---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shelter crisis: homeless shelters."
description: "Existing law authorizes a governing body of a political subdivision, as defined, to declare a shelter crisis if the governing body makes a specified finding. Existing law authorizes a political subdivision to allow persons unable to obtain housing to occupy designated public facilities, as defined, during the period of a shelter crisis. Existing law provides that certain state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances are suspended during a shelter crisis, to the extent that strict compliance would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the shelter crisis. Existing law, upon a declaration of a shelter crisis by the City of San Jose, authorizes emergency housing to include an emergency bridge housing community for the homeless in that city."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 932"
citation: "California AB 932 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Shelter crisis: homeless shelters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cf064a4-c90f-488b-b003-8f206e617371"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932"
source_hash: "fac4fb0542fce0b0595bba8b435928b89b126bbd7d97be1ed45eef82223af293"
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 932 (20172018) — Shelter crisis: homeless shelters.

Existing law authorizes a governing body of a political subdivision, as defined, to declare a shelter crisis if the governing body makes a specified finding. Existing law authorizes a political subdivision to allow persons unable to obtain housing to occupy designated public facilities, as defined, during the period of a shelter crisis. Existing law provides that certain state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances are suspended during a shelter crisis, to the extent that strict compliance would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the shelter crisis. Existing law, upon a declaration of a shelter crisis by the City of San Jose, authorizes emergency housing to include an emergency bridge housing community for the homeless in that city.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932&version=20170AB93299INT)
2. **03/23/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932&version=20170AB93298AMD)
3. **04/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932&version=20170AB93297AMD)
4. **05/23/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932&version=20170AB93296AMD)
5. **06/22/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932&version=20170AB93295AMD)
6. **07/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932&version=20170AB93294AMD)
7. **07/18/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932&version=20170AB93293AMD)
8. **07/19/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932&version=20170AB93292AMD)
9. **09/01/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932&version=20170AB93291AMD)
10. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932&version=20170AB93290AMD)
11. **10/14/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932&version=20170AB93288CHP)
12. **AB932** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932)
13. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB932&version=20170AB93289ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 932 Ting Special Consent Calendar 1st Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 932 TING Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent Calendar # AB932 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)
- Beall — principal coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Thurmond — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** 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`
- **2017-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** From Consent Calendar by request of Assembly Member Ting. To Third Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1777.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-07-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-09-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2910.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2017-09-14** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3424.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2017-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 786, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cf064a4-c90f-488b-b003-8f206e617371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).