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CA SB 92

enacted

Housing development: density bonuses.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 92 pass?

Yes. CA SB 92 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 484, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 92 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 specified units and meets other requirements. This bill would specify that a concession and incentive shall not result in a proposed project, as prescribed, with a specified commercial floor area ratio. The bill would also 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.

Who sponsors CA SB 92?

Blakespear is the primary sponsor of CA SB 92, joined by 2 cosponsors.

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 specified units and meets other requirements. This bill would specify that a concession and incentive shall not result in a proposed project, as prescribed, with a specified commercial floor area ratio. The bill would also 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.

Introduced
2025-01-22
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 484, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Blakespearauthor
  • Quirk-Silvacoauthor
  • Wardcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-22

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-23

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22.

  3. 2025-01-29

    Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-06

    Set for hearing March 18.

  5. 2025-03-10

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

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  6. 2025-03-18

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 411.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  7. 2025-03-24

    Set for hearing April 23.

  8. 2025-04-23

    April 23 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  9. 2025-04-24

    Set for hearing April 30.

  10. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 967.) (April 30).

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  11. 2025-05-05

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. 2025-05-09

    Set for hearing May 19.

  13. 2025-05-13

    Ordered to second reading.

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  14. 2025-05-13

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  15. 2025-05-13

    May 19 hearing postponed by committee.

  16. 2025-05-14

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-05-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 1296.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  18. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  19. 2025-06-05

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

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  20. 2025-06-23

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

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  21. 2025-07-03

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 2).

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  22. 2025-07-07

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  23. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16).

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  24. 2025-08-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  25. 2025-09-03

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2863.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  26. 2025-09-03

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  27. 2025-09-11

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2889.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  28. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  29. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

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  30. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 484, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 01/22/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-22Compare
  • 03/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-10Compare
  • 05/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-05Compare
  • 06/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-23Compare
  • 07/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-07Compare
  • 09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • SB92Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-03-18 · pass · 9-1

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

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-30 · pass · 6-0

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

  • 3rd Reading SB92 Blakespear et al.

    2025-05-28 · pass · 31-3

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Grove: other
    • Dahle: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Choi: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Jones: other

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

    2025-07-02 · pass · 12-0

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

  • Do pass.

    2025-07-16 · pass · 10-0

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

  • SB 92 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Ward

    2025-09-03 · pass · 75-0

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

  • Unfinished Business SB92 Blakespear et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-11 · pass · 39-0

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

Related bills

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Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB92

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