--- type: "Bill" title: "Planning and zoning: density bonuses: monitoring fees." description: "Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city, county, or city and county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus, waivers or reductions of development standards and parking ratios, and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct certain types of housing, including a housing development in which 100% of the units are for lower income households, except that up to 20% of the units in the development may be for moderate-income households, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 2430" citation: "California AB 2430 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Planning and zoning", "density bonuses", "monitoring fees"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Alvarez"] version_count: 7 action_count: 30 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2024-02-13" last_action: "2024-09-19" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbc92070-a4d1-4170-a43b-3f2fb260651a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2430" source_hash: "ce6dbb49709ac885f463da9c4f65d165ebcb1c6861a4363acefa02eb50a649bc" 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 2430 (20232024) — Planning and zoning: density bonuses: monitoring fees. Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city, county, or city and county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus, waivers or reductions of development standards and parking ratios, and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct certain types of housing, including a housing development in which 100% of the units are for lower income households, except that up to 20% of the units in the development may be for moderate-income households, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2430&version=20230AB243099INT) 2. **04/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2430&version=20230AB243098AMD) 3. **06/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2430&version=20230AB243097AMD) 4. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2430&version=20230AB243096AMD) 5. **09/19/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2430&version=20230AB243094CHP) 6. **AB2430** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2430) 7. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2430&version=20230AB243095ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2430 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2430 Alvarez et al. By Caballero — **40–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2430 Alvarez Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **9–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Alvarez — primary (person) - Luz Rivas — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15. - **2024-02-26** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-25** Coauthors revised. - **2024-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2024-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-08** From Consent Calendar. - **2024-08-08** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. - **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2024-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 273, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbc92070-a4d1-4170-a43b-3f2fb260651a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).