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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 413: Department of Housing and Community Development: guidelines: translation.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 413 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Department of Housing and Community Development: guidelines: translation. . Primary sponsor: Mike Fong (D). Most recent recorded action (October 10, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 489, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (department) in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Existing law grants the department various powers, including the power to provide bilingual staff in connection with services of the department and make available departmental publications in a language other than English when necessary to effectively serve groups for which the services or publications are made available. Existing law authorizes the department to adopt and amend guidelines for various purposes, including for the preparation of housing elements or to implement uniform standards or criteria, as provided.

This bill would require the department to review all guidelines it has adopted or amended to determine whether those guidelines explain rights or services available to the public. For guidelines that meet that criteria, the bill would require the department to translate those guidelines into any non-English languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people, as defined.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mike FongPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly49

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 489, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2520.).
  6. Ordered to special consent calendar.
  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
  9. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  11. Referred to Com. on HOUSING.
  12. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page