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Bill	Density Bonus Law: maximum allowable residential density: additional density bonus and incentives or concessions.	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 concessions or incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct specified percentages of units for lower income households or very low income households, and meets other requirements. Existing law defines the term "density bonus" for these purposes to mean a density increase over the otherwise maximum allowable gross residential density as of the date of the application, as described. Existing law defines the term "maximum allowable residential density" for these purposes to mean the maximum number of units allowed under the zoning ordinance, specific plan, or land use element of the general plan, or, if a range of density is permitted, the maximum number of units allowed by the specific zoning range, specific plan, or land use element of the general plan applicable to the project. Existing law provides under that definition that if the density allowed under the zoning ordinance is inconsistent with the density allowed under the land use element of the general plan or specific plan, the greater density prevails.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1287	California AB 1287 (20232024)	bill	Density Bonus Law additional density bonus and incentives or concessions maximum allowable residential density	enacted	Alvarez	12	37	8	2023-02-16	2023-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/1a89f2fd-4ed1-4f69-b8e2-1e9713e7d516	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1287	7e93e33b44dacf7fcb008e6e146de3696bc5ecb4414aace6dc6c1421cc7d3ba1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1287 (20232024) — Density Bonus Law: maximum allowable residential density: additional density bonus and incentives or concessions.

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 concessions or incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct specified percentages of units for lower income households or very low income households, and meets other requirements. Existing law defines the term "density bonus" for these purposes to mean a density increase over the otherwise maximum allowable gross residential density as of the date of the application, as described. Existing law defines the term "maximum allowable residential density" for these purposes to mean the maximum number of units allowed under the zoning ordinance, specific plan, or land use element of the general plan, or, if a range of density is permitted, the maximum number of units allowed by the specific zoning range, specific plan, or land use element of the general plan applicable to the project. Existing law provides under that definition that if the density allowed under the zoning ordinance is inconsistent with the density allowed under the land use element of the general plan or specific plan, the greater density prevails.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/13/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/26/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/21/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/10/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/14/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/23/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 10/11/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. AB1287 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 9–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 1287 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1287 Alvarez By Padilla — 31–4 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1287 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading — 72–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alvarez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2023-03-02 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 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
• 2023-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 From Consent Calendar.
• 2023-05-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2023.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-22 Measure version as amended on June 21 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2023-07-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 5). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-07-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-08-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 2638.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3411.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 755, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a89f2fd-4ed1-4f69-b8e2-1e9713e7d516. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).