---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local governments: surplus land: tribes."
description: "Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency, as defined. Existing law defines \"exempt surplus land\" for which a local agency is not required to follow the requirements for disposal of surplus land, except as provided. Existing law categorizes as \"exempt surplus land,\" surplus land that a local agency is transferring to another local, state, or federal agency for the agency's use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1180"
citation: "California AB 1180 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local governments: surplus land: tribes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e06a4e12-936e-4af6-a71a-be432ef453ac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1180"
source_hash: "d0f97d71fad61953dafba09bec7dc1806d3675f0d950c7da6e5ff1a0b9023b15"
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 1180 (20212022) — Local governments: surplus land: tribes.

Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency, as defined. Existing law defines "exempt surplus land" for which a local agency is not required to follow the requirements for disposal of surplus land, except as provided. Existing law categorizes as "exempt surplus land," surplus land that a local agency is transferring to another local, state, or federal agency for the agency's use.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1180&version=20210AB118099INT)
2. **04/26/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1180&version=20210AB118098AMD)
3. **07/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1180&version=20210AB118096CHP)
4. **AB1180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1180)
5. **06/25/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1180&version=20210AB118097ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar AB1180 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1180 Mathis Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mathis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** 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`
- **2021-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1541.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1632.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2021-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 62, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e06a4e12-936e-4af6-a71a-be432ef453ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).