republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-147.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Subdivisions."
description: "The Subdivision Map Act authorizes a local agency to require the payment of fees, to be used for various purposes, as a condition of approval of a final map or as a condition of issuing a building permit, including, among others, for purposes of defraying the actual or estimated cost of constructing bridges or major thoroughfares if specified conditions are met. The Mitigation Fee Act authorizes a local agency to charge a variety of fees, dedications, reservations, or other exactions in connection with the approval of a development project, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 147"
citation: "California AB 147 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Subdivisions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickinson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-01-14"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e61b9afb-efaa-47b4-91da-5f1a2d85b50d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB147"
source_hash: "dd254f0d5b97dbd60efa86601227d324745930462e904b746092c494c447b277"
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 147 (20112012) — Subdivisions.

The Subdivision Map Act authorizes a local agency to require the payment of fees, to be used for various purposes, as a condition of approval of a final map or as a condition of issuing a building permit, including, among others, for purposes of defraying the actual or estimated cost of constructing bridges or major thoroughfares if specified conditions are met. The Mitigation Fee Act authorizes a local agency to charge a variety of fees, dedications, reservations, or other exactions in connection with the approval of a development project, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB147&version=20110AB14799INT)
2. **04/04/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB147&version=20110AB14798AMD)
3. **05/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB147&version=20110AB14797AMD)
4. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB147&version=20110AB14796AMD)
5. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB147&version=20110AB14794CHP)
6. **AB147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB147)
7. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB147&version=20110AB14795ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB147 Dickinson By DeSaulnier — **23–16** (pass) · upper
- AB 147 DICKINSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **50–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 147 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading — **49–23** (pass) · lower
- AB 147 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading Amend By DICKINSON Set #1 — **48–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-18** From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
- **2011-02-03** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-04** 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`
- **2011-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 48. Noes 26. Page 1168.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 23. Page 1238.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-31** 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`
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 16. Page 1846.). `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.
- **2011-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 2376.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 228, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e61b9afb-efaa-47b4-91da-5f1a2d85b50d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).