republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-166.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of General Services."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services to lease property belonging to the state, as specified. Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to lease a parcel of unimproved real property within the grounds of the California State Prison at Folsom for a water reservoir, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 166"
citation: "California AB 166 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of General Services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Gaines"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-01-22"
last_action: "2015-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06cd5618-70e4-4975-8ce8-03d98ccda185"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB166"
source_hash: "f3973289a5eeaa68796155eb7b6723599de6b649bbf5500e18b9068b20a95b78"
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 166 (20152016) — Department of General Services.

Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services to lease property belonging to the state, as specified. Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to lease a parcel of unimproved real property within the grounds of the California State Prison at Folsom for a water reservoir, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB166&version=20150AB16699INT)
2. **03/11/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB166&version=20150AB16698AMD)
3. **08/17/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB166&version=20150AB16696CHP)
4. **AB166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB166)
5. **07/13/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB166&version=20150AB16697ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB166 Beth Gaines By Gaines — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 166 GAINES Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Gaines — primary (person)
- Achadjian — coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-23** From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
- **2015-02-02** Referred to Coms. on A. & A.R. and A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1222.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1875.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 211, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06cd5618-70e4-4975-8ce8-03d98ccda185`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).