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Bill Planning and zoning: density bonuses. Existing law, 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, if requested by the applicant, other incentives or concessions, waivers or reductions of development standards, and parking ratios, 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 provides that these provisions do not supersede or in any way alter or lessen the effect or application of the California Coastal Act of 1976, which provides for the regulation of development of certain lands within the coastal zone, as defined. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 AB 2797 California AB 2797 (20172018)
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California AB 2797 (20172018) — Planning and zoning: density bonuses.

Existing law, 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, if requested by the applicant, other incentives or concessions, waivers or reductions of development standards, and parking ratios, 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 provides that these provisions do not supersede or in any way alter or lessen the effect or application of the California Coastal Act of 1976, which provides for the regulation of development of certain lands within the coastal zone, as defined.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/12/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/30/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 08/24/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/29/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  6. AB2797 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass. — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 120 (pass) · upper
  • Consent Calendar AB2797 — 370 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading AB2797 Bloom By Allen — 390 (pass) · upper
  • AB 2797 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — 750 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 90 (pass) · upper
  • AB 2797 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 790 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 70 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bloom — 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 NAT. RES. referral-committee
  • 2018-04-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
  • 2018-04-12 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2018-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
  • 2018-04-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
  • 2018-05-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2018-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5369.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2018-06-07 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and N.R. & W. referral-committee
  • 2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2018-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5041.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2018-07-05 Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
  • 2018-07-05 Ordered to the Senate.
  • 2018-07-05 In Senate. Held at Desk.
  • 2018-08-24 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. reading-3, passage
  • 2018-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6009.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  • 2018-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7033.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
  • 2018-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 904, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/309c15c8-b462-4f5b-9bb4-5be062929068. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).