All Roll Calls
Yes: 228 • No: 0
CaliforniaAB 3012025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Planning and zoning: housing development projects: postentitlement phase permits: state departments.
Sponsored By: Robert Rivas (Democratic), Pilar Schiavo (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
Your PRIA Score
Score Hidden
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Appeals and penalties for permit delays
You can appeal if a permit is denied, called incomplete, or called noncompliant. Appeals must get a final written decision in 60 business days for projects with 25 units or fewer, and 90 business days for 26 units or more. If a state agency misses legal time limits, the permit and related reviews are deemed approved and complete. If a local agency misses time limits, it violates state housing law. Agencies cannot force you to sign deadline extensions to accept your application. You may agree to an extension, and an agency may require one only to allow concurrent processing or environmental review for the same project.
Permit checklists and sample applications online
Agencies must post what information you need for post‑approval permits and show a complete, approved example. Local agencies had to post by January 1, 2024 and include at least five types: ADU, duplex, multifamily, mixed use, and townhome. State agencies must post by January 1, 2026. This makes it easier to file a complete application the first time.
Faster housing permits after approval
The law speeds up permits after a project is approved. Agencies have 15 business days to say if an application is complete. If they miss that, it is treated as complete. Small projects (25 units or fewer) must get a decision or full comments in 30 business days. Larger projects (26 or more units) get the same within 60 business days. Agencies can pause the clock only when they need an outside review and must email you within 3 business days to say the clock is paused. They can also take more time only with written proof of a specific, serious risk to health or safety. If your complete filing is denied or not compliant, the agency must list fixes, and you can resubmit. Once the agency finds your permit compliant, it cannot be sent to more appeals or extra hearings.
What housing projects this covers
The rules cover housing projects that are at least two‑thirds residential. They include nondiscretionary permits needed to start work, like building (including Title 24), demolition, minor grading, minor off‑site work, and interdepartmental reviews. They do not cover Coastal Commission permits, special district permits, utilities not run by a city or county, or certain water‑quality and drinking‑water permits. Local agencies may set written thresholds for what counts as a minor or standard permit. If your project also uses the state’s streamlined approval law for housing, those post‑approval permit rules apply too and must align with this section.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Robert Rivas
Democratic • House
Pilar Schiavo
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Matt Haney
Democratic • House
Buffy Wicks
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 9/12/2025
Item 107 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 78 • No: 0
Senate vote • 9/11/2025
Item 93 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 40 • No: 0
legislature vote • 6/17/2025
Vote in CS75
Yes: 8 • No: 0
House vote • 4/1/2025
Item 9 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 76 • No: 0
legislature vote • 3/19/2025
Vote in CX25
Yes: 15 • No: 0
legislature vote • 3/12/2025
Vote in CX10
Yes: 11 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 488, Statutes of 2025.
10/10/2025SenateApproved by the Governor.
10/10/2025legislatureEnrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
9/24/2025legislatureSenate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3371.).
9/12/2025HouseIn Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
9/12/2025HouseRead third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2917.).
9/11/2025SenateRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
8/19/2025SenateRead third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
7/17/2025SenateRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
7/8/2025SenateFrom committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
7/7/2025SenateRead second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
6/19/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 17).
6/18/2025SenateReferred to Com. on HOUSING.
5/7/2025SenateIn Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
4/2/2025SenateRead third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 953.).
4/1/2025HouseRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
3/20/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 19).
3/19/2025HouseIn committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
3/19/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
3/12/2025HouseRe-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
3/5/2025HouseFrom committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.
3/4/2025HouseReferred to Com. on H. & C.D.
2/18/2025HouseFrom printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
1/24/2025HouseRead first time. To print.
1/23/2025House
Bill Text
Chaptered
10/10/2025
Enrolled
9/16/2025
Amended Senate
7/17/2025
Amended Senate
6/19/2025
Amended Assembly
3/4/2025
Introduced
1/23/2025