republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1027.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parks: property transfer."
description: "Existing law provides for the acquisition of public park property and facilities and compensation for that transfer under specified circumstances. The State Beach, Park, Recreational and Historical Facilities Bond Act of 1974 authorized the state to issue and sell bonds to provide funding for, among other things, grants to counties, cities, or cities and counties for the acquisition and development of real property for park, recreation area, beach, and historical purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1027"
citation: "California SB 1027 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parks: property transfer."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nielsen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-12"
last_action: "2016-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4511564e-2426-4124-a438-5a7280439052"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1027"
source_hash: "c3f549dc4590c5ba98aaa0357139a179735d2631324f85981467213a53662f68"
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 1027 (20152016) — Parks: property transfer.

Existing law provides for the acquisition of public park property and facilities and compensation for that transfer under specified circumstances. The State Beach, Park, Recreational and Historical Facilities Bond Act of 1974 authorized the state to issue and sell bonds to provide funding for, among other things, grants to counties, cities, or cities and counties for the acquisition and development of real property for park, recreation area, beach, and historical purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1027&version=20150SB102799INT)
2. **04/06/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1027&version=20150SB102798AMD)
3. **08/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1027&version=20150SB102796CHP)
4. **SB1027** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1027)
5. **08/12/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1027&version=20150SB102797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1027 Nielsen Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nielsen — primary (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** Set for hearing March 30.
- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3335.) (March 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2016-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3629.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5778.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2016-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 232, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4511564e-2426-4124-a438-5a7280439052`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).