CA AB 57
vetoedCalifornia Dream for All Program: descendants of formerly enslaved people.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 57 pass?
No. CA AB 57 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
What is CA AB 57 about?
Existing law establishes the California Housing Finance Agency in the Department of Housing and Community Development, and authorizes the agency to, among other things, make loans to finance affordable housing, including residential structures, housing developments, multifamily rental housing, special needs housing, and other forms of housing, as specified. Existing law establishes the California Dream for All Program to provide shared appreciation loans to qualified first-time homebuyers, as specified. Existing law establishes in the State Treasury the California Dream for All Fund, which is continuously appropriated for expenditure pursuant to the program, as specified. This bill would require, upon establishment of the certification process for the descendants of American slavery established by the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery, at least 10% of the moneys in the fund to be reserved for applicants who meet the requirements for a loan under the program and have been certified as descendants of formerly enslaved people, as specified. This bill would become operative only if SB 518 of the 2025–26 Regular Session is enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2027, and establishes the Bureau for Descendants for American Slavery.
Who sponsors CA AB 57?
McKinnor is the primary sponsor of CA AB 57, joined by 13 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law establishes the California Housing Finance Agency in the Department of Housing and Community Development, and authorizes the agency to, among other things, make loans to finance affordable housing, including residential structures, housing developments, multifamily rental housing, special needs housing, and other forms of housing, as specified. Existing law establishes the California Dream for All Program to provide shared appreciation loans to qualified first-time homebuyers, as specified. Existing law establishes in the State Treasury the California Dream for All Fund, which is continuously appropriated for expenditure pursuant to the program, as specified. This bill would require, upon establishment of the certification process for the descendants of American slavery established by the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery, at least 10% of the moneys in the fund to be reserved for applicants who meet the requirements for a loan under the program and have been certified as descendants of formerly enslaved people, as specified. This bill would become operative only if SB 518 of the 2025–26 Regular Session is enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2027, and establishes the Bureau for Descendants for American Slavery.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-24
- Latest action
- 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- McKinnorauthor
- Bontacoauthor
- Bryancoauthor
- Elhawarycoauthor
- Gipsoncoauthor
- Jacksoncoauthor
- Kalracoauthor
- Ortegacoauthor
- Ransomcoauthor
- Sharp-Collinscoauthor
- Wilsoncoauthor
- Richardsoncoauthor
- Smallwood-Cuevascoauthor
- Weber Piersoncoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
veto-override-failure
2025-10-13
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-13
Vetoed by Governor.
executive-veto
2025-09-16
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-09
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 10. Page 3100.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-08
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2615.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-07-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-06-24
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-06-11
Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-05-29
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-29
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 10. Page 1777.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-07
Coauthors revised.
2025-05-07
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-04-24
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-04-23
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-22
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 22).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-03-28
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-03-27
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-03-26
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-03-04
Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
referral-committee
2025-03-03
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
2025-02-25
Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
referral-committee
2025-02-24
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-02-24
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
2024-12-03
From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-02
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
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- 02/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-02-24Compare
- 03/03/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-03Compare
- 03/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-27Compare
- 04/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-23Compare
- 06/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-24Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-03-26 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Kalra: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Gallagher: other
- Ta: other
- Patterson: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-22 · pass · 9-2
Member-level votes (12)
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Lee: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Macedo: no
- Sanchez: no
- Dixon: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Dixon: no
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
- Tangipa: other
AB 57 McKinnor Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-29 · pass · 52-10
Member-level votes (79)
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Addis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Patel: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Krell: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gallagher: no
- Sanchez: no
- Davies: no
- Patterson: no
- Hadwick: no
- Macedo: no
- DeMaio: no
- Ellis: no
- Castillo: no
- Dixon: no
- Alvarez: other
- Nguyen: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Chen: other
- Solache: other
- Irwin: other
- Ta: other
- Bryan: other
- Ward: other
- Lackey: other
- Wallis: other
- Flora: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Schiavo: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Hoover: other
- Tangipa: other
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Haney: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Soria: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hart: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Lee: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Papan: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-06-17 · pass · 7-2
Member-level votes (11)
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Padilla: other
- Gonzalez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-08 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (13)
- Arreguín: yes
- Allen: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Niello: no
- Valladares: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
3rd Reading AB57 McKinnor et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas
2025-09-08 · pass · 28-9
Member-level votes (40)
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Limón: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Becker: yes
- Niello: no
- Jones: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Choi: no
- Seyarto: no
- Strickland: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Grove: no
- Dahle: no
- Valladares: other
- Stern: other
- Cabaldon: other
AB 57 McKinnor Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-09 · pass · 60-10
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Dixon: no
- Hadwick: no
- Macedo: no
- Gallagher: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Hoover: other
- Tangipa: other
- Lackey: other
- Schiavo: other
- Wallis: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Chen: other
- Castillo: other
- Flora: other
- Ta: other
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