--- type: "Bill" title: "Land use: notice of proposed change: assisted housing developments." description: "(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires an owner of an assisted housing development proposing the termination of a subsidy contract or prepayment of governmental assistance, or the owner of an assisted housing development for which there will be the expiration of rental restrictions, to provide a notice of the proposed change to each affected tenant household residing in the assisted housing development, as specified, and provide a copy of any notices issued to any prospective tenant at the time he or she is interviewed for eligibility. That law provides injunctive relief for persons aggrieved by a violation of these provisions, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 1521" citation: "California AB 1521 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Land use: notice of proposed change: assisted housing developments."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"] version_count: 7 action_count: 25 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2017-02-17" last_action: "2017-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/918a2296-9824-4533-9380-30ba18dc0a3a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1521" source_hash: "7f63a71b65c85567d058d856710eafae4186f07ed754eb40313f912634687efb" 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 1521 (20172018) — Land use: notice of proposed change: assisted housing developments. (1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires an owner of an assisted housing development proposing the termination of a subsidy contract or prepayment of governmental assistance, or the owner of an assisted housing development for which there will be the expiration of rental restrictions, to provide a notice of the proposed change to each affected tenant household residing in the assisted housing development, as specified, and provide a copy of any notices issued to any prospective tenant at the time he or she is interviewed for eligibility. That law provides injunctive relief for persons aggrieved by a violation of these provisions, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1521&version=20170AB152199INT) 2. **05/30/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1521&version=20170AB152198AMD) 3. **07/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1521&version=20170AB152197AMD) 4. **07/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1521&version=20170AB152196AMD) 5. **09/29/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1521&version=20170AB152194CHP) 6. **AB1521** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1521) 7. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1521&version=20170AB152195ENR) ## Votes - AB 1521 BLOOM Assembly Second Reading Amendment Set #1 — **51–23** (pass) · lower - AB 1521 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — **50–24** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–4** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Bloom — primary (person) - Chiu — author (person) - Wiener — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21. - **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee` - **2017-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2017-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-30** Assembly Rule 69(b) suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 1851.) - **2017-05-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 1852.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-05-31** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 1990.) - **2017-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 2059.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2017-06-14** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee` - **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 T. & H. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction` - **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-07-13** 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` - **2017-07-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-07-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2956.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2017-09-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3507.) - **2017-09-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3516.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-26** 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 377, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/918a2296-9824-4533-9380-30ba18dc0a3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).