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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 648: Community colleges: housing: local zoning regulations: exemption.

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 648 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Community colleges: housing: local zoning regulations: exemption. Primary sponsor: Rick Chavez Zbur (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (October 6, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, 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 California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state and authorizes them to operate campuses and provide instruction to students.

This bill would provide that a community college district is not required to comply with the zoning ordinances of a city, county, or city and county, for a university housing development project constructed on property owned or leased by a community college district if specific requirements are met. If the project includes units for faculty and staff, the bill would require the community college district to ensure that a portion of the units of the project are made available at affordable rents to extremely low income faculty and staff and lower income faculty and staff.

The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rick Chavez ZburPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly51
Jesse ArreguínCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate7

“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 378, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 8. Page 3179.).
  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 2592.).
  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 16).
  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
  12. Referred to Coms. on ED. and L. GOV.

Sources

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