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AB 2677: Essential services buildings.
What AB 2677 does, verified February 24, 2026
This bill aims to make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the provisions of the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act of 1986. The changes would update the language to improve clarity and consistency. The bill does not make any substantive changes to the existing law, ensuring that essential services buildings continue to meet seismic safety standards.
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 20, 2026 · 334 words
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2677
| Introduced by Assembly Member Lowenthal |
February 20, 2026 |
An act to amend Section 16009 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public safety.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2677, as introduced, Lowenthal. Essential services buildings.
The Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act of 1986 requires the appropriate enforcement agency, which in the case of state-owned facilities is the Division of the State Architect, to review the design and inspect the construction of essential services buildings or the reconstruction, alteration, or addition to any essential services building, as provided.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 16009 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:16009.
The appropriate enforcement agency(1)
(a) When the enforcement agency is a local agency, drawings and specifications comply with the locally adopted editions of the model codes, as defined in Section 18916, the administrative regulations contained in Part 1 (commencing with Section 1-101) of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, and the regulations contained in Part 2 (commencing with Section 101), except for Chapters 23 to 30, inclusive, and Chapter 47 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.
(2)
(b) When the enforcement agency is the Office of the State Architect, that drawings and specifications comply with all parts of the State Building Standards Code, as contained in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, as adopted by that agency.
(3)
(c) For the protection of life and property that the work of construction has been performed in accordance with the approved drawings and specifications and this chapter.
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