California AB1732: California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: affordable housing projects: public university or public college housing projects.

What the bill says

An act to amend Section 21080.40 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. environmental quality California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: affordable housing projects: public university or public college housing projects…

From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:

An act to amend Section 21080.40 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. environmental quality California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: affordable housing projects: public university or public college housing projects. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA, until January 1, 2033, exempts from its requirements certain actions for affordable housing projects that meet specified requirements, including confirmation by a public agency that, among other things, the project site satisfies specified requirements and a vacant project site does not contain tribal cultural resources that could be affected by the development that were found pursuant to a consultation and the effects of which cannot be mitigated, as …

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Sponsors

• David Alvarez (D, AD80) · primary sponsor
• Buffy Wicks (D, AD14) · primary sponsor
• Patrick Ahrens (D, AD26)
• Juan Alanis (R, AD22)
• Ávila Farías, Anamarie (D, AD15)
• Al Muratsuchi (D, AD66)
• Michelle Rodriguez (D, AD53)
• Nick Schultz (D, AD44)
• Zbur, Rick Chavez (D, AD51)
• Jessica Caloza (D, AD52)

Latest actions

1. September 29, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 792, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 29, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. August 31, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
4. August 25, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6482.).
5. August 25, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
6. August 20, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5589.).
7. August 20, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
8. August 20, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
9. August 18, 2026: Ordered to special consent calendar.
10. August 13, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Votes

• AB 1732 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 25, 2026): 77 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Special Consent AB1732 Alvarez et al. By Blakespear (August 20, 2026): 39 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Placed on suspense file (August 10, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 30, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] (June 24, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB1732?

AB1732 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: affordable housing projects: public university or public college housing projects.

What does AB1732 do?

In its own words: An act to amend Section 21080.40 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. environmental quality California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: affordable housing projects: public university or public college housing projects…

What is the status of AB1732?

Chaptered as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 792, Statutes of 2026. (September 29, 2026).

Who sponsored AB1732?

David Alvarez (D, AD80), with 9 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for AB1732?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1732