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 AB-2044 Building standards: approval or adoption: cost of compliance estimate.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 02/17/2026 09:00 PM

AB2044:v99#DOCUMENTBill Start

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 2044

Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris

February 17, 2026

 An act to amend Sections 18930 and 18940.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to building standards. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2044, as introduced, Petrie-Norris.
 Building standards: approval or adoption: cost of compliance estimate.

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.

Existing law, the California Building Standards Law, establishes the California Building Standards Commission within the Government Operations Agency. Existing law requires any building standard adopted or proposed by state agencies to be submitted to, and approved or adopted by, the commission before codification, in compliance with certain procedures, including, among others, the above-described
 requirement that an initial statement of reasons for a regulation that is a building standard include the estimated cost of compliance, the estimated potential benefits, and the related assumptions used to determine the estimates.

This bill, if the commission finds that the initial statement of reasons is submitted without a completed statement of estimated cost of compliance, as specified, would prohibit the commission from approving or adopting the proposed or adopted building standard. The bill would also make nonsubstantive, conforming changes.

Digest Key

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

Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

18930.

 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (g), any building standard adopted or proposed by state agencies shall be submitted to, and approved or adopted by, the California Building Standards Commission prior to before codification. Prior to

(1) (A) Before
 submission to the commission, building standards shall be adopted in compliance with the procedures specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 11346) of Chapter 3.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. Building

(B) If the commission finds that the initial statement of reasons is submitted without a completed statement of estimated cost of compliance, including the related assumptions used to determine the estimate, as required by subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 11346.2 of the Government Code, the commission shall not approve or adopt the proposed or adopted building standard.

(2) Building standards adopted by state agencies and submitted to the commission for approval shall be accompanied by an analysis written by the adopting agency or state agency that proposes the building standards which shall, to the satisfaction of the commission, justify the approval thereof in terms of the following criteria:

(1)

(A) The proposed building standards do not conflict with, overlap, or
 duplicate other building standards.

(2)

(B) The proposed building standard is within the parameters established by enabling legislation and is not expressly within the exclusive jurisdiction of another agency.

(3)

(C) The public interest requires the adoption of the building standards. The public interest includes, but is not limited to,
 health and safety, resource efficiency, fire safety, seismic safety, building and building system performance, and consistency with environmental, public health, and accessibility statutes and regulations.

(4)

(D) The proposed building standard is not unreasonable, arbitrary, unfair, or capricious, in whole or in part.

(5)

(E) The cost to
 the public is reasonable, based o