---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land use: natural resources: transfer of property interests."
description: "Land use: natural resources: transfer of property interests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1246"
citation: "California AB 1246 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Land use: natural resources: transfer of property interests."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blakeslee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f734212-8f84-4c09-83a5-019396e6f059"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1246"
source_hash: "eb8bd5092e88b1d4b7d134620c53e2260470da21b8c14d6a4b8972b5484f2118"
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 AB 1246 (20072008) — Land use: natural resources: transfer of property interests.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1246&version=20070AB124699INT)
2. **03/29/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1246&version=20070AB124698AMD)
3. **10/08/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1246&version=20070AB124696CHP)
4. **AB1246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1246)
5. **09/05/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1246&version=20070AB124697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1246 BLAKESLEE Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #16 AB1246 Blakeslee By Machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Natural Resources and Water Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blakeslee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1536.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2177.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2007-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 330, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f734212-8f84-4c09-83a5-019396e6f059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).