---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agencies: public property: airport leases."
description: "Existing law authorizes a local agency to lease or sublease property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by it for a period not to exceed 50 years for airport purposes or purposes incidental to aircraft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 654"
citation: "California SB 654 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agencies", "airport leases", "public property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87ee06f2-7114-48d8-9350-fb869e8d6e39"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB654"
source_hash: "4e7f5d95b9a100965b9575fd5feb2619480d84e39866ecb5f415044cd779501c"
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 654 (20232024) — Local agencies: public property: airport leases.

Existing law authorizes a local agency to lease or sublease property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by it for a period not to exceed 50 years for airport purposes or purposes incidental to aircraft.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB654&version=20230SB65499INT)
2. **03/29/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB654&version=20230SB65498AMD)
3. **04/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB654&version=20230SB65497AMD)
4. **09/01/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB654&version=20230SB65495CHP)
5. **SB654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB654)
6. **08/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB654&version=20230SB65496ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 654 Jones Senate Third Reading By Boerner — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2023-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 684.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 850.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2740.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-17** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 155, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87ee06f2-7114-48d8-9350-fb869e8d6e39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).