republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2016.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing omnibus bill."
description: "Housing omnibus bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2016"
citation: "California AB 2016 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Housing and Community Development"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d6f00d9-af23-48a7-a5d2-8027a43fde51"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2016"
source_hash: "e6acf3a4e37d3c28909017f64f311ce5bf17d436ecb5e3bc9fa7116c2678ae4b"
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 2016 (20072008) — Housing omnibus bill.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2016&version=20070AB201699INT)
2. **03/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2016&version=20070AB201698AMD)
3. **05/28/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2016&version=20070AB201697AMD)
4. **08/20/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2016&version=20070AB201696AMD)
5. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2016&version=20070AB201694CHP)
6. **AB2016** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2016)
7. **09/03/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2016&version=20070AB201695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2016 H.& C.D. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By SALDANA — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2016 H.& C.D. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2016 Committee on H. & C.D.(Saldana) By Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Housing and Community Development — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5164.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 5372.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6912.)
- **2008-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6921.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 664, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d6f00d9-af23-48a7-a5d2-8027a43fde51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).