--- type: "Bill" title: "Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement." description: "Existing law authorizes various agencies to acquire land for purposes related to conservation. Existing law provides for a conservation easement to retain land predominantly in its natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, forested, or open-space condition. Existing law establishes procedures for the independent appraisal review of land to be acquired for conservation and establishes a conservation easement registry. Existing law prohibits, with a specified exception, the sale of conservation lands to another owner or the transfer of possession and control of conservation lands to another agency, unless specified actions occur." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 328" citation: "California SB 328 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"] version_count: 6 action_count: 22 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2011-02-15" last_action: "2011-10-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22cb47a2-47a5-4385-9689-34fbce2d0978" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328" source_hash: "d35ab87be64655f430609ae1487cbcfaddd7ac82282bbdf2d0af49e334a06b88" 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 328 (20112012) — Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement. Existing law authorizes various agencies to acquire land for purposes related to conservation. Existing law provides for a conservation easement to retain land predominantly in its natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, forested, or open-space condition. Existing law establishes procedures for the independent appraisal review of land to be acquired for conservation and establishes a conservation easement registry. Existing law prohibits, with a specified exception, the sale of conservation lands to another owner or the transfer of possession and control of conservation lands to another agency, unless specified actions occur. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328&version=20110SB32899INT) 2. **06/09/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328&version=20110SB32898AMD) 3. **06/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328&version=20110SB32897AMD) 4. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328&version=20110SB32895CHP) 5. **SB328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328) 6. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB328&version=20110SB32896ENR) ## Votes - SB 328 Kehoe Senate Third Reading By CHESBRO — **60–12** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB328 Kehoe Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **37–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **14–2** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Kehoe — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2011-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. - **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 12. - **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 642.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-14** Set for hearing May 2. - **2011-05-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 1137.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-05-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 12. Page 2576.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2148.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 589, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22cb47a2-47a5-4385-9689-34fbce2d0978`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).