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type: "Bill"
title: "Building Homes and Jobs Act."
description: "Under existing law, there are programs providing assistance for, among other things, emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership for very low and low-income households, and downpayment assistance for first-time home buyers. Existing law also authorizes the issuance of bonds in specified amounts pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. Existing law requires that proceeds from the sale of these bonds be used to finance various existing housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development, and housing-related parks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "California SB 2 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Building Homes and Jobs Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26f2dc9b-55b8-436a-bd0a-8dcb6b9cf97a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB2"
source_hash: "c6804f9c4d827ce20b98ce9669ec8d70c25df872d9eab68c967842673f82eb0e"
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 SB 2 (20172018) — Building Homes and Jobs Act.
Under existing law, there are programs providing assistance for, among other things, emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership for very low and low-income households, and downpayment assistance for first-time home buyers. Existing law also authorizes the issuance of bonds in specified amounts pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. Existing law requires that proceeds from the sale of these bonds be used to finance various existing housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development, and housing-related parks.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB2&version=20170SB299INT)
2. **02/22/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB2&version=20170SB298AMD)
3. **03/07/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB2&version=20170SB297AMD)
4. **03/21/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB2&version=20170SB296AMD)
5. **03/23/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB2&version=20170SB295AMD)
6. **05/26/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB2&version=20170SB294AMD)
7. **08/29/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB2&version=20170SB293AMD)
8. **09/29/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB2&version=20170SB291CHP)
9. **SB2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB2)
10. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB2&version=20170SB292ENR)
## Votes
- SB 2 Atkins Third Reading Urgency By GRAY — **5425** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB2 Atkins et al. Urgency Clause — **2712** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **52** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB2 Atkins et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **2711** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — **52** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **93** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Atkins — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — principal coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Gloria — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — principal coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Thurmond — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Set for hearing February 28.
- **2017-02-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 3. Page 288.) (February 28). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Set for hearing March 15.
- **2017-03-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 371.) (March 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-24** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2017-04-03** April 3 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1175.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-26** Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
- **2017-07-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 1894.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-06** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-07-10** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 47. Noes 24. Page 2493.)
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-08-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 2826.)
- **2017-08-31** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3415.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2957.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **2017-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 364, Statutes of 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26f2dc9b-55b8-436a-bd0a-8dcb6b9cf97a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).