republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-713.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Planning and zoning: density bonuses: development standard."
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 within the city or county with a density bonus, waivers or reductions of development standards, parking ratios, and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct certain types of housing. Existing law prohibits a city, county, or city and county from applying any development standard that will have the effect of physically precluding the construction of a development meeting specified criteria at the densities or with the concessions or incentives permitted by the Density Bonus Law. Existing law defines \"development standard\" as including a site or construction condition, including, but not limited to, a height limitation, a setback requirement, a floor area ratio, an onsite open-space requirement, a minimum lot area per unit requirement, or a parking ratio that applies to a residential development pursuant to any ordinance, general plan element, specific plan, charter, or other local condition, law, policy, resolution, or regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 713"
citation: "California SB 713 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Planning and zoning", "density bonuses", "development standard"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/966d0738-a2a9-4742-bc08-1ad900f12baa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB713"
source_hash: "726a190f07080c1be6c8571441781736491d02b55b54ef97cb2f6dea998e9850"
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 SB 713 (20232024) — Planning and zoning: density bonuses: development standard.

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, waivers or reductions of development standards, parking ratios, and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct certain types of housing. Existing law prohibits a city, county, or city and county from applying any development standard that will have the effect of physically precluding the construction of a development meeting specified criteria at the densities or with the concessions or incentives permitted by the Density Bonus Law. Existing law defines "development standard" as including a site or construction condition, including, but not limited to, a height limitation, a setback requirement, a floor area ratio, an onsite open-space requirement, a minimum lot area per unit requirement, or a parking ratio that applies to a residential development pursuant to any ordinance, general plan element, specific plan, charter, or other local condition, law, policy, resolution, or regulation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB713&version=20230SB71399INT)
2. **04/17/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB713&version=20230SB71398AMD)
3. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB713&version=20230SB71397AMD)
4. **10/11/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB713&version=20230SB71395CHP)
5. **SB713** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB713)
6. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB713&version=20230SB71396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 713 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Alvarez — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB713 Padilla et al. Concurrence — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 3 in GOV. & F. pending receipt.
- **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 875.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 994.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1222.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-26** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-06-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 3247.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2742.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 784, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/966d0738-a2a9-4742-bc08-1ad900f12baa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).