CA AB 1556
enactedRecovery housing: funding.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1556 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1556 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-29): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 779, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1556 about?
Existing law establishes the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to oversee the implementation of Housing First guidelines and regulations, and, among other things, identify resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California. Existing law requires a state agency or department that funds, implements, or administers a state program that provides housing or housing-related services to people experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness to revise or adopt guidelines and regulations to include enumerated Housing First policies. Existing law specifies the core components of Housing First, including services that are informed by a harm-reduction philosophy that recognizes drug and alcohol use and addiction as a part of tenants' lives and where tenants are engaged in nonjudgmental communication regarding drug and alcohol use. This bill would require applicants for state homelessness funding for recovery housing, as defined, to demonstrate the availability of a range of interventions, as specified. The bill would require a program that provides recovery housing to meet specified requirements in order to be eligible for state funding, including that the program satisfies the core components of Housing First, relapse is not, unless there is another lease violation, grounds for eviction and residents receive relapse support, the program provides emergency preparedness and overdose prevention and response training to staff and residents and makes overdose reversal medication available and readily accessible to staff and residents onsite, and the program adopts and maintains a written return-to-use policy, as specified. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
Who sponsors CA AB 1556?
Haney is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1556.
Description
Existing law establishes the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to oversee the implementation of Housing First guidelines and regulations, and, among other things, identify resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California. Existing law requires a state agency or department that funds, implements, or administers a state program that provides housing or housing-related services to people experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness to revise or adopt guidelines and regulations to include enumerated Housing First policies. Existing law specifies the core components of Housing First, including services that are informed by a harm-reduction philosophy that recognizes drug and alcohol use and addiction as a part of tenants' lives and where tenants are engaged in nonjudgmental communication regarding drug and alcohol use. This bill would require applicants for state homelessness funding for recovery housing, as defined, to demonstrate the availability of a range of interventions, as specified. The bill would require a program that provides recovery housing to meet specified requirements in order to be eligible for state funding, including that the program satisfies the core components of Housing First, relapse is not, unless there is another lease violation, grounds for eviction and residents receive relapse support, the program provides emergency preparedness and overdose prevention and response training to staff and residents and makes overdose reversal medication available and readily accessible to staff and residents onsite, and the program adopts and maintains a written return-to-use policy, as specified. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-19
- Latest action
- 2026-09-29 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 779, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Haneyauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-29
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 779, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-29
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-08
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-28
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-28
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6788.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-27
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-11
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-10
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-08-03
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-07-29
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-07-08
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 1).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-07-08
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-25
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-10
Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-05-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5444.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-22
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5270.)
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-27
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-04-23
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-04-22
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 21).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-23
Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
referral-committee
2026-03-19
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,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-19
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-01-09
From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
2026-01-08
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
Versions
- 01/08/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-08Compare
- 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
- 04/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-23Compare
- 05/22/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-22Compare
- 06/25/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-25Compare
- 07/08/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-07-08Compare
- 08/03/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-03Compare
- 09/02/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-02Compare
- 09/29/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-29Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]
2026-04-15 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Patterson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lee: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ta: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Garcia: yes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Patel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Chen: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Addis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
AB 1556 Haney Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 78-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Davies: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Addis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Lee: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Patel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Solache: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bains: yes
- Chen: yes
- Soria: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ward: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Ta: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Flora: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Haney: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- DeMaio: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]
2026-06-24 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Arreguín: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Padilla: yes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-07-01 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Durazo: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Grove: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Rubio: other
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