republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1459.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Multifamily Housing Program: veterans."
description: "Existing law establishes the Multifamily Housing Program under the administration of the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide a standardized set of program rules and features applicable to all housing types based on the department's California Housing Rehabilitation Program. Existing law authorizes a sponsor of a supportive housing development, as defined, to restrict occupancy to persons with veteran status if, among other things, the development is located on property that is owned or leased by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the California Department of Veterans Affairs and is leased to the sponsor for not less than 55 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1459"
citation: "California AB 1459 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Multifamily Housing Program: veterans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e5a6084-91fa-4692-b209-9dd15914010d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1459"
source_hash: "a3b072d0e23f7ecf24fdd57cf23d4ca2c7c7191e22b4a997e749a3fc222ab88c"
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 1459 (20092010) — Multifamily Housing Program: veterans.

Existing law establishes the Multifamily Housing Program under the administration of the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide a standardized set of program rules and features applicable to all housing types based on the department's California Housing Rehabilitation Program. Existing law authorizes a sponsor of a supportive housing development, as defined, to restrict occupancy to persons with veteran status if, among other things, the development is located on property that is owned or leased by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the California Department of Veterans Affairs and is leased to the sponsor for not less than 55 years.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1459&version=20090AB145999INT)
2. **06/01/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1459&version=20090AB145998AMD)
3. **06/11/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1459&version=20090AB145997AMD)
4. **07/06/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1459&version=20090AB145996AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1459&version=20090AB145994CHP)
6. **AB1459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1459)
7. **08/20/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1459&version=20090AB145995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1459 DAVIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1459 DAVIS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #13 AB1459 Davis — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1234.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-06-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-11** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-17** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-06-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1767.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-08-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1459.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2009-09-08** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e5a6084-91fa-4692-b209-9dd15914010d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).