republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1607.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency."
description: "Existing law, the Los Angeles County Regional Housing Finance Act (act) , establishes the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (agency) to increase the supply of affordable housing in the County of Los Angeles. The act authorizes the agency to place funding measures on the ballot in the County of Los Angeles to raise and allocate funds to the County of Los Angeles, the cities in the county, and other public agencies and affordable housing projects within its jurisdiction for purposes of preserving and enhancing existing housing, funding renter protection programs, and financing new construction of affordable housing developments, as specified. The act limits the agency's jurisdiction to acting in a supplemental capacity when a municipality has, as of January 1, 2022, an existing program that provides similar supports and services, and prohibits any functions of existing programs from being transferred to or undertaken by the agency. The act also prohibits the agency from performing or undertaking any functions related to supports and services provided to people experiencing homelessness, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1607"
citation: "California AB 1607 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy Carrillo"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a974e913-c1af-4f41-a15a-1136c0dc13b6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1607"
source_hash: "2a9e4a6703781c8a8901ad1e747e012df453010d78be3cf943e062e818c1fc52"
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 1607 (20232024) — Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency.

Existing law, the Los Angeles County Regional Housing Finance Act (act) , establishes the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (agency) to increase the supply of affordable housing in the County of Los Angeles. The act authorizes the agency to place funding measures on the ballot in the County of Los Angeles to raise and allocate funds to the County of Los Angeles, the cities in the county, and other public agencies and affordable housing projects within its jurisdiction for purposes of preserving and enhancing existing housing, funding renter protection programs, and financing new construction of affordable housing developments, as specified. The act limits the agency's jurisdiction to acting in a supplemental capacity when a municipality has, as of January 1, 2022, an existing program that provides similar supports and services, and prohibits any functions of existing programs from being transferred to or undertaken by the agency. The act also prohibits the agency from performing or undertaking any functions related to supports and services provided to people experiencing homelessness, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1607&version=20230AB160799INT)
2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1607&version=20230AB160798AMD)
3. **04/11/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1607&version=20230AB160797AMD)
4. **04/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1607&version=20230AB160796AMD)
5. **07/05/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1607&version=20230AB160795AMD)
6. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1607&version=20230AB160793CHP)
7. **AB1607** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1607)
8. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1607&version=20230AB160794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1607 Wendy Carrillo By Gonzalez — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- AB 1607 Wendy Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **71–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 1607 Wendy Carrillo Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wendy Carrillo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** 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`
- **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** 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`
- **2023-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2035.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 2141.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 5. Page 3045.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 730, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a974e913-c1af-4f41-a15a-1136c0dc13b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).