republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2135.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surplus land: affordable housing."
description: "(1) Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency, as defined. Existing law requires a local agency disposing of surplus land to negotiate in good faith with certain entities that provided notice of a desire to purchase or lease the land and, if the price or terms cannot be agreed upon within a period of not less than 60 days with those entities, the local agency may dispose of the surplus land without fulfilling further requirements, as specified. Existing law authorizes a local agency selling surplus land for specified purposes to specified entities, including, but not limited to, low- and moderate-income housing, to provide a payment period of up to 20 years in a sales contract or trust deed. Existing law requires a local agency disposing of surplus land to give first priority in a purchase or lease to an entity agreeing to use the site for housing for persons of low or moderate income, except as specified. Existing law specifies that these and other related provisions are not to be interpreted to empower a local agency to sell or lease surplus land at less than fair market value."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2135"
citation: "California AB 2135 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surplus land: affordable housing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f5e8feb-43e5-4446-b259-65fcd12c517f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2135"
source_hash: "afae2df8a595d96f2655e08eb199addd5352f72d0ceb3ff02e9d0547d3fb3dd2"
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 2135 (20132014) — Surplus land: affordable housing.

(1) Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency, as defined. Existing law requires a local agency disposing of surplus land to negotiate in good faith with certain entities that provided notice of a desire to purchase or lease the land and, if the price or terms cannot be agreed upon within a period of not less than 60 days with those entities, the local agency may dispose of the surplus land without fulfilling further requirements, as specified. Existing law authorizes a local agency selling surplus land for specified purposes to specified entities, including, but not limited to, low- and moderate-income housing, to provide a payment period of up to 20 years in a sales contract or trust deed. Existing law requires a local agency disposing of surplus land to give first priority in a purchase or lease to an entity agreeing to use the site for housing for persons of low or moderate income, except as specified. Existing law specifies that these and other related provisions are not to be interpreted to empower a local agency to sell or lease surplus land at less than fair market value.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2135&version=20130AB213599INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2135&version=20130AB213598AMD)
3. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2135&version=20130AB213597AMD)
4. **05/05/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2135&version=20130AB213596AMD)
5. **06/09/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2135&version=20130AB213595AMD)
6. **08/04/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2135&version=20130AB213594AMD)
7. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2135&version=20130AB213592CHP)
8. **AB2135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2135)
9. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2135&version=20130AB213593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2135 Ting By DeSaulnier — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 2135 TING Assembly Third Reading — **53–22** (pass) · lower
- AB 2135 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–24** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 5013.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 4459.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 6101.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 677, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f5e8feb-43e5-4446-b259-65fcd12c517f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).