republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-166.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Interagency Council on Homelessness and requires the goals of the council to include, among other things, identifying mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California. Existing law requires the council to administer certain grant programs to assist local governments in addressing homelessness. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to transfer grant administration from the council to the Department of Housing and Community Development, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 166"
citation: "California AB 166 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Housing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/853c8cef-2006-4140-ae18-78976a2d2971"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB166"
source_hash: "08c37a6dcaf2ce404cecd5012c5c323e056c0877857b3a8b99749d19b74b0817"
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 166 (20232024) — Housing.

(1) Existing law establishes the Interagency Council on Homelessness and requires the goals of the council to include, among other things, identifying mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California. Existing law requires the council to administer certain grant programs to assist local governments in addressing homelessness. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to transfer grant administration from the council to the Department of Housing and Community Development, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB166&version=20230AB16699INT)
2. **02/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB166&version=20230AB16698AMD)
3. **06/22/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB166&version=20230AB16697AMD)
4. **07/02/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB166&version=20230AB16695CHP)
5. **AB166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB166)
6. **06/27/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB166&version=20230AB16696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 166 Budget Assembly Third Reading By TING — **60–14** (pass) · lower
- AB 166 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — **71–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **13–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB166 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — **31–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 732.)
- **2023-03-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-03-20** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 861.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 4770.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-06-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-06-26** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2024-06-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 1.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2024-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 48, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/853c8cef-2006-4140-ae18-78976a2d2971`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).