republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1338.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Redevelopment."
description: "The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined, in blighted areas in those communities known as project areas. Existing law authorizes an agency to, within a survey area or for purposes of development, purchase, lease, obtain, or acquire any real or personal property and to acquire real property by eminent domain."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1338"
citation: "California AB 1338 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Redevelopment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Hernández"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82519095-3f06-43f3-91ab-a9e8095a7202"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1338"
source_hash: "c76986748dd123fa9a375da01fede36a5e85b1137296d04958eec1f4a4a39a22"
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 1338 (20112012) — Redevelopment.

The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined, in blighted areas in those communities known as project areas. Existing law authorizes an agency to, within a survey area or for purposes of development, purchase, lease, obtain, or acquire any real or personal property and to acquire real property by eminent domain.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1338&version=20110AB133899INT)
2. **05/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1338&version=20110AB133898AMD)
3. **06/16/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1338&version=20110AB133897AMD)
4. **06/28/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1338&version=20110AB133896AMD)
5. **09/21/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1338&version=20110AB133894CHP)
6. **AB1338** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1338)
7. **08/30/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1338&version=20110AB133895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1338 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1338 Roger Hernández By Wright — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1338 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roger Hernández — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-27** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1553.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-28** From consent calendar.
- **2011-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-06-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1853.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2626.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 299, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82519095-3f06-43f3-91ab-a9e8095a7202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).