republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-121.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties: disposition of real property."
description: "Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county to sell or lease any real property belonging to the county, as specified, provided that the board complies with certain procedural requirements. Existing law authorizes the board to enter into a lease, concession, or managerial contract involving county owned, leased, or managed property for specified purposes, without otherwise complying with the existing procedural requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 121"
citation: "California AB 121 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties: disposition of real property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickinson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-01-14"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e638d36d-5e9c-417d-9da4-ea610bbd0934"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB121"
source_hash: "62064ce3fe32fa369c4dd9a6e7051a7bbfbbf8df103e3ae4df0660ba80b08896"
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 121 (20132014) — Counties: disposition of real property.

Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county to sell or lease any real property belonging to the county, as specified, provided that the board complies with certain procedural requirements. Existing law authorizes the board to enter into a lease, concession, or managerial contract involving county owned, leased, or managed property for specified purposes, without otherwise complying with the existing procedural requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB121&version=20130AB12199INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB121&version=20130AB12198AMD)
3. **04/15/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB121&version=20130AB12197AMD)
4. **07/11/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB121&version=20130AB12196AMD)
5. **08/12/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB121&version=20130AB12195AMD)
6. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB121&version=20130AB12193CHP)
7. **AB121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB121)
8. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB121&version=20130AB12194ENR)

## Votes

- AB 121 DICKINSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 121 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading — **58–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB121 Dickinson By Huff — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickinson — primary (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2013-01-24** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 1038.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-12** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1858.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 2645.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 224, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e638d36d-5e9c-417d-9da4-ea610bbd0934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).