---
type: "Bill"
title: "State property: surplus."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to dispose of state surplus property, subject to specified conditions, including authorization by the Legislature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 826"
citation: "California AB 826 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State property: surplus."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44c68fed-70da-4e01-9adc-96a0936268a3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB826"
source_hash: "3822049c3f2f2a9e4141cb0f40a2a780086b9d660e834a59e51d3997c0599ab6"
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 826 (20132014) — State property: surplus.

(1) Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to dispose of state surplus property, subject to specified conditions, including authorization by the Legislature.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB826&version=20130AB82699INT)
2. **04/08/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB826&version=20130AB82698AMD)
3. **05/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB826&version=20130AB82697AMD)
4. **06/26/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB826&version=20130AB82696AMD)
5. **08/12/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB826&version=20130AB82695AMD)
6. **09/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB826&version=20130AB82694AMD)
7. **10/03/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB826&version=20130AB82692CHP)
8. **AB826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB826)
9. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB826&version=20130AB82693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB826 Jones-Sawyer Amend by Nielsen Lay on Table — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- AB 826 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **49–26** (pass) · lower
- AB 826 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading Amend By HAGMAN Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By ATKINS — **51–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB826 Jones-Sawyer By Wright — **25–12** (pass) · upper
- AB 826 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — **52–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-05-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 18. Page 1573.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2306.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3195.)
- **2013-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 3212.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 505, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44c68fed-70da-4e01-9adc-96a0936268a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).