---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surplus public land: inventory."
description: "Existing law authorizes a board of supervisors of a county to establish a central inventory of all surplus governmental property located in the county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1255"
citation: "California AB 1255 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surplus public land: inventory."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Rivas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/622f9977-0191-4752-8511-a9e9c7f55e00"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1255"
source_hash: "d5d9aa2c27a726f2911153fcc76145463d98c5f815d4b959940ebf2fe3ae0e4c"
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 1255 (20192020) — Surplus public land: inventory.

Existing law authorizes a board of supervisors of a county to establish a central inventory of all surplus governmental property located in the county.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1255&version=20190AB125599INT)
2. **04/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1255&version=20190AB125598AMD)
3. **04/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1255&version=20190AB125597AMD)
4. **09/04/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1255&version=20190AB125596AMD)
5. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1255&version=20190AB125594CHP)
6. **AB1255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1255)
7. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1255&version=20190AB125595ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1255 Robert Rivas et al. By Skinner — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1255 Robert Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1255 Robert Rivas Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Rivas — primary (person)
- Ting — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1882.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-09-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2699.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
- **2019-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3279.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 661, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/622f9977-0191-4752-8511-a9e9c7f55e00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).