---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy: land exchange for renewable energy-related projects."
description: "The School Land Bank Act vests the State Lands Commission, as a trustee, with the exclusive jurisdiction and authority to administer the School Land Bank Fund and the interest in land acquired pursuant to that act. The act authorizes the commission, acting as a trustee, to acquire interest in real property for the purposes of facilitating the management of school lands to generate income."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 982"
citation: "California AB 982 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy: land exchange for renewable energy-related projects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f1aeea4-c497-4657-a6b6-3b40a44ccee3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB982"
source_hash: "329e3b13d8762b651bf1325e94b5d2c81ea110b088b867aeddd8a5b26c930854"
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 982 (20112012) — Energy: land exchange for renewable energy-related projects.

The School Land Bank Act vests the State Lands Commission, as a trustee, with the exclusive jurisdiction and authority to administer the School Land Bank Fund and the interest in land acquired pursuant to that act. The act authorizes the commission, acting as a trustee, to acquire interest in real property for the purposes of facilitating the management of school lands to generate income.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB982&version=20110AB98299INT)
2. **04/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB982&version=20110AB98298AMD)
3. **05/10/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB982&version=20110AB98297AMD)
4. **06/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB982&version=20110AB98296AMD)
5. **06/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB982&version=20110AB98295AMD)
6. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB982&version=20110AB98294AMD)
7. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB982&version=20110AB98293AMD)
8. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB982&version=20110AB98291CHP)
9. **AB982** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB982)
10. **09/09/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB982&version=20110AB98292ENR)

## Votes

- AB 982 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications Recommend Consent. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB982 Skinner By Fuller — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 982 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1658.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-06-21** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U., & C. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-07** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-07-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2198.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2917.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 485, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f1aeea4-c497-4657-a6b6-3b40a44ccee3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).