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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Single-room occupancy units: demolition and replacement: housing assistance programs: eligibility for homeless individuals and families."
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description: "(1) Existing law, known as the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, among other things, prohibits an affected city or an affected county, as defined, from approving a housing development project that will require the demolition of occupied or vacant protected units, as defined, or that is located on a site where protected units were demolished in the previous 5 years unless specified requirements are met. Among these requirements, existing law requires that the project replace all existing protected units and protected units demolished on or after January 1, 2020, and, if the project is a housing development project, as defined, it will include at least as many residential dwelling units as the greatest number of residential dwelling units that existed on the project site within the last 5 years. Existing law requires that specified protected units replaced under these provisions be considered in determining whether the housing development project satisfies certain state and local requirements that the project provide a certain percentage of residential rental units affordable to, and occupied by, households with incomes that do not exceed the limits for moderate-income, lower income, very low income, or extremely low income households, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 21"
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citation: "California SB 21 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Single-roomoccupancyunits", "demolitionandreplacement", "eligibilityforhomelessindividualsandfamilies", "housingassistanceprograms"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-12-02"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f95fff02-fbbf-4d0b-811c-27e95bf47960"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB21"
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source_hash: "6c3b79cb4f78619bbc850be840b4bf2cfdce61cf10f01a004aab0ed98cb163ea"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 21 (20252026) — Single-room occupancy units: demolition and replacement: housing assistance programs: eligibility for homeless individuals and families.
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(1) Existing law, known as the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, among other things, prohibits an affected city or an affected county, as defined, from approving a housing development project that will require the demolition of occupied or vacant protected units, as defined, or that is located on a site where protected units were demolished in the previous 5 years unless specified requirements are met. Among these requirements, existing law requires that the project replace all existing protected units and protected units demolished on or after January 1, 2020, and, if the project is a housing development project, as defined, it will include at least as many residential dwelling units as the greatest number of residential dwelling units that existed on the project site within the last 5 years. Existing law requires that specified protected units replaced under these provisions be considered in determining whether the housing development project satisfies certain state and local requirements that the project provide a certain percentage of residential rental units affordable to, and occupied by, households with incomes that do not exceed the limits for moderate-income, lower income, very low income, or extremely low income households, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/02/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB21&version=20250SB2199INT)
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2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB21&version=20250SB2198AMD)
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3. **05/01/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB21&version=20250SB2197AMD)
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4. **07/07/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB21&version=20250SB2196AMD)
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5. **08/29/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB21&version=20250SB2195AMD)
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6. **09/04/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB21&version=20250SB2194AMD)
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7. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB21&version=20250SB2192CHP)
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8. **SB21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB21)
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9. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB21&version=20250SB2193ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB21 Durazo et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 21 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Mark González — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Durazo — primary (person)
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- Blakespear — coauthor (person)
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- Kalra — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2024-12-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.
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- **2025-01-29** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Set for hearing March 26.
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- **2025-03-21** March 26 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2025-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 23.
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- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 871.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-25** Set for hearing April 29.
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- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 936.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
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- **2025-05-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1248.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-05** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-25** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.
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- **2025-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-08-29** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-29** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2986.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2708.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 511, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f95fff02-fbbf-4d0b-811c-27e95bf47960`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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