Bill Commons

CA AB 1573

enacted

Land use: housing elements: target population.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1573 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1573 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 524, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1573 about?

The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element containing specified information, including an analysis of its special housing, emergency shelter, and supportive housing needs, as defined. Existing law defines the term "target population" for purposes of requirements applicable to the housing element to include certain persons, including persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities and individuals eligible for specified developmental disability services. This bill, the Unseen and Unheard Housing Act, would provide that the definition of the term "target population" for the purposes of requirements applicable to the housing element, as described above, may include victims of domestic violence, victims of sexual assault, and victims of human trafficking, as specified.

Who sponsors CA AB 1573?

Bryan is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1573, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element containing specified information, including an analysis of its special housing, emergency shelter, and supportive housing needs, as defined. Existing law defines the term "target population" for purposes of requirements applicable to the housing element to include certain persons, including persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities and individuals eligible for specified developmental disability services. This bill, the Unseen and Unheard Housing Act, would provide that the definition of the term "target population" for the purposes of requirements applicable to the housing element, as described above, may include victims of domestic violence, victims of sexual assault, and victims of human trafficking, as specified.

Introduced
2026-03-16
Latest action
2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 524, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bryanauthor
  • Stefaniprincipal coauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-27

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 524, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-27

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-08-28

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-24

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-08-24

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6400.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-08-20

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-20

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  8. 2026-08-20

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5578.).

  9. 2026-06-15

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  10. 2026-06-11

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-06-01

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  12. 2026-05-13

    Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

    referral-committee

  13. 2026-05-05

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  14. 2026-05-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4918.)

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  15. 2026-04-27

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  16. 2026-04-23

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2026-03-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  18. 2026-03-17

    Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

    referral-committee

  19. 2026-03-16

    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

  20. 2026-02-09

    Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  21. 2026-01-13

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.

  22. 2026-01-12

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

Versions

  • 01/12/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-12Compare
  • 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
  • 06/01/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-01Compare
  • 08/26/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-26Compare
  • 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
  • AB1573Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-03-25 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Patterson: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-04-22 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Johnson: yes

  • AB 1573 Bryan Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-05-04 · pass · 73-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Jackson: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Arambula: other
    • Chen: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Bennett: other
    • Flora: other
    • Caloza: other
    • Wilson: other

  • Do pass

    2026-06-10 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1573

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-09-29T14:57:39.727694Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=CA&identifier=AB 1573. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.