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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing Crisis Act of 2019."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "California SB 8 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing Crisis Act of 2019."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c6c574e-87fd-4181-ae80-ad52739b79f3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB8"
source_hash: "e410fe300452839fcf6dcf53d4346d8fb02aa4e633114e871673af386b917477"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB8&version=20210SB899INT)
2. **03/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB8&version=20210SB898AMD)
3. **03/18/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB8&version=20210SB897AMD)
4. **05/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB8&version=20210SB896AMD)
5. **06/01/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB8&version=20210SB895AMD)
6. **07/05/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB8&version=20210SB894AMD)
7. **08/26/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB8&version=20210SB893AMD)
8. **09/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB8&version=20210SB891CHP)
9. **SB8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB8)
10. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB8&version=20210SB892ENR)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c6c574e-87fd-4181-ae80-ad52739b79f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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