republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1259.md

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Bill	Local planning: housing element.	Local planning: housing element.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 1259	California AB 1259 (20072008)	bill	Local planning: housing element.	enacted	Caballero	7	22	6	2007-02-23	2007-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/5587bfc2-be4c-4170-ae55-c14ffd129e99	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1259	bfa8e07f6e168f868faf575d1c0cf2090a811a2428f3d8b3c0b8b61a536ccb3d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1259 (20072008) — Local planning: housing element.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/26/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/21/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/05/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/14/07 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1259 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/19/07 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1259 CABALLERO Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1259 Caballero Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Housing and Community Development. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1259 Caballero By Steinberg — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Caballero — primary (person)
• Cox — coauthor (person)
• Denham — coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Steinberg — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-23 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2007-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2007-02-26 Read first time. reading-1
• 2007-03-15 Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. referral-committee
• 2007-04-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2007-04-30 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. referral-committee
• 2007-05-03 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-05-10 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-05-17 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1520.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-05-23 Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. referral-committee
• 2007-06-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2007-06-21 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2007-09-05 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2007-09-06 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-09-11 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 2583.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2007-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3376.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2007-09-27 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
• 2007-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2007-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 696, Statutes of 2007.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5587bfc2-be4c-4170-ae55-c14ffd129e99. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).