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type: "Bill"
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title: "Housing development: density bonuses: student housing developments."
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description: "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, 20% of the total units, as defined, for lower income students in a student housing development that meets certain requirements. Existing law requires that all units in the student housing development be used exclusively for undergraduate, graduate, or professional students enrolled full time at an institution of higher learning, as specified. To be eligible under this provision, existing law requires a developer, as a condition of receiving a certificate of occupancy, provide evidence to the city, county, or city and county that the developer has entered into an operating agreement or master lease with one or more institutions of higher education, as specified. Existing law also requires the development to provide priority for the applicable affordable units for lower income students experiencing homelessness, as specified. Existing law requires units described in these provisions to be subject to a recorded affordability restriction of 55 years."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 3116"
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citation: "California AB 3116 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Housing development", "density bonuses", "student housing developments"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2024-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-09-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baca66dc-116d-42c4-b38f-85a8cbf257dc"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3116"
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source_hash: "424c87e1f54a97312357cfe1e34d0bfa38156f5574f0a8817237fd2153285a69"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 3116 (20232024) — Housing development: density bonuses: student housing developments.
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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, 20% of the total units, as defined, for lower income students in a student housing development that meets certain requirements. Existing law requires that all units in the student housing development be used exclusively for undergraduate, graduate, or professional students enrolled full time at an institution of higher learning, as specified. To be eligible under this provision, existing law requires a developer, as a condition of receiving a certificate of occupancy, provide evidence to the city, county, or city and county that the developer has entered into an operating agreement or master lease with one or more institutions of higher education, as specified. Existing law also requires the development to provide priority for the applicable affordable units for lower income students experiencing homelessness, as specified. Existing law requires units described in these provisions to be subject to a recorded affordability restriction of 55 years.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3116&version=20230AB311699INT)
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2. **04/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3116&version=20230AB311698AMD)
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3. **04/30/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3116&version=20230AB311697AMD)
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4. **06/10/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3116&version=20230AB311696AMD)
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5. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3116&version=20230AB311695AMD)
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6. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3116&version=20230AB311693CHP)
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7. **AB3116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3116)
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8. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3116&version=20230AB311694ENR)
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## Votes
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- Consent Calendar 2nd AB3116 Garcia et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB3116 Garcia et al. By Jones — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 3116 Garcia Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 3116 Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Garcia — primary (person)
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- Friedman — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
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- Reyes — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
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- **2024-03-11** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-17** Coauthors revised.
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- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5447.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5046.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2024-08-15** Ordered to the Senate.
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- **2024-08-15** In Senate. Held at Desk.
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- **2024-08-23** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
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- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 432, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baca66dc-116d-42c4-b38f-85a8cbf257dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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