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Bill	Housing Accountability Act.	(1) The Housing Accountability Act, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner than renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings based upon substantial evidence in the record.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 678	California AB 678 (20172018)	bill	Housing Accountability Act.	enacted	Bocanegra	12	35	5	2017-02-15	2017-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/933f6b7a-f976-4c12-a7e5-eb17e5f62d2d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB678	75f6db2f49d59146582cf191a77ce0066cd371858a9433eedc8ca39f742ba1e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 678 (20172018) — Housing Accountability Act.

(1) The Housing Accountability Act, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner than renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings based upon substantial evidence in the record.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/01/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/15/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/26/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/12/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/26/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 07/03/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 07/13/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/29/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. AB678 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/19/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB678 Bocanegra et al. By Skinner — 27–10 (pass) · upper
• AB 678 BOCANEGRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 70–7 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 678 BOCANEGRA Assembly Third Reading — 68–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bocanegra — primary (person)
• Beall — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2017-03-20 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2017-03-21 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
• 2017-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2017-04-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-01 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2017-05-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (May 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1711.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 6. Page 1792.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-12 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. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-07-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-07-13 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-07-13 (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2026.)
• 2017-07-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-13 (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2026.)
• 2017-07-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-07-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2962.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-15 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2017-09-15 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3507.)
• 2017-09-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 7. Page 3511.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 373, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/933f6b7a-f976-4c12-a7e5-eb17e5f62d2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).