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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 1732

California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: affordable housing projects: public university or public college housing projects.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA, until January 1, 2033, exempts from its requirements certain actions for affordable housing projects that meet specified requirements, including confirmation by a public agency that, among other things, the project site satisfies specified requirements and a vacant project site does not contain tribal cultural resources that could be affected by the development that were found pursuant to a consultation and the effects of which cannot be mitigated, as provided. This bill would extend the operation of the above-described exemption to January 1, 2037, and would expand the exemption to also include a public university or public college housing project, as defined, that meets specified requirements. Because the bill would extend the operation of the exemption and would increase duties on a lead agency related to the expansion of this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 12:15 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 25, 2026
House		AB 1732 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate AmendmentspassSet your home in California to see
Aug 20, 2026
Senate		Special Consent AB1732 Alvarez et al. By BlakespearpassSet your home in California to see
Aug 13, 2026
Senate		Do passpassSet your home in California to see
Aug 10, 2026
Senate		Placed on suspense filepassSet your home in California to see
Jun 30, 2026
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see
Jun 24, 2026
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing]passSet your home in California to see
May 27, 2026
House		AB 1732 Alvarez Assembly Third ReadingpassSet your home in California to see
May 13, 2026
House		Do pass as amended.passSet your home in California to see
Apr 22, 2026
House		Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see
Apr 13, 2026
House		Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development]passSet your home in California to see

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