republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1719.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing: Community College Faculty and Employee Housing Act of 2022."
description: "Existing law, the Teacher Housing Act of 2016, authorizes a school district to establish and implement programs that address the housing needs of teachers and school district employees who face challenges in securing affordable housing, as provided. Under existing law, a program established under the act is restricted to \"teacher or school district employees,\" except as specified. Existing law defines the term \"teacher or school district employees\" for these purposes to mean any person employed by a unified school district maintaining prekindergarten, transitional kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, an elementary school district maintaining prekindergarten, transitional kindergarten, and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, or a high school district maintaining grades 9 to 12, inclusive, including, but not limited to, certificated and classified staff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1719"
citation: "California AB 1719 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing: Community College Faculty and Employee Housing Act of 2022."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c24cfbc-a226-4c09-8130-597d6d03f988"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1719"
source_hash: "042d9a093b64c02440b07749d7ecd1da2d2798ed12aa18956aa9240efffdc9cf"
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 1719 (20212022) — Housing: Community College Faculty and Employee Housing Act of 2022.

Existing law, the Teacher Housing Act of 2016, authorizes a school district to establish and implement programs that address the housing needs of teachers and school district employees who face challenges in securing affordable housing, as provided. Under existing law, a program established under the act is restricted to "teacher or school district employees," except as specified. Existing law defines the term "teacher or school district employees" for these purposes to mean any person employed by a unified school district maintaining prekindergarten, transitional kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, an elementary school district maintaining prekindergarten, transitional kindergarten, and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, or a high school district maintaining grades 9 to 12, inclusive, including, but not limited to, certificated and classified staff.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/27/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1719&version=20210AB171999INT)
2. **03/22/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1719&version=20210AB171998AMD)
3. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1719&version=20210AB171997AMD)
4. **09/28/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1719&version=20210AB171995CHP)
5. **AB1719** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1719)
6. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1719&version=20210AB171996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1719 Ward By Cortese — **29–9** (pass) · upper
- AB 1719 Ward Assembly Third Reading — **56–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- [06-14-2022] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-28** From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 16. Page 4830.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** In committee: Reconsideration of a favorable vote granted.
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 640, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c24cfbc-a226-4c09-8130-597d6d03f988`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).