---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tidelands and submerged lands: County of Orange."
description: "Existing law grants to the County of Orange and its successors the right, title, and interest of the state in and to certain tidelands and submerged lands in trust for certain purposes relating to commerce, navigation, public access, and recreation. Existing law requires that the county, and its successors, only use those granted lands for those trust purposes and prohibits the county from granting franchises or leases for those tidelands and submerged lands, as authorized, for periods that exceed 50 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 367"
citation: "California SB 367 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tidelands and submerged lands: County of Orange."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18dd913f-9f72-4d3f-9092-3399db06d7f8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB367"
source_hash: "4e1f76e556477876f983c5816a2149daa8cc3488182e2114da0dc7b83ad611d3"
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 367 (20172018) — Tidelands and submerged lands: County of Orange.

Existing law grants to the County of Orange and its successors the right, title, and interest of the state in and to certain tidelands and submerged lands in trust for certain purposes relating to commerce, navigation, public access, and recreation. Existing law requires that the county, and its successors, only use those granted lands for those trust purposes and prohibits the county from granting franchises or leases for those tidelands and submerged lands, as authorized, for periods that exceed 50 years.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB367&version=20170SB36799INT)
2. **08/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB367&version=20170SB36798AMD)
3. **09/27/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB367&version=20170SB36796CHP)
4. **SB367** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB367)
5. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB367&version=20170SB36797ENR)

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2017-03-28** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 583.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-26** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bonta.
- **2017-06-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-07-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2578.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-18** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-08-21** Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-08-21** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2017-08-22** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2017-08-24** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed and ordered to the Senate.
- **2017-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-08-28** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2967.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-06** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2583.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 332, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18dd913f-9f72-4d3f-9092-3399db06d7f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).