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Authors Bonta  
Subject Challenges to housing and community-serving projects.
Relating To relating to civil actions.
Title An act to amend Section 529.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions.
Last Action Dt 2025-04-28
State Amended Assembly
Status In Committee Process
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Bill Actions
2025-08-29     In committee: Held under submission.
2025-07-07     In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-25     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-21     Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.
2025-05-13     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-12     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1521.)
2025-05-07     Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-05-06     From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 6).
2025-04-29     Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-04-28     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-19     In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-10     Referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-02-21     From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Amended Assembly     2025-04-28
Introduced     2025-02-20
Analyses TBD
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Existing law provides that in a civil action brought by a plaintiff to challenge a housing development project that meets or exceeds the requirements for low- or moderate-income housing, a defendant may seek an order requiring the plaintiff to furnish an undertaking as security for costs and damages that may be incurred by the defendant if the bringing of the action would result in preventing or delaying the project, as specified. Existing law authorizes the court to limit the amount of the undertaking or to decline to require the plaintiff to furnish an undertaking if the court determines that, based on evidence submitted by the plaintiff, furnishing an undertaking would cause the plaintiff to suffer undue economic hardship.

This bill would expand the type of civil actions for which motions for undertaking may be filed to include actions that challenge a community-serving project, as defined.