AB 2320, as it passed the Assembly, for Homekey awards made on or after July 1, 2026, required the Department of Housing and Community Development to consider allowing applicants that utilize funds for adaptive reuse to be subject to the same timelines as new construction.

The Senate amendments instead require the department to consider allowing applicants that utilize funds for adaptive reuse to be subject to the same timelines as new construction if the adaptive reuse involves substantial rehabilitation, reconstruction, or demolition of an existing structure. The Senate amendments define “substantial rehabilitation, reconstruction, or demolition” for these purposes to include a project in which at least 55% of the existing structure is demolished, replaced, or substantially reconstructed.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2415, as it passed the Assembly, authorized a transit-oriented development alternative plan to reduce the capacity in a transit-oriented development zone in total units or residential floor area by more than 50% if certain requirements are met.

The Senate amendments make nonsubstantive changes to incorporate additional changes to Section 65912.161 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2576 to be operative only if AB 2415 and AB 2576 are enacted and AB 2415 is enacted last.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: no.

AB 1933, as it passed the Assembly, required a county surveyor to return a nonconforming record of survey to the presenting licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer with a written statement of the changes necessary to make it conform.

The Senate amendments instead require the county surveyor to return the nonconforming record to the presenting licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer.

AB 1933, as it passed the Assembly, made nonsubstantive changes in provisions that require a county surveyor or engineer to examine a submitted corner record for compliance with specified monument identification and tagging provisions.

The Senate amendments delete the authority of the county engineer to examine a corner record and make conforming changes.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2588, as it passed the Assembly, authorized the board of directors of a district agricultural association, if the Governor has not filled a vacancy on the board of directors within 90 days and the board of directors has insufficient membership to establish a quorum, to temporarily appoint a director to fill the vacancy and establish a quorum, as provided.

The Senate amendments make a nonsubstantive change to those provisions.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: no.

AB 1632, as it passed the Assembly, removed the requirement that the submitted form for a request to a peace officer for assistance in dealing with a trespass be notarized.

The Senate amendments additionally require the request to include a written declaration, signed under penalty of perjury, that the requestor is the owner of the property and has legal authority to request the assistance, that the information provided in the request is true and correct, that the requestor acknowledges that law enforcement may rely on the declaration in taking enforcement action, and that the requestor is required to notify law enforcement if they no longer have legal authority over the property or if the request is withdrawn. The Senate amendments also authorize law enforcement to reasonably rely on the above-described declaration unless it has actual knowledge that the declaration is false.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2280, as it passed the Assembly, authorized a repossession agency to file a lien on behalf of the repossession agency if a lien is currently in place and the lienholder affirmatively waives the right to the lien in writing or does not respond to a request for waiver made by certified mail.

The Senate amendments delete the provision specifying that the mailing of the request for waiver be achieved through certified mail.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 1184, as it passed the Assembly, among other things, required the board of directors of an association managing a common interest development, if the association becomes involved in litigation, to provide notice of the occurrence as part of the annual budget report distributed to members, as provided, authorized a member receiving the notice to request the name of the court and case number of any litigation, required discussions regarding ongoing litigation to have the case name included as part of the executive session meeting minutes, required notice to be given at the beginning of every open session of the board that the meeting is being recorded, exempted an election to amend the operating rules from a requirement that certain elections be held by secret ballot, and limited the costs and fees that a court is required to award if it finds that an association unreasonably withheld access to association records, as provided.

The Senate amendments, instead, require discussions regarding ongoing litigation to have the case name, case number, and name of the court included as part of the executive session meeting minutes, require the notice of recording to be given only for meetings that are recorded, authorize a recording used solely for creating meeting minutes to be deleted 12 months after the draft minutes are completed, require the board to make a physical copy of the minutes of a board meeting available to a member who requests a physical copy, as provided, require the minutes of a board meeting to include how each director voted on any amendment, adoption, or repeal of an operating rule, require the association’s annual budget report to also include a statement listing any active litigation in which the association is named as a party, as specified, and recast provisions related to informational or ministerial communications between members of the board of directors.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 912, as it passed the Assembly, required the Department of Human Resources, along with other state agencies, to establish a pilot civil service apprenticeship program by July 1, 2026, for people with disabilities to become civil service environmental service technicians at correctional facilities.

The Senate amendments delete the contents of the bill and instead amend the Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District Act to revise the membership, size, and compensation for the board of trustees of the Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District. The Senate amendments also apply the provisions of the Local Appointments List to the public members of the board of trustees.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 302, as it passed the Assembly, among other things, (1) revised specified requirements relating to the disclosure of medical information, (2) prohibited a provider of health care, health care service plan, or contractor from complying with a court order that constitutes a foreign subpoena, except as specified, and (3) prohibited certain entities from intentionally selling medical information or using medical information for marketing.

The Senate amendments delete those provisions and instead, commencing with the 2027–28 school year, prohibit a school district, county office of education, or charter school from (1) excluding a pupil from participating in extracurricular activities due to that pupil not having or using addictive feeds, as defined, and (2) using addictive feeds as the only means of contacting pupils or pupils’ parents or guardians.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 1128, as it passed the Assembly, contingent upon an appropriation of one-time funding by the Legislature, established the California Student Teacher Support Grant Program, under the administration of the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, to compensate teaching credential candidates while they perform required student teaching.

The Senate amendments delete the contents of AB 1128 and instead revise provisions governing the amount that management of a mobilehome park may increase rent by. Specifically, the Senate amendments extend a specified rent increase cap applicable to a mobilehome park that is located within and governed by the jurisdictions of 2 or more incorporated cities until January 1, 2036. The Senate amendments also apply a similar rent increase cap to a mobilehome park located in the City of Torrance, as specified, until January 1, 2036. The Senate amendments make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Torrance.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2674, as it passed the Assembly, required a depository institution, as defined, to take certain actions that would help protect its customers from financial abuse and deception, as defined.

The Senate amendments delete those provisions and instead require the State Air Resources Board to post on its internet website temperature and monitoring data received by the state board regarding methane emissions from landfills.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2, as it passed the Assembly, made a social media platform that violates its duty of care by causing injury to a child liable for certain statutory damages.

The Senate amendments repeal that provision on January 1, 2035.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 713, as it passed the Assembly, prohibited the University of California, California State University, or California Community Colleges from disqualifying a student from being hired for an employment position due to the student’s failure to provide proof of federal work authorization, except where that proof is required by federal law or where that proof is required as a condition of a grant that funds the particular employment position for which the student applied. AB 713 required the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges to treat a specified prohibition in federal law on hiring undocumented noncitizens as inapplicable because that provision does not apply to any branch of state government.

The Senate amendments add coauthors.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: no.

AB 1845, as it passed the Assembly, among other things, required the governing board of a community college district, the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing boards of independent postsecondary educational institutions, in order to receive state funds for student financial assistance, to adopt a policy concerning incidents of human trafficking that involve students, faculty, or staff, and required this policy to include a statement that human trafficking is a violation of the student and employee code of conduct.

The Senate amendments require this policy to instead include a statement that a conviction of human trafficking by a criminal court is a violation of the student and employee code of conduct.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2058, as it passed the Assembly, deleted the requirement on local enforcement agencies to enforce and inspect the installation of factory-built housing. The bill authorized the first user to choose between a local enforcement agency or a quality assurance agency to complete the inspection, prohibited the local agency from charging an inspection fee if the first user chooses a quality assurance agency, and prohibited local fees, including inspection fees, relating to factory-built housing from exceeding 50% of equivalent nonfactory-built housing fees.

The Senate amendments reinstate the requirement on local enforcement agencies to enforce installation of factory-built housing and require them to offer inspection. The amendments require the first user to cover costs of inspection if they choose a quality assurance agency and authorize a local enforcement agency to charge fees for inspection of items not related to the installation of factory-built housing even if a quality assurance agency performs the installation inspection. Notwithstanding the above-described 50% limit on local fees, the amendments authorize a local enforcement agency to exceed that limit if it provides substantial evidence of the reasonable costs, as specified. The amendments delay operation of the quality assurance agency inspection provisions until the Department of Housing and Community Development adopts regulations for that purpose and require the department to adopt those regulations by January 1, 2029.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2080, as it passed the Assembly, required a county board of supervisors to set monthly or quarterly reporting requirements if the board delegated the authority to invest or reinvest public funds to the county treasurer.

The Senate amendments instead authorize that delegation if the county investment policy requires the county treasurer to make a monthly report of transactions to the legislative body and make a quarterly report, as provided.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 1526, as it passed the Assembly, required a specific agreement executed by an organization formed by associations or fairs to operate the audiovisual signal system and the association conducting a racing meeting and the minisatellite wagering facility to specify which live in-state races would be provided by the association or fair to the site.

The Senate amendments, among other things, additionally eliminate a 90-day time limit on conducting an annual audit with respect to pension funds received by the horsemen’s organizations, and also eliminate a deposit requirement to secure the payment of certain license fees, as specified.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2439, as it passed the Assembly, required a common interest development association to notify the members by certified mail, return receipt requested, of a change of a person authorized to receive payment of assessments within 60 days.

The Senate amendments, instead, require a common interest development association to notify the members through individual notice by either electronic delivery or first-class mail, evidenced by a certificate of mailing, as specified, if the person or entity authorized to receive payment of assessments on behalf of the association changes. The Senate amendments require the association to send a 2nd notice by certified mail with return receipt requested if after sending an individual notice, a member has failed to pay 2 consecutive assessment payments, unless the member affirmatively responded to the individual notice. The Senate amendments require the association to maintain records confirming that individual notices were distributed and to make reasonable effort to post a physical copy of the notice in the association’s common areas.

AB 2439, as it passed the Assembly, made the board liable to the owner of a separate interest for a civil penalty of $1,000 if the association fails to comply with specified procedures before recording a lien on a member’s separate interest.

The Senate amendments, instead, make the association liable to the owner of a separate interest for this civil penalty if the association fails to comply with specified procedures before recording a lien on a member’s separate interest and the failure is the 3rd failure within a 5-year period. The Senate amendments require the association to notify members of the imposition of this penalty by general notice.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.