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type: "Bill"
title: "Planning and zoning: density bonuses."
description: "The Planning and Zoning Law requires, when a developer of housing 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 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. Existing law requires continued affordability for 55 years or longer, as specified, of all very low and low-income units that qualified an applicant for a density bonus. Existing law prohibits a city, county, or city and county from requiring a vehicular parking ratio for a housing development that meets these criteria in excess of specified ratios. This prohibition applies only at the request of the developer and specifies that the developer may request additional parking incentives or concessions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 744"
citation: "California AB 744 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Planning and zoning: density bonuses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de3df996-0f9b-4299-9ca4-b34ef13d7402"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB744"
source_hash: "7cbb238d99b308ae9f6b456aa83428e490cc171696700b90344ea540bbdf230c"
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 744 (20152016) — Planning and zoning: density bonuses.
The Planning and Zoning Law requires, when a developer of housing 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 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. Existing law requires continued affordability for 55 years or longer, as specified, of all very low and low-income units that qualified an applicant for a density bonus. Existing law prohibits a city, county, or city and county from requiring a vehicular parking ratio for a housing development that meets these criteria in excess of specified ratios. This prohibition applies only at the request of the developer and specifies that the developer may request additional parking incentives or concessions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB744&version=20150AB74499INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB744&version=20150AB74498AMD)
3. **06/02/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB744&version=20150AB74497AMD)
4. **06/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB744&version=20150AB74496AMD)
5. **07/08/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB744&version=20150AB74495AMD)
6. **08/18/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB744&version=20150AB74494AMD)
7. **10/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB744&version=20150AB74492CHP)
8. **AB744** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB744)
9. **09/04/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB744&version=20150AB74493ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB744 Chau By Wieckowski — **22–15** (pass) · upper
- AB 744 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — **52–24** (pass) · lower
- AB 744 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chau — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
- Quirk — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** 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`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1763.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1910.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-30** In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2295.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 2771.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 699, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de3df996-0f9b-4299-9ca4-b34ef13d7402`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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