California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 1227 — Density bonuses.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 937, Statutes of 2018.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 15, 2018. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, known as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the jurisdictional boundaries of that city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions for the production of lower income housing units, or for the donation of land within the development, if the developer agrees to construct a specified percentage of units for very low income, low-income, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents and meets other requirements. This bill would additionally require a density bonus to be provided to a developer that agrees to construct a housing development in which all units in the development will be used for students enrolled full-time at an institution of higher education accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges or the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges and the developer enters into an agreement with an institution of higher education to that effect, where 20% of the units are used for lower income students, as defined, provided at a specified rent level, and the development provides priority for the applicable affordable units for lower income students experiencing homelessness. The bill would require that these units be subject to a recorded affordability restriction of 55 years. The bill would set the density bonus at 35% of the number of these units. By increasing the duties of local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings that the changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65915 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2753 and AB 2797 to be operative only if this bill and either or both AB 2753 and AB 2797 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 937, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5867.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 2. Page 6581.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended.

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed and ordered to the Senate.

  11. In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  12. Ordered to the Assembly.

  13. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6109.) Ordered to the Senate.

  15. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  16. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27).

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

  18. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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

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

  23. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  24. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 5088.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  25. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  26. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  27. Set for hearing May 14.

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

  29. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 4822.) (April 24).

  30. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

  31. Set for hearing April 24.

  32. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

  33. Referred to Com. on T. & H.

  34. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.

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

Sponsors

  • Skinner · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Skinner

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB1227 Skinner Concurrence

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Chang — Yea
Monning — Yea
Allen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Beall — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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SB 1227 Skinner Senate Third Reading By KAMLAGER-DOVE

Passed 78 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 56200
Democratic 16000
Republican 6000
Total 78200
% of votes cast 98%3%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Harper — Nay
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Levine — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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SB 1227 Skinner Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 69 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 49009
Democratic 15001
Republican 5001
Total 690011
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Not Voting
Cunningham — Not Voting
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Not Voting
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Not Voting
Rodriguez — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3001
Unaffiliated 4000
Republican 0001
Total 7002
% of votes cast 78%0%0%22%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Not Voting

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3rd Reading

Passed 37 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32101
Democratic 5000
Total 37101
% of votes cast 95%3%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Newman — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9002
Democratic 2000
Total 11002
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Morrell — Not Voting
Galgiani — Yea
Beall — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1227 do?
Existing law, known as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the jurisdictional boundaries of that city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions for the production of lower income housing units, or for the donation of land within the development, if the developer agrees to construct a specified percentage of units for very low income, low-income, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents and meets other requirements. This bill would additionally require a density bonus to be provided to a developer that agrees to construct a housing development in which all units in the development will be used for students enrolled full-time at an institution of higher education accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges or the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges and the developer enters into an agreement with an institution of higher education to that effect, where 20% of the units are used for lower income students, as defined, provided at a specified rent level, and the development provides priority for the applicable affordable units for lower income students experiencing homelessness. The bill would require that these units be subject to a recorded affordability restriction of 55 years. The bill would set the density bonus at 35% of the number of these units. By increasing the duties of local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings that the changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65915 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2753 and AB 2797 to be operative only if this bill and either or both AB 2753 and AB 2797 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors SB 1227?
SB 1227 is sponsored by Skinner.
What is the current status of SB 1227?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 15, 2018. Enacted.
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