California AB2601: Planning and zoning: housing development: streamlined approval and subdivisions.

What the bill says

An act to amend Sections 65852.21 and 65913.4.5 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Sections 65852.28, 66411.7, and 66499.41 of, the Government Code, relating to land use. land use Planning and zoning: housing development: streamlined approval and subdivisions. Under the Planning and Zoning Law, the legislative body of a city or county may adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land, as provided…

From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:

An act to amend Sections 65852.21 and 65913.4.5 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Sections 65852.28, 66411.7, and 66499.41 of, the Government Code, relating to land use. land use Planning and zoning: housing development: streamlined approval and subdivisions. Under the Planning and Zoning Law, the legislative body of a city or county may adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land, as provided. The Subdivision Map Act vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency’s processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps. Existing law requires a local agency to consider ministerially a proposed housing development containing no more than 2 residential units within a single-family residential zone, without discretionary review or a hearing, if the proposed housing development meets specified requirements. Existing law requires a local agency to ministerially approve a parcel map for an urban lot split if the parcel meets specified requirements. This bill would require that an application for a proposed housing development containing no more than 2 residential units within a single-family residential zone, as described above, be eligible for concurrent processing with an application for a parcel map for an …

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Sponsors

• Alex Lee (D, AD24) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. September 30, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 955, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 30, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 10, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
4. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 44. Noes 15. Page 6870.).
5. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 44. Noes 15.).
6. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
7. August 28, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
8. August 28, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8.).
9. August 24, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
10. August 21, 2026: Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

Votes

• AB 2601 Lee Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 30, 2026): 44 yea, 15 nay, passed
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2601 Lee By Arreguín (August 28, 2026): 29 yea, 8 nay, passed
• Do pass (July 1, 2026): 5 yea, 1 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] (June 24, 2026): 8 yea, 1 nay, passed
• AB 2601 Lee Assembly Third Reading (May 4, 2026): 46 yea, 14 nay, passed
• Do pass. (April 22, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB2601?

AB2601 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Planning and zoning: housing development: streamlined approval and subdivisions.

What does AB2601 do?

In its own words: An act to amend Sections 65852.21 and 65913.4.5 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Sections 65852.28, 66411.7, and 66499.41 of, the Government Code, relating to land use. land use Planning and zoning: housing development: streamlined approval and subdivisions. Under the Planning and Zoning Law, the legislative body of a city or county may adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land, as provided…

What is the status of AB2601?

Chaptered as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 955, Statutes of 2026. (September 30, 2026).

Who sponsored AB2601?

Alex Lee (D, AD24).

Where is the official record for AB2601?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2601