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Bill	The Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023.	Existing law establishes the Multifamily Housing Program administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires assistance for projects under the program to be provided in the form of deferred payment loans to pay for eligible costs of specified types of development, as provided. Existing law requires that specified funds appropriated to provide housing for individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness and who are inherently impacted by or at increased risk for medical diseases or conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other communicable diseases be disbursed in accordance with the Multifamily Housing Program for specified uses.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 531	California AB 531 (20232024)	bill	The Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023	enacted	Irwin	7	38	11	2023-02-08	2023-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/b8a8f619-3dd0-4941-9c65-e6352076e396	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB531	f26dcc7f059b47a6aca0754ee95e74c08e1621ef8093990f0da9840d7e757802	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 531 (20232024) — The Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023.

Existing law establishes the Multifamily Housing Program administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires assistance for projects under the program to be provided in the form of deferred payment loans to pay for eligible costs of specified types of development, as provided. Existing law requires that specified funds appropriated to provide housing for individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness and who are inherently impacted by or at increased risk for medical diseases or conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other communicable diseases be disbursed in accordance with the Multifamily Housing Program for specified uses.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/19/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/05/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/11/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/12/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB531 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB531 Irwin et al. By Eggman — 35–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 531 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–8 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 531 Irwin Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 6–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Irwin — primary (person)
• Eggman — principal coauthor (person)
• Roth — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1918.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and M. & V.A. referral-committee
• 2023-06-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2023-06-20 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 Re-referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-08-28 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2607.)
• 2023-09-11 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2779.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2023-09-14 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3587.)
• 2023-09-14 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (September 14). committee-passage
• 2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 8. Page 3608.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 789, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8a8f619-3dd0-4941-9c65-e6352076e396. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).