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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement."
+description: "Existing law authorizes various agencies to acquire land for purposes related to conservation. Existing law provides for a conservation easement to retain land predominantly in its natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, forested, or open-space condition. Existing law establishes procedures for the independent appraisal review of land to be acquired for conservation and establishes a conservation easement registry. Existing law prohibits, with a specified exception, the sale of conservation lands to another owner or the transfer of possession and control of conservation lands to another agency, unless specified actions occur."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20112012"
+identifier: "SB 328"
+citation: "California SB 328 (20112012)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2011-02-15"
+last_action: "2011-10-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22cb47a2-47a5-4385-9689-34fbce2d0978"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328"
+source_hash: "d35ab87be64655f430609ae1487cbcfaddd7ac82282bbdf2d0af49e334a06b88"
+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 328 (20112012) — Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement.
+
+Existing law authorizes various agencies to acquire land for purposes related to conservation. Existing law provides for a conservation easement to retain land predominantly in its natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, forested, or open-space condition. Existing law establishes procedures for the independent appraisal review of land to be acquired for conservation and establishes a conservation easement registry. Existing law prohibits, with a specified exception, the sale of conservation lands to another owner or the transfer of possession and control of conservation lands to another agency, unless specified actions occur.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328&version=20110SB32899INT)
+2. **06/09/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328&version=20110SB32898AMD)
+3. **06/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328&version=20110SB32897AMD)
+4. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328&version=20110SB32895CHP)
+5. **SB328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328)
+6. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328&version=20110SB32896ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 328 Kehoe Senate Third Reading By CHESBRO — **60–12** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+- Unfinished Business SB328 Kehoe Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading — **37–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **14–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kehoe — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
+- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 12.
+- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 642.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-04-14** Set for hearing May 2.
+- **2011-05-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
+- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 1137.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2011-05-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-06-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 12. Page 2576.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2011-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2148.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2011-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 589, Statutes of 2011.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22cb47a2-47a5-4385-9689-34fbce2d0978`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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