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type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans' aid and welfare: housing."
description: "Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014 (the act) , requires the California Housing Finance Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (referred to collectively as \"the departments\") to establish and implement programs that focus on veterans at risk for homelessness or experiencing temporary or chronic homelessness, as specified. In this regard, existing law requires the departments to establish and implement programs that, among other things, prioritize projects that combine housing and supportive services. Existing law requires the departments to ensure at least 50% of funds awarded for capital development provide housing to veteran households with extremely low incomes. Existing law requires a determination of whether a potential tenant is eligible under those provisions to consider all of a household's income sources upon initial tenancy, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 535"
citation: "California AB 535 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans' aid and welfare", "housing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schiavo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0fbcae8-6655-4c2f-b892-52bc85c06ebd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB535"
source_hash: "11c987b1bd751247e008c8c4fc50bcadc835884745bab8836fb4fb4551faf411"
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 535 (20232024) — Veterans' aid and welfare: housing.
Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014 (the act) , requires the California Housing Finance Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (referred to collectively as "the departments") to establish and implement programs that focus on veterans at risk for homelessness or experiencing temporary or chronic homelessness, as specified. In this regard, existing law requires the departments to establish and implement programs that, among other things, prioritize projects that combine housing and supportive services. Existing law requires the departments to ensure at least 50% of funds awarded for capital development provide housing to veteran households with extremely low incomes. Existing law requires a determination of whether a potential tenant is eligible under those provisions to consider all of a household's income sources upon initial tenancy, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/08/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB535&version=20230AB53599INT)
2. **04/05/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB535&version=20230AB53598AMD)
3. **08/22/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB535&version=20230AB53597AMD)
4. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB535&version=20230AB53595CHP)
5. **AB535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB535)
6. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB535&version=20230AB53596ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 535 Schiavo Concurrence - Urgency Added — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 535 Irwin Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB535 Schiavo et al. By Archuleta Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Schiavo — primary (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Ward — 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 Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** 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`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2054.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-09-11** From special consent calendar
- **2023-09-11** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Limón.
- **2024-08-22** From inactive file.
- **2024-08-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2024-08-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(C). `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-26** Joint Rules 61 and 62 suspended.
- **2024-08-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 918, 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/e0fbcae8-6655-4c2f-b892-52bc85c06ebd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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