republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1672.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing-Related Parks Program."
description: "Existing law establishes the Housing-Related Parks Program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, which provides grants for the creation, development, or rehabilitation of park and recreation facilities to cities, counties, and cities and counties that meet certain criteria for housing starts, as defined, for newly constructed units that are affordable to very low or low-income households."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1672"
citation: "California AB 1672 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing-Related Parks Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-14"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e1ea891-9646-4d32-897d-203f7aee925a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1672"
source_hash: "fac57b320aaf9654051165769b31c451fb6a9e0ab0ad2ec835e3c8008630a54a"
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 1672 (20112012) — Housing-Related Parks Program.

Existing law establishes the Housing-Related Parks Program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, which provides grants for the creation, development, or rehabilitation of park and recreation facilities to cities, counties, and cities and counties that meet certain criteria for housing starts, as defined, for newly constructed units that are affordable to very low or low-income households.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1672&version=20110AB167299INT)
2. **04/17/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1672&version=20110AB167298AMD)
3. **06/19/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1672&version=20110AB167297AMD)
4. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1672&version=20110AB167295CHP)
5. **AB1672** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1672)
6. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1672&version=20110AB167296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1672 TORRES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 1672 TORRES Assembly Third Reading — **50–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1672 Torres By Lowenthal — **22–15** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. — **4–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Torres — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W., P. & W. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P. & W. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 4823.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 4696.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 6304.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 779, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e1ea891-9646-4d32-897d-203f7aee925a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).