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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 634: Local government: homelessness.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 634 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Local government: homelessness. Primary sponsor: Sasha Renée Pérez (D). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 10, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 521, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sasha Renée PérezPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Matt HaneyCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly17
Ash KalraCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly25
Alex LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly24

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 521, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 16. Page 2806.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 3067.) Ordered to the Senate.
  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 16).
  9. Coauthors revised.
  10. 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.
  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
  12. Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page