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Bill	Greenway Development and Sustainment Act.	Existing law establishes various plans and programs intended to preserve, protect, and rehabilitate lands adjacent to rivers in the state. Existing law provides that a conservation easement, as defined, is an interest in real property voluntarily created and freely transferable for specified purposes and provides for the creation and transfer of conservation easements. Existing law authorizes certain tax exempt nonprofit organizations, state or local governmental entities, and California Native American tribes to acquire and hold conservation easements if those entities meet specified criteria.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1251	California AB 1251 (20152016)	bill	Greenway Development and Sustainment Act.	enacted	Gomez	7	27	9	2015-02-27	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/8632bddf-9636-4b2a-bfe6-72f01decbcd8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1251	afd487db4de0cd5d0d608fd0eb1d2438a7b3e5f4d506318caa97a69ba594e257	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1251 (20152016) — Greenway Development and Sustainment Act.

Existing law establishes various plans and programs intended to preserve, protect, and rehabilitate lands adjacent to rivers in the state. Existing law provides that a conservation easement, as defined, is an interest in real property voluntarily created and freely transferable for specified purposes and provides for the creation and transfer of conservation easements. Existing law authorizes certain tax exempt nonprofit organizations, state or local governmental entities, and California Native American tribes to acquire and hold conservation easements if those entities meet specified criteria.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/14/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/24/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1251 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/16/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1251 Gomez By De León — 27–13 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 1251 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 61–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 10–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 1251 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — 61–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gomez — primary (person)
• Brown — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Gatto — coauthor (person)
• Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-23 Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 1843.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2015-06-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-13 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2707.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 16. Page 3149.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 639, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8632bddf-9636-4b2a-bfe6-72f01decbcd8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).