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Senate committee action: votes and outcomes from the Oct. 26 hearing
Summary
The Senate Committee on Local Government voted on multiple measures on Oct. 26, advancing bills on permitting timelines, office-to-housing conversions, code-enforcement liens, electrification planning and ballot-information changes.
The Senate Committee on Local Government met on Oct. 26 and considered a range of measures affecting housing, local enforcement, downtown recovery, electrification planning and ballot transparency. Below are the committee actions recorded at the hearing.
Votes at a glance
- AB 253 (Ward) — Private third-party plan checks when local review exceeds 30 business days for small residential projects. Passed as amended to the Committee on Housing. Vote: 6-0.
- AB 39 — Local electrification planning (jurisdictions 75,000+). Passed as amended to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. Vote: 5-2.
- AB 507 (Haney) — Office-to-housing conversion ministerial pathway for qualifying infill/downtown projects. Passed as amended to the Committee on Housing. Vote: 5-2.
- AB 1445 (Haney) — Downtown recovery financing district (pilot expanded statewide). Passed as amended to the Committee on Housing. Vote recorded as 5-0 in committee summary.
- AB 632 (Hart) — Administrative-money-judgment lien option for unpaid code-enforcement fines; two avenues of judicial…
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