republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-413.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Housing and Community Development: guidelines: translation."
description: "Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (department) in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Existing law grants the department various powers, including the power to provide bilingual staff in connection with services of the department and make available departmental publications in a language other than English when necessary to effectively serve groups for which the services or publications are made available. Existing law authorizes the department to adopt and amend guidelines for various purposes, including for the preparation of housing elements or to implement uniform standards or criteria, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 413"
citation: "California AB 413 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DepartmentofHousingandCommunityDevelopment", "guidelines", "translation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64396548-953c-478e-853c-3f101c0d297e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB413"
source_hash: "ea81dda41b1cd2801c19fb5477890140cc54c333e78858e9b25792a2fad7cbea"
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 413 (20252026) — Department of Housing and Community Development: guidelines: translation.

Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (department) in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Existing law grants the department various powers, including the power to provide bilingual staff in connection with services of the department and make available departmental publications in a language other than English when necessary to effectively serve groups for which the services or publications are made available. Existing law authorizes the department to adopt and amend guidelines for various purposes, including for the preparation of housing elements or to implement uniform standards or criteria, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB413&version=20250AB41399INT)
2. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB413&version=20250AB41397CHP)
3. **AB413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB413)
4. **09/08/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB413&version=20250AB41398ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 413 Fong Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1826.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-30** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2025-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2520.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-04** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 489, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64396548-953c-478e-853c-3f101c0d297e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).