CA AB 678
enactedInteragency Council on Homelessness.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 678 pass?
Yes. CA AB 678 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 678 about?
Existing law requires the Governor to create an Interagency Council on Homelessness, consisting of specified members. Among other goals, existing law requires the council to serve as a facilitator and create partnerships among federal, state, and local governments, nonprofit entities working to end homelessness, homeless services providers, and the private sector, for the purpose of arriving at specific strategies to end homelessness. Existing law also requires the council to make policy and procedural recommendations to legislators and other governmental entities. This bill would require the council to coordinate with representatives from LGBTQ+ communities to identify recommended policies and best practices for providing inclusive and culturally competent services to LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness and develop recommendations to, among other things, expand data collection to understand the needs and experiences of LGBTQ+ people in state homelessness programs, as defined. The bill would require the council, on or before July 1, 2027, to submit a report to specific committees of the Legislature on these recommendations.
Who sponsors CA AB 678?
Lee is the primary sponsor of CA AB 678, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law requires the Governor to create an Interagency Council on Homelessness, consisting of specified members. Among other goals, existing law requires the council to serve as a facilitator and create partnerships among federal, state, and local governments, nonprofit entities working to end homelessness, homeless services providers, and the private sector, for the purpose of arriving at specific strategies to end homelessness. Existing law also requires the council to make policy and procedural recommendations to legislators and other governmental entities. This bill would require the council to coordinate with representatives from LGBTQ+ communities to identify recommended policies and best practices for providing inclusive and culturally competent services to LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness and develop recommendations to, among other things, expand data collection to understand the needs and experiences of LGBTQ+ people in state homelessness programs, as defined. The bill would require the council, on or before July 1, 2027, to submit a report to specific committees of the Legislature on these recommendations.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Leeauthor
- Haneycoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-10-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-10-10
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-11
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3298.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-10
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2833.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-04
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-29
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-06-11
Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and HOUSING.
referral-committee
2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1844.)
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 0.) (May 23).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-07
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-04-28
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-28
Coauthors revised.
2025-03-03
Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
referral-committee
2025-02-15
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2025-02-14
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-24 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Lee: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Haney: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Tangipa: other
- Ta: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0
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
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
- Dixon: other
- Tangipa: other
AB 678 Lee Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-02 · pass · 67-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Addis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lee: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Krell: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Soria: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Davies: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Flora: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bains: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Gallagher: other
- Chen: other
- Lackey: other
- Ta: other
- Tangipa: other
- Ellis: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Hadwick: other
- Macedo: other
- Castillo: other
- Dixon: other
- Sanchez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing]
2025-06-30 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Becker: yes
- Limón: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Pérez: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cabaldon: 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
2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
3rd Reading AB678 Lee et al. By Arreguín
2025-09-10 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Umberg: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Niello: yes
- Jones: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Limón: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Choi: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
AB 678 Lee Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-11 · pass · 67-0
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
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: 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
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: other
- Dixon: other
- Hadwick: other
- Tangipa: other
- Lackey: other
- Macedo: other
- Gallagher: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Sanchez: other
- Chen: other
- Castillo: other
- Ellis: other
- Ta: other
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