---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional park and open-space districts."
description: "Existing law establishes procedures for the formation of regional park, park and open-space, and open-space districts and prescribes the powers, functions, and duties of those districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 769"
citation: "California AB 769 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regionalparkandopen-spacedistricts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b0753c9-20e2-4db9-8d32-2c8969ab075d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB769"
source_hash: "6439889cd8bc4992714ebcadabd2c13ba9ad381918df4b4be415588c8170634d"
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 769 (20252026) — Regional park and open-space districts.

Existing law establishes procedures for the formation of regional park, park and open-space, and open-space districts and prescribes the powers, functions, and duties of those districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB769&version=20250AB76999INT)
2. **03/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB769&version=20250AB76998AMD)
3. **04/07/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB769&version=20250AB76997AMD)
4. **05/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB769&version=20250AB76996AMD)
5. **07/17/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB769&version=20250AB76995AMD)
6. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB769&version=20250AB76993CHP)
7. **AB769** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB769)
8. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB769&version=20250AB76994ENR)

## Votes

- AB 769 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 769 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB769 Wilson By Arreguín — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-05-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1515.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2459.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3016.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 166, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b0753c9-20e2-4db9-8d32-2c8969ab075d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).