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Bill	Density Bonus Law: residential care facilities for the elderly.	Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development, as defined, within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct, among other options, a senior citizen housing development, as defined. The Density Bonus Law defines a "development" for these purposes to include a shared housing development, and defines various other terms, including "shared housing unit."	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2694	California AB 2694 (20232024)	bill	Density Bonus Law residential care facilities for the elderly	enacted	Ward	8	29	6	2024-02-14	2024-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/3c776c2f-a9e5-4c0c-836c-85df88206cc7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2694	096858e9101397d59539192d36a0bd26bde61d8ed65f4777e28cc3e74b442fa1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2694 (20232024) — Density Bonus Law: residential care facilities for the elderly.

Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development, as defined, within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct, among other options, a senior citizen housing development, as defined. The Density Bonus Law defines a "development" for these purposes to include a shared housing development, and defines various other terms, including "shared housing unit."

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/09/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/12/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/21/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/19/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2694 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/03/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2694 Ward By Skinner — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2694 Ward Consent Calendar Second Day — 64–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2694 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ward — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2024-03-04 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-03-19 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-1, reading-2
• 2024-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2024-04-09 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
• 2024-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 5160.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-22 Referred to Com. on HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2024-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-06-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-20 From Consent Calendar.
• 2024-06-20 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-12 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 278, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c776c2f-a9e5-4c0c-836c-85df88206cc7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).