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CA AB 87

enacted

Housing development: density bonuses.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 87 pass?

Yes. CA AB 87 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 486, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 87 about?

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, other incentives or concessions, and waivers or reductions of development standards, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct, among other options, specified units and meets other requirements. This bill would specify that certain provisions of the Density Bonus Law do not require a city, county, or city and county to approve, grant a concession or incentive requiring approval of, or waive or reduce development standards otherwise applicable to, transient lodging as part of a housing development, except as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65915 of the Government Code proposed by SB 92 to be operative only if this bill and SB 92 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Who sponsors CA AB 87?

Boerner is the primary sponsor of CA AB 87.

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, other incentives or concessions, and waivers or reductions of development standards, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct, among other options, specified units and meets other requirements. This bill would specify that certain provisions of the Density Bonus Law do not require a city, county, or city and county to approve, grant a concession or incentive requiring approval of, or waive or reduce development standards otherwise applicable to, transient lodging as part of a housing development, except as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65915 of the Government Code proposed by SB 92 to be operative only if this bill and SB 92 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 486, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Boernerauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-06

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-01-07

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 6.

  3. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-17

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-03-18

    Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-04-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  7. 2025-04-24

    (Pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)

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  8. 2025-04-24

    Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1265.)

  9. 2025-04-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.

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  10. 2025-04-28

    Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  11. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30).

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  12. 2025-05-05

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-05-12

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1513.)

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  14. 2025-05-13

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  15. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.

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  16. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  17. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9).

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  18. 2025-07-10

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-08-27

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  20. 2025-08-28

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-09-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2398.).

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  22. 2025-09-02

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  23. 2025-09-03

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2855.).

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  24. 2025-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  25. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

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  26. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 486, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 01/06/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-06Compare
  • 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-17Compare
  • 04/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-24Compare
  • 07/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-10Compare
  • 08/27/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-27Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • AB87Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-04-24 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Lee: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Tangipa: other
    • Ta: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-04-30 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: other

  • AB 87 Boerner Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-12 · pass · 75-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Tangipa: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Stefani: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-06-24 · pass · 10-1

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: no

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-07-09 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Arreguín: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB87 Boerner By Padilla

    2025-09-02 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • AB 87 Boerner Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-03 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Dixon: other
    • Tangipa: other

Related bills

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB87

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