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Authors Fong  
Subject Department of Housing and Community Development: guidelines: translation.
Relating To relating to housing.
Title An act to add Section 50406.1 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-10
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Status Chaptered
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Bill Actions
2025-10-10     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 489, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-10     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-11     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-04     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2520.).
2025-09-04     In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-09-02     Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-29     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-06-30     In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-18     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-11     Referred to Com. on HOUSING.
2025-06-03     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1826.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-07     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-28     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-02-18     Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
2025-02-05     From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2025-02-04     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-10
Enrolled     2025-09-08
Introduced     2025-02-04
Analyses TBD
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Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (department) in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Existing law grants the department various powers, including the power to provide bilingual staff in connection with services of the department and make available departmental publications in a language other than English when necessary to effectively serve groups for which the services or publications are made available. Existing law authorizes the department to adopt and amend guidelines for various purposes, including for the preparation of housing elements or to implement uniform standards or criteria, as provided.

This bill would require the department to review all guidelines it has adopted or amended to determine whether those guidelines explain rights or services available to the public. For guidelines that meet that criteria, the bill would require the department to translate those guidelines into any non-English languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people, as defined.