---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing elements: regional housing need."
description: "Housing elements: regional housing need."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2158"
citation: "California AB 2158 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing elements: regional housing need."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dcac018-748a-453e-ad95-d01992e8d718"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2158"
source_hash: "6782fb16003bf91b52a2727769e8c35cbc69a03fd6bdc0c285bb6c5983f4fb88"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2158 (20032004) — Housing elements: regional housing need.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2158&version=20030AB215899INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2158&version=20030AB215898AMD)
3. **05/10/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2158&version=20030AB215897AMD)
4. **06/15/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2158&version=20030AB215896AMD)
5. **06/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2158&version=20030AB215895AMD)
6. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2158&version=20030AB215894AMD)
7. **09/22/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2158&version=20030AB215892CHP)
8. **AB2158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2158)
9. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2158&version=20030AB215893ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2158 lowenthal assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Housing and Community Development. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2158 lowenthal concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab2158 lowenthal by ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2004-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 696, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7686.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5194.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-12** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5724.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2004-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dcac018-748a-453e-ad95-d01992e8d718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).