republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1951.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing bonds."
description: "Existing law, the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006, authorizes the issuance of bonds to finance various housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development, housing-related parks, and transit-oriented development programs. The act establishes the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006 in the State Treasury and requires the sum of $1,500,000,000 to be deposited in the Affordable Housing Account, which the act establishes in the fund. The act continuously appropriates the money in the account in accordance with a specified schedule that requires, among other things, the transfer of the sum of $100,000,000 to the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund, which the act establishes in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires the funds in the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund to be allocated in the amount of $50,000,000 for the Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program, of which $25,000,000 would be made available to the Loan Fund and $25,000,000 would be made available to the Practitioner Fund; $5,000,000 for the Construction Liability Insurance Reform Pilot Program; $35,000,000 for a local housing trust fund matching grant program established under a specified provision of existing law; and $10,000,000 for the Innovative Homeownership Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1951"
citation: "California AB 1951 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Housing bonds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2a99613-cf3e-4916-b2ca-aea3593ef9b2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1951"
source_hash: "68adecc97e76583c2ac346ab127ec701ff2a8ac41b2733b03f78f1316e8c5bad"
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 1951 (20112012) — Housing bonds.

Existing law, the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006, authorizes the issuance of bonds to finance various housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development, housing-related parks, and transit-oriented development programs. The act establishes the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006 in the State Treasury and requires the sum of $1,500,000,000 to be deposited in the Affordable Housing Account, which the act establishes in the fund. The act continuously appropriates the money in the account in accordance with a specified schedule that requires, among other things, the transfer of the sum of $100,000,000 to the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund, which the act establishes in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires the funds in the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund to be allocated in the amount of $50,000,000 for the Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program, of which $25,000,000 would be made available to the Loan Fund and $25,000,000 would be made available to the Practitioner Fund; $5,000,000 for the Construction Liability Insurance Reform Pilot Program; $35,000,000 for a local housing trust fund matching grant program established under a specified provision of existing law; and $10,000,000 for the Innovative Homeownership Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1951&version=20110AB195199INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1951&version=20110AB195198AMD)
3. **04/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1951&version=20110AB195197AMD)
4. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1951&version=20110AB195196AMD)
5. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1951&version=20110AB195195AMD)
6. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1951&version=20110AB195193CHP)
7. **AB1951** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1951)
8. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1951&version=20110AB195194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1951 Atkins By DeSaulnier — **24–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1951 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — **52–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 1951 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 5092.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 4708.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 27. Page 6308.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 784, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2a99613-cf3e-4916-b2ca-aea3593ef9b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).