republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-536.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 all 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 536"
citation: "California SB 536 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Armories."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99ef5a71-26e0-45f7-905a-226ae6eec326"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB536"
source_hash: "08cf90834134417fdb384c4b9bf2d32fa965653c027d3c7b81ac09d482ceb8b7"
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 536 (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 all 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.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB536&version=20150SB53699INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB536&version=20150SB53698AMD)
3. **04/20/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB536&version=20150SB53697AMD)
4. **05/05/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB536&version=20150SB53696AMD)
5. **07/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB536&version=20150SB53695AMD)
6. **09/28/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB536&version=20150SB53693CHP)
7. **SB536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB536)
8. **09/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB536&version=20150SB53694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB536 Roth Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 536 Roth Senate Third Reading By IRWIN — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Coms. on V.A. and G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-10** Set for hearing April 14.
- **2015-04-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 596.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 796.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2015-05-18** May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1156.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1204.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Coms. on A. & A.R. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2696.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2371.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
- **2015-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 355, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99ef5a71-26e0-45f7-905a-226ae6eec326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).