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---
type: "Bill"
title: "H-2A worker housing: state funding: streamlined approval process for agricultural employee housing development."
description: "(1) Existing federal law governing immigration authorizes the importation of an alien as a nonimmigrant agricultural worker, known as an H-2A worker, if specified requirements are met, including that the employer furnish housing, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1783"
citation: "California AB 1783 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["H-2A worker housing: state funding: streamlined approval process for agricultural employee housing development."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Rivas"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 40
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec92f66-8e59-4ca7-97e9-beac5e165889"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783"
source_hash: "585b8d610abc02109ea5ba7bc97af6c9bb4869078aa9d0e1165105a0585de909"
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 1783 (20192020) — H-2A worker housing: state funding: streamlined approval process for agricultural employee housing development.
(1) Existing federal law governing immigration authorizes the importation of an alien as a nonimmigrant agricultural worker, known as an H-2A worker, if specified requirements are met, including that the employer furnish housing, as provided.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783&version=20190AB178399INT)
2. **03/19/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783&version=20190AB178398AMD)
3. **03/28/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783&version=20190AB178397AMD)
4. **04/04/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783&version=20190AB178396AMD)
5. **04/29/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783&version=20190AB178395AMD)
6. **05/17/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783&version=20190AB178394AMD)
7. **08/13/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783&version=20190AB178393AMD)
8. **08/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783&version=20190AB178392AMD)
9. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783&version=20190AB178391AMD)
10. **10/13/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783&version=20190AB178389CHP)
11. **AB1783** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783)
12. **09/17/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1783&version=20190AB178390ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1783 Robert Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–16** (pass) · lower
- AB 1783 Robert Rivas Assembly Third Reading — **59–11** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1783 Robert Rivas et al. By Wiener — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **7–3** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Robert Rivas — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Durazo — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 11. Page 1971.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-12** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-08-26** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2761.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
- **2019-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 3427.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 866, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ec92f66-8e59-4ca7-97e9-beac5e165889`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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