---
type: "Bill"
title: "County surplus property."
description: "Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county to donate or lease any real or personal property that the board declares to be surplus to a school or community college district, a county children and families commission, or an organization exempt from taxation pursuant to specified provisions of federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1998"
citation: "California AB 1998 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County surplus property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achadjian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb2e3c44-d8f5-44a5-8bdd-24524152f303"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1998"
source_hash: "ccbbc7aa21be7d344964914b99962cbd222cfc3583ad2e19115e2b269c1bbc01"
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 1998 (20112012) — County surplus property.

Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county to donate or lease any real or personal property that the board declares to be surplus to a school or community college district, a county children and families commission, or an organization exempt from taxation pursuant to specified provisions of federal law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1998&version=20110AB199899INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1998&version=20110AB199898AMD)
3. **04/12/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1998&version=20110AB199897AMD)
4. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1998&version=20110AB199896AMD)
5. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1998&version=20110AB199894CHP)
6. **AB1998** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1998)
7. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1998&version=20110AB199895ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1998 Achadjian By Emmerson — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1998 ACHADJIAN Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Achadjian — primary (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4973.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5086.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4472.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 245, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb2e3c44-d8f5-44a5-8bdd-24524152f303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).