---
type: "Bill"
title: "Affordable housing."
description: "Affordable housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1283"
citation: "California AB 1283 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Affordable housing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a367c26d-5a88-48a8-89bd-db0def5ef02e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1283"
source_hash: "2a827319153ae31941207fa7f3edd2ba2229a5bcfc89ed2603829f96f06fcec6"
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 1283 (20072008) — Affordable housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1283&version=20070AB128399INT)
2. **05/17/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1283&version=20070AB128398AMD)
3. **07/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1283&version=20070AB128396CHP)
4. **AB1283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1283)
5. **06/30/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1283&version=20070AB128397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1283 Laird — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1283 LAIRD Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1521.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1567.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1590.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-07-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 62, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a367c26d-5a88-48a8-89bd-db0def5ef02e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).