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Bill	Density bonuses: density bonus application.	Existing law, known as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the jurisdictional boundaries of that city or county 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 agrees to construct a specified percentage of units for very low income, low-income, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents, and meets other requirements. Existing law requires a city or county to adopt procedures and timelines for processing a density bonus application and provide a list of documents and information required to be submitted with the application in order for it to be deemed complete. Existing law requires a city or county to notify an applicant whether the application is complete within 30 calendar days or receiving the application, or a resubmittal of that application, and establishes an appeal process for that decision.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2753	California AB 2753 (20172018)	bill	Density bonuses: density bonus application.	enacted	Friedman	7	31	8	2018-02-16	2018-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/b0cf952f-f0ae-4051-9daa-c43f12116ab0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2753	c1609c12052801b8c30e94c0489b6e7844e8146dd6cb6e52b6aefef766e9cafc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2753 (20172018) — Density bonuses: density bonus application.

Existing law, known as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the jurisdictional boundaries of that city or county 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 agrees to construct a specified percentage of units for very low income, low-income, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents, and meets other requirements. Existing law requires a city or county to adopt procedures and timelines for processing a density bonus application and provide a list of documents and information required to be submitted with the application in order for it to be deemed complete. Existing law requires a city or county to notify an applicant whether the application is complete within 30 calendar days or receiving the application, or a resubmittal of that application, and establishes an appeal process for that decision.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/19/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/29/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2753 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2753 FRIEDMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2753 Friedman By Skinner — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2753 FRIEDMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Friedman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2018-03-08 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2018-04-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-04-12 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4630.)
• 2018-04-12 (pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)
• 2018-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2018-04-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5216.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2018-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-09 From Consent Calendar.
• 2018-08-09 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5819.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6787.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 921, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0cf952f-f0ae-4051-9daa-c43f12116ab0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).