---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land use: mitigation lands: nonprofit organizations."
description: "The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a state or local public agency, if the agency requires a property owner to transfer to the agency an interest in real property to mitigate an adverse impact upon natural resources caused by permitting the development of a project or facility, to authorize a nonprofit organization to hold title to and manage that interest in real property, provided that the nonprofit organization meets specified requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 436"
citation: "California SB 436 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Land use: mitigation lands: nonprofit organizations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 36
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b317a777-99ea-413c-a3ed-e3ed6b60998f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB436"
source_hash: "8c71712a362ed511075a2e7b06900f87e488fb2242e34cbe0cf06722fc616663"
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 436 (20112012) — Land use: mitigation lands: nonprofit organizations.

The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a state or local public agency, if the agency requires a property owner to transfer to the agency an interest in real property to mitigate an adverse impact upon natural resources caused by permitting the development of a project or facility, to authorize a nonprofit organization to hold title to and manage that interest in real property, provided that the nonprofit organization meets specified requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB436&version=20110SB43699INT)
2. **03/24/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB436&version=20110SB43698AMD)
3. **05/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB436&version=20110SB43697AMD)
4. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB436&version=20110SB43696AMD)
5. **06/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB436&version=20110SB43695AMD)
6. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB436&version=20110SB43694AMD)
7. **08/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB436&version=20110SB43693AMD)
8. **09/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB436&version=20110SB43692AMD)
9. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB436&version=20110SB43690CHP)
10. **SB436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB436)
11. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB436&version=20110SB43691ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #4 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB436 Kehoe Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 436 Kehoe Senate Third Reading By ALEJO Amend By ALEJO Set #1 — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Governance and Finance. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 436 Kehoe Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)
- Alejo — principal coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2011-04-27** Set for hearing May 4 in GOV. & F. pending receipt.
- **2011-04-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 740.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 858.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-16** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1117.) (May 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1284.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-20** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-23** Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-17** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2815.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3001.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2390.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 590, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b317a777-99ea-413c-a3ed-e3ed6b60998f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).