---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing Accountability Act: project approval."
description: "The Housing Accountability Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, that one or more conditions exist, including that the housing development project or emergency shelter would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety, as specified. The act also requires a local agency proposing to disapprove a housing development project that complies with applicable, objective general plan and zoning standards and criteria, or to approve it on the condition that it be developed at a lower density, to base its decision upon written findings supported by a preponderance of the evidence on the record that specified conditions exist, including if the housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3194"
citation: "California AB 3194 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing Accountability Act: project approval."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daly"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa330c98-00d2-428b-b5c2-ef3f2d63349c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3194"
source_hash: "c6fe645415317a071a49ba5753457e8e08299e19e05a1a3f06d46f179e7a60ac"
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 3194 (20172018) — Housing Accountability Act: project approval.

The Housing Accountability Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, that one or more conditions exist, including that the housing development project or emergency shelter would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety, as specified. The act also requires a local agency proposing to disapprove a housing development project that complies with applicable, objective general plan and zoning standards and criteria, or to approve it on the condition that it be developed at a lower density, to base its decision upon written findings supported by a preponderance of the evidence on the record that specified conditions exist, including if the housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3194&version=20170AB319499INT)
2. **04/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3194&version=20170AB319498AMD)
3. **04/30/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3194&version=20170AB319497AMD)
4. **05/29/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3194&version=20170AB319496AMD)
5. **06/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3194&version=20170AB319495AMD)
6. **07/05/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3194&version=20170AB319494AMD)
7. **08/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3194&version=20170AB319492CHP)
8. **AB3194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3194)
9. **08/14/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3194&version=20170AB319493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3194 DALY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3194 Daly By Skinner — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3194 DALY Assembly Third Reading — **70–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-15** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16** 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`
- **2018-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Assembly Rule 69(b) suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 5434.)
- **2018-05-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5435.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 5588.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-13** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-07-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-07-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5234.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6246.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 243, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa330c98-00d2-428b-b5c2-ef3f2d63349c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).