California AB1556: Recovery housing: funding.

What the bill says

An act to add Division 10.95 (commencing with Section 11999.45) to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. public health Recovery housing: funding. Existing law establishes the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to oversee the implementation of Housing First guidelines and regulations, and, among other things, identify resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California…

From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:

An act to add Division 10.95 (commencing with Section 11999.45) to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. public health Recovery housing: funding. Existing law establishes the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to oversee the implementation of Housing First guidelines and regulations, and, among other things, identify resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California. Existing law requires a state agency or department that funds, implements, or administers a state program that provides housing or housing-related services to people experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness to revise or adopt guidelines and regulations to include enumerated Housing First policies. Existing law specifies the core components of Housing First, including services that are informed by a harm-reduction philosophy that recognizes drug and alcohol use and addiction as a part of tenants’ lives and where tenants are engaged in nonjudgmental communication regarding drug and alcohol use. This bill would require applicants for state homelessness funding for recovery housing, as defined, to demonstrate the availability of a range of interventions, as specified. The bill would require a program that provides recovery housing to meet specified requirements in order to be eligible for state funding, including that the program satisfies the core components of Housing First, relapse is not, unless there is another …

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Sponsors

• Matt Haney (D, AD17) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. September 29, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 779, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 29, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 8, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
4. August 28, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6788.).
5. August 28, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
6. August 27, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
7. August 27, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
8. August 11, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
9. August 10, 2026: From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
10. August 3, 2026: From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Votes

• AB 1556 Haney Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 28, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1556 Haney By Allen (August 27, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (July 1, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] (June 24, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 1556 Haney Assembly Third Reading (May 27, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass. (May 14, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB1556?

AB1556 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Recovery housing: funding.

What does AB1556 do?

In its own words: An act to add Division 10.95 (commencing with Section 11999.45) to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. public health Recovery housing: funding. Existing law establishes the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to oversee the implementation of Housing First guidelines and regulations, and, among other things, identify resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California…

What is the status of AB1556?

Chaptered as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 779, Statutes of 2026. (September 29, 2026).

Who sponsored AB1556?

Matt Haney (D, AD17).

Where is the official record for AB1556?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1556