Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program. Under the program, moneys from the continuously appropriated Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund are available for the purposes of providing shelter, as specified, to homeless persons at as low a cost and as quickly as possible, without compromising the health and safety of shelter occupants, to encourage the move of homeless persons from shelters to a self-supporting environment as soon as possible, to encourage provision of services for as many persons at risk of homelessness as possible, to encourage compatible and effective funding of homeless services, and to encourage coordination among public agencies that fund or provide services to homeless individuals, as well as agencies that discharge people from their institutions.
California AB 1109 (20132014) — Emergency housing and assistance.
Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program. Under the program, moneys from the continuously appropriated Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund are available for the purposes of providing shelter, as specified, to homeless persons at as low a cost and as quickly as possible, without compromising the health and safety of shelter occupants, to encourage the move of homeless persons from shelters to a self-supporting environment as soon as possible, to encourage provision of services for as many persons at risk of homelessness as possible, to encourage compatible and effective funding of homeless services, and to encourage coordination among public agencies that fund or provide services to homeless individuals, as well as agencies that discharge people from their institutions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1109 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1109 BONILLA Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #10 AB1109 Bonilla By Hueso — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bonilla — primary (person)
Atkins — coauthor (person)
Brown — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2013-03-21 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2013-03-21 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-2, reading-1
2013-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2013-05-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-05-02 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2013-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1596.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-06-06 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-08-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-09-10 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2013-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2402.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2013-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3332.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2013-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7681f9bc-24a8-4de7-9254-eca198c3ff66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).