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Bill	Greenway easements.	(1) The Greenway Development and Sustainment Act applies certain creation and transfer provisions similar to those of conservation easements to greenway easements. The act defines various terms for purposes of the act, including "greenway," to mean certain types of travel corridors that, among other requirements, incorporate an array of amenities for users of the corridor and nearby communities, and "greenway easement," to mean a limitation in a deed, will, or other instrument for the purpose of developing greenways adjacent to urban waterways. The act provides that a recorded greenway easement constitutes an enforceable restriction for purposes of certain property tax provisions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2651	California AB 2651 (20152016)	bill	Greenway easements.	enacted	Gomez	8	30	8	2016-02-19	2016-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/7d57fc54-48f8-4ea6-9151-40ce2c639729	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2651	e8e70ee1de65fc9dc155145efbd728805b3fb0bd9a4076693a4c00ea627b6a1d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2651 (20152016) — Greenway easements.

(1) The Greenway Development and Sustainment Act applies certain creation and transfer provisions similar to those of conservation easements to greenway easements. The act defines various terms for purposes of the act, including "greenway," to mean certain types of travel corridors that, among other requirements, incorporate an array of amenities for users of the corridor and nearby communities, and "greenway easement," to mean a limitation in a deed, will, or other instrument for the purpose of developing greenways adjacent to urban waterways. The act provides that a recorded greenway easement constitutes an enforceable restriction for purposes of certain property tax provisions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/25/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/22/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2651 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/31/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2651 GOMEZ Concurrence - Urgency Added — 74–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2651 GOMEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2651 Gomez By Hertzberg Urgency Clause — 32–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gomez — primary (person)
• Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-10 Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2016-03-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-03-31 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2016-04-04 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2016-04-19 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-04-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4627.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2016-05-25 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
• 2016-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-20 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 5344.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-30 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6442.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 471, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d57fc54-48f8-4ea6-9151-40ce2c639729. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).