CA SB 808
enactedCivil Actions: writs: housing development projects.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 808 pass?
Yes. CA SB 808 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 527, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 808 about?
Existing law sets forth an expedited procedure for judicial review of decisions by a local public agency regarding the issuance, revocation, suspension, or denial of a permit involving expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, as specified. This bill would provide similar expedited judicial review for denials of permits or other entitlements for housing development projects or residential units at the trial and appellate level, as specified. The bill would authorize a petitioner, the Attorney General, or the Department of Housing and Community Development to file a petition for writ of mandate under these provisions. The bill would require a local agency, upon the request of an applicant or notice from the department or the Attorney General, to compile a record of its proceedings as they occur and to certify the record within 15 days of the service of a writ. The bill would require that a hearing be set no later than 45 days after the filing of the writ and that the court issue a decision no later than 30 days after the matter is submitted or 75 days after the writ was filed, whichever is earlier. The bill would authorize the temporary assignment of judicial officers to ensure the timelines are met.
Who sponsors CA SB 808?
Caballero is the primary sponsor of CA SB 808.
Description
Existing law sets forth an expedited procedure for judicial review of decisions by a local public agency regarding the issuance, revocation, suspension, or denial of a permit involving expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, as specified. This bill would provide similar expedited judicial review for denials of permits or other entitlements for housing development projects or residential units at the trial and appellate level, as specified. The bill would authorize a petitioner, the Attorney General, or the Department of Housing and Community Development to file a petition for writ of mandate under these provisions. The bill would require a local agency, upon the request of an applicant or notice from the department or the Attorney General, to compile a record of its proceedings as they occur and to certify the record within 15 days of the service of a writ. The bill would require that a hearing be set no later than 45 days after the filing of the writ and that the court issue a decision no later than 30 days after the matter is submitted or 75 days after the writ was filed, whichever is earlier. The bill would authorize the temporary assignment of judicial officers to ensure the timelines are met.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 527, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Caballeroauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-10-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 527, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-10-10
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-04
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
committee-passage
2025-09-03
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2875.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 29).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-16
July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-05
Referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-05-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-05-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1292.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1214.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-21
April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-10
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 707.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-03-27
Set for hearing April 8.
2025-03-12
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
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2025-02-21
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-08 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Allen: yes
- Stern: yes
- Niello: yes
- Caballero: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-04-21 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Dahle: other
Do pass as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading
2025-05-28 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Strickland: 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
- Valladares: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grove: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-06-17 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Pacheco: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Papan: yes
- Macedo: other
- Dixon: other
Do pass.
2025-08-29 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Ta: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
- Dixon: other
SB 808 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Wicks
2025-09-03 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Pacheco: yes
- Flora: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Berman: yes
- Davies: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bains: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Haney: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Solache: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patel: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ward: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Soria: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Papan: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Schiavo: other
- Castillo: other
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