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AB 2748: Building standards: affordable housing developments: electric vehicle charging.
What AB 2748 does, verified August 15, 2026
This bill relates to building standards in California, specifically focusing on affordable housing developments. It would exempt affordable housing developments that meet certain criteria from the requirements for installing electric vehicle charging stations in the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code. Instead, these developments would be required to comply with the 2022 edition of the California Building Standards Code. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2037. The changes are deemed a matter of statewide concern and would apply to all cities. The bill includes provisions for reimbursement for certain mandated costs.
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| Aug. 13, 2026 | In committee: Held under submission. |
| Aug. 03, 2026 | In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. |
| Jul. 02, 2026 | Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jul. 01, 2026 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 30). |
| Jun. 03, 2026 | Referred to Com. on HOUSING. |
Latest bill textAmended version, July 2, 2026 · 978 words
| Amended IN Senate July 02, 2026 |
| Amended IN Assembly May 18, 2026 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2748
| Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva |
February 20, 2026 |
An act to add and repeal Section 17929.1 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to building standards.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2748, as amended, Quirk-Silva. Building standards: affordable housing developments: electric vehicle charging.
Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires the building department of every city or county to enforce within its jurisdiction all the provisions published in the California Building Standards Code and the provisions of the State Housing Law, as provided. Existing law makes any violation of the State Housing Law a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, by imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or by both.
Existing law requires the California Building Standards Commission and the Department of Housing and Community Development to research and develop, and authorizes those entities to propose for adoption by the commission, mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in existing multifamily dwellings, hotels, motels, and nonresidential developments, as provided.
This bill would exempt require a new or existing affordable housing development, as defined, for which a permit application is submitted between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2030, from 2028, to comply with either the requirements for installation of low power Level 2 or higher electric vehicle charging receptacles in the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code, as provided. The bill would, instead, require those affordable housing developments for which a permit application is submitted between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2030, to comply with provided, or the applicable requirements for installation of low power Level 2 or higher electric vehicle charging receptacles in the 2024 supplement to the 2022 edition of the California Green Building Standards Code. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032. 2030. By adding to the duties of local officials, and by expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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.
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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 17929.1 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately following Section 17929, to read:17929.1.
(a)(1) The
requirements for installation of low power Level 2 or higher electric vehicle charging receptacles in Section 4.106.4.2.2 of Chapter 4 of the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (Part 11 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), including any subsequent editions and any other state or local building standards requiring the equivalent.(2) A new or existing affordable housing development for which a permit application is submitted between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2030, shall comply with the The applicable requirements for installation of low power Level 2 or higher electric vehicle charging receptacles in the 2024 supplement to the 2022 edition of the California Green Building Standards Code (Part 11 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations).
(b) For purposes of this section, “affordable housing development” means a housing development project in which 100 percent of the units, excluding managers’ units, are restricted by deed, regulatory restriction contained in an agreement with a governmental agency, or other recorded document, as affordable housing for persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093, or subject to an agreement that provides housing subsidies for affordable housing for persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 or comparable federal statutes.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2032, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares that reducing cost in affordable housing development is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, Section 1 of this act adding Section 17929.1 to the Health and Safety Code applies to all cities, including charter cities.SEC. 3.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution for certain costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district because, in that regard, this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.However, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains other costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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