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CA AB 2185

enacted

Housing: multifamily affordable housing programs.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2185 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2185 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-29): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 784, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2185 about?

Existing law, the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025 (GRP) , which became effective on July 5, 2025, reorganized specified state agencies and departments, including eliminating the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency as of July 1, 2026, and instead establishing the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency. The GRP, as of July 1, 2026, sets forth the general responsibilities and roles of the California Housing Homelessness Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Housing Development and Finance Committee, and the California Housing Finance Agency in carrying out state housing policies and programs. Existing law establishes programs providing assistance for, among other things, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, and veteran housing. This bill would require the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, the California Housing Finance Agency, the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, and the Housing Development and Finance Committee, no later than July 1, 2027, when administering a multifamily affordable housing program, as specified, to, among other things, review, analyze, and make any changes necessary to their guidelines and regulations to facilitate the production and use of factory-built housing.

Who sponsors CA AB 2185?

Quirk-Silva is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2185, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law, the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025 (GRP) , which became effective on July 5, 2025, reorganized specified state agencies and departments, including eliminating the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency as of July 1, 2026, and instead establishing the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency. The GRP, as of July 1, 2026, sets forth the general responsibilities and roles of the California Housing Homelessness Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Housing Development and Finance Committee, and the California Housing Finance Agency in carrying out state housing policies and programs. Existing law establishes programs providing assistance for, among other things, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, and veteran housing. This bill would require the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, the California Housing Finance Agency, the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, and the Housing Development and Finance Committee, no later than July 1, 2027, when administering a multifamily affordable housing program, as specified, to, among other things, review, analyze, and make any changes necessary to their guidelines and regulations to facilitate the production and use of factory-built housing.

Introduced
2026-03-19
Latest action
2026-09-29 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 784, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Quirk-Silvaauthor
  • Wicksauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-29

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 784, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-29

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-03

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  4. 2026-08-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).

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  5. 2026-08-26

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).

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  6. 2026-08-26

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-26

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6641.).

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  8. 2026-08-25

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  9. 2026-08-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  11. 2026-08-13

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  12. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  13. 2026-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

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  15. 2026-05-21

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

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  16. 2026-05-21

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5183.)

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  17. 2026-05-14

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2026-05-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 13).

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  19. 2026-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. 2026-03-23

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

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  21. 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.

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  22. 2026-03-19

    Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

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  23. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  24. 2026-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
  • 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
  • 08/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-13Compare
  • 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
  • 09/29/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-29Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB2185Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-22 · pass · 12-0

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

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-13 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes

  • AB 2185 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-21 · pass · 74-0

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

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    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

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2185

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