---
type: "Bill"
title: "General plans: housing elements."
description: "General plans: housing elements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 668"
citation: "California AB 668 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General plans: housing elements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cafd4f2a-82f5-4907-be98-dbcbbb0e1baf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB668"
source_hash: "2b6fc0c2b147a24d1d8a52aff4b2f39f5c5ed592b3f17c82d30cc7f9cd5f333a"
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 668 (20032004) — General plans: housing elements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB668&version=20030AB66899INT)
2. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB668&version=20030AB66898AMD)
3. **07/14/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB668&version=20030AB66897AMD)
4. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB668&version=20030AB66895CHP)
5. **AB668** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB668)
6. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB668&version=20030AB66896ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab668 cox by ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Housing and Community Development. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 668 cox special consent calendar 2nd day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 668 cox consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 760, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m. (Corrected September 5. )
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3238.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2124.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-01** 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`
- **2003-06-25** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1855.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2003-02-19** 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/cafd4f2a-82f5-4907-be98-dbcbbb0e1baf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).