---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Housing Finance Agency."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Housing Finance Authority, administered by a board of directors, whose primary purpose is to meet the housing needs of persons and families of low- or moderate-income. Existing law requires that the board establish the compensation of the executive director of the agency and other key exempt management, not to exceed a specified amount, and that the agency conduct salary surveys to determine the compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1222"
citation: "California AB 1222 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Housing Finance Agency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ef80d7c-9fac-4366-8294-bf15c440c5b7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1222"
source_hash: "6673d3d6467635ba08981dae5eb0d2f9b10c246e242aab1c03378a970b2ebed5"
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 1222 (20112012) — California Housing Finance Agency.

Existing law establishes the California Housing Finance Authority, administered by a board of directors, whose primary purpose is to meet the housing needs of persons and families of low- or moderate-income. Existing law requires that the board establish the compensation of the executive director of the agency and other key exempt management, not to exceed a specified amount, and that the agency conduct salary surveys to determine the compensation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1222&version=20110AB122299INT)
2. **05/12/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1222&version=20110AB122298AMD)
3. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1222&version=20110AB122296CHP)
4. **AB1222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1222)
5. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1222&version=20110AB122297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #5 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1222 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gatto — primary (person)
- Torres — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-05-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1442.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1574.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-06-28** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2011-06-28** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2011-06-29** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2011-09-09** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2011-09-10** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 408, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ef80d7c-9fac-4366-8294-bf15c440c5b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).