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type: "Bill"
title: "A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by repealing Article XXXIV thereof, relating to public housing projects."
description: "The California Constitution prohibits the development, construction, or acquisition of a low-rent housing project, as defined, in any manner by any state public body until a majority of the qualified electors of the city, town, or county in which the development, construction, or acquisition of the low-rent housing project is proposed approve the project by voting in favor at an election, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SCA 2"
citation: "California SCA 2 (20212022)"
classification: ["constitutional amendment"]
subjects: ["Public housing projects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2022-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f52e0c9-afb5-489f-8730-1d088d454bd4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCA2"
source_hash: "16b13818bb98438f6cb9166f7a8e56029d50e503a50c6f8ea86a4c77496793e7"
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 SCA 2 (20212022) — A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by repealing Article XXXIV thereof, relating to public housing projects.
The California Constitution prohibits the development, construction, or acquisition of a low-rent housing project, as defined, in any manner by any state public body until a majority of the qualified electors of the city, town, or county in which the development, construction, or acquisition of the low-rent housing project is proposed approve the project by voting in favor at an election, as specified.
## 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=202120220SCA2&version=20210SCA299INT)
2. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCA2&version=20210SCA297CHP)
3. **SCA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCA2)
4. **09/08/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCA2&version=20210SCA298ENR)
## Votes
- Be adopted. — **150** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **90** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted and re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **80** (pass) · lower
- SCA 2 Allen Senate Third Reading By KALRA — **730** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **50** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted — **70** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SCA2 Allen et al. — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Allen — primary (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — author (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.
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING, E. & C.A., and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2021-04-29** From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 987.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** Set for hearing June 28.
- **2021-06-28** From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1691.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-01** Set for hearing July 15.
- **2021-07-15** July 15 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Be adopted. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2160.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Allen.
- **2022-01-03** From inactive file on motion of Senator Allen.
- **2022-01-03** Ordered to second reading.
- **2022-01-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-26** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2823.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-21** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** Coauthors revised.
- **2022-05-11** From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 11). 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: Be adopted. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-31** Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2022-08-31** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 182, 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/9f52e0c9-afb5-489f-8730-1d088d454bd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).