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AB-2677 • 2026

Essential services buildings.

Essential services buildings.

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Sponsor
Lowenthal
Last action
Official status
Assembly - Pending Referral
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms the bill makes technical, nonsubstantive changes but does not specify exactly which words or sections are being altered.

Technical Updates for Essential Services Building Safety Rules

This bill makes small, non-substantial updates to the rules that require safety reviews and inspections of essential services buildings.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to provisions in the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act of 1986.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The appropriate enforcement agency
  • In cases involving state-owned facilities, the Division of the State Architect

Terms To Know

Essential services buildings
Buildings subject to design review and construction inspection under the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act of 1986.
Nonsubstantive changes
Technical updates that do not change the main rules or requirements.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The source material does not list specific new safety standards.
  • No effective date is provided in the official summary text.
  • Future executive actions are not described in this document.

Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Assembly - Pending Referral

Official Summary Text

Essential services buildings.