---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing Accountability Act."
description: "(1) The Housing Accountability Act, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner than 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 substantial evidence in the record."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "California SB 167 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing Accountability Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92d28099-11c2-4cd2-bb73-1f606e563e90"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB167"
source_hash: "19d30d335a61fbdcab4c78a901549d4a6b1d4e8984b607b7eed34d98031703f8"
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 SB 167 (20172018) — Housing Accountability Act.

(1) The Housing Accountability Act, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner than 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 substantial evidence in the record.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB167&version=20170SB16799INT)
2. **03/14/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB167&version=20170SB16798AMD)
3. **03/29/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB167&version=20170SB16797AMD)
4. **04/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB167&version=20170SB16796AMD)
5. **05/09/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB167&version=20170SB16795AMD)
6. **05/23/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB167&version=20170SB16794AMD)
7. **07/03/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB167&version=20170SB16793AMD)
8. **07/13/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB167&version=20170SB16792AMD)
9. **09/29/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB167&version=20170SB16790CHP)
10. **SB167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB167)
11. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB167&version=20170SB16791ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB167 Skinner et al. Concurrence — **28–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Bocanegra — principal coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2017-03-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Re-referred to Coms. on T. & H., JUD., and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2017-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-03** April 4 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-04** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2017-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 750.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2017-04-20** April 25 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-04-21** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2017-05-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 945.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-09** Published May 9 at 9 p.m.
- **2017-05-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** Set for hearing May 22.
- **2017-05-18** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-05-18** Ordered to second reading.
- **2017-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-05-23** Ordered to second reading.
- **2017-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Published May 23 at 9 p.m.
- **2017-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 1384.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-15** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 2826.)
- **2017-08-31** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 3418.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2959.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 368, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92d28099-11c2-4cd2-bb73-1f606e563e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).