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CA SB 838

enacted

Housing Accountability Act: housing development projects.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 838 pass?

Yes. CA SB 838 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 789, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 838 about?

Existing law, the Housing Accountability Act, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households unless the local agency makes written findings as to one of certain sets of conditions, as specified. Existing law defines, for its purposes, a housing development project as a use consisting of, among other things, mixed-use developments consisting of residential and nonresidential uses meeting one of several conditions, including that at least 23 of the new or converted square footage is designated for residential use. This bill would revise the definition of "housing development project" to, in the case of mixed-use developments with at least 23 of the new or converted square footage designated for residential use, require that no portion of the project be designated for use as a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other transient lodging, except as specified. This bill would correct cross-references in the Housing Accountability Act. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65589.5 of the Government Code proposed by AB 1308 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1308 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Who sponsors CA SB 838?

Durazo is the primary sponsor of CA SB 838.

Description

Existing law, the Housing Accountability Act, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households unless the local agency makes written findings as to one of certain sets of conditions, as specified. Existing law defines, for its purposes, a housing development project as a use consisting of, among other things, mixed-use developments consisting of residential and nonresidential uses meeting one of several conditions, including that at least 23 of the new or converted square footage is designated for residential use. This bill would revise the definition of "housing development project" to, in the case of mixed-use developments with at least 23 of the new or converted square footage designated for residential use, require that no portion of the project be designated for use as a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other transient lodging, except as specified. This bill would correct cross-references in the Housing Accountability Act. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65589.5 of the Government Code proposed by AB 1308 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1308 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 789, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Durazoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  3. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  4. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-26

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

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  6. 2025-03-27

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  7. 2025-03-27

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  8. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.

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  9. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 22.

  10. 2025-04-08

    Set for hearing May 7 in L. GOV. pending receipt.

  11. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 832.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  12. 2025-05-01

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

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  13. 2025-05-07

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1039.) (May 7).

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  14. 2025-05-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 1386.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  16. 2025-06-03

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  17. 2025-06-09

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

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  18. 2025-06-30

    July 2 hearing postponed by committee.

  19. 2025-07-07

    Assembly Rule 56 suspended.

  20. 2025-07-16

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

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  21. 2025-07-17

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)

  22. 2025-07-17

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  23. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 16).

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  24. 2025-08-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  25. 2025-09-03

    Ordered to third reading.

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  26. 2025-09-03

    Read third time and amended.

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  27. 2025-09-05

    Ordered to third reading.

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  28. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended.

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  29. 2025-09-05

    Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.

  30. 2025-09-11

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 3273.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  31. 2025-09-12

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  32. 2025-09-12

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 2988.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  33. 2025-09-23

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  34. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  35. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 789, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 05/01/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-01Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 09/03/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-03Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/18/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-18Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • SB838Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-22 · pass · 9-2

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

    2025-05-07 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Choi: no
    • Seyarto: other
  • 3rd Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 23-11

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

    2025-07-16 · pass · 9-1

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ta: no
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-07-16 · pass · 8-2

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Wilson: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: no
    • Wicks: other
    • Patterson: other
  • SB 838 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Carrillo

    2025-09-11 · pass · 58-17

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: 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
    • 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
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Chen: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • Wallis: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Mark González: other
    • Wicks: other
    • Irwin: other
    • Flora: other
    • Patterson: other
  • Unfinished Business SB838 Durazo Concurrence

    2025-09-12 · pass · 26-9

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

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