---
type: "Bill"
title: "State parks: operating agreements."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation 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, as provided. Existing law repeals this authorization on January 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 668"
citation: "California SB 668 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State parks", "operating agreements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3159e6d8-f1de-4970-9797-b0ca21b83c3b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB668"
source_hash: "226fb9bc9054e15a708849f0d7c7cc06d5eb4e6b71c69684cdb50c4d3cfd4167"
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 668 (20232024) — State parks: operating agreements.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation 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, as provided. Existing law repeals this authorization on January 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB668&version=20230SB66899INT)
2. **09/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB668&version=20230SB66897CHP)
3. **SB668** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB668)
4. **08/25/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB668&version=20230SB66898ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 668 Dodd Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Mathis — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2023-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 547.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2023-04-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 700.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2802.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 183, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3159e6d8-f1de-4970-9797-b0ca21b83c3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).