

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