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Bill	Housing: finance.	(1) Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to allocate funds under the federal Community Development Block Grant Program to cities and counties. Existing law requires the department to determine and announce, in the applicable Notice of Funding Availability, the maximum amount of grant funds that may be used for economic development projects and programs, housing for persons and families of low or moderate income or for purposes directly related to the provision or improvement of housing opportunities for these persons and families, and for cities and counties that apply on behalf of certain Indian tribes. Existing law requires the department to develop and use certain eligibility criteria and requirements for certain economic development fund applications.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 723	California AB 723 (20152016)	bill	Housing: finance.	enacted	Chiu	11	41	10	2015-02-25	2016-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/6dea54a4-fd10-43aa-88bd-9e4a4b828f4f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB723	1e568b1908e505df8d0184d010ed4857271e8bfbb70526196bb5cbc1f20cb0d3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 723 (20152016) — Housing: finance.

(1) Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to allocate funds under the federal Community Development Block Grant Program to cities and counties. Existing law requires the department to determine and announce, in the applicable Notice of Funding Availability, the maximum amount of grant funds that may be used for economic development projects and programs, housing for persons and families of low or moderate income or for purposes directly related to the provision or improvement of housing opportunities for these persons and families, and for cities and counties that apply on behalf of certain Indian tribes. Existing law requires the department to develop and use certain eligibility criteria and requirements for certain economic development fund applications.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/23/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/02/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/04/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/18/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/24/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB723 (committee substitute) — source
11. 08/31/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 723 CHIU Concurrence - Urgency Added — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB723 Chiu By Beall Urgency Clause — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 723 RENDON Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chiu — primary (person)
• Thurmond — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2015-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-30 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-04 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1817.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2015-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-24 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2015-06-24 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2015-06-29 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-27 Measure version as amended on July 16 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2015-08-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-08-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-03 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2016-08-03 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2016-08-04 Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2016-08-04 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-11 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-23 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5264.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-24 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2016-08-24 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6225.)
• 2016-08-25 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . committee-passage
• 2016-08-30 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6424.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6dea54a4-fd10-43aa-88bd-9e4a4b828f4f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).