--- type: "Bill" title: "State parks: operating agreements." description: "Existing law vests control of the state park system with the Department of Parks and Recreation and authorizes the department to enter into an operating agreement with a qualified nonprofit organization for the development, improvement, restoration, care, maintenance, administration, or operation of a unit or units, or portion of a unit, of the state park system, subject to certain conditions and requirements." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 1111" citation: "California SB 1111 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["State parks: operating agreements."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"] version_count: 8 action_count: 26 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2016-02-17" last_action: "2016-09-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34905da6-2929-433a-bef1-78bf2809e77f" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1111" source_hash: "b6a1162d04f99d503dba133a2cee64afe34a926f5c554a6d626b7b6213c151fc" 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 1111 (20152016) — State parks: operating agreements. Existing law vests control of the state park system with the Department of Parks and Recreation and authorizes the department to enter into an operating agreement with a qualified nonprofit organization for the development, improvement, restoration, care, maintenance, administration, or operation of a unit or units, or portion of a unit, of the state park system, subject to certain conditions and requirements. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1111&version=20150SB111199INT) 2. **06/23/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1111&version=20150SB111198AMD) 3. **06/29/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1111&version=20150SB111197AMD) 4. **08/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1111&version=20150SB111196AMD) 5. **08/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1111&version=20150SB111195AMD) 6. **09/23/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1111&version=20150SB111193CHP) 7. **SB1111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1111) 8. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1111&version=20150SB111194ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB1111 Pavley Concurrence — **27–12** (pass) · upper - SB 1111 Pavley Senate Third Reading By LEVINE — **55–24** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1111 Pavley Senate Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — **73–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Pavley — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2016-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19. - **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee` - **2016-03-10** Set for hearing March 29. - **2016-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3313.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2. - **2016-05-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2016-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3805.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2016-05-16** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2016-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2016-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5972.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-19** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 6239.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2016-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 5449.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m. - **2016-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 540, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34905da6-2929-433a-bef1-78bf2809e77f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).