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CA AB 57

vetoed

California Dream for All Program: descendants of formerly enslaved people.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 57 pass?

No. CA AB 57 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2026-01-22. 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

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-02

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2024-12-03

    From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD.

    referral-committee

  4. 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.

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  5. 2025-02-25

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

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  6. 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.

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  7. 2025-03-04

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

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  8. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26).

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  9. 2025-03-27

    Read second time and amended.

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  10. 2025-03-28

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  11. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 22).

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  12. 2025-04-23

    Read second time and amended.

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  13. 2025-04-24

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2025-05-07

    Coauthors revised.

  15. 2025-05-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  16. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23).

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  17. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 10. Page 1777.)

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  19. 2025-05-29

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

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  20. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD.

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  21. 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.

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  22. 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.

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  23. 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.

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  24. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  25. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  26. 2025-08-29

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

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  27. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  28. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2615.).

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  29. 2025-09-08

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  30. 2025-09-09

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 10. Page 3100.).

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  31. 2025-09-16

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  32. 2025-10-13

    Vetoed by Governor.

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  33. 2025-10-13

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  34. 2026-01-22

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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Versions

  • 12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
  • 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
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/11/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-11Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB57Compare

Documents

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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