Bill Commons

CA SB 996

enacted

Manufactured housing: conformity.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 996 pass?

Yes. CA SB 996 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 995, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 996 about?

The Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 sets forth various standards relating to manufactured homes, mobilehomes, special purpose commercial coaches, and commercial coaches, including, but not limited to, construction and alteration of those homes. Existing law, including the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 and the Uniform Commercial Code–Secured Transactions, defines the term "manufactured home" for various purposes to mean a structure that, among other things, is transportable in one or more sections, is 8 body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and is built on a permanent chassis. This bill would modify that definition to mean a structure that was constructed on or after June 15, 1976, with or without a foundation system, and has the same meaning as defined in specified federal law. Existing law, pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to assume responsibility for the enforcement of manufactured home and mobilehome construction and safety standards relating to any issue with respect to which a federal standard has been established. Existing law also authorizes the department to adopt regulations to ensure acceptance by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of California's plan for the administration and enforcement of federal manufactured home and mobilehome safety and construction standards. Existing law makes any person who knowingly violates any provision of the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to that act, except as specified, guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would require the department, by July 1, 2027, to review, revise, and adopt regulations to permit the construction, installation, sale, and occupancy of a manufactured home built without a permanent chassis in parity with those applicable to a manufactured home built with a permanent chassis. The bill would exempt those regulations from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would also require the department to report to the Legislature by July 1, 2027, on the status of the above-described regulations. This bill would require the department, by July 1, 2029, to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature evaluating the statutory and administrative changes necessary to regulate, finance, title, tax, and protect homeowners in divided-tenure and leasehold homeownership arrangements, as specified, and to contract with appropriate outside parties who shall consult with certain entities, including county assessors and recorders, in preparing that report. By imposing additional duties on local officials, and by expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Who sponsors CA SB 996?

Padilla is the primary sponsor of CA SB 996, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Description

The Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 sets forth various standards relating to manufactured homes, mobilehomes, special purpose commercial coaches, and commercial coaches, including, but not limited to, construction and alteration of those homes. Existing law, including the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 and the Uniform Commercial Code–Secured Transactions, defines the term "manufactured home" for various purposes to mean a structure that, among other things, is transportable in one or more sections, is 8 body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and is built on a permanent chassis. This bill would modify that definition to mean a structure that was constructed on or after June 15, 1976, with or without a foundation system, and has the same meaning as defined in specified federal law. Existing law, pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to assume responsibility for the enforcement of manufactured home and mobilehome construction and safety standards relating to any issue with respect to which a federal standard has been established. Existing law also authorizes the department to adopt regulations to ensure acceptance by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of California's plan for the administration and enforcement of federal manufactured home and mobilehome safety and construction standards. Existing law makes any person who knowingly violates any provision of the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to that act, except as specified, guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would require the department, by July 1, 2027, to review, revise, and adopt regulations to permit the construction, installation, sale, and occupancy of a manufactured home built without a permanent chassis in parity with those applicable to a manufactured home built with a permanent chassis. The bill would exempt those regulations from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would also require the department to report to the Legislature by July 1, 2027, on the status of the above-described regulations. This bill would require the department, by July 1, 2029, to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature evaluating the statutory and administrative changes necessary to regulate, finance, title, tax, and protect homeowners in divided-tenure and leasehold homeownership arrangements, as specified, and to contract with appropriate outside parties who shall consult with certain entities, including county assessors and recorders, in preparing that report. By imposing additional duties on local officials, and by expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Introduced
2026-02-09
Latest action
2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 995, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Padillaauthor
  • Allencoauthor
  • Caballerocoauthor
  • Reyescoauthor
  • Wahabcoauthor
  • Quirk-Silvacoauthor
  • Leecoauthor
  • Wickscoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 995, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-30

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-09-02

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

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-27

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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

  5. 2026-08-25

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  6. 2026-08-25

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-25

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6497.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  8. 2026-08-20

    Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-3

  9. 2026-08-20

    Read third time and amended.

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  10. 2026-08-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2026-08-13

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  12. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  13. 2026-08-13

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  14. 2026-08-05

    August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  15. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2026-07-01

    Coauthors revised.

  17. 2026-06-17

    June 24 hearing postponed by committee.

  18. 2026-06-16

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

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  19. 2026-06-01

    Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

    referral-committee

  20. 2026-05-26

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    reading-1

  21. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4448.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  22. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  23. 2026-05-14

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  24. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4260.) (May 14).

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  25. 2026-05-08

    Set for hearing May 14.

  26. 2026-05-04

    May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  27. 2026-04-24

    Set for hearing May 4.

  28. 2026-04-16

    Withdrawn from committee.

    withdrawal

  29. 2026-04-16

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    referral-committee

  30. 2026-04-15

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

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  31. 2026-04-01

    April 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  32. 2026-03-27

    Set for hearing April 8.

  33. 2026-03-19

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

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

  34. 2026-03-18

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3589.) (March 17).

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  35. 2026-03-03

    Set for hearing March 17.

  36. 2026-02-18

    Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and REV. & TAX.

    referral-committee

  37. 2026-02-10

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.

  38. 2026-02-09

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

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Versions

  • 02/09/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-09Compare
  • 03/19/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-19Compare
  • 04/15/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-15Compare
  • 05/14/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-05-14Compare
  • 06/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-16Compare
  • 08/13/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-13Compare
  • 08/20/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-20Compare
  • 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
  • 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
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Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-17 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2026-05-04 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass as amended

    2026-05-14 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • 3rd Reading SB996 Padilla et al.

    2026-05-26 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Dahle: other
    • Niello: other
    • Gonzalez: other

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

    2026-07-01 · pass · 12-0

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

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