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Bill	Workforce Housing Opportunity Zone.	The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law provides for various reforms and incentives intended to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable housing.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 540	California SB 540 (20172018)	bill	Workforce Housing Opportunity Zone.	enacted	Roth	9	36	4	2017-02-16	2017-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/cac30eab-3576-4f25-a0f8-706442332cf2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB540	5b5a43c91b150a27eaffbdf1fd10cf480a56deef3ffa7a2eb7c517e9aa51e3ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 540 (20172018) — Workforce Housing Opportunity Zone.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law provides for various reforms and incentives intended to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable housing.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/29/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/18/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/10/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/14/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/29/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB540 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/20/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 540 Roth Senate Third Reading By CHIU — 70–8 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB540 Roth et al. Concurrence — 29–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roth — primary (person)
• Atkins — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Coms. on T. & H., GOV. & F., and EQ. referral-committee
• 2017-03-20 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
• 2017-03-21 Set for hearing March 28.
• 2017-03-22 March 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-03-23 Set for hearing April 4.
• 2017-03-29 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
• 2017-03-30 Set for hearing April 5 in GOV. & F. pending receipt.
• 2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 627.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-07 Set for hearing April 19 in EQ. pending receipt.
• 2017-04-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 623.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-04-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 784.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-10 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
• 2017-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1186.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 7. Page 1383.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-15 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2017-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-13 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2017-07-14 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. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 8. Page 3419.) 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 29. Noes 7. Page 2960.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-22 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 369, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cac30eab-3576-4f25-a0f8-706442332cf2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).