---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local planning: residential development."
description: "Local planning: residential development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2069"
citation: "California AB 2069 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local planning: residential development."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-19"
last_action: "2008-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4ffe6bd-7026-4999-bd43-7d744c0efec0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2069"
source_hash: "a173b4f3f10c80c073721b14182097c6bd7b623f3c614b61e0ea2bbc2413ed41"
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 2069 (20072008) — Local planning: residential development.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2069&version=20070AB206999INT)
2. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2069&version=20070AB206998AMD)
3. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2069&version=20070AB206996CHP)
4. **AB2069** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2069)
5. **08/08/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2069&version=20070AB206997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2069 JONES Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2069 Jones By Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2069 JONES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Housing and Community Development. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 30. Page 5045.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 15. Page 4603.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 6218.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 491, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4ffe6bd-7026-4999-bd43-7d744c0efec0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).