republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-702.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program: agricultural employees."
description: "Existing law establishes the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, under which, subject to the availability of funds, grants or loans, or both, are made available for the construction or rehabilitation of housing for agricultural employees, as defined, and their families or for the acquisition of manufactured housing to remedy the impacts of the displacement of farmworker families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 702"
citation: "California AB 702 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joe Serna", "Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program: agricultural employees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2010-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f42b570-6b00-4efd-b375-35414a1f6571"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB702"
source_hash: "09af0c6fef6b7f3e7e299886c77fdc26a33f1960c3618c5c3f68e397570ac0f8"
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 702 (20092010) — Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program: agricultural employees.

Existing law establishes the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, under which, subject to the availability of funds, grants or loans, or both, are made available for the construction or rehabilitation of housing for agricultural employees, as defined, and their families or for the acquisition of manufactured housing to remedy the impacts of the displacement of farmworker families.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB702&version=20090AB70299INT)
2. **04/20/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB702&version=20090AB70298AMD)
3. **06/01/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB702&version=20090AB70297AMD)
4. **06/22/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB702&version=20090AB70296AMD)
5. **08/02/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB702&version=20090AB70295AMD)
6. **08/09/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB702&version=20090AB70294AMD)
7. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB702&version=20090AB70292CHP)
8. **AB702** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB702)
9. **09/03/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB702&version=20090AB70293ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Transportation and Housing. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 702 SALAS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB702 Salas Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 702 SALAS Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1958.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-06-22** 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`
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-04** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-09** From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2010-08-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4672.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6557.)
- **2010-08-25** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-26** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6723.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2010-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 348, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f42b570-6b00-4efd-b375-35414a1f6571`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).