Credit history of persons receiving government rent subsidies.
Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) , prohibits, in instances in which there is a government rent subsidy, the use of a financial or income standard in assessing eligibility for the rental of housing that is not based on the portion of the rent to be paid by the tenant. FEHA requires the Civil Rights Department to enforce specific provisions of the act, including the provision described above.
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California Legislature
20232024
SB 267
California SB 267 (20232024)
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Credit history of persons receiving government rent subsidies
California SB 267 (20232024) — Credit history of persons receiving government rent subsidies.
Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) , prohibits, in instances in which there is a government rent subsidy, the use of a financial or income standard in assessing eligibility for the rental of housing that is not based on the portion of the rent to be paid by the tenant. FEHA requires the Civil Rights Department to enforce specific provisions of the act, including the provision described above.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB267 Eggman et al. Concurrence — 31–3 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
SB 267 Eggman Senate Third Reading By Kalra — 62–12 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Eggman — primary (person)
Haney — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
McKinnor — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-01-31 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-01 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
2023-02-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-03-06 Set for hearing March 28.
2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 576.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 10.
2023-04-10 April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1163.) (May 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 1387.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-15 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-11 Coauthors revised.
2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 12. Page 3254.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2736.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2023-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 776, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9936c16f-b961-4465-8020-3ed087bbf56e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).