Existing law, 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. Existing law prescribes an application process for a city or county to follow in this regard. Existing law specifies that, if permitted by local ordinance, that law is not to be construed to prohibit a city, county, or city and county from granting a density bonus greater than what is described in these provisions for a development that meets specified requirements or from granting a proportionately lower density bonus than what is required for developments that do not meet these requirements.
California AB 634 (20212022) — Density Bonus Law: affordability restrictions.
Existing law, 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. Existing law prescribes an application process for a city or county to follow in this regard. Existing law specifies that, if permitted by local ordinance, that law is not to be construed to prohibit a city, county, or city and county from granting a density bonus greater than what is described in these provisions for a development that meets specified requirements or from granting a proportionately lower density bonus than what is required for developments that do not meet these requirements.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 634 Carrillo Assembly Third Reading — 55–15 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Carrillo — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2021-02-25 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
2021-04-06 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
2021-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2021-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2021-04-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2021-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (May 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 15. Page 1539.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-03 Referred to Com. on HOUSING. referral-committee
2021-06-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-31 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2494.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2992.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2021-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 348, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7d5c4e7-0ed3-412f-8ac1-78d6edfddc12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).