---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing development: Camp Fire Housing Assistance Act of 2019."
description: "Existing law authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a development permit that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process and not subject to a conditional use permit if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards, including that the development is a multifamily housing development that contains 2 or more residential units."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 430"
citation: "California AB 430 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing development: Camp Fire Housing Assistance Act of 2019."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallagher"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba574b7c-cf41-4f3e-aacb-e2d98e4a927f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430"
source_hash: "fa30d77a4835f0c1c5761d3c1ac87c7dc45c1eb6b04ab86762c5b6a59cef7939"
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 430 (20192020) — Housing development: Camp Fire Housing Assistance Act of 2019.

Existing law authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a development permit that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process and not subject to a conditional use permit if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards, including that the development is a multifamily housing development that contains 2 or more residential units.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430&version=20190AB43099INT)
2. **03/19/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430&version=20190AB43098AMD)
3. **04/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430&version=20190AB43097AMD)
4. **04/30/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430&version=20190AB43096AMD)
5. **06/10/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430&version=20190AB43095AMD)
6. **06/20/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430&version=20190AB43094AMD)
7. **07/08/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430&version=20190AB43093AMD)
8. **08/13/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430&version=20190AB43092AMD)
9. **08/27/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430&version=20190AB43091AMD)
10. **10/11/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430&version=20190AB43089CHP)
11. **AB430** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430)
12. **09/06/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB430&version=20190AB43090ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 430 Gallagher Assembly Third Reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 430 Gallagher Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB430 Gallagher et al. By Nielsen — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallagher — primary (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1609.)
- **2019-05-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 1728.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING, EQ. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-08-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 2454.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3014.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 745, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba574b7c-cf41-4f3e-aacb-e2d98e4a927f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).