republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-944.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surplus state property."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of General Services to dispose of surplus state real property in a specified manner, including, but not limited to, prescribing the priority of disposition of the property before the department offers it for sale to private entities or individuals. Existing law declares that the provision of decent housing for all Californians is a state goal of the highest priority and that priority be given to the disposal of surplus state real property to housing for persons and families of low or moderate income. Existing law requires a local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor, in order to be considered as a potential priority buyer of certain surplus state real property, as defined, to, among other things, demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the department, that the surplus state real property, or a portion of that surplus state real property, is to be used by the local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor for open space, public parks, affordable housing projects, development of projects that create sustainable employment opportunities of benefit to the area and region where the property is located, or development of local government-owned facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 944"
citation: "California SB 944 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surplus state property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-05"
last_action: "2014-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70d2f01c-04b3-48da-80c4-afa28f8cf7b3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB944"
source_hash: "960ced935d522d223c49a7cfe802a6e769611c2503c1e5f71cd679781b1dadca"
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 944 (20132014) — Surplus state property.

Existing law requires the Department of General Services to dispose of surplus state real property in a specified manner, including, but not limited to, prescribing the priority of disposition of the property before the department offers it for sale to private entities or individuals. Existing law declares that the provision of decent housing for all Californians is a state goal of the highest priority and that priority be given to the disposal of surplus state real property to housing for persons and families of low or moderate income. Existing law requires a local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor, in order to be considered as a potential priority buyer of certain surplus state real property, as defined, to, among other things, demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the department, that the surplus state real property, or a portion of that surplus state real property, is to be used by the local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor for open space, public parks, affordable housing projects, development of projects that create sustainable employment opportunities of benefit to the area and region where the property is located, or development of local government-owned facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB944&version=20130SB94499INT)
2. **03/12/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB944&version=20130SB94498AMD)
3. **06/11/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB944&version=20130SB94497AMD)
4. **06/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB944&version=20130SB94496AMD)
5. **08/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB944&version=20130SB94495AMD)
6. **09/20/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB944&version=20130SB94493CHP)
7. **SB944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB944)
8. **08/28/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB944&version=20130SB94494ENR)

## Votes

- SB 944 Torres Senate Third Reading By RODRIGUEZ — **69–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #13 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **15–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB944 Torres Concurrence — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Torres — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3091.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2014-04-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-07** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3418.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Referred to Coms. on A. & A.R. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-12** Assembly Rule 56 (pending re-referral to L. Gov.) suspended. (Page 5488.)
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-06** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 6. Page 6417.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 4872.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2014-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 515, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70d2f01c-04b3-48da-80c4-afa28f8cf7b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).