republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-914.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HELP Act."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Governor to create a California Interagency Council on Homelessness for specified purposes, including to create partnerships among various entities, like participants in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program, and to identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 914"
citation: "California SB 914 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HELP Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3861d564-b804-441d-b5d1-c920b8969e98"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB914"
source_hash: "116c16eeb60d03f2cd4ec1e808047be4a7c64f30258e8944f8a78480f7271e94"
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 914 (20212022) — HELP Act.

(1) Existing law requires the Governor to create a California Interagency Council on Homelessness for specified purposes, including to create partnerships among various entities, like participants in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program, and to identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB914&version=20210SB91499INT)
2. **03/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB914&version=20210SB91498AMD)
3. **05/19/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB914&version=20210SB91497AMD)
4. **08/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB914&version=20210SB91496AMD)
5. **09/28/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB914&version=20210SB91494CHP)
6. **SB914** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB914)
7. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB914&version=20210SB91495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB914 Rubio et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB914 Rubio et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 914 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rubio — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
- **2022-02-07** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2022-02-07** (Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
- **2022-02-07** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2022-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3253.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2022-04-13** April 28 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-04-14** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3543.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2022-05-16** May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-17** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3775.) (May 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3882.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-02** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5945.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5134.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 665, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3861d564-b804-441d-b5d1-c920b8969e98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).