---
type: "Bill"
title: "Low-income housing tax credits."
description: "Existing law establishes a low-income housing tax credit program, administered by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, which provides procedures and requirements for the allocation of state tax credit amounts among low-income housing projects based on federal law, as modified. Existing law, among other things, allows the credit based on the applicable percentage, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 952"
citation: "California AB 952 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Low-income housing tax credits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be8d5038-512f-470e-afde-4fe0cb15c0e4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB952"
source_hash: "e9885758dd3580c15492cce1ac827b20152424eacec7d98ec24ec7aef7dd32e0"
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 952 (20132014) — Low-income housing tax credits.

Existing law establishes a low-income housing tax credit program, administered by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, which provides procedures and requirements for the allocation of state tax credit amounts among low-income housing projects based on federal law, as modified. Existing law, among other things, allows the credit based on the applicable percentage, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB952&version=20130AB95299INT)
2. **03/18/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB952&version=20130AB95298AMD)
3. **05/02/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB952&version=20130AB95297AMD)
4. **06/26/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB952&version=20130AB95296AMD)
5. **10/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB952&version=20130AB95294CHP)
6. **AB952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB952)
7. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB952&version=20130AB95295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 952 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #10 AB952 Atkins By DeSaulnier — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Governance and Finance Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 952 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1693.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-26** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-10** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2404.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2013-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3331.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 771, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be8d5038-512f-470e-afde-4fe0cb15c0e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).