---
type: "Bill"
title: "Density bonus."
description: "Density bonus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2280"
citation: "California AB 2280 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Density bonus."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldana"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ffdd715-a83c-484e-ab5a-c6e2a454dd1c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2280"
source_hash: "d8151f7df6d7ffead57073148d4ecd7e46639de0f0eabdfae61c7aad0ff143d5"
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 2280 (20072008) — Density bonus.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2280&version=20070AB228099INT)
2. **05/06/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2280&version=20070AB228098AMD)
3. **05/22/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2280&version=20070AB228097AMD)
4. **06/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2280&version=20070AB228096AMD)
5. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2280&version=20070AB228095AMD)
6. **08/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2280&version=20070AB228094AMD)
7. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2280&version=20070AB228092CHP)
8. **AB2280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2280)
9. **09/04/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2280&version=20070AB228093ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2280 SALDANA Assembly Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2280 SALDANA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2280 Saldana By Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2280 SALDANA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saldana — primary (person)
- Caballero — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Ayes 48. Noes 11. Page 5254.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5430.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-15** (Corrected July 15.)
- **2008-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 5221.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6955.)
- **2008-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6961.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 454, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ffdd715-a83c-484e-ab5a-c6e2a454dd1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).