republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1962.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real property: parks and open space: irrevocable offers of dedication."
description: "Existing law authorizes a regional park district, regional park and open-space district, or regional open-space district to plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain a system of public parks, playgrounds, golf courses, beaches, trails, natural areas, ecological and open-space preserves, parkways, scenic drives, boulevards, and other facilities for public recreation, for the use and enjoyment of the inhabitants of the district, and to select, designate, and acquire land, or rights in land, within or without the district, to be used and appropriated for those purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1962"
citation: "California AB 1962 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real property: parks and open space: irrevocable offers of dedication."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-17"
last_action: "2010-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3763039e-d13c-481d-bc2e-4bb069421bfc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1962"
source_hash: "f89d978bc656d5225e9b064c12daa2900bc4395a632edd13ff880f7359410e2f"
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 1962 (20092010) — Real property: parks and open space: irrevocable offers of dedication.

Existing law authorizes a regional park district, regional park and open-space district, or regional open-space district to plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain a system of public parks, playgrounds, golf courses, beaches, trails, natural areas, ecological and open-space preserves, parkways, scenic drives, boulevards, and other facilities for public recreation, for the use and enjoyment of the inhabitants of the district, and to select, designate, and acquire land, or rights in land, within or without the district, to be used and appropriated for those purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1962&version=20090AB196299INT)
2. **03/18/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1962&version=20090AB196298AMD)
3. **05/27/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1962&version=20090AB196297AMD)
4. **06/07/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1962&version=20090AB196296AMD)
5. **06/09/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1962&version=20090AB196295AMD)
6. **07/09/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1962&version=20090AB196293CHP)
7. **AB1962** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1962)
8. **07/02/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1962&version=20090AB196294ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1962 Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1962 CHESBRO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1962 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5161.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4057.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5915.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2010-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 59, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3763039e-d13c-481d-bc2e-4bb069421bfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).