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type: "Bill"
title: "Density bonuses: density bonus application."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2753"
citation: "California AB 2753 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Density bonuses: density bonus application."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0cf952f-f0ae-4051-9daa-c43f12116ab0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2753"
source_hash: "c1609c12052801b8c30e94c0489b6e7844e8146dd6cb6e52b6aefef766e9cafc"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2753&version=20170AB275399INT)
2. **04/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2753&version=20170AB275398AMD)
3. **04/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2753&version=20170AB275397AMD)
4. **08/22/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2753&version=20170AB275396AMD)
5. **09/29/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2753&version=20170AB275394CHP)
6. **AB2753** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2753)
7. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2753&version=20170AB275395ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **80** (pass) · lower
- AB 2753 FRIEDMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **730** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **70** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2753 Friedman By Skinner — **380** (pass) · upper
- AB 2753 FRIEDMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **120** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0cf952f-f0ae-4051-9daa-c43f12116ab0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).