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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Density Bonus Law: residential care facilities for the elderly."
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, 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.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2694"
citation: "California AB 2694 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Density Bonus Law", "residential care facilities for the elderly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-14"
last_action: "2024-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c776c2f-a9e5-4c0c-836c-85df88206cc7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2694"
source_hash: "096858e9101397d59539192d36a0bd26bde61d8ed65f4777e28cc3e74b442fa1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2694&version=20230AB269499INT)
2. **03/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2694&version=20230AB269498AMD)
3. **04/09/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2694&version=20230AB269497AMD)
4. **08/12/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2694&version=20230AB269496AMD)
5. **08/21/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2694&version=20230AB269495AMD)
6. **09/19/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2694&version=20230AB269493CHP)
7. **AB2694** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2694)
8. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2694&version=20230AB269494ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB2694 Ward By Skinner — **390** (pass) · upper
- AB 2694 Ward Consent Calendar Second Day — **640** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **90** (pass) · upper
- AB 2694 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **140** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **90** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c776c2f-a9e5-4c0c-836c-85df88206cc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).