Bill Text: CA AB42 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Tiny homes: temporary sleeping cabins: fire sprinkler requirements.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 725, Statutes of 2023. [AB42 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB42-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 42

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Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos

December 05, 2022

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An act to add Section 65852.29 to the Government Code, relating to housing.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 42, as introduced, Ramos. Tiny homes: fire sprinkler requirements.

The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation of accessory dwelling units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Existing law prohibits a local agency from requiring an accessory dwelling unit to provide fire sprinklers, if they are not required for the primary residence.

This bill would prohibit a local agency from imposing or enforcing any requirement to provide fire sprinklers for any dwelling with a total floor area of less than 500 square feet.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 65852.29 is added to the Government Code, to read:

65852.29.

 A local agency shall not impose or enforce any requirement to provide fire sprinklers for any dwelling with a total floor area of less than 500 square feet.