AB 726 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Planning and zoning: annual report: rehabilitated units.

Summary
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. That law requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to, among other entities, the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, formerly known as the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires the annual report to include, among other things, the city's or county's progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs, as specified. This bill would permit a local agency to include in its annual report the number of units of existing deed-restricted affordable housing within a specified affordability threshold that are at least 15 years old and have been substantially rehabilitated with at least $60,000 per unit in funds awarded from the city or county, as specified. The bill would prohibit any of the units included in the annual report from being considered when determining affordability requirements for the purposes of eligibility for streamlined approvals, as specified. The bill would also make a nonsubstantive change to update a reference to the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation in these provisions. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65400 of the Government Code proposed by AB 670 to be operative only if this bill and AB 670 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Aug 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Sep 2025
Signed into Law
Oct 2025
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Signed Oct 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

09/16/25 - Enrolled 10/13/25 - Chaptered · 2 edits · Oct 13, 2025
MINOR
AB 726 was formally enacted as Chapter 704 on October 13, 2025. Between the enrolled and chaptered versions, Section 1 was expanded to add replacement housing and relocation assistance reporting requirements that were previously only present in the AB 670-contingent Section 1.5. These new reporting obligations take effect with the annual report due April 1, 2027, requiring local agencies to track whether development applications trigger replacement housing or relocation duties and to report on replacement units produced by income level.
REQUIREMENT

Section 1, paragraph (C) now requires local agencies to report, beginning with the April 1, 2027 annual report, whether each housing development application is subject to a replacement housing or relocation assistance obligation under local, state, or federal law (including Sections 65583.2, 65915, and 66300.6).

Section 1, paragraph (H)(i) now includes two new subclauses requiring local agencies to report, beginning with the April 1, 2027 annual report: (III) the total number of replacement housing units required by income level for each entitlement, permit, or certificate of occupancy, and (IV) the number of replacement housing units actually entitled, permitted, or completed by income level.

Floor votes · Senate Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly Jun 2, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Sep 11, 2025
D Democratic30
30 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican10
10 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
11
Committee
9
Amendments
5
Oct 13, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Sep 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3379.).
lower
Sep 12, 2025
Introduced
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
lower
Sep 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2933.).
upper
Sep 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
upper
Aug 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
upper
Aug 29, 2025
Introduced
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
upper
Aug 18, 2025
Committee
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
upper
Jul 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jun 11, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on HOUSING.
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1848.)
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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