republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-208.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land use: subdivision maps: expiration dates."
description: "(1) The Subdivision Map Act vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency, and sets forth procedures governing the local agency's processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps, and the modification thereof. The act generally requires a subdivider to file a tentative map or vesting tentative map with the local agency, as specified, and the local agency, in turn, to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the map within a specified time period. The act requires an approved tentative map or vesting tentative map to expire 24 months after its approval, or after an additional period of time prescribed by local ordinance, not to exceed 12 months. However, the act extends the expiration date of certain approved tentative maps and vesting tentative maps, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 208"
citation: "California AB 208 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Land use: subdivision maps: expiration dates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-01-31"
last_action: "2011-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4282971-6eb1-4068-b505-622c00d311d3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB208"
source_hash: "2141eaa06b6bb75c1faa42da8731697b0b2c21d9a57d923be984cbb7078f53b8"
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 208 (20112012) — Land use: subdivision maps: expiration dates.

(1) The Subdivision Map Act vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency, and sets forth procedures governing the local agency's processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps, and the modification thereof. The act generally requires a subdivider to file a tentative map or vesting tentative map with the local agency, as specified, and the local agency, in turn, to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the map within a specified time period. The act requires an approved tentative map or vesting tentative map to expire 24 months after its approval, or after an additional period of time prescribed by local ordinance, not to exceed 12 months. However, the act extends the expiration date of certain approved tentative maps and vesting tentative maps, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB208&version=20110AB20899INT)
2. **04/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB208&version=20110AB20898AMD)
3. **07/15/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB208&version=20110AB20896CHP)
4. **AB208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB208)
5. **07/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB208&version=20110AB20897ENR)

## Votes

- AB 208 FUENTES Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB208 Fuentes By Padilla Urgency Clause — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Housing and Community Development to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fuentes — primary (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Campos — principal coauthor (person)
- Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2011-02-18** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1177.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1686.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2011-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 88, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4282971-6eb1-4068-b505-622c00d311d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).