Existing law requires cities, counties, and continuums of care receiving state funding to address homelessness on or after January 1, 2024, to include families, people fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, and unaccompanied women within the vulnerable populations for whom specific system supports are developed to maintain homeless services and housing delivery. Existing law also requires the cities, counties, and continuums of care to develop analyses and goals with victim service providers to address the specific needs of the above-described population with data measures not included within the Homeless Management Information System, in accordance with federal policies and specified guidelines.
California AB 790 (20252026) — Homelessness: single women with children.
Existing law requires cities, counties, and continuums of care receiving state funding to address homelessness on or after January 1, 2024, to include families, people fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, and unaccompanied women within the vulnerable populations for whom specific system supports are developed to maintain homeless services and housing delivery. Existing law also requires the cities, counties, and continuums of care to develop analyses and goals with victim service providers to address the specific needs of the above-described population with data measures not included within the Homeless Management Information System, in accordance with federal policies and specified guidelines.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
AB 790 Ávila Farías Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent AB790 Ávila Farías et al. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Ávila Farías — primary (person)
Celeste Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-03-28 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and HUM. S. referral-committee
2025-03-28 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
2025-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2025-04-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-23 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
2025-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2025-05-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. 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 1853.) 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 Coms. on HUMAN S. and HOUSING. referral-committee
2025-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to 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 2522.). 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 499, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52dc98c0-8bac-4a25-bf8b-645b6254561c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).