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California 20252026

SB 916

Civil actions: housing development projects.

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Civilactions, housingdevelopmentprojects
Introduced / first action
2026-01-27 00:00:00

Alternate titles

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Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law provides that in a civil action brought by a plaintiff to challenge a housing development project that meets or exceeds the requirements for low- or moderate-income housing, a defendant may seek an order requiring the plaintiff to furnish an undertaking as security for costs and damages that may be incurred by the defendant if the bringing of the action would result in preventing or delaying the project, as specified. Existing law authorizes the court to limit the amount of the undertaking or to decline to require the plaintiff to furnish an undertaking if the court determines that, based on evidence submitted by the plaintiff, furnishing an undertaking would cause the plaintiff to suffer undue economic hardship. This bill would make these provisions applicable to a student housing development, as defined. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 529.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure proposed by SB 1344 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1344 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  4. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6418.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  6. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. Read third time and amended.

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  8. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.

  10. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  11. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1).

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  12. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 16).

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  14. Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

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  15. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4167.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  17. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  18. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

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  19. Set for hearing May 4.

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3976.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. Set for hearing April 21.

  22. April 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  23. Set for hearing April 7.

  24. Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

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  25. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  26. Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  27. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 27.

  28. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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