republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2442.md

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Bill	Density bonuses.	The Planning and Zoning Law requires, when an applicant proposes a housing development within the jurisdiction of the local government, that the city, county, or city and county provide the developer with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions for the production of lower income housing units or for the donation of land within the development if the developer, among other things, agrees to construct a specified percentage of units for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2442	California AB 2442 (20152016)	bill	Density bonuses.	enacted	Holden	7	29	7	2016-02-19	2016-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/3897a4d3-d928-4520-bd6a-7148a3b022de	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2442	9d7526ab152d03927418a28aaf6fd57932af685978870ef9ad8b0c07cf90ce0e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2442 (20152016) — Density bonuses.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires, when an applicant proposes a housing development within the jurisdiction of the local government, that the city, county, or city and county provide the developer with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions for the production of lower income housing units or for the donation of land within the development if the developer, among other things, agrees to construct a specified percentage of units for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/14/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/28/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2442 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/30/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2442 HOLDEN Assembly Third Reading — 63–8 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2442 Holden By Beall — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 2442 HOLDEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 67–10 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 6–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Holden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-08 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2016-04-07 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4218.)
• 2016-04-07 (pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)
• 2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2016-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (May 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 8. Page 4863.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-26 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2016-06-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5288.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 10. Page 6344.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 756, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3897a4d3-d928-4520-bd6a-7148a3b022de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).