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Bill	Density Bonus Law: purchase of density bonus units by nonprofit housing organizations: civil actions.	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, among other options, specified percentages of units for moderate, lower, or very low income households and meets other requirements.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 323	California AB 323 (20232024)	bill	Density Bonus Law civil actions purchase of density bonus units by nonprofit housing organizations	enacted	Holden	8	32	10	2023-01-30	2023-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/b3f7ade4-185a-4174-85c4-618867df4f05	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB323	156a5d7daddf55117743a3dc9957a7141eee3eed4814f8a59a6dc7153c460565	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 323 (20232024) — Density Bonus Law: purchase of density bonus units by nonprofit housing organizations: civil actions.

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, among other options, specified percentages of units for moderate, lower, or very low income households and meets other requirements.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/06/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB323 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 323 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB323 Holden Wahab — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 323 Holden Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Holden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-30 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-01-31 From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
• 2023-02-09 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 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
• 2023-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1999.) 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 JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-08-28 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2588.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
• 2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3346.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 738, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3f7ade4-185a-4174-85c4-618867df4f05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).