AB-678 • 2026

Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Lee
Last action: 2025-10-10
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the council will coordinate with LGBTQ+ communities or what exact data needs to be collected.

Interagency Council on Homelessness

This law requires the Interagency Council on Homelessness to work with LGBTQ+ community representatives to develop policies and practices for inclusive services, expand data collection about LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness, and report their findings by July 1, 2027.

What This Bill Does

Requires the council to coordinate with LGBTQ+ communities to identify recommended policies and best practices for providing inclusive and culturally competent services to LGBTQ+ individuals experiencing homelessness.
Directs the council to develop recommendations to expand data collection about the needs and experiences of LGBTQ+ people in state homelessness programs.
Requires the council to submit a report on their findings and recommendations by July 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

The Interagency Council on Homelessness
LGBTQ+ community representatives

Terms To Know

Interagency Council on Homelessness: A group created by the Governor to work on ending homelessness through partnerships and policy recommendations.
LGBTQ+: An acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and other sexual orientations and gender identities.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how the council will coordinate with LGBTQ+ communities.
It is unclear what specific data the council needs to collect about LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness.

Bill History

2025-10-10 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-10 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-23 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-11 California Legislative Information
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3298.).
2025-09-10 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2833.).
2025-09-08 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-18 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-16 California Legislative Information
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 California Legislative Information
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 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and HOUSING.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1844.)
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-07 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-28 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-28 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2025-03-03 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
2025-02-15 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2025-02-14 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 678, Lee.
Interagency Council on Homelessness.
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.

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