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Building standards: approval or adoption: cost of compliance estimate.

It became law on Aug 27, 2026.

CA AB 2044 · Assembly Bill · 2025–2026

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Became law
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Assembly
Sponsor
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Latest action
Aug 27, 2026

What it does

Existing law requires every state agency subject to the Administrative Procedure Act to provide an initial statement of reasons for proposing the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation. Existing law requires an initial statement of reasons for a regulation that is a building standard to include the estimated cost of compliance, the estimated potential benefits, and the related assumptions used to determine the estimates, except as specified.

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Aug 27, 2026

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Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.

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