republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-330.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing Crisis Act of 2019."
description: "(1) The Housing Accountability Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. The act specifies that one way to satisfy that requirement is to make findings that the housing development project or emergency shelter is inconsistent with both the jurisdiction's zoning ordinance and general plan land use designation as specified in any element of the general plan as it existed on the date the application was deemed complete. The act requires a local agency that proposes to disapprove a housing development project that complies with applicable, objective general plan and zoning standards and criteria that were in effect at the time the application was deemed to be complete, or to approve it on the condition that it be developed at a lower density, to base its decision upon written findings supported by substantial evidence on the record that specified conditions exist, and places the burden of proof on the local agency to that effect. The act requires a court to impose a fine on a local agency under certain circumstances and requires that the fine be at least $10,000 per housing unit in the housing development project on the date the application was deemed complete."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 330"
citation: "California SB 330 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing Crisis Act of 2019."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37a237ba-8692-4299-9aa7-ef7d1158977e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330"
source_hash: "a24edae0891a222c14ecb2b9ad5c691dbf80e0577246f5df7999a616319be1d3"
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 SB 330 (20192020) — Housing Crisis Act of 2019.

(1) The Housing Accountability Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. The act specifies that one way to satisfy that requirement is to make findings that the housing development project or emergency shelter is inconsistent with both the jurisdiction's zoning ordinance and general plan land use designation as specified in any element of the general plan as it existed on the date the application was deemed complete. The act requires a local agency that proposes to disapprove a housing development project that complies with applicable, objective general plan and zoning standards and criteria that were in effect at the time the application was deemed to be complete, or to approve it on the condition that it be developed at a lower density, to base its decision upon written findings supported by substantial evidence on the record that specified conditions exist, and places the burden of proof on the local agency to that effect. The act requires a court to impose a fine on a local agency under certain circumstances and requires that the fine be at least $10,000 per housing unit in the housing development project on the date the application was deemed complete.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330&version=20190SB33099INT)
2. **03/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330&version=20190SB33098AMD)
3. **04/04/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330&version=20190SB33097AMD)
4. **04/24/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330&version=20190SB33096AMD)
5. **05/07/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330&version=20190SB33095AMD)
6. **05/21/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330&version=20190SB33094AMD)
7. **06/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330&version=20190SB33093AMD)
8. **06/25/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330&version=20190SB33092AMD)
9. **07/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330&version=20190SB33091AMD)
10. **08/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330&version=20190SB33090AMD)
11. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330&version=20190SB33088CHP)
12. **SB330** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330)
13. **09/11/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330&version=20190SB33089ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB330 Skinner Concurrence — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 330 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Daly — **67–8** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2019-04-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 713.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 774.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2019-05-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-14** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1096.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 1353.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11** (Received at desk July 10 pursuant to JR 61(a)(10)).
- **2019-08-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-21** August 21 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-08-28** August 28 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 8. Page 3044.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 4. Page 2608.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 654, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37a237ba-8692-4299-9aa7-ef7d1158977e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).