---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing: downpayment assistance and mortgages."
description: "Housing: downpayment assistance and mortgages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 672"
citation: "California AB 672 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Housing: downpayment assistance and mortgages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montanez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35d0535a-193c-45e3-b743-1b8d81ad364d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB672"
source_hash: "4bc6683ebefeb18029d720744d3900050f99862c409795b077fd6366df4a6c4b"
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 672 (20032004) — Housing: downpayment assistance and mortgages.

## 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=200320040AB672&version=20030AB67299INT)
2. **01/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB672&version=20030AB67298AMD)
3. **01/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB672&version=20030AB67297AMD)
4. **05/25/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB672&version=20030AB67296AMD)
5. **06/14/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB672&version=20030AB67295AMD)
6. **07/20/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB672&version=20030AB67294AMD)
7. **08/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB672&version=20030AB67293AMD)
8. **09/22/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB672&version=20030AB67291CHP)
9. **AB672** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB672)
10. **08/19/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB672&version=20030AB67292ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab672 montanez by ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 672 montanez concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 672 montanez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Montanez — primary (person)
- Ashburn — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 674, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 7369.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 4956.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-20** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-25** 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`
- **2004-02-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 4410.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 6.) (January 21). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (January 14). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to 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/35d0535a-193c-45e3-b743-1b8d81ad364d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).