republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-72.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing."
description: "The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city or county and of any land outside its boundaries that bears relation to its planning. That law also requires the general plan to contain specified mandatory elements, including a housing element for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing. Existing law prescribes requirements for the preparation of the housing element, including a requirement that a planning agency submit a draft of the element or draft amendment to the element to the Department of Housing and Community Development prior to the adoption of the element or amendment to the element. Existing law requires the department to review the draft and report its written findings, as specified. Existing law also requires the department, in its written findings, to determine whether the draft substantially complies with the housing element."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 72"
citation: "California AB 72 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-12-16"
last_action: "2017-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b67c6e30-b70b-4465-b600-a6f3f2145fc4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB72"
source_hash: "db0cbd983bd9e0b4d156c952ed49f2c5967f8ba78ffdb94383a60912e6c7afcb"
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 72 (20172018) — Housing.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city or county and of any land outside its boundaries that bears relation to its planning. That law also requires the general plan to contain specified mandatory elements, including a housing element for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing. Existing law prescribes requirements for the preparation of the housing element, including a requirement that a planning agency submit a draft of the element or draft amendment to the element to the Department of Housing and Community Development prior to the adoption of the element or amendment to the element. Existing law requires the department to review the draft and report its written findings, as specified. Existing law also requires the department, in its written findings, to determine whether the draft substantially complies with the housing element.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB72&version=20170AB7299INT)
2. **04/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB72&version=20170AB7298AMD)
3. **05/30/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB72&version=20170AB7297AMD)
4. **07/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB72&version=20170AB7296AMD)
5. **07/12/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB72&version=20170AB7295AMD)
6. **09/29/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB72&version=20170AB7293CHP)
7. **AB72** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB72)
8. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB72&version=20170AB7294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB72 Santiago et al. By Atkins — **28–8** (pass) · upper
- AB 72 SANTIAGO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **58–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santiago — primary (person)
- Chiu — author (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-16** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-12-19** From printer. May be heard in committee January 18.
- **2017-01-04** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-17** 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`
- **2017-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Assembly Rule 69(b) suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 1851.)
- **2017-05-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1852.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 1990.)
- **2017-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2053.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **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 T. & H. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-12** 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`
- **2017-07-17** 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 28. Noes 8. Page 2961.). `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 58. Noes 18. Page 3508.). `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 370, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b67c6e30-b70b-4465-b600-a6f3f2145fc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).