---
type: "Bill"
title: "Density bonuses: child care facilities."
description: "Density bonuses: child care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 305"
citation: "California AB 305 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Density bonuses: child care facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-06"
last_action: "2003-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaf9ce34-e15f-4b79-8ecb-5793a4b355ea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB305"
source_hash: "f90956764755e69033c3cfff8cdfd224f104d6c107b50baca98fdac90a5d5aa4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 305 (20032004) — Density bonuses: child care facilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/06/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB305&version=20030AB30599INT)
2. **03/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB305&version=20030AB30598AMD)
3. **06/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB305&version=20030AB30597AMD)
4. **07/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB305&version=20030AB30596AMD)
5. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB305&version=20030AB30595AMD)
6. **09/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB305&version=20030AB30593CHP)
7. **AB305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB305)
8. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB305&version=20030AB30594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 305 mullin assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 305 mullin concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab305 mullin by perata — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2003-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 430, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 3202.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2089.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 28. Page 1389.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2003-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaf9ce34-e15f-4b79-8ecb-5793a4b355ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).