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Measure AB 678
Authors Lee  
Coauthors: Haney  
Subject Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Relating To relating to homelessness.
Title An act to add Section 8257.3 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to homelessness.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-10
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
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Actions
2025-10-10     Approved by the Governor.
2025-10-10     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-23     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-11     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3298.).
2025-09-10     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2833.).
2025-09-10     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-04     Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-18     In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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.
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.
2025-06-11     Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and 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 67. Noes 0. Page 1844.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-07     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-28     Coauthors revised.
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.
2025-03-03     Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
2025-02-15     From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2025-02-14     Read first time. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-10
Enrolled     2025-09-15
Amended Senate     2025-09-04
Introduced     2025-02-14
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								The council shall coordinate with representatives from LGBTQ+ communities, including, but not limited to, housing providers, nonprofit organizations, advocates, and researchers, to do all of the following:
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								Prevent discrimination, harassment, and violence against members of the LGBTQ+ community in state homelessness programs.
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								For purposes of this section, “state homelessness programs” means those programs that are funded, in whole or in part, by the state with the express purpose of addressing or preventing homelessness or providing services to people experiencing homelessness.
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								Notwithstanding Section 9795 of the Government Code, on or before
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Last Version Text Digest 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.