republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2247.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Armories."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services, with the approval of the Adjutant General, to lease and sell real property held for armory purposes, subject to legislative approval. Existing law establishes the Armory Fund and requires that the net proceeds from the sale or lease of armories be deposited into the fund, for use, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes related to armories. Existing law authorizes the sale of specified armories."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2247"
citation: "California AB 2247 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Armories."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/690ea8c1-04f9-46a3-96da-b12a47a0a66a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2247"
source_hash: "2b62ebb2d733536fd9c4dab3dbafe6d4fde6bff6e270d7dc14ba3c52786b607e"
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 2247 (20152016) — Armories.

Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services, with the approval of the Adjutant General, to lease and sell real property held for armory purposes, subject to legislative approval. Existing law establishes the Armory Fund and requires that the net proceeds from the sale or lease of armories be deposited into the fund, for use, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes related to armories. Existing law authorizes the sale of specified armories.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2247&version=20150AB224799INT)
2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2247&version=20150AB224798AMD)
3. **04/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2247&version=20150AB224797AMD)
4. **08/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2247&version=20150AB224796AMD)
5. **09/16/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2247&version=20150AB224794CHP)
6. **AB2247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2247)
7. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2247&version=20150AB224795ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2247 WILLIAMS Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2247 Williams By Lara — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2247 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Accountability and Administrative Review] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-31** From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on V.A. and A. & A.R. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 31). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-04** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4143.)
- **2016-04-04** (pending re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R.)
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4685.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5165.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6210.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 382, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/690ea8c1-04f9-46a3-96da-b12a47a0a66a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).