---
type: "Bill"
title: "Starter Home Revitalization Act of 2021."
description: "(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law provides for various incentives intended to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 803"
citation: "California AB 803 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Starter Home Revitalization Act of 2021."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boerner Horvath"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2021-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72b8f0af-9c89-4d00-85bf-7b1d43eb40c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB803"
source_hash: "d91213da43595fba2e53721edf5efa6db35ba87bba31d71c42eee9ac75e4097f"
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 803 (20212022) — Starter Home Revitalization Act of 2021.

(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law provides for various incentives intended to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB803&version=20210AB80399INT)
2. **03/11/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB803&version=20210AB80398AMD)
3. **03/25/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB803&version=20210AB80397AMD)
4. **04/20/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB803&version=20210AB80396AMD)
5. **07/09/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB803&version=20210AB80395AMD)
6. **08/31/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB803&version=20210AB80393CHP)
7. **AB803** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB803)
8. **08/23/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB803&version=20210AB80394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB803 Boerner Horvath By Hertzberg — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 803 Boerner Horvath Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 803 Boerner Horvath Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boerner Horvath — primary (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1470.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-09** 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-08-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-18** Measure version as amended on July 9 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2073.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2466.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 154, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72b8f0af-9c89-4d00-85bf-7b1d43eb40c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).