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Bill	Housing Crisis Act of 2019.	Existing law, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, requires a housing development project be subject only to the ordinances, policies, and standards adopted and in effect when a preliminary application is submitted, except as specified. The act defines "housing development project" to mean a use consisting of residential units only, mixed-use developments consisting of residential and nonresidential uses with at least 23 of the square footage designated for residential use, and transitional or supportive housing.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 8	California SB 8 (20212022)	bill	Housing Crisis Act of 2019.	enacted	Skinner	10	31	8	2020-12-07	2021-09-16	openstates	ocd-bill/7c6c574e-87fd-4181-ae80-ad52739b79f3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB8	e410fe300452839fcf6dcf53d4346d8fb02aa4e633114e871673af386b917477	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 8 (20212022) — Housing Crisis Act of 2019.

Existing law, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, requires a housing development project be subject only to the ordinances, policies, and standards adopted and in effect when a preliminary application is submitted, except as specified. The act defines "housing development project" to mean a use consisting of residential units only, mixed-use developments consisting of residential and nonresidential uses with at least 23 of the square footage designated for residential use, and transitional or supportive housing.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/10/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/18/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/01/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/05/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/26/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/16/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB8 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/03/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 8 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Daly — 67–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB8 Skinner et al. Concurrence — 30–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB8 Skinner et al. — 30–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Skinner — primary (person)
• Caballero — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-12-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 Set for hearing March 25.
• 2021-03-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 632.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-06 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2021-04-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 986.) (April 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-05-07 Set for hearing May 17.
• 2021-05-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 1228.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-05-28 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2021-06-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-26 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-26 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 1. Page 2567.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 2278.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2021-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 161, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c6c574e-87fd-4181-ae80-ad52739b79f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).