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CA SB 634

enacted

Local government: homelessness.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 634 pass?

Yes. CA SB 634 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 521, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 634 about?

The California Constitution authorizes a county or city to make and enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws. Existing law establishes procedures for the enactment of ordinances by counties and cities and makes a violation of a county or city ordinance, as applicable, a misdemeanor unless by ordinance it is made an infraction. This bill would prohibit a local jurisdiction from adopting a local ordinance, or enforcing an existing ordinance, that prohibits a person or organization from providing support services, as specified, to a person who is homeless or assisting a person who is homeless with any act related to basic survival. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.

Who sponsors CA SB 634?

Pérez is the primary sponsor of CA SB 634, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

The California Constitution authorizes a county or city to make and enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws. Existing law establishes procedures for the enactment of ordinances by counties and cities and makes a violation of a county or city ordinance, as applicable, a misdemeanor unless by ordinance it is made an infraction. This bill would prohibit a local jurisdiction from adopting a local ordinance, or enforcing an existing ordinance, that prohibits a person or organization from providing support services, as specified, to a person who is homeless or assisting a person who is homeless with any act related to basic survival. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.

Introduced
2025-02-20
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 521, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pérezauthor
  • Kalraprincipal coauthor
  • Leeprincipal coauthor
  • Haneycoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  3. 2025-03-05

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  4. 2025-03-26

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  5. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD.

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  6. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 23.

  7. 2025-04-09

    Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.

  8. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 871.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  9. 2025-04-28

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  10. 2025-04-29

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  11. 2025-04-29

    Ordered to second reading.

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  12. 2025-04-30

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-05-29

    Ordered to second reading.

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  14. 2025-05-29

    Read third time and amended.

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  15. 2025-06-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 1463.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  17. 2025-06-04

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  18. 2025-06-09

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

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  19. 2025-06-24

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  20. 2025-07-03

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

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  21. 2025-07-16

    Coauthors revised.

  22. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 16).

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  23. 2025-07-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  24. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 3067.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  25. 2025-09-09

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  26. 2025-09-10

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 16. Page 2806.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  27. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  28. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

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  29. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 521, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 04/28/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-28Compare
  • 05/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-29Compare
  • 06/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-24Compare
  • 09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • SB634Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-04-23 · pass · 4-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Choi: no
    • Wiener: other

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 23-11

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Valladares: no
    • Choi: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Niello: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Blakespear: no
    • Grove: no
    • Cabaldon: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Jones: no
    • Reyes: other
    • Becker: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Rubio: other
    • Umberg: other
    • Grayson: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development]

    2025-07-02 · pass · 6-2

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Ta: no
    • Pacheco: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-07-16 · pass · 9-3

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Wicks: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Patterson: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: no

  • SB 634 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Bryan

    2025-09-09 · pass · 55-20

    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
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Berman: 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
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: 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
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Ta: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Chen: no
    • Flora: no
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Bains: other

  • Unfinished Business SB634 Pérez et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-10 · pass · 22-16

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Wiener: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Umberg: no
    • Choi: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Grove: no
    • Niello: no
    • Rubio: no
    • Jones: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Blakespear: no
    • Grayson: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Hurtado: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Cabaldon: no
    • Stern: other
    • Becker: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB634

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