republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1170.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing: downpayment assistance."
description: "Housing: downpayment assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1170"
citation: "California AB 1170 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing: downpayment assistance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c38da4c5-ce8c-489c-b37a-ad2314633118"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170"
source_hash: "510af5d89522e3f76d01bbdc44eb817f434129dc766823dde0bd7f21cf31a03a"
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 1170 (20012002) — Housing: downpayment assistance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170&version=20010AB117099INT)
2. **01/22/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170&version=20010AB117096AMD)
3. **01/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170&version=20010AB117095AMD)
4. **03/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170&version=20010AB117094AMD)
5. **04/18/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170&version=20010AB117098AMD)
6. **04/30/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170&version=20010AB117093AMD)
7. **05/02/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170&version=20010AB117097AMD)
8. **06/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170&version=20010AB117092AMD)
9. **08/06/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170&version=20010AB117091AMD)
10. **09/20/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170&version=20010AB117089CHP)
11. **AB1170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170)
12. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1170&version=20010AB117090ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1170 Firebaugh Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 1170 Firebaugh Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1170 Firebaugh By Soto — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Soto — principal coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 724, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 8531.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 5783.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-30** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-30** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 4646.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-29** Assembly Rule 69(a) suspended. Read third time, amended. Ordered returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-01-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-31** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-04-03** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 884.)
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c38da4c5-ce8c-489c-b37a-ad2314633118`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).