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AB-2738 • 2026

Construction guidelines for straw-bale structures.

Construction guidelines for straw-bale structures.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Gabriel
Last action
2026-02-21
Official status
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Construction guidelines for straw-bale structures.

AB 2738, as introduced, Gabriel.

What This Bill Does

  • AB 2738, as introduced, Gabriel.
  • Construction guidelines for straw-bale structures.
  • Existing law establishes that certain interim provisions, pending the evaluation of straw bales as a construction material through the normal processes used for the testing and listing of building materials, the determination of construction standards, and the adoption of those materials and construction standards into the California Building Standards Code, shall become inoperative when building standards take effect that permit construction using baled straw as a loadbearing or nonloadbearing material.
  • This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the provisions described above relating to the operation of laws regulating construction using baled straw.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  2. 2026-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2738, as introduced, Gabriel.
Construction guidelines for straw-bale structures.
Existing law establishes that certain interim provisions, pending the evaluation of straw bales as a construction material through the normal processes used for the testing and listing of building materials, the determination of construction standards, and the adoption of those materials and construction standards into the California Building Standards Code, shall become inoperative when building standards take effect that permit construction using baled straw as a loadbearing or nonloadbearing material.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the provisions described above relating to the operation of laws regulating construction using baled straw.

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