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Bill	CalHome Program: accessory dwelling units.	Existing law establishes the CalHome Program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to support existing homeownership programs aimed at lower and very low income households, among other purposes. Under the program, funds may be used to enable low- and very low income households to become or remain homeowners, and to provide disaster relief assistance to households at or below 120% of that area median income. Existing law also authorizes the department to make grants to local agencies or nonprofit corporations to construct accessory dwelling units and to repair, reconstruct, or rehabilitate, in whole or in part, accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 671	California AB 671 (20232024)	bill	CalHome Program accessory dwelling units	enacted	Ward	7	27	8	2023-02-13	2023-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0d81cfb4-adf9-4199-90f4-b295c85e2736	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB671	8440b5746e83877d9c03fa0ddfbfd9e01fc5c3f5d70cdb0c973679bc53e3e509	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 671 (20232024) — CalHome Program: accessory dwelling units.

Existing law establishes the CalHome Program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to support existing homeownership programs aimed at lower and very low income households, among other purposes. Under the program, funds may be used to enable low- and very low income households to become or remain homeowners, and to provide disaster relief assistance to households at or below 120% of that area median income. Existing law also authorizes the department to make grants to local agencies or nonprofit corporations to construct accessory dwelling units and to repair, reconstruct, or rehabilitate, in whole or in part, accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/09/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/13/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB671 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 671 Ward Assembly Third Reading — 77–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB671 Ward et al. By Rubio — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 671 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ward — primary (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2023-02-23 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-13 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-04-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (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 77. Noes 1. Page 1897.) 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 Com. on HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 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 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2759.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3569.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 746, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d81cfb4-adf9-4199-90f4-b295c85e2736. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).