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Bill	Planning and zoning: development bonuses: mixed-use projects.	Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct specified percentages of units for lower income, very low income, or senior citizen housing, among other things, and meets other requirements. Previously existing law, until January 1, 2022, required a city, county, or city and county to grant a commercial developer a development bonus, as specified, when an applicant for approval of a commercial development had entered into an agreement for partnered housing with an affordable housing developer to contribute affordable housing through a joint project or 2 separate projects encompassing affordable housing.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 1551	California AB 1551 (20212022)	bill	Planning and zoning: development bonuses: mixed-use projects.	enacted	Santiago	7	29	7	2021-02-19	2022-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/b13ecddc-3524-4825-9eb6-8aa1f83214e5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1551	1c4a490642da2718d60363324bceec10a915ae5b051653b1eaa5cc02455d1151	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1551 (20212022) — Planning and zoning: development bonuses: mixed-use projects.

Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct specified percentages of units for lower income, very low income, or senior citizen housing, among other things, and meets other requirements. Previously existing law, until January 1, 2022, required a city, county, or city and county to grant a commercial developer a development bonus, as specified, when an applicant for approval of a commercial development had entered into an agreement for partnered housing with an affordable housing developer to contribute affordable housing through a joint project or 2 separate projects encompassing affordable housing.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/03/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/13/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/11/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/28/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1551 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/25/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1551 Santiago Consent Calendar Second Day — 61–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1551 Santiago By Hertzberg — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Santiago — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2021-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2021-03-11 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 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-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2022-01-03 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-1, reading-2
• 2022-01-03 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2022-01-03 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3186.)
• 2022-01-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-01-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (January 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-01-13 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-01-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-01-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 3410.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-01-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-05-04 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 31). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-08 From Consent Calendar.
• 2022-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5011.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 637, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b13ecddc-3524-4825-9eb6-8aa1f83214e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).