republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-143.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shelter crisis: homeless shelters: Counties of Alameda and Orange: City of San Jose."
description: "Existing law authorizes the governing body of a political subdivision, as those terms are defined, to declare a shelter crisis if the governing body makes a specified finding. Upon declaration of a shelter crisis, existing law, among other things, suspends certain state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances to the extent that strict compliance would prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the shelter crisis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 143"
citation: "California AB 143 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Shelter crisis: homeless shelters: Counties of Alameda and Orange: City of San Jose."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-12-13"
last_action: "2019-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/219a723b-b275-42e1-bcf3-844c452ed4e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB143"
source_hash: "55dfcf69842af96b4a6875800c5cddd94f4563965b953184a92042e2f4c10823"
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 143 (20192020) — Shelter crisis: homeless shelters: Counties of Alameda and Orange: City of San Jose.

Existing law authorizes the governing body of a political subdivision, as those terms are defined, to declare a shelter crisis if the governing body makes a specified finding. Upon declaration of a shelter crisis, existing law, among other things, suspends certain state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances to the extent that strict compliance would prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the shelter crisis.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB143&version=20190AB14399INT)
2. **03/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB143&version=20190AB14398AMD)
3. **04/10/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB143&version=20190AB14397AMD)
4. **05/22/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB143&version=20190AB14396AMD)
5. **06/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB143&version=20190AB14395AMD)
6. **08/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB143&version=20190AB14394AMD)
7. **09/26/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB143&version=20190AB14392CHP)
8. **AB143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB143)
9. **09/10/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB143&version=20190AB14393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB143 Quirk-Silva et al. By Beall Urgency Clause — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 143 Quirk-Silva Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 143 Quirk-Silva Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Beall — principal coauthor (person)
- Chang — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Daly — author (person)
- Diep — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — author (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-13** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2018-12-14** From printer. May be heard in committee January 13.
- **2019-01-07** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1588.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2577.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-09** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3150.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 336, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/219a723b-b275-42e1-bcf3-844c452ed4e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).