republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-238.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy members: voting."
description: "Existing law, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Act, establishes the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and prescribes the membership, functions, and duties of the conservancy with regard to the protection and preservation of lands within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as defined. Existing law requires the conservancy be composed of 9 voting members and 3 ex officio members, as specified, and requires the Supervisor of the Angeles National Forest to serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the conservancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "California SB 238 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy members: voting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bec16520-d0cd-4a63-a8d8-f6b844464237"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB238"
source_hash: "d02965b8a636342cfe482ec43e355b0598a8bb2c88e239784c29c6b2d9c58108"
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 SB 238 (20132014) — Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy members: voting.

Existing law, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Act, establishes the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and prescribes the membership, functions, and duties of the conservancy with regard to the protection and preservation of lands within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as defined. Existing law requires the conservancy be composed of 9 voting members and 3 ex officio members, as specified, and requires the Supervisor of the Angeles National Forest to serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the conservancy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB238&version=20130SB23899INT)
2. **08/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB238&version=20130SB23898AMD)
3. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB238&version=20130SB23896CHP)
4. **SB238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB238)
5. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB238&version=20130SB23897ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB238 Liu Concurrence — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- SB 238 Liu Senate Third Reading By GATTO — **54–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)
- Gatto — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 466.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 675.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 2599.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 1947.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 211, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bec16520-d0cd-4a63-a8d8-f6b844464237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).