(a) (1) Commencing with the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), the commission and the Department of Housing and Community Development shall research and develop, and may propose for adoption by the commission, mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in existing multifamily dwellings, hotels, motels, and nonresidential developments during specified retrofits, additions, and alterations to existing parking facilities for which a permit application is submitted on and after the effective date of those building standards.

(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 17922, Section 17912, or 17958.8, the Department of Housing and Development shall research, develop, and propose for adoption mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations with low power level 2 or higher electric vehicle chargers in existing parking facilities serving multifamily dwellings, hotels, and motels. The department shall submit the proposed mandatory building standards to the commission for consideration.

(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), the commission shall research, develop, and propose for adoption mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations with low power level 2 or higher electrical vehicle chargers, including direct current fast chargers, in parking facilities serving existing nonresidential buildings.

(b) In researching, developing, and proposing for adoption mandatory building standards under this section, the commission and the Department of Housing and Community Development shall do all the following:

(1) Consult with interested parties, including, but not limited to, the State Air Resources Board, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities, vehicle and electric vehicle supply equipment manufacturers, local building officials, commercial building and apartment owners, and the building industry.

(2) Invite the participation of the public at large in the development of those building standards.

(3) Propose standards that only apply to certain additions and alterations of existing parking facilities when a building permit is required and other significant construction or repair, as determined by the agencies, is taking place.

(c) The commission and the Department of Housing and Community Development shall review the building standards proposed and adopted pursuant to this section every triennial code cycle pursuant to Section 18942, and, if needed, update those building standards to ensure that the building standards support statewide needs for electric vehicle charging stations that align with the state’s zero-emission vehicle targets until both of the following goals are met:

(1) There is adequate availability of charging given near-term electric vehicle charging needs.

(2) There is sufficient charging capacity to support the long-term goal of achieving 100 percent electric vehicles statewide.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2033, and as of that date is repealed.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 687, Sec. 2. (AB 1738) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2033, by its own provisions.)